Bee Projects

Here are some SWEET projects that I've been working on for a very special retreat with my dear friends, and design team, the HoneyBees!  We spent several days together just crafting, sharing ideas, tutoring, laughing, eating, and getting to know one another SO WELL.  It was the PERFECT SWARM!

 I stamped these bee hives and bees (CTMH) and added them to tubes of yellow and black M&Ms!

 One of our projects was to etch a commemorative mug.  I designed the logo on Make The Cut, and we cut out the vinyl, etched the designs and our names, and then enjoyed Root Beer Floats!

Court designed shirts, and screen printed them with her Yudu.  We added lots of gems with our I-Rocks.

Here are the HoneyBees!  Kristi, Rosemary, Court, June, Wanda and myself. 

I hope you get a chance to visit us over at BettyBee's Buzz, and see what we come up with to inspire you!  Monday we will be sharing another project that we did at our retreat. 

Happy creating ~

Here's a Real Sweet Treat!

 Happy Valentine's Day !!!  Today I have a sweet treat basket tutorial, that you can make for lots of treat occasions, over at BettyBee's Buzz!  And it's so easy you can whip up a bunch of 'em before the kids get home from school today! 

 

 I had so much fun with this little basket.  It will make a great centerpiece for the table, because it is a really nice size... but it is SO easy to make in itsy bitsy little sizes, too!!  The base on this one is 4 inches square, but it would be just as easy to do with a 1 inch square bottom, and put jelly beans in for Easter... OH, SO CUTE!!  This stamp is from The Baking Stamp Ensemble from Just RiteStampers, and the paper from the DCWV Sweet Stack couldn't have been more perfect!


  I hope you will click over and see today's Monday Motivational, and will be back with us on Wednesday to see the Sweet Treats the rest of the HoneyBees will be sharing. 

Happy Valentine's Day... and have a great week!!  My Valentine is going in the hospital today for a cardiac cath, and possibly some other work... I appreciate your prayers and good thoughts on his behalf.  I'll let you know how he is on my next post. 

Hugs,

HoneyBee Showcase Wednesday

Silks, satins, grosgrains, and so much more... ribbon is one of our favorite and most versatile embellishments.  This week over at BettyBee's Buzz we are exploring some creative ways to use ribbon.  On Monday June shared a quick tutorial on how to layer ribbons, and have them shine through the opening of a card... today the HoneyBees will be sharing several other creative ideas.

My card for this project is featuring a wrapped triple daisy that was woven on the Knifty Knitter by Provo Craft.  This is a quick and easy project!

The Knifty Knitter is a simple round loom, with removable pegs, and if you stop before doing the "Knit" part, you have the pretty flower.  If you keep with the knit, you could have a baby hat, or even a scarf!

After finishing the flower, I added the perfect red button, tied with red and white baker's twine.  Sorry I don't know the name of the designer paper.  The card is made on Core'dinations Jemstone paper.

Another delightful touch... a gift with the card!   I just got an order of 1x8 cello bags today, perfect for holding M&M's, and makes the ideal stem for the flower!  The leaves are cut at 4" from the Home Decor Cricut cartridge, then embossed with the "Plaid" Sizzix folder.  The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper's Friends and Family stamp set.



I also enjoyed doing the braided ribbon frame on the front of the mini album that was posted on Monday.  The HoneyBees have posted some really great ideas over at BettyBee's Buzz.  I hope you will pop over and check them out.  Leave them some hunny, and you could be the winner of some great Blog Candy, too! 

Happy creating~