So far with my Silhouette...

Despite having three sick little boys, and now one sick Momma, I have spent the week playing with my Silhouette. This may be the best gift Mr. Cyn has gotten me to date. (I am giving him the credit for this one, since his urging and pressuring led me to order it.) 

I vinyled my Mom's front door, we will be moving soon so I am waiting to do anything to my own space. I will have to redo Mom's door though, because it is in need of a paint job... 

Mr. Cyn will graduate in July with his Bachelor's. There is one professor who has really made an impact on Mr. Cyn and they have formed a friendship, recently this professor really came to bat for him to help rearrange some classes and get us graduated on time. 

Mr. Cyn wanted to give him a gift and really loves this quote. I used my Silhouette to make a stencil and we etched the quote in. I finished it off with a family picture.  I love the way this turned out and will definitely be doing more etching in my future. 

"Consider that I laboured not for myself only, but for all them that seek learning. ~Ecclesiasticus"

Hope you have a great weekend, I am off to take a nap and hopefully get myself and the kidlets better.

All the Silhouette Giveaways!

Remember this post where I talk about what I want for Christmas? Well, there are many, many blogs hosting Silhouette Giveaways RIGHT NOW! I am entering for my chance to win, but you should enter to! Here is a list of the links I have found so far! Good Luck, but I am hoping I win!

1. MakeItandLoveIt
2. HomemadebyJill
3. Grosgrain
4. TheIdeaRoom
5. HowDoesShe
6. WeAreThatFamily
7. TaterTotsandJello
8. ThriftyDecorChick
9. NoBiggie
10. Kara'sPartyIdeas
11. InfarrantlyCreative
12. The TomKat Studio
13. LoveStitched
14. MomsReview4you
15. Shanty2chic
16. ABeautifulMess
17. OurBestBite
18. BeDifferentActNormal
19. CentsationalGirl
20. ColiesKitchen
21. DollarStoreCrafts
22. House of Hepworths
23. SewDangCute
24. eighteen25
25. LivingwithLindsay
26. CraftGossip
27. UCreate

What are your Holiday Dreams made of?

What is on your Wishlist this year? Mine is full of various books and small things, because lets face it, the MR heads into a Master's program later this year and we have 3 little boys. So Christmas for me is more about the boys. My wishlist doesn't get filled with expensive dreams. Just the small stuff. But I have a second SECRET wishlist. This is the one full of things that are OUT of the price range, but I want so bad it hurts!

There are only 2 things on this list(right now) and I know both are hopelessly out of reach, but I dream of them at night...

The Silhouette SD. WOW, what can I say, I think my crafting dreams would come true if this sat next to my computer. I can only envision all the wonderful things I could do with it. I made hats for the boys last night, J wants the bat symbol on his hat, and H wants Buzz Lightyear. How am I going to get Buzz Lightyear on a hat without buying a patch or spending hours appliquéing little pieces of fabric together? If I had the silhouette my problem would be solved. I would use the heat transfer and add it that way. I have to hold on to some hope that someday, SOMEDAY I will be able to open the door to see the UPS man handing me a package from The Silhouette company. Do you want one? Rumors around the blogosphere  tell of a special coupon code to get $100 off a special Silhouette package(okay, not rumors, they are valid! Head over to Crazy Coupon Mommy, MakeitLoveit, HomemadebyJill. orThriftyDecorChick on Cyber Monday to get the special code or enter their giveaway for one before Sun night!). What an amazing steal! If only, If only!


The Second thing on my SECRET list is a bit more, okay a lot more expensive than the Silhouette (however, I consider it cost effective. You won't need to replace your machine in 5 years!) But it would make all my sewing dreams come true. I DREAM of the day when I don't hear the bobbin thread un-spooling because it came un-threaded mid-project, when I don't have to unpick a seam several times because my sewing machine  clogged, or the thread broke, or any of the other various problems my machine has. (These are not the result of user error. I can sew fine on my Mom's machine, which is NOT manufactured by the same company as mine.) Do you know what it is? Can you quess?

That's right, a BERNINA. Have you heard of them? Their machines are the ideal sewing machine out there, My Mom sewed on a used one for more than 20 years! That is a long life!! I can only dream of the beautiful Satin Stitching this machine could have given my Bowser Costume instead of the awful (good thing pictures don't give you a close up!) tugging that happened on my machine. I dream of the hum of this machine instead of the horrific sounds coming out of my machine(which sounds like death is knocking on it's door.) The machine pictured is the one on my list, the Aurora 450. It has 180 different stitch patterns and 4 alphabets. And it would last me years!! This one machine could see J and H into adulthood! And I see it in my dreams, every night it calls to me.

Now that you know my Secret Little Wish list, what is on yours?

(***This is not a paid advertisement and  was not requested by either company, just me spouting about what I want for Christmas this year-I would even count it as all my gifts for 2011, 2012, and 2013 too!!!***)