Birthday Specials and more St. Patrick's Day crafts!

Well it's an exciting day today! It's my birthday! Well ok maybe not quite that exciting as it used to be, or how exciting it is for my kids, but still a fun day! I have all sorts of specials and deals going on in my stores so make sure you shop around and pick up all the fabulous deals while they last! Some are for today only!!

 First, I have put my whole store on sale 33% now through Sunday!! Head on over to www.amandacreation.com and snag some kits and bundles while they are on sale!

 Second, I have the Deal of the Day today at The Studio!! And it's a DUO!! I have 2 kits, 2 mega bundles and 2 big bundles in there marked down to 70% off!! It's Pretty as a Peacock (my favorite) and Flakey Friends! (A little hint, this is the lowest price you will find these bundles today only!) https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=194&zenid=883be52ae390edf4f528b742cbd36032

 And last but certainly not least, I have marked down 33 products in my store at My Memories to just $1!!! So you have to go on a little treasure hunt to find them! 17 of them are kits!! But this sale only lasts today! So don't wait! Go find your deals! http://www.mymemories.com/store/designers/A-Manda_Creation?r=amanda_creation

And the St. Patrick's Day craft ideas continue!  If you have been following along you have seen a cute teacher gift, and some fun photo props!  Today it's simple water bottle labels!  Why not dress up some water bottles on March 17th just to add a touch of fun to whatever you are doing that day!  Everyone wants to feel lucky, and that's my favorite day of the year to do that!!

 

 

How cute are these?? 

 

 

And if you are new to printables, you can check out an awesome tutorial on how to use there HERE.  Lisa will be writing up different  tutorials each week for different printable products, so check back often to learn how to use them.  I am sure you will become addicted to them quickly once you see how easy they are to use!!  And while my Etsy shop is new and getting started, I am accepting custom orders.  So if there is a printable you need but can't find it, send me a note!

Find all of the St. Patrick's Day printables HERE

 

St. Patrick's Day Photo Props Out-Takes

Yesterday I showed you some adorable pictures of our St. Patrick's Day photo shoot using the cute photo props you can find in my Etsy store. Today I wanted to share some of the, well...not so adorable pictures!  You know not every photo comes out perfect, but the out takes...well some of them are just so darn funny and cute, I had to share those too! You can find the photo props in my store HERE

 

This just might be my favorite picture from the whole day, it just cracks me up!  And it wasn't that he wasn't having fun, I just happened to catch him being serious for a moment!

 

 

 

 

This one screams...are we done yet?

 

 No he wasn't screaming, he was making what we like to call the "ugly face" I am not quite sure where he got this face, but it's his new thing...and well I was lucky enough to catch a picture of this loveliness!

 

Here you can get the straight on full effect of the "ugly face"  just lovely isn't it?

 

 

 

Hee hee...yes we are done boys!

 

 

But not before I catch one more cute one of you two together :) Love my little guys!

 

 

St. Patrick's Day Photo Props

The St. Patrick's Day projects continue! Today I am sharing some cute pictures from a mini photo shoot I did with my boys using my St. Patrick's Day photo props!  They had a lot of fun playing with the props, which usually means lots of giggles and smiles, which makes for some cute pictures!

You can pick up these cute props in my  store HERE

 

Look at the fun you can have!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silly boys!  Of course I had to make a scrapbook page with all these cute photos too!

 

 

Go pick up some props, and have some fun!

 

 

St. Patrick's Day Printables and a freebie!

March has finally arrived! I wish I could say Spring arrived with it, but we are getting more snow now than we have since Winter started!  Ugh, I am so ready to be done with the cold and snow, bring on Spring!! At least these adorable St. Patrick's Day Printables bring in the green while I wait for it to start showing up outside!

I have created a bunch of cute printable products to use for St. Patrick's Day. Whether you are having a party, want to decorate, or just want a few cute things to make it a fun and special day for the kids, you will find everything you need in my store! I have 14 different printable packs listed now, and I have even bundled them up for some savings!  And from now until March 17th, you can use the coupon code STPATS30 to save 30% on these great printables!

I will be sharing a new project each day now through St. Patrick's Day to help you get in the mood!  The first thing I made was an adorable teacher gift!  I saw these cute candles at the craft store for just $1.50 and I knew it would be a perfect cute little gift for my son's teacher.

 

I created this cute little wrapper that says I'm so lucky you're my teacher!  And it's a cute, quick and easy gift to give to his teacher, just for fun!  And the best news? It's a freebie for you!  So be sure you go all the way to the end of this post to pick it up!  You will need the small jar candle, I found mine at Micheals.  Or use the wrapper around something else for a cute easy gift!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can pick up this cute free printable HERE

 

Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see another cute St. Patrick's Day idea!

 

 

Water Bottle Wrapper Tutorial

TUTORIAL

What you will need:

-printer

-printed printable  (example:  bottle wrappers)

-scissors or paper trimmer

-tape

-bottles

Step 1:  You found your favorite, St. Patty's Day water bottle or other beverage bottle.  You do the easy purchasing step.  

Step 2:  Download your purchase.  (Be sure to remember where you saved it, usually, it's just in "downloads" unless you move it.)

Step 3:  The easiest method to use is,  right click, open the download in "preview". 

Step 4:  Print it out.  (Keep the quality of print in mind, too.)

Step 5:  Cut or use a paper trimmer for your wrappers.  I cut the example out at different widths.  You may need a slimmer or wider width depending on your bottle.  Strategically cut along the line or give yourself some white space.  This gives you more versatility.

Step 6:  Apply the wrapper around the label of your bottle or take the existing label off first if you see too much of it or if you see through the newly printed wrapper,  center the design and wrap it around the bottle.

Step 7:  Fasten with clear tape.  You could cut off extra if necessary,.

Was that easy or what?!  You can literally, download, print, cut and tape in under 15 minutes!  What a great way to add a personal touch or to brighten up everyday objects.

Valentine's Day Roundup

I thought I would share all the fun things I created for Valentine's Day this year. Of course since I made them for Valentine's Day they weren't crafted and put together early enough so you could create them this year, but I thought I would share anyway and give you some ideas to "pin" for next year. And if you are a bargain shopper then you will really love this because all of my Valentine's printables are on sale 50% off now through the end of the month! So stock up now for next year!! Visit my store to see everything on sale! http://amandacreation.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=10_17

Here we go!

I started the day by surprising the boys with the table set up like this. When they went to bed, it was just the dining room, but when they woke up there were balloons (the party store had them for just .99 each!) goody bags, love potion, heart shaped doughnuts and a very special box of chocolates from mommy!

 

Wouldn't you want to eat this for breakfast??

This was one of my favorite things! I just used an empty starbucks frappuccino bottle (I didn't have any trouble drinking a few of those for this purpose!) I made the adorable wrapper using my Love Bandit kit and just filled it with some pink milk and a cute heart patterned paper straw!  

 

Then here is the special treat box I made for them! I just love how this came out, I am already thinking of other occasions to make this for, I have a few ideas up my sleeve! 

 

Here is the inside. I just used one of those bead sorting boxes, got it for $1.99 at the craft store. I took it with me to the party store and started filling each compartment!  The party store is great because you can buy individual candies, so I didn't have to buy huge bags of each candy and have tons left over.  So I filled it up with all sorts of fun things, and some non candy things too. I found stamps at the $1 store, erasers, craft hearts, and flashing rings!

 

Of course I had to coordinate all the little pieces, so I made these cute kiss stickers!  

 

I also made some cute nugget wrappers too, much more fun than just plain wrappers right??  

 

 

We got the go ahead to send in ANYTHING for snack on Valentine's Day. I usually keep it pretty healthy, but since it was a special day I sent the little guy to school with a Push Pop!  It's filled with 4 mini cakes with pink frosting in between topped with heart sprinkles! He LOVED it, and said all the kids at school wanted what he had (score for mom!)  I made the adorable wrappers to go around it as well.  These push pops are my new favorite thing and will be at all my parties from now on!  You can find the containers at the craft store, I got a box of 12 containers and it came with a stand too! I used my 50% coupon and got it for $8 bucks!  

 

 

 

One of the little treats I made for them was this cute little baggie, I saw the heart shaped peeps and I knew I had to do something with them, so I came up with this little baggie topper to go with our theme of "You stole my heart"  

lunch was a heart shaped bagel from the bagel store...yummy!

 

 

These were the Valentine's my son took to school to give out this year.  I always try to do something the kids can use or play with. We have a no candy rule at our school so it requires a bit more thought but I am really happy with how these turned out this year!  Just a cute bookmark, I cut them out, laminated them, punched a hole at the top and added an eyelet (cause I had them on hand) and tied a ribbon through it. Now the kids have a cute bookmark and they can remember it's from their friend Zach!  

 

 

 

We made up a couple of these cute gift bags for our good friends.  We kept with the theme and told them they were "Guilty of being an awesome friend!"  These were easy to assemble and held quite a bit! 

 

 

For dinner we made heart shaped pizza of course, and took it a step further and cut the pepperoni into tiny hearts too!

 

 

The big surprise at dessert happened when I cut the pound cake open to reveal a heart inside!  There were lots of oohs and aahs!  Even hubby thought it was cool and wasn't expecting that!  They all asked how it was done, and I just replied mommy is magic!

 

 

Here's my little Valentine's I think they had a fabulous heart filled day. I love them to death!