Baby you're a STAR Volume 3

I totally have dropped the ball on sharing my 'stars' from the previous week.  I think I just 'starred' so many things through the holidays that I just couldn't remember to share them here.

So, I'm back at it.  Here's this past week's STARS!!

These little boxes are so so cute.  I'm not sure I would fill them with real fortune cookies, but maybe some paper cookies with cute fortunes inside!! This was posted by eighteen25 and you can find the details HERE!

Isn't this fantastic?  I love it.  Also posted over at eighteen25 and details are on this post.  These aren't just regular hearts - it's little photo strips.  I love love love it.  My printer is out of ink though, so if I manage to make this - it'll just be paper strips.  Wonder if I can find film really cheap and use a few strips of film? hmmm...

OH How I love this!! I would love to make it for Valentines, but also think it would be cute to do a countdown to a birthday.  Still kicking that idea around in my head.  Cole's b'day is right before Valentine's Day so I'm wondering if I can combine the two somehow - some kind of countdown with a special treat on his b'day then continue counting down to the 14th?? I don't know - any suggestions??

Here's the original post from Infarrantly Creative - if you don't follow her, you should - her blog is fabulous!!

And I really want to do Subway Art in a massive way.  I love this Valentine Subway Art.  She's also done Halloween, too.  Go over to Tatertots and Jello and check out all the awesome stuff.  I really love her blog and 'star' her a ton!!!  Details on the above is here.

That's it for the past week.  Can you see a trend?  Valentine's is one of my favorite holidays.  Not sure why since Jason isn't really big on it - another made up holiday so people have to buy stuff.  But I love the idea of telling people you love them.  Who's not happy to hear that??

So, hope you are getting ready to share the love!!

Lisa

Baby you're a STAR Volumn 2

Hi out there in cyber world.  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  We're just here.  We've been really busy lately, it seems.  I'm actually feeling pretty bad today - I was okay to begin with, but after noon I started to feel really tired and had a headache.  Now, I'm just sort of blah with a low grade fever.  Hopefully, it's just that I'm tired and not coming down with the flu.  That would be terrible.

My uncle is in the hospital and very sick.  He's been undergoing treatment for lung cancer, but now has kidney failure.  Dialysis is too hard on him, so there isn't really anything else they can do for him.    We're just hanging out at the hospital a lot and praying.  Well, I'm not hanging out now since I feel blah.  No need to take extra germs there. 

I haven't had much time on the computer this week to just browse around and look at pretty stuff, but I did manage to STAR a few things.

This first item came from UCreate and the original link can be found HERE.  This is really a cute idea, but the real reason I gave it a star was for the directions on how to make the little bow - super cute and easy!!

Have you seen these powdered donut snowmen?  They are so cute!!  I would love to make some but am not sure I'll get around to them. 

And then my favorite star of the week came from UCreate.  I feel as though must of my stars come from UCreate or Tatertots and Jello.  Anyway, this one came from a feature on UCreate showing Shanty 2 Chic's fun little gift idea:

I absolutely love this.  I've already purchased the wood and Jason's cut it into 11 inch pieces for me.  I'm hoping to get the other pieces Monday so I can get to work.  This will take care of a few people on my Christmas list!!

This star is super cute and I would love to make some!  This comes from a feature of Today's Creative Blog and it's a cupcake in a jar.  A CUPCAKE - IN A JAR!!!  Love this idea almost more than the pie in a jar, which is pretty cute, too!

If you are a paper crafter, you've probably been to this blog, too - Heidi Swapp.  Well, I saw these and wish I had the time to make them, too:

 Okay - I think that's enough STARS for today, especially since I feel rather crappy right now.

Off to rest a bit!
lisa

Baby you're a STAR

I thought it would be fun to share the things I gave a gold star to this past week.  Gold star?  Y'all must think I'm crazy.  But, if you have Google Reader set up with all your favorite blogs, you understand.  You can 'star' something you like, Google Reader keeps them all together and you can quickly go through what you liked and revisit the idea!  I thought it would be fun to start sharing the things I found star worthy.  I'll post the link to the original post and then share my favorite image!

So, here's what I 'starred' this past week or so.  First, we have Vintage Rudolph, which was posted on Hostess with the Mostess. I love the bright green and red here.  I tend to be a little bi-polar when it comes to decorating - I love soft muted colors, but at Christmas I love bold and bright stuff!! I love the corker bow napkin ring here and think it would be super cute to make into an ornament - a whole ball of curly grosgrain!  There are a million other things I liked for that post though - go check it out and pick your favorite!

Next up, I have a Tatertots and Jello post and you may seem that blog here more and more - I love the things she shares!!  This post is titled Pier 1 Decorating.  And this is too stinkin' cute:

I really love the silver mixed with the red here - the red is a super bright burst of color mixed in with the white and silver!

And I really want to make this cute Pom Pom Scarf.  It's really cute and brought to you by UCreate, although the original post is from here - Life through the Lens.

Remember the post about the ruffle trees - oh wait, I never shared mine - well, here some of the inspiration.  Shanty2Chic made adorable ruffle trees.  I love them!  The ruffle tree is adorable but the little rosette tree is adorable, too!

Here's another adorable idea from The Inspired Room, How to Make a Jingle Bell Jar.  I'm going to be making these soon - I promise!

Here's another from Tatertots and Jello. I love this wreath so very much!

The great thing about Tatertots and Jello is she does link parties - I love that.  I just got lost in her links and end up with tons of ideas!!

And here's something I want to try to make myself - and soon! This was shared at JBS Inspiration Blog.

I'll be back next Saturday with more fun stuff!

Lisa