Personalized T-shirt How-To

I was inspired by my friend Andrea who does the cutest crafts. She has posted on here a few times and she is the one I always go to for a craft idea. Back in December, she made these adorable shirts (click here). I thought I would try making one for my niece who was turning one. Her dad is going to Ghana for 7 weeks so I wanted to do a thoughtful gift.

When I was asking Andrea where she gets freezer paper to do it, she said, "Oh, I've got plenty!" And she mailed me out some from across the country! If that isn't a true friend, I don't know what is.

With Andrea's help and inspiration from this blog I made one! It was pretty simple and it would be even easier if you had a cricut. But nonetheless, all we used was:

• Freezer paper
• Blank shirt
• Fabric paint
• E-xacto knife to cut pattern out of freezer paper

This is how it turned out... (Sorry for the bad picture. I had to snap in the car right before we wrapped it up)

The possibilities are endless with this project. I am excited to make some more!

Poster Board Valentines

My name is Emily and every year (since we were dating) my husband and I follow the same Valentine tradition.

We each get a poster board and 5 to 10 candy bars. We then write a story using those candy bars as fillers for the words.

For example, with Mr. Goodbar, Snickers, Milky Way, Hot Tamales, a Hershey bar, 5th Avenue, Hershey Kisses, and Good and Plenty you could write, "One day Ms. HERSHEY's went for a walk. Life was GOOD AND PLENTY and she had no idea that she would meet her true love that day. Out of the corner of her eye she spotted one HOT TAMALE standing on the corner of 5TH AVENUE and Main. Wanting to go over, but being nervous, she hesitated. That MR. GOODBAR

saw this and SNICKERED. He walked right over and with one smile and a KISS he swept her off her feet, flew her to the moon, and over the MILKY WAY. They now live happily ever after with a little BABY RUTH on the way!"

Sometimes you need to change the candy bar a little...cover up an "s" or add an "ed." I've also spelled out "kiss" with the hershey kisses before. Most years we've had the same exact candy bars, but sometimes we switch it up and surprise the other with our choices of candy bars. It's fun to make the story about your significant other or make a list of "10

why I love you." ...not every reason needs to have a candy bar in it.