New banner+Boxes to match!

I made a new banner for myself, and to celebrate, made boxes to match. But since not everybody likes pink, I made them in a couple colors. Click on the images for the full size 100 ppi versions. Next post will be the 3x3x1 inch size boxes.

Book Review- Cake Pops by Bakerella

Bakerella needs no introduction I'm sure. Her adorable cake pops have taken the crafty baking community by storm.
If you haven't heard of her or Cake Pops yet, Cake Pops are very cute cake on a lollipop stick. She forms cake into animals, miniature cupcakes and all sorts of other cute things, and dips them in candy coating. Darling mouthfuls of cake that are sure to be impressive for parties and bake sales.
This book has the basic technique for making them using boxed cake mixed and jars of frosting. The ease of the basic technique will just astound and delight busy people. The craftiness to decorate them makes them a great project.
You honestly need no special skills to make these wonderful creations. You don't need to know the difference between tips for a pastry bag, and you don't need to be able to make a perfect cake from scratch. The supplies are all fairly easy to find and affordable.
This book has over 40 cake pop designs that will suit every occasion. Little sports inspired ball cakes for the sports enthusiast in your family to little skull pops for Halloween, the ideas in this book can keep you busy for a long time and inspire more ideas. You'll look at canape cutters and candy differently imagining what you can make using them.
One of my favorites is the clown pops which use burnt peanuts in a very clever way for hair.
Spiral bound so it lies flat when open, this is a fantastic book to share with a teen or pre-teen. My daughter was even more enthused than I was by it.
I expect Dalek and Tardis cake pops in our future.
You can get this book directly from the publisher, Chronicle Books,

Another snowflake set

The colors are actually the ones in the gift tags because I toned the colors after printing the boxes.

And I made a little mistake on this set, I try to make sure that sets are all in the same ppi, but this set I mixed them by accident. The 3x3x1 inch box, the coloring page and the gift tags are all 100 ppi. The gift card pillow box is 300 ppi.

I hope you enjoy the set, click on the images for the full sized version! I had a lot of fun drawing this snowflake.

Beaded ornament and matching paper box

You can find instructions for the ornament here. The paper version is something I made up to make it easier to understand how the ornament goes together, but it would also make a good favor box I think. To make it, print out the template on paper or card stock, and glue the blank tab inside the other side of the box. Then tape down the tabs to close it. I lined up the lines so that it will all line up right if you tape them on the outside. I used paper for the version above and didn't score or fold the lines. 

Print at 100 ppi. Click the images for the larger versions.

The blank version is for you to decorate, I think it would be great filled with candy as a place card!