Paint-chip garland

I'm adding a few finishing touches to Ry-pie's (and new baby's) room. Here is the simplest little garland that was made out of nothing other then paint-chips! I saw the idea here, and it couldn't be easier!

I picked up some paint-chips during my last spray-paint excursion to the hardware store. I chose an array of colors that would match the room.

I then punched out the paint chip using a flower shaped punch (any shape would be fantastic).

After each chip was punched, I strung each flower together by sewing them through my sewing machine.

The whole strand came out like this.

Then I hung it up on some shelves. That's it! I want to make another one to drape across the opposite corners of the shelves. Luckily, this is the cheapest little project you can do cause it's free - unless you're buying spraypaint of course! ;)

muffin wrappers

We recently just went through a departmental change at my work. I had a great group of "girls", or "my girls" as I fondly called them, that I worked with. We were split up. I was moved into a group with a whole new set of girls. They have been so incredibly warm and welcoming that I wanted to do something nice to show them how much I've appreciated their kindness.

I didn't do anything fancy. I just got some store bought muffins (thank you Costco), and added a cute little wrapper to them. Now if I had a Cricut or even a Silhouette I would have been able to knock these little wrappers out in a jiffy. But I'm not that fancy, so I just went old-school and used decorative cutting scissors. Results = just fine.

I started off with the larger size scrapbook paper and measured my margins and drew a line accordingly.

After that, I made cuts along both lines so my decorative edge would be on both long sides.

Then I used some double-sided tape to attach each end piece together. (You may want to double check around one muffin to make sure the width is big enough to fit around your muffin).

Then just pop your muffin into the wrapper and your done. Simple but with an extra cute little twist.

So even though I miss "my girls", I'm excited to have a new set of females that I may be able to call "my girls" too.

Oh, and did I mention my new supervisor loves cherries? She does. Coincidence? I don't think it hurts to suck-up....just a little bit. ;)