I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… My Chic Life Readers are the most talented people ever!! Look at these adorable cookies from reader Tami Stephens! Tami is a self proclaimed single girl, professional, who loves to bake and would love to start her own chic bakery someday! In the meantime, baking, helps
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Party Favors
Style Me Sweet by Tami Stephens
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… My Chic Life Readers are the most talented people ever!! Look at these adorable cookies from reader Tami Stephens! Tami is a self proclaimed single girl, professional, who loves to bake and would love to start her own chic bakery someday! In the meantime, baking, helps
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Tile and Error
Who doesn’t love coasters? People who hate pristine wood surfaces, I guess. For the rest of us normals, there’s no such thing as owning too many coasters–so why not make a customized set of this tile version for your very own? Half of this week’s Crafternoon Social literally involves doing nothing at all, so it’s
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Wine Ribbon
I saw something similar to these in the Pottery Barn Catalog (it wasn’t for sell, just a decoration. Don’t you hate that?) and it seemed simple enough to replicate on my own. The idea being that if you have a decanter of wine you could tie the appropriate ribbon around it so your guests know
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Gingerbread Treat Bags
I made these little treat bags to hold our holiday baking and then the boys and I passed them out to all the neighbors. We also used these as gifts for Jackson’s pre-school faculty and everyone loved them. I found all the necessary ingredients at Paper Source and used their catalog for inspiration. None of
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Recipe Cards
This is an easy and inexpensive holiday gift, stocking stuffer, or hostess gift! I received these last year from a vendor and I thought it was such a personal, sweet gift. You can create them yourself (Google “recipe card template” and you’ll get 9 million options) just print them on heavy cardstock and tie them
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Holiday Hair Bows By Susan Williams
Chic Readers are the MOST talented blog readers EVER!! Look at these adorable holiday hair bows made by Susan Williams… yet another reason why I need to have a daughter so I can put cutie things like this in her hair!! Read More...
Halloween Candy Bar
Another fun idea for your Halloween party is a candy bar. I like to use the same color candy when I do these because I think it adds some visual interest, but you can fill them with whatever your heart desires. In this case I filled apothecary vases with orange candy and labeled each one
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Boo-tiful Gift Bags
The perfect gift bag for your Halloween party this weekend. Fill it with tricks or treats for your festive party goers! Everything came from Michael’s Craft Store… it’s brown paper bags, sparkly black halloween stickers, gift tags, and black ribbon. Attach stickers to the tags, then use a hole punch to string black ribbon through
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Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Sticks
These are the chocolate dipped pretzel sticks I made for the Fox 5 Halloween Segment, if you’re curious how to recreate them yourself read on! For each kind (white chocolate and milk chocolate) I melted down chocolate chips with a little milk (maybe a tablespoon) over medium heat (stirring continuously). Then I dipped the pretzel
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Heart Ornaments