The Apple Street Cottage shared with us last week a tutorial for this lovely wind chime. I was drawn to the copper color and the wire wrapping.
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This is a great opportunity to share your latest blog post, recipe, craft tutorial, or any other creative work you’ve been working on lately. We’re always excited to see what our readers come up with! However, we have a few simple rules to ensure the party runs smoothly.
Here are a few simple rules:
Link to a specific post, not your homepage.
Link up something YOU made/wrote/created.
Giveaways, other link parties, or business links are not accepted.
Don’t link and run. Try to visit at least one link and show them some love. You may make a new friend.
Come share your creative talents with us at Create-it Link Party.
Last week’s Feature
Last week’s feature comes to us from Nutz About Stamping. This card is simply beautiful. Visit her post and follow the tutorial video to see how it was made.
On to the Party
This is a great opportunity to share your latest blog post, recipe, craft tutorial, or any other creative work you’ve been working on lately. We’re always excited to see what our readers come up with! However, we have a few simple rules to ensure the party runs smoothly.
Here are a few simple rules:
Link to a specific post, not your homepage.
Link up something YOU made/wrote/created.
Giveaways, other link parties, or business links are not accepted.
Don’t link and run. Try to visit at least one link and show them some love. You may make a new friend.
Buttons Galore and More sent me Smiley Buttons to make jewelry. The first piece I made was a bracelet. I didn’t want the buttons to overlap so I had to figure out how to space them. I chose to use silver beads between the buttons.
The stringing material is stretchy so no clasp or closure was needed. I think both the front and back of the bracelet are interesting and could be worn either way.
Video Tutorial:
Be sure to subscribe to my site to see the future tutorial for button earrings made with the same buttons from Buttons Galore & More.
In celebration of the 20th year of the Distress line that started with a brown, the new color is Scorched Timber. Announced as the last of the Distressed colors, but is it? Reports say this announcement has happened before and then new colors emerge. So I guess only time will tell.
If you are looking to round out your collection or just want to mark off what colors you have, this handy up to date chart is what you need.
Grab this week’s freebie printable, a set of historical documents. Use them in your paper crafting, collage, scrapbooks, junk journals, card making, mixed media, and more. These are copies of actual historical documents.
Grab the free summer recipe card and then visit all the other free summer themed printables. #printables
Summer is a great time for cookouts, pitch-ins, and parties; making summer a perfect time to collect some great recipes. Print out this free recipe card, trim around the outer edge, and fold it in half. This makes for a lovely front and back printed recipe card. A little glue or tape will secure the sides together.
This month get the June Simply Earth subscription box for $29.99, usually $49.99 plus a bunch of bonuses. #affiliate #simplyearth
Theme – DIY Diffusers
I am so excited to share with you the Simply Earth June Subscription Box. Its theme is DIY Diffusers. Such a great box for you and your family with recipes included. Use my special affiliate code – TRYITFREE – for a gift card of $45. And this month, you can get it all for $29.99!
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One of the biggest differences I find with Simply Earth is the monthly recipes. In the past, I have ordered essential oils; when they arrive, I don’t remember what they do or why I ordered them. The Simply Earth recipe box contains the recipes for the oils included in the box as well as necessary additional support products to make the recipes.
big box
With your first subscription order from Simply Earth, you will get the Big Bonus Box free! If you were to purchase these products it would cost $44.84. The Big Box includes:
Almond Oil
Fractionated Coconut Oil
10 mL Roll-On Bottles
5 mL Amber Glass Bottles
Coconut Oil
Beeswax
The Simply Earth June box is your DIY Diffuser essential oil kit. The items inside when purchased separately would add up to $180 but you will get it all for usually $49.99 – what great savings! But this month it’s $29.99! You will also get:
A free Big Bonus box.
A free $45 gift card for their next purchase (ambassador code TRYITFREE must be used at checkout).
Free access to the Essential Oil Hero Course (The course is $250 for non-subscribers).
Exclusive deals and rewards for every hit milestone on your subscription.
The June box includes:
Oils:
Clove Essential Oil
Peppermint Essential Oil
Fit Essential Oil Blend
Anise Star Essential Oil
Extras:
DIY Key Chain Diffuser
Reed Bouquet
Natural Solubilizer (2oz) Size: 10mL
The recipes included in the June box are:
6 essential oil recipes to harness the therapeutic flow of aromatic diffusion to nurture your mental well-being.
Spiced Summer Potpourri Bark
Almond Joy Roll-On Blend
DIY Fit Diffuser Key Chain
Sweet Mint Diffuser Blend
Candied CLove Gel Air Freshener
Blossom Reed Diffuser
Unboxing Video:
And here is the best part: my coupon code: TRYITFREE Use this code to get a $45 gift card with your first purchase. Basically, get your second box free, or apply it to any additional purchase online at Simply Earth.
Freebie Friday – hand-painted set of gnomes. #printable #free #gnomes
This freebie is close to my heart. While I create all my Friday printables, this one is made from my own watercolor painting. I hope you find them as cute as I do and I would love to see how they travel – meaning how you end up using them in your work.
Share your creative posts and projects with Creatively Crafty Link Party. #CCBG #link_party
This week’s Link Party
Welcome to our weekly Link Party! This is a great opportunity for you to share your latest blog post, recipe, craft tutorial, or any other creative work you’ve been working on lately. We’re always excited to see what our readers come up with! However, we do have a few simple rules to make sure the party runs smoothly.
The feature from last week’s party is this crochet pattern review of the Mermaid Lollie designed by Stitch Sister Co. for the Sunshine Yarn Project. The review was done by Candace of T&C Crafters for EyeLoveKnots.
A few simple rules:
Link to a specific post, not your homepage.
Link up something YOU made/wrote/created.
Giveaways, other link parties, Etsy shops, or business links are not accepted.
Don’t link and run. Try to visit at least one link and show them some love. You may make a new friend.
Free colored pencil swatching charts and a review of Prang colored pencils from the Dollar Tree. #printable #free
The best way to test any set of colors is to swatch them. I have two swatch charts you can download for free. The first one is for a set of 72 colors, however, it will work for sets smaller than that number as well. I used it to swatch and test the set of 36 Prang colored pencils from the Dollar Tree.
The second chart is more detailed and tests for layering, blending, and color mixing.
Download the free PDF Colored Pencil Chart [pencil chart]
Download the free PDF Colored Pencil Testing Chart [testing chart]
The video below shows swatching of the Prang colored pencils and thoughts on how they preform.
