I promise....I have been busy!

Let me start off to say...I have been super busy...busy crafting!!!!! I have done so much these past couple of weeks! Some of it I had to be secretive though about!

First, I made this adorable wreath for our mantle for Valentine's Day! My friend had a craft night at her house, and although I had to miss it, she still gave me the flowers to create this cute wreath!!!

Here is the closeup!

It was super easy to make! My friend cut out the flowers using the Close to My Heart Cricut cart. The cuts started out flat...they looked like spirals. You then wound the spiral around a stick and take it off and voila! You have a flower! I then hot glued them to the base of the spiral, then hot glued them to just a basic twig wreath, stuck a bow and there you have it! Super cute wreath!

These next items I had created back earlier in January, but I couldn't show them! They were for a friend's daughter's wedding shower! Not that she might look at my blog, but I didn't want to risk it! I am so excited I can share now!

This is the card I made for the bride to be!!!! I used my new Texture Boutique to emboss the card, the brown flower was a left over cut I had saved (cartridge not sure). The cake is actually a stamp on patterned paper. The stamp is from Stamps of Life by Stephanie Barnard. If you have not checked her out, you must! I love, love, love her stamps!!! Can't you see why?

The next 2 pics were a recipe box I made for the bride. I was commissioned from the mother of the bride (my friend) to create a box to hold some recipe cards for the bride from all sorts of people at church, family, etc. She picked out the paper, but then left the creativity to me!

The sides are decorated as well with more paper, ribbon and daisies. I used paper from Hobby Lobby and DCWV stacks. I just cut the paper, mod podged them to the box and added the daisies and kitchen sayings. I had a blast making it and plan to make others!

This last pic is of the gift I gave the bride to be! I got this idea on Pinterest.

I created this "cake" using washcloths, wooden spoons, spatulas, a whisk and measuring spoons. These were all things that I just seemed to run out of right away in my own kitchen or that I needed more of when we got married. I used rubber bands to keep the washcloths rolled up, used yarn to keep the rolled up washcloths all together in the layers, and then added pretty ribbon to showcase the "cake." This was so much fun to make!

So, I am keeping true to my promise and goals! I am crafting more, I just couldn't share what I had crafted just yet! I have a retreat to go to next weekend and I am only working on my book from our Colorado vacation. I should finish it! I can't wait to show off the pics! If you are new to my blog, check out my post on organizing for a retreat (Power Layouts). That is what I will be doing this weekend to get ready for the next! Wish me luck!