lollipop invites how-to...

here are the promised pics of the avi's invite. i love the way that they turned out. they weren't hard, but they are a little bit timely.

**try to glue yours together a little straighter than i did this first one:)

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{the finished product... unwrapped}

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{a closer look at my crooked edge:)}

{here is the template i made for the actual info part}

i made it to have the colors to match my papers...

this one is made to be the size i made mine. but you could always shrink it down.

you just want to make sure that this one is about 1-1 1/2" smaller than your patterned paper.

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{i used this circle cutter by making memories, i got it at Michael's craft}

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{just cut a front & back sheet for you lollipop. i made mine with 9" Styrofoam, which i got at the cso

i cut my sheets as wide as the cutter would allow}

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{i glued 1 1/2" satin ribbon around the edge of each disc... after i glued the

dowel in}

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{cut 1 1/2" strips to acordian fold for around the outer edge of you lollipop}

you will probably need 3-4 strips depending on what size you make &

how tight you fold them.

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{after you have folded all of your strips, glue them together in a long line, then

glue the ends together to make a circle}

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{hot glue around the edge of your styrafoam, them stretch your acordian paper

& hold it down until the glue is set}

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{make one small accordian paper to glue in between the patterned & word

circles.

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{glue them all together, again paying attention to the space on all sides}

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{this is what it should look like from the side}

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{glue another piece of patterned paper onto the back, i went with a circular stripe

on this side instead of the horizontal stripe on the other side}

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{wrap each one up i clear cellophane & tie with ribbon of you choice}

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{making it look as close to a real lollipop wrapper as you can}

{& tada! one lollipop invite... or you could omit the word part & use then as decor}

the party is on saturday... gotta get cookin'

Hooray for Brookie!

my amazingly talented friend brooke made a template for a really great job chart a little while ago.  i downloaded it as soon as she made it, but i have never gotten around to finishing it... until this last weekend.  Becks was so excited to have a job chart!  with fun, simple jobs he could do all by himself.  we decided to do a ticket system- so each week he fills his WHOLE chart, he gets a ticket.  then when he earns 4 tickets (since he's 4) we get to go to the store & pick a little prize.  this morning before he left to school, he went over to the fridge to see what he needed to do before he left.  needless to say, he thinks it is the greatest idea i've ever had- thanks Brooke for making me look sooooo good!  to get a template to make your own job chart visit Brooke's blog post here & download yours... it's FREE!  Thanks again Brooke for being so creative & generous!

{click on the chart see the details}