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{Blogiversary Giveaway} Winners!

February 7, 2012 – 3:15 pm

Thank you so much everyone for participating in the giveaways to celebrate my one year blogiversary! All of you that left an email will be receiving a little exclusive freebie in your inbox today. Let me know if you missed out on the giveaway, but would love to receive a little something too. I appreciate each and everyone of you for your support, comments, and love.

 

Don’t forget that you still have three more chances to win something you love!

Leave a comment if you’d like an exclusive thank you freebie.

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{Freebie Friday} The 10 Best Of Year One

February 3, 2012 – 6:30 am

The {Freebie Friday} feature has been one of the most work, but most fun since starting this blog. I am no graphic designer, but I just love creating templates and designs for my own use and it’s even more great that you enjoy them too. On my recent trip home, I found box templates I had hand drawn and photocopied at Kinko’s onto card stock in high school to make graduating gifts for all my fellow classmates (I went to a relatively small school). I don’t think I had any idea I’d be still loving and doing the same thing so many years later, but now sharing them with fellow creative people all over the world.

Here is a roundup of my favorite and most popular in year one of Daydream In Color:

1. Flat Paper Bag Template & Floral Bags

2. Bonjour Monsieur Note Cards

3. Let’s Picnic! and Let’s Do This! Checklists

4. Raindrop Pattern Paper & Umbrella Mobile Tutorial

5. Bookmark Templates

6. Mad About Plaid Floral Note Cards

7. Colorful Reminder Alphabets

 

8. Citrus Labels and Tags

9. Striped Paper Sailboats

10. Lavender Simple Syrup Recipe & Label

What was your favorite Freebie Friday post this year?

 

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{Freebie Friday} Glitter Leather Heart Ring Tutorial

January 27, 2012 – 6:30 am

Glitter glitter everywhere! I’m totally loving glitter on everything. That extra shine just brightens my day. With Valentine’s Day approaching, I thought a glitter leather heart ring would be the perfect addition to your date outfit or the perfect project to gather your single girlfriends and a few bottles of wine & wedges of cheese to craft together!

Supplies:

  • Leather (scrap is fine)
  • Scissors
  • Pencil or pen, optional
  • Mod podge
  • Brush or Q-tip
  • Glitter
  • Paper plate or tupperware to catch your glitter
  • Sandpaper
  • Hot glue gun
  • Blank ring with a flat top (You can find a variety on Etsy

Directions:

  1. With your scissors, cut out a heart shape from your scrap leather. You can draw it out with a pencil or pen if you’d like, but I just free handed it and trimmed it until I liked the shape. If you’re making more than one of the same size, use your first one as a guide.
  2. Once you’re done cutting, apply mod podge to the surface you want to glitter. (If you want to make stripes, just cut a piece of painter’s or washi tape to size and tape off the parts what you want the leather to show.)
  3. Pour glitter over your mod podged surface over your paper plate or tupperware to contain the sparkle!
  4. Press the glitter in a little with your finger and apply more mod podge and glitter to any edge or parts you may have missed.
  5. Allow a few minutes to dry before applying a top coat of mod podge to seal in the glitter. Don’t worry! It dries clear! Allow the heart to dry at least 15 minutes before handling.
  6. Sand the gluing surface of your blank ring. This will help the glue have something to stick onto.
  7. Plug in your hot glue gun to heat up. Apply hot glue on your blank ring’s surface and press your leather heart to stick.
  8. Allow time for the glue to cool down before wearing

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{Freebie Friday} You Are Loved Mini Valentines

January 20, 2012 – 7:30 am

It’s finally time to prepare for the next holiday! Valentine’s Day is approaching in a quick 4 weeks. Whether your single or not, I love Valentine’s Day simply because I love telling my friends, family, and coworkers how much they are loved (usually with cards and baked treats). I never turn down an opportunity to make someone feel special!

I thought I’d dedicate a whooping three {Freebie Friday} posts to get your creative juices flowing on how you want to tell the wonderful people in your life that you love them. Don’t worry. There will also be fun things you’ll want to make for yourself!

Today, it’s all about getting a short and simple message across! Join me in making some adorable mini valentines.

Supplies:

  • Printer
  • Paper (copy, colored, cardstock, and/or patterned)
  • Scissors
  • Adhesive

Directions:

  1. Make the heart accordion.
    1. Click the “Heart Accordion” template to open. This template is enough for 4 cards.
    2. Print the template onto colored copy paper.
    3. Cut along the solid lines.
    4. Fold or use your scoring tool and ruler to crease the dotted lines and fold so the heart half is on the top. Fan fold is probably the easiest.
    5. Cut along the inside of the heart. Make sure the folded edges are not cut off or else it won’t form an accordion!
    6. Unfold your little hearts!
  2. Make the card.
    1. Click either the “You Are Loved” or “I Love You” card template to open. (If you want to right your own message, use the ”Blank Card“ template. This template is enough for 8 cards.
    2. Print the template onto copy paper.
    3. Click the “Blank Card” template to open. This template is enough for 8 cards.
    4. Print the template onto colored or patterned cardstock. (For my sample pictures, I used August Empress‘ beautiful and free seamless geometric watercolor patterns to print my own patterned paper.)
    5. Cut along the solid lines.
    6. Apply adhesive to the back of your front card (either “YOU” or “I” or your blank card) and the back of your blank card (your colored or patterned cardstock card).
    7. Attach the first heart of your accordion on the first card’s adhesive. and place the blank card on top to seal the heart inside.
    8. Trim the excess of the blank card.
    9. Fold the heart back and forth into the card.
    10. Do the same with the back card (either “ED” or “YOU” or your blank card) and your 2nd blank card.
  3. Make the envelopes.
    1. Click the “Mini Envelopes” template to open. This template is enough for 4 cards.
    2. Print the template onto colored copy paper.
    3. Cut along the solid lines.
    4. Following the numbers on the flaps, fold the side flaps in along the dotted line and then fold the bottom flap up.
    5. Apply adhesive to the meeting inside flaps to secure the envelope.
  4. Add finishing touches.
    1. Slip your mini valentine inside and seal with some washi tape or a small seal.
    2. Address your mini valentine to a loved one.
    3. Spread the love by slipping it on their desk, lunch, door, or pass them out in class!

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This DIY was linked to other fun Valentine’s Day crafts on Lala Land.

 Do you tell your friends and family that you care for them on Valentines Day?

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{Freebie Friday} Care Package Notes

January 13, 2012 – 8:00 am

Even though the holidays are over, it doesn’t mean that we should stop giving. A lot of places that help people on the street are offered many donations during the holidays, but the resources dwindle as the year goes on. A while ago, A and I went to the store and created little care packages for people we saw asking for help on street corners. Besides donating through United Way at work, we wanted to find a little way to give something back that is more personal.

We gathered things like a toothbrush and toothpaste, gum, hand sanitizer, rain poncho, wet wipes, gloves, snack bars, juice box, candies, tissue, chapstick, and more into a ziploc bag. We figured it would at least make their day for that moment. I thought it might be nice to include a personal note and a list of everything inside in case they didn’t want to dump out the whole bag.

These care package notes are great for either making bags of your own or even for sending your faraway friends a package to know how much you miss them.

I’d love to see how you use them! I’d love to see what ya’ll come up with so send me a picture!

Supplies:

  • Template
  • Paper
  • Printer
  • Scissors
  • Pen

Directions:

  1. Click on desired template to open.
  2. Print on paper.
  3. Cut along solid lines.
  4. Write your note or list and include in your care package!

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This week we’ve:

Have you ever sent or made a care package?

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{Freebie Friday} Oh Baby! Cards

January 6, 2012 – 7:00 am

Since this is the first Freebie Friday of the New Year, I wanted to celebrate the arrival of baby new year with a card. One of my coworkers is having his first baby and they couldn’t be more excited. He wanted him to be the first baby of the year, but obviously that didn’t happen! The best part about these cards is they can be used for a baby shower, a valentine, or even just a hello. They’re simple and perfect to send those you may have missed on your holiday card list!

Photo via Nameberry

Supplies:

  • Template
  • Printer
  • Card stock
  • Envelope

Directions:

  1. Click desired template to open.
  2. Print on card stock.
  3. Cut along solid lines and fold along dotted line.
  4. Write your message and slip into an envelope!

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This week we’ve:

Do you have any friends that are expecting? What would be your advice to them?

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{Freebie Friday} This Year I Will Goal List

December 30, 2011 – 9:00 am

With New Year’s approaching, a lot of us are thinking about how we want to change the things we do and how we do them. Whether it be reading more books, exercising more, eating better, or even spending more time with family. We’re all thinking about how we want to better ourselves. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about how I want this year to be different, but now I tend to focus on smaller goals and celebrate them. Little things like finally getting around to cleaning the receipts out of my bulging wallet or maybe planning out at least a week’s worth of meals to cook at home are just as worthy of that satisfied completion feeling.

I thought I’d spread this train of thought through today’s printable (nabbed the color palette from this post). Each week you can write down one achievable goal that you want to conquer along with any action items you can check off along the way. When you’re done, just write in your completion date and feel accomplished! If you are into New Year’s resolutions, you can do the same thing and feel accountable for any goals you may have set.

Supplies:

  • Template
  • Paper
  • Printer
  • Scissors
  • Pen

Directions:

  1. Click on desired template to open.
  2. Print on paper.
  3. Cut along solid lines.
  4. Fill in goal, any action items needed to achieve the goal, and post it up for you to visualize and remember!

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 This week we’ve:

Do you like setting goals? New Year’s resolutions? What are your goals going to be?

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{Freebie Friday} Merry And Bright Gift Tags

December 16, 2011 – 7:15 am

How is the holiday shopping going? I have a few more things to pick up, but I’m for the most part done. The wrapping now begins! I needed some cute gift tags to top off my gifts, so I created some for both of us.

Supplies:

  • Template
  • Card stock
  • Printer
  • Scissors
  • Hole punch
  • String, ribbon, yarn, or anything to tie on the tag

Directions:

  1. Click on desired template to open.
  2. Print on card stock.
  3. Cut along solid lines.
  4. Punch a hole in the color filled circle.
  5. String tag onto yarn, ribbon, or whatever you’d like to attach to your gift or even tree.

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This week we’ve:

How is the wrapping going? Do you have a signature way of wrapping?

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{Freebie Friday} Bakery Bags

December 9, 2011 – 8:20 am

Every year, I make a really over the top holiday box with themed packaging and coordinating homemade edibles inside for a lot of friends, family, and coworkers. Last year was Yule Log themed complete with cheddar twigs, foraged spiced nuts, maple sap fudge, coconut jam bird’s nests, and the like. The previous year was Winter Forest and the year before that was Vintage Inspired. Usually I begin the planning in September for all my supplies, ingredients, recipe testing, and design.

I’m really pushing the clock this year! I’m about 3/4 of the way done with the design and theme and now I have to work on the rest! The pressure is on. I debated whether or not to carry through with it this year, but the theme has me so excited that I’m pushing forward. We’ll see what happens!

I thought it might be fun to share bakery bags for you to wrap up your own goodies that you’re gifting. I’ve always loved the look of gingerbread houses and have yet to make one of my own. How cute would it be to give someone a cookie in a sweet little gingerbread house bag. I have several designs for you to choose from, so hopefully you’ll find one to your liking!

Supplies:

  • Template
  • Printer
  • Copy paper
  • Scissors
  • Adhesive
  • Optional:Scoring tool, seal or sticker or washi tape

Directions:

  1. Click on desired template to open.
  2. Print template on copy paper.
  3. Cut out template on solid lines.
  4. Fold or score on dotted lines.
  5. Apply adhesive to gray area labelled “GLUE” and to the bottom flap.
  6. Press flaps together and the bottom flap up to form bag.
  7. Insert your goody and fold the top over so the “roof” on the template is on top of the house.
  8. Seal with a sticker or washi tape and gift!

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SAMPLES:

This week we’ve:

Do you have a signature holiday food you like to make and give?

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{Freebie Friday} Happy Holidays Star Card

December 2, 2011 – 6:30 am

It’s that time of year! I thought I’d give me and everyone the benefit of the doubt and post a holiday card freebie in the beginning of the month so we can all be good little kids and be done with them right off the bat! Right?

The color palette for this simple little card comes from Tuesday’s Jill Start SS2012 Collection post. Who says I can’t have fun bright colors for cards this year even if it’s freezing temperatures outside?

Supplies:

  • Template
  • Printer
  • Card stock
  • Ruler
  • Scoring tool or an out of ink pen
  • Scissors or paper cutter
  • Optional: Envelopes and seals

Directions:

  1. Click on desired template to open.
  2. Print on card stock.
  3. With ruler placed along the outside dotted lines, score the card fold.
  4. With scissors or a paper cutter, cut along the solid black lines.
  5. Write your message, place in an envelope and apply a seal, if desired, stamp, and send off your holiday cheer!

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 This week we’ve:

Do you still send or give holiday cards each year?

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