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Crafting therapy continued

I almost skipped today’s post because I was out of words. But then I thought I just share more of my makings over the last couple days. I really wish I had the space for a separate craft room but as it stands it has to be the dining room table which I share with my kids’ D&D meetings on Fridays and Saturdays. Since I have to put everything to the side I always feel like I need to make good use of my time and accomplish as much as possible.

T-Shirt with Boiling Isle (from the Owl House) logo

I feel I am still pretty new to the Cricut game and I always wanted to try more iron on projects. I made the above T-Shirt for my daughter’s birthday. The image of the boiled isle I ordered via an instant download. You do need svg file for the Cricut that are easily scalable. I also made the below T-Shirt for my book club meeting. I met the organizer through Instagram and she came up with this beautiful logo. You cut out the template on iron on vinyl, remove the access with the weeding tool which can be tricky if the design is very detailed. Cricut also sells heat presses to apply the design to your fabric but I just used a regular iron. It worked like a charm this time and I am happy with the results.

I also made some more cards just because. If you get a subscription the Cricut comes with lots of premade projects – so I can’t take credit for these.

Keeping my hands busy = keeping my mind busy

One thing I learned over the years is that keeping my hands busy is relaxing me more than any yoga session could do. Since I need to concentrate on what my hands are doing my mind stops running in circles. So election night resulted in this finished Santa hat. It was not worn around school as of yet but I have seen it around the house quite a bit and it brings a smile to my face when I do. Someone on Instagram asked the other day what kind of glimmers we encounter on any given day. I had not heard the term glimmer before but noticing these small, perfect moments that make us feel good really spoke to me. So seeing the Santa hat worn each day is one of these glimmers for me.

When I got home today I also got my Cricut out and made gift tags for the three Advent calendars I am planning to make. It’s so useful. I would not have chosen to cut out the numbers by hand. IT would have taken me forever. This way I just pull up the program on my computer and let the machine do the cutting for me. It’s so satisfying to watch. The white houses are vinyl stickers and pealing out the windows was a little tricky but I am sure it gets easier with time, too. Don’t they look pretty? I don’t have all the little presents together yet, but when they are, they will get all wrapped up and each gets its own number.

I also want to try out to make an iron on for a t-shirt this weekend. We will see if I get to it. I kind of want to go to the holiday kick-off at a local shopping district. They have a very pretty light display on I can use some more glimmers in my life.

What about you? Do you have any weekend plans? Any glimmers you came across recently?

Weekend escape – something blue

indigo

I think it is an excellent idea to have a weekend escape from every ones in a while it may it be oh so small. It helps me see what a great place the world around me is and makes me appreciate the possibilities that are out there in our neighborhood close and far.

Last weekend me and my daughter went to do an Indigo dye class at the Handcraft Studio School. It was such a treat to have some one on one time with her and make something beautiful along the way. I was thinking about trying it out for a while but was glad to not have the clean up at home. I might give it another go though. Maybe make some holiday gifts with the kids? We will see if that happens.