Creative Eclipse Party

Good day my friends!

Today I'm showing you something a little different.

Where I live in Western NY State was right in the path 

of the recent solar eclipse.
My sister in law decided they would have an eclipse

party and she went all out with the theme.

The garage door was decorated with a backdrop for pictures

and information about the eclipse.

She made little signs for the food.

This was for little sandwiches on croissants.

We all contributed to lunch with a variety of salads.

Sun Chips were an appropriate snack.

And Sunflowers decorated the table.

For a sweet treat there were Milky Way bars.

Dessert was lemon meringue pie

Coconut cream dessert

and homemade Moon Pies.

ALL the food was Sunsational!

Here's our little Marie with her special 

eclipse glasses on.  Jaryd attached them to

a paper plate to be sure she wasn't looking aournd

the glasses rather than through them.

It was very cloudy here in WNY,

but we did have some breaks in the clouds 

and we did get to see the eclipse and get some

pictures.

These are a couple that I took during the

total eclipse.  It was an amazing thing to

experience. The darkness came on pretty quick

and left fairly quickly.  During the total eclipse,

it was pitch dark out.

Then the moon was moving on and the sun

was peeking out again.

Here's a picture of me, Dave, our friend Zoe

and Marie.

We had a fabulous time, it was something we'll always remember

and probably won't experience again.

Where were you during the eclipse?
Did you see it at all where you live?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon,

until then,

do something memorable.

 

Mom/Dad and Baby Stuffies

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having beautiful spring weather where you are.
Our weather has been up and down. 
One day it's in the 70s the next it's in the 40s,

but I'm confident that spring/summer will come and stay soon.

Today I have some stuffies I made for the grands for Easter.
I, again, used my book

Crochet Cute Critters

I made 2 of each animal this time.

A Mom/Dad and a baby.

I made these elephants for Asher.

To make the different sizes, I simply used

different sized hooks.

Here is the Mom/Dad

And here is baby elephant.

Asher loved them.

These are the turtles I made for Marie.

Their heads seemed to have come out

a little tipped.  I decided they are both just

being inquisitive and that's why their heads

are tipped. lol

Here is Mom/Dad carrying little baby on it's back.

Here they are having a little kiss for each other.

Mom/Dad alone.

Baby just being cute.

Marie loved her turtles.

I was pleased with them and love that I made a pair

for each of the kids.

I'm glad you stopped by today to see what

I've been up to and I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

double your fun!

 

Bridal Shower Layouts

Hello my crafty friends!

It's been a while since I have done much 

scrapbooking.  I had a lot of other projects going

and just couldn't seem to get back to the scrapping.

But I have now and I've been working on 
Kelsie and Brad's wedding scrapbooks.
Yes, I know, they have been married for almost 

2 yrs now, but they will get done, sooner or later.
It took me about 2 yrs to get Jaryd and Sara's done too.

But I'm well on the way now.

I needed some way to put the shower cards into the

scrapbook, this is what I came up with.

I made 2 pockets on each page to put the cards into.
I'm very happy with how this layout turned out.

Here is how it looks with all the cards and inserts that

came with the gifts that arrived from Amazon.

This layout is of Kelsie getting ready for the shower.

Isn't she beautiful?

And one layout from the shower.

Kelsie and her bridal party with Brad.

I'll be posting more layouts in the future, but not all of them.

There are just too many to post them all.

Jaryd and Sara's ended up being 6 books and

I'm thinking Kelsie and Brad's will be just a many.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you were inspired in some way.

Come again soon, 

until then,

Get your scrap on!

 

Meet Iggy (aka Chichi) and Sally

Hi everyone!

Today I have a couple gifts I made for my grandchildren.

Let me introduce you to Iggy and Sally.

This is Iggy the Iguana.  I'm told that he was promptly

renamed Chichi by Asher, but I don't know if that name stuck.

I usually make these amigurumi critters with worsted 

weight yarn, but decided to use 

Bernat blanket yarn that I had in my stash.

This yarn is very soft, but since it is a thicker yarn,

the animals come out considerably larger.

I'm guessing Iggy is about 18" long.

This is Sally the shark.
I made her for Marie and I think she may have 

kept her name.

Sally is also about 18" long.

Here is a picture of Marie with Sally.

I used patterns from 
Crochet Cute Critters: 26 Easy Amigurumi Patterns

This book was a gift from Jaryd and Sara, so I could

make stuffies for the kids and I love making them.

I think I've made about half the animals so far.

Thanks for stopping by today.
I hope you have enjoyed your time here and got inspired

in some way.
Come again soon,

you never know what you'll see on

Kristie Kreates.

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see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Anniversary and Birthday Cards

Hi everyone!

I hope you're having a beautiful day.
As I write this we are having a warm, but

rainy day here in Western NY.

Hopefully, these cards might brighten your day.

This is an Anniversary card I made for my hubby.

I got the die from Temu and just love it.

The yellow background was embossed with a 

folder from my stash with little hearts on it.

It was a fun card to make and inside I wrote a

personal message.

This card I used the same die and made a card for my

daughter, Kelsie, for her birthday.

Inside, I stamped a birthday sentiment and 

wrote a personal message.

I totally loved making both these cards and will

be using that die for more.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

have fun being creative.

 

Be Magical Unicorn Card

Hello craft lovers!

Doesn't everyone love to receive mail?
My granddaughter, Marie, sure does.

That's why I decided to make her this card.

She loves unicorns, so when I found this stamp in my

stash, I decided to make a card with it.

Pink is her favorite color, so it had to be pink.

For the inside of the card, I stamped, colored and fussy

cut some other designs.  She does love rainbows too, so that

was another must.

I stamped and cut a few things for her to color herself.

Sending cards in the mail now and then is one simple

way to say I love you.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been creating.

I hope you have been inspired in some way and will come again soon.

Until then,

send a card and make someone smile.

 

Art Swap Post Card and Card

Good day and welcome!

I've mentioned my art swap group before

and today I'm going to show you my latest 

project for the swap.

We were to make a masterboard then 

from that we were to make a post card for the

person we were given.

I made more than one masterboard.

This one I used paints and a few different objects 

to make marks (bottle caps, and a fork for instance)

I like how it turned out.

I made this masterboard using the washi tape in my stash.

I just started layering it onto the page and filled the entire

page.

This is the post card I made with the painted 

masterboard that I made.

I enjoyed making it and still have plenty of the

original board left for other projects.

I was a little hesitant to mail out the post card, so 

I made a card with the other masterboard and put the 

post card inside.

This was a fun challenge and the person I sent 

these too was happy to receive them.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Please, do come again,

until then,

stretch yourself and try something new.