Pride Fest Shirts

A couple weeks ago, my girls, Clumsy Cloud Gifts, were vendors at the 

Rainbow City Pride Fest in Niagara Falls.

Sara mentioned that she was checking out shirts for the kids,

so being the G-Ma that I am, I told her that I would make 

some shirts for them.

This is the design I came up with.
I love how they turned out, just wish the yellow L 

showed up a little better.

I made a purple one for Marie,

and a black one for Asher.

I thought they were pretty cute and so did the girls and the kids.

Here is Marie all dressed for the festival.

And Asher with some rainbow cheeks and chin.

Kelsie and Sara were also dressed for the occasion.

Kelsie's shirt said "Free Auntie Hugs" and Sara's 

said "Free Mom Hugs"
They each gave a few hugs that day.

Another picture of Marie all decked out.

The festival was a lot of fun,

here is a picture of me with the kids at

the craft table.  They had so much fun doing

crafty projects and talking with the drag king.

Marie and I saw our first drag show and

enjoyed it a lot.

In our family we don't discriminate and we believe

that love is love.
Marie informed me on the way home that there are

mean people in the world who don't think 

women should love women and 

men should love men.

She was totally appalled, because 2 of  her other 

grandmothers are a lesbian couple.

We had a very good talk about people loving whoever they

love and that's okay.

Clumsy Cloud Gifts did very well at this festival

and we will all be going back next year.

Thanks for stopping in to see what I've been up to.

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

be an ally to someone who needs it.

 

Bridal Shower Layouts w/Fussy Cutting and Pockets

Hello crafty friends!

Today I'd like to show you a couple layouts I created

for Kelsie and Brad's wedding scrapbooks.

This layout is from the bridal shower.
For the left page, I fussy cute the wreath of flowers

from a 12x12 piece of patterned card stock. Then 

added the picture of them to the center.
The page on the right, I fussy cut the flowers from 

another sheet of the same card stock.

I love how this turned out, this is one that I showed

Kelsie and she loved it too.

I wanted to put her cards and gifts inserts into the album,

so I decided to create a layout with a couple pockets to

hold them.  This is what I came up with.

I made the pockets and cut the little umbrellas with a die

and a Sizzix, yes, the old fashioned kind.

 

All the cards and gift inserts fit nicely and they

will be able to take them out whenever they want

to look at them.

I've gotten quite a bit done on their albums, but I still have

a ways to go.  Yes, it's been over 2 years since the wedding,

I'm a very slow scrapper, but it will get done.
Jaryd and Sara's wedding books ended up being 6 books

and I'm sure Kelsie and Brad's will be just as many.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have been 

inspired in some way and will come back soon.
Until then,

create with love.

Pre-K Graduation Banner

Hello everyone!

I hope you are having a beautiful summer.

We had some crazy hot days last week, but now it's cooled

down and is much nicer.

Today I'd like to show you the banner I made for my 

granddaughter, Marie for her Pre-K graduation.

After graduation we went back to their house for a little

party of cupcakes and fun.

Click on each picture and you'll be able to see it better.

I chose pictures from her first day of school, through

to the end of school.

I used little banner stickers to put Pre-K graduate across the

top of the banner

All the pictures were strung on curling ribbon and 

curls tied on.

The big banner is one that I ordered from Amazon for her

and we added the one I made along the top.

Here are a few pictures taken in front of the banner.

Marie with Daddy and Mommy

With Uncle Brad

With Auntie Kelsie

With G-Ma

Kissy face from G-Ma and G-Pa

With G-Ma and G-Pa

Unfortunately we took the pictures before we got my

banner hung.

Thanks for stopping to today, come again soon.

You never know what you'll see on 
Kristie Kreates!

 

Pre-K Graduation Card

Hello everyone!

It's that time of year and graduations are happening every day.

Our sweet granddaughter, Marie, graduated from Pre-K

and this is the card I made for her.

It's a very simple card, but she loved it anyway.

I wrote a personal note on the inside to her and 

put a few dollars in it.
She was thrilled with that and it will go into her

piggy bank till the next time she goes on a 

shopping trip.

Here is a picture of our amazing girl.

She is so proud that she'll be going to the 

big kid school in the fall.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope

you'll come by again soon.

Until then,

encourage a child!

 

English Muffin Bread and Oatmeal Bread, Sooooo Good!

Hello creative people!

Today I'm showing you some bread that I made.

I consider cooking and baking to be creative, so here it is.

When I was on a recent trip and scrapbooking crop with 

a friend, we stopped at a market to pick up a few things.

One of the things we bought was a loaf of English Muffin Bread.

It was delicious!

I knew another friend had a recipe, so I got it 

from her and made it.
Oh My Goodness!

It was really very simple to make and look how good they

turned out.

The inside is full of nooks and crannies to hold the 

butter or what ever you like on it.

Toasted up with butter, sooooo delicious.

And, yes, that is toasted, I like my toast very light.

Here is the recipe for this

English Muffin Bread.

Next time I'm going to make individual 

English muffins and see how that works.

Then....

I decided it was time to try a recipe I have for 
Oatmeal bread.

This too, was very easy to make and it turned out great.

Isn't it beautiful?

Nice and soft inside, great for toast or for a sandwich.

Great any way you use it.

I think I could have not let it knead quite as long

to get a more textured loaf.  I'll try that next time.

Here is a link to 
Back of the Bag Oatmeal Bread

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up too.
I hope you'll give these recipes a try and come again soon.

Until then,

bake away!

 

Taking a little break.

  Hello blog fans!
I'm going to take a little break.
I'll be leaving in a couple days to go visit my friends
and we'll be going to a 5 day crop.
I'm very excited as I don't see them more than a couple
times a year.
I'll be working on my daughter and son in law's wedding
scrapbooks and hope to get a lot done.
So I should have plenty to show you when I get back.
So I won't be posting for a couple weeks.
I'll leave you with a few of the pictures I'll be working
with for their albums.
Thanks for stopping by, I'll see you in a couple weeks.

Earring Cards for CCG

Hello all!

I hope you're having a crafty day.

Today I'm showing you a little project I did for my girls.

Kelsie and Sara started a resin business last year called

Clumsy Cloud Gifts

They make a variety of items, go check them out through

the link above.  One of the things they make, that are 

very popular, are earrings.

They needed some cards to display the earrings on,

when I saw what they wanted, I said 
"Don't spend the money on those, I can make them."
So I did.

I created them all with my Silhouette software and cut them 

all with my Silhouette Cameo.
The clouds were a must since their name is 

Clumsy Cloud Gifts.
Kelsie already had some cat ones, but could always use some

more, so I made those too.  The little cat stud earrings are

adorable on these cards.  Sorry I don't have a picture of them.

The hearts and rectangles were really simple to create.

Below are pictures of some of their earrings on the

cards I made for them.

Convenient to have a Mom that can do these as they need them.

These are just one style of earrings that they make.

There are so many other beautiful styles and colors

on their website, go check them out as well as their other 

items.  They do beautiful work.

They are selling online through their website

www.clumsycloudgifts.com

at craft shows and also through a shop in Buffalo

The Nickel Plate

 If you are local to Buffalo, it's a lovely shop and 

has a cafe too.
Lunch and shopping with a friend,

what could be better?

They are also on Facebook, Instagram and TicTok.

They do TicTok live several times a week, so

if you are interested, look them up and see what

they are creating and how they do it.

They also sell during their lives, if you 

happen to be interested in an item.
Mention in the chat that you heard about them

here.  I'm sure you'll get a nice welcome.
I'm there in the chat most times too and can 

say hi.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll go and check out what my girls

have to offer.

Let me know if you do.
Come again soon,

you never know what you'll see on 
Kristie Kreates.