Pencils, Stickers + Tape!

Adorable pencil toppers!

Happy fun-time pencils!

Cheerful Stickers!

Charming patterned tape!

A few goodies I purchased from Dick Blick (all on SALE!) today. I went in for glue sticks, but who could resist so much temptation?!

(The backgrounds are paper frames I've been making recently - the oval center one is a project from the the fabulous book "Paper + Craft". The rectangle center is a template I made myself. I'm a little bit obsessed with making these! For fun I created a Polaroid sized template too.)

Easy Cake Plate

If you grew up in the 1970's your mom probably used this neat, cost effective little trick for making a cake plate. I recently created one when a birthday cake was too big for any of my fancy platters. It worked like a charm and created nostalgia among the party guests.

Supplies: cardboard, cutting implement, aluminium foil, tape, cake
Step 1: Cut the cardboard into desired size and shape
Step 2: Neatly wrap the cardboard in aluminum foil thereby making it fancy and shiny (and therefore good)
Step 3: Tape the aluminum foil at seams
Step 4: Put cake on top!
Hint: Always carry your cadboard cake display firmly supported from underneath unless you want to be eating floor dessert.