Lunch with a Friend

Don't you just love friends who no matter how long it's been since you've seen them, you just pick up right where you left off? I do! I see my friends so seldom since I live in a secluded area. It's a major deal to go to town, so I don't get to see my friends and have lunch or a movie much.  But, today one of my lovely friends called while I was in town and we got to have a little catch up time and eat a crisp fresh salad together.  And later I'll get in an hours worth of exercise with another lovely friend. I am so blessed!

Last night my Art and Soul group showed our collective works at the Chamber of Commerce's Business after hours.  Great Food, Great Company, Great ART!

Fun, Friends and Prizes!

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Freebie 4 U - Quick Page to introduce Digi Kit

By following this link and then adding this password, PKfarmQP to your check out you get this Quickpage free.

You don't need to purchase anything to get this but I hope that you will like Old MacDonald had a farm so much that you will add it to your cart.

Take a little time to explore Natural Designs in Scrapbooking they have some great events coming up and tons of fantastic digi goodness.

A little Love in the comment section or seeing your completed pages would be wonderful.

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Hey, Everyone, check this out

One life on this earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can. –Frederick Buechner

Are you a dreamer?

Do you have ideas, dreams and a beautiful product to go with it?

Have you been putting off starting your own business?

Do you feel stuck in the online business you have already created?

Do you just need someone to take your hand and walk you through the process?

It is time to take yourself and your dreams seriously.

Let’s start at the beginning.

Join me for a three week journey in building a “Creatively Made Business”.

SOME of the topics we will cover …..

Setting up your business

Websites

Social networking

Promoting your business

Pricing and staying competitive

Photographing your product

Setting yourself apart

Growing your brand

Markets and shows

Manufacturing

Reproducing your work

Keeping the books

Balancing home and creativity

I will share my journey

I will talk honestly about what worked and what didn’t.

I will talk about growing pains and when you will know it is time to expand.

I will talk about all the things I wish someone had told me before I started to manufacture my clothing and bags (all the mistakes I made too).

Each week you will hear from other guest business owners and they will share what they wish they would have known and give you their best piece of advice.

You will have access to a Facebook group so you can connect with other business owners (or dreamers) in the class.

Each week we will have a live chat where you can ask questions.

All sessions are recorded and available as videos for you to watch at your convenience. You will learn at your own pace and around your own schedule.

Growth, dreams and possibilities begin April 16^th.

Registration is now open.

{class will begin April 16^th and the classroom will be open for 3 months}

$48 for the course

NO COUPON CAN BE APPLIED TO THIS COURSE

Farm Digi Kit Now Availble

Here is a layout using the kit by Linda, one of the wonderful Creative Team over at www.NDISB.com

You can find it HERE

Ruffled Tee Shirt Scarf

This is a simple scarf to make. Take a paper plate and trace around the plate on flattened and smoothed tee shirt, with a chalk pencil.

















Then using scissors cut out circles.





























Next, cut around inside of circle in about 2 inch borders, leaving a circle at the end.




















Now when you stretch out each circle you will have a long strip. Divide the strips into two even piles. Gather them all together at the circle end and sew together overlapping about 2 inches this is the back of the scarf.

You now have a lovely ruffled scarf.

Tee Shirt Flowers

You could do this with any fabric but I used the extra from the tee shirts I used to make the scarves.

Cut 8 circles to make one flower. I used a quart paint can as my pattern and it was the size I wanted. You will need one 2 inch circle of felt for your base and about a 12 inch string to tie your flower to your project. The string is optional. However I used my flowers on my scarves and wanted to be able to remove them at will.

Plug in your hot glue gun so it is heating up and have your extra glue sticks close at hand. Fold each circle in half and then in half again so they are now all in quarters. Take your felt circle and put a good circle of glue in the middle, if using a string tie then put the middle of the string in the middle of the glue, then lay the points of four folded circles in the glue. Make sure that each fold of the folded circle continues the same direction. As soon as that glue has cooled then put a good dab of glue in the middle of the folded circles and then add the last four folded circles Place these so that the seams are covered of the first layer.






















Open each petal and put a glob of glue in the middle. This will keep the petals open and give your flower a full fluffed out appearance.
I tried sewing my string on at the end and found that too difficult because of the glue. So it is best to add the string before your first layer.

You can add a button for a center if you like.

If you are making several, I found that it went quickly by cutting out everything first, then folding everything, then gluing. I am all about production and streamlining LOL.

Tee Shirt Scarves

My Art and Soul Group makes some sort of craft item a couple times a year but we are always looking for at least one gift we can make at Christmas time. This year Judi showed us how to make tee-shirt scarves.

I found that out of one X-large men's crew neck tee, without side seams, I could get 2 bracelets, 1 scarf and 8 circles (quart paint can size) for a flower.
If you have a rotary cutter it will make the job faster and easier.

Spread the tee out so that it is smooth and even. Cut about 1 inch apart thru one side of the tee but stop at least 1 inch from the other side. Do this for the body of the shirt and the sleeves see red lines.

Gently stretch each loop out it will turn into a string.

On one end choose 6 strings and cut one side only next to the top edge. Now you will have 6 long strings connected at the top. Separate by 2's and braid, when you reach the end leave about 8 inches of fringe and tie off the ends.

Now run your hand thru the middle of the uncut edge and gather together so you have one big circle and the single braid. Then grasp the end of the braid and loop it up making a shorter circle inside the large circle of strings.

You can then use the longest string of fringe from the braid to wind around the part gathered in your hand to bind it off. When you have covered the uncut edges then pull the end back thru to tie off.

You now have a tee shirt scarf!

Winter Photo Session with Alice and Jason

View complete photos HERE.























































It was a perfect winter afternoon to take photographs. It is a week before Christmas and the weather required only a light jacket, just enough sun was peeking thru the clouds to get some wonderful shots of this lovely couple. These are just a couple photos from their session. We later learned that there was a black bear and 2 cubs in the woods just above us. Too bad they didn't show up in any of the photos but I'm certainly glad they stayed away from us.