Free Printable Birthday Gift Tags!

I made these birthday gift tags for a swap with some Fiskateer friends. They are free for you to print out for personal use. You may NOT print them to sell. Just left click the image to get the largest size then save to your computer. Then print. Three tags fit on an 8x11 sheet of paper.

Enjoy!

Wal-Mart strikes again!

Normally I don't put everyday things on this blog, I've tried to keep it more creative but this story just gets my goat! I live in NW Arkansas Home and Headquarters of Wal-Mart Inc and sadly I have no great respect for the retail giant, yes they do great things in the communities they are in, but they also do a lot of bad things. To be fair my local Wal-Marts donate a lot of things to community thrift stores and other charities but this story makes me very sad anyway.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/h-m-and-wal-mart-destroy-and-trash-unsold-goods-562909/

How very sad that a brand new garment was destroyed when so many children in that city could have used it. And to cut up coats and shoes that could have kept so many warm in these cold winter days is just THE most irrisponsible thing I can think of, not to mention heartless. Hail to the almighty buck! So sad, Shame on you Wal-Mart! 

GCD Studios Amazing Papers Ella Blue Collection

 

 

Everyone that knows me knows that I'm just a little addicted to brown and blue color combos and when they have a lovely vintage feel all the better. This new collection called Ella Blue from GCD Studios is "THE" thing for a romantic homey feel. Visit the following link to see more of the paper from this line. 

http://gcdstudios.blogspot.com/2010/01/please-welcome.html?showComment=1262715243202_AIe9_BEyKN5ZfxuoCGid73l9EPhe-7doDKJ1DXHxcGQtfujDQAzGiWe1xazHbKeGPefR2KvR5brS9QSRXMWRdIQPWceVrnieDLnjmxN0PI9aH3sGHY7H-LIiKeYa3KPlpLBITkeNJa5JslWNRLAsTsrupRKpwn5_tc3EPByl4xGYWuziYVD1B_JzLBCF21pIurljkvxj3lB1A6yk7ficUaCWTiByA9Gx2TrOIbjz6BrKBhj1if__QdQ#c2261174044127227867

Abbi's 5th Birthday Jan 2010

Yesterday was my Abbi's 5th birthday, I made her a birthday hat and cake stand. She loves crafts and was very excited about her hat.

Purple Cows MEGA Contest!

Check out this link to the Purple Cows HUGE Contest....

http://networkedblogs.com/p21802309

They are giving away a ton of Prizes, but you'd better hurry cause the contest ends Dec 30th!

Fun with Type!

 Just went and checked out this site...

http://www.typogenerator.net

 It's got a fun little gadget that will create type sets for you after you type in your text.

Here are a few I created...

 

 

These could be fun backgrounds or blocks for business cards, lots of uses...

I've been featured on the Graphics Fairy blog!

I was so happy to find out today that I've been featured on the Graphics Fairy Blog!

Karen does an amazing job of putting free graphics out into the world for artists and crafters to use in their work. Check out the project I made using one of her graphics...

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2009/11/brag-monday-victorian-cone-orn-giveaway.html

Thanks Karen!

Moxie Fab Blogiversary! Congrats Cath!

Today is the day. The Moxie Fab World Blog is celebrating their 1st anniversary. I love the Moxie Fab World and visiti everyday. Cath Edvalson does such a great job getting everyone exciting and in the know on current trends. It's a very inspiring place to be. Congratulations to Cath and the Paper Crafts Team. If you haven't visited yet go, go now....

http://www.moxiefabworld.com/

The coolest idea for a pen EVER!

I saw this on this blog....

http://escapismus.blogspot.com/2009/06/real-life-digital-color-picker.html

Rarely do I get googley eyed over technology but if these are possible I want one. We're talking The Jetson's here. LOL. I want, I want, I want.

 

Blogs that make me go "hmmmm"

I haven't had much to say recently, I'm working on getting a new Etsy shop up and running. Trying to make up enough items to get it stocked. Working a full time job and just had a job interview for a part time job as well. I'm actually hoping I get that one, it's at Signed Sealed and Delivered, my favorite local scrapbook store. Only the most fabulous scrapbook store I've ever been to. There is so much eye candy there. Speaking of eye candy I've found a few blogs recently that I adore and wanted to share them.

Moss Hill Studios Blog (JoAnnA)
http://mosshill.blogs.com/joannas_journal/2009/09/whirligig.html

Whimsy Dreams Studio (Sarah)

http://sarahswhimsydreams.blogspot.com

Eric Freitas (I dig his hand made clocks)
http://ericfreitas.com

The Graphics Fairy (I found her a while back but she does such a great job of sending us awesome free vintage graphics every single day that I had to share her blog again.)
http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com

Enjoy!