Janet of All Trades

I love bling but I am also cheap and usually those two things don't go together. So when I found this sequin embellishment sad and lonely in the clearance section for .99, I knew I had to make something fun out of it. I started my making two plain black headbands. You can find the tutorial here on my blog.  Next I cut it almost in half along the seam of the sequins. Then I applied felt to the back since this was a adhesive back embellishment and then sewed it down and it was done.  Super easy and fun (ignore my out of control hair), that I made another one using just sparkle ribbon and a narrow version on my headband  This was even easy since I just sewed the ribbon down the middle to the headband.  So easy and takes less than 1/2 hour to create and you have a little bling for Christmas Eve and beyond! Enjoy!

I like to put a little personality in my gift wrapping and card making, but I don't like to spend ton of money either. So when I found these shopping bags for .99 I thought of the perfect idea to dress them up. Then after I cut up a few old file folders, punched a few circles and made a few pomps, I was left with these two adorable gift bags. Now I needed to make two cards since these were for our Twin Nephews and each one needed to be special. So I printed a photo of each of their baby faces and added a little party attire. I love making cards and using photos. It's personal and can be funny. Such cute baby faces. I can't believe that they are Three! The cards and the bags were a hit and so simples to create! Enjoy!