A beautiful floral card design can be created from items you probably already have around your house. This is an easy design to create and can quickly be made over and over again once you have constructed your initial pattern. You can get creative with the colors and textures of your flowers and even change the color of the cardstock to create your own signature card.
Click here for instructions on how to make this flower card.
Here is another one of my Earth Days segments when I appeared on Let’s Talk Live in Arlington, Virginia. I always have a great time with Natasha and Melanie on their show. This time I showed them how to transform household items into fun and beautiful crafts.
For Earth Day, I created hand-made paper from scraps of printer paper and brown paper shopping bags. I embedded flower petals, leaves and flower seeds into the paper. This paper is the ultimate in reusing left-over items—it transforms waste paper into something beautiful and then it can be recycled again by planting it in the ground. You first need to make the paper screen which also acts as the form for the paper. This can easily be done with things you may already have on-hand. Once the screen is made, you can quickly and easily make paper whenever you want. This paper is a very kid friendly craft as well.
Here are step-by-step instructions on how to make this paper
I appeared on NBC News Channel 11 WBAL on Earth Day to show some of my green crafts using household items and re-purposed materials. I always love showing the host how to create fun and beautiful crafts out of items that are usually discarded and thought of as trash. I think she was a little surprised at my wrapping roll cuff bracelets and milk carton vases.
This adorable bear is the perfect way to give a gift for Valentine’s Day. I used a bear with long arms and I attached peel-and-stick Velcro to the paws so they would lock together to hold the gift. I decorating a lid of a cardboard jewelry box with a piece of scrapbooking paper, a pretty bow and a tiny bear to make it even more lovable.
To recreate this idea, find a cute stuffed animal with arms long enough to hold the gift and peel-and-stick Velcro can be found at most craft and fabric stores.
I came up with this idea of chocolate drizzled strawberry hearts for a TV segment I was doing for Valentine’s Day last year. I just loved the presentation of this dessert so I decided to bring it out of my archives for another go around this year. These strawberries are so easy to make and are sure to impress. The drizzle of chocolate is the perfect complement to the strawberries without overpowering them but with just enough of a tease to make you want more.
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Here is a media reel with some segments from my TV segments over the last year.
Here is a whimsical bottle design perfect for New Year’s Eve. Whether you are going to toast the new year with Champagne or sparkling cider, this bottle of bubbly is sure to be a great conversation piece and add a festive touch to any New Year’s celebration. I created this design with leftover scraps of wrapping paper and reused ribbon from the holidays. The fireworks are holiday picks I purchased at the craft store.
This New Year’s Eve, start a new family tradition and make a time capsule. Create a list that includes current events in your life, favorite things, your state of mind, goals and resolutions for the upcoming year. Gather photos and items of interest along with your list put it in a box wrapped in newspaper from New Year’s Eve. Label it “Don’t open until 2012″. It will be fun to open next New Year’s Eve to see everything you put in the box. You will be amazed at how much has changed in just one year and also how much has stayed the same. This is especially fun to do with the kids. I love to see how their interests have changed and how much they have grown.
Happy New Year!!
Gina
Use those extra buttons you have laying around the house to create a fun, whimsical gift wrap design. I wrapped the gift in double-layered crinkled tissue, threaded the buttons onto textured yarn and wrapped the yarn around the box in a random pattern. I tied the yarn in a double knot on the back of the box to secure. You can also attach the buttons onto the gift with craft glue. This gift is sure to stand out and make a stylish statement. This would also be a fun gift wrap for kids to create.
