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I have switched to wordpress! You can now find me blogging at www.amygigglesdesigns.com!

Instagram Summer 2012

I've been writing this post for a while, but have finally decided to post it.  It's been a while since I have posted anything, but working two jobs and going back to school is a lot to take in!  I don't like to use the "I"ve been busy" excuse since we are all busy (if we were not then we would be bored)!

This summer has been a blast! My age is full of fun memories but with a lot of decisions about the rest of our lives.  As I said, I am now back in school for my second degree in graphic design.  It is a strange feeling knowing I don't have to go to school, but I want to do this.

Flower Headband Tutorial

I have been blessed with the opportunity to write a guest post for The Ribbon Retreat!  It was published the other day, and I have it here on my blog just in case you missed it!

Hello! I am Amy from Amy Giggles Designs!

I am excited to be here sharing my flower headband tutorial with you!

Peacock Feather Earrings Tutorial

I am a little behind with these earrings, but I still wanted to share this easy tutorial!  I bought the supplies to make these earrings probably over a year ago.  When I had a break from all my craft projects, I realized I had never gotten around to making these peacock feather earrings!

Parsons Chair Slipcover

This custom parsons chair slipcover is designed to be a desk chair in a girl's room!

Queen Bee Hair Bow Antennae Tutorial

You have to have sweet bumble bees flying around when hosting a Queen Bee themed birthday party, and these antennae are perfect for just that!  This easy tutorial will have all of your guests buzzing around!

Supplies Needed:

30" 1 1/2" width grosgrain ribbon

3" 3/8" width grosgrain ribbon

2" flower

2 alligator clips

1" felt circle

Black headband

2 black pipe cleaners

2 large yellow pom pom balls

Hot glue gun

Needle and thread

Wood Burner Tool (optional)

Paper Pinwheel Tutorial

These paper pinwheels are adorable and super easy to make!  This tutorial will help you create some cute party decorations!

Supplies Needed:

6 x 6" double sided scrapbook paper

Dowel Rod

Thumb Tack

Hammer

Hot Glue Gun

Ruler and Pencil

Pinwheel Template

New Blog Design :)

Amy Giggles Designs is moving up in the world!  I got my own web hosting and domain name!  Since I will soon be operating on Wordpress, I wanted to give my blog a new design.

Here is the current design:

Queen Bee Second Birthday Invitations

I created these invitations for a sweet Queen Bee Birthday Celebration!

Barn Yard First Birthday: Party Hat

This party hat was an adorable match to the barn yard overalls and bunting I created!

Barn Yard First Birthday: Overalls

The birthday boy got to wear these overalls to his bard yard birthday!  This sweet one year old looked awesome in his themed party outfit!

Bard Yard First Birthday: Bunting Banner

This adorable "One" Farm Party Bunting goes along with the invitations I made!

Barn Yard First Birthday Invitations

I designed several pieces for a special one year old's Barn Yard Birthday Party!  Here are the invitations!

Dress Quilt

For the past several weeks, I have been working on this adorable quilt featuring little girls' old t-shirts and dresses!

Little Mermaid Cookies..so cute!

For our Little Mermaid Dance recital, I wanted to find something truly personalized to give the owner of the studio.  I found these cookies on Etsy and fell in love with them!

The Little Mermaid Dance Recital Gifts

This year for recital we did the Little Mermaid as our huge ballet production!  We had a lot of fun dancing "Under the Sea" and choreographing our mermaid inspired dances!  Each year I like to get something little for all of my girls for their hard work all year.  I always am looking out for cute favors that match our ballet theme.

These gum ball tubes were perfect and so easy to customize!

Good Luck Gifts

For competition, I made my solo students little metal candy tins as a good luck gift.  I only have four girls who are doing solos at recital, but I wanted to do the same thing for them as my other girls.  Here is my recital edition of this easy gift idea!

Nail Polish Dance Recital Gifts

I teach several lyrical classes at dance and the girls wear shoes that show their toe nails.  For Recital each year, I like to give them nail polish. This way they can all have matching polished nails!

My Favorite Etsy Shops | Event Design Shop

I have recently met an awesome Etsy shop owner who lives in my neighborhood!  I am in the process of beginning my own Etsy shop, and Gabrielle has been such a big help with getting started!  I am loving Gabrielle's shop, Event Design Shop!

Welcome To Our Lake House Sign

Summer has begun! It's the best time of the year with many trips to the lake, swimming, recital, my birthday :), and more time to hang with friends and family!

I was asked to redo this metal sign that has not kept up with the weather.  Since the paper didn't hold up the last time, I knew I didn't want to use too much this time.