Friday Funbits - Googly Eye Push Pins

Work in progress

Supplies

• Push Pins (300) from Dollar Tree
• Assorted Googly Eyes (125) from Dollar Tree
• Hot Glue Gun from Dollar Tree
• Glue Sticks from Dollar Tree

I saw some adorable googly eye push pins at Dollar Tree but each time I stop by, they are MIA so this is for all the friends, subscribers and followers who can now make their own. BTW - the original package of googly eye pins was only 25 in the box, with these supplies you can make A LOT of push pins.

Premade push pins, 25 in the box. They used trickery because 2/3 of the box is filler cardboard

Assorted googly eyes separated by size

Practically lifetime supply of Thumb Tacks, available in silver tone (which I got) and in brass. The base of these are great for all sorts of embellished pins, bling, flowers, buttons, epoxy covered photos, the possibilities are endless. I'd love to hear what you would add to yours.

Friday Funbits - Oils & Vinegars

Staples always on hand and get replaced as soon as they are depleted:

Rice

Red Wine

Malt 

Balsamic

Trying a flavored vinegar for vinaigrettes - Fig.  Ordinarily I don't keep flavored vinegar on hand because I can always flavor up a vinegar with an herb and/or pureed food. 

My three most used oils:

Grapeseed

Olive

Coconut 

Specialty oils:

Toasted Sesame

Hazelnut

Avocado 

Last but not least are spray oils:

Creamy Butter 'flavor'

PAM original

Walnut Cooking

Also available Baking with flour and Grill for easy release when cooking on a grill (gar or charcoal)

What is not pictured but might be in your pantry

Sunflower Oil

Peanut Oil - deep frying

Corn Oil - deep frying

Vegetable Oil

Friday Funbits - Twine Sample Storage

• Kraft card stock from Hobby Lobby (8.5x11 inches)
• Memory Box die - Thread Spools - used to cut Kraft spools
• McGill 3/16' hole punch
• Twine or Embroidery Floss you want to organize
• Scissors
• Glue - I attached two die cuts to make them extra sturdy but it's not necessary
• Pokey Tool to tuck in the loose ends of the twine/floss

Friday Funbits - Wish Me Luck Fortune Cookie Micro Mini

      Micro Mini Recipe

• The base pages and covers were cut using LifeStyle Crafts Cookie Cutter Nesting Sketchbooks die (smallest of three).  Covers cut from Kraft paper from Hobby Lobby, interior pages from water color paper from Lots & More.  As an aside, Lifestyle Crafts was purchased by We R Memory Keepers and their selection of dies available online is a fraction of what they used to offer.  If you'd like to see what they have available, stop by http://www.shopwer.com/
• The back cover is three layers of Kraft while the front cover is four layers with the top one run through a Cuttlebug embossing folder from the Asian Set called Plum Blossom
• Zutter Innovation Bind-it-All 2
• Dymo Labler to create the 'Wish' 'Me' 'Luck' in black tape
• Wild Orchid Crafts White Open Roses in 15 mm & 10 mm
• Wild Orchid Crafts Leaves, retired
• My Favorite Things Mini Doily Circles die, cut with Duct Work Tape from the hardware store (it's adhesive on one side which is a great bonus)
• Tim Holtz Wishbones from his Ideology line I picked up from Blitsy
• Stephanie Bernard's Stamps of Life mini banner die from the Ticket Dies set

Peek inside

Engle view

Back Cover

Video

Friday Funbits - What's On Your Desk

Friday Funbits - Winners Part I

Friday Funbits - It's BACK!

What do you have a hard time keeping track of on your desk?  I had to include the last part to disqualify husband/boyfriend/significant other because that's all beyond my control...lol

Friday Funbits - TOP 10 Online Craft Shopping

In no particular order, here are my top 10:

• StampersBest: http://www.stampersbest.com/ use 'enastasia' for an additional 10 percent off at checkout
• Wild Orchid Crafts: http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com shop is closed til January 1st, 2013
• Blitsy: http://blitsy.com/rewardsref/index/refer/id/10434/
• Listia: https://www.listia.com/signup/2182000
• eBates: http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=Y3t3F9HP%2B3o%3D
• Scrapbuck: https://www.scrapbuck.com/
• Ellison Education: http://www.ellisoneducation.com
• Jo Ann Online: http://www.joann.com/
• Stamps Of Life: http://www.stephaniebarnardstamps.com/index.htm
• YouTube - for all the Haul videos that introduce me to new shops!

Video

Friday Funbits - A Snapshot of my Day

Friday Funbits - Black Friday

As soon as the first mention of 'Black Friday' being an economic term, I remembered hearing that before but for some reason it probably stuck with me that it's a terrible time to be employed in retail.

Friday Funbits - Note Card Box

Breast Cancer Awareness - Note Card

Just two colors - white and bright pink - make an impactful image.

• White Staples cover stock, cut & folded to A2 size (4.25x5.5 inches)
• Bright Pink linen texture paper by Bazzill (possibly 'Bubblegum') from Sara (3dogsand2kids) cut to 4x5.25 inches
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Three - used 2 sizes - second from the largest and the smallest.
• Sizzix Sizzlit Lily Flower cut twice - once in the bright pink and once in white, then layered between on 1/8 inch dimensional foam tape.
• Wild Orchid Crafts Mixed Flower Stamen (SA-00001) used in the center of the lily flower
• Stephanie Bernard's Stamps of Life 'banners4all' set used for sentiments - Smile - Just a Note - For You

Friday Funbits - Promise Me

Friday Funbits - Work in Progress

What my desk looks like now...

Video

Friday Funbits - National Day of Kindness

Just some of the pink goodies I'll be using in the
October's Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser projects.

Friday Funbits - Crafting Acronyms

Today's Friday Funbits is all about Acronyms - you use them but what about keeping a running list to help out the 'Newbies'?  Well, here it is:

• ACT - Artist Trading Card - always 2.5x3.5 inches in size - always traded, never sold.  Can be mixed media, collage, paper, 3D, you name it.  Size is the only standard guideline.
• RAK - Random Act of Kindness - I call them Nifty Giftie... whatever you call it, it's an 'unexpected' swap/gift received without the expectation of something in return.
• HAUL - a shopping result share - a good deal, a new shop/online store or just to show what goodies you'll be creating with

I will add more as I think of them or as they are posted on the YouTube comments to my video.



Friday Funbits - Standard Card Sizes & Envelopes

Letters - Including Greeting Cards

Large Envelopes & Flats

Standard Card Sizes

• 4 Bar - 4.875 x 3.375 (4 45/8 x 3 3/8) inches
  Envelope Size 3 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches
• A2 - 4.25 x 5.50 (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) inches
  Envelope Size 4.375 x 5.75 (4 3/8 x 5 3/4) inches
• A6 - 4.50 x 6.25 (4 1/2 x 6 1/4) inches
  Envelope Size 4.75 x 6.50 (4 3/4 x 6 1/2) inches
• A7 - 5 x 7 inches
  Envelope Size 5.25 x 7.25 (5 1/4 x 7 1/4) inches

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Friday Funbits - Inventory Binder

To get Embellishments .PDF file click the following link
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cleversoireetemplates/XMSc1QjpPZc/wI1ZcoAGagcJ

Friday Funbits - Requests - Card, Review & Tips

Friday Funbits - Talent