Tangled Ticket Holder Tutorial

My daughter, "Doodle" is turning four years old tomorrow! We celebrated her birthday over the weekend with a Tangled-themed party.

My first attempt at cake making

She's watched the Tangled movie at least a hundred times and loves to re-enact all of the scenes when Rapunzel uses her hair to complete her daily tasks. One of her presents was a long-braided Tangle wig. She now uses the braid to open doors, turn off lights and paint pictures. She also used it as a weapon on the other children at her party. She was quickly reprimanded and forced to surrender the wig.

When planning her party, I came across a shop that creates tickets made to match your party theme. Allyson from Invitation Designs created this adorable Tangled ticket invitation. I ordered the tickets and a few hours later I had my printable custom tickets in my gmail account!

I wanted to make a ticket holder for these fabulous invites, so I came up with a ticket holder. Here is my tutorial:

Materials Needed:

Scissors and Paper Cutter
Glue Dots
Purple Cardstock
Adhesive Pen
Yellow Yarn
Paper Flowers
Adhesive Rhinestones
Glue Gun


Step one
Cut your cards stock 3.5" by 8". Fold in half to create a pocket that is 3.5" by 4". Use an adhesive pen to seal the inside edges, leaving the top edge open.

Step two
For each pocket created, cut 9 pieces of yellow yarn about 9" long. Tie the ends of 9 pieces of yarn together in a knot. I tucked my knot under my paper cutter to hold it in place while I braided them. When you finishing braiding, tie off with another piece of yellow yarn . Trim excess if you like.

Step three
Using a glue dot or glue from your glue gun, adhere end of braid to the center front of your ticket holder. Wrap braid around ticket holder and glue. Be sure to leave a bit of the braid hanging.

Step four
Using your glue gun, adhere paper flower to section where the braid is joined together. Finally, adhere your gemstone of choice!

Voila! You have a finished ticket holder!

Guest Blogger Tutorial: Topper for Halloween Treat Bag

Hello! I’m Kelly. Casey is a great friend of mine & asked me to come up with a crafty tutorial for her blog. So, I told her let me see what I can come up with. I don’t have a blog, but love being inspired by all the great blogs out there. I don’t know how you girls have the time! Anyways, here is what I came up with:

Kelly's Halloween Treat Bag Tutorial


Thank you, Kelly! This is a really adorable and thrifty way to make Halloween treats even more special!

Remembering Crickett

Almost five years ago, this month, I lost my dear friend, Crickett, to breast cancer. She was only 39 years old. She was so full of life and love! Her presence was felt the moment she walked into a room. She had the ability to make everyone around her smile and feel special. She had such a zest for life and for helping anyone in need. It's difficult for me too sum up her personality and who she was into this post, because she was just that wonderful!

Crickett Julius

Needless to say, when Crickett succumbed to her disease, it was a huge loss for her family and friends. Her memory lives on through the nonprofit organization Crickett's Answer for Cancer. The nonprofit was started by her mother and cousin in an effort to provide support for women with breast cancer. They provide wigs, mastectomy and lymphedema products, massage, facials and other pampering services, as a way to help women feel feminine and beautiful despite losing their hair and/or breasts.

Through the first week of November, I will donate $1 from each sale in my Etsy shop Calladoo Paper Craft. You can also donate directly to Crickett's Answer for Cancer by clicking here. 

Thank you and please remember to perform a monthly self breast exam.

Casey






 

First Post and Great Recipe!

So this is my first post on Blogger. I plan to share great recipes, craft tutorials and stories with you!

Fall officially started last week. The summer went so quickly for our family. I spent most of the summer traveling to see family and friends, working on my dad's benefit and starting my new Etsy business: www.calladoo.etsy.com.

Here is a recipe for a great end-of-the-summer soup...a great way to usher in the beautiful fall season!

I've adapted this recipe from Ina Garten's recipe which can be found here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-tomato-basil-soup-recipe/index.html

Ingredients

• 3 pounds of your choice of tomatoes, blanch and remove skins before starting this recipe!
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 2 cups chopped yellow onions (2 onions)
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 (28-ounce) canned diced tomatoes, with their juice
• 4 cups fresh basil leaves, packed
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• 1 quart chicken stock

Here are the tomatoes from our garden. Not much made it this year except for these little guys.

This should only take you about an hour and half to make. Unless you are potty training a toddler. This will add to your cook time. It may even double it. In that case, I recommend adding a glass of wine into the equation. Said toddler managed to pee on my carpet and my fabric-covered bar stool while I was cooking.

 You will want to blanch your tomatoes before you pop them into your oven for roasting. Toss your blanched and peeled tomatoes with 1/4 cup of olive oil, kosher salt and pepper. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet and roast in preheated 400 degree oven for 45 minutes.

While the tomatoes are roasting, add olive oil, butter, garlic and onions to a large stock pot and begin cooking.

Once the onions and garlic become soft, you can add the canned tomatoes, chicken stock, basil, red pepper and thyme. Once your fresh tomatoes are done roasting, you can add them into the soup with all their drippings. Bring to a boil then let simmer for 40 minutes, uncovered.

I recommend using an immersion blender to finish the soup. It gives it a great texture.

Serve with garlic bread, or with this meal I made a garlic flat bread. I made this by rolling out a pizza dough ball. I then added garlic, olive oil, smoked mozzarella and fresh basil. I baked it on 450 for about 10-12
minutes.

My girls loved dipping their "pizza" in the soup. My husband said it was my best batch yet.

If you try making this and find a delicious "tweek" to the recipe, please share! This makes a rather large batch of soup, so you can freeze the leftovers for another day.

Have a great week!

Casey