Lisa Storms

halloween party

Are you ready for some more Halloween fun?  I am!  I just can't get enough of this fun holiday.

I designed a kids party for the Fiskars site that would incorporate some of the traditional Halloween icons in a not-so-spooky way.  Like witches stuck in sandwiches.

(I bet you won't be able to guess what punch I used to make the boots.)

And making spiders silly instead of scary on this spiderweb tabletop anyone can make with something you probably already have in your house. 

Or by giving them googly eyes.  Googly eyes can make anything cute.

You can view full photos and directions here.

felt leaves necklace for fall

And just like that ... school starts, summer's unofficially over, and fall is peeking around the corner.  So in honor of National Sewing Month, I created these fall necklaces for Fiskars.

I may have mentioned a time or a hundred that I am a lazy sewer and love working with felt so I don't need to worry about fraying, etc.  And it comes in such beautiful colors these days.  

My daughter is obsessed with jewelry (she comes by it honestly) so I plan on making several more pieces for her fall "collection" and will be sure to share the easy directions here.  

For full photos and tutorial on these, check out my article at Fiskars.  Happy sewing this month =).

camping layouts

First of all, I am sharing some Halloween ideas today over at one of my favorite blogs, eighteen25, as part of their Spooktacular September!  They will be having different Halloween projects each day all month so be sure to check back daily for all of the fun.

Click here to view full photos and directions for these and a quick and easy Halloween breakfast!

Our crazy, busy summer is coming to an end as the kids begin school next week, and I'll have time to keep the blog updated with fun projects I have up my sleeve.  We have one final camping trip planned, so in honor I thought I would share links to two of my camping layouts from Scrapbooks Etc. magazine for some outdoor inspiration.

This layout features an easy tent border made from triangle punches.

And this one features "toasted marshmallow" letters for a fun title treatment.

I'll be back to a more regular posting schedule next week.  Hope you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

edible mustache cupcake toppers

I've been far away from my craft room for the past few weeks ... almost 3000 miles away in fact.  While on vacation visiting family on the east coast, we celebrated Owen's sixth birthday.  I threw together a very last-minute party at my sister's house the day we arrived (complete with a pinata that, apparently, wasn't the pull kind ... which was interesting to find out after the kids one-by-one pulled off every streamer with eager anticipation ... oy!).  At least it turned into a cute photo prop =).

I figured since I didn't have my crafting stash, I could at least make edible cupcake toppers (inspired by my trendy cupcake toppers article) to throw onto his store-bought cupcakes. 

Here's how to do it.  Sketch out a mustache onto paper (or print out clip art) and top with a sheet of wax paper.  Pipe out cocoa candy melts (I rigged up a sandwich baggie by cutting a small hole on one corner) along outline.

Then zig-zag up and down to "fill in".  Once set, flip them over and "glue" a lollipop stick to the back with leftover melts.  Be careful as these are of course fragile!

Then it's Mario time!  Well, or Luigi time...

And with this post, I do have to wonder if I should submit to Guinness World Records for most mustache projects on one blog?  

back to "school" party

Summer has been super busy at the Storms household between vacations and camps and just plain enjoying the season!

But I wanted to hop on and share a fun twist on a back-to-school party theme I created for Fiskars.  

I went with a back to "school" ... as in fish ... theme to have fun with whimsical, colorful underwater decor.

And continued the theme with a too "cool" for school ice cream bar full of hand-crafted embellishments that could be created for any sea-themed project or party.

The theme carries through to the table...

...down to the smallest details, like easy fish lip straws.

Visit my article at Fiskars for full directions and step-by-step photos!

tank top bag

I saw my daughter carrying this bag recently and was reminded of an article I did for Fiskars long ago on turning tank tops into summer bags in minutes.

Full instructions and photos are here on the Fiskars site.

border punched flowers

These fun paper flowers were in the April issue of Scrapbooks Etc. magazine.  I noticed they had online directions after visiting their new pinterest page.  

 

To view full directions with step-by-step photos, visit this slideshow and click the right "next" arrow for each new slide.

Warning: these are addictive.

watermelon embellishments

We have been partially living off of watermelon here this summer.  Well, all of us except for my oldest son who doesn't like watermelon.  Have you ever heard of such a thing??  

So all of this watermelon-eating reminded me of a layout I created for last year's June cover of Scrapbooks Etc. magazine.  Here is a link to the Scrapbooks Etc. blog with directions for both the layered watermelon and also the banner (which is actually down in the comment section there).  These would be a cute addition to many summer projects including party decorations =).

lemonade stand

Summer is in full swing, and the lemonade is plentiful at the Storms household. 

One summertime activity the kids love is having a lemonade stand, so I created an article over at Fiskars on how to make your own stand with a removable faux awning that stores away easily without damaging your table!

... and of course cute ways to decorate the stand ...

... and everything on the stand ...

... and even the cute kid behind the stand =).

Lots more ideas, lots more photos, and full directions can be found in my full article on the Fiskars site.

4th of july

The first day of summer is here, which means the 4th of July is just around the corner.  The year sure just keeps flying by!

I have a new article up over at Fiskars with lots of ways to craft up decorations for the 4th, including one of my and the kids' favorite things to do - sun prints!

And how to add patriotic style to very ordinary things...

Full directions and photos plus more star-filled ideas are here.