Great Ideas — Handmade Mother’s Day Gifts to Make!

Mother’s Day is coming up soon!

Here are a few wonderful Mother’s Day gifts ideas that were linked up this week:

Simple Starfish Display @ Charcoal & Crayons

Mother’s Day Text Art @ K.I.S.S. {Keep it Simple}

 

Make Mom a Personalized Coupon Book @ Something Created Every Day

 Or a Family Name Plaque @ So Not Donna Reed

 Create Map Art with maps of places that mom has lived @ Crafty, Scrappy, Happy

Make Mom a Silhouette Tote @ Ms. Not So Perfect

Or a Dimensional Magic Belt Buckle @ Mod Podge Rocks

Make mom pretty resin earrings @ Grey Luster Girl

Or make a  Celtic Knot Necklace @ Mommy Go Round

Give mom a  Glass Gem Necklace @ Madigan Made

Or make her a Ruffled Pouch @ That’s My Letter

Create a Boden-inspired necklace for mom @ Flamingo Toes

Whip up a batch of Gardner’s Hand Cream @ Northern Cottage

Make her some pretty pillows for her bed @ Ladycrafter 14

Make pretty Mother’s day Nests @ Dreaming in Color

Print off a fun Mother’s day Printable @ Holiday Snob

Or this pretty Mother’s day Printable @ Kiki Creates

Print off a fun saying for Mom’s Craft Room @ 30 Handmade Days

 Or this fun Mother’s Day printable @ Measured by the Heart

 

Make mom some cupcakes and print off these Mom Cupcake Toppers @ Diddles and Dumplings

Make Mom a Beautiful Zipper Flower Pin @ Delicate Construction

 

Or a Shimmered Brooch @ Peek a Dot 

Kids would love making these Photo Magnets @ Sweet November

 Or Bottle cap Magnets @ Literally Inspired

 Make a Mother’s Day Flower Gift @ Ginger Snaps

Or a Spring Flower Frame @ Every Creative Endeavor

Or make mom a Hanging Garden @ Everyday Art

Another fast and easy gift is this Tiered Tray @ Bacon Time with the Hungry Hypo

 And another great Dessert Stand tutorial @ Bubbly Nature

 

Or mom would love a DIY Jewelry Holder @ Peace, Love, 2 Sisters

Decoupage mom a special canvas @ Craftionary

Come over and see all of the creative projects that have been linked up this week! 

 There are great Teacher Appreciation ideas, DIY projects, Sewing ideas and more! 

And come link up YOUR ideas and you can win a $35 credit to Ladybug Blessings!!

Another Great Ideas feature post is coming up tonight.

Have a Happy Saturday!!

xoxo

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Great Ideas — Handmade Mother’s Day Gifts to Make!

Mother’s Day is coming up soon!

Here are a few wonderful Mother’s Day gifts ideas that were linked up this week:

Simple Starfish Display @ Charcoal & Crayons

Mother’s Day Text Art @ K.I.S.S. {Keep it Simple}

 

Make Mom a Personalized Coupon Book @ Something Created Every Day

 Or a Family Name Plaque @ So Not Donna Reed

 Create Map Art with maps of places that mom has lived @ Crafty, Scrappy, Happy

Make Mom a Silhouette Tote @ Ms. Not So Perfect

Or a Dimensional Magic Belt Buckle @ Mod Podge Rocks

Make mom pretty resin earrings @ Grey Luster Girl

Or make a  Celtic Knot Necklace @ Mommy Go Round

Give mom a  Glass Gem Necklace @ Madigan Made

Or make her a Ruffled Pouch @ That’s My Letter

Create a Boden-inspired necklace for mom @ Flamingo Toes

Whip up a batch of Gardner’s Hand Cream @ Northern Cottage

Make her some pretty pillows for her bed @ Ladycrafter 14

Make pretty Mother’s day Nests @ Dreaming in Color

Print off a fun Mother’s day Printable @ Holiday Snob

Or this pretty Mother’s day Printable @ Kiki Creates

Print off a fun saying for Mom’s Craft Room @ 30 Handmade Days

 Or this fun Mother’s Day printable @ Measured by the Heart

 

Make mom some cupcakes and print off these Mom Cupcake Toppers @ Diddles and Dumplings

Make Mom a Beautiful Zipper Flower Pin @ Delicate Construction

 

Or a Shimmered Brooch @ Peek a Dot 

Kids would love making these Photo Magnets @ Sweet November

 Or Bottle cap Magnets @ Literally Inspired

 Make a Mother’s Day Flower Gift @ Ginger Snaps

Or a Spring Flower Frame @ Every Creative Endeavor

Or make mom a Hanging Garden @ Everyday Art

Another fast and easy gift is this Tiered Tray @ Bacon Time with the Hungry Hypo

 And another great Dessert Stand tutorial @ Bubbly Nature

 

Or mom would love a DIY Jewelry Holder @ Peace, Love, 2 Sisters

Decoupage mom a special canvas @ Craftionary

Come over and see all of the creative projects that have been linked up this week! 

 There are great Teacher Appreciation ideas, DIY projects, Sewing ideas and more! 

And come link up YOUR ideas and you can win a $35 credit to Ladybug Blessings!!

Another Great Ideas feature post is coming up tonight.

Have a Happy Saturday!!

xoxo

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Weekend Wrap Up Party — and Ladybug Blessing {hand-stamped jewelry giveaway}

UPDATE — Giveaway closed. Winner is comment #29. Jenn from Pickles and Cupcakes.

TGIF!! 

It’s Friday – my favorite day of the week.

I am so excited to see YOUR ideas!!

This week’s giveaway is from the very talented Kristen at Ladybug Blessings!!

 

Hey everyone my name is Kristen and I blog over at a little place called Ladybug Blessings. Honestly I have no idea where I came up with the name. I have always collected Ladybugs and it went from there. I blog about anything and everything. I also love to blog about my travels and my life. You’ll hear a lot about my puppy Pancake who I rescued from a puppy mill:

 

And I have a Handmade Tuesday linky party for people to link up their ideas (obviously not as awesome as Jen’s though!) and make sure to come link up!

And then of course I love to make crafts. Right now I am normally making things I can finish under an hour because my attention span is currently very short but I hope to have more time this summer! I absolutely love to make Hand stamped jewelry and today’s giveaway is for one customized necklace of your choice (up to $35 value). I have lots of design stamps, sizes and font choices.

 

If you can think of it then it can be stamped on a necklace! In addition, I make custom pet tags

 

Want to win the $35 credit for a custom hand-stamped necklace?

(Trust me, I know you do!)

• Head over to Ladybug Blessings Shop and tell me how you would design your necklace. (one entry)

• Follow or leave a comment at the Ladybug Blessings Blog (one entry)

• Follow Ladybug Blessings on twitter. (one entry)

• Link YOUR ideas. (every link=one entry)

Don’t forget:

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Please link up the Wrap Up button {a text link is great too — Tatertots and Jello}

so everyone can join in the fun!

Please comment on 2 posts above you and 2 posts below you —

in addition to any others that you want to visit. 

That way everyone gets some comments — we all love comments!!

I can’t wait to see what YOU have been working on!

I’ll start going through the links tonight!!

xoxo

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Decorating Your Outdoor Space — and a $100 Pier 1 Gift Card giveaway!

UPDATE — # 125 — Winner is Paris Girl 24. Send me an email to claim your prize. 

This post brought to you by Pier 1. All opinions are 100% mine.

It snowed here this week, but that didn’t stop me from making over my front porch and dreaming about warmer weather! 

I headed over to one of my favorite stores —Pier 1 for some inspiration. 

I want to do something colorful with my backyard patio. 

Pier 1 is the place for bright, happy looking decor. 

I wish I could take that whole store home with me!! One of the first things I noticed when I walked in was this cool Jardin De Marie Trellis/Seat. How pretty would it look with some bright cushions in my back yard?

I also love this Outdoor Swingasan Chair.

I can picture myself sitting there with a glass of lemonade. 

I love all of Pier 1’s bright outdoor dishes!! I have my eye on this striped beverage dispenser. 

I ended up getting a few different sizes of pretty paper lanterns.

It’s my daughter’s birthday this week and I thought they would be fun as a decoration.

  And, to hang on my front porch and in my backyard this summer. I added lace and some other embellishments to them. And they have LED lights at the bottom of each lantern.  

(I’ll post a tutorial on these embellished lanterns next week!)

They are so pretty all lit up!! 

And guess what?? 

I have a fun surprise to help YOU brighten up your outdoor space!! 

A $100 Pier1 Gift Card!!! 

Here’s how YOU can win:

• Head over to Pier 1 and take a look around. What would you buy with the gift card? one entry. 

• “Like” Pier1’s facebook page. If you already do, let me know. one entry. 

• Leave Pier1 a comment on their Facebook page. one entry. 

• Share this fun giveaway on Twitter with a message like “Enter to win an awesome @Pier_1_imports $100 gift giftcard at Tatertots and Jello @jenjentrixie”. one entry.

• Share this giveaway on Facebook or on your blog. one entry each.

 Thank you to the fabulous Pier 1 folks for such a fun giveaway!!

Pier 1 is also planning some fun Pier 1 Tweetups — see if one is coming to an area near you!

This giveaway will run until Monday,  May 2nd.

Good Luck!! 

xoxo

PS — It’s Friday!!! Time for the Weekend Wrap Up party. I am excited to see YOUR ideas!! The party starts at 6 pm (MST). I hope you will come join in!!

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Decorating Your Outdoor Space — and a $100 Pier 1 Gift Card giveaway!

UPDATE — # 125 — Winner is Paris Girl 24. Send me an email to claim your prize. 

This post brought to you by Pier 1. All opinions are 100% mine.

It snowed here this week, but that didn’t stop me from making over my front porch and dreaming about warmer weather! 

I headed over to one of my favorite stores —Pier 1 for some inspiration. 

I want to do something colorful with my backyard patio. 

Pier 1 is the place for bright, happy looking decor. 

I wish I could take that whole store home with me!! One of the first things I noticed when I walked in was this cool Jardin De Marie Trellis/Seat. How pretty would it look with some bright cushions in my back yard?

I also love this Outdoor Swingasan Chair.

I can picture myself sitting there with a glass of lemonade. 

I love all of Pier 1’s bright outdoor dishes!! I have my eye on this striped beverage dispenser. 

I ended up getting a few different sizes of pretty paper lanterns.

It’s my daughter’s birthday this week and I thought they would be fun as a decoration.

  And, to hang on my front porch and in my backyard this summer. I added lace and some other embellishments to them. And they have LED lights at the bottom of each lantern.  

(I’ll post a tutorial on these embellished lanterns next week!)

They are so pretty all lit up!! 

And guess what?? 

I have a fun surprise to help YOU brighten up your outdoor space!! 

A $100 Pier1 Gift Card!!! 

Here’s how YOU can win:

• Head over to Pier 1 and take a look around. What would you buy with the gift card? one entry. 

• “Like” Pier1’s facebook page. If you already do, let me know. one entry. 

• Leave Pier1 a comment on their Facebook page. one entry. 

• Share this fun giveaway on Twitter with a message like “Enter to win an awesome @Pier_1_imports $100 gift giftcard at Tatertots and Jello @jenjentrixie”. one entry.

• Share this giveaway on Facebook or on your blog. one entry each.

 Thank you to the fabulous Pier 1 folks for such a fun giveaway!!

Pier 1 is also planning some fun Pier 1 Tweetups — see if one is coming to an area near you!

This giveaway will run until Monday,  May 2nd.

Good Luck!! 

xoxo

PS — It’s Friday!!! Time for the Weekend Wrap Up party. I am excited to see YOUR ideas!! The party starts at 6 pm (MST). I hope you will come join in!!

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Porch Makeover Part 2 — make a 10 minute pillow cover out of cloth napkins!

The sun is out and I love looking at my freshened up front porch. Yesterday I showed you my Chevron Frame Door Hanging {with Washi Tape}:

And today I want to show you a 10 minute pillow you can make out of napkins!

Take two cloth napkins. I found mine at Target.

If you can find a pillow form that’s the same size as the pillow, all you do is sew around the edges of the napkins, with the napkin outside facing toward each other. Then turn it right side out. Leave one seam open so you can insert your pillow form. Or, you can also stuff it with cotton batting material.

I cut out some Heat Transfer material letters that spell HELLO and ironed them on the pillow cover. Another fun idea would be to print out your HOUSE NUMBER!

I also took a 6 foot length of ribbon and sewed a big running stitch down one end of the ribbon and gathered it. 

Then I wrapped it around until it made a flower and then I sewed it onto the front of the pillow cover. Then I took a scrapbooking fabric brad and used some fabric glue to glue that in the middle of the flower.

Then insert the pillow form or stuff it with cotton batten. Once the pillow is stuffed, then pin the seam together with the edges
folded under. You can sew the seam shut or use hot glue. And if you want
to wash the pillow cover, you can use velcro strips to close the seam
and that way you can open it up and take the pillow cover or batting out
and wash the cover.

I love how my new pillow brightens up my bench!

I took another matching napkin and put it on top of my little side table and then I also took a little striped gray Ikea platter and attached a doily and another brad to the center and added that too.  I love the yellow and gray/black theme on my porch!

And I have a fun surprise for you tomorrow.

Something to help YOU makeover YOUR front door or outdoor space!!

xoxo

PS — Have you heard about the NEW Creative Conference — SNAP? It’s going to be held next year 2012 and I am so excited about it!! 

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Porch Makeover Part 2 — make a 10 minute pillow cover out of cloth napkins!

The sun is out and I love looking at my freshened up front porch. Yesterday I showed you my Chevron Frame Door Hanging {with Washi Tape}:

And today I want to show you a 10 minute pillow you can make out of napkins!

Take two cloth napkins. I found mine at Target.

If you can find a pillow form that’s the same size as the pillow, all you do is sew around the edges of the napkins, with the napkin outside facing toward each other. Then turn it right side out. Leave one seam open so you can insert your pillow form. Or, you can also stuff it with cotton batting material.

I cut out some Heat Transfer material letters that spell HELLO and ironed them on the pillow cover. Another fun idea would be to print out your HOUSE NUMBER!

I also took a 6 foot length of ribbon and sewed a big running stitch down one end of the ribbon and gathered it. 

Then I wrapped it around until it made a flower and then I sewed it onto the front of the pillow cover. Then I took a scrapbooking fabric brad and used some fabric glue to glue that in the middle of the flower.

Then insert the pillow form or stuff it with cotton batten. Once the pillow is stuffed, then pin the seam together with the edges
folded under. You can sew the seam shut or use hot glue. And if you want
to wash the pillow cover, you can use velcro strips to close the seam
and that way you can open it up and take the pillow cover or batting out
and wash the cover.

I love how my new pillow brightens up my bench!

I took another matching napkin and put it on top of my little side table and then I also took a little striped gray Ikea platter and attached a doily and another brad to the center and added that too.  I love the yellow and gray/black theme on my porch!

And I have a fun surprise for you tomorrow.

Something to help YOU makeover YOUR front door or outdoor space!!

xoxo

PS — Have you heard about the NEW Creative Conference — SNAP? It’s going to be held next year 2012 and I am so excited about it!! 

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Guest Project — Love Birds Wall Hanging {tutorial}

 Hello all you wonderful Tatertots &Jello followers! 

I am beyond excited to be here sharing a tutorial with you today. I met Jen at CHA this past January and wasn’t a bit surprised at how nice she was. If you get a chance to meet her you won’t be sorry.

 My name is Dresden and I absolutely love blogging! 

My blog is dresdencarrie where I share tutorials, my favorite things, recipes, and just about everything else. I work full time as a Graphic Designer for Silhouette America and love it! It is such a fun place to work and I am so grateful for my job. In my free time I post on my blog and sew. My mom taught me to sew growing up and I am so glad she did, it is my favorite hobby.

Today I am sharing a tutorial for a wall hanging I made out of some scraps of fabric and an old frame I had laying around (actually a wedding gift that I wasn’t too fond of :))! The inspiration for this piece came from a pillow found here and a card found here.

 First I took this frame and painted it a nice white color so it would stand out against the fabric I chose.

 Next I cut out all these little birds using the Silhouette with the Fabric Interfacing on my fabric.

Then I arranged the birds on my piece of fabric, which actually didn’t take too long after I got out my giant ruler.
You want to know my favorite thing about the fabric interfacing from Silhouette? It is double sided, so once I had the birds in place I simply ironed them on and they stayed in place the whole time I was sewing them on. You could of course use the no-sew interfacing, but I prefer the sewable because I love the stitched look.
I chose a tiny zig-zag stitch in pink to give them a little more character. After sewing it you could either wash the entire piece or do what I did…use my fingernails to fray the edges.
Once they were sewn on I put it in the frame and there ya go!

 It’s been a real treat being here today! I hope you’ll come visit me over at dresdencarrie real soon!

Thanks Dresden. that is absolutely adorable!!
Check out these other wonderful ideas that Dresden has shared:

{Check out this beautiful Ruffled Skirt that she made – love!}

 {Cute LOVE pillow tut}

{How cute is this Ruffle Shirt? So pretty}

You will love following Dresden. Plus, you can find out all of the Silhouette updates 🙂 

And, she designs some of the fun Silhouette Online Studio images like this one {one of my favorites}:

photo courtesy of LMM

And head over to her blog for a really fun GIVEAWAY today!! 
dresdencarrie

xoxo

PS –   I Love To Create is hosting a LIVE party called Let’s Create It Live which takes place TODAY from 9-11 am PST. with fun projects and $300 worth of prizes to give away!!

It’s going to be fun!!! 

Live TV by Ustream

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Guest Project — Love Birds Wall Hanging {tutorial}

 Hello all you wonderful Tatertots &Jello followers! 

I am beyond excited to be here sharing a tutorial with you today. I met Jen at CHA this past January and wasn’t a bit surprised at how nice she was. If you get a chance to meet her you won’t be sorry.

 My name is Dresden and I absolutely love blogging! 

My blog is dresdencarrie where I share tutorials, my favorite things, recipes, and just about everything else. I work full time as a Graphic Designer for Silhouette America and love it! It is such a fun place to work and I am so grateful for my job. In my free time I post on my blog and sew. My mom taught me to sew growing up and I am so glad she did, it is my favorite hobby.

Today I am sharing a tutorial for a wall hanging I made out of some scraps of fabric and an old frame I had laying around (actually a wedding gift that I wasn’t too fond of :))! The inspiration for this piece came from a pillow found here and a card found here.

 First I took this frame and painted it a nice white color so it would stand out against the fabric I chose.

 Next I cut out all these little birds using the Silhouette with the Fabric Interfacing on my fabric.

Then I arranged the birds on my piece of fabric, which actually didn’t take too long after I got out my giant ruler.
You want to know my favorite thing about the fabric interfacing from Silhouette? It is double sided, so once I had the birds in place I simply ironed them on and they stayed in place the whole time I was sewing them on. You could of course use the no-sew interfacing, but I prefer the sewable because I love the stitched look.
I chose a tiny zig-zag stitch in pink to give them a little more character. After sewing it you could either wash the entire piece or do what I did…use my fingernails to fray the edges.
Once they were sewn on I put it in the frame and there ya go!

 It’s been a real treat being here today! I hope you’ll come visit me over at dresdencarrie real soon!

Thanks Dresden. that is absolutely adorable!!
Check out these other wonderful ideas that Dresden has shared:

{Check out this beautiful Ruffled Skirt that she made – love!}

 {Cute LOVE pillow tut}

{How cute is this Ruffle Shirt? So pretty}

You will love following Dresden. Plus, you can find out all of the Silhouette updates 🙂 

And, she designs some of the fun Silhouette Online Studio images like this one {one of my favorites}:

photo courtesy of LMM

And head over to her blog for a really fun GIVEAWAY today!! 
dresdencarrie

xoxo

PS –   I Love To Create is hosting a LIVE party called Let’s Create It Live which takes place TODAY from 9-11 am PST. with fun projects and $300 worth of prizes to give away!!

It’s going to be fun!!! 

Live TV by Ustream

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Porch Makeover Part 1 — Chevron Door Hanging {tutorial}

It snowed here yesterday, but that didn’t stop me from trying to Spring-ify my front porch. 

I am so ready for some warm weather!!  

I started off with my front door.

I had a unfinished wood frame in my garage, so I pulled that out. My inspiration for this door hanging is this beautiful chevron fabric I found on Fabric.com – I’m a little obsessed with it right now.

I used the same stencil that I also used for my Spring Chevron Subway Art.

First I painted the frame white and then I stenciled the chevron pattern on the wood. 

Super easy. Then I made a few fabric rosettes – I have a tutorial for those if you want to make some. And then I thought it would be fun to make a part in the middle of the frame where I can spell out different things.

 

So I printed off some words using this beautiful new paper from LifestyleCrafts (they are the people that also make the Epic LetterPress – more on that at the bottom). I love this paper. It has a sheen to it. So pretty!

 (and it’s on sale this week)

I also added some pretty Washi Paper to the outside of the frame: 

I printed off a few different sayings that I can switch out.  Hello.

And Welcome.

I attached a piece of ribbon to the inside of the frame with hot glue. And then I used these cute teeny tiny clothespins from Canvas Corp. The last thing I did was added some ribbon at the top to hang it on my door.

I love how my door hanging goes along with the little canvas pennant I made a few weeks ago. I put on a little table by my front door.

And coming up tomorrow afternoon – Part 2 of my porch!!

xoxo

PS — I am linking up to these fun parties – check them out!

PPS – Here is the winner of the LifeStyle Crafts Letterpress package: 

#35 — Simply AJ @ Queen of My Nest

And if you didn’t win —

**Lifestyle Crafts is also offering YOU  20% off ANYTHING at  lifestylecrafts.com, through the end of April (including the Epic Letterpress)!! Just type in TATERTOTS at checkout to get the discount! 

Yippee!!!

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