Fresh Friday Link Party #21 on Release Me Creations (1 day late)

HAPPY FRESH FRIDAY ON SATURDAY!
Sorry about the lateness. My little Dax had a medical emergency on Thursday, so I was completely distracted yesterday as well. He is fine though, so no worries!
Let's get started with last week's Fresh Projects!
Mint Mallow Antrho Knockoffs from C.W. Frosting

Rainbow Clouds from The DIY Dreamer

Chalk Paint from Kadydid Designs

Easter Garland from Creative Chaos

Lemon Cookie White Chocolate Truffles from Shaken Together

Fresh Friday Link Party #20 on Release Me Creations Blog

Happy Fresh Friday Link Party!
Let's get right to the point with some amazing projects this week:
Adorable Change Purses from Av Susannah
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Easter Plates by Creative Chaos

Window Dressing by The Dedicated House

Padded Headboard by Vixen Made

Bookpage Feather from Shealyn's Faerie Shop

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Let's see what we can create this week!!

Fresh Friday Link Party on Release Me Creations

Hello and Welcome to Fresh Fridays on Release Me Creations!
Let's see last week's freshest projects.

Images of Ireland from Folk Haven

Embellish your Old Clothes from Taradara

Gorgeous Spring Wreath from Creative Chaos

Irish Cream Cupcakes from This Life Shaken Together

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Now it's your turn...show me your freshest crafty projects, tutorials, recipes, etc! Make sure you are a follower of Release Me Creations Blog, and make sure to visit the other linkers!

Fresh Fridays Link Party#18 on Release Me Creations

Welcome to another Fresh Fridays Link Party #18 on Release Me Creations Blog
Let's see last week's Freshest Projects:
DIY Cake Stand from Shaken Together

Lego Applique Shirt from Vixen Made

Racerback Tank from Sweet Lemonayde

Coffee Table to Ottoman from A Couple of Craft Addicts

Giant Birthday Candles from The DIY Dreamer

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Time to show off this week's craftiness!!!
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Have at it!!

DIY Gift Packaging for Tori Spelling

So I have declared this week DIY Gift Packaging week.

The Earth Day gifts, and Tori Spelling gifts are going out in the mail in the next couple of days, so gift packaging has been on the brain.

Yesterday I posted all about the Earth Day Gift Packaging...and now I bring you my packaging for Tori Spelling's jewelry!

I think that packaging is so important for a gift. It conveys a message, it sets a tone, and it creates excitement for the gift within all of the wrapping.

For Tori's gift, I wanted it to maintain a whimsical feel to it, with a bit of personalization and color.

I made my own necklace cards to hold the necklaces. 

FRONT:                                                         BACK:

For a bit of cute personalization I found some Scrapbooking initial stickers that had some bling to them and added them to each of their necklace cards:

 

I then wrapped each one in some padding, and then fun colored tissue paper.  I found these cute little metal initial charms, and added them to some blue ribbon, wrapped them up and VOILA:

 

The back of each one looks like this, I used my sticker labels from my DIY Sticker Label post:

They all went into a simple white organza bag, I again used my sticker labels to create a little tag by pasting two together over some cardstock and there you have it!

DIY Wednesday: Celebrity Earth Day Bracelets Packaging

It's almost April, which means it is almost Earth Day!

I have been feverishly finishing up my Celeb Earth Day gifts, as I need to get them out to California this week.

So here are the finished bracelets!  These little beauties will be going to
Jeremy Piven, Tom Hanks, Bill Maher, Adrian Grenier, Kate Bosworth, P!nk, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dave Matthews, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Daryl Hannah, Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Orlando Bloom, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Hartnett, Sting, Barbra Streisand, Alicia Silverstone, Courteney Cox, Cameron Diaz, KT Tunstall, Mark Ruffalo, and Edward Norton.
I included a little note to the fellas that if they're interested in a set of cuff links I'd happily make them...poor guys.

They were made using old vinyl records, which I hand cut, and then shaped and sanded down for a perfect setting.  I was again inspired by Banksy's street art for this piece, but this time I added my own flair, and created an Earth heart shaped balloon for an Earth Day touch.

Now, perhaps almost as important as the bracelet itself is the packaging. 
So here's a little DIY Packaging for my Earth Day Bracelets:

SUPPLIES: Hole Punch, Scissors, Tissue Paper, Small Kraft Bags, Sticker Labels, Business Card or Cardstock)

1) I punched holes in my business card to act as a holder for my bracelet. 
2) I cut slits to the holes so I could slide the chain to rest in the holes
3) I wrapped the card and bracelet with tissue paper in a neat little package and then added a little note to the celebs...you can see the back has all of my contact info on it (I used GIMP to create them)
5) I used the sticker labels from my DIY Sticker Label Tutorial to close the bag, and then punched holes for my divine twine to go through so I could tie a cute little bow

AND TADA:

Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Stay tuned...later today I will be posting the finished packaging for Tori Spelling's jewelry!

Fresh Fridays Link Party #17 on Release Me Creations

It's Back!
Fresh Fridays Link Party #17 on Release Me Creations
I sincerely apologize for missing the past two weeks. I quite frankly didn't even realize that Friday had passed until Sunday of both weeks! Life was a little crazy, but no more excuses...let's get started with
FRESHEST OF THE WEEK!
Jewelry Box Stand from The DIY Dreamer

Thrift Store Finds from Thriftionary

Pretty Headband from A Couple of Craft Addicts

Owl Pillow from Folk Haven

Soft and Chewy Snickerdoodles from Laughter and Grace

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