Lisa Storms

owl valentines free printable

In case anyone else has waited to the last minute for Valentines, I wanted to share a Valentine version of my owl candy wrappers with a free printable.

Download the free printable pdf here:  Owl Valentines (hit refresh if it doesn't load right away).

They are made to fit around Hershey Miniatures Chocolate Bars.  Just cut out, fold at each vertical line, and adhere around bar on the adhesive tab.  I recommend "signing" them before cutting.

Print onto white cardstock and *be sure* to set the Page Scaling to None (or "Actual Size") when printing or they won't be the right size.

Check out all of my Valentines printables and ideas here.

End of school version of owl wrappers can be found here.

Halloween version of owl wrappers can be found here.

shamrock pinwheels with free template

Today I'm sharing a free template for shamrock-inspired pinwheels over at the BasicGrey blog to add a whimsical touch to St. Patrick's Day here.

As well as a very easy way to make any colored chipboard letters gold.

You can find full tutorials and photos at BasicGrey right here.

And lastly, all of my previous St. Patrick's Days posts can be found here.

printable arrow valentines

With now under a week until Valentine's Day, I thought I'd share my daughter's Valentines in case anyone still needed inspiration. In fact, I'll share the printable! =)

All you need to do is print out the pdf onto cardstock and cut out just inside the gray lines so they don't show. Fold them in half and adhere a wrapped chocolate heart at the arrow head using a couple of Zots or Glue Dots.

You can find the pdf here: Download Arrow Valentines

Be sure to hit refresh if it doesn't load at first. And be sure to set the print scaling to None.

The colors were inspired by my Bee Mine Valentine party, which can be viewed here. Can you guess which punch made this arrow straw topper? You can find out if you're right here. =)

All of my previous Valentine posts can be viewed: here. =)

bobby pin valentine printable

It's time to think about Valentine's Day, which has to be the cutest holiday!

Today I'm sharing a step-by-step tutorial and free printable over at the Basic Grey blog for making easy bobby pins to add to Valentines. You can view it here.

And for more Valentine inspiration, all of my previous Valentine posts can be found here.

new year's eve printable

Happy New Year! Well, in a few days =).

I created these 3D paper numbers for fun, last-minute decorations for the New Year. Make them for a party or festive home decor. Get the free, printable template and full directions over at the BasicGrey blog here.

(These numbers will also work well for graduation parties in 2013!)

You can view a couple of my older New Year's Eve parties here ... 

...and here.

Hope you have a happy and healthy 2013!

frankenstein treat printable

With Halloween quickly approaching, I wanted to share a cute printable I made for an event we are attending. I wanted to keep these rice krispie treats super simple, but feel free to embellish further.

Here's all you do. Make a batch of classic rice krispie treats, but add in green food coloring before stirring in the cereal. Allow to cool fully and cut into 2 x 2 inch squares.

Push in two edible eyeballs onto each. You can get these at the craft store, or I know I've even seen them at Walmart in the party section. I ordered mine online somewhere long ago.

Add each square into a 3 x 4 inch Wilton treat bag. Again, these are at the craft store or Walmart.

Print out the bag toppers here being sure to set it to 'no page scaling' when printing so they will be the correct size. Fold the top of your bag in and over once and staple folded topper on. The back of the tag will be plain white in case you want to add names, etc.

And that's all there is to it. I hope these are helpful to someone =).

football ... and owls

Are you ready for some football? With the first big football weekend upon us, I wanted to re-share a Super Bowl party I created for Fiskars last season in case you are planning some fun festivities soon! You can find the full party, photos, and directions here.

With the start of school, I am also sharing some school lunch ideas over at SheKnows. Can you figure out the theme of this lunch? You will likely be surprised. You can find full photos and directions here.

And earlier this week I shared some free, printable miniature candy bar wrappers for Halloween over at Eighteen25 as part of their annual Spooktacular taking place all month. Be sure to check out all of the other cool Spooktacular projects, and you can find my wrappers here.

I admit to having an owl addiction ... and "owl" be back soon with more fall fun! =)

4th of july flag printables

I made some "punny" cupcake flags for the 4th of July and wanted to share them on the blog in case anyone else also needed a last minute idea for party food.

The "sweet land of liberty" flags can be used with any cupcakes or other sweets, but the "freedom rocks" flags were meant to be used with Pop Rocks for sprinkles. When using Pop Rocks on cupcakes, be sure to add them right before serving and add them in a little pile instead of spread all around so that most of the rocks aren't actually touching the frosting and pre-popping.

sweet land of liberty flags: download pdf

freedom rocks flags:  download pdf

Be sure to hit refresh if they don't load for you. Just cut them out and adhere folded onto toothpicks, lollipop sticks, or bamboo skewers as I've done here for drama.

While on the topic of the 4th, check out my party from last year here ...

... and an easy patriotic snack here.

popsicle bookmark with printable

I made these popsicle bookmarks with my son's class at the end of the school year to encourage them to continue reading daily during the summer. Since I created the printable for the class, I thought I'd share it here with you, too.

These were inspired by the adorable popsicle invitations I often see for summer parties. Start by printing out the bookmark pdf right here. Hit refresh if it doesn't load for you.

Color the bookmarks before cutting out so you don't have to worry about staying in the lines. If you have an ink jet printer you will likely need to use colored pencils or crayons so the text doesn't smear with markers. Or make a duplicate using a copy machine. Or just skip coloring and print onto colored cardstock.

Cut out and glue a craft stick to the back. If you have a scalloped circle punch, you can take a "bite" out before adhering the stick.

Happy summer reading!

teacher bottle flags with printable

I have yet another set of flags to share for teacher gifts. I found these ridiculously cute reusable water bottles by Copco (I promise I have no affiliation with them, I just really like cute cups ha!) at JoAnn's. I thought a lidded bottle would be useful during the summer on-the-go.

When I found out they twist open for adding ice and lemon, I saw an opportunity to use them to present thank you notes to the kids' teachers. 

You could obviously add drink packets, treats, gift cards, etc. inside as well. I turned both previously shared sets of my straw flags into these hanging flags. All you do is punch a hole to thread ribbon through to tie onto bottle neck.

You can download all four previous flags ready for bottle hanging here: Download Teacher Bottle Flags.

Make sure to hit refresh if the flags don't load for you. 

Tea packet straw flags can be found here.

Lemonade packet straw flags can be found here.

All teacher gift ideas can be found here.

School parties can be found here.