So full confession, I made a pop up headband with a New Year’s theme for Mr. Suzerspace and myself, and planned to share the tutorial in time for other’s to make their own. And then I totally didn’t.
But the pop up headband came out great and I still wanted to share, so here’s a tutorial using the same construction technique, but not specific to New Year’s Eve.
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I have to admit that I was skipping over the earring tutorials for Silhouette Cameo or Cricut that were showing up in my Pinterest feed. They all seemed to be featuring a similar tear drop shape with cutouts, and that really isn’t my style, so I just kept scrolling.
But then last month a customer from my Etsy shop reached out for some assistance with a cut file, and after we worked through the kinks, she told me she was going to use my file of a Westie head to cut custom earrings for her cousin.
Well, that had never entered my (very vivid) imagination. You could turn just about any image, text or cut file into earrings with a strategically placed hole for the jewelry finding!
And down the rabbit hole I went.
Valentines Day is coming, and that’s a great excuse for whipping up a pair of very custom earrings.
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New year, new decade, new me? Hardly.
While I do make resolutions, both the kind you write on sticky notes and put on the bathroom mirror, and the kind you keep to yourself, I’m never trying to become a new person.
Just a better version of myself. That’s a much more attainable goal.
So resolutions aren’t a big deal for me, but what I do like about New Year reflections are the best of lists.
Here are a couple that I really enjoyed –
The New York Times has a neat interactive piece summing up the decade. I had forgotten (or maybe just blocked) some these events.
Every year I look forward to Barack Obama’s tweets listing movies, books and films. I usually find a few new items for my library hold queue and something to watch on Netflix for the holiday when football becomes overwhelming.
As we wind down 2019, I wanted to share with you my annual list of favorites that made the last year a little brighter. We’ll start with books today — movies and music coming soon. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did. pic.twitter.com/l5qTGkAPok
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 28, 2019
Speaking of library hold queues, I know I’ve pointed to this before, but NPR has a great book resource called the Book Concierge which lets you sift and sort through all sorts of books. One more reminder on this – if you go back one year you usually don’t have to wait as long on the hold list to get your books!
So how about you – are you a resolution maker? Or have you seen a really good list about 2019 that I should see? Let me know in the comments below!
So it’s the last few hours before the Christmas crafting season comes to an end, and I’m sure you have completed every project, crossed everyone off your list and are totally settled in for a nice Christmas break.
Buuuuut, just in case you are in last minute holiday mode and have a few remaining gifts to create, I’ve found a couple of neat links that create instant holiday greetings.
First off, the font giant Monotype is offering emailable greeting cards that are a typography lover’s dream – one even features a snowman built out of letters.
Next, Letterfolk has a Virtual Letterboard that lets you set up a special message and then save the image. Perfect for attaching to an email, or maybe printing out and tucking into a gift card envelope.
Finally, Canva has a section set up for creating really custom greeting cards. It’s too late to mail a last minute holiday card, but they have tons of templates and you can upload your own art to make something really special. This might be a really good link to save for after the holidays – you could make personalized Thank You cards that featured the gifts!
Have a great holiday!
As a crafter, I tend to get a little caught up in the make-it-myself moment.
I mean really, why would I use store bought gift wrap, cards or bows when I can spend all afternoon trying to make it myself?
Case in point – big bows. I had some very sad looking ribbon bows that I used in my inside holiday decorating for years and years. Each year I said I’d buy new ones, but when I went to the craft store, I’d hold back thinking “How hard could this be?”.
Based on my morning, I’ll go with “kinda hard, actually.” I googgled and Pinterested (is that a word?) and found several tutorials and videos that really looked promising. I found some rolls of ribbon in my stash and set about learning this new fun skill. And ended up time after time with little wads of ribbon, not big beautiful bows.
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