New Toy Tuesday: The Crafter’s Workshop Templates

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Templates. Some people call them stencils, but I guess that word conjures too many images of 80s kitchens with linoleum floors and colorfully “painted” flower borders. But whatever you call them, I like these things. They’re 6×6 inches, which is really the perfect size for card-making, since you can position them either way and cover an entire background. As far …

New Toy Tuesday: Christmas Gifts

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Remember yesterday when I said I was behind on posts? I wasn’t kidding. Santa treated me pretty good this (last?) year. My first gift has been a major contributor to my lack of blogging over the last couple weeks. My Kindle Touch. I luuuurve this thing. I’ve been reading non-stop since Christmas morning. So if you have any book recommendations, …

New Toy…Thursday

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Our trip to South Dakota got postponed by a month, derailing any and all sense of productivity I had going into the week. The problem with having a husband who’s really good at his job is that sometimes his job just can’t handle him being away for 2 weeks. Why do you have to be so awesome, Jess? My list …

New Toy Tuesday

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My collection is finally complete. We just got the last 3 colors I’d been waiting for in at the store. Why yes, there are 6 shades of blue and 8 shades of brown. What are you getting at?

New Toy Tuesday: Sizzix Letterpress Plates

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Last week I was sitting at MLO, having one of those days when creativity completely escaped me, trying to come up with a fun, quick project to use for a make-and-take. Lucky for me, about halfway through the day we got a shipment of brand new letterpress plates from Sizzix. I love doing make-and-takes with new products (because I love …

(Not So) New Toy Tuesday: Must Haves

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Monday and Tuesday always seem to be my hardest days for creativity. They’re my best days for housework and running errands, though. Anyway I promise by tomorrow I’ll be back in the swing of things, and come hell or high water I’ll have a project to show off. But for now, I thought I’d share a quick list of tools …