I love creating wreaths every year and this year I wanted to do a Candy Cane wreath with lots of pink ornaments. I mostly could only find hot pink and red ornaments so I decided to glitter some white ornaments in pink glitter to add to the wreath! I think it turned out so cute, it is a little more pink in person because my camera’s flash makes it seem a tad more red. For Glittering your own ornaments it’s a quick and fun project, if you mess up or want to start over just wipe off with a damp paper towel before it dries! I used Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ with a wide flat paint brush and just “painted” the glue on in a wave pattern. I then used the tip of the brush to make the perfect little spots! Glitter with a fine glitter, I used Martha Stewart, and just brush away any excess glitter with a small soft paint brush. The best part about  glittering ornaments for a wreath is you don’t have to glue and glitter all the way around, just the front and sides! I was happy to find the Aleene’s Hot glue sticks for gluing the ornaments to the wreath. When I use Large ornaments I like to wire them on and hot glue them in place. Have fun decorating ornaments for your tree or decorating packages or for use on a wreath! My daughter even helped by glittering a Candy Cane card, the perfect display for the center of the wreath!

Claire Selby craft and Adrianna Selby Artwork

Claire Selby Recycled paper craft

Don’t throw away those little scraps of paper!! They are a treasure trove just waiting to get delved into! With this adorable paper craft you can use a punch or cut out by hand, just go through your stash of left over paper and combine in a sweet colorway. For my Colors I choose palest pink, golden yellow, taupes and browns. This would be a great Baby gift or girls room decor. Most of the papers are Stampin’ up and other Acid Free Scrapbooking paper. The pale pinks are from Paper Source and a Martha Stewart paper pack. I had fun mixing the textures of my paper from sheer, to glittered, to even fabric scraps from a West Elm store! You will need a ruler to at least line up the bottom row and the side row that way everything is nice and tidy! I glued down all of my paper with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. I also used the tacky glue to apply vintage mica flakes and fine champagne colored glitter to 2 of the butterflies. For the last row I added some machine stitching to the butterflies. I’m so happy to be able to recycle my scraps of paper into a fun to make craft instead of just tossing them!

Claire Selby Recycled paper craft Closeup

American Girl party crafts

Handmade American Girl Kanani stand

For my Daughter’s American Girl Kanani themed birthday party, we celebrated hawaiian style with handmade flip-flops and party hats! For the party hats we used Acid free scrapbooking paper cut into about a 6″ semi circle leaving a small 1/4″ tab on one side. We formed the semi circle into a cone and glued the tab to the inside of the hat using Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. We added glitter, ribbons and pom poms to finish. The adorable flip flops are made by tracing an american girl sandal onto craft foam, cutting out 2 right feet and 2 left feet. The ribbon straps are about 4″ long and glued to the bottom of the top foot and then sandwiched with the tacky glue to the bottom foot. We finished off the flip-flops with pom poms. All of these worked really well with the tacky glue!

For the Kanani Stand, recycled is best! I used half of a large cardboard box and stapled 2 child size hula skirts to the board. For the 2 columns I taped a pink plastic tablecloth to wrapping paper rolls, and secured them to the table with twine. We displayed all of our pretty handmade crafts on cake stands! How fun and inexpensive!

Party favors made by the girls!

Claire Selby Festive party crown $13

Claire Selby Festive party crown $13

Lots of birthdays in August, so to celebrate I made my Festive Party Crowns for the gals. First, I hand cut my circus-inspired shaped crown out of glittered 12″ Acid Free scrapbooking paper. Next, I hand inked vintage Tinsel to create the lovely pink shade, Here is my HOW TO. Then I handmade the Flower Medallion out of 2 strips of 2″x12″ acid free scrapbooking sheet music paper, accordion folded them and glued together with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. Lastly, I covered a flower die cut in the tacky glue and fine pink glitter and added them to the crown along with crystals and a bird accent. These would look amazing for a birthday party with each crown personalized. They can be made larger or smaller for girls, ladies and babies. My Daughter is modeling the ladies size. You can check out more of my Crowns HERE.

Claire Selby Handmade Pink Tinsel

Making the Flower Medallion

Tacky Glue perfect for Glittering or Gluing paper flowers

Claire Selby Festive Fall Crown $13

Baby Lady Bug projects

I made these pink, red and white Lady Bug inspired projects for a sweet gal at church who is having her first baby girl! And of course the theme is Lady Bugs and pink! I had fun decorating the baby onesie and baby hair clip with the Stampin’ Up Fleurettes. To top it all off I made the tiny Lady Bug Princess crown. First, I shaped the crown out of red polka dot paper cut into a cone shape. Next, I hand cut Vintage Sheet music into a flowerette and covered it in Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ and chunky transparent glitter. Once dry, I added the flowerette to the top of a crepe paper flower and pink polka dot paper. How fun and festive! Keep crafting!

Baby Lady Bug Crown