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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Family Tee Shirts #2

Hello!
I hope you are having a lovely day.
Today I'm showing you some more of the shirts
I made for my family for Christmas 2024.
This shirt was for my son in law,
the grand kids love their Uncle Brad and
he is definitely a "funkle"
I made this one for my daughter in law, Sara.
She is a big Buffalo Bills fan and of course, 
Josh Allen is a favorite of ours.
I'm pretty proud of this one, as it was
quite a project to get the jumping Josh
just right.
This one was for my daughter, Kelsie.
She laughed when she saw it and loves it.
It's soooo her!
These are couple more 
Just Joshin' 
shirts I made after Christmas for Sara's Moms.
When they saw hers, they wanted their own,
so Sara had me make them for them.

Thanks for stopping in today,
I hope you enjoy what I have shown you
and are inspired in some way.
Come again soon,
you never know what you'll see on
Kristie Kreates.





 

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Book Box for Danielle

Good day!
Today I'm showing you a project I made for a friend
for Christmas.  She is my partner at My Happy Place
and I wanted to make something for her home library.
I had this shadow box frame and came up with this idea.
You can see that there is glass on the front of it.
There is a cushioned fabric piece in the frame/box.
I designed all the pieces and cut them with my 
I used my tiny craft iron to iron on all the
pieces.
I put names onto the books.
Trixie Belden is the author that started her love of reading.
Trixie is also her puppy's name.
A Prayer for Owen Meany is her favorite book
and Janet Evanovich is one of her favorite authors
She is a big Buffalo Bills fan,
so I added Go Bills to the tea cup.
I'm really proud of how this project turned out
and she loved it too.
This is something she can hang on a wall or set on
a shelf or table.









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see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,
except where specified,
and you may find better prices elsewhere,
I am in no way promoting any particular site.





 

Friday, March 7, 2025

Easter Cards

Hello crafty friends!
Since Easter is just around the corner, I thought
I'd show you the simple cards I made for my
grandkids last year.
I sketched out the shape of a "Peep" and
cut it with a fold at the top of the ears.
I used glitter paper to imitate the sugar on
the Peeps.
I mounted the Peeps onto a base and 
to open it, the Peep lifts up and I
stamped a sentiment inside.
I don't know why I don't have a picture of
the card open, but hopefully, you get the idea.
These were quick and easy cards to make
and the kids loved them.

Thanks for stopping by today,
I hope you have been inspired in some way.
Come again soon,
until then
make something unexpected.



 

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Family Tee Shirts

Hello and welcome!
Today I have a few shirts to show you.
Every Christmas for the past few years, I've made
some shirts for my family.
These are 3 of the ones I made this past Christmas.
When I saw this idea, I had to make it for my son.
He has quite a beard and I knew he'd love it.
This is one I made for my grandson, Asher.
He is definitely "Seriously Handsome and Awesome"
I made this one for my husband, Dave.
He loves it and has worn it many times.
All these shirts were designed on my 
Shilhouette Design Studio program on my computer
and cut with my Silhouette Cameo from
I pressed the HTV onto the shirts with an iron.
I have a heat press, but have found that an iron 
works just as well and is much easier and more
convenient.

Thanks for stopping by today to check out what I've
been creating.
I hope you will come again soon.
Until then,
create something fun!








Note the links are only to give a reference so you can
see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,
except where specified,
and you may find better prices elsewhere,
I am in no way promoting any particular site.




 

Monday, February 24, 2025

Elf On A Shelf Book From 2023

Hey there you crafty people!
Today I have my annual Elf book to show you.
My grandbabies have a couple elves  that come 
at Christmas time.
Every year I make a little album that they bring
back with them the next year.
Here is the album from 2023 that they brought
back in 2024.
I know I'm late showing this to y'all,
but I'm hoping you may be inspired to get some
pictures from Christmas printed and do a little
scrapbooking.
I should get the elf pictures printed now and
get the 2024 album done early.














I got a couple paper stacks on clearance after Christmas,
so I'm good to go for the next album.
Now I just have to get some prints made and
get it done.

Thanks for stopping by today.
I hope you have been inspired in some way and
will come again soon.
Until then,
record some memories!

 

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Special Order Shirts

Good day!
When my cousin's wife messaged me and asked if
I could make some special order shirts for them
for Christmas, I was up for the job.
They needed 13 shirts all with different images
and names on them.
Each person has a nickname and that was to be
on the back of the shirt and on the front an image
to represent their name.
She gave me permission to create them with 
whatever I thought up, although they did give me
some ideas.
Here are a few of those shirts
This was for Sarah, whose nick name is 
below.
I love how it turned out.
The color is actually the color in the first picture,
don't know why it looks so different.
I don't really know if Babeless Chaps is some 
character or what, but these chaps was
the best I could do for this name.
They did turn out good though.

My cousin's name is Carla and we used to call her
Car all the time when we were young.
Her nickname is Car-Car.
She used to own a white Mustang convertible, so I found
one that I could create for her shirt and put
2 of them on the front of the shirt.

Shantelle  is called Shani.
They suggested this pop for her shirt.
I had never heard of it, but found pictures online.
It's a berry flavored pop that isn't sold in the US.

Another character I'd never heard of is 
Doop, but there were plenty of pictures online.
Apparently this character has to do with with
Marvel comics.

Sofia is called Soap,
so a bar of soap it was.
Thanks for stopping by today,
I'll have another post soon, showing
the rest of the shirts.
I hope you'll come back to see what else
I've been up to.
Until then,
have fun crafting, no matter what kind
of crafts you do.



 

Friday, February 14, 2025

What's a can cozy?

Hello all!
As you may know, I live the the Buffalo, NY area
and it does get pretty cold here.  
We are huge sports fans in Buffalo.
The Bills are our NFL team and are very well loved.
If you go to a game, you
need to be ready for the cold.
Lot's of people tailgate before the games and that
can be pretty chilly.
When I saw "can cozies" advertised on facebook,
my reaction was, of course, I could make those.
So I found a video on line and watched it.
I couldn't believe how easy they could be to make.
They are like a mitten that you can hold a 
can, bottle or cup in.
A bottle of water fits great.
Or a can of pop or beer.
I made a couple for my friend and she took them to
the Bills game and said they worked out great.
Your hand stays warm and it's easy to hold your
drink.
They can also be used for hot drinks.
Unfortunately, I can't find the tutorial that I followed,
but if you look on YouTube there are quite a few tutorials.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have been inspired in some way.
Come again soon,
until then,
try making something new and different.