Fabulous Friday Finds at Etsy!

With Christmas just around the corner, I decided to do a bit of shopping today...... 

I absolutely LOVE Etsy!  Take a look at the treasures I found today.....

First Stop..... a pair of stunning earrings over at galla15

Next stop...  over at  debstgo's shop I found this gorgeous print! 

Then I hopped on over to Giftbearer's shop where I found this stunning bracelet!




On to jQjewelrydesigns where I found a stunning necklace!

Next stop a wonderful 2011 calendar over at Crystalphotography

 

 

On to  lindab142 's shop where I found these great Halloween Wine Glass Charms!

 

 

Final stop today EmbroiderMeBoutique where I found this set of Chicken Costumes.  Aren't they just the CUTEST costumes you've ever seen?!!

 

 

 

 

 

This year I am totally doing ALL my Christmas Shopping on Etsy!  Something about the personalization, handmade goodness, and art... not to mention I can stay home and shop... no crazy wild traffic going on.... no rushing...no pushing....no grabbing....  AND it comes right to  my front door!  Gotta love it!

 

 

                                                                      ...and YES I'm still giggling....are you??! 

 

Great weekend wishes to you!

Awesome Prim Witch Hat Giveaway -- Ends 10/15/10!

Denise over at KKL Primitives is giving away an awesome Witch Hat! 

You simply HAVE to check out the amazing Primative designs!!! Drop by KKL Primatives  - HURRY!  Giveaway ends tonight (10/15/10) at midnight!

Smell My Feet Bag Topper! LOL!

Could it really be........Witch legs????

NO.... they're dipped pretzel rods silly!  No Tricks! Just Treats this Halloween!

Printable template with instructions available for download in our Etsy store.... or  if you use Sure Cuts Alot (SCAL) and a Cricut, download the SCUT  and sentiment tags below.

Smell My Feet Sentiments

Witch Legs Scut

Halloween Boo! Bear Banner

Good Morning!  The calendar tells me Fall is here in South Dakota, however the weather is making me wonder if Spring has returned!  2" of rain registers in the rain gauge at our home, however just 15 miles away they received 6" and it is STILL raining!  I wonder how many popsicle sticks it would take to build an ark big enough to fit the two mini donkeys, 3 chicks, 1 rooster, Jake (dog), Charli (cat) and Jay & I... the waterway is running like crazy (has been since 4pm yesterday).....

OK... on to the FUN stuff!

Teddy bears and Halloween just seem to go together!  (I prefer 'cute' Halloween things....otherwise I need a blanket to cover my eyes!  --brings back too many memories of monsters under my bed.....!!!)

I designed the bears in inkscape and imported in to SCAL (Sure Cuts Alot), then cut the pieces using my cricut, pieced together, and set aside. 

Topnote pieces are cut using Accent Essentials (blackout) at 4".  I used the Eerie paper set for the next layer, accented, sewed and traced/colored bats, spider webs, etc with glitter pens. Then set aside.

 The bears are chalked, inked and pieced. (eyes are hand painted)  When finished, I sprayed them with sealer to prevent smudging/smearing the chalk.  I used small squares of coordinating paper for the ghost's patches.

The letters were cut using SCAL (Tan Patty), inked with ColorBox fluid chalk (LOVE that stuff), outlined with black glitter pen and coordinating ghost brad added to !. 

When all pieces were finished, I glued layers together, punched holes in each top corner and tied together, leaving about an inch between each, with twine (LOVE twine!);  tied coordinating ribbons to the twine between each pennant, and finished with hot gluing a tied bow and button on each corner!

Enjoy your day!

Tractor Easel Birthday Card

Jay's father has great love for the land and tractors.  Thus the inspiration for easel this card! 

I found the instructions for the easel card here!   Following the tutorial, I put the card together, then selected the graphics, lightened the background using paint shop pro, added the sentiments and printed.  Using glitter markers, I colored in the cornstalks in the background and traced over 'The Greatest Gift', which added a little sparkle.  The tractor and 'Dad' are cut with the Cricut and SCAL. I punched holes in the red/black layered rectangle then strung twine through the holes and tied on the backside before adhering to the background.

Using the same corn graphic design on the inside, I printed and colored with glitter markers.

I got a pretty good giggle when Jay went to sign the card for his dad..... he didn't want to 'ruin' the sparkling cornstalks, so signed the card up on top, under the flap!!! :)

This card was entered in the 'Old McDonald had a farm' challenge over at Challenge Up Your Life.

Enjoy your day!

Free! Spooky Sweets.... Frighteningly Good Halloween Tags!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted! Believe me, I've been experiencing Cricut, Crafting & Blogging withdrawls!  Some how or another I managed to herniate 3 disks in my neck... yieyieyie... it's not been a fun past couple months..... However, there is good news.... I am now able to type and play with my cricut for a few minutes before having to go walk around, talk to Jake (dog) or just totally go do nothing....
Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year! I love the colors, crispness in the air and of course watching the donkeys & Jake's fur get extra thick!  Mattie (mini donkey) is so adorable when her hair gets thick... it gets extra curly!!

ENUF said! Now on to the fun stuff!!!

These sweets tags are so easy to make!  I used inkscape to design the center (download your own below!), printed out on cardstock and then used my 2" circular punch to punch the centers out.  I used the cricut and accent essentials to cut the scalloped circles (2.5" & blackout) from BasicGrey's Erie scrapbook paper, then glued the center to the scallop, punched a small  hole at the top of the tag, strung twine through the top and Wala!  Cute tags all ready for my homemade Halloween Goodies.... (Wow! I might be ready this year!)

Tip:  I printed my tags on white prism cardstock! I used my paper cutter to cut the paper 8.5" x 11" and then just hit print!  I LOVE the added texture!

Download the tag centers here!

Spooky Sweets Tags -Orange

Spooky Sweets Gray

You could also use these as cupcake toppers!  Simply cut 2 Spooky Treats Tags out and sandwich a toothpick, bamboo stick, or lollipop stick in between before gluing together!

Old Wives' Tale Handmade Soaps Giveaway!

Jessica over at Old Wives' Tale Soaps & Alisha at Kostuik Crew's Blogspot have teamed up and are offering a GREAT Handmade Soaps giveway!! 
My personal favorite:

     Description:

        This item is white and clean, with real rose petals embedded in the heart-shaped fizzies.

        When you release your fizzy into you bath water, it tosses the rose petals away, as flower girls do at  
        weddings... hence, the name! =D

        This fizzy produces an invigorating, grapefruit scented bath.

        This listing is for 3 mini fizzies, each .5 ounces for one bath. Treat yourself to "the big day" feeling ANY         DAY!

 Hop on over to Alisha's blogspot to find out how you can win!!