Valentine Day Project 3 - DIY Starbucks Coffee

 I am a huge Starbucks fan. If you have read my previous posts by now you know caffeine is an inseparable part of my daily life. I live by the motto "But First Coffee". And so does my kid's teacher. When we got the wish list for homeroom teacher I saw the teacher mentioned Starbucks. Instead of getting a gift card I found a very nice pink coffee travel mug as a gift for her . It said valentine gift all over it. So I instantly got it. Instead of just wrapping it in a gift bag I decided to make a Valentine box for the teacher's gift . The kids are supposed to make valentine boxes to keep their classroom goodies in. So I took this teacher gift a step further . I made a Starbucks coffee cup with a planter and bowl . First I painted the  plastic planter  pink . I chose pink because I had that color at hand. Plus pink goes well with the valentine theme. Red would have been equally good . I inverted a white plastic bowl on top. But it did not look like whipped cream. So I tore bits of white tissue paper. Then scrunched these bits and added onto the outer part and bottom of the bowl with hot glue. Finally rolled a green cardstock to make a straw. Using my heart shaped punch I added the heart shaped sprinkles onto the whipped cream. The actual Starbucks cardboard cup sleeve came in handy. I glued two of those together and added this around  the planter. It also has the logo on it. I put the travel mug inside this planter ( Oops!I mean cup ) to disguise the gift. I hope my kid's teacher enjoys this DIY planter turned Starbucks coffee cup as much as she enjoys her actual travel mug . What are some of your favorite gifts for teachers ?

Valentine Day Project 2- DIY Truck Box

 My kid and I made this fun truck from a Kleenex box . This truck is to keep her school valentine goodies in. I loved the challenge to use an existing box and come up with a storage container . We were able to recycle existing trash, use supplies at hand and not spend a dime . On Pinterest I saw many shoe box projects . But I wanted to use something else . Kleenex box lying around the house looked perfect as it had an opening already to put stuff in. The Kleenex box is in the middle and is wrapped around in  3 pieces of cardboard. I used an empty diaper box to trace and cut the truck shapes for either sides . I made the top with another long piece of cardboard placed in between the truck shapes holding the Kleenex box.  I left the back flap open to put gifts in. It sort of mimics a trunk opening . Once the structure was ready I let my kid take over . The final decorations were largely my kid's creativity.  We used a heart shaped punch to add hearts on the top keeping in line with valentine day theme. My kid learnt to use the punch last year during our valentine project . ( check it here ) Of course we used scrap pieces of paper to punch out the heart shapes .The license plate reads "kisses ". The pink color, bunting and hearts made it all come together to look so  "lovely" in the end .

What kind of box would you use for your project ?

Valentine Day Project 1 - DIY Tshirt

Tomorrow is Valentine day. You all know that (I hope so !). I do not know if love is in the air but it sure is omnipresent in every single store, on shelves and all window displays. Ahh! the marketing strategies. 

Anyways we are supposed to wear red colored clothes for work tomorrow ( duh! ). I do not feel like wearing any of my current red sweaters or red tops. Guess why ? I do not know either. So keep guessing . Finally I decided on a DIY vinyl t shirt. Preowned but brand new plain red t shirt came in handy. Next I could not come up with any design to put on my t shirt. Heart, XOXO, hot air balloon seemed too cliche and not my cup of tea. Just then a cup of coffee literally came to my rescue. As I was sipping my coffee pondering about my outfit for tomorrow an idea started brewing in my mind. I had read this quote somewhere in the past. Given my love for caffeine ( and dependence on it ) it was just perfect. Instantly I pulled out my Cricut Explore 2. I found this SVG online for free which I tweaked a bit to change the font and placement. Voila! My outfit for tomorrow is ready. I used glitter silver HTV for the first time. I think the colors go so well together. I love the final outcome a lot . And who does not like a little sparkle and that too for valentine day . What do you all think ?