13 Days of Handmade Halloween 2014 (Cupcake Wishes & Birthday Dreams)

Yay!  It's that time of year again.  Cupcake Wishes & Birthday Dreams is hosting the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween.  Today I am guest posting a DIY on how to tea stain paper.  Great for making invitations, cards, spooky pirate maps or just creating your own vintage looking scrapbook paper.

Keep visiting Cupcake Wishes & Birthday Dreams to catch all the wonderful Halloween DIY's by these fabulous bloggers.  

We've also got a fun Linky party going on for these 13 days.  If you have a Halloween craft or food tutorial that you'd like to share link up with us and join the party.  

~Happy 13 Days of Handmade Halloween~

An InLinkz Link-up

Halloween Flower Wreath For 13 Days of Handmade Halloween

Yay I'm a contributor today to the fabulous Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams, 13 Days of Handmade Halloween   If you'd like to see the tutorial for this wreath and get the free printable download for it visit her blog.  

You can also visit her blog everyday after that for a new crafty Halloween idea up until All Hallow's Eve.  Hope you all are having a wonderful fall and getting ready for Halloween.  Thanks again Keisha for letting me participate in such a wonderfully fun countdown. 

~Sunny~

My Mother my inspiration

I was cleaning out my storage room yesterday and tucked away in a box with many other papers from my past I found this paper doll.  When I was a little girl my mother drew me this beautiful paper elf doll along with an entire wardrobe and a pet wolf.  Why would a little girl want a paper elf doll with a pet wolf you ask?  I was obsessed with a book called "ElfQuest" by Wendy and Richard Pini.  I guess now you would call it a graphic novel but to me it was just a gigantic comic book with absolutely beautiful illustrations. 

Paper purses

What is cuter than a paper purse?  Well maybe a paper purse filled with tiny little goodies and a cute little girl holding it.  These little purses were the treat bags for my daughters birthday party, but with Valentines day just around the corner these would make the perfect Valentine treat bags or birthday treat bags or tiny gift bags.  Just take your pick.

Paper pumpkins

I've seen these paper pumpkins scattered all over the internet and I just adore them.  I figured I would give them a try.  They are an easy way to add a personal touch to your Fall decorations.  Besides I just love pumpkins. 

Mini Notebooks

I created these teeny tiny notebooks to use as treat bag favors.  They have turned into much more than that.  They are great for doodling, thank you notes, gift tags and of course teeny tiny stationary sets.  There are so many possibilities.

  

Luminary tealight bags

I saw these cute beautiful luminary bags in the store the other day and wanted them immediately.  I thought of all the ways I could use them at parties, Halloween, Thanksgiving and every night if I had to.  When I saw the price they weren't quite so beautiful.  As I looked at the cute little paper bags with shapes punched out of them I thought "How can they charge so much for this when I can make this at home."  Then the light bulb (or tealight) went off and I decided to give it a try.  

Schultute (School cones)

Last year my daughter Marina entered 1st grade.  Her teacher had these cones hanging from the ceiling in their classroom.  There was one for each child and they were filled with treats and school supplies.  I thought it was the sweetest thing. 

Mad Hatter Hat tutorial

First of all I have to thank my husband for helping me with these.  He is always so good at assembly line productions.  I cut he assembles.  So if you have a lot of these to make I recommend getting some assistance.  All of the taping and cutting can get a little tedious after awhile. 

Paper Hats tutorial

These Mad Hatter hats were easy to make and supper fun to use. What I really like about these is how versatile they are.  There’s no template required, just a dinner plate and three sheets of 12x12 cardstock.  Sounds very techincal I know.  You can dress them up or dress them down whatever fits the occasion. 

Paper Flowers Tutorial

I love paper flowers.  They are vintage and romantic and so beautiful. I've always wanted to make them so for our teaparty I decided to give it a try.  I looked all over the internet to find a tutorial and I'm sure there is one buried somewhere but I couldn't find one I liked, so I made it up as I went.  If this is a little bit rough around the edges I apologize in advance.  

Wonderland Tea Party

The new Alice printable party line can be found in my Etsy shop. 

Well our Wonderland tea party has come and gone and it was so much fun. The weather was overcast but it didn't rain so we managed just fine.  There were crafts and games and lots of yummy food.  We of course had fairy cakes as the Brits call them.  I love saying fairy cakes much more than cupcakes anyday. It sounds so delicate and sweet just like cupcakes should always be. 

Paper Flowers

And more crafts I'm working on for our upcoming party.  I have a love, hate relationship with these flowers.  They are beautiful but very time consuming.  I don't even want to admit the amount of time I've spent on these.  My plan is to use them as a favor for guests to take home.  I also made a bunch of plain white flowers which the girls will get to paint and pretend they are "painting the roses red".  So many possibilities with these flowers.  I plan to post a tutorial for these later as well.

Paper Hats

Mad Hatter hats!

I've been working on a lot of crafts for our upcoming tea party and this is one of my favorites.  I wanted mad hatter hats for the boys attending our party.  It started out with a construction paper hat tutorial I found on youtube and I embellished it from there using fancy card stock.  I plan to post my own tutorial later with more detailed instructions.