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Top 14 of 2014

December 31, 2014 By Michelle Barneck 2 Comments

At the end of each year it is fun to reflect and see all that you created. As a fun year in review, we put together our readers’ top 14 favorite posts of 2014. We hope you enjoy the glimpse of fun and easy projects and ideas we share here on A Little Tipsy!

1. Glitter Candle

Create a unique piece for a gift or your home in just minutes!

2. The Best Burger Recipe – Mozzarella Burgers

Why top with cheese when you can put it inside for delicious flavor in every bite!

3. Family Reunion Games

A great collection of ideas for tons of fun with your family!

4. Straw Rockets

Just print, cut, tape, and fly!

5. Girls Just Want to Have Fun Birthday Gift

A classic movie for a totally fun gift!

6. Red, White, and Chocolate Valentine Treats

Because the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!

7. Bathroom Rules

What better place than right on the toilet lid?!

8. Easy Mother’s Day Time out for Mom Gift Idea

Fill with chocolate and give the favorite mom’s in your life their own time out!

9. 4th of July Pledge of Allegiance Flag Shirts

Also a cheat sheet for grade schoolers. 😉

10. Spider Web Nail Gift Idea

Vinyl decals make this pedi a snap!

11. Mummy Halloween Treats

No bake, 3 ingredient, what more could you ask for?!

12. Hot Chocolate Ornaments

Yummy and cute. Win-win!

13. Shrimp Po’ Boys

Super fast and delicious!

14. Celebrate Summer Party

All you need is $20 to throw this fun celebration for kiddos!

Thanks for sharing this year with us and we look forward to 2015 with fresh ideas and loads of new projects to share!

Hot Chocolate Ornament Gift Idea

November 21, 2014 By Michelle Barneck 3 Comments

I love a simple and unique gift idea. Something you can use that is dressed up just right. Whether giving or receiving, it makes your mouth curve in to a smile and you feel a little warm fuzzy inside. You know what else make you feel warm inside? Hot Chocolate. Who doesn’t love curling up with a mug of steaming chocolate on a cold day?! Pair that with a holiday icon (the ornament) to make these Hot Cocoa ornaments and you’ve got a winner for a feel good gift idea!

I saw this idea of putting drinks in ornaments and thought why not take it a step further and use the ornaments to hold the mix as well! Just grab a funnel and fill the ornaments with crushed candy canes, hot chocolate mix, and mini marshmallow bits. Attach little snowflake clips or ribbon tied in to bows to dress them up a bit. Place them in a box with paper shreds to cushion them and include a few striped paper straws tied with twine.

Include a picture of the ornaments as glasses in the box so recipients know they can not only use the ingredients to make hot chocolate, but the ornaments to drink from too! You may want to warn them that the hot chocolate should be warm, but not scalding if drinking from a glass ornament and not a mug.

Tie up the gift box with some cute twine, add a little embellishment, and you are good to go. A super cute hot chocolate ornament gift perfect for neighbors, friends, or teachers that takes only minutes to put together!

Pair the hot chocolate ornaments with a blanket and a thermos of hot water for a cozy date night too!

Holiday Cricut Explore Giveaway! {$549 value!}

November 7, 2014 By Michelle Barneck 10 Comments

I’m excited to be a part of Bake, Craft, Sew today! I’m guest posting over at Thirty Handmade Days combining two holiday staples, ornaments and hot chocolate, for a fun gift idea for neighbors, teachers, or friends.

Pretty sweet huh? To make things just a little sweeter, you can enter to win this awesome giveaway from Cricut to give you a head start on your holiday gift and card creation!

One lucky winner will receive:

1 Cricut Explore $399 MSRP
(1) $250 Holiday Crafting Bundle!

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Make sure to follow the entire series because you can get a new entry each day by visiting the featured blogger! And they are sharing some awesome ideas for the holidays. A special thanks to Cricut for encouraging a creative holiday season with this cool Cricut Explore giveaway.

Elmer’s Craft & Tell Party: How to Make a Christmas Tree

November 17, 2011 By Michelle Barneck 179 Comments

Check out what showed up on my doorstep the other day…

Ya, it was pretty much like a crafty Christmas morning. Elmer’s sent me this insanely cool box (Did you see those cutouts, talk about great packaging!) filled to the brim with super cool Elmer’s and X-acto products to try out and share. I called a few of my creative friends over for a little crafty get together.

Everybody got an awesome goody bag full of Elmer’s crafty supplies like scissors, glue of all kinds (dots, runners, tacky, sticks), retractable x-acto knives, foam boards and self-healing cutting mats.

Hannah, Jen, Jonie

What GNO is complete without some delectible seasonal offerings?! This was a great excuse to whip up some Starbuck’s Caramel Apple Spice, Nutella hot chocolate and pumpkin pie cake.

Everyone brought a roll of wrapping paper and we got to work on a little Pinterest inspired Christmas decor project.

Jennifer

All of you couldn’t fit in my house, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do the make and take! And later you’ll have a chance to win a little party of your own!

{How to Make a Wrapping Paper Christmas Tree}

inspired by

Supplies:

Wrapping paper
Elmers Glue Spots
Elmers foam board (we used bifold, but you only need one side)
Scissors
Large Popsicle sticks
Heavy duty kitchen shears
Garden twine
Elmers tacky glue
Hot glue
Wood Star
Martha Stewart Glitter Paint
Buttons

Cut pieces of wrapping paper and roll them in to tubes securing with a few glue spots. Secure the glue spots to the foam board making the tubes progressively smaller.

Break a popsicle stick in half. Put the halves side by side cover in glue and wrap with twine.

Let the glue dry then trim off the ends of the sticks with the kitchen shears (I used Cutco). Glue in place under the tree.

Paint the star with a thick layer of glitter glue and let dry. Hot glue a button on the star and then glue in place at the top of the tree.

Use glue spots to secure button ornaments on the tree.

And that my friends is how to make a Christmas tree!

Now you have the make and take, let’s get you an Elmer’s goody bag!

Elmers is giving away two Elmer’s Craft & Tell Prize Packs so you can have a crafty GNO of your own including:

3 X-ACTO Retract-a-Blade knives
3 CraftBond Extra Strength Glue Sticks
3 CraftBond Tape Runners
3 Mini Bi-fold 9×12 Foam Board packs
1 Painters Markers pack
1 X-ACTO Decorative Edge Scissors pack
1 Circle Cutter
1 X-ACTO Self-Healing Mat
1 Glue Dots pack
2 Photo Corners packs (various colors)
1 Gel Pens pack
1 Tacky Glue bottle

It’s a sweet party in a box, just add friends and treats!

To enter: (leave a separate comment on this post for each entry)

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Like Elmer’s on Facebook on tell them hello from A Little Tipsy
Follow Elmer’s on Twitter
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Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway Ex: I’m hoping to win the @elmers #craftandtell giveaway on @littletipsyblog!

Giveaway ends on Tuesday, November 22nd. Good luck!