Wrapped Candy Treats Part 1 of 2

Hey you people.  I didn't see any comments so perhaps I will tease you with only part 1 of the tutorial.  If you like it please let me know!
 

Supplies

·      Hershey Nuggets (any flavor)

·      Avery Labels 5160

·      Printer

Creating your label

Creating your labels is pretty simple.  The directions for your version of MS Office might be slightly different depending on where the commands are located, but you should be able to figure it out.

1.    In Office, start up a fresh document.

2.    Go to the “Tools” menu

3.    Select “Labels”

·      You should make sure to have 8160 listed as your label, if not, select the “Options” button and search for it. ·      Make sure you have “Full page of the same label” selected under the number of labels. ·      Leave everything else blank and select the “OK” button.

4.    Office will now create a blank template of your labels.  You will notice that there are some gray lines.  These are your guidelines for you labels and you don’t want to mess with them!

Creating the background

In the first box, you are going to draw a box so here we go!

1.    Go to your drawing tool and make a box 1” for height and 2.5 for the width or you can just draw it the size of the box.  Don’t cover the grid lines between the big boxes, these are the empty spaces between your labels.

2.    Double click on the box to format the properties of the box.  You should get a similar window as below.

To make labels like mine: ·      Under colors and lines select the drop down for “Fill Color” ·      Select  “Fill Effects”
·      Under “Fill Effects” select the “Pattern” tab. ·      Pick your pattern and colors- be creative! Click “OK” to exit out of these formatting windows

Draw your circles

Now you are going to draw your circle on top of the rectangle.

1.    Go to your drawing pallet again and this time you are going to draw a circle.

2.    Double click on the circle to get to the formatting window again.  This time you are going to change the fill color to white and change the line size and style to what ever you want.

3.    When you exit out, your circle should be on top of the rectangle you have drawn.  If you don’t see it, then right click on the box to the “Arrange” menu.  Select “send to back”.  Your circle should now be on top.  You might have to goof around with this some to see it correctly.

4.    Make sure your circle is in the center of your rectangle.

5.    The last step here is to select your square and your rectangle at the same time, and then right click to select the “Group” menu.  Select “Group”.  This will hold your rectangle and circle together so they don’t slip and slide!
 And that my friends is the end of Part 1

Can you guess?

Hi!
Can you guess what I am working on this weekend?  I will give you a hint, LM's Aunt is getting married soon!  I promise a tutorial in the future if someone leaves one comment--- please!

show some love!

Who would have thunk that linking up to Skip to My Lou would lead to- are you ready for this-over 80 visitors to my site in two days!  Two days people!  I have been at this blog thing since Jan 2010, have one follower and have only had about 10 hits on my site by people who have stumbled by because they were looking for something else on the web.  It is my fault for not being a better blogger and for not promoting my site but to be honest, I never really thought that anyone read it but my friend April.  I am totally stoked now!  As it turns out, I love the fact that so many people looked for a few seconds at my site.  I know that my site isn't anything big but now I totally feel cool.  My husband reassures me that I am still a weirdo and a nerd but I can't change that.

What I am trying to get at is share the love people!  Let me know that you are there!  I am greedy and totally bummed that 80 unique visitors looked at my site and not one comment to show me some love!  If I didn't have that tracker thingie on the side I would have never known you were there!  Toss me a bone and show me some love by leaving a comment and maybe I will post another cool craft thing that I have done.  In case you didn't know, I am crafty!

Nap Mat!

Well hello.  We have been busy this week with a visit from the favorite Aunt and Cousin from MD as well as Gramie.  While we were having fun, LM came down with a nasty virus that lead us to aftercare with a very sad little boy.  Mama and Dada smelled like vomit and poop if that tells you the story.

LM totally got into his cool Nap Mat.  He slept on it, pooped  on it and vomited on it many times this week.  Each time I just threw the entire thing (minus the pillow) into the washer and dryer and Bob's your uncle, it was set for round 2 or 3 or 4 or what ever we were on!  I got the tutorial from Prudent Baby.  I made a few modifications.  The pillow is made from minky fabric and made the envelope type pillow.  I made the blanket a bit longer.  When I attached it on the side, I folded the top edge over so he has a bit of snuggle room at the top. In these pictures, the pillow is actually folded over for some reason.

(Please ignore the mess, it was hard to keep everything clean, take care of a sick kiddo, disinfect, and visit with family)  Anywho, the nap mat was a life saver for us.

Two!

Yes, it is true, LM is two!  Yipee!  He has had many milestones this year.  This year he:

• learned to walk
• learned to talk
• eat tons on new foods (loves raisins, homemade applesauce, pizza and anything with meat)
• learned to jump
• says "choo, choo"
• became obsessed with anything train (love it when he gets all ocd and lines up everything he can get his hands on to create a train)
• is obsessed with books
• can hold an actual conversation
• help put clothes in the dryer
• loves bath time
• fills my heart with love when he rubs his head against mine or places his tiny little hands on my cheek
• rides his trike down the driveway
• flirts with the ladies (any lady)
• still has one blue eye and one that is half blue and half brown
• still has his birth mark on his hand
• rocks his ear tubes
• sings!
• hops!

Daddy and I love you Little Man!

Catching up...

It has been a while so let me catch you up on what has been happening in my neck of the woods.

October: My mother feel and broke her knee cap in half (a clean break).  She is elderly and gave us a scare!  After spending time in the hospital, she was transferred to an "old folk home" for rehab.  She lives in Virginia and two of my sisters spent alternating weekends visiting with her.

November: Thanksgiving, Big Daddy's Birthday and the beginning of the end of the semester crazies for those of us in the academic world.

December: Little Man and I went to VA for 2 1/2 weeks to prep my mom's house for her release from the home.  LM had a blast visiting the home everyday and seeing all of the people.  He was like a breath of fresh air in there!  He did great on the two day drive up and two day drive back. He has also discovered the TV and Thomas the Train.  Life has suddenly gotten much easier for me!

Christmas was nice this year.  LM got into opening the presents and it was cute to see his facial expressions.  He is such a sweet and loving child.  We are blessed to have a kid with such a big heart!

January: LM embraces the high five and blowing it up.  His vocabulary is exploding!  He is also peeing on the potty sometimes!  We are not officially training but he is doing great!  I have started taking an online class for a reading endorsement and that has been fun!

February: Just started today, but already some excitement.  LM has his 24 month check up today. 

That is it for now, I will try to be a bit better about updating things! Promises, promises!

I can't believe it has been sooooo loooong

I can't believe it has been so long since I have last posted.  I am sure my one follower is pissed because I used to make a habit of nagging her about updating her blog.

Anywho... I really don't have time to update now as it is time for a certain little man to go to bed.  He is exhausted after a snowday today!  Snowday in ATL, who would have figured?  Perhaps I will get back to you all (one) tomorrow during nap time (snowday part II) but for now, I wanted to leave you a link to my friend GardenLynn's give away on her blog.  She is giving away this fantastic set of Knit Picks 4" DPN's, sizes 0-4.  Now if you are not a knitter, this doesn't mean a hill of beans to you but if you are a knitter the jump on over and check out the giveaway.  She is a sweet gal who could use the support on her blog now.


I leave you with this video now... pure joy!

Peace out and I promise to update soon!