Ombre Shoe Strings! Postage Stamp Quilt! Baby Sandals! Granny Square Crochet! Garden Umbrella! Watermelon Margaritas! Jokes, Art, Design & Memories

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IDEA I LOVE

Ombre your shoe laces!  What fun and you can choose any color — even colors to match your outfit du jour!  Isn’t this fun?  I think you’ll love the process.  Today shoe laces, tomorrow — your hair!  You go!  Start here:

Indigo Dyed Ombre Shoelaces

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ENCORE! DON’T MISS IT this time around! On Thursday, July 10 from 1 until 2:15-ish PM EST, I will be giving an ENCORE and LIVE presentation of The Slow Stitching Webinar! And, of course, and there will be a LIVE response to all of your questions and comments about Slow Stitching. Sign up today and see what all the buzz has been about, how to get unstuck, and how to ramp your patchwork up a notch for your own, physical, emotional, creative, spiritual and financial benefit. Can’t make this time either? Sign up and a copy of the webinar will be sent to you so you can watch and listen at your own leisure! xoxom

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YOKE DU YOUR 

A woman, in the pharmacy, asks the pharmacist,  “Can I get Viagra here?”

“Yes, of course you can,” answers the pharmacist.

“But can I get it over the counter?” she inquires.

“If you give me two of them, you can.”

ARTspiration

Artists or art that turns me on and feeds my muse! Like it or dislike it, what about this art inspires your own art or creativity?  By artist, Jayasri Burman.

DESIGNspiration

Look around you. Design is everywhere! How can you incorporate the beauty that surrounds you into your art or craft?  Awesome Photo of The Stained Glass Ceiling of The Palace of Catalan Music in Barcelona, Spain.

IDEA I LOVE

There is almost no quilt that I love more than a scrappy postage stamp quilt, a bunch of scrappy little squares sewn tougher in no random order.  I’m working on a primitive, very primitive, postage stamp quilt in 30’s fabrics right now (process is key, hand piecing is mandatory, and primitive is key to the design).    Here’s a tutorial for stash busting your junk and creating something beautiful.   Here’s a link, and hopefully some inspiration to begin your own:

http://www.redpepperquilts.com/2012/04/postage-stamp-quilt-tutorial.html

IDEA I LOVE

I need a baby.  I NEED a baby.  These little strap flip flops to crochet are absolutely the cutest fashion accessory for jr. this summer that I can think of.  Choose different colored yarns and you have a boy pair.   How can you resist?   Check out the PDF pattern:

http://www.whistleandivy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Strap-Baby-Flip-Flops2.pdf

IDEA I LOVE

I love Margaritas and I love watermelon.  Put them both together and you have a swig of nirvana!   Here’s a little video tutorial that will get your week off to a good, drunken start!   Check it out:

OMG!!!

Calamityware Combines Delicate Porcelain And Monster Attacks!  Spaceship. Giant robot attacks.  Attack from space invaders.

 

YUM

CHEESY ITALIAN CROCKPOT TORTELLINI

1 lb of mild ground italian sausage 1 14oz can of diced tomatoes with italian herbs, undrained 1 15oz jar of marinara of choice 1 9oz pkg of refrigerated cheese-filled tortellini 1 cup of shredded mozzerela cheese 1 cup of fresh sliced mushrooms 1) In a skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until brown, then drain. 2) Spray the inside of your pot with cooking spray. Then mix in the cooked sausage, marinara sauce, mushrooms and tomatoes. 

3) Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours.

4) Stir in torellini and sprinkle with cheese. Cover and cook on low for an additional 15 minutes.

Source: http://www.keeleymcguire.com/2011/09/food-for-thought-crockpot-love-cheesy.html

WORDS TO LIVE BY

IDEA I LOVE

Have it made in the shade, cupcake, with a unique planter pot and shade umbrella holder.  It’s really easy to create and not expensive either.  Keep your eyes out for trashed pots and smaller shade umbrellas while you are out and about and make your outdoor living, schweet!  Here’s how you make it:

Made in the Shade – a unique planter pot Umbrella Stand

MEMBA?

Milton Bradley Makes the Best Games in the Woooooooorld . . .

DOWNLOAD THIS

Isn’t this the prettiest wallpaper for your computer, iPad or iPhone?   I love the colors and if you download it for your computer, too, we can be twinsies!   LOVE!   Here’s the link:

http://www.somethingpeach.com/free-wallpaper-003/

DESSERT!

“…these are extremely addicting”

CARMELITA’S

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 32 caramel squares, unwrapped
• ½ cup heavy cream
• ¾ cup butter, melted
• ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350. Grease an 8×8 pan or you can line it with aluminum foil or parchment paper for easier removal. The caramel gets very sticky. (This can also be made in a 9×13, by doubling the ingredients)
2. In a mixing bowl, combine melted butter and brown sugar. Add flour, oats, and baking soda. Mix until combined well.
3. Divide the cookie mixture in half and pat half of the mix into the bottom of the 8×8 pan. Bake for 10 minutes and remove from oven.
4. While the crust is baking, combine the caramels and heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat; stir until completely melted and smooth. The caramels can also be melted in the microwave, just stir after every 30 seconds being careful not to let it burn.
5. Remove pan from the oven, immediately sprinkle chocolate chips over the crust. Pour warm melted caramel mixture over the chocolate chips and crumble remaining cookie dough on top.
6. Return to oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until the edges are lightly brown.
7. Once removed from the oven, allow them to completely cool and the caramel to set up. The caramel is like molten caramel right out of the oven and you want to let it cool. You can speed up the cooling process by putting it in the fridge if needed.
8. Gluten Free Version
9. Use gluten free flour.
10. Use certified gluten free oatmeal, can be found at Trader Joe’s

Source:  http://www.madefrompinterest.net/2014/01/carmelitas/

MUST HAVE

This handcrafted porcelain pot is all ceremony and no tea: It exists solely to be adored. Exquisite blanc de chine flowers, tendrils, and foliage spill down its sides. In Japan and China, vessels like these are given as presents to bring peace, luck, and fortune. Who doesn’t need a little of that? Sakura teapot, $5,000.    

Buy one here:  shopjanusetcie.com.

 

SHOEspiration

 

IDEA I LOVE

This is the kind of crocheted Granny Square blankets I love to make.  It’s just one big granny square.  That means you only have to change yarn colors less and less frequently and there is no “joining” squares at the end.  Super easy for a beginner.   Here’s how:

http://makerssociety.com.au/make-a-giant-granny-square-rug/

WHY THIS FORMAT IS NEW: 

I want to try something and I would really like your input on it. For the past year or so, I have been posting up to 20 links per day on my Mark Lipinski’s Fan Page on Facebook. Of course, in its never ending quest to make lots of money, Facebook cares less about you and me and more about cash in spite of the fact they have more money than they know what to do with. As a result, those of you who have been faithful readers of the Fan Page have been removed, time and time again, from getting any of my posts onto your timeline feed. The reason is, Facebook would like me to pay money every day in order to advertise and lure readers like you, to the Fan Page. Otherwise, only about 5% of people who clicked LIKE on the Fan Page are actually seeing anything I post — and it could be random.  Basically, it sucks for all of us. I think we would all be better served if I posted my tips, ideas, links, and jokes, etc. to my blog. You can subscribe to my blog (only if you want) and get an email every time I post a grouping of ideas, links, etc. I’M NOT shutting down my Facebook Fan Page. What I am doing is putting everything that used to be on the Fan Page individually on my blog, AND there will be a daily link to the idea blog on the Fan Page, just as there were multiple links to the various blogs that I’ve always linked to in the past. It’s not that different, really. It will save me a lot of time, and guarantee those who want to see the creative posts will actually get to see them. And Facebookers, will STILL have to click on “GET NOTIFICATIONS” if they want to see what I post on Facebook. Is that more clear? Actually, this way gives you TWO ways to get all of the ideas, etc. PLUS you can PIN them and they will be TAGGED so you can find them again in the search bar!  — through the FACEBOOK FAN PAGE  and YOUR CHOICE (not mandatory) to subscribe to the bLog and get email postings that way. Well, I think it’s worth a shot at least in the short term, let’s see what happens…

 

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