Monday, May 24, 2010

i o-fish-ally did it!

for years, i have looked at creative blogs (the whole long list to the right) and been so amazed and impressed with these girls creative skills! i wish i could be that creative. i wish i had the time! i always have good ideas but they never turn out very cute (ask any of the girls in the card club i used to be. for sure, my cards were the ones they all threw away!)
so i usually resort to giving scentsy for gifts for birthdays, to teachers, etc...
this year, i decided to "think outside of the box" and go for it.
i found this blog last week: www.eighteen25.blogspot.com and the gal had the cutest teachers gifts on there.
i decided to copy the swedish fish one. this is one i knew i could do.
i made about 12 of them tonight - one for all of the kids on brian's soccer team that he coached, 2 for kaitlin's dance teachers, and then i will make the remaining 8 for the kids teachers at school next week.
i bought the 3" circle punch and that was an awesome purchase.
then i cut the scalloped papers on my cricut (another awesome purchase)
filled up the bags with swedish fish, tied on ribbon, and put on the tags.
voila!
i thought outside the box, and i think i did a great job!
for once! ;)

to see the project i copied, go here

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What are you talking about? All the stuff you've done is highly creative in my book! You don't give yourself enough credit!

Us Lochers said...

I agree with Michelle... you always do great work! These are SUPER cute too!

Alicia said...

Those are so cute!!

Jen Howick said...

it's ok, Darla. You can tell everyone how bad I sucked at card club! while I gathered everyone else's adorable cards, everyone got stuck with my crappy cards. sorry!

Ryan & Cynthia Clan said...

Jen - you are always creative and the stuff you make is awesome... Despite what you think you are a downright crafty crafter! These turned out super cute!