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Silhouette Specialty Media Sale // GIVEAWAY

8 · Oct 15, 2013 · 484 Comments

Silhouette Specialty Media Sale (Affiliate Post) // It's Silhouette special time again!! This one is a Doozie with a capital D. Many of you know and LOVE the Silhouette cutting machines, you know… The CAMEO & the Portrait. You may also know that they have a Premium Vinyl that you can get from Silhouette as well. Did you know that they are WAY more than just cutting machines & vinyl? They have so many different products that you can use for all your crafting needs. They have self-adhesive cardstock & craft paper, printable sticker paper, printable magnet paper, printable & cutable canvas and so much more. This month you've hit the mother load!! The folks at Silhouette have created a fabulous Specialty Media Sale that you are just going to love. Not only that, but I also have a…

But, more on that in a bit… First, all the goodies during this month's sale. When you purchase a cutting machine (either the CAMEO or Portrait) this month these are all the goodies that you will receive.

CAMEO Sale

The list of specialty media plus a Silhouette CAMEO® for $269.99 (savings over $120 from retail cost $383.90)

· 1 cardstock essentials pack (new product)

· 1 pack printable adhesive kraft paper (new product)

· 1 pack printable clear sticker paper

· 1 pack temporary tattoo paper

· 1 pack printable cotton canvas (new product)

· 1 pack chipboard

· 1 pack printable silver foil

· 1 pack printable magnet paper

· 1 pack double-sided adhesive

Portrait Sale

The list of specialty media plus a Silhouette Portrait™ for $129.99 (savings over $110 from retail cost $263.90)

· 1 cardstock essentials pack (new product)

· 1 pack printable adhesive kraft paper (new product)

· 1 pack printable clear sticker paper

· 1 pack temporary tattoo paper

· 1 pack printable cotton canvas (new product)

· 1 pack chipboard

· 1 pack printable silver foil

· 1 pack printable magnet paper

· 1 pack double-sided adhesive

Plus, you can get 30% off all Specialty Media during the sale as well.

Click HERE to visit the special sale shop over at Silhouette!

Here are a couple of projects that I made with the Printable Sticker Paper and the Printable Self-Adhesive Canvas…

This printable self-adhesive canvas is one of my new favorite products from Silhouette. This stuff is amazing!! The cool thing, you can use it whether you have a CAMEO or Portrait. For these bread wraps, I printed right onto the fabric with my home printer and then used my paper cutter to cut the wraps out. I will be sharing this free printable in a few weeks for The Printable Club.

Next, I used the printable sticker paper to make these fun pantry stickers for my large Ball jars that I use for my pantry. HOW CUTE ARE THEY?!? I will have another post soon with a tutorial on how to create your own printable labels. It's super easy and they turn out sooooo cute!! Watch for that tutorial coming soon!

Silhouette Portrait GIVEAWAY

Now onto the GIVEAWAY… The lovely folks at Silhouette have a Portrait that is looking for a good home. If you feel like you could open your home to a fabulous new crafting tool, follow the directions in the Rafflecopter box below.

Here's some of the fine print… This giveaway is open to anyone with a shipping address within the United States. The giveaway will run from October 15-20 with the winner announced on October 21st. This giveaway is not associated with Facebook or Pinterest.

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DISCLAIMER // I am a Silhouette Affiliate and will receive a percentage of the sales from this post.

DIY Chunky Crocheted Vase Sweater

0 · Oct 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Hi all! Shannon from eat.sleep.make. here! I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only person that is suffering from being overrun by generic glass vases that you've never used again since their first appearance housing a gifted bouquet of flowers. I have a ridiculous amount. I've been trying to figure out something "sustainable" to do with them. You could always spray paint them… or… spray paint them.. That was all I could come up with, but then what do I do with a plethora of spray painted, oddly shaped vases? I get exhausted just thinking about it all.

So, the round up I put together last of DIY Harvest Centerpieces inspired me. Specifically, the repurposed sweaters as vase covers. However, not wanting to cut up any of my sweaters, I decided to create my own. I always have plenty of yarn stashed away… finally, the solution to my hoards of vases (and hoards of yarn) seemed easy, attainable… and attractive!

If you don't know how to crochet, I'll point you towards some great tutorials to help you. I don't think I'm anywhere near proficient enough to teach someone the basics. But, if you already know how to chain your first row and the basic crochet stitches, you'll be good to go!

I chained just enough to slightly stretch around the circumference of the base of the vase. You want your vase sweater to squeeze slightly so it will stay in place. Once you get your chain long enough, connect the end to your loop. You will have a circle.

Next, chain 3 up and do a triple crochet stitch. I find this gives such a great chunky feel to it, leaving the yarn with space between stitches without getting too tight. Once you come full circle, do a single crochet stitch to connect the ends of that row. You should have a seemless connection. Just repeat that until your sweater is as tall as you need it to be to cover your vase.

Sources for Learning to Crochet:

Learn How to Crochet Part 1 – This video is very well done and I think pretty easy to follow. Give it a shot if you want to learn the basics of crocheting.

Futuregirl Craft Blog – I've been following Alice for over 6 years now. She's the one that inspired me to learn to crochet to begin with. Her blog offers some amazing tutorials and ideas!

The Happy Hooker – This book will teach you SO easily how to read crochet patterns. Honestly, I never thought I'd understand all the weirdness that is a crochet pattern, but with this book, I was making flowers in no time.

**Disclaimer: The above mentioned sources are not promoting this post. I am simply mentioning them because they work. I've tried them myself and I think they can help you all become awesome Hookers, too!

Thanks for stopping by! Check out some of our other fun and easy fall projects over at eat.sleep.make.

Needle Felted Acorns DIY Felt Moccasins Harvest Napkin Rings

Halloween Decorations with American Crafts & Target

2 · Sep 26, 2013 · 16 Comments

This Halloween Decorations post brought to you by American Crafts // ' Tis the season to start dressing up our homes with all kinds of creepy, crawly decor. I have to admit in the past I have not been much of a Halloween decor person. I've never really gotten into the macabre & grotesque side of Halloween. However, In recent years the Halloween trends have become way more fun in my eyes and I've fallen in love with decorating for this playful holiday. Companies like American Crafts have also made it so dang EASY to dress-up our home decor and spook things out for our parties!

A few weeks ago the crew at American Crafts sent over some goodies that they have created for Target for this year's Halloween season and they are soooo stylish and fun to work with!

The products range from full kits like the paper wreath, witches hats & banner all the way down to stylish washi tape and everything in between. You can buy little individual elements to create with, or buy a full kit that comes with everything you need. I put together this stunning paper wreath that was a SNAP to make.

The kits come with everything you need, you don't even have to bust out the glue or tape. The instructions are easy to follow and the project comes together really quick. For this one I did find that a stapler did come in a little handy at times, but for the most part everything worked like a charm. I used the wreath to dress-up my entryway and I love how everything turned out.

I added stickers to some glass containers that I had laying around. It's simply amazing how even just that, transforms the whole scene into something a little spooky.

Next, I made the banner from the Happy Halloween banner kit. The EASIEST BANNER EVER!! Seriously… Everything is self-adhesive so it's just stick-it and go.

The cool thing is you can make whatever element just how it is pictured in the kit, or you can (if you feel comfortable) bring out your creative side and use the elements to invent your own masterpiece. I used the elements from the witches hat kit to dress-up some straws for the display.

I love how they turned out!

You can find all of these fun products, plus several more at your local Target store. Go grab'em before they are gone. As cute as they are, they are sure to sell out FAST!!

Disclaimer // This is an American Crafts sponsored post. I received free product and payment for this post. However, all thoughts, ideas and opinions are my very own. I want you to know that I will NEVER post on a product that I don't love or would use in my normal everyday life.

Silhouette’s New Glass Etching Kit // Promo Code & GIVEAWAY

0 · Sep 25, 2013 · 224 Comments

Silhouette Affiliate // The folks over at Silhouette have been madly creating all kinds of fun new ways for us to use their CAMEO & Portrait machines. Earlier this month they released their Stamp Making Kit and it was a hit. This month they have an exciting new product, their Glass Etching Kit. They are just so darn creative and we are LOVING it!!

The kit comes with everything you will need to create all kinds of etched glass projects.

etching cream

stencil vinyl

transfer tape

Silhouette Hook

Silhouette Scraper

10 exclusive Silhouette etching designs

Instruction / idea book & DVD

If you haven't ever etched glass before, you have to give it a try… It's soooooo easy!! All you have to do is create an image with your Silhouette CAMEO or Portrait in vinyl, affix it to your glass, brush on some etching cream and wait for a few minutes. Once your time is up, wash the etching cream off the glass, remove the vinyl and voilá you're finished!! It's just that easy.

Silhouette is making it even easier this month with a wonderful promotion to go along with their new Glass Etching Kit!

Click HERE to go to the special sale site.

To celebrate the release, Silhouette is giving away a Silhouette Portrait to one lucky WhipperBerry friend!

All you have to do is follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter box below to enter to win a Portrait of your very own!!

This giveaway is open to anyone with a shipping address within the United States. It will run from September 25th-30th at noon central time. The winner will be announced that evening here, via Facebook and then contacted by email. This giveaway is not associated or in conjunction with Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram in anyway.

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