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Printable wrapping paper from Blueprint Magazine
By smbriones
I purchased the November | December issue of Blueprint Magazine today and it has so many amazing things in it for the holidays. One thing that I thought was especially awesome is the printable wrapping paper that they have on their website. There was a pretty ad for it in the magazine and I just had to share it. You can find the PDFs here.
Thanks Blueprint.
Candy Corn Flower Arrangement
By smbriones
My entry is a 'Flower Arrangement' made using Candy Corn. My original idea was to make flowers out of Candy Corn by making it into a gum paste and actually shaping it into realistic looking flowers, but that didn't work out as I planned. I got the Candy Corn to mold, but it would not harden. I finally decided to just try to make flowers out of whole Candy Corn and this is what I came up with.
So, these are pretty simple to make. The hardest part is making sure you don't burn yourself with the glue gun. You decide on a flower you want to make, for example, my Daisy-like one. For the center, I balled up a small piece of paper and wrapped it in the floral tape, then poked the sharp end of the skewer into the center, but not » READ MORE
