Altered Umbrella Stand and BIG News

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. Ever since the problems with Blogger I just haven't had time to get posts written. But to make up for it, next week is going to be full of prizes! Be sure to check back starting on Sunday for a week-long blog candy extravaganza. There will be BIG prizes!

Now, for today's project: an altered umbrella stand! Michael's had this awesome sale last week and I picked up a metal container I've been eying for a LONG time. With three kids, our entry always seems to be a mess, and kid umbrellas are one of the problems. Of course our living/dining room is right at the front of the house, with a fancy paint job & all, so I needed the container to match the color scheme, while still being a little playful. Hello, vinyl! This is what I came up with:

 

I used my Make The Cut software for this, and my SVGs are from Lettering Delights.  The umbrella is from the Weather Girl set, and the border is from Basic Borders.  As luck would have it, Lettering Delights is having a home decor contest right now too, so I made sure to upload this to the gallery there!  They always have some kind of free files available, including printables, so anyone can enter.  Even if you don't use MTC or SCAL, the printables and fonts are super easy to use to create awesome projects!  Make sure you head over to LD, and you can get lots of free items just for creating an account.

Don't forget to come back starting Sunday to find out the cool prizes you could win next week!

Friday Freebies on Saturday

I seem to be a little off this week!  One thing or another has had me hopping all week and I've been neglecting blog happenings.  Anywho, I wanted to pass along some great freebies to you today.  This is customer appreciation month at Lettering Delights, and they are offering a great bundle of freebies - including fonts, alphabets, doodlebats, SVGs, and graphics!  Check this out:

I personally can't wait to use the New York SVGs and Big Apple graphics for this Summer's VBS pictures (we just got the letter the other day telling us the theme).  And there are so many goodies to use for Independence Day scrapbooking, I might even be able to catch up on my backlog of Summer photos!  It's a good thing I stocked up on the CTMH Fanfare papers!  They'll go great with these freebies!

If you've never been to Lettering Delights before, make sure you create an account.  You can get all kinds of freebies when you do!  Also, when you sign up for their newsletter you'll occasionally get notice of free items like the ones above.  Lastly, be sure to go "Like" LD on Facebook, where they periodically announce even MORE freebies, like yesterday's Friday Freebie for Mother's Day...

Speaking of which, I hope you have a great Mother's Day weekend!  I'm off to work soon for 6 hours, then tomorrow should be a great free day.  I'm hoping for a trip to the nursery for tomato plants and getting our garden in, but we'll have to see if the weather cooperates!  Until next time...

Free Sample This Weekend!

Do you own a Cricut or other cutter?  How about an Imagine?  This weekend, you can get a free sample of a product you can cut with your cutter and color with markers, or print and cut using your Imagine.  I have used Cut Color Wear in the past and I LOVE it, and I hope you will too. You can see my previous projects here.

Just click here to get your free sample, including free shipping.  Enjoy! 

Free Chore Chart

This has been a ridiculously busy week, so I haven't had a chance to post any projects.  I'll definitely have one on Tuesday.  In the meantime, I found a great freebie from Lettering Delights.  For anyone with kids, or chores, or both, they're offering a free Chore Chart until Sunday night.  So make sure you get yours quick!

New (and FREE) SVGs at Lettering Delights!

For all you Cricut users out there with either Make The Cut or SCAL software:

Check out these cute hot air balloon and related SVG files!  And as of this posting, they are currently FREE on the Lettering Delights website!  Just hop on over, add them to your cart, create an account and they're yours free.  Easy downloads, easy installs.  I can't wait to use these, and I'm off right now to find the pictures that are perfect for these images...