Ribbon Hair Clips

I have made a variety of hair clips for Savannah in the past year. It's been fun to try different styles, but as always I try to keep them simple. My first attempt was with the curly ribbons, which are my favorite but also the most work. (Although I've started working on some new ones that are incredibly time consuming, but will be worth it when I get them done...) Very fun to figuring out how to make though!

More recently I made simple ones tying bows with ribbons and gluing on fun flowers & brads. Much cheaper than buying them in the store! If you're interested in making some, this is a fun class for moms and their girls.

Technique of the Week--Glassy Glaze Enamel

In order to really make me keep doing something on a consistent basis, I decided to start featuring a "technique of the week" on this blog. The post will highlight ways to use a specific product or paper crafting technique. If you have a specific technique or product that you would like to learn more about, let me know in a comment and I will feature it on an upcoming post.

Glassy Glaze Enamel is a very thick embossing powder. I love embossing things, and this glaze is useful for creating a thick, solid glaze over your project. The name pretty much says it all, so I feel rather redundant trying to explain it. I guess I'll just show you a few examples of it put to use then!

Works great with craft ink for embossing on tiles:

Use it to make your entire project appear to be covered with glass or plastic (I used VersaMark, another FABULOUS product, to get the enamel to stick to the whole image):

After covering your entire paper with 2 layers of enamel, put the paper in the freezer for a minute and bend the paper to crack the glaze, creating a cracked glass effect:

Pre-designed Scrapbooks

I made some scrapbooks for my brother's twin girls. I got the albums from Making Memories and added some ribbon & rub-ons to the little ones. These pre-designed books are so great because they're simple to make and to use. For the 12x12 combined album I used a retired set of designer series paper from Stampin' Up! The two individual 6x6 albums were made using a Simply Scrappin' Kit--one of my all-time favorite things from Stampin' Up! Most of the accessories are random brads, eyelets, metal plates, etc. but I also used my friend's fabulous Cricut to cut out some titles. What a great tool! All my sis-in-law needs to do now is add pictures and journaling. Here are a couple examples.