Washer Anklets...

I found a great tutorial here on how to make anklets. When I saw it, I wondered how they would look using small washers dressed up with scrapbook paper (like with the Washer Necklace tutorial from The Creative Crate.)

I ended up using 1/4" washers, and they were the perfect size. Now we have matching washer necklaces and anklets!
I did a few things differently than the tutorial.

**I added beads to each side of the washer. To keep them in place, I put a knot at the end of each bead.
**I cut my hemp cord just over 10" to compensate for knotting the end of the beads.
**I assembled the anklet first before attaching the end clamps.

This was a fun little project! These would be great for birthday and Christmas gifts! We'll definitely be making more!

Tall Milk Carton Box...

Ever since I made those milk carton boxes, I've been searching for a pattern/tutorial on how to make a tall one. As far as I can tell, there isn't one. So I decided I was going to figure it out on my own.

After a few measuring errors, and one really lopsided milk carton, I think I finally got it!

I took a picture of both boxes to show the difference in size. There's lots more room for treats in the taller one!

To make the tall box, follow the instructions for the small box here. The changes that need to be made are:

The paper you use will need to be trimmed to 11" x 11.5".
Step 1 changes: score at 1/2", 2.5", and 9.25"
Step 2 changes: score at 1/2", 3.25", 6", and 8 3/4".

Hope that makes sense!

And the Winner is....

No, I'm not up for the fun of it! It's 1:00 in the morning and my baby is keeping me up. Since I'm up anyways, and it's after midnight, let's go ahead and pick a winner....then maybe I'll be able to sleep in later (crossing my fingers!).

To be fair, I went to Random.org....

And the official winner is:

#9: Camrin said...
VERY CUTE! I would love to be the winner. You are so creative.

Congratulations Camrin!! I will be contacting you shortly!

Thanks to everyone who entered. You all left such nice comments! You'll have to keep checking back....you never know when there will be another giveaway ;)!

One Lovely Blog Award...

**If you're looking for my giveaway, it's in the post below! Remember, you only have until midnight tomorrow night (Thursday June 4th) to enter!!

Thanks to The Creative Crate and The Thrifty Chick for giving me this fabulous award!! I am truly honored!

The rules for accepting this award are:

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Here are the great blogs that I am passing this award on to...I only have 10 because all the others on my list have already received it...

One Day When I Have Time

Trash To Treasure

Crazy Crafty Cousins

Create A Life You Love

Fireflies and Jellybeans

Not So Idle Hands

Small Fry and Co.

Sometimes Creative

Trey & Lucy

Some of This and Some of That

Cute Stationary Box & A Giveaway!!

I'm always on the hunt for simple, cheap, and cute craft ideas. I hit the jackpot when I stumbled on this cute stationary box!!

When you take the lid off, it opens up to look like this. It has a place for your cards, cute little 3x3 cards, and some tags. The little notebook you see is an address book, and there's a place for stamps and a pen. Isn't it just adorable?
Here's the cards and tags I made. There's a total of 4 of each.
I had so much fun with this, that I ended up making 2 stationary boxes. Hummmm, wonder what I should do with the 2nd one?!?

How about a Giveaway?!

Yep, you read that right.....I'm giving away the box pictured above (minus the pen and stamps)!! There are 2 ways you can win.

#1. Leave me a comment with an email address or another way to contact you in the event that you win.

#2. Become a follower of this blog and leave me a comment saying "follower".

You have until midnight on Thursday, June 4th (MST), and I will announce the winner sometime Friday morning. (Sorry, but I can't ship outside the U.S.!)

If you don't win and want to make your own box, you can look here for a video tutorial, and here for a downloadable pdf tutorial.

Good luck!!