Way to Funny......

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Turtle Somethin'

This cake is far tooo easy
My hsb usually has Black Forest Cake
for his birthday
But recently the cover
of Midwest Life
had a cake similar to this one

                                                         Make a chocolate cake 
                                                          according to the pkg

I did add pecans to the batter

Drizzle heated chocolate frosting

Drizzle Caramel Ice Cream Sauce

Viola.....

Sprinkle pecans

The cover:



my version:

Tues at the Table

Tempt my Tummy

Tasty Tues

Craftomaniac Mon

What's Cookin

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to my hsb

Spitting nail and in need of advice

As many of you know

I have been rolling

around in my brain abt

 selling my items at craft shows

 and opening an etsy site.

So I go and do the responsible thing 

and contact my insurance agent

to get 

Exhibitors and Vendors Insurance

What a pain in the butt!

I have now been getting

 the run around

for 2 weeks.

At first I was told that they didn't 

want to take "the risk"

but did not say what the risk

was. She resubmitted it 

and I get 

hey want to know if there

are going to be small pieces

like beads......

Well oh duh, I said I was selling

jewelry, notepads, garden spoons

windchines, embellished notebooks

I mean who sells jewelry that

doesn't have beads????

So here I sit 

waiting and pretty much

assured I will be denied

because yes

I use a lot of beads

and magnets and small

embellishments

Soooooo

Any advice?

I figure there has to be someone out 

there that insures people

at these shows 

because there are to

many of them 

and the shows require it

This is why

 I didn't want to start 

my own business. 

Things like this really 

sap my energy

and creativeness 

 know there has to

be someone who will 

insure my merchandise

I appreciate any info

that anyone can give me

If I don't find anyone

to insure me I guess my family 

will be getting fridge notepad

 for all gift giving events lol

post script:
I have been looking around
and I have found if you are
a member of the Ohio Arts and Craft Guild
(It is my understanding you don't
have to live in OH to benefit
but please check it out)
you can get reduced
rates on insurance
through your affiliation.
I will be sending my membership off
and I will keep everyone
updated on what I find
They also have many other
benes for your membership
They have a facebook
site as well:

Fridge Notepads

My first project

in my new studio
came from this inspiration
from Kristy at
Next to Heaven

I took these coasters

from the $1 bin

at Michael's

I lightly scuffed

them up
with a sanding sponge

Using my cricut 

I cut a 4in

circle using the 

craft room

 and George cartridge

I modpodged

them together

and put a layer

on top to seal 

the paper

I then took the sanding sponge
and sand with a downward motion

sanded I removes the excess
paper and seals the papers

match up the notepads

Also with cricut

I cut a rectangle

1.25 w x 1.986 h

out of scrap

paper to cover the binder clip

I also scuffed it up 

with a fine sanding sponge

glued them in place

then added

embellishments
this one is a flower button

that I cut the
 shank off of it
and glued it to
he binder clip

and added a magnet
on the back

I also cut a 6 in 

piece of ribbon

and tied it on

 to the back clip

This project will use 

a lot of your scraps

 up not to mention

those leftover 

embellishments

I will be selling these
and my next
 major decision
is whether or not
I should wrap
them in cellophane or not

the pro is it keeps them protected
The con is they are slightly obstructed

What are your thoughts
cellophane or not?

Market Yourself Mon
Craftomanic Mon
Motivated Mon
Made by You Mon
Met Mon
Polly Wants a Crafter
Tip Me Tues
Get Your Craft On
Tues Time Out
Show and Tell
Whatever Goes Wed
Whatever you want Wed
Look at What I Made
Transform Thurs
Simply Designing
Tues to Do
It's Fun to Craft
Hodgepodge Fri
Show and Tell



Time for a Party





Creative juices




It's So Very Cheri

Beauty

A while back 

I walked out side 

and saw this hawk

in my back yd

so odd to see in town

He must've seen something

he wanted for lunch