A year in review: Favorite Projects 2010

My favorite projects and gifts from this year:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Tuesday Throwdown #29

Happy Tuesday!  This week at Tuesday Throwdown, our challenge was to create a criss cross card.  I made this card (and matching candle) for my goddaughter. My goddaughter's nursery has a pink polka dot and lamb theme.

This will be Tuesday Throwdown's last challenge for 2010.  We will see you again January 4th!

Front:

Inside: 

Candle:

Close up of my stickled flower

Details:
Stamp by Meljen's Design
Paper by K&Co, Paper flowers by Helen, Colored pencils, stickles, white pearl straight pins, ribbon from stash, Inkadinkado sentiment stamp, heart shaped brads, letter beads, black sharpie

Snowman Candle

I did one more candle today.  I think it is my favorite - I may need to make one for myself!  This one is for my grandmom.

The stamp is by Magnolia.  I used "snow angel" ribbon from my stash, silver and white stickles, snowflake brads, prima flowers, and sharpies.

Yesterday, I received several e-mails and comments asking how I made these candles.  There's a great tutorial HERE.

Happy Holidays!

~Lauren

A Bunch of Candles - Xmas Gifts

I was a busy little bee today.  I made a bunch of Xmas candles for gifts. 

I used images from Digital Pencil Too and Magnolia.  I used straight pins with pearls on the ends to hold the ribbon in.  I used brads to hold the poinsettia and leaves.   I used Prima flowers, snowflake brads, yellow brads, and more pins to hold the blue and tan flowers in.  I used stickles on all the candles, and they all had my "Handmade by Lauren" stamp on the back.

Challenge:
1. HFOS - red

~Lauren