Vinyl boards for kid rooms

I had a friend order these signs from me for her Christmas presents. If you want one before Christmas, order now! Now until Christmas I'm selling them for $20. After that, they are $25. If you want the vinyl only, it's $10. Let ,e know if you'd like something! I'd be glad to make it for you!

Custom Name Plaques

Normally I sell my signs for $25, but now thru Christmas I'm selling them for $20. This is an example of a custom sign I did for a friend of mine. She also had me do the quote below the sign as well. If you are interested, just contact me {at} laniercreations@gmail.com. These signs make the perfect gift for any occasion!

Trying out Photography

Back in October I got a really nice camera. I decided this weekend to put it to great use, and try some more professional type photography. I took these maternity pictures of my friend Lindsay and her husband Annand.  Honestly, what do you think?

Camera Strap

I think these camera straps are absolutely adorable! I would love to have one for my cannon camera! I came across the blog Grosgrain and saw these cute camera straps. There are different fabrics to chose from. All you do is slide this cover over your camera strap! What a cute idea! I'm adding it to either a "craft to do list" (for my hubby that is, he's the one who can sew!) or a "to buy list"...not sure which one yet! I looked up camera straps on Etsy, and found that most cost around $10...and come in cute Amy Butler fabrics!

Baby Shower

I threw a baby shower this weekend for a very good friend of mine! The colors: Teal and Brown! I had so many ideas of things I wanted to make! Unfortunately I didn't get to do everything I wanted to, but I did do most of it! The thing I was most excited about was this banner! I used all Stampin' Up! paper, my cricut, double sided tape, toile, and ribbon! That's it!

This is the banner!

With it also being the holiday season, I decided to make peppermint bark for the take-home treat! All you do is crush candy canes, stir them into melted white chocolate, lay flat on wax paper, refrigerate until hard, and break into pieces! What a yummy snack! I wanted to stick to the teal and brown, so I used teal paper with brown polka dots to cover the treat baggies. Then I stapled the baggies shut! 

I made these for the cupcake toppers! The cupcakes where chocolate with chocolate frosting of course! Yummy! 

Since I have a vinyl machine, I decided to do different vinyl projects for game prizes!

This is prize #1

Prize #2

Prize #3

Prize #4

Prize #5

Prize #6

Prize #7

Since every good place to hang a banner is being occupied by garland for Christmas....I used the TV haha!

I also made these plaques. They were used as a shower decoration, plus they are a nursery decoration.

I found this cute cupcake stand at Williams-Sonoma! I love it!

MORE CUPCAKES!

Christmas Countdown Calendar

This is my newest addition to my Etsy Shop! I am so excited about it! It's a Christmas Countdown Calendar! This is made in a 12x12 routed board. Its has sheet metal with vinyl lettering on it. The vinyl lettering reads "Let it Snow" 4 times. There are the numbers 1-25 inside of snowflakes. The calendar comes with a magnet to put on the day that it is...leading you up to Christmas. Let me know if you would like one of these! Cost is $29.95...or I can barter too! I'm super excited about these! I hope you all like them!

Potato Cheese Soup

One of my favorite things about this time of year is the food! Since the weather is cooling off, I love to eat soup! This is a recipe I got last year from a family that I nannied for! I absolutely love it and I think you all will too! 

Potato Cheese Soup

Ingredients:

-6 cups water

-6 bouillon cubes

-1/2 tbs parsley

-1 pint of half & half

-1/4 cup flour

-1tbs chopped onion

-1 carrot, grated

-6-8 potatoes chopped

-1 cube butter

1 cup shredded cheese

Directions:

Boil water and bouillon cubes until onion, parsley, potatoes, and carrot are done. In a separate pan, melt butter and whisk in flour, then add half & half. Bring to a boil. Add to potato mixture. Simmer 5 minutes. Add cheese. 

*This is really good with french bread!

Enjoy!