Christmas Snowman Cookies

These are pretty easy to make.  Here's what you need to make 'em:

I bought pre-made sugar cookie dough, and cooked the slices as directed.
White Icing
Can Frosting
Mini M&Ms
Sprinkles!!!
Candy Corn
Mini Marshmallows
Regular old Sugar

Cover the whole cookie in white icing.  Using whatever color sprinkles you like, cover a third of the cookie on one side to make the 'hat', and pat them down so they stay on.  Use a can of that squirty frosting to make the edge of the hat and tidy up your 'seams'.  The ball on the snowman's hat is a marshmallow.  Eyes and mouth are mini M&M candies, and the nose is obviously a candy corn.  For an extra little twinkle, sprinkle sugar over the whole cookie when you're finished. They don't take a lot of time, and look 100 times better than typical sugar cookie cutouts wind up looking.  Have fun!  I love them.  :)

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So, if you're like me, you're totally into all these candy displays and themed parties.  This has to be the worlds easiest candy decoration.  It's a Chocolate Kiss made of three things... a bowl, some foil, and something to make the tail.  For this photo I just used a piece of toilet paper so you'd get the idea, but obviously you can use something a bit classier when the time comes...

The whole thing literally takes less than a minute.  <3

The Olympics are this summer! What better way to get in the spirit of the Games than to make your very own medals for your group or class.  In fact, they can help!  All you need are craft circles, like these wooden ornaments, ribbon, and gold, silver, and bronze colored paints.  I borrowed the clip art, but you get the idea :)

Design your own onsies for the new baby!  This is a fun creative way to get the older kids excited about your new addition on the way...Just get plain white onsies, some markers, stensils if you like, and a book or flat surface to put in the middle so the colors don't run through. 

Need something to do with all those egg-stra ;) plastic eggs??

....Bam!

Ever wanted to make one of those crafty, soft photo albums?  Yay, me too!  I made this one for my mom this past Mother's Day.  Turned out pretty well, considering I really haven't made one before. 

Start with a regular old photo album.  Any will do.  If you get a plain one, it's even easier.  If you get one with a slot for a photo on the front, that's ok too. 

What you need:
Photo Album
Fabric of choice, and if desired, a contrasting color (about a yard is plenty)
Poster Board or Cardstock paper
Quilt Batting
Trim (lace, ribbon, etc.)
Hot Glue Gun and Glue sticks

Open your photo album and lay it flat over the wrong side of the fabric.  Cut around the edge so there is about an inch on each side.  Set fabric aside.

Do the same for the batting, cutting it right at the edge, rather than an inch longer.   If you have the photo slot kind, and plan to use the photo slot, carefully remove it from the cover.  Don't worry if you can see tear marks, they will get covered up.  If not, skip this step and glue the batting directly onto the front and back outside of the album cover.  It will look like a puffy white book cover. 

Next, you will basically wrap the album like a present.  Place the main fabric good side down again under the opened album.  Fold the corners in and glue them down.  This will leave tabs on each side.  Fold them over and pull the fabric tight to keep wrinkles out.  Glue each side down. 

Inside the book, glue ribbon, lace, etc. around the edges so that it sticks out as desired.  Cut your cardstock paper the size of each cover and again wrap each piece in fabric like a present.  These cardstock pieces will be glued down over the top of any ribbons or trim you have inside and cover rough edges. 

For the little picture holder square thingy...again, you will wrap it in a fabric of your choice, cutting a hole in the middle for the photo to be viewed.  Glue all but 1 side down onto desired location on the book to create a slot.  Boom, you got a photo book. 

There are some good video examples on youtube if you can't understand it this way...I didn't take pictures along the way and probably should have.  Good luck!  And happy memories!