Right click and save to your computer. Personalize if you wish, using any print program. Print on adhesive-backed paper or 2×4? labels. Peel and stick to the inside cover of your favorite books. You can also print on plain paper, cut out, and glue to the inside of book.

Ballerinas can find bookplates here Free Printable Ballerina Bookmarks and Bookplates. And even more bookplates are here.

This wrapper will fit around one of those miniature M&M tubes:

And this one is for a kit kat bar. I left the banner blank so you could personalize it.

Next up is a pumpkin napkin ring. Print, laminate if desired, cut out, and glue the ends together.

And a lovely decoration for your table. Or you can wear it as a hat if you’d rather!! 

Click on the image to enlarge, then save to your computer.

For the bookplates, click for a larger view, then save to your computer. Personalize if you wish, using any print program. Print on adhesive-backed paper or 2×4 inch labels. Peel and stick to the inside of your favorite books! You can also print on plain paper, cut out, and glue to the inside of book. Find more bookplates here.

For the bookmarks, just click for a larger view, then save to your computer. Personalize if you wish, using any print program, then print on cardstock. I like to laminate them with contact paper before cutting out. More bookmarks can be found here.

For the bookplates, click for a larger view, then save to your computer. Personalize if you wish, using any print program, but print on adhesive-backed paper or 2×4″ labels (instead of cardstock). Peel and stick to the inside of your favorite books! You can also print on plain paper, cut out, and glue to the inside of book. Find more bookplates here.

More bookplates can be found here.

First up is a sucker bouquet, made for a first grade teacher. The flowers were printed on the computer, laminated, and cut out. I cut out the faces from photos, using a circle cutter, and glued them to the flowers. Hiding behind each flower is a sucker. I used a recycled small coffee can for the base.

Second up is a candy bouquet that I made for my sons’ karate instructors. It was part of their birthday karate party when they were 7 years old. (That’s a whole ‘nother post full of birthday ideas… will get to that later). 

The base is a recycled can wrapped in white fabric and tied with a black felt belt. The candy consists of mini hershey bars wrapped in karate themed wrappers, as well as some suckers with karate clip art in front. Green cellophane is sprinkled in for color.

 Have you made any candy bouquets? Please feel free to share:)

Isn’t it gorgeous? It’s personalized with my initial. I love the colors and the flower. She even decorated the spiral binding!

I will use it for something special, like maybe a journal for keeping up with all my blogging ideas:)

She even included a darling handmade card, which probably took as long to make as the journal did!

See more of Tracy’s incredible projects at Craft Junkie Too.

Thanks, Tracy!

So let’s get started with the invitation. Here is how it will look when it’s finished. The cowboy is actually a paperdoll magnet that attaches to the invitation. I still see them on friend’s refrigerators, and it’s been 5 years since the party!

Click on the invitation to the right, and you will be taken to photobucket, where you can print out the card. Use 5.5×4.25 cardstock (half of a letter-sized sheet). This is the outside of the card.

Then print the cowboy on magnet paper or cardstock and cut out. If you used cardstock, glue a magnet to his back. Also glue one on the card, then attach the doll. (I used a sizzix machine to cut out the paperdoll and clothes. Then I glued rope to his hand.)

If you want an even easier way to do it, print out this next card instead. It has the cowboy on it already. It won’t be 3D looking, but it will still look great!

Ok, now for the inside of the card. Before printing, save it to your computer and open it in some kind of a print program (I use PAINT SHOP PRO PHOTO X2) and add the personalization information. The blank blue box can be for any additional information (I used it to say to bring back the permission form to the riding stable). Then take the card, and feed it into your printer according to your printer’s instructions for printing the back side. Now you have the Birthday Invitation finished!!

You can mail them in plain invitation sized envelopes, or print the envelopes as well. Just choose the cowgirl or the cowboy, save to your computer, and take it to your print program. Add the name inside the lasso, and of course the address. Print out according to your printer’s instuctions for envelope printing.

But wait! There’s more… We haven’t covered party favors and thank-you notes yet, so Stay tuned for Part 2!

Please feel free to ask questions or comment below. I will answer:)