Sunday Paper Hat Tutorial

I hope you all had a fantastic Mother's Day celebrating the mothers in your lives. I did! And now it is back to the real world where I have to make my own breakfast.

Ah well, It was good while it lasted.

I figured I would cheer you all up with a fun and easy tutorial. This one re purposes, recycles, and revamps your little gal's dress-up wardrobe all in one! First shown to me by my friend Mia, so that we could bring the fancy back to the party {hats}!

Sunday Paper Hats

- One Sunday Paper

- Masking tape

- Some or all of the following: Feathers, boa's, flowers, leaves for embellishing

- Hot Glue :)

You knew I was going to have hot glue on the list didn't you?

This is where is gets fun, and silly. Even the boys will want to make one!

1. Take 3-4 sheets of newspaper and lay them over your models little head. Make sure to spread them out a little each way. The more volume the better!

2. Grab the masking tape and wrap, wrap, wrap, all around your models head. Make sure the tape stays on their for head and above their ears so that it doesn't get "stuck". They might want to use this more than once!

3. Now take the edges of the paper and roll it inward!

4. Take the hat off your models head.

5. Embellish! Glue anything fancy on. It is more fun for him/her to decorate it on their own. If you are feeling really creative, use real flowers! Or better yet... toys! Who said a hat can't have sponge bob sitting on top? Go crazy!

Voila! You have a fancy recycled Paper Hat!

Would you like some tea with that?

Cheers,

Making Pepper Proud

Pepper! I hope you're proud of me, woman. I was so inspired by your Mother's Day card post I actually made Mother's Day cards.

Unheard of!

I mean, I made cards. For the moms!

I used some very cute butterfly paper from the paper packs I purchased to make my family room Mod Podge wall art, and because I couldn't find glue anywhere (can't say that surprised me) I actually used Mod Podge as my adhesive.

I very skillfully maneuvered a random box cutter replacement blade to cut out the butterflies (I know, I need to get a safer razor...), then skipped on over to my friend Christy's house to borrow her paper cutter. Have I mentioned Christy is an amazing card-maker? Cutest cards ever.

Anyway, she helped me fix up the edges of my cards, gave me these great tiny rhinestones and voila!

Hope the moms love 'em, because they are in the mail and on their merry ways! What do you think? Good enough for a second-time card maker?

Patting myself on the back,

Last minute Gifts...

For those of you who don't have time to make something this Mother's Day you are in luck!

The Silver Loft Jewelry is having a sale! Clearing out all of the Winter inventory to make room for some new designs. Buy any necklace and choose an earring pair of your choice for free! No coupon necessary, but make sure to let the seller know which pair of earrings you want, and they will magically appear when the rest of your order arrives!

Most items are one of a kind, so make sure you order quick if you have your eye on something!

By the way...Happy Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Cheers,

Mother's Day Cards!

Sometimes the best gift is something you say...

Tell them how much they mean to you, what you are thankful for from them...all that jazz.

My favorite gifts from my kids are always things made by them! I will still love things made by my children when they are adults. Unless it is a picture frame with pieces of macaroni from a 30 year old. That is something that is only cute from a 5 year old. You get my drift though right? Once she is 30, maybe she will be crafting her life away like her mama and giving me something super cute like these below from Two Dogs Wood Working!

Anyway, on to the point of this blog post! If you are too afraid of making something really extravagant, or just don't have the time, give a home-made card along with your gift. Remember the heart cut-out cards that we made in February? Use my tutorial to make some adorable Mother's Day cards like these below!

These adorable ideas came from the Ruby Wren designs and Basil and Betty shops from ETSY. If you don't already know about that ETSY, you are missing out. It is an entire WORLD of handcrafted goods. You can find some much needed inspiration. Or maybe you are just looking for the perfect unique gift for that special someone - which is perfect for Mothers Day because our mother's are pretty darn special if I do say so myself.

Have fun last minute crafting (or shopping),

Cheers,

Gina Miller Giveaway Winners!

The time has come...

Announcing the winners of the Gina Miller Giveaway!!!

The winner of the adorable Bitty Baby Actions is...

JEFFANDMELISSA

Who said...

"LOVING THE ACTIONS! And love the name... we have a bitty baby doll... named bitty... and she goes with us everywhere! :) I tried to become a fan on Facebook... can't figure it out! HELP ME! :) LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR SITE! You have the best ideas! ... Now how do you have time to do all of this! Wonder Women! I am posting you on my blog right now! Darling!"

We see you figured us out on Facebook too. ;)

Congratulations on your win of these actions! We hope you will love them. Please contact us at thesassypepper@gmail.com for the details.

Don't stop reading...

The winner of the $20 gift certificate for digital scrapbooking goodies of their choice from

Gina Miller is...

STACY FLYNN SCHLIEWE

Congratulations to you Stacy! Thank you so much for following us on Facebook!

Contact us at thesassypepper@gmail.com for details!

And for the rest of you who didn't win, don't let that scare you away...

Please keep coming back for more ideas and more future giveaways!

A big Thank You to Gina Miller Designs.

We love your Lily Pad Shop and can't wait to see what you all do with her great designs!

Gina Miller Giveaway!

Who wants to win something???!!!???

If any of you have yet to discover the world of digital scrapbooking here is your chance! There are many websites out there, but none as cute as Gina Miller Designs. You will fall in love with the endless options AND amazing prices. She really has made my life easier. Gina's Lily Pad store is the next best thing to the look and feel of real crisp paper. And once you have it...you can use it endlessly!

After our most recent trip to the zoo, I was able to capture some fun times with Gina's April BYOC packages of papers, ribbons and these adorable chunkie animals! Now you want to make a page with the little monkey don't you?

Enter to win $20 worth of products from The Lily Pad

All you have to do is "like" us on facebook! The winner will be chosen Monday May 3rd.

But that's not all...

Gina Miller designs have recently made action sets available for purchase for Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3, and CS4. Action sets aren't available in Photoshop Elements just yet, but will be soon!

You can enter to win this amazing action pack for you Photoshop lovers!

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Make sure to let us know you posted to your own blog.

Winner will also be chosen Monday May 3rd at random selection.

Good luck!

Those itty bitty toes are making me baby hungry, I better go snuggle with baby boy!

Cheers,

Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!

You like that little magnolia blossom, don't you? Look how happy it is, even in today's cold weather.

Pepper and I think the best way to celebrate Earth Day is to plant something. Get down with our earthy selves and all that jazz. But seeing as it's freezing outside and any plants we buy today will be better off if planted this weekend,  we think we'll put it off  and just check out these cool reusable utensils instead:

So smart, right? You'll always have utensils with you and won't have to use plastic ware. If only they had a straw in the set...I'm forever looking for straws when there are none to be found.

Anyway, about a month ago I was driving home and noticed my neighbor was throwing a perfectly good bird bath podium away. The top had somehow broken and she decided to chuck the base. I thought, "Now that has potential!" and proceeded to shove it into the back of my car.

And potential it had:

My strawberries will be so happy up there! I'm just hoping the birds won't try to take revenge by eating all my berries...you know how they love their bird baths. But really,  I'm doing them a favor. This way they won't end up as my cat's dinner.

I also got a great deal on some pots and decided to try my hand at growing cherry tomatoes and some onions. Baby Girl was very helpful with the watering can.

I just love a good green family project. So what are you doing to celebrate Earth Day?

Waiting for the sun,