Friday, May 22, 2015

Bake Sale!

     This past weekend I was asked to make something for a bake sale to support our local Historical Society.  I am always honored when I get the call to make something.  This is a small village and the committee is fairly full of the oldies.  They are hard to infiltrate.
     I knew I wanted to make cupcakes because you can sell them for more than cookies and bring in the big bucks! lol!  After cruising on Pinterest for awhile I did an internet search and decided on a butterfly/dragonfly cupcake.  I think they are the cutest little cupcakes ever!
     Although I didn't save one for myself, my boyfriend and kids went to the fire hall and bought their own and said they were very good!  I hope they all sold!  Here is a photo of one!

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Helpful Hint From Jenny B!


Wow!  I’ve been really bad about blogging my creations!  I guess it’s because I limited myself to scrapbooking and crafts.  Truth be told, I’ve been planning a garden for months and started seeds a few weeks back…

Today I’m going to let you in on a secret – well, it was a secret to me, it may not be to you.   A while back I was using my Cricut and I used some paper on it that must have been extra fuzzy or something because it left an awful mess on the cutting pad when I pulled it off.  It was a brand new cutting pad!  I was so angry because it was darn near impossible to put anything else on it for fear of getting the remnants on new cuttings.

After cursing myself out – You should have known better!  Why did you do that?  Where is your brain???   And realizing I would never even think to say these things to a fellow crafter, I decided to try and fix the problem.  How could it hurt?

I thought and thought and then I grabbed cotton balls and rubbing alcohol, and started rubbing.  To my surprise, the paper came off and the sticky-ness stayed!  Not as strong as it was before, but I definitely could use it after the cleaning!  So if you get some paper fuzz on your cutting mat, and you decide you can’t use it anymore, try this out – it’s worth it and cheaper than running to the store for more mats.

Happy scrapping!