A few new things

Monogrammed Kindle case for my husband's mother for Christmas. 

Homemade ornament made with vinyl.

Glass block for my daughter. She loves 1D.

Gifts bags from the Dollar Tree. 2/$1 

Georgia ornaments

 

Monogrammed fleece blankets with heat press vinyl

And my favorite of all. A book wreath made from an old church hymnal. Pinterest project under $5. 

It's been a while since I've updated my blog but I wanted to share a couple of projects that I've done during the holidays for gifts. I've been loving my new cameo since I've gotten it. I hope everyone had a magical Christmas! Take care! 

Organization

 I really haven't played any this week. I've been extremely busy and tired! I did manage to cut a little vinyl for some cute bins that I found at the dollar general store for 2 or 3 bucks. {can't remember exactly how much they were}

BIA stands for bind it all and then the green bin is for my punches. I used an old green canister jar from my kitchen and wrapped it with paper to store my hemp in.

 I've had these bins for ages so I thought they needed a little sprucing up too. :)

 More vinyl. I need more colors! ;)

 Shelves my daddy built me! They are bigger than they appear in this picture and I painted them white. I plan to put my projects up there as I finish them because I love having them out for a while so I can admire them. :)

 I ordered more material off hobby lobby. com for my table so I had a little piece left over so I decided to make a cute little dust cover for my sewing machine. It just does fit. :) I got the idea from  Martha Stewart.com

I'm loving my new 5 ft table. My old desk just wasn't big enough anymore. I love having all the material matching everything! This room is my little heaven on earth/ retreat room now. 

Baby Shower Gifts

I went to a baby shower tonight for a friend of mine, so you know I had to make a little something for her. I love altering stuff! So I altered a wet wipe case, 2 baby bottles, a box of wet wipes and a diaper bag. All pink and brown. I cut some pink vinyl out for the diaper bag. I believe the letter M is 4 1/2 inches and I used the storybook cartridge. One of my favorites carts. The diaper bag is actually vinyl too so it sticks really great to it! I wished I had moved it up alittle bit but that's okay too. I love the new hot baby colors, pink and brown for a girl and also blue or green and brown for the boys. I had a lot of fun playing with pink and brown papers today! I'd love to keep the diaper bag for myself because it's so cute and it looks and feels like a large purse or small tote.

Tomorrow I'm going to work at the shack. I joined my first ATC (artist trading cards) swap last night. So I'm excited about doing those.

Vinyl Mania

Lacey's name over her window. I used the cartridge "storybook" my favorite cart so far.
Haley's name on her door.

Over the door in the craft shack.

inspire on the craft shack door

Lacey's name on her door.

Haley's name over her bedroom window. My walls are textured but it works like a charm. Very pretty. I believe I cut her letters at 6 3/4 inches. I had to use the 12x24 mat side to make it fit.

I've been having so much fun cutting out vinyl with my cricut lately. Surprisingly it's really easy. Well once I figured out what I was doing. :)

I cut the vinyl using the following settings:

Speed-low

Pressure-4

Blade-3

I noticed it was easier if it cut through both the sheet of vinyl and the backing. After cutting the vinyl I peeled off the negative part and that left the cut design of vinyl and the backing of the cut design on the mat. I then peeled off the white paper(the none sticky shiny side) from the transfer tape(the sticky side). I put the sticky side of the transfer tape directly down on top of the cut image(vinyl) and used a popsicle stick to scrap over the top to make sure the vinyl would stick to the transfer tape. I slowly peeled up the transfer tape and the cut vinyl image came up with it. Tip- if the vinyl image does not come up gently help it along by easily taking your nail and lift it up. After you have the image transferred to the transfer tape you can align it on the wall and do the same scrapping motion again. Peel the transfer tape off and the image stays on the wall. Super cool! You can find video's on how to do this on YouTube. This is how I learned. Money saving tip- You can use the transfer tape twice.