Ring dish

Hello friends!

Today I'm showing you a cute little dish I made into 

a "Rings and Things" dish.

My friend, Jen, gave me a set of these that she

picked up along the way.

I put the ring and the words on it, cut from gold vinyl.

This was a little gift that I made for Mom to give her

hair dresser when she went for her perm just before Christmas.

I see more of these in my future to use as little gifts for people.

I'm thinking about coming up with something that would work for

men along this line.  Somewhere to put loose change etc.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to recently.

Come again soon.

Zoey's Christmas Gifts

I have ventured out a bit and tried my hand at 

HTV, this is heat transfer vinyl, and I must say

I totally love working with it.

My beautiful little great niece had to have some 

personalized onsies, so Great Aunt Kristie

made some for her.

Her parents are wonderful, so when I saw this idea

I thought it was perfect for a onsie.

Daddy is very much into superheros and such

so I thought a Supergirl logo would be appropriate for her.

And this one, I thought was perfect for any little girl.

I created the files for the first 2, the Princess file,

I got from one of the Silhouette groups on facebook.

And what new baby doesn't need a 

Baby's First Christmas ornament?

I traced the feet from a picture I found online

and added the text around it.

I know I'm going to be working more with

HTV in the future.

I love how the onsies turned out, and it was so 

easy to use.

Glad you stopped by today.

I hope you've been doing some fun crafting too.

Jaryd and Sara gifts

My son and his girlfriend made a lot of their gifts, 

some of which they needed a little help with.

They glittered the ornaments and I did the vinyl for them.

Obviously someone is a cat lover.

And their friend loves Toothless from 

How to Train Your Dragon.

They made candles for quite a few people

and wanted crosses on these 2 'prayer candles'

I love that they made so many of their gifts.

As a crafter, I feel that gifts are special when they are handmade,

especially when they are personal like these.

Thanks for stopping by.

See you soon.

Did you make any of your Christmas gifts this year?

Ornaments for family

I had so much fun making ornaments this year!

I made them for each of my family members.

The blue Tardis one was for my son, Jaryd.

The lighter blue one is for my daughters boyfriend, Mikey.

He is into Anime and Sword Art Online.

I don't have a clue what that is, but I found something from 

that online and made the ornament for him.

The green one with the red long johns was for my daughter,

Kelsie.  She and I sing "Walking in your winter under ware" rather than

winter wonderland, so I made one with winter under ware on it.

The one with the Olaf face on it, was for Jaryd's girlfriend Sara.

She's a big Frozen fan.

I think they all liked them.

The 2 below are the ones I made for my hubby, Dave.

He is a big Star Trek fan, so I found pictures of 

Kirk, Spock, Bones and the Enterprise and 

put them on a couple ornaments.

Should have known, he liked the Enterprise image

the best of all.

These aren't the only ornaments I made as gifts,

so come again soon, you never know when I'll post some more,

or what other projects I might post.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Which ornament do you like the best?

2 mugs

Hello blog friends!

By now you probably know that I am totally 

in love with my Silhouette Cameo and 

working with vinyl.

Here are a couple coffee to go mugs that I did 

for Christmas gifts.

For our family exchange, my hubby put together an

all Buffalo gift.

I made this coffee mug with the Bills logo on it.

My brother in law is a contractor and I made the 

mug below for him.

I know this picture looks pretty odd,

but I couldn't get the entire name in one picture,

so I've melded two pictures together so you 

can see the whole name. 

I had a lot of fun using the different tools etc. to 

make the name on this.

We put a gift card inside for him to use for coffee.

Hope he likes it.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon.

I've got a lot more to show you.

See you soon!

Gifts for Kelsie

My daughter loves zebra print,

so when I saw this lunch bag and drink jar,

I had to pick them up.

It did help that they were on a really 

great clearance rack.

But having that Silhouette makes me look at

things a little differently.

My first thought is

"How can I vinyl that?"

I actually did these a while ago, they were a couple

of my first projects.

I didn't want to post them sooner as they were 

Christmas gifts for her and I didn't want her to see them on

my blog before I gave them to her.

I also gave her a folding jewelry case that is black and white 

chevron print.  I put her name on that with purple vinyl,

which is her favorite color.

Now it's after Christmas and she has these gifts.

She loved them all.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon, I'll be posting more gifts that I made 

for Christmas. 

Ireland #22 Teach Eamainn

We arrived at our next B&B right around dinner time.

The name of it was Teach Eamainn.

This B&B was very different than any of the others,

more about that later.

We had a little lesson in Gaelic  at this B&B

Teach is not said the way we say it, it is pronounced

"Chalk"

This B&B was run by a lovely older woman.

She was very sweet and had a very difficult time getting around.

Her decor was very old fashioned with lots of antiques.

The house was furnished just as if it were her home and not

a B&B.  Lots of knick knacks and china.

(More about that with some pictures below)

We were all getting hungry and Henry's was recommended and

they had a free shuttle to and from the restaurant.

The owner, sorry I don't remember he name, called for a pick

up and a reservation for us.

We found this to be a really wonderful restaurant.

With a great variety of food choices.

Stew

Shrimp

Bangers and Mash

Fish

And, of course, the every popular Fish and Chips!

Everyone loved their dinner.

And the waitress was kind enough 

to get a picture of the group for us.

And the desserts were wonderful too.

Cheese cake

and meringues with strawberries and cream

to name a couple.

The ride back on the shuttle was a hoot,

the driver gave us the microphone and told us to sing.

Michael made up a couple songs that gave us a good laugh.

We all sang a couple songs and then we were back to 

Teach Eamainn.

There is a nice sitting room where we gathered 

for a little evening drink and snack and talk.

Had a very nice evening.

Here are some pictures from our room.

Beautiful antique dresser.

Lovely table.

Wanted to show the wallpaper in our room,

big, bold pattern.  I took some extra close up

pictures that I'm going to use to print some 

scrapbook paper.

This was the wardrobe in our room.

And the view out the front window.

The view including some of their flowers.

The next morning we were served a beautiful breakfast

by the owner and her son, who came with his little 

daughter to help.

It was a very dreary, rainy day, but the owners son

gave us some advise on where to go and what to do.

Then we were off for another day of adventure.

More about that next time.

Thanks for stopping by,

see you next time when I'll tell you how to say

Eiobhan

and what bird poop was used for years ago.