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DIY Personalized back to school projects

One of my nieces will be entering middle school this year. In an effort to sent her back to school in style, she and I worked on a few projects  that will make her stand out - in a good way. [caption id="attachment_909" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Personalized Composition Book"][/caption] Staples had a sale on composition books - they were 10 cents each - and although they had some cool designs, we thought that we would kick things up a notch by creating a personalized note book. Under my nieces direction, I created the graphic in Adobe Illustrator and printed it on...

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My Silk Ribbon Garden

[caption id="attachment_780" align="alignleft" width="277" caption="Just the 2 of us"][/caption] Each mother's day I treat myself to something handmade. This year I decided to treat myself to something I made - you see, I am always creating for others, but never for myself. As I was looking around my house for some kind of inspiration, I came across a project that I did about 10 years ago. It was a Photoshop rendering of myself and my son walking in my back yard. The image was inspired by a poster I saw in a big box store - either Target or Walmart...

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Someone's knocking at the door

That someone is my son. I bribed him with a snicker bar to pose for the picture seen below.   Some one's knocking at the door. I changed the image to gray scale and printed it to a piece of cotton fabric. I added flowers to the basked using various spring colored silk ribbon. I think they pop against the black and white image. xoxo Al

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Hearts and Roses Embroidery Apronology

....Plus Free download I work Full-time, I am a marketing consultant Part time, I am a parent and I am a craft project devotee. I love to embroider, I find it calming, it relaxes me, it is the perfect hobby for people in high stress jobs. Unfortunately, it can be very time consuming, therefore, sometimes it can be weeks before you complete a project. Well, I have created what I call Embroidery projects for lazy, overworked, stressed out people with minimal time to spend on a hobby. Here is my process. First I decide on the design. For this project,...

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My Deer Pillow Project

I love going to the zoo. It's a constant source of inspiration. This pillow was inspired by one of my many trips - it features a mom and baby deer. Check out the look on the moms face - she seems so proud. It's the same look I get to when I see my son's report card. Here is a a copy of the image before I printed it to the fabric. [caption id="attachment_719" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The original Image"][/caption] The image was done in Adobe Illustrator. If you are familiar with Illustrator, you may recognise the grass, the flower that...

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