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Free Printable 2012 Calendar

cindylouh — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:38:27 +0000

Are you ready for the New Year? Make your walls pretty with this free printable calendar! Download One dozen beautiful designs that will help you count down through out this brand new year.

This 2012 calendar is my little thank you for liking skip to my lou on facebook and for spending your time here with me. As we begin this new year, I want you to know, I wish all of you blessings and happiness! You all are such a great part of my life! 2012 is going to be a great year here at Skip to my Lou and I am really looking forward to year full of recipes, crafts, free printables and more!

Facebook is one of the best ways to stay connected with me so simply Like Skip to my Lou and you will be the first to hear about what’s going on over here (posts, giveaways, and more). It’s also a great place to interact with me and tell me what you think, I love hearing from you too! So stop and by and be sure to say Hi!

To enjoy this beautiful calendar, All you have to do is …Download, print on cardstock, cut pages in half (be sure to trim the sides and bottom). Then punch holes at the top and tie the pages together with a pretty ribbon. Easy as that!

Happy New Year, friends!

Printable Polka-Dot Pillow Box

cindylouh — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:00:12 +0000

Here is a last minute party favor! Just print them out, fill with a little goodie (candy, notepad, trinket etc.) For a New Year’s party enclose a pedometer (find them at the dollar store these days) and attach a note that says, “May all your steps be happy and healthy in the new year.”

Set the pillow box on your plate and you have the perfect favor for your dinner party!

Free Printable Polka Dot Pillow Box

Pillow Box Template (for printing on colored cardstock)

Call ahead and get the email address for your local copy shop, then email them the PDF and they will print and you can pick them up when they are ready. I have them print in color on white card stock. They are .29 cents each.

Cut out, fold up and add a pretty bow and you have a cute party favor!

Free Holiday Printables {Cheers}

cindylouh — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:00:57 +0000

Just in the nick of time, a round-up of FREE holiday printables! Wishing you a merry and bright holiday! So many wonderful Christmas printables I couldn’t stop at five.

Have you been naughty or nice? Tip Junkie featured sewcraftcreate who has created these fun gift tags and labels!

These sweet tags and place cards from Geninne’s Art Blog would make your holiday table look beautiful!

Love this adorable Christmas Angel from Allsorts! Wouldn’t they be precious at the kid’s table or lined up on the mantel?

Need a stocking stuffer? Thank you cards shop is sharing printables for recipe cards, bookmarks, thank you cards and more!

So pretty! These gorgeous gift tags shared from The Wedding Chicks will make your midnight wrapping marathon a lot merrier!

Take a look at Hey Look! Designed tags with fun, bold, bright colors that you are sure to love!

Print a few sheets of these really cute gift tags from Our Humble ABowed and you will be set!

Feliz Navidad! Con estas tarjetitas tu celebracion sera mas entretenida! With these tags and cards, your celebration will be more fun!

and don’t forget, I have some free printable gift tags for you too!

Enjoy these free Printable Gift Tags , more Free Printable Gift Tags , and printable gift labels.

Gift Wrapping {Free Gift Tags}

cindylouh — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:02 +0000

One thing I love to do is wrap packages. It doesn’t need to be extravagant, just some pretty ribbon or cool twine for me does the trick. It’s amazing how something simple can transform a gift!

I also love fun tags!

Here is a little treat {just for you} , all you have to do is “like” Skip to my Lou on Facebook and these funky little tags are yours to download and print!

Facebook is the way to stay connected and all you have to do is Like Skip to my Lou and you will be the first to hear about what’s going on over here (posts, giveaways, and more). It’s also a great place to interact with me and tell me what you think, I love hearing from you too! So stop and by and be sure to say Hi; I just might be giving away more free printables there soon {hint hint}.

Printable Stocking Advent Calendar

cindylouh — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:22:50 +0000

We love to countdown the holiday at our house with an Advent Calendar. Here is one I made using the Silhouette, but it could also be cut out by hand! The Advent Calendar is 24 pillow box stockings, just perfect for a small candy and or a slip of paper with an idea for a family activity.

If you would like to make a paper stocking Advent Calendar here are the files you will need for cutting on the Silhouette.

Silhouette Stocking Advent Calendar

If you are cutting by hand here is a pdf.

Paper Stocking Advent Calendar

Cut out stockings and lightly fold on score marks.

Glue about an 2 inch circle of white paper on the back of the stocking.

Fold stocking and glue flap. Allow to dry.

Push in bottom and top flaps of the pillow box.

Glue a ribbon for hanging.

Glue an embellishment to the top if you like. I used a fur trim (two yards will be enough for all the boxes) found at the fabric store for mine. Hot glue to top front.

TaDa! You are ready to countdown to Christmas!

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Spin Master

cindylouh — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:34:44 +0000

Skip on over to AlphaMom today to see what fun we are having with a free printable.

Printable Pillow Box

cindylouh — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:19:02 +0000

Here it is, a matching printable pillow box for the cupcake wrappers. These little boxes are the perfect way to package up some sweets for your sweet!

White Valentine Pillow Box

Pink Valentine Pillow Box

Download, print in color on white card stock (I printed at the copy shop). Cut out and score on dotted lines and solid red areas. Fold box in half with red flap on the inside. Glue flap completely, especially the edges. Allow to dry before folding in the ends.

I hope you enjoy!

Printable Cupcake Wrapper

cindylouh — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:06:14 +0000

Printable Heart Cupcake Wrapper

Download, print, cut and fasten with double stick tape.

I used scalloped scissors to cut across the top. They looked best when I had the copy shop print in color on card-stock.

Here is a matching printable pillow box!

Printable Trick or Treat Favor Sacks

cindylouh — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:27:17 +0000

Over in my shop Sweet! we sell little paper sacks in kraft and white. They work great to send through the printer to make custom little favor bags. You can also print on regular lunch sacks, however they are a little more difficult because of the gusset on the sides.

I used the kraft sacks to make these vintage looking trick or treat favor bags.

First, download the printable. Place the side you want printed face down in the printer tray with bottom of sack going in first. On my printer I can choose 5 X 8 postcard on the printing menu. I then move the bar over on the printing tray until it is next to the edge of the sacks, and print away. If this doesn’t work for your printer, print the download on a place piece of copy paper. This shows you the placement on a regular piece of paper and you can tape the sack onto the paper with blue painter’s tape and run the paper through the printer. For a picture tutorial on this technique please go here.

Printable Trick or Treat Favor Sack Download

If you are using these sacks for cookies or baked goods, the fat can sometimes discolor the sacks. If this is the case, you can line the paper sacks with glassine bags. They fit just inside the paper sacks and will keep the paper sacks nice.

I hope you enjoy!

Free Printable Sandwich or Treat Bag

cindylouh — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:16:26 +0000

Please skip on over to AlphaMom today to print your own sandwich bag. It is a fun way to send a note to school!

If you are looking for the flat white sacks (perfect for so many treats), I sell them at Sweet! Baking & Candy Making Supply. If you are worried about the sandwich drying out, place it in a glassine sack or wrap with plastic wrap and insert in the printed bag.