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Christmas Card Challenge 2007-12-19 23:20:00 I'm on the lookout for creative and incredible Christmas Cards and Family Letter ideas.Post a comment or shoot me an e-mail of one's you've received or made. I'll feature them here on TipJunkie.com! laurie at Executive Homemaker dot com (no spaces) ...

Amazing Christmas Cards 2007-12-19 18:09:00 TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to some amazing women with amazing Christmas card creations!I received Jenni's Christmas Card a couple days ago and was delighted to find that she had customized a crossword puzzle as her family newsletter. She used The Teachers Corner, which has a program that makes the crossword puzzle for you! Jenni says, it's so easy.Once you flip over the blank crossword puzzle, you'll find the questions as well as an answer key! Great idea Jenni! I love the idea of making your Christmas card into a game.Font of Card - The back is fabulous too! Click here to check it out.Yeah!!! Rochelle has posted all her past Christmas Cards. You won't want to miss this post - it's full of eye candy and great card ideas. She's made some stunning cards, hand sewn with bling!This is her latest creation. Inside the card she did her family from A-Z. It's so beautiful Rochelle, truly amazing!Here is your here's your 'Great Tip Award'! Again, I want t ...

Game of Life 2007-12-18 08:31:00 A friend of mine received this Christmas card in the mail this year! We were both amazed by the creativity that I had to feature her! Lori designed her Christmas card letter into 'The Game of Life".These instructions were included:"To all the most important players in our "Game of LIFE", thank you for helping us "collect new memories", for being there for us when we "lose a turn" or when we get to "roll again". We love you and wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2008. Keep "moving forward".Lori here's your 'Great Tip' Award!' You've earned it, girl! WOW! What an amazing card.I'm on the lookout for more creative and incredible Christmas Cards and family letter ideas! Post a comment or shoot me an e-mail (laurie at Executive Homemaker dot com) of one's you've received or made. I'll feature them here on TipJunkie.com! ...

You Are Special - Red Plate 2007-12-14 16:53:00 I am so excited to finally be able to show you that I'm giving 'The Red Plate' tradition as my friend gifts this year! They were so easy to make. You can order the white vinyl lettering for $2.00 on Executive Homemaker.Basically how the tradition works, is that you use the 'You are Special' red plate at meal time when someone accomplishes something, gets a good grades, has a birthday, etc.I made it out of a red charger and vinyl lettering, so you can't eat, dishwash, or microwave this one. But it was easy on the budget and a wonderful tradition I'm excited to start with my family.I made these cute red and white place mat purses to put them in. They were so easy and only $1.97 at Walmart. You can print out the directions for the place mat purses and the 'The Red Plate' for free on Executive Homemaker.I feel like I'm giving more than a gift this year. I'm giving warm memories, and hopefully, a tradition that will last generations to come.I hope you'll pass on this special tra ...

Great Tip Award - Christmas DIY 2007-12-12 13:42:00 TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to some amazing women with serious talents! They're making our holiday's bright...Chanda who is a scrapbooking genius, says me, made this photo wreath! Isn't it beautiful! Wouldn't this also make a great gift for grandparents?This was super simple.Cut out black and white photos into squares and mount them on patterned scrapbook paper. Then punch holes at the top of each photo and tie them to the wreath with ribbon. Ta-dah!You can buy some of Chanda's layouts from Executive Homemaker. Let her catch up on your scapbooking for you! ;)Jess from Jump Up and Down made these adorable stockings out of white cotton velveteen. Aren't they Darling!! If I read it right, they're for sale.Lastly, if you haven't wrapped your gifts yet and want to learn how to tie a bow properly, Chelsea over at the Orange Booth hooked us all up with an easy tutorial. Yep, complete with pictures!Here is your here's your 'Great Tip Award'! Again, I wa ...

Submitted Tip - Flet Ornaments 2007-12-12 13:33:00 Amy over at the Caffeinated Cropper (cute name) submitted this tip on making Felt Stars sewn together with embroidery floss. She even posted the pattern for you, it's all ready to print out. ...

Today's Creative Blog 2007-12-11 22:27:00 Yesterday, I was featured on 'Today's Creative Blog'. It is truly an honor to be among those amazing and creative women. If you don't already read her blog, you are seriously missing out! As my friend Katri would say, "It's eye candy!"Not only did she feature Tip Junkie but she also featured Executive Homemaker and my personal blog. That's so much more than I ever could have wanted.Thanks again Kim - You ROCK! ...

Homemade Christmas Traditions 2007-12-11 21:16:00 We have several homemade Christmas traditions in our family that I've also made and given as gifts. I already posted this on my personal blog, but I thought you Ladies might enjoy it as well.Here's a few of them:Felt Nativity Hand Puppets: Several years ago I made these hand puppets at a Super Saturday craft day at my church. They were so easy!! We don't have enough people in our family to act out the Nativity - so this is our alternative.Laminated Finch Family Nativity: This is my favorite Christmas gift to make for friends with small kiddos. Print out the "Away in Manger" project in the The Best of Family Home Evening CD on card stock, cut, and laminate.Since I have a terrible voice, I made a CD of all the songs to go with it. I put wrote the corresponding songs and CD track # on the back of each one as well as a Velcro dot. My boys pick a Nativity character and we sing along with the CD. You can also print out all the words to the songs here.I've used this for so many things: Fa ...

New Christmas Traditions 2007-12-10 10:34:00 I've been really focusing on starting some fun but different family traditions this year during the Christmas season. Here are some that I've been impressed with:Keri and her family have the tradition of Stocking Letters. They write notes to each other, including parents, and put them in each other’s stockings. They are to write one letter a day and make sure that they end up writing at least one letter to each family member. You get to read them on Christmas morning.I think this is such a wonderful tradition because it's nice for siblings to focus on the positive things they like about each other.Dawn over at The Feathered Nest, made a Wish Bottle for her family tree. She repurposed an old spice bottle and decorated it.You hang your little Wish Bottle on your Christmas tree. Inside, rolled up, is a small piece of paper that you can jot down your wishes for Christmas just for that special someone to walk by and see! They can pull your wish list out, tuck it in their pocket and the ...

Submitted Tip by Debbie 2007-12-09 13:59:00 Debbie over at Studio Bee Creations submitted this great Gift Tubes tip. These turned out so amazing and I'm excited to feature them here on Tip Junkie.com.How to Make?These Gift tubes are created from faux CRYSTAL LITE canisters ( Wal-mart brand).Cover the canisters with non-SU pp, using red-line tape on the wrapped ends.FUN GOLD MESH ribbon from Joanns wrapped that around center.Attached a FUN SU LABELICIOUS embossed tag, with corners ticket punched. Top of canister has pp with a flower & leaves punched with the 5-petal punch ....and gold stickles centers for bling.I want to thank Debbie for submitting her tip on creating gift tubes. What a great idea! Be sure to check out her blog Studio Bee Creations. ...

Crochet Hats & Headbands 2007-12-07 12:02:00 Can you say, "DARLING!"? I'm tempted to purchase one of these hats for my little guy and pretend he's a girl for an afternoon. Just kidding... sort of. {{wink}}Executive Homemaker is proud to announce it's newest Mom-prenuer, Pretty Peanut Shells!These hats are both beautiful and functional. Because of the forgiving stretch of the crochet design, these hats will stay comfortably on your peanut’s head. The yarn is a baby soft, light-weight acrylic allowing your peanut to comfortably wear them inside and out.The Belli's are each handmade and they are securely fastened to a “bend and snap” style barrette. This feature allows you to change the Belli to match your peanut’s outfit. If you go indoors and wish to remove the hat, you can place the lovely Belli in your peanut’s hair for instant adorable style.You can mix and match and they make a great gift! There are tons of styles to choose from, click here to get more information and to place an order.This would make such a beau ... Amp

Wassail 2007-12-06 15:28:00 I got such a good response to the dry Wassail recipe that I wanted to share my absolute favorite one! It takes a little bit of planning but it's worth it. Here it is:Wassail1 cup Sugar to 4 cups water, boil. Then add:10 whole cloves8 whole allspice2 sticks cinnamon1/4 tsp ground gingerBoil 3-5 minutes and then remove from heat. Let stand 4-6 hours then strain. Then add:1 can Orange Juice (12 oz concentrate)1 can lemonade (6 oz concentrate)Lastly, add 2 cans water and 1 gallon of apple cider. Warm and serve. Enjoy! ...

Twas The Night Before Christmas 2007-12-05 19:58:00 I love the poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas', it's fun to read with the kids and a fun tradition to have in our home. With that said, I also LOVE the knock-offs! I live in Texas, so I had to feature this one!Twas The Night Before Christmas: Texas Style'Twas the night before Christmas, in Texas, you know.Way out on the prairie, without any snow.Asleep in their cabin, were Buddy and Sue,A dreamin' of Christmas, like me and you.Not stockings, but boots, at the foot of their bed,For this was Texas, what more need be said,When all of a sudden, from out of the still night,There came such a ruckus, it gave me a fright.and I saw 'cross the prairie, like a shot from a gun,A loaded up buckboard, come on at a run,The driver was "Geein" and "Hawin", with a will,The horses (not reindeer) he drove with such skill."Come on there Buck, Poncho, & Prince, to the right,There'll be plenty of travelin' for you all tonight."The driver in Levi's and a shirt that was red,Had a ten-gallon Ste ...

Submitted Tips! 2007-12-04 22:24:00 I want to thank Jill over at Creativity Musings and Such for submitting this fun tip on clothespins!Jill uses clothespins for lots of great uses such as, close bags of chips, cereal, bread, etc. they're the best thing for that. You can get a bag of 100 for only $2.Another use in her house is for creative play by her daughter. She swipes the clothespins constantly and takes them apart to invent things. She's made boats and all sorts of contraptionsBeckie over at Infarrantly Creative sent me this incredible tutorial on how to make crayons using glue sticks!! This is such a crazy creative idea.Are you tired of your toddler breaking crayons? Well here is a way for your wee one to still be creative with no more broken crayons. Impressive!Thank you Jill and Beckie so much for taking the time to submit these amazing tips! ...

Easy, Cheap, Useful Christmas Gifts 2007-12-02 09:02:00 Are you guys getting bored of this topic, yet? I could go on and on with sharing easy, cheap, yet useful Christmas gift ideas.I made this 8x8 Christmas Album years ago. As elegant as it looks, it was soo easy!! All you need is a red 8x8 album, 3 pieces of textured scrapbook paper, a red ribbon, a charm, 3 red small buttons, and brown ink pad.Simply cut the 3 pieces of scrapbook paper and glue onto the album in a layered look, see above. Take the brown ink pad and wipe it over the entire album. (It doesn't matter what direction.) Tie on the bow and attach the charm with "o" rings or whatever you have available. Cut out holly leaves from the extra dark green paper.Glue on 3 red buttons to complete the holly.Include your favorite Christmas stories or print out some of these.Snuggle up by the fire this Christmas Season with a cup of hot Wassail.Hot Wassail2 cups tang1 (3 oz) pkg pre-sweetened lemonade mix1 1/2 cup sugar1 tsp cinnamon1/2 tsp ground cloves6 packages spiced ciderMix all dry ...