FOUND: new fun items to create with {& sources}

I just can't believe that I finally got a post up today.

I was about ready to give up...really I was.

First two times I tried, blogger uploaded my five

photos at least six times on one post.

That is 30 pictures. So I had to go through and delete,

delete, delete. Didn't think you wanted to see each

photo six times! lol

Then the whole page got messed up and after TWO

attempts I gave up and just brought up another page and

started over. Success! yay!

I know I am way behind on this since most of you

probably already do this, but I had so much fun today

making crinkled seam binding ribbon!

love, love , love it!

You can get the tutorial here {from Lori at

Katies Rose Cottage} if you haven't already.

Like I said she has had this out for some time

so you are probably way ahead of me...but

just in case you aren't...you have to check it out!

I did everything like she does except I put mine in

the oven instead of out in the sun.

{not much sun here in Michigan today}

After it got partially dry, I took the rubber bands

off and just left it loose on the pan and continued

drying it in the oven. Every little bit I would take

it out and check it and scrunch it up more and turn it

over. Love the results!

I will definitely be using this a lot!

My next fun item is my new fringe scissors.

You could be way ahead of me on these too. lol.

I had heard of these, but didn't have any until a couple

weeks ago. Oprah had Martha Stewart on her show one day

and at the

end of the show they said the viewers could go to Oprah's website and print out a coupon to Michaels

for anything MARTHA for 50% off. You better believe I took advantage of that.

Stopped by on the way home from my daughter's that

weekend and this was the last pair of these scissors they

had. SCORE!

{the coupon made them 6.50 instead

of $13}

I haven't used them much yet, but have great

plans when I start my Christmas goodies for the

booth. Now to see if it actually happens.

I just grabbed this and made a few cuts to show you

what they do. I know it isn't perfect at the top where I

made the cuts, but you get the idea.

Found this little cutie applique in the bag of lace that

I purchased at the garage sale last week.

Oh yes , one more thing. IF you don't already know where to get

a bulk supply of seam binding ribbon then here is where I get mine,

OR you can also get it here. They are from the same company,

but one is their store and one is on ebay. Jeff (the owner)

has always been great to work with. I have purchased it off

of both sites and he always combines shipping for me. Last I knew he could ship four or five for the minimum shipping.

Great go to source to have on hand!

Happy Thursday everyone...now get busy and start creating! :) Blessings~