Valentines Earrings

Since I didn’t have a Valentines, I decided to give mine to my first love, my mom. :)

She has been asking me to make her earrings but I’ve been acting like I was ignoring her. And since she wasn’t interested in chocolates, I decided to hide 6 pairs of earrings in a box of chocolates. Lol I had to ask her to open the box or they would’ve just sat there. I wish I had taken a pic of her face bc she was so surprised and happy. :)

Crystal beads on interchangeable lever backs.

I saw these earrings at my local bead store and fell in love. They were longer with one more set of beads in a smaller size on each end but that would be too long for my mom so I kept it more our length.

Here are the other 4 pairs of earrings. All used Swarovski crystals and were quite a simple design but I love them and so do my mom! :)

Spring Package for my friend, Bunny

You guys saw the great package from my friend, Rachel from AL, aka The Wandering Bunny. Well, here is a little hint as to what I sent her. :p

Click HERE to see what was inside the egg. :p

I also sent a little something to our friend, Kristina. Don't you just love this little bunny note? Want to fold one yourself? Of course you do. hehe Click HERE to see the video tutorial on how to fold one yourself. :)

That's not even half of the goodies in her package. Are you curious? hehe Yes, yes you are. So go hop on over to her blog to check out all the goodies she got!

I will be posting more details of some of the handmade goodies I sent so stay tuned! :)
Have a great weekend!

4 Beaded Earrings for Birthday Girl

I made 4 pairs of earrings for my friend, Mel's birthday this month.

Blue Lace Diamond Earrings

Materials: 4mm Swarovski crystal bicone (Aqua), 5mm Swarovski Faceted Disc Crystal AB, Swarovski crystal pendant, Blue Toho size 11 Seed Beads, Nylon string, Triangle jump ring, Earring finding

Main motif from: WendySue's Lace Earrings

Tear drop layered earrings

Materials: Swarovski bicone crystals in 4mm and 3mm, seed beads, bugle beads, Beadalon colored nylon coasted stainless steal sting, gold earring wires, crimp beads

Design by me, Panda8ngel Creations

Panda's Tip of the Day: I didn't have any gold crimp tubes so I just colored my silver ones gold with a gold paint pen

Black and White Medallion Earrings

Materials: Nylon string, 4mm Swarovski bicones, seed beads, earring findings

And Lastly, Dangle Hearts

Materials: Swarovski crystal heart pendant, 3mm Swarovski bicones, seed beads, bugle beads, jump rings, silver wire, earring finding

Designed by me, Panda8ngel Creations. :)

And here is how I packaged them all. :)

Thanks for visiting and checking out my earrings. :) I hope you enjoyed looking at them. My friend loved them and promptly exchanged the earrings she had on for the black and white ones that matched her outfit. Luckily, the earrings she had on originally was not from her husband because he would've objected. :)

Hope you have a nice weekend!

Feb. Package for Bunny

Here is one of the presents that I've sent to my best friend, Rachel for Valentines Day and Chinese New Years.

If you want to check out all her goodies, please click HERE to her blog post and see all the goodies.:)

Graduation Mouse Amigurumi

I made this little mouse from a Christmas ornament pattern for my friend, Becky, who just graduated. :)

I hope you will check him out in my blog. :) 

Surprise Halloween Package from Bunny

My beloved friend, Rachel sent me a surprise Halloween package a little early so I can enjoy it for the season. :) I decided to share all the goodies with you! :)

In the purple tissue paper, she put this cute mug with a zombie, this adorable black cat, and some panda earrings. The apple case held 2 cute Halloween tins full of candy! And lastly, the black spiderweb had some fixings so that I can have a yummy cup of hot coco (which I'm drinking right now :P) for those cold nights. :)

I can't wait to start decorating with all the cute items I've received over the years. Yes, I have not started decorating for Halloween. :p I've been so behind! 

In the cute Halloween shoebox, there were tons of amazing goodies. Safety noses and eyes for all my crafting. More candies, come smell good candles, lotions, and sanitizers, a cupcake kit, cute ribbons, note pad, and playing cards to add to my collection.

I love that she included the Hobbit. But now my dilemma is whether or not to read it before watching the movie or after. :p

I always love and cherish the cards she sends me. I have a bunch of boxes full. :)  

My own package to her is still not ready but I hope to have it done soon so stay tuned. Thanks again little bunny!! I love it all! :)

Tricycle Diaper Cake

I've always wanted to make a diaper cake but at my first baby shower, her sister made one. It was cute but I was happy when I had an excuse to make one myself. :)

There are a lot of tutorials on the web on how to make one but these two seemed the easiest to understand and most complete: Diaper Motorcycle tutorial by Sweet Aprils and Tricycle Diaper Cake Tutorial from Maiden D'Shade. I looked for the Tricycle diaper cake tutorial when I was starting to put mine together but couldn't find it until after I was done. :p  So, I didn't put the front wheel between the two back wheels. I also couldn't get it to fit right so I just put the back 2 wheels together. :p hehe 

For next time, put a paper towel or toilet paper roll core in the center of the cake pan or use a plain bunt cake pan. It will make it easier to shape the diaper wheels. :)

Materials:

- Glad Press'n Seal Wrap (to cover the diapers to protect them from dust and dirt.) 

I wanted the mom to be able to use the diapers as long with everything else.

- Baby Bottle for the Head Light

- Diapers, size 1  for the wheels

- 2 bibs for the front bumper and seat

- 2 receiving blankets to tie it all together

- Teddy Bear as the rider

- String to help the receiving blankets hold everything together

- Ribbon to keep things together and as a decorative touch

- Toilet paper roll core to give the handle bars structure

- Double sided Tape to help hold it together

What I made:

- Angel Washcloth (Wrapped around the baby bottle)

-  Baby Hat in the baby bottle

- Baby Mittens for the handle bars

If you want to see how I wrapped it, keep scrolling below. :)

Panda's Tip of the Day:

I made a base for the diaper cake to sit on to give it more structure and stability instead of just wrapping it as is. I used double sided tape to make sure it didn't shift during transport. :)

Next, I wrapped everything with the cellophane wrap, added the shreds, and tied everything with ribbon. :)

I hope the lucky Marine wife and mom to be loves it and uses it. hehe

Spoiled Birthday Panda

AHHH!!! Squeal!!! OMG!!! I got so many wonderful gifts for my birthday this year!
I really have been spoiled by my lovely family and amazing friends! :)

Here's my list of lovely goodies! :)

<3. $25 Target gift card and flowers from Michelle & Sydon

<3. $30 Target gift card and $30 AMC gift card from Donny & Winnie 

<3. Red Envelope from my momma :)

<3. Once Upon a Time DVD and a handmade box from El Salvador from Melissa & Greg (Greg wouldn't let Mel feed my Panda addiction. hehe)

<3. Cute Panda Plate from my cousin, Mindy

<3. Panda plate and bowl set from my Aunt, Karen

<3. Lovely handmade earrings from San Francisco from my cousin, Vivian.

<3. Panda shirt! from my cousin, Angel

And then comes the Bunny Package!! OMG!!! Eeep!! Squeal!!! Ahhh!!!
So many very very cute stuff!!! And they are all surprises!! I didn't even expect them!!!
I love them all Bunny!!! She really spoiled me with all these really cute handmade ami!!!
Of course there are more pandas too!! hehe Ahh!!! :D So excited!! Thank you!!!
Check out her blog post about this amazing package. :)

I love the two mushroom houses ami! :) Mushrooms are one of my favorite food groups. hehe

Check out her adorable Snail Mail ami! We used to send letters via snail mail a lot more to each other but email is so much faster and we can tell each other so much more that now snail mail is more for special occasions. :)

AHHH!! Panda!! He's so cute!!! I literally screamed when I saw him!! hehe

Thank you!!! He's so Squishy!!! :D

And a very cute strawberry cake. :) I love the little details like the heart buttons. :)

Here are more pics of the beautiful ami. :) I couldn't help playing with them. :)

Beautiful sparkily blue bear ami keychain! I would never lose my keys again! hehe

Bunny had made a cute Octopus with this beautiful yarn too. :)

The mug was in the same box as the Panda but I saw the mug first so the Panda was a big happy surprise when I moved the tissue over. :) hehe I love surprise pandas! :)

She packaged them beautifully in these cute boxes.

She even found matching wrapping paper. The top of the box is on top of a present wrapped in this wrapping paper. It's hard to tell isn't it? I'm geeking out...I think that's so cool! hehe

Chocolate Puzzle was wrapped in that wrapping paper. :)

And there was this giant beautiful box book...

Filled with awesome goodies!

<3. 3 Notepads: I <3 Nerds, Cassette shaped, and Snail Mail

<3. Classic Candies from the 1980s :)

(I remember loving most of them in my childhood. :))

<3. Sushi shaped magnets: Shrimp and California roll

<3. Necklace jewelry kits: Butterfly and Flower

<3. 3 books!!

1. Vanna's Choice Easy Crochet Critters

2. Amigurumi World by Ana Rimoli

3. Zodiac Felties

(OMG!!! Thanks for the awesome books to add to my library!)

And more Pandas!

<3. Panda Feltie that the Bunny made just for me! :)

I think he is adorable!

<3. And a very beautiful Lampwork Panda beaded scissors fob. :)

The Lampwork Panda Bead at the end is so cute!!!

I got another surprise from Kristina! :) 

<3. Thank you for the awesome Panda bookmark she cross stitched for me!
Click on the picture to check out her blog. :)

I had a really awesomely happy birthday this year! Thank you all!! I love you so much! :)

And of course there were lots of yummy food and birthday desserts. :)

Yummy!! I really got to get back to the gym. :p hehe But it was all worth it! :)

I hope you guys are as lucky as I am to have wonderful friends and family. :)

I feel so lucky and blessed! Love you guys!