Holiday Shopping with a Cause! Get a jump on your holiday shopping by coming out to support local vendors and crafters! With over 30 unique crafters and vendors to choose from, you are sure to knock off a few of the people on your gift list. Hosted by MOMS Club (r) of Coon Rapids - North, MN Proceeds from this event are going to the Anoka County Adopt a Family program. Admission is $1 or a non-persiable food item to be donated to our local food shelf. For more information visit www.boutique.momsclubcrn.o rg   Saturday, November 5, 10-4, Coon Rapids Evangelical Free Church

Holiday cards! Holiday gifts! Holiday decorations! this class has it all. All projects $2 each unless otherwise noted. This is a buffet style class where you select the projects and the quantity. Class start times are flexible. There will be at least 6 different projects. Please RSVP by November 23rd (early) due to the long holiday weekend. This class is going to rock! Holiday Class, November 27th, 2-6, my house

Final resting place for my month of Halloween projects. So much fun I had making  and sharing all these items. Already have some Christmas ones in the works.

What's a celebration without cake! This cake was modeled after one that Carrie Cudney did at her candy presentation at Convention this summer. I am so pleased with it. It is plenty sturdy. Trust me. This cake has logged tons of miles the past few months and is holding up just fine. The candy bar wraps are 1 1/4" x 3. I sponged each edge. The cake base is an actual plastic cake base from Wilton. You can buy circles in the sizes I needed but it was expensive to do it that way and since I was covering the edge I didn't care that the edge would not be perfect. I purchased a one foot square one inch thick. I used the circle scissor cutter to cut out the desired sized circle template - 4", 5", 6". When you go to cut the styrofoam it is a messy job, probably best done outside. I used the big Stampin' Up! scissors cut the foam just fine. After I started assembling the cake I found I wanted a cover for the foam circle and ended up using my circle patterns. Next ...

Treat anyone? This banner that spells out treat has been toted around since August and is starting to show its age. Having been left out in 100 degree heat more than once it is still holding together but has a few bangs and bruises.  Each cone uses 2 petal cone dies, cutting off one section of one. I ran each of them through five different embossing folders, it only catches parts of the cones which actually looks cooler. Lots of sticky strip and lots of sponging and lots of the new glitter glue around the scallop edges. I would make one of these again, but design the candy cello tube pendelum much differently. As you can see, with all the tossing around one of the bags is beyond repair. I could replace it but I am not even sure I am going to save this thing for next year. Not really sure what to do with it at all. See above for close ups. I wanted the close ups below but had trouble getting the syntax to allow that. Believe it or not this project was far more di...