crafts

Who Wants to try the new Hero Arts Ink?

Jan 23

I just finished a small stamping project for Hero Arts and am absolutely in love with their new mid-tone shadow inks. I’ve never used a Hero Arts ink before, and now I’m wondering why not. They are wonderful. The colors are lovely, the inks are forgiving, and the saturation is just perfect.

(I am no artist, so that description was all mine, in case those words make absolutely no sense to anyone that might be reading this, and happens to be a real artist.)

Anyway… Hero Arts sent me an extra Pool Shadow Ink pad, and since I don’t need it, I’m going to give it away here as blog candy.

All you have to do is leave me a comment here on this post. It would be nice if you started following me, but I won’t make that a contingency.

This is open to all commenters, worldwide. So, you know… comment away.

Edited to add: I will post the winner on Monday, January 30, 2012. Winner will be chosen via random.org.

Fredrik The Great

Jun 11

Last week I made invitations for my sister’s annual barbecue (invitation post to come later). Which I do every year. It’s always fun to make them, but since I’m a bit OCD, the perfectionist in me goes a little cuckoo.

Then I found Fredrik. Would you like to meet him?

Fredrik comes from IKEA and is only $7.99. It’s a plastic drafting desk. I used him (and yes, I DO personify my crafting tools) when I was coloring the stamped image. It was wonderful. Mostly because I didn’t get nearly as sore between my shoulders as I normally do while coloring. Was a great angle to use, no more hunching over my desk.

Might just be my favorite crafting tool.

He’s not available for purchase online, but, if you’d really like one, and don’t have an IKEA nearby, I’m willing to go get him and ship him to you. Yes, he’s THAT wonderful. I’d have to find a box for him, but if someone’s interested, I’ll figure that all out and report back here.

The Cutest Bulletin Board EVER!!!

Apr 22

I just saw this on one of my favorite blogs, The Good Life. I absolutely adore Jennifer’s blog, she has a great design style (did I word that properly?) and an amazing dog. Her husband’s kind of cute too! :O) Not as cute as mine, but you get my point. If I lived in Seattle, I’d want to be her friend.

Anyway, today she announced her new Etsy shop, called Little Pretty Studio. And she sells the darned cutest bulletin boards. She calls them hoop.dee.do bulletin boards. How cute is that? (I won’t say "cute" again, I promise!)

I absolutely want one, must have one. I’m sitting here trying to figure out where I’ll put it, so I can determine what size to get. I think I need to move the 5′ world map off my wall. Ahem, Robert??? Then I’ll have to choose the fabric. I can’t wait!

Pay It Forward (PIF) ((aka Blog Candy))

Mar 21

I received my PIF from Anita today. Thanks Anita! The neatest thing? She included a card that mentioned that she used to live about four miles from me here in Scottsdale. Small world!

The requirement of Anita’s PIF is that I then Pay It Forward myself. My pleasure!

So… I’ve got some goodies sitting here on my desk waiting to go to their new home. Anita did it to the first three people that commented. I’m going to try to get a lot of comments, and I’ll use a random number generator to choose the winners. I hope that’s okay and doesn’t go against the rules. Yikes.

Anyway, leave a comment on this post, and I will choose the winners Monday morning. That’s March 24th.

Oh, and here’s a tease…

The stuff on my desk includes a tin of Primas, some very cool patterned paper packs, some neato templates for favor boxes, oh, and I don’t know, a few other pretty cool things.

So, that’s three sets of Blog Candy, for three different people. Employees of The Green Diet Blog are not eligible. Or their spouses. Or their spouse’s friends.

Wedding Announcement

Dec 5

This is the wedding announcement that I made to send to friends and family. I thought I’d post it here, in case you’re interested. I love it. Now I just need to make some thank you cards that coordinate with it, that’s a project for this weekend.