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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cheese plate

Made this cheeseplate for my sister-in-law. The vinyl is on the bottom (cut in reverse). The super fancy plate and knife both came from the Dollar Tree (shhhh...don't tell her)

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Woven Ribbon koozie

I've been doing some koozies recently. I use HTV and decided to make slits and put ribbon on this one. Makes a super fancy koozie!! (Mine has 8 slits)

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

SUPER MOM tumbler

Made a tumbler with the cute Simple Stringbean clipart from LD. (and the tumbler is from Dollar Tree!)

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Sushi

I am in love with all of the faux sushi found all over the internet, but this one is super clever. Find it here: SUSHI

Friday, June 15, 2012

Pink n Orange

One of my very favorite color combinations for the summer. Create something of your own in pink n orange!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Ladybugs for little ladies

Here are ladybug onesies and wipes containers for baby girl gifts!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Rats...eeek

Made this shirt for my son's Boy Scout Patrol. The boys picked the ugliest rat they could find and helped design the shirt!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Starfish

So cute...a starfish! Thinking I could make this out of rice krispie treats shaped like a star too.
Find it here:

starfish

Monday, June 11, 2012

Teachers Gift

Here is a coordinated clipboard and waterbottle I made for a teachers gift

Friday, June 8, 2012

Watermelon stars

Because I LOVE watermelon so much and I could eat it at every meal! (and I love foodie crafts)

Find it herewatermelon pops

Olympics image

If you are doing any London Olympics projects, this might come in handy.

Paintbrushes! Really!

Another cute edible project...paintbrush rice krispie treats!
Find it here:
http://ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com/rice-krispies-treats-paint-brushes/2012/06/05/

Have SCAL2? Trace any image with these easy steps...really it's easy!

Images with little detail work the best - images in silhouette form, just black on white.

1. download a picture on your computer - usually if you see an image you can right click right on top of the image with your mouse, and then choose "save" or "save as" rename it if necessary - you can find images on blogs (my blog here too), websites, all over. Put it in a folder on your computer where you can remember. The image should be in the form of a .jpg or .bmp. I have a separate folder for scal files (and then I categorize my images by category)...

2. open scal 2 (this only works in scal2, don't have scal2? click on the link below to get it...)

3. click on the tree symbol (looks like an apple tree) a the top of the screen

4. it will bring up a search box, now find the file you saved, by clicking BROWSE.

5. once you click it and click OK , it will appear right on the scal screen, you can size and change it as needed.

My favorite quotes

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.- Barack Obama
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama
Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and DO GOOD.
Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or har dwork. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
"What would you do if you knew you would not fail?"
I'm not very religious, but I just like this...Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.