Birthday beer labels!

Like my Birthday beer labels?  I am selling them on my Etsy shop

Over a year ago I published my " Valentine Beer labels for him".  I received many requests to come up with Birthday beer labels as well! 

I decided to come up with birthday slogans after thinking about how hard it is to shop for my husbands birthday.  He never needs anything or wants anything!! 

Here are some simple steps on how to make " Birthday beer labels" for the man in your life!

1) Go to a grocery store that sells beer by the bottle.  Purchase 6 different beers for your significant other to try!  Put together a unique six pack!

2) Come up with fun birthday slogans!  The slogans I came up with are just a guide! The man in your life might have a different favorite beer, or you two might have an inside joke you may want to make a slogan for!

3) Make beer labels!  I made my labels decorating adhesive beer labels with Cardstock and 3d puff paint.  You might have other material you might want to make yours out of!

Here are close up shots of my beer labels!

Hope I have helped inspire you on making a birthday gift for the man in your life!  Something he will actually use!

Don't feel like making these yourself? Please visit my Etsy shop above, and I will be happy to make you a set!

Pin It

Valentines day Coffee cup

Last year, I made my husband DIY beer labels for Valentines day.  And oh how our lives have changed since last year!

Now that we have a little one, Greg's beverage of choice is coffee, not beer!

I decided that I will surprise him with a special Valentines day travel cup that he can take to work with him on Valentines day!

I purchased a pack of disposable " to go" coffee cups from the store  and took off the cup liner.

I then traced the cup liner on a piece of cardstock .

I then used a heart cookie cutter to trace a heart.

I got some coffee beans out of my kitchen cabinet.

And used a hot glue gun to glue them on my coffee sleeve.

I then glued the coffee sleeve onto the cup.

I made a little message to attach to the cup.  " Our Love will continue to Brew. Always"

I also plan to attach a foam heart sticker on the cup opening to prevent spills as he is driving to work.

A picture of the finished product once again.

Like? 

Look at my Coffee Charms I made last year!

Pin It

Baby food Valentines

2011 was a BIG year of babies among people I know! Including me!

I had my little boy on October 30 ,2011.

But before that, four of my good friends and three of my cousins all had baby girls!!!

I thought it would be super cute if my son, being the only boy in the group, sent Valentines to all his little girlfriends and girl cousin playmates!

I might be creating a monster with this.....or maybe he will grow up and get mad at me for doing this to him. Who knows.

I came up with baby food Valentines for the girls!

For Katelyn. Peas! because she is a " Sweet Pea!"

Bananas for Brenna!

Pears for Emma.

For Hadley. Apples.

These next three are for 'cousin' baby girls.  so I needed to make the phrases. 'cousin' appropriate. 

( I grew up in the Chicago area....our family is not like THAT)

Alayna and Madison are getting sweet potatos.

And a Blueberry treat for Ariana!

Hope all the girls enjoy their Valentines.  As a girl myself, I know how important Valentines day is to the girls!

Wine? or Perhaps some tea for my Valentine?

Since Valentines Day is on Monday. I thought I would post these two ideas together.  Some " Beverage" gifts for your Valentine.

I brainstormed off of my Valentine beer Labels

( before I start. I must take a minute to acknowledge Abe Lincoln's Birthday. Our world is a better place because of him) ( Remember. I was a political science major WAY before I became a compulsive crafter)

 First.

Valentine Wine for your loved one!

The label is made out of a paper bag. I stamped some little pieces of card stock for wording.  I then decorated the bottle with some lace, and paper ( no puffy paint this time.  I'm doing this post while I sent my husband out to run errands, and I am supposed to be cleaning)

Here are a few more close ups of the wine bottle.

 I think this turned out pretty cute.

Second.

Make a Spot of Tea for your Valentine!

This would be used well for a Valentine breakfast. Or, if you are gifting some tea. ( we happen to drink lots of tea in our house)

I came up with this saying yesterday.

I stamped some card stock.

attached it to the tea bag. AND....  wa la!

 Valentine Tea!

Happy Valentines day everyone!!

Have your Girl Scout Cookies without all the calories!!

I LOVE Girl Scout cookies!! Peanut Butter Patties, Carmel Delights, Lemonades, oh yeah and Thin Mints.  I could eat Girl Scout Cookies all day.  Its probably a good thing that these amazing cookies only come out once a year!!

Girl Scout cookies are very high in fat ( like most cookies).   I came up with a way to get all the cookie flavor, without all the calories!!

I made my own Thin Mint Popcorn Sprinkle!!  Popcorn is low in calories, and you do not need to add much of my Thin Mint popcorn sprinkle to make a delightful treat!!

Here is How

1) Place about 10-12 Thin Mints into your food processor.

I added some Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa to the mixture. ( optional, but I recommend it )

I purchased a plastic bottle from the spice department of my local grocery store.  It cost me $1.69. 

I kind of made a cheesy label for this.  LOL this is optional. especially if you plan on gifting this, you may want to think of another slogan!

Here is what it looks like on the popcorn.  A healthy set very satisfying snack that tastes like Girl Scout Cookies!!! ( what more could you ask for?)  Especially if you use 0 calorie butter spray on it as well.

I hope you enjoy!  You can try other cookies as well. My only suggestion is to stay away from cookies that have a great amount of moisture in them.  Peanut Butter Patties may not make great popcorn sprinkle because it will clump. 

Brewed and Puffy Painted with Love!

Lets be realistic here. Valentines day is a women's holiday ( and I am not saying we don't deserve to get flowers and chocolates)  But lets not pretend that our guys will be wanting chocolate, flowers or a stuffed teddy bear.

 My husband Greg is not a big drinker, but he does like to open a nice Pale ale or amber ale every so often. 

 I have decided I am going to purchase a 6 pack of unique beers for him and put these labels on them for Valentines day.  ( Please don't judge by the Miller light in the pictures. I found these in the garage. Used just for pictures only!. I do plan on getting him some higher quality beer)

Here is how I made these

1) Cut pieces of Card stock into an appropriate size for labels.

2) Made up some clever beer slogans and printed them out also on card stock.

3) Decorated each label with Puffy Paint, stickers and craft foam

Just as a side note. If you are not well acquainted with Puffy Paint, then I HIGHLY recommend you introduce yourself.  Puffy Paint can put the finishing touch needed to ANY and I mean ANY craft! ( If you keep reading my blog then you will know what I mean.)  

When I was a Girl Scout leader, I was told by one of my girls that I changed her life because I introduced her to Puffy Paint! Now that's something!

Here is a close up of each beer label.

( My husband does not need beer to be happy. But I just think its funny)

( used for a Honey Weiss)

Well I hope you enjoy these! I am sure My Hubby will.

Coffee Mug Charms!

I have heard stories from people about wild family get togethers.  In my family, we are only wild because we are all buzzed on coffee!!!!

This past  Christmas, my wild family went through 1 bottle of wine and 9 pots of coffee! 

People buy wine charms so they can save themselves from awkwardness of drinking from another persons glass at a party. 

 Well, now that I have made coffee charms, I can keep track of my coffee mug at my next family get together, and save myself from some potential awkwardness of picking up someone else's coffee!

OMG what if I drink someone elses coffee...and its decaf?

Here is how I made these.

1) Went online and Googled " Coffee Puns" to get some cute saying for my coffee charms, and printed them out on card stock

2) Found some miniature tiles ( I am a crafter, I just have these things around) 

3) Stole a few coffee beans/grounds from the coffee stash in the kitchen

4) Got some packs of " Hoop earrings" from the craft department at Wal-mart

5) Hot glued everything together to make the Coffee charms!

6) decorated some finishing touches with puffy paint

7) Here you go! Coffee Charms!

Close up of the finished products!

These were Really fun to make! I cannot wait to make more sets of these to gift to family members and friends!!

Like?

See my Valentine Coffee cup!