Feature Friday-Blog Swap with Seven Thirty Three

Hello to all you creative ladies! I am Kim from seven thirty three – – – a creative blog and I want to take a moment to thank Michelle for letting me take over her blog today.

Michelle sent me three questions so that you can get to know me a little better, so here you go:

What is your favorite crafting tool or secret weapon? Of course my Cricut is one of my favorite tools… and could be considered a weapon with that sharp blade! But I also love my scallop paper punch! Perfect for making tags, cupcake toppers and more!
What is your favorite color of eyeshadow? I like to use golden browns. I have hazel eyes that tend toward green so these shades really make my eyes pop.
What was your favorite childhood game? Hmmm… I don’t know the name of it but we would make a HUGE square in the snow and then put a big X in connecting the corners of the squares. There was a safety “box” that was put on one side. There was then one person who was it and you had to stay in the lines and try not to get tagged. LOTS OF FUN, hard to explain. But I was also a big tomboy so playing touch football, baseball and soccer with the neighborhood games was right at the top of my list!

Just a bit more personal info: I am a Marketing Director by day and a mommy blogger by night. I have three gorgeous kiddos that make me smile everyday and that I like to craft for and with. I also have a wonderful husband that supports my crafting ~~outlet~~ addicition <– I can admit that.

So you want to know more about the BLOG, huh? OK, well let’s see…

I host a Sugar & Spice Weekly Link Party every Wednesday for all of your adorable girl crafts and Thursdays are for our little men with the What are little boys made of? Weekly Party.

I like to pass out freebies, one of my most popular being a Weekly Meal Planner.

One of my newer obsessions is Freezer Paper Stencils! It is super easy and inexpensive. Check out this Gap knock-off I made for $3.50.

Looking for some helpful blog tips? I do that too! Every Sunday I post a tip to help you personalize your blog. Send me an email if you have a question you would like answered!

When I’m not crafting, chasing my kiddos or cleaning house, I also do Blog Design. I love to help people beautify their blogs. I work with you to meet your creative needs and to personalize your blog, because let’s face it, these monsters are our babies!

OK, enough about me. Look what I have in store for you today:

Can you tell what it is made from?

Tourist maps, scrapbook paper, coffee filters and jute!

I am hosting a camping themed baby shower for my SIL in June and wanted a rustic banner to hang above the food table. As I was brainstorming I was wishing I had a map because I thought it would lend itself perfectly to the camping theme… then it hit me! I drive past a Rest Area EVERY DAY. They would have FREE maps. So I stopped on my way home from work and picked up a few maps. The rest of the items I had in my home.

I used my Cricut to cut the maps into 5.5″ circles. The brown scrapbook paper was cut into 4″ circles. I used my Make the Cut software to cut the letters on my Cricut. I punched two holes in the top of each set of circles so that they could be threaded onto the jute. Following me? All pretty standard, right?

Now onto the coffee filter “flowers”.

Flatten the coffee filter.

Fold it in half and then fold it in half again (see the arrow?). This will give you the center point of the filter.

This was hard to get a picture to describe, but basically pinch the center and push everything up, and then fluff it out into a circle shape continuing to pinch the center. I then twisted the center “nub”.

When you come over to visit you will see I do most of my crafting at night or during naps so I have limited time. I tend to use whatever is around me – so although I used a piece of pipe cleaner to secure my “nub” (ewww! I don’t like that word!) you can most certainly use tape.

Here is how it will look when you are done with it. Now punch two holes in the top so you can string it onto the jute (do this carefully so as not to tear it).

And here is the finished product:

I hope you guys were inspired today and will stop by to say hi!

You can also find me on Facebook!

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I am a big fan of the little boy link up! It seems that little girl ideas are plentiful, but little boy ideas are few are far between. Thanks for swappin‘ it up Kim.

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