The time has come! It’s the biggest shopping day of the year. I don’t know about you, but I have been waiting for this day for quite a while, especially with how crazy this year has been. Black Friday is one of my favorite days of the year. I look forward to shopping both in-person…
The free file of the week from the Silhouette Design Store this week is this fantastic Graveyard Ghost Box Card. When I saw it, I knew it was the perfect file for me to slightly modify to add a shaker element. I recently purchased the We R Memory Keepers Mold Press and this was the…
This is such a fun project. I do these every year for people in my neighborhood. “You’ve been boo’ed” treat bags are a fantastic way to spread good cheer. This project is so simple, no matter what you do, you can’t get it wrong. There are so many different options, the possibilities are endless. For…
With the release of the new Silhouette Portrait 3, there are some things that a new Portrait owner should know. While I don’t have the Portrait 3, I do have the Portrait 2, and this basic info is universal across the Portrait line. The blade installation in the Portrait line is somewhat different between the…
This month’s Elite Affiliate sale at Silhouette America is a Halloween Portrait 3 Bundle. The sale runs from October 1st through October 15th. If you have been wanting to get a smaller portable machine, then this is the one for you. You can find this month’s sale HERE and use my promo code SILMADE at…
I just finished one birthday and I moved onto the next. My two youngest kids are 11 months apart in age. So, for 3 weeks they are the same age. That also means that once I’m done with one birthday, I move directly onto the next. For Ian’s birthday, I made him a birthday banner,…
I am so excited to share with you this month’s Elite Affiliate Specials from Silhouette America. This is the first month I am an Affiliate! This month is the Back-to-School Bundle. It is on sale through September 17th. Find it HERE and use my promo code SILMADE at checkout. It includes the following: You can also get 40% off…
So this past weekend was my youngest second birthday. He really likes monster trucks, so that was the theme we went with. We don’t have a whole lot of family in the area and with this whole pandemic, it was just our immediate family and my husband’s grandfather. So I didn’t go all out, but…
I love my Happy Planner. I use it all day long. I have everything listed in there that needs to get done. I have work stuff, home stuff, craft stuff, blog stuff, you name it, it’s in there. If it isn’t written there, it doesn’t get done. I use a dashboard layout so I have…
While I do most of my designing in Silhouette Studio. Every once and a while I like to use Adobe Illustrator. Silhouette America has this fantastic little plugin you can purchase for around $30 called Silhouette Connect. This little plugin works with both Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw. This plugin allows you to send a…