CJMeyer Adventures

Collecting & Designing Beautiful Memories

Category: DIY Projects

  • 30 Days of Thankful: Week 1

    Last year, I started intentionally documenting this season of gratitude by participating in Cathy Zielske’s 30 Days of Thankful.  You can find a glimpse of my 2012 album HERE.  Life seems to be moving at 1,000 mph lately, so this tradition is especially meaningful for me right now. Here’s a look at the first batch:…

  • In the Workshop: Halloween Scrapbooking

    In the Workshop: Halloween Scrapbooking

    As I mentioned in this post, I created 2 scrapbooks to savor the season and preserve some of our first Halloween memories with Olivia. I just love how these turned out!  I followed Kathy Orta’s instructions from her Interactive Mini-Scrapbooks guide to transform a mixture of photos, papers, and embellishments into a treasured keepsake.  I…

  • In the Workshop: Congrats Card

    In the Workshop: Congrats Card

    Remember this post on my favorite new glitter technique? Here is one of the cards I made using this inspired process: The glittered leaves were the perfect addition to the background of this card. For a step-by-step guide on achieving this look, visit my post In the Workshop: Glitter Techniques!

  • Fall and Halloween Traditions

    Fall and Halloween Traditions

    Lately, we’ve been: …watching the leaves turn. …visiting the pumpkin patch. …helping Olivia stand and pull herself up on various pieces of furniture. …singing (lots of singing). …practicing different learning concepts like “on/off, open/close, up/down, etc…” with our very active 10 month old. …picking out the perfect Halloween costume for our girl.  Our darling little…

  • In the Workshop: Handmade Halloween

    In the Workshop: Handmade Halloween

    I’m so excited to share that I’ve been selected as a member of Jessica Sprague’s new Create Inspiration Team! Since joining The Dating Divas team over a year ago, I’ve really worked on my photography skills.  Jessica’s amazing digital classes have been such a blessing to start learn the ins and outs of Photoshop to…

  • In the Workshop: Glitter Techniques

    In the Workshop: Glitter Techniques

    Remember this teaser post?  As promised, here is the scoop on one of my favorite new crafting processes: A Bit of Background Info When I was at the stamp convention in August, I spent quite a bit of time at The Stamp Doctor’s Booth.  Mechele Rudd, the owner, demonstrated how to achieve this gorgeous result…

  • Gender Reveal Party: Activities

    *This post is part 2 of my Gender Reveal Party Series.  To read about our decorations and theme, click here! To keep our guests entertained and mingling, our reveal party featured 5 different activities.  Here are 4 tips for creating a memorable gender reveal party: 1. Encourage guests to cast their vote by wearing PINK…

  • Gender Reveal Party: Decorations

    Gender Reveal Party: Decorations

    Almost exactly at this time last year, our sweet family was celebrating a healthy report from my Week 19 ultrasound. James and I found out the gender of our growing babe on September 20th and shared the big news with close friends and family the following day at a big gender reveal party. I promised…

  • Glitter Sneak Peak

    So, I might have spent the last week covered in glitter.  I am absolutely thrilled with this new technique- stay tuned for the details!

  • You Are My Sunshine Party Theme

    You Are My Sunshine Party Theme

    When Olivia was discharged from the hospital, we followed the nurses orders to stay away from public places for fear of RSV.    When the flu season ended in late April, we decided to celebrate!  I knew that I wanted to do something based on song, You Are My Sunshine, since I sang this tune to…