What are you giving your mom for Mother’s Day? Tired of the same old gifts? Why not create something she will always remember?!

Stamped Jewelry is a unique and personal way to celebrate any mother. Especially when they know that you created their gift with your own hands.

This week, all our Stamped Jewelry supplies are 25% off! This is a perfect time to stock up on everything you need to create an amazing Mother’s Day gift for someone you love and appreciate!

Click Here to View the Stamp Jewelry Sale

Don’t forget to recycle!

When you receive an order from Molly O Designs, it arrives in one of our adorable pillow boxes wrapped up in striped twine. After all, we want to make sure every order feels like a gift!

But, don’t throw away your packaging! Find a way to recycle or upcycle our packaging.  Our favorite way to do this is to create something for a friend and then wrap your new design in the pillow box and re-tie the twine!

We have also found that these little pillow boxes make organizing little items a breeze.  Just put them in the box and then label it.

My kids LOVE to fill them with crayons, small toys or treats to have on hand in the car or even at church.

How are you using your Molly O packaging? Send us a picture, post it on facebook or tweet it. We would love to see your ideas on recycling our packaging!

We are selling off our inventory of Flip Flops. The pricing is amazing and our inventory won’t last long!

We are selling our Havaianas in Black (very limited stock)

Women’s Wedges in Black and Brown. These are our FAVORITE flip flops. They are made entirely of rubber and are so comfortable!

Fun Silver Metallic Flip Flops

And Kid’s Flip Flops in Black & Brown (not all colors shown are available)

These flip flops are not going to last at these prices ($3-$5 each!)

Click on any photo to see our clearance page!

I just love it when customers come to me with an idea of how to make something on a budget! Sometimes they just need a little help with problem solving and how to create it.

Jessica in California sent me a link to these gorgeous knobs.  They retail on a very popular site for $28 each!

Gorgeous, right?! But then she saw on Pinterest (LOVE Pinterest!) that we carried a very similar Rhinestone Fleur de Lis for only $3.00 each! So she sent me an email asking how she could create this look for less.

I explained that she just needed to find a knob that didn’t have too much of a dome or curve to it, so that the Fluer de Lis could be glued on.  We decided on E-6000 to apply the rhinestone center to the knob since it is a self leveling epoxy.  That would the knobs would hold up to the daily use.

And here is what she came up with! (pics provided by Jessica. Thanks!)

Jessica said this was her first venture into the DIY/Crafting world.  I think she is hooked! Great job Jessica!!

Do you have something that you have created with supplies from Molly O Designs? Send it our way, we would love to feature you and all your creativeness!

We are so excited to announce our new Molly O Ambassador program! Through the years, Molly O Designs has been built solely on word of mouth. Our customers are always so excited to show their local family and friends what they created in one of our classes.

But now that we are exclusively online, we need to spread the word locally and nationally! So what better way to do that then to select an amazing group of women from all walks of life to represent our brand and spread the word to everyone they know!

So, what is a Molly O Ambassadors? Our Molly O Ambassadors will be part of a select group of women. We are looking for teens, college students, young moms, single ladies, grandmothers and everything in between.  Each of our Ambassadors will be asked to create and show off 1-2 designs per month.  We will send you the kits FREE of charge and you will have the chance to preview classes before they are released to the public.  Our ambassadors will also receive a discount on all additional supplies. Each ambassador will receive classes and kits based on their interests.

If you think you may be interested, please take a moment to fill out our application below.  We will accept applications through Monday, February 20th.  Once all the applications are reviewed, we will send out additional information and guidelines to our finalists.

Don’t think this is for you? That is alright, but if you have someone in mind that would be perfect for the job make sure to send them over!

Feel free to send any questions to info@mollyodesigns.com

My husband and I just celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary.  The previous year I had splurged on his anniversary gift, so this year I decided to keep it simple (meaning budget friendly).

I saw this cute idea on numerous Pinterest pins and thought I would just whip up my own version in Photoshop. It was so quick and easy and has turned out to be the most amazing gift for both of us!

As with most husbands, my husband is an amazing provider and support system to our family. But when it comes to reminding me daily just how much he loves and appreciates me, well……………..let’s just say, he is a typical man.

But this sweet gift has changed that! We keep the frame in the bathroom on a counter by the shower. And most mornings I wake up to find a note telling me that he loves me because of all I do for our family, because I listened to him the night before, because I looked cute sleeping (yeah right!) when he woke up.  Seriously, who is this guy?! All it took was a Photoshop print out and a dry erase marker?! I think I need to start giving this as a wedding gift to young couples!

I wanted to share it with all of you because I thought it would make a great Valentine’s gift.  All you have to do is click over to our site for the FREE Printable.  Print it out and trim it down to 8×10, put it in a frame and add a dry erase marker. Gift done!

{Note} – write on the glass with the marker, it wipes right off so you can change your message as often as you would like.

Don’t forget to make one for your kiddos too! They also love to hear why we love them so much. And they will even start leaving you the sweetest messages. It will melt your heart!

{Important!} – if you want to print our the FREE Printable, please make sure you login the Molly O website before completing your checkout. If you don’t login, you won’t be able to access your download page.

I made a pact with myself many years ago that I would make the effort to look like a chic and trendy mom each and every day.  And although I do try, there are days that are a definite miss (a VERY scary miss!).  But, it always amazes me how just a simple accessory can transform your look and attitude from frumpy to fabulous.

This bracelet is my go-to accessory right now. I wear just one or stack several of my favorite colors. Just add them to jeans and a simple tshirt.  Simple, chic and on trend!

They are SO easy to make and I promise I will hold your hand through every step.  The best part about this bracelet is the cost! The original wrap bracelet retails for almost $200 in department stores! Now, I want to feel fabulous but this mama is not wrapping that much money around my wrist unless diamonds are involved!

I love to give these as gifts to my friends, babysitters, teachers, etc. The list goes on. If you have a tween/teen in your house, let them watch the video and whip out a pile of these beauties. A modern twist on the friendship bracelet!

We will talk about the supplies you will need in the video and take you step by step through creating a wrap bracelet.  Just click on the photo below to begin watching the video!

All the supplies you will need are on our site as well as our Wrap Bracelet Kits that have been created so you don’t have to worry about what colors will work together. We are all about creating quick, easy and budget friendly ways to get your creative groove on!

I love the fact that bows were scattered all over the Spring/Summer 2012 runways. From shoes to shirts, headbands, accessories and bags, bows were sprinkled everywhere!

We of course had to jump on the bow band wagon.  Bows are a staple at Molly O Designs, so it wasn’t a big stretch for us to create a few new bow accessories.

Our favorite is the Bow Ring. So simple to make and even more fun to wear!  Throw on a pair of cuffed capri jeans, a fitted tshirt and a pop of color and whimsy with a bow ring. Dress it up or down. They are fun any way you wear them.

What about as a cute accessory for your bridesmaids to wear to the rehearsal? All the sports moms could make them in their team’s colors. Sorority Sisters could make them to wear in their colors for an event. The options go on and on!

Check out our Video Class that will show you how to make these hot accessories………………………

WIN a this Class and a Ring Kit for FREE!

All you have to do is Pin one of our photos to your Pinterest board and then comment and tell us how you will wear these cute rings. Will you give it as a gift, wear it yourself or make it for one of your kids?

Aren’t a member of Pinterest yet? No problem, email us at info@mollyodesigns.com and we will send you a personal invite!

If you have never been to Megan’s blog or website, Brassy Apple, then you are missing out! I get to bask in all her creativity and awesomeness by being a guest on her blog today.

Stop over and say hello! Oh, and did I mention we are giving away {2} Wrap Bracelet Kits on her blog today?! Get over there and enter!!

Just click on the image below and you can read my post and enter to win!

I don’t know about all the other moms out there, but I cringe when my child is handed a goody bag at a party.

First, I know the mom has spent a lot of time and money putting that bag together. Second, I also know that it contains items that will annoy everyone in the house, especially on the drive home from the party. Lovely items like whistles that will accompany Beyonce singing Single Ladies. Stretchy frogs that can be whipped across the car and stuck to my face while driving or putty that farts when you stick your finger in it. Goodies such as candy with 27 different chemicals listed in the ingredients before you even get to “sugar”.

Inevitably, you wait until your child has lost interest, stepped on and broken half the item or is in time out for shoving one of the items in her sister’s nose, to then throw said goody bag in the garbage. Now you have the guilt of throwing away the money of the poor mother that spent time driving to the store, buying the items, packaging everything carefully and hoping none of the other mother’s judge her. Ah yes, we all do it. We all hate it. But what choice do we have?

Well this year I said enough already! I wanted a easy, inexpensive and eco friendly way to give out goodies at my daughter’s birthday party.

We decided that bows were the easy choice. We were hosting an all girl party, so I didn’t have to worry about what to make for the boys (hmmm, I guess I should come up with something for that!) All the girls that were attending wore a uniform to school, so we choose a color that would match. However, it would’ve been extremely cute to match the bows to the color theme of the party.

They were a big hit with the girls and the moms! The moms were relieved and excited to have a cute bow for their daughter to wear to school. The girls were excited that they were all going to “match” at school. As if wearing identical uniforms was not enough. LOL. They decided they were going to have a “bow club” at school and you had to wear your bow to be in the club. Good thing we invited all the girls in the class!

Once I made all the bows, I designed a card in photoshop and printed them out. I added a hole in the center and just slid the bow clip through. Could not have been easier!

And of course, the birthday girl needed her own special birthday girl version of the bow complete with a blinged out “6″ for her birthday. Matching shirt too (of course!).

If you want to use this idea at your next party, just check out our 2 Loop Bow Video Class to learn how.  (Click the photo below for the class!)

And then click on our FREE pdf printable of the card. You can either just sign your child’s name or edited the file and type their name right into the design.

No more motherly guilt (at least for a few seconds).