Monthly Archives: October 2016

Great Grandpa recently celebrated his birthday. He didn’t want gifts but I did make him a card. Of course I drew it with my machine. The coloring was done with color pencils.

The hats for my husband’s hunting party might not be happening this year, but I am still making the kids their hats. And myself too. (I will be making my husband one but he wants a different style hat) Since … Continue reading →

Even though my daughter will probably only wear the white dress for her zombie bride dress a few times for Halloween, I don’t want to permanently destroy it. I knew this before I bought the tulle for the veil for … Continue reading →

The other day at the store I saw paper quilling supplies. Of course I looked it up. I think my kids would enjoy this! Not only that it looks easy and is pretty inexpensive (especially  if you make your own … Continue reading →

I have another card to get made by the weekend. But the items I was using to score the card before folding did the trick, but not very well. So I grabbed these tools. The cricut tool is meant for … Continue reading →

I drew a few cards, for a cousin’s kids. I was mostly experimenting to see if I had removed enough of the stickiness to work with paper. And I did! (by blotting a t-shirt onto the mat a few times) … Continue reading →

I have been experimenting with other breadstick recipes. The Almost Fazoli’s breadsticks are great but I found a quicker recipe. Actually it’s a pizza great pizza crust recipe with a few modifications. The pizza crust. 1 1/4 cup warm water 2 … Continue reading →

Since my daughter is going to be a zombie bride for Halloween I have been looking for ideas for makeup. I picked up the cheapest set that the department store had in the Halloween section. I think I can re-create … Continue reading →

With my daughter having multiple teachers now and my son having the same teacher he had last year (she switched grades and is also a teacher my daughter had) Christmas gifts for the teachers might be tricky. The year my daughter had … Continue reading →