DIY Candy Wrapper Gift (with Gloves)

Another holiday gift idea I found online - ended up making it for some of my coworkers. 

I got the idea from http://befickle.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas%20Gift%20Giving

And the printout from http://pattywraps.blogspot.com/2012/11/snowman-candy-bar-box-free-of-course.html

I printed out the snowman, then wrapped and taped it around a candy bar.  I placed one glove around the top of the candy bar.  Next I placed the second glove behind the candy bar, about an inch below the first glove.  I taped the second glove to the candy bar wrapper.  Then, I tied the pinky and thumb of the second glove, around the first glove - so that it would look like a winter hat!  

I also added some handwritten directions to the back - just in case they didn't notice they were gloves (and not just fabric) hehe.

Happy Holidays!!!

DIY Ninja Ornaments

. . . taking a little break from the DIY wedding craft posts . . .

Happy Holidays!!!

Pictured here are some DIY ornaments made for my best friend, who loves ninjas (and they match the ninja pillows I made her and her family: http://www.lwadamelon.blogspot.com/2012/07/more-felt-crafts.html )

I got the idea from The Cheese Thief http://www.thecheesethief.com/2011/11/ninja-ornament-tutorial.html

I bought the plain ornaments - and decided on plastic ones, to help ease anxiety about them breaking in the mail.  I used acrylic white paint and then permanent marker for the eyes.  I decided to use more of a rectangular shape for the white paint, to match the pillows I had previously made for her. 

It was fun taking pictures of them, too!

Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!

DIY Wedding Crafts - Origami Flower Wedding Cake

To add to the numerous origami flowers made for our wedding, my husband, mother-in-law, and I, folded 2 different sized flowers for our wedding cake!  Again, we used regular printer paper in different colors.  We did not want to use Japanese newspaper for the cake, in fear that the buttercream icing would leave oily marks on it.  So, my husband - being creative - typed random words in Japanese characters on regular white paper and printed them out.  Things like - sushi, unagi, oishii, etc!

Each flower had a skewer hot glued to it (about halfway up the middle of the flower).  Then, we gave the flowers to the cake shop, and they were able to snip the skewers as they saw necessary.

  Photographed by Quinn Photography

Photographed by Quinn Photography

On the top of the cake are hand-painted kokeshi dolls, made to look like us.  We love them so much! - they were given to us by my matron of honor and her family!  (painted by http://www.kokeshiclan.com/#! )