And the BLOG CANDY goes to...

KRISTA! 

Krista M. won this beautiful bracelet...

And Krista G. won this cute paper pack...

Thanks Krista for playing along - both of you!

We will get your prizes to you very soon!

Who knew?

Okay, so we are getting to the end of the parade.  Today is the last day of the Creative Chics Parade - and the theme is BEFORE and AFTER. 

One of the most talked about BEFORE and AFTER projects that we have done here at T&D is our Toliet Paper Minibook.  It's been featured on a few creative blogs because no one can believe how an old TP roll could make such a cute minibook!

So here it is - The TP Minibook...

BEFORE:

And AFTER:

For instructions on making your own TP minibook click here. 

Before you know it you will be recycling all your TP rolls to make minibooks!

Speaking of recycling... a friend of ours recently told us about this cool little shop. If you live in the Twin Cities area you may want to check it out. No more feeling guilty about the money you spend on your creative hobby when it's all recycled goods!

PS. You can still enter to win BLOG CANDY!  Post a comment on the posts from this past week and our winners will be picked on Sunday. 

Recipe for ADORABLE

Today we thought we would share a fun little project you can make for your favorite kidlet. (It's so dang cute - you might want to make one for yourself too!)

We know a couple of kids that LOVE to help out in the kitchen. One of them even reads cookbooks in their spare time!  So we decided to make the future chef and baker their own special recipe box, recipe card holder, and apron.

Recipe for ADORABLE:

- 1 canvas apron

- 1 tin box (wood or carboard works too!)

- 1 XL clothes pin

- craft paint and sealer

- recipe cards (we found a really cute stamp set)

- coordinating patterned paper

- some cute ribbon and embellies

The rest is up to you! Deisgn and create to your hearts content.  The only recommendation we have is to use a spray on sealer after you paint everything - that way the paint wont run if it gets wet. 

And if you are looking for something to fill that box - be sure to check out the Creative Chic Parade. Can you guess what the theme is today - RECIPES! 

Oh and there is still time to get some BLOG CANDY! Leave a comment on our post below and you will be entered to win!

Happy Craftin!

-Crystal & Kelli

Virtual Window Shopping

It's a great big creative world out there! The Creative Chic Parade has opened up all new adventures in crafting for us. While strolling along on a virtual window shopping trip, we stumbled upon the Blog Guidebook. WOW! A handy dandy guide to help us find a whole new realm of inspiration and fun. Stroll on over there, no, RUN on over there to check out all the neat blogs!

Leave us a comment and let us know what fun new blog you discovered today while visiting the Blog Guidebook. There's a little BLOG CANDY in it for you!

Today's giveaway is an Umbra Peekette Photo Album
It's the perfect way to create a hybrid scrapbook. Show off a little Summer fun, document those first days of school, or any other treasured memory you just haven't found time to scrapbook yet. These hybrid scrapbooks are done in a snap!

Makes a great gift too!

Here's what we did with ours:

We placed 4x6 cardstock in some of the places intended for photos and will scrapbook and journal

We placed larger cardstock in the back two pages to create a larger space to journal and placed an envelope to hold keepsakes

so leave us a comment to enter this giveaway and....

Don't forget to enter our other giveaways below!

The addiction of cute

BRAG ALERT!

Bet you didn't know this...Crystal is a quilter, too. She'll tell you she's not that experienced, or tell you something she thinks is a flaw in her work, but I think she's brilliant! She made my little angel a quilt and my family will treasure it forever! She also made one for a close friend of ours and her little boy. When I asked her why quilting, she said "because fabric is like paper, and I want it all!"

I just had to share this with our creative pals! (not too mention it's today's theme in the parade!)

Don't forget to enter our giveaways below!

Happy Craftin!

Kelli

In the Jungle

Hope you've got a sweet tooth, cuz we're throwin more BLOG CANDY your way!

Today's giveaway is a paperstack from DCWV!

We've also got another paper bag mini book example for you, only this time they are MINI MINI!

We used paper from the Safari Kids

collection shown above

Our first example is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4

Our second example is 3 1/2 x 3, and it's PINK!

To enter to win today's Blog Candy, please leave us a heartfelt comment!

Or a kooky one is okay too!

Happy Scrappin!

Kelli and Crystal

Everyone Loves a PARADE!

We're watching a spectacular parade this week with The Girl Creative's Creative Chick Parade, and we thought we would throw out a little of our own BLOG CANDY!!

Today we're giving away a bracelet from our sponsor A Royal Affair Studio.  One lucky winner will be recieving a fabulous piece of bling at the end of the week.

To enter, please leave us a comment (meaningful one) and we'll enter you into our drawing. All winners this week will be drawn on Saturday, September 18th.

Have Fun!!

A Royal Affair Studio was started as a way of fundraising for team Giddy Up in the 2009 Twin Cities Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk.  100% of the proceeds from the We Stand for HOPE collection were and still are donated to team Giddy Up for the walk.  10% of all other proceeds are donated to various causes.