Thursday, March 31, 2011

We Love Etsy Thursday!

I love finding great Etsy Shops to feature every Thursday! The Broken House is another great one!
I mean, there is a bunny on the banner, how can I not love this shop?! :) Here are a few of my favorite items....





Don't you want to buy something?! Please visit the shop to see much more!

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Free Prints Wednesday!

Our Daily Obsessions made THIS print in 3 colors. The quote is by President Gordon B Hinckley. Love it!

True & Simple Love made 2 "Sunny Prints", a bunny & a butterfly, of course this one is my favorite...


Blooming Homestead made us several spring prints!

Creative Mamma made these great free custom labels for us!

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Love this! Tuesday....

I have so many great craft ideas saved in my email inbox. I save them with the thought to share them with you, but then I end up getting busy and not sharing for a few weeks. So I've decided that every Tuesday I am going to share the craft ideas I have found on other crafter's blogs that I love. I hope you enjoy!











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Monday, March 28, 2011

He is Risen! Free Printable for Easter

I love decorating for Easter more than any other holiday! I love the bunnies, eggs and just the colors all together. This year I really wanted to display something in my home that reminded me of the real reason we celebrate Easter. I love the song, "He is Risen" so I took the first verse and made it into a print. There are a few different color options and I hope you enjoy it!



Just right click the image and save to print one of these for yourself!
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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Initial Button Egg

After posting THIS button egg on my facebook page, my friend asked if I could make her a button egg with her last name initial in the middle. I love doing custom orders, so I was really excited! I knew I needed to make it an 8x10 egg instead of a 5x7 in order to have enough room to put an initial in the middle. I hope she likes it!

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

200 Follower Giveaway!

Good gracious we have already hit 200 followers! That is so fun! I think you are going to like what I am giving away...Pickwick the Hedgehog!
Isn't he cute?!

To Enter:

1. Become a follower of this blog (if you aren't already)
2. Leave a comment telling me why you would like pickwick in your home :)

That's it! Super easy :) I will leave this open until March 31st at midnight. Thank you for following my blog, it means so much to me!
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We Love Etsy Thursday!

It's time again for "We Love Etsy Thursday's!"
I found a really fun Etsy site with finger puppets (and more)! And the owner lives in Indonesia, which is where one of my friends Leah just arrived to serve a church mission!
Here are some of my favorite items in the shop....








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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Free Prints Wednesday!


Today I found 3 totally different yet awesome free prints for you! There is something for everyone :)

What a great reminder from Sissykins. There are 2 different color options as well. 

Aren't these growth cards from Kiki Creates so cute?! I love them! I think they would make a really great gift for a new Mom too. **FREE ONLY UNTIL MARCH 30TH!**

Simple Crafter made us this super cute spring subway art print!
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Cricut 101: Lesson 2


Okay so now that we know what tools we need for our Cricut machine, let's go over how to use it!

The very first thing you are going to want to do is go to Obsessed with Scrapbooking and print their handy dandy settings table. Trust me on this, it's a life saver! 

Next, watch THIS video from http://www.scrapbook.tv/ that teaches you how to load and unload your paper. Under the video there are steps as well with photos and more instruction which is very useful! I tried to make you a video of all of this but it didn't work out so well, technical difficulties :)

Once you learn to unload and load your paper, you will want to watch the videos below that I made for you using the cartridge "Create A Critter". I also go over the different buttons on the keypad. It's a little blurry, so I am putting a link below to an excellent website that goes over the buttons in much more detail.

Oh and just a warning, this was my first time doing videos! Yikes! I had no idea I had such a silly voice :)


Excellent article by Scrapbook.com

Thank you for the huge response to my first Cricut 1o1 lesson, I hope this one helped as well! Please let me know if you have any questions or what you would like me to go over in the future. Cricut 101: Lesson 3 will be going over cartridges and I will post that next week. 

P.S. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions! auntielolocrafts at gmail dot com. Seriously I want everyone to enjoy their Cricut's as much as I have enjoyed mine :) 
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Winner, Winner!

I have such great news! Tori's photo made it into the top 3! The winner will now be decided by the corporate office of Matilda Jane and we will know this week! THANK YOU so much to everyone who voted!!!!

Tori is my sister's BFF and she is so generous. My sister was diagnosed with a brain tumor a little over a year ago and Tori took the most amazing photos of my sister's family before the surgery. She has not only been a great friend to my sister through all her medical trials, but to all of us.

Okay without further delay, the winner is......

Wendy@Craft Goodies said...

  So incredibly cute! What a keepsake for that lucky mommy-
                       I voted! Good luck to your friend.


Congrats Wendy! And something I forgot to mention is that the cute little girl in the photo is Tori's daughter! :) Lucky indeed!

P.S. Who's impressed I finally figured out how to put the random.org picture on my blog?! Janet, who won the last giveaway taught me!


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Pickwick the Hedgehog

Remember Binky the Owl? Well I just finished making his friend Pickwick the Hedgehog! You can purchase the pattern for a VERY reasonable price at the Little Hibou Shoppe. Here are some photos I took while I was making it.





The Little Hibou Shoppe just added these adorable Woodland Forest Friends patterns too!


and I may be obsessed with the giraffe and elephant from THIS set

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