Teachers are Magical! Let a special teacher in your life know how magic they are with this unicorn teacher appreciation gift idea. This free hand lettered cut file makes it easy for you to make your own custom teacher appreciation gifts. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you! I cannot believe it is already time for back to school! This summer has just FLOWN by. Even though I am sad to see summer coming to an end, the one thing that makes it all better is fresh new school supplies. I just can't help but sneak a few packs of pencils and pretty pens into the cart for Mommy's "school" supplies every year. ;) This year as I was cruisin the aisles at Target, I noticed lots of holographic supplies and thought it would be fun to do a little ... [Read More]
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Printable Non-Candy (Foiled!) Glasses Valentines
These free printable glasses valentines make a great non-candy, allergy friendly classroom valentine. Just print off and add some heart shaped glasses! This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. So this post is totally too late for this year's Valentine's Day, but I wanted to share the valentines my son handed out to his classmates this year because they thought they were pretty cool, and maybe they will come in handy for someone next year. I picked up these great heart shaped stutter shades at Target and whipped up some cards to go with them. I thought black cards with holographic foil were perfect for them. If you have a Minc foil applicator or laminator, you can get this look, but if you don't - no worries! - a printable version with black cards and white ... [Read More]
Free Printable Hand-Lettered Black and White Christmas Gift Tags
These Hand-Lettered Black and White Christmas Gift Tags are free to download and print for all your gifts this season! This post includes affiliate links for your convenience. See my full disclosure policy here. Last year I shared some hand-lettered printable Christmas gift tags, and they were some of my very favorite printables, so this year I wanted to share some more designs. I've also teamed up with some other great bloggers who are sharing their latest holiday printables at the end of this post PLUS there is an amazing giveaway (seriously, you guys, don't miss this one) so keep on scrolling! This year our Christmas is going mostly pink, white, and black. It's not the most traditional of color schemes, but I am pretty crazy for it. My pink tree is pretty much my favorite ... [Read More]
Marble & Copper Cube Winter Floral Arrangement
This pretty Marble and Copper Cube Winter Floral Arrangement has a polished marble look with copper leaf, AND it's easy to make thanks to foam! Thank you to Floracraft for sponsoring this post. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. If you click through and make a purchase, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. This month for our Make It Fun: Crafts team post, we were challenged to make a project from the Make It Fun: Crafts 2015 Holiday E-Book and put our own little spin on it. There are lots of great craft ideas in the e-book, but I decided to do my version of the gold-dipped cube arrangement, except I decided to go with a marble and copper look. Isn't it pretty? I love that it has a winter vibe, but it's not overtly "holiday" so this ... [Read More]
DIY Foil Sugar Skull Prints
A big thanks to American Crafts for sponsoring this post! Hey guys! I'm back with another Halloween/Dia de los Muertos project for you all today. I'm busting out my favorite crafting tool again for more metallic, shiny goodness to make these pretty Foiled Sugar Skull Prints. Here's everything you will need to make your own: Supplies (I have included affiliate links below, and I may make a small commission if you make a purchase. Thanks for supporting Persia Lou!): Black Cardstock Sugar Skull Download (Photoshop File or PDF - for personal use only please!) Scissors Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil Laser Printer (this is an affordable model recommended by American Crafts) As you guys know, the Heidi Swapp Minc is my favorite tool for adding amazing ... [Read More]
DIY Foiled Name Labels
A big thanks to American Crafts for sponsoring this post! It's foil time, friends! What's back to school without some shiny new supplies? And I mean SHINY! We are going to label up all of our school supplies, and we are going to label them up with the prettiest foiled up labels around. No one is going to be taking your pencil pouch! If you've been around here before, you know that I love my Minc because it is such an easy way to add awesome foil to any paper crafting project. So, of course, it had to get in on the back to school craft party. Making your own foiled labels is super easy, so let's do it! ... [Read More]
DIY Metallic Wrapping Paper
Make your own DIY Metallic Wrapping Paper with the Heidi Swapp Minc. This adorable flamingo print metallic paper is perfect for any small gift. Just print, foil, wrap! Thanks to American Crafts for sponsoring this post, which also contains affiliate links. I feel like flamingoes are the party animals of the bird kingdom. I mean, they are definitely dressed for the occasion, right? So, if you are going to make wrapping paper with a bird design, I think you have to go flamingoes. That's what I did anyway. And for extra awesome points we turned our DIY wrapping paper into DIY Metallic Wrapping Paper. Because why not? I've raved about it a few times already, so you might have heard me say that the Minc is just one of my favorite crafting tools, but I kind of extra love it when ... [Read More]
Metallic Foil Fourth of July Party Decor
Thanks to American Crafts for sponsoring this post! This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for supporting Persia Lou! This week I've been getting ready for the Fourth of July by putting together a few decorations and party printables for the big day. It was the perfect time to bust out my Minc and add a little metallic bling to the decor. I made a "Minc-able" version of the land that I love design that I used in for my Fourth of July tattoos, and I also made foiled cake and cupcake toppers. And since I've always been more of a blue person than a red person, I decided to go with a mainly blue, white, and gold color scheme. I really like the way everything came together. To make the sign, I used the same multi-colored foiling technique I shared last month. Here's what ... [Read More]
How to Make Multi-Colored Metallic Foil Prints
I received compensation for this post, but all opinions are completely my own, and I only recommend products I truly love. This post also contains affiliate links when possible. Thanks for supporting Persia Lou! I am super duper excited to share today's project with you all! Is it weird for me to say that I think it's pretty awesome? I really, really like it. Maybe it's just because this was one of those (extremely) rare projects that went off without any problems and came out exactly as I pictured it in my mind. Yeah, that doesn't happen very often. Anyway, I've already shared my love for the Heidi Swapp Minc and it's foil applicator magic with you all, but I wanted to try to step up my foil game. So to really show off what this little machine can do, I decided to try for a ... [Read More]
DIY Metallic Foil Print
I received product for this post, but all opinions are completely mine. This post also includes affiliate links. Thanks for supporting Persia Lou! Last week I had the opportunity to go to Snap, a creative blogging conference, and the closing keynote speaker was the amazing Heidi Swapp. I mean she's amazing in the sense that she makes amazingly cool things and is a seriously successful business woman, but even more than that, she inspired every person in that big ball room who heard her speak. It's possible that I cried... A little. Because besides speaking about work and time management, she also spoke about showing love to those who are most important in our lives, and that was something that hit close to home. So, I already loved her amazing new Minc foil applicator, but after ... [Read More]