Seriously all over the air, making us all sneeze like crazy!
But it also brings about more and more baby showers! My new favorite thing to do is to make onesies for the new babies.
A cousin of mine lives all the way across the country and had a baby last December. A few weeks ago she brought the baby back west to meet all the family and friends living here. They had a little party and specifically asked for no gifts.
pfft. yeah right! Like I could go see a brand new baby boy and not out fit him in some adorable clothes.
So I made these onesies using some heat transfer vinyl that I cut out with my Silhouette Cameo.
The black heat transfer vinyl was a free sample from Happy Crafters. I was very pleased with the results. The designs for the gentleman shirt went on smoothly and quickly. When the vinyl adhered to the shirt it immediately released from the transfer plastic. So there was no slowly lifting the corner to see to make sure it is sticking.
The top hat and monocle seemed fitting for a southern gentleman.
This is the back of the gentleman one. My cousin is super funny and one day was complaining about the use of hashtags on Facebook. So…..I couldn’t resist.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to attend the Meet & Greet, so I thought I might have to mail them to her. But at the last-minute I was able to go, so of course I had to make a gift bag, because, well….I can.
I have another cousin who is expecting and we will be giving her baby shower soon. So stay tuned for some more adorable onesies.
This past weekend the Hubby had a chance to go fishing off the coast with his fishing buddies. They filled their crab tags.
The pots were so full, they didn’t even bother measuring the crabs. If they couldn’t immediately tell it was over the size limit they threw it back, because there was another bigger one waiting.
So he wanted me to make the Crab Corn Chowder that we (I really mean he) is having for dinner. I don’t eat crab. Yes, yes I know. Everyone tells of its glorious taste. I don’t like it, and it kinda grosses me out. Save your breath. I won’t change.
In order for me to make this soup, he had to crack all the crab. There are just somethings I won’t do.
Ian was fascinated by the process, but wouldn’t eat any crab. Sid finally took a bite…..and was hooked!
The whole time he hovered around, stealing crab when his dad wasn’t looking.
The green bowl, in the picture below, was full of crab so I dumped it in soup. Ty put about another half a crab in it then left the room. He came back to an empty bowl.
Sid also ate some soup, but not that much because it was really spicy, and while he likes spicy food, it might have been a little too much for him.
Of course he later came over and finished the salad I had been eating for dinner.
I was running 4 days a week and now I have gotten myself busy with other things and I keep putting the gym off. So I am running maybe two to three days a week.
This lack of running is showing.
Tonight I could only get two miles out before my shin started to scream and yell at me.
I am feeling alone in my running, and the treadmill is not working for me.
But neither is running on the road, because I can stop anytime. I don’t have to push the button to slow my pace. I can just stop. and I do. Plus I am just feeling out of time.
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There is a declarations page for us Mother Runners to download and sign. Then you document yourself, by picture, with the declaration and something involving running. Post the picture to either Our Sole Intent or Learn to Run Strong‘s Facebook pages. And don’t forget to tag it with hastag iShine.
Here is the declaration page, download it, sign it, have your family sign it.
Hopefully this is just the type of group motivation I need to get back on track.
You should join us too.
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Just. Keep. Running.
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This month’s Silhouette challenge had to involve flowers. With it also being the month of Mother’s day I decided to combine the two topics.
This year I made three mother’s day cards and one Grandmother card (but the Grandma one doesn’t have flowers on it).
All of these cards were made with the help of my Silhouette Cameo.
The first card I made was a shape in the word MOM, but I replaced the O with a heart. I added a layer of floral scrapbook paper and to give it more depth I cut out a two layered flower which was attached with dimensional foam tabs. Because of the font I used for the letters, there wasn’t a whole lot of room to write inside the card, so the sentiment is a simple “Happy Mother’s Day.”
This was my first shape card and while I am pleased with the results, I won’t make the Ms so thin next time.
I came up with this next card after seeing the quote “There are two gifts we should give our children; one is roots and the other is wings” on-line while looking for mother’s day quotes. Turns out my mom has had this quote hanging in her house for decades….and I had no idea.
I used a champagne metallic paper for the top layer and on the inside of the card. I used Silhouette’s print and cut feature to write the sentiment and cut out a frame that matches the one on the front of the card. I used different colors for behind the butterflies and the tree. I only had the machine make a cut on the outer edge of the butterfly wings, so they just pop out a little.
The sentiment on the inside says “Mom, Thank you for giving me roots to grow and teaching me to spread my wings and fly. Happy Mother’s Day” While this one was probably the easiest to put together, it is my favorite. I think it is elegant in its simplicity.
When I decided to make a floral themed mother’s day card, this next card is what I had in mind. I wanted to make a vase of flowers on the front of the card. The tulips would have been too difficult to put together if I had made them any smaller, and at that size, only two would fit in the vase.
In the end, two was the perfect number, because it didn’t clutter up the card. I used pre-printed mother scrapbooking paper for the background and a silver sketch pen for the faux stitching. For the “Mother” banner I used the champagne metallic paper and the print and cut feature. I tried using sketch pens, but it just wasn’t the right look.
I originally had thought about using velum or some kind of clear paper for the vase, to give it the look of glass, but then you could see the floral wire in the vase, and all the hot glue. Not a pretty sight.
I still didn’t like the vase, just made with plain paper, so I used the sketch pens to add some dimension to it. In the Designer Edition there is a sketch feature that allows you to fill in shapes, or change lines, to make the shape look more hand drawn, which is what I did to the vase.
I am very pleased with how this card turned out. On the inside it says “May all the love you give to others come back to you on this special day. Happy Mother’s Day”
I didn’t want to leave the Grandmas out. So I made this card too, although it doesn’t have any flowers on it. I also made one in different colors. It is very cute, but thick, so it doesn’t really mail well.
Inside it says “Only the best moms get promoted to Grandmother. Happy Mother’s Day”
Happy Crafting
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My Silhouette Challenge buddies and I are all sharing projects on our blogs today, so pursue the projects below for a wealth of Silhouette inspiration!
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