Great Ideas – – *Thanksgiving* Part II

Seriously, I am in love with this little Thanksgiving House — kids fill the house with thankful tickets all month @ Serendipity
{Click on the Read More button to see the other Great Thanksgiving Ideas!}

Great tutorial on how to Make Your Own Napkins this Thanksgiving @ Faith, Trust and a Little Pixie Dust

Send your guests home with a little Thanksgiving Favor @ It’s a Tradition

Download these Fun Thanksgiving Printables @ It’s Always a Party at the Parkers

Create a Kids Turkey Placemat @ Crazy Domestic

Love this version of The Thankful Tree @ Not Just a Housewife

Download the Instructionson how to make this Tom Turkey @ kiki creates

Make a Simple Gratitude Banner @ The Starfish Blog

Create some Little Turkey Shirts for your little ones this year @ Dukes’ and Duchesses

Or a Shirt of Plenty @ Random Thoughts of a SUPERMOM

Make a Pumpkin Centerpiece @ The Scrap Shoppe

 

 Beautiful Ruffled Runner @ My Blessed Life

This Thanksgiving Dessert Table is truly amazing @ It’s always a Party at the Parkers

 Bake up a Delicious Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie with Streusel Topping for Thanksgiving @ TidyMom

Come link up YOUR ideas!! 

And enter to win a set of invitations from PartyBox Design!

Have a Happy Saturday!!
xoxo

 

 PS — A Thankful idea is coming up tomorrow 

and 

a HUGE giveaway is coming up on MONDAY – stay tuned!!!!!!

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Great Ideas – – *Thanksgiving* Part II

Seriously, I am in love with this little Thanksgiving House — kids fill the house with thankful tickets all month @ Serendipity
{Click on the Read More button to see the other Great Thanksgiving Ideas!}

Great tutorial on how to Make Your Own Napkins this Thanksgiving @ Faith, Trust and a Little Pixie Dust

Send your guests home with a little Thanksgiving Favor @ It’s a Tradition

Download these Fun Thanksgiving Printables @ It’s Always a Party at the Parkers

Create a Kids Turkey Placemat @ Crazy Domestic

Love this version of The Thankful Tree @ Not Just a Housewife

Download the Instructionson how to make this Tom Turkey @ kiki creates

Make a Simple Gratitude Banner @ The Starfish Blog

Create some Little Turkey Shirts for your little ones this year @ Dukes’ and Duchesses

Or a Shirt of Plenty @ Random Thoughts of a SUPERMOM

Make a Pumpkin Centerpiece @ The Scrap Shoppe

 

 Beautiful Ruffled Runner @ My Blessed Life

This Thanksgiving Dessert Table is truly amazing @ It’s always a Party at the Parkers

 Bake up a Delicious Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie with Streusel Topping for Thanksgiving @ TidyMom

Come link up YOUR ideas!! 

And enter to win a set of invitations from PartyBox Design!

Have a Happy Saturday!!
xoxo

 

 PS — A Thankful idea is coming up tomorrow 

and 

a HUGE giveaway is coming up on MONDAY – stay tuned!!!!!!

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A little Project to do this weekend — Make a Burlap Scrabble Wreath!

Can you believe that next week is THANKGIVING???

  Gah – where did the time go?? There is so much to DO! If you have an hour to spare, here’s a little wreath that will add a little Thanksgiving cheer to your front door:

 {Click on the Read More button for the full tutorial}

Here’s what you need: 

• A wreath form
• Burlap — a 36″ square piece should do
• A few fabric scraps
• Some Scrabble tiles**
• Hot glue and gun
• Two types of coordinating ribbon

**Here’s a fun tip — if you want to make one of these and don’t want to destroy your Scrabble game, you can buy “lots” of Scrabble pieces on ebay or etsy. Or, if you contact Hasbro, you can order a complete replacement set of tiles. It was around $6 for 100 pieces last year.

Here’s what you do: 

• Cut two pieces of burlap about 4 inches in width by 36 inches in length. Or, if you have a long piece of burlap you can use a 72 inch strip. Hot glue one end of the strip to the back of the wreath. Then wrap the burlap around your wreath. My wreath form was 12 inches wide, so if you are using a bigger form, you will need a longer piece of burlap.

 

• Once the form is wrapped in burlap, set it aside. Now you will make some rolled flowers. I made  18 flowers in different sizes. For each flower, you will need a strip of material about 1 inch in width by either 32 inches, 24 inches or 18 inches, depending on how wide you want the flower to be. Fold the material in half width-wise and then roll it tightly about 8 times. Then add a dab of hot glue and twist the material around the rolled center, adding glue as you roll. The flower will continue to get bigger until you reach the end of the material. Then add some hot glue to the back and glue down the end of the material underneath the flower. For more in-depth instruction, check out my Rolled Flower Tutorial.

• Now that you have the flowers made, lay out the scrabble pieces to whatever saying you want to display on your wreath. Then hot glue the tiles onto a piece of paper. Then cut out the tiles, trimming very close to the edges so no paper is showing.

 

• Hot glue the Scrabble tiles to the wreath.

• Now lay out the rolled flowers on the wreath. Once you are happy with the placement. Hot glue the flowers to the burlap wreath.

 

• Cut the two coordinating ribbon for the top of the wreath. Make a loop of ribbon for the top of the wreath to hang on the door or wall. Then cut another length of the two ribbon and make a bow. Attach the bow at the top of the wreath to the loop. 

• Hang up and enjoy your new wreath!

**Here’s another fun idea — use Scrabble Holders and letters to spell out your family’s names at the table! 

{image via Style at Home}

Thanks to Amy at Living Locurto for letting me share this wreath on her blog a few days ago. Check out all of her fun printables. She also just came up with these adorable free 

Cookie Exchange printables 

that I am going to use this year. 

xoxo

PS — Only 2 more hours til WWU!! See you then!!

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Great Ideas – {Thanksgiving} Part I

Create a Fabulous $5 knock-off version of PB’s Mayflower Centerpiece @ The Pink Peony of Le Jardin

There are so many wonderful Thanksgiving Ideas that I am featuring some now and will feature more very soon.  

Click on the Read More Button to see the awesomeness!

 

 This is on my list to do this year – make a Pie Pennant Topper @ Embellishing Life

 

I adore this Chalkboard Fabric Thanksgiving Runner @ Finding Home

 

And speaking of chalkboard projects, paint everyday objects and create new Thanksgiving decor @ This Blessed Nest

 

And this Thanksgiving Display is fabulous @ Thrive

Make a Grateful Board @ {less cake} more frosting

 

Find out how to make this Thanksgiving Advent Calendar @ Project Naptime

 Or a Turkey Treat Bag @ Smilemonsters

 I love how different this Square Thanksgiving Wreath is @ Crafting in the Closet

 Make a Festive Little Sign to bring the Thanksgiving Season inside @ So Not Donna Reed

Turn a Halloween Sign into a Sweet Thanksgiving Sign @ Krafty Kat

 

 Print off this Be Grateful printable to create your own Thanksgiving Sign @ Therapeutic Crafting

Give old frames new life as Thanksgiving Decor with paper @ The Magic of Every day Things

whip up some Felt Acorns @ Life with Liane

Or these Felt Acorns @ My Mommy Makes It

 How about Golden Acorns @ Let’s Go Fly A Kite

Or make a Felt Flower Headband @ Olivia Renn

Or make up a little Acorn Banner @ She’s {kinda} Crafty
Or a Thankful Leaf Garland @ No Biggie

Or download this free Thanksgiving Banner @ Leslie’s Life

A Ruffled Dishtowel would make a great hostess gift this Thanksgiving @ Road Theory

Makes some festive Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting @ Hoosier Homemade

How cute are these Apple Muffins? Grab the recipe @ Moore Minutes

Or Pumpkin Spice Muffins @ Nursery Rhymes & Sweet Times

Hand out some Festive Blessing Mix this Thanksgiving – great for neighbors or teachers @ Red Couch Recipes

Or package up some Cinnamon Bun Popcorn @ Wingledings

Love this little Turkey outfit @ I Make Stuff

Another Great Ideas Feature post coming up soon!!! 

Come over and link up YOUR ideas! I would love to feature YOU! And enter to win a set of 12 Place Setting Cups and a Fall banner from  

Pebbles In My Pocket!!

My week of giveaways starts tomorrow!!!

XOXO

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Great Ideas — {Thanksgiving} printables!

The Weekend Wrap Up Party is going full force. 

I spent last night going through the projects! Wow – I am just blown away by the creativity! I thought I would start off the Great Idea posts with some  

Fantastic Thanksgiving Printables:

 

Here’s a wonderful Thanksgiving Printable @ it is what it is

Click on the Read More button to see more Thanksgiving Printables!! 

 

 

                                    

 

                       

Print out and frame this Thanksgiving Print to add some festivity this month @ kiki creates

Or this Free Thanksgiving Printable @ madigan made

Whimsical Place Card Printables @ Gwenny Penny

 Download these Gratitude Printables. Each day you can write a thing you are thankful for on a leaf and then put them on the Gratitude Tree @ My Computer is My Canvas

Here’s a cool Countdown to Thanksgiving Activity @ My Computer is My Canvas

 

 Download this Thankful print and frame it for your home, or put it in a wreath: 

@Loving Every Second

 Download this Thanksgiving Skit for the big day @ Oopsey Daisy

Here’s another Keep Calm Thankful version to download @ Craftily Ever After

And how cute is this Cranberry version? @ Craftily Ever After

And this Thanksgiving Subway Art – the girl is on a roll! Just download it and frame it! @ Craftily Ever After

Come over and link up YOUR ideas! I would love to feature YOU! And enter to win a set of 12 Place Setting Cups and a Fall banner from  
Pebbles In My Pocket!!

Another Great Idea post coming up tonight!!
And, my week of giveaways starts tomorrow!!!

XOXO

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Thanksgiving Project — Turn an old window into Thankful Art!

I found an old glass cabinet door on the side of the road this summer. And instead of just driving by, I popped it into the back of my car.  I’ll show you how I made it into something festive and fun!

 My friend Beckie at Infarrantly Creative, the queen of Roadkill Rescue is rubbing off on me – LOL.

The window’s been sitting in my craft room waiting for a redo. I started making it over about a month ago. I originally was going to paint pumpkins on it, but after two craft fails, I gave up on my painting skills. So on to round two — and in came my Silhouette.

First I took off the hinges and painted the frame. I chose a really neutral tan for the frame. I added a little polyurethane over the top.

I printed off a scrolly design for the top and the bottom of the frame. And then used Edwardian Script for the “Be Thankful”.

I took a piece of plywood and cut it to the same size as the inside of the frame. Then I covered the plywood with a very thin layer of batting and fabric. I wrapped the fabric around the back of the plywood sheet and attached it to the wood with Gorilla Glue Tape. And that tape also attached the frame to the back of the window.

The last thing I did was add a sparkly knob! 

 Very easy project. And if I ever get tired of the Thanksgiving Saying, I can take the vinyl off, print something new and switch out the fabric for a different look!

And — I have some exciting news coming up regarding Silhouette so stay tuned!!

I’m sharing this over at The CSI Project.
Where it’s the Thanksgiving Challenge this week! 
Come over and share YOUR Thanksgiving ideas!! Melissa from The Inspired Room is our fabulous guest judge this week 🙂

Have a Wonderful Tuesday!!

What are YOU doing today??

xoxo

I’m linking up to these fabulous parties  – check them out!!

  

And Topsy Turvey Tuesdays

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Thanksgiving Project — Turn an old window into Thankful Art!

I found an old glass cabinet door on the side of the road this summer. And instead of just driving by, I popped it into the back of my car.  I’ll show you how I made it into something festive and fun!

 My friend Beckie at Infarrantly Creative, the queen of Roadkill Rescue is rubbing off on me – LOL.

The window’s been sitting in my craft room waiting for a redo. I started making it over about a month ago. I originally was going to paint pumpkins on it, but after two craft fails, I gave up on my painting skills. So on to round two — and in came my Silhouette.

First I took off the hinges and painted the frame. I chose a really neutral tan for the frame. I added a little polyurethane over the top.

I printed off a scrolly design for the top and the bottom of the frame. And then used Edwardian Script for the “Be Thankful”.

I took a piece of plywood and cut it to the same size as the inside of the frame. Then I covered the plywood with a very thin layer of batting and fabric. I wrapped the fabric around the back of the plywood sheet and attached it to the wood with Gorilla Glue Tape. And that tape also attached the frame to the back of the window.

The last thing I did was add a sparkly knob! 

 Very easy project. And if I ever get tired of the Thanksgiving Saying, I can take the vinyl off, print something new and switch out the fabric for a different look!

And — I have some exciting news coming up regarding Silhouette so stay tuned!!

I’m sharing this over at The CSI Project.
Where it’s the Thanksgiving Challenge this week! 
Come over and share YOUR Thanksgiving ideas!! Melissa from The Inspired Room is our fabulous guest judge this week 🙂

Have a Wonderful Tuesday!!

What are YOU doing today??

xoxo

I’m linking up to these fabulous parties  – check them out!!

  

And Topsy Turvey Tuesdays

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Guest Project — Make a Thanksgiving Blessing Board!

Hello all, this is Heather from WhipperBerry! I am soooo excited that Jen invited us WhipperChicks to guest post today on Tatertots & Jell-o! {Giddy!}

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I started thinking it would be lovely to have a place for people to write down and display what they are thankful for at your gathering.

So…I came up with the idea for a blessing board and here is how you too can make one…

First, you need to find a open frame that you like.  I found this one on clearance at a frame store.  Didn’t love the color, loved the price, so I spray painted…

…and distressed a little with some sandpaper.

Next, I drilled holes in the inside of the frame.  I didn’t measure, I just placed holes roughly two inches apart.  I didn’t want them to be perfect because I wanted the twine to have a more natural feel once strung.

I then installed Screw Eyes in each of the holes.  I chose screw eyes so that I could restring the frame with ribbon or another material if I wanted later.

 

Using heavy weight hemp twine I threaded each of the screws going back in forth.

Now the fun part begins, embellishing.  I wanted to keep the frame rather neutral so that once Thanksgiving was over I could use the display board for other things.  Think Christmas cards, Valentines, children’s artwork or school work. 

The “give thanks” board is created with a basic precut birch wood board from the craft supply store.  Spray painted, distressed and then attached with Scotch Dual Lock Fasteners.  It’s kind of the bigger and much stronger brother to Velcro and I found that at Target.

For the “Give” I used brown vinyl and my lovely Cricut.  The “thanks” is created with chip board letters from the craft store, glued on.  I then embellished with burlap and sweater flowers.

For a tutorial on how to make sweater flowers come on over to WhipperBerry and I’ll show you how.

Emily our paper genius at WhipperBerry fancied up some basic clothes pins with spray paint, paper and Mod Podge.  She also created a fun printable subway art tag for your guest to write down what they are grateful for.

Voila, you are ready for your feast!

Well…at least you have a cute blessing board, you still have a lot of cooking to do!

If you would like an opportunity to win this blessing board come on over to WhipperBerry and enter our Blessing Board Giveaway!

Thanks Jen, for the opportunity to stop by and say hello.  We are truly honored!

Kisses from the WhipperChicks!!

Thanks so much Heather!!

I absolutely LOVE that idea!

What a great way to celebrate the spirit of Thanksgiving!!! 

If you haven’t been over to WhipperBerry – you really need to check them out. 

They are so creative. 

The WhipperChicks throw wonderful parties: 

 {Vintage Truck Dessert Table}

{Blue and Green Birthday Table}

Recipes: 

 

 {Spooky Brownie Bites}

{Lemon Curd Cheesecake}

And Tutorials!

{Paper Pumpkins}

{Shabby Chic Chandelier}

Go over and check out WhipperBerry —

You will be hooked – just like I am!! 

XOXO

PS — Check out the GroopDealz Offer today — it’s my friend Birttany from {Love Stitched}!!

$10 for One Headband and One Hair Clip from Love Stitched ($20 Value) – FREE SHIPPING

PPS — AND, it’s Friday! My favorite day of the week. Come over and link up your projects/ideas so I can feature YOU! WWU starts at 6 pm {MST}

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Free Thanksgiving Printable & Beautiful Giveaway!!

I have a little Thanksgiving Printable to share and a fun little giveaway!!

First the printable — I found this cute little frame at TJ Maxx a few weeks ago. I have a thing for turquoise. And I love the combination of turquoise and orange

So fun! I thought it would be exciting to make a little Thanksgiving Keep Calm printable.

And what’s better at Thanksgiving than pie???

If you want to download the Pie Printable, here’s patterned background, solid background, and the patterned background with colorful pie.

And now for the giveaway!!

It’s from one of my favorite shops —

Dear Lillie

I adore every single thing they make.

Seriously.

They also make beautiful and unique screen-printed shirts!

And adorable, children-sized screen printed shirts, like:

Dear Lillie

is giving one of YOU

YOUR choice of ANY Child’s Tee!

You pick out the design and size!!

So exciting!!

{they also have a beautiful blog — Dear Lillie where you can find out about their newest creations and giveaways – check it out!}

Here’s How YOU Can Win:

• Go over to Dear Lillie and take a look around. Come back and tell me the name your favorite item. It will be hard — everything is gorgeous!!! one entry.

• Check out the beautiful Dear Lillie Blog — follow or leave a comment there. I love following it because of the beautiful pictures, plus I get to find out what new things are going into the shop and finding out about their giveaways! one entry.

• Tweet, Facebook, blog about the giveaway, or put it on your sidebar. one entry for each.

{This Giveaway ends Monday, November 1st @ 10 om MST}

Have a Terrific Tuesday!!

xoxo

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Thanksgiving Project — make a Thankful Garland

 It’s Thursday and time for Mrs. Bliss Holiday Workshop! 

Have you checked out all of the great holiday-related posts?? This week there are ideas from creating the perfect outfit for those parties, to wrapping gifts, making a centerpiece and more!! The complete projects and links are at the bottom of the post. 

Today I’d like to share a project that can help bring the spirit of Thanksgiving into your home this November —  

A Thanksgiving Garland. 

 **Note — this garland could be used on a fireplace, a shelf, across a window, over a door frame or swagged on a wall — you do not need to have a mantle.

I love Thanksgiving and I think it really gets overlooked between Halloween and Christmas. I want my kids to think about all of the things they are thankful for during the month of November. The garland has leaves on it which can be used in different ways. Here are some ways I thought might be fun to use it:

• You can have everyone write something they are Thankful for on Thanksgiving Day and then share those things at your dinner. Then when everyone is done sharing their leaves, you can put them on the banner.

• Or, you could put the banner up November 1st and have a family time where everyone writes their blessings on the leaves and then clip them on the banner and keep it up all month.

• Or, you could have each of your kids put a blessing on the garland each day, or once a week – depending on how many leaves you want on your garland. Then the blessings are up where everyone can see them all month and that helps everyone keep the spirit of thankfulness all month. 

**If your kids are too small to read or spell, they can draw a picture 

of what they are thankful for. 

I love it because it helps my kids focus on what Thanksgiving is all about and helps them be grateful for all of the positive things

in their lives.

If you would like to make one, here’s what I used: 

• A Grapevine Garland
• Package of Clothespins
• Glitter (I used three different colors)
• Mod Podge
• Scrapbook Paper (I used 5 different patterns)
• A few Fall Floral Picks from the Craft Store
• Ribbon (I used three different kinds)
• Gorilla Glue Tape (to hold the garland in place)
• Fabric Scraps (I used 6 different fabric patterns)

Here’s what I did: 

1. I unrolled my grapevine garland. I cut the garland a little bit longer than my mantle.

2. I taped the garland on the wall of my craft room while I put the project together, using Gorilla Tape.

3. Take the Fall Floral Picks, cut the pieces apart and put the randomly throughout the grapevine garland. Hot glue them in place.

4. Take a piece of ribbon, wrap it around the garland. Hot glue in place on each end.

5. Make Fabric Rosettes. (Here is a tutorial on how to make Fabric Rosettes.) I made 12 rosettes using 6 different fabrics. Arrange the rosettes in groups. I used 4 groups of 3 rosettes and hot glued them onto the grapevine garland. You will need to press them in place until the glue cools.

6. Brush a layer of Mod Podge over one side of a clothespin. Then sprinkle the clothespin with glitter. Press down on the glitter to make sure it adheres. I had a special assistant help me with this! This is a project that is really fun to do with your kids!! And if they help make it, they will be more excited to make the Blessing Leaves with you later!!

7. Mod Podge and glitter all of your clothespins. I made 20, but you can make as many as you like.

8. Cut out your leaves. I created some leaves and cut them out with my Silhouette. If you don’y have a Silhouette, I created a template you can use. Just print it out and cut out the shapes with scissors. OR, go simpler and cut out a plain, oval leaf shape.
Maple Leaf. Oak Leaf.

9. Clip the leaves on the garland with the sparkly clothespins.

10. Cut out two sets of three different ribbons. Tie the ribbon together on each end of your garland. You can use the ribbon to secure the garland to whatever surface you are putting the garland on.

11. OR, you can use something like Gorilla Tape to secure the ends of the garland to your mantle, door frame or wall. Then cover up the tape with your ribbon on the ends. I also secured the garland to the mantle in a few different places on the mantle so the garland would lay flat. I put the tape underneath the rosettes or under something else that would camouflage the tape.

Now you have a pretty, Thankful Garland that is ready for people to write their blessings on!!

XOXO

The workshop continues at these lovely locations:

Mindy Lockard Getting your stationery wardrobe ready for the holidays + a giveaway

Pemberley Collections Creating a Fall Centrepiece
The Entertaining House  Cocktails to Kick off Your Holiday Season

Lily Lemon Tree In Vogue at the Tailgate Party: The Height of Chic on the Twenty Yard Line

Ab home Interiors The Colors you need now for instant holiday glamour.
Lucky Life Parties  Setting Up Bar and Food Stations
The Daily Basics  Creating Fun Holiday Traditions – Memories You’ll Love

Housewife Bliss  The Art of Wrapping

PS —  The Weekend Wrap Up Post and winners will be announced tonight (Thursday)! 

And — Great news!!  Barn Owl Primitives

just told me that if they reach 1,000 comments, they will give away another gift certificate – and this one will be for $50!! So – you have a chance at winning THREE gift certificates!!  Come over and enter 🙂

I am linking to:

  

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