Happy Easter!
Heading to Easter Dinner with these bad boys. My recipe is chocolate pudding, crushes mint milano cookies, cool whip, more pudding, crushed oreos and gummy worms to garnish. Hope you have a wonderful day! XOXO, Carina
Witch and Wizard Party—Kids Halloween Party
Saturday I threw a Witch & Wizard Party for my kids. I have to admit that I didn’t come up with the idea. My niece Caroline gave Siri a card inviting her to a pretend witch party a couple of months ago(which btw never happened). But the idea got stuck in my girls’ heads, and [...]
Episode 4 All Hallow’s Eve Decor Video
I know it’s only August, but this Halloween video is meant to get you excited about the approaching season. I love fall and adore Halloween. With school starting next week (eek!), fall is just around the corner. I know there’s a lot of sentimentality about new beginnings and freshly sharpened pencils when school starts, but [...]
Happy Holidays
Wishing you the most wonderful holiday season and with hopes and wishes for a beautiful 2012! Thank you for being a part of our lives! XOXO—Carina, Josh, Siri, and Felicity
Fauktail Party Recipes
fauk tail /fok-teyl/ noun 1. a faux-mock-cocktail party; 2. a festive event where non-alcoholic beverages and appetizers are served to adult friends as they mix-&-mingle in their christmas best; 3. involves dressing up in your favorite faux-mock-cocktail clothing for general hob-nobbing and chit chat; 4. a cocktail that does not require taxi service at the [...]
Pinfeathers Fabric and Sweetwater Frames Giveaway
Monday morning after a long weekend of fun (tomorrow I’ll post about it). But for now, I wanted to help you win some more fabric and a lovely frame from Sweet Water Frames. On the giveaway table today is a full fat quarter set of Pinfeathers Peacock Blue fabrics (9 fabrics in all) and Sweet [...]
Giving Thanks-Free Thankful Banner Download
Last year, we did a thankful tree on Thanksgiving day. This year, the girls have a jar of leaves that they can write or draw on whenever they want to add to this banner in our kitchen. I’m hoping it’s a great way for them to see what their parents are grateful for and encourages [...]
Giving
It’s November, and I’ve told myself that this year the holidays are going to be a little different. Instead of the rush, rush, rush, I’m hoping to really live in the present this holiday season and remember to be grateful for what I have. I’ve cleared out my schedule of any “hard” deadlines and while [...]
Hybrid Project Submissions Now Open!
We’ve had such a tremendous response to the hybrid section of the Quarterly Newsletter that I have decided to open it up to anyone who would like to submit projects they have done using my fabric, digital, or paper. This is very exciting for me since I love seeing everyone’s creativity! Our first deadline is [...]
A Lot’o Halloween Crafts
While we are working on a lot of NEW Halloween Crafts for the season, check these great project we did over the last couple of years with Haunted™ and Spider’s Web. Halloween Banner Halloween Countdown Calendar Batty Wreath
Playhouse to Clubhouse
We got a Costco playset in April, which has kept my kids outside most of the summer. I had this idea that I was going to make it more of a “clubhouse” by making curtains for it. Fast forward to yesterday (aka 4 months later). I picked up Amanda’s red polka dot laminate at Riley [...]
Valentine’s Day
Just dropping in for a second to report our very, merry Valentine’s Day. Seriously, my kids made out like bandits…I swear it could have been Halloween! Both were happily going through their candy /valentine cards after school today. I think Flissa tried every sucker and opened all of the Fun Dip a child could eat [...]
Merry Christmas
This photo didn’t make it into the Dec- Jan newsletter, but I was looking through my hard drive to see what photos I had wisely put on it before my computer crashed a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully, I’m really only missing 6 months of photos. Unfortunately, (you know what I’m going to say scrappers!) [...]
Carina Gardner Newsletter
If you haven’t signed up for the newsletter yet, you are definitely missing out! Our second issue went out yesterday in all its holiday glory. Please be sure and sign up so that you can receive a direct link to our newsletter. It comes out 4 times a year with lots of eye candy. If [...]
It’s Beginning to Feel Alot Like Christmas
It’s not even Thanksgiving… and my house and studio are buzzing with all sorts of Christmas fun. We are getting ready for our 4th quarter newsletter, which should be out sometime next week. We might even have a wicked little goodie for you…so be sure and sign up so that you can get access to [...]
Haunted Paper in Action
My neighbor Tausha does these incredible gift shows and she used my Haunted™ Paper Collection when putting together her goodies. It’s so cute, and I was totally inspired. If you are in Salt Lake, you can check out her booth at the Jenny Gochnur Autumn Art Show (At the Holladay City Building at 4580 S [...]
How To Make a Halloween Banner-Free Download
There have been spooky things happening at my house recently: Crows cawing, moss creeping, and mice scurrying along the old piano. It’s just enough to make you want to shout, “Happy Halloween!” The spookiness has been so much fun that I made this banner using the Haunted™ Line. The instructions and pattern are below for [...]
How to Make a Halloween Countdown Calendar-Free Download
It may seem a bit early, but Halloween has come to my house this last week. I’ve been happily crafting with my Haunted™ Paper Line. Lots of white pumpkins and scarecrows are visiting my living room (Photos coming soon!). Here’s a fun project that you really need to do (and can easily do) in advanced. [...]
How to Make an Easy Summer Wreath
I think wreaths are one of those things that are really easy to make especially when you can’t find exactly the kind of wreath you want (In my case, an all green summer wreath). Of course, I think the materials are pretty expensive (which is what keeps me from making all of my wreaths), but [...]
Valentine’s Day Card for Kids-Free Download
I’m a sucker for Valentine’s Day. And while we are still three weeks away, I’ve got some great little projects put together for this very pink holiday. If you haven’t picked it up yet, the Love Nest glitter book is available at Hobby Lobby, and I’ll be doing a few projects with those papers and [...]
Affectionate
Just wanted to give you a quick peek at the new Valentine’s Day line at DHD! It will 30% off tomorrow only. There are 5 packs and one mega pack. I’m just dreaming up all the neat hbrid projects I plan on doing with these papers and accessories (can anyone say Valentine’s Day Cards?).
Craft Project-How to Make an Easy Octopus Costume
Yes, my daughter wanted me to make her an octopus costume for her birthday. So how could I refuse? I kept it simple by buying a t-shirt (with the gems already on it) and women’s long socks. Add some filling, a t-shirt transfer kit and my sewing machine and I was set. The only problem? [...]
Easy T-shirt Project-How to go from Digital Product to Iron-On
Creating great projects from digital products is easy! For example, my daughter’s birthday party was last week and we did an underwater theme. So my gifts to all the little guests were mermaid shirts with matching hair color for each girl. My daughter wanted to be an octopus, so I simply ironed-on an octopus illustration [...]
A Merry Christmas To You From Me
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas/Holiday weekend! I just barely (gulp!) got my Christmas Cards mailed (as shown here:)) and have had some time to reflect on what a wonderful and exciting year it has been for my family. I have been talking to my girl Jen today and I am just amazed at [...]