Altered Lunchbox

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My cousin's little girl just turned eight! I decided that I was going to make her an altered lunchbox. I never made one before. I bought the lunchboxes on clearance this summer for about $.50 for this purpose. My family has so many girls that I decided I would buy all the lunchboxes to alter them as gifts. I used DCWV Nana's Kids paper purchased at Joann's. The butterfly and other embellishments are from a package of stickers from K&Co. that I bought a long time ago at AC Moore. I used coordinating solid cardstock as well as ribbon I had in my stash. I love this little lunchbox. I may have to make one for me!

Close Up of Tag

Back

Inside

Clothes pins with magnets

Post it note pad with matching pen

Baby Album-Part 2

Well, I finished the album tonight. I used my YourStory to bind it together. It is an awesome little machine. It heats up and you put the special binder in with your pages and heat up the glue and it melts into your pages. Then when it beeps, you put it in the cooling rack. Very professional looking.
That is all for tonight.
Thanks for stopping by
Jasper

This is the cover of the album. The yellow space is where a cute baby picture will soon be placed!

This is the last page of the album. I just love the colors!

Cricut Sweet Treat Cartridge

I saw this on the Cricut Chirp Newsletter and followed the directions to make my own. I like how it came out. I like it so much I just can't bear to give it away!
I saw thishere. Maybe next year!
I had an extremely busy week last weeek. My job required some extra time and my niece and her husband welcomed their new baby into the world. So understandably, my life went on hold- HOLD the baby! He is adorable and everything went well and he they are both doing well and home getting better acquainted. He is so sweet.
More later,
Jasper

Baby Album

My oldest niece,Fun Loving Little Sister, is having a baby any day now. She is having a boy. I have been working on this album for her. She is very special to me. I know that she will be a wonderful mom, I just know it. We are so excited and anxious for the next generation to arrive. He will be my first nephew. I already love him.

This will be the first page- There is a cut out on the cover and a picture will show through

(I smeared out the last name to protect the innocent)

I used my Cricut to cut the words using the Billionaire cartridge,to cut the frames I used the cartridge, Fancy Frames, paper was from DCWV Glitter Pack and the background paper was from Recollections, I can't remember which name right now. I will be putting these pages into a YourStory Cover and using my YourStory to bind it together. I did score the pages about a quarter of an inch from the edge so it will be easier to turn the pages. I will post more later about the binding process.One page is missing so I will get a picture taken of it and get it in here later this week.She will be able to jsut put pictures into the spaces I left. I am going to put photo corners in there so they will just slip in. This is an 8.5" x 11" album. I really love the colors- muted blue, yellow, orange, and green. Nice!
Let's think about Brody making an appearance SOON!
That's all for tonight,
Jasper

This is another page

And another page

And another page

And another page

Finally the last one.

My Mom's Birthday

We celebrated my mom's 82nd birthday today. She is a remarkable woman. She loves all of us unconditionally. That is hard! She is a great mom, grandma, wife, aunt, and friend. She does everything she can to help us out. I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful woman to inspire me in everything I do.
This is a picture of the card I made for her. I used my Cricut to cut out the background and used a stamp I had bought a Michael's for the background. I wrapped some baker's twine around it and attached a tag to it that I had used stickers for to spell out her name, mom!
We had Chinese food since she likes it and never has it! My dad doesn't care for it so... Her birthday, her choice of food. We had a great time. My youngest niece, Precious, made a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting with chocolate chips sprinkled on top for her Grandma.I wish I had taken a picture of it! It was nice to see my parents along with my brother and my nieces. They are all very special to me.
That's all for now.
Jasper

Jasper 713 is on Pinterest

Jasper 713 is on Pinterest. I just started a few months ago and really have not spent much time pinning. It is fun and it makes easier to find all of those things that you are going to make someday and save the site to your fasvorites and then youi forget what you were going to do. Well Pinterest makes it easier and I still have not done those things yet! I will ...someday!
http://pinterest.com/jasper713/

More later,
Jasper

Fake Wedding Cake

Fake Wedding Cake

My cousin planned a destination wedding for this past June in Key West.It was disappointing that I could not attend due to my responsibilities to my job. So I got to see all of her pictures and relive that wonderful moment of her life. Well, she and her husband planned a celebration here at home for all of us to attend. It was a great party celebrating their marriage. She had asked me a year before the wedding to make a fake wedding cake for people to put the cards in. Well, she requested it be done in bright colors since she was going with the beach theme for the reception. I decided it would be really cute to do a bride and groom on top. It took a long time to create and I used more adhesive than I ever did before. The finished product was magnificent. I know she loved it and I loved making it!
More later!
Jasper

More Baby Shower Items

These are all post it note holders I made for one of the favors for the farm themed baby shower for my niece. I bought some post it notes at Staples and kind of split them apart and put about 50 sheets in each one. I used my score pal to score the fold lines and my corner rounder to make the rounded corners. The smaller piece of paper was texturized in my Sizzix Texture Boutique, I think that really added to the item. Lastly I attached a cut out that I made using my Cricut Expression. I used my favorite cartridge for all of the cutouts for the shower except the tractor, Create a Critter. I love that cartridge!! I used a Cricut Lite cartridge for the tractor. It is called Beep-Beep. It is an awesome cartridge for anything that has wheels! Since we had invited 75 people to the baby shower, I made 75 of these favors. I was so glad when I finished. I felt like it was never going to end! In the end, I was really happy since everyone who attended the shower loved everything! It made me feel so good. Most of all I was the happiest when my niece called me after the event and told me how happy she was and how it was everything she ever wanted- she even said...it was like a professional had done it. She told me that I was the best aunt ever. That is why I do what I do. When it comes right down to it, don't we all want our children to be happy? I know she was that day. 

This is the cake that my niece's cousin made for the shower. It was so cute and I know where my next cake is coming from. She did an awesome job. I have to find out the name of her business so I can let all of you know. I just love that cake!

Well, I have some more crafting to do- some birthday cards to make along with an altered lunchbox for my cousin's little girl- it is my first time doing that so I hope she likes it! I also have some jewelry to work on. A friend from work wants to host a party at her house so I can sell some there. I am excited about that. I think next time I post, I will post some pictures of my jewelry.

Until the next time,

Jasper

Farm Themed Baby Shower

Center Pieces

I recently hosted a baby shower for my niece. She is having a boy and wanted a farm themed nursery. Well, I decided to organize a baby shower for her along with some other great people and we went with the farm theme for that too. It was great! I have a few pictures to share of my projects. I have more photos to add and will update the blog when I have a few more minutes. Please be understanding, I am new at this! I did not make the cake, my niece's cousin made that and did an awesome job! I have to find out the name of her cake decorating business so I can recommend her to everyone! Thanks for stopping by!
Jasper

Diaper Cake

Background of the Diaper Cake Display

My New Blog

Welcome to my blog. I have been wanting to do this for a very long time and I finally have found the time to start. Here you will find many cool crafts. I like to design my own jewelry and sell it to my coworkers and do papercrafts. I will do my best to keep all of my followers up to date with my latest adventures in crafting.
Thanks for stopping by,
Jasper