Turn your mistake into a creative opportunity!

The High School graduations are upon us. We only have 2 graduation parties this year.

The first card I am going to show you is actually the second card I made and when I made the envelope it was too small to put the card in.

I didn't want to make another envelope so I turned my mistake into a creative opportunity!

What I did was fold the top part of the envelope to the front and covered with a printed paper and put his name on it and made a button with my Epiphany button maker. Problem solved. 

Here was the first graduation card I made.

I was so happy to make a girly card. With 2 boys I there is not to much female stuff going in my house. 

Who says your graduation cap has to be black. It is pink with white polka dots for this girl!

It gets better. I made a card holder for her too! I was at Saint Vincent De Paul Thrift store and found this suitcase.

Shelby is going to University of Missouri (Mizzou) in the fall and the gold suitcase is the perfect Mizzou color. I put Shelby's monogram and found a Mizzou logo to put on it.

It turned out fabulous!

Repurposed Coasters

These were cute at one time (a decade ago) They had been sitting in a drawer in my living room for ages. (Not a decade they were a gift a while back) I do have some coasters that I use. They are glass and you can put your favorite pictures in them, but I left the pictures in and tell people this is my pretend family. (The husband is very GQ the wife, is very skinny, and the kids very perfect) anyway back to the project.

Here are the supplies I used.
*Paper-don't forget to coordinate with your decor

!!!!!!!!!!  I just remember this I was in Hancock Fabric the other day looking for some material for some curtain for my front window and as I was looking at the decorator fabric I though ooooh that looks like some scrapping paper I have and then I was looking further and though oooooooooooh, that would make some great scrapping paper. *Sick, Sick, Sick* okay back to the list

Really just look at the picture. I did use Gloo glue. I love Gloo the paper sicks super fast.

 Here is the coasters covered with some cute paper. They look so much better even with doing this. But wait..........

I used the Hard Coat Mod Podge since I was going to put my Ice Tea glass on them.

Ta Da.....I used the font from Elegant Cake Cricut Cartridge. The directions from the Modge Podge said 5 application. with 20 minutes in between. I did 3 (I got tired) when I use them I will see if I need more.
So dig down in your drawers and find to old ugly coaster and glam them up.