Summer Pennant Banner
Well, this last week turned out different than any of us expected…
My Grandpa took a sudden turn for the worse and was hospitalized and put into Palliative Care. We spent a lot of time with him and all the family came home. He peacefully passed away on May 31st. We miss him a lot but are so thankful that his suffering is over…
Today I’ll share a short post of the Summer Pennant Banner which I made a month ago.
I was reading on The House of Smiths and stumbled across this post on making a super simple Pennant Banner from paper. I immediately fell in love with the idea and decided to give it a whirl.
I cut my pennants bigger and spaced them closer together. It was so simple to just sew them together.
Birthdays and Signs
Happy rainy days to you!
I have a couple of products to show you today…I am slowly getting some stuff done besides office work and it feels so good!
Silhouette Cameo Tips & Tricks
Boy oh boy…I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve done my last post! If you are actually still dropping by to check out my site, then I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
I’ve finally finished a few projects I’ve had on the go and I will be sharing them with you next week.
Today I’m going to share a couple of tips and tricks which I’ve learned (some of them the hard way) from using my Silhouette SD and now my wonderful Silhouette Cameo.
I was cutting vinyl trees the other evening and ran into some major difficulties. I wasted WAY TOO MUCH vinyl and was basically tearing my hair out by that time. The trees were supposed to reach from the floor to the ceiling so one length was approximately 95″ long. My trusty Cameo would cut all the way down one side and as it would come back up the other side the vinyl would slide sideways and you know the rest…it cut the tree all crooked…which meant that my vinyl was mostly wrecked…ugggh… [read more]
Used Silhouette SD FOR SALE!!!
I have a used Silhouette SD Digital Cutter for sale. $175.00 (CAD)
UPDATE! THIS SILHOUETTE SD DIGITAL CUTTER IS SOLD!
The Silhouette is a digital cutting tool for personal use. Similar to the functioning of a home printer, it cuts paper and other materials like vinyl with a blade instead of printing onto it. This is perfect for a teacher or someone who loves to craft! [read more]
May Sale on Etsy Tote Bags = 25% Off
Great News Folks!
It’s sale time at my Etsy store for the month of May!!!
All my tote bags are 25% off which brings them down to $15.00 (CAD). [read more]
Pinterest Inspired Pallet Art
I don’t know how many of you have heard of Pinterest, but it’s a virtual pinboard…sort of think of it like a scrapbook with all your clippings and cutouts from magazines and newspapers. A collection of amazing ideas and inspirations that you want to try out some day. And some you’ll always just dream about from time to time, but not necessarily ever accomplish them. Dreaming is free and fun, right?! 
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Custom Tote Bags
Today I want to tell you about the tote bags I sell. I ordered these wholesale…sad to say, I didn’t sew these. Maybe some day when I have more time. I really think it would be fun! Anyways, back to the topic at hand. These are jute fiber cotton tote bags. They measure 13.66″ H x 17.52″ W x 6″ Length.
This is a custom order which I did recently. I’m never sure if it’s easier if there’s less instructions with the order or more. This one I was told to put the persons name under the nurse and use the colors purple and pink with a matching flower. I’m sorry the coloring is sooo poor in this picture. It looked much better in real! [read more]
God is Love Bookmarks for Children
I wanted to make some bookmarks for the Sunday School children in my class. I thought it would be nice to personalize each of them to give them an added special touch. I really liked the tutorial Traci did on the Silhouette blog a long time ago. I had tucked the idea away to try at a later date. [read more]
Creating Spectacular Vinyl For Your KitchenAid Mixer
First off, I finally got a project finished which came in the mail a few weeks ago. Eilis from My Heart Lives Here showed a great technique of printing on fabric using freezer paper. I have yet to try it but I’m impressed and also very excited (to say the least) that it actually works!! Anyway to get to the point, she was doing a giveaway and it included this pillow and some free clipart from KPM Doodles. I commented on her blog because I loved the pillow and was excited that she explained how to print on fabric. Now this is the part which is embarrassing. I didn’t read the whole post. Which means I didn’t know she was having a giveaway. Which in turn means that I was absolutely shocked when I received an email telling me that I had won a pillow and some clipart. I was totally stumped how I’d ever managed to do that. I was also giddy as this was my first ever winner. Here the pillow is in all its glory! Thank you sooo much Eilis! [read more]
Valentine’s Day Is Just Around The Corner
With Valentine’s Day coming up it’s time to start making stuff as in cards, prints, frames, etc…. You get the drift. I usually procrastinate and then quickly try and make a bunch of products right before the 14th. I’m trying to take a different approach to this whole system. It’s so much more enjoyable when I don’t work under such intense pressure so I will keep on trying.
I made my first two Valentine products which I created using Adobe Illustrator. I’ll try and show a bit of the process which I used. This is a screen shot from set up I used in AI. I printed this onto Epson 8″x10″ Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte. [read more]
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Happiness
Card – Birthday Flowers
Fabric Ruffles and Felt Flowers 1 
A Child’s Prayer-G 
Therefore I live for today 8″x10″ Print 