Crafty Weekend I Guess!

Another project I did this weekend (thanks to the inspiration from MoneySavingMom and this fabulous lady!) My Dave Ramsey cash envelopes were in pretty bad shape. And, well...they're ugly! :) So When I saw this project and realized I could make them for $0 (as opposed to ordering new ones), I was ready to go!
Kelleigh has a free template and instructions posted on here. Since the only pretty paper I had was the 12x12 for scrapbooking, I just opened up a small envelope and used it as a template. Which means all of mine aren't the exact same size (with millimeters), but it worked for me.

Traced around the outside and then cut it out.

Fold the sides and bottom.

I used my tape runner to 'seal' the bottom together, then folded down the top flap.

Kelleigh also had some labels to download but I couldn't get it to work, so I easily made my own in Word and printed them off. *this envelope looks crooked, but it must just be the print on the paper because it's not!*

Here are all of my envelopes. I made an extra one for coupons--I've always got a couple that I want with me all the time so this will be easy. Plus it will give me a better place to keep all of them I need when I do my shopping.

I only have a big 3-hole punch so it didn't work as well as a single one would have, but it worked good enough! :) It took me FOREVER to figure out the blanket stitch. YouTube...you have ridiculous videos demonstrating this. They're not helpful! I also probably used ribbon that was too big, but it's what I had on hand. I think I'm done being crafty for a while! :)

Saturday morning craft project

My sister-in-law gave me a gift card to Hobby Lobby for Christmas (sweeet!). I looked at the scrapbooking stuff, but didn't find anything I really wanted. Then I came across some cardboard (I think) letters and the light bulb came on for a cute idea! :) I got all the letters for each name and a few supplies for this:

And I only spend a couple bucks over my $20 gift card! (I had several things at home already)

1. Paint the edges of all the letters. I did Anna's in purple and Jaocb's (you'll see his finished at the end) in yellow.

2. Trace each letter onto some colorful paper (this is pink w/ white polka dots)

But be careful...

...if you have one-sided paper! I traced the first N the wrong way and only had so much paper! But I patched on together. I covered up the seam with a decoration.

Did you know you can make your own decoupage glue? It's pretty easy--just mix regular glue with some water!

Brush a thin layer onto your letter.

Place the pretty paper on each letter. If you barely touch it down, you should still be able to wiggle it around a bit to get it straight. Then smooth flat over the whole letter.

See? Can't even tell there was a seam and the polka dots didn't match up!

Hot glue your decorations on. I used some painted wooden pieces I found for $0.57-0.67 each and some flowers from lei bracelets w/ jewels for the centers.

Voila! I had a problem though...I hadn't thought about how I would hang them!

Then I remembered one of my stocking stuffers...a little tube of ribbons!

I rifled through my picture hanging supplies and found some thumb tacks. Perfect!

There you have it! I have each ribbon different lengths. I didn't measure any of them.

Jacob's, of course, is all about wheels! :)

I had only picked up the wooden decorations but decided it looked a little bare. So I went through his toy basket and found some little cars and a couple of broken toys that I stole the wheels from! :) And then found another little tube of ribbons in Anna's craft box! I really wanted to use what I had and not spend any other money...and I did! :) I think Jacob is going to love his (Anna's was finished before they went to bed for naps). I'm going to have to keep his out of his reach though or he'll be pulling those cars and wheels off in no time!