Welcome to our Sixty-Second Sweet Inspiration Link Party.School is almost over for my girls and that means we will (ehhm) they will be able to relax and spend some quality time with me. The weather is
It's been a busy, busy week around my house with lots of projects in the works, and it looks like spring fever has hit everyone else too! Welcome back to Talk of the Town! First, let's take a look at what you may have missed from your party hosts! Repurposed Coffee Pot Succulent Terrarium Tutorial Affordable Kitchen Gift Ideas & Thoughtful Gift-Giving Tips Farmhouse Pallet Wood Tray Tutorial How to Plan a Fun Movie Night and $50 Walmart Gift Card
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A sweet little board book about small bodies and their Creator that every tot should own! Some of the links on this site are affiliate links. This means if you click on a link and purchase something, I'll receive a small affiliate commission at no cost to you. Thanks so much for supporting my efforts with this blog! I received a free copy of this product in exchange for writing a review. All opinions are my own. I've shared before how choosing to read books that your toddler connects with are especially helpful in igniting their interest in reading, so I was excited to be given the opportunity to check out the new edition of this adorable book: God Made You Nose to Toes Little ones soak up new vocabulary like crazy and an introduction to parts of the body is one of the best early "lessons" they can get. This book helps them explore their nose, fingers, hands, knees, eyes, mouth, teeth and hair - everything from their head down to their big toe! Not only do you have a nose, but God gave it to you so you can smell all sorts of wonderful scents! You know I'm a sucker for a good rhyming book, and this little gem is just that. Because of the cadence of all those wonderful words, this book is a joy to read aloud and one that parents won't get sick of re-reading over and over again. This rhyme preps your child for the idea of losing teeth later - bonus lesson! I also love the fabulous illustrations in this title. They are cute, colorful, and engaging and really just make your heart happy with each flip of the page. The toucan and other animals follow the little boy throughout the book! But the best aspect of this book is its integration of faith. This page brings a little Matthew 10:30 into the story! In a completely natural way, this book helps children understand that it was God who created each part of their bodies so that they can enjoy life and everything in it. And most importantly, that He loves them and keeps them wherever they go! This book is a wonderful addition to your home library. Its padded cover and sturdy board pages allow this title to do double-duty as a baby toy in addition to being a great early read-aloud for you to share. It would not only make a wonderful gift for a new baby, but an appropriate present for preschoolers, as well. So if you're looking for a sweet book to share with your child that introduces God's love in a gentle way, check out God Made You Nose to Toes for yourself! Do you like giving sweet books like this one as gifts to new parents? I'd love to hear! Either leave a comment below or email me at lisahealy (at) outlook (dot) com. Also, if you don't want to miss a single minute of great tips like this and all the fun around here, be sure to sign up for free updates and then look forward to having each post delivered right to your inbox. Linked up with: Pintabulous Moms Christmas Linky, Favorite Things, Over the Moon, Share the Wealth Sunday, Dishing it & Digging it, What's for Dinner?, Family Joy Blog Link-Up, Literacy Musings Monday, Practical Mondays, Homeschool Nook Link Up, Happiness is Homemade, Merry Monday, Motivation Monday, What'd You Do This Weekend, Meet Up Monday, Totally Terrific Tuesday, Together on Tuesdays, Tasty Tuesdays, Little Learning Link Up, Two Uses Tuesday, Hip Homeschool Hop, Lou Lou Girls Fabulous Party Tuesday Talk, Wonderful Wednesday, A Little Bird Told Me, Everything Early Childhood, Creative Muster, Party in Your PJs,What to Read,I Am Pinnable, Christian Bloggers Link Up, This Is How We Roll, Creative Ways, Hearts for Home, Creative Exchange, 100 Happy Days, Try It Like It, No Rules Weekend Blog Party, Booknificent Thursdays, Thursday Favorite Things, I'm Lovin' It, Inspiration Spotlight, Home Matters, Pretty Pintastic Party, Weekend Potluck, Awesome Life Friday, Creative Collection, The Beautifully Creative Inspired , Bloggers Pit Stop, Weekend Traffic Jam, Pin Me Party, From the Archives, Family Fun Friday, Friday Frivolity, Bloggers Spotlight, Make My Saturday Sweet, Weekend Wind-Down Party,Friday Features Linky, Funtastic Friday , Best of the Weekend, Sweet Inspiration Link Party, Small Victories Sunday, You're Invited
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Eight farmhouse decorating ideas are the features from this week's Inspiration Monday link party! Join us each week for creative inspiration!
Today's post is the last of the McTavishing Monday series. I will continue with these link parties each Monday as "Free Motion Monday Quilt-along" I finished my McTavishing sampler and shot another video. Yes, another video. On McTavishing. Is that overkill? I did this McTavishing a bit different by making it smaller. I started off with the big swooshy lines at the same scale I had been doing, but then filled in with "micro-mctavishing". Now I can add the sampler to my pile of "needs to be bound" projects. It will be part of my FMQ classes from now on. All the quilting done in my favorite Glide thread. [Edited to remove older obsolete content.] I'm also giving my Free Motion Quilting Reference Guide to 3 folks who left comments that indicated they were beginners at FMQ. This is a handout I created for my classes on free motion quilting. It's laminated and the back side is mostly blank so you can doodle designs on it with a dry-erase marker. It's a list of tips and ideas for FMQ that is easy to keep right at your machine. It's still a work in progress so I'd appreciate some feedback from those who get it. If you've been wondering if we'll ever get to Spring, you'll enjoy our new design. I wanted to do something that is approachable for both beginners and those that are more advanced. So let's explore ways to make flowers that work well as a filler and also as an all-over design. I've got a few other ideas and possible giveaways to coordinate with the other designs that I mentioned last week. So a little extra time to plan that will be needed. So next week I'll post a tutorial on the design and some examples. Then you'll have a week to link up, if you wish, with drawings or your own quilted versions. I hope you've had a chance to do some McTavishing this week and are ready to link up your post featuring your work on this great design. Feel free to post a drawing if you are new to this design: drawing the design really helps! Post a sample piece or even a finished work. Treat last week as a base line and see if you've improved! If this is your first McTavishing Monday, you can find the first of this series at Week One. [Older obsolete content removed] Don't forget to bookmark this blog, follow, or sign it up in your favorite feed reader. Like the facebook page (I do post some short things on it pretty regularly), or even check out my Pinterest boards. I'll be visiting you too!
Who’s pumped for the Pinterest Challenge reveal today? This girl. I can’t wait to see what you all tackled. As a refresher, the Pinterest Challenge is a fun blogland motivator to get us to step away from pinning and get to doing. I stepped away (for a very short period of time) and I did. I have been working on my craft room and I figured the challenge would be a good excuse to knock out another project. I have a completed sewing table and a painted buffet. I needed something for the walls. And then it came to me during a Pinterest scrolling session. Buttons! These buttons make me happy. They add a touch of whimsy to the room with only a small dose of cheese. I mean, they are buttons on the wall which makes them slightly cheesy. But I think they work perfectly in my craft room. I was originally inspired by this pin. Source: shop.uncovet.com via Michelle on Pinterest My inspiration buttons had some nice edges and a great variety of sizes. It’s tax season so I knew fancied router edges were out. I had seen some round pieces of wood at Lowe’s while I waited patiently for Nate to pick out lumber for various past projects (like our farmhouse table or console table). I knew that I would need them for something some day. I just didn’t know exactly what for. The answer was buttons. The buttons were super simple to make. I was going to complete them all by my little lonesome. Nate, however, decided that assisting me with the buttons would take less time than taking me to the ER. I still believe I could have completed them on my own. With all 10 fingers intact. Probably. Maybe. If you’re interested in making buttons of your own, you will need: Round Wood We cheated and used the Ponderosa Panels that we found in the lumber section of Lowe’s. Any round wood would do. A drill Various sizes of drill bits A screw to hang the button on the wall Primer and paint I was just going to guestimate where to drill holes. Nate reminded me that I was a co-host for the Pinterest Challenge and this project should be done right. He took this whole co-host thing way more serious than I did. Probably a good thing. He got out his ruler and right angle. *cough, nerd, cough* He marked the center of the circle. He then measure out equal distance from the center to ensure even spacing of the button holes. He clamped the wood to the work table and drilled away. We eye balled the drill bits for size and guessed what would look decent. I was in charge of the primer and paint. The holes were hard to paint so I resorted to painting them with my finger. I’m sure a small brush would have work too but then I’d have to wash another brush. I told Nate that I was giving the button a rectal exam. He told me that I shouldn’t write that in a blog post. He’s probably right. I used a base white from Sherwin Williams for the white button. The green button is the same green as the buffet, Sherwin Williams Agate Green. The coral button is Sherwin Williams Dishy Coral. I used spray paint on the gray button (Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch dark gray). I found it easier to paint the buttons with a brush than to use spray paint. Lesson learned. To hang the buttons, Nate drilled a small hole in the back of the button. We put a screw in the wall (using a wall anchor) and hung the button from the screw. We didn’t use a fancy system to decide how to place the buttons on the wall. We’re all about crossing our fingers and hoping for the best. And we had an extremely helpful supervisor so we weren’t too concerned. He’s a fantastic supervisor. If we can keep him focused. There you have it. Pinterest Challenge complete! Happy, whimsical button art. Be sure to check out the projects completed by my lovely co-hosts: Megan (The Remodeled Life) Katie (Bower Power) Sherry (Young House Love) Now it’s your turn! It’s time to share your project! Click on the blue “Add Your Link” button (you might have to do some scrolling, depending how many projects are added). Add a link to your specific blog post about your project in the url field (not your home page). Where it says “name” write a descriptive name for your project (ex: “Button Art”) as opposed to your actual name . We’d also love if you could quickly link back over to our project posts within your own. I’ll make it easy, just copy this: Linking up to the Pinterest Challenge with Megan (The Remodeled Life), Katie (Bower Power), Sherry (Young House Love) and Michelle (Decor and the Dog). Please also link to your inspiration project on Pinterest as well as to directly link to the original project/site. Share the Pinterest love. Did you take the Pinterest challenge? I’ll be pinning my favorites to the Pinterest Challenge Awesomeness board! I’ll probably share some on facebook as well! Linking up to: House of Hepworths Who’s pumped for the Pinterest Challenge reveal today? This girl. I can’t wait to see what you all tackled. As a refresher, the Pinterest Challenge is a fun blogland motivator to get us to step away from pinning and get to doing. I stepped away (for a very short period of time) and I did. I have been working on my craft room and I figured the challenge would be a good excuse to knock out another project. I have a completed sewing table and a painted buffet. I needed something for the walls. And then it came to me during a Pinterest scrolling session. Buttons! These buttons make me happy. They add a touch of whimsy to the room with only a small dose of cheese. I mean, they are buttons on the wall which makes them slightly cheesy. But I think they work perfectly in my craft room. I was originally inspired by this pin. Source: shop.uncovet.com via Michelle on Pinterest My inspiration buttons had some nice edges and a great variety of sizes. It’s tax season so I knew fancied router edges were out. I had seen some round pieces of wood at Lowe’s while I waited patiently for Nate to pick out lumber for various past projects (like our farmhouse table or console table). I knew that I would need them for something some day. I just didn’t know exactly what for. The answer was buttons. The buttons were super simple to make. I was going to complete them all by my little lonesome. Nate, however, decided that assisting me with the buttons would take less time than taking me to the ER. I still believe I could have completed them on my own. With all 10 fingers intact. Probably. Maybe. If you’re interested in making buttons of your own, you will need: Round Wood We cheated and used the Ponderosa Panels that we found in the lumber section of Lowe’s. Any round wood would do. A drill Various sizes of drill bits A screw to hang the button on the wall Primer and paint I was just going to guestimate where to drill holes. Nate reminded me that I was a co-host for the Pinterest Challenge and this project should be done right. He took this whole co-host thing way more serious than I did. Probably a good thing. He got out his ruler and right angle. *cough, nerd, cough* He marked the center of the circle. He then measure out equal distance from the center to ensure even spacing of the button holes. He clamped the wood to the work table and drilled away. We eye balled the drill bits for size and guessed what would look decent. I was in charge of the primer and paint. The holes were hard to paint so I resorted to painting them with my finger. I’m sure a small brush would have work too but then I’d have to wash another brush. I told Nate that I was giving the button a rectal exam. He told me that I shouldn’t write that in a blog post. He’s probably right. I used a base white from Sherwin Williams for the white button. The green button is the same green as the buffet, Sherwin Williams Agate Green. The coral button is Sherwin Williams Dishy Coral. I used spray paint on the gray button (Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch dark gray). I found it easier to paint the buttons with a brush than to use spray paint. Lesson learned. To hang the buttons, Nate drilled a small hole in the back of the button. We put a screw in the wall (using a wall anchor) and hung the button from the screw. We didn’t use a fancy system to decide how to place the buttons on the wall. We’re all about crossing our fingers and hoping for the best. And we had an extremely helpful supervisor so we weren’t too concerned. He’s a fantastic supervisor. If we can keep him focused. There you have it. Pinterest Challenge complete! Happy, whimsical button art. Be sure to check out the projects completed by my lovely co-hosts: Megan (The Remodeled Life) Katie (Bower Power) Sherry (Young House Love) Now it’s your turn! It’s time to share your project! Click on the blue “Add Your Link” button (you might have to do some scrolling, depending how many projects are added). Add a link to your specific blog post about your project in the url field (not your home page). Where it says “name” write a descriptive name for your project (ex: “Button Art”) as opposed to your actual name . We’d also love if you could quickly link back over to our project posts within your own. I’ll make it easy, just copy this: Linking up to the Pinterest Challenge with Megan (The Remodeled Life), Katie (Bower Power), Sherry (Young House Love) and Michelle (Decor and the Dog). Please also link to your inspiration project on Pinterest as well as to directly link to the original project/site. Share the Pinterest love. Did you take the Pinterest challenge? I’ll be pinning my favorites to the Pinterest Challenge Awesomeness board! I’ll probably share some on facebook as well! Linking up to: House of Hepworths
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Sweet and whimsical illustrations for your wedding or party invitations, personalized stationery or business cards. You send me a concept and I'll send you some pencil drawing options to pick from, at which time I'll complete the illustration with water colours. Then I will send you the DIGITAL FILE of the stationery with any words you need. You will receive: • 1 SIngle JPG - for photo printing or e-mailing • 1 PDF sheet with bleeds and trim marks - set up for a print or copy shop or your home printer ═══════════ HOW IT WORKS: ═══════════ 1. Add this listing to your cart & purchase 2. In the NOTES TO SELLER box please INCLUDE • Concept of design (e.g. favorite colours, theme, any links to pictures for inspiration, etc) • Other wording you want included that's different than on sample (*) Please note, I can make 2 round of changes and after that any kind of changes to graphics, fonts, design layout and backgrounds are NOT included in the price. ═══ WHAT YOU GET ═══ You will receive your customized low resolution pencil drawing proof via Etsy convo within 7 days. • You will have the opportunity to review the proof, and two rounds of proof revisions are allowed. Any further changes to graphics, fonts, design layout and backgrounds are NOT included in the price. • The download link for your high resolution file will be sent through Etsy convo within 14 days of proof approval. You can then use this file to print from home, or have it printed professionally. • The final PDF file is not editable. You cannot add text before printing. All image are 300 dpi high resolution. For any question you may have please do not hesitate to contact me. I'm very convo and email friendly. Please DO NOT SEND it in a SEPARATE message.
