Lobster Love

We received this gingerbread lobster in the mail for our birthdays. It's homemade from Maine. The woman that makes these cookies turned her passion into a business. The gingerbread is so tasty and delicious. Check out her site.

Craft Lab: Teacher Appreciation Gift

We love our TEACHERS!!!! Here's a quick and easy way to dress up a truffle bar.

All I want for Christmas

And here is my list:
Sketchers Shape up size 8 1/2, the Apple I touch, Faux bois vases for Target, a used Saarinen Tulip table with marble top, and some Amy Butler towels from Bed, bath and beyond. A girl can dream right?

Craft Lab: wine cork trivet

I'm not sure where I saw this originally, but I do remember it was from the go to eco design design guy Danny Seo. So easy to make, and pretty darn affordable. Check out this post over at Apartment Therapy for all the details.

Craft Lab: Photo Albums

I made these photo book for our moms for Mothers Day, and I completely forgot to post the story. I got the idea over at Plum Pudding, and changed it up a bit. The moms loved them.

First, I cut a 12 x 12 card stock into equal parts. Then, I folded these in half, I glued a photo on each side of the card stock. Next up, the cover. I cut up a cereal box to make 2 5x7 rectangles. I glued scrapbook paper to these pieces only on the outside. I left one side of the cereal box(the inside piece in the scrapbook) to remind everyone to reuse their trash. Then, to make the covers connect I glued a strip of paper along the books edge to bind them together, I left a 1/2 inch gap between the two cardboard pieces to make it fold in half. Then, I sewed the book's pages into the 1/2" gap down the middle. Finally, I glued a piece of grosgrain ribbon to the edge to cover up the stitches and give it a finished look.