Fancy Bath Towels

I needed a birthday present for a young lady. I pulled out my Fabric Ribbon sample sheets then went shopping for bathroom towels. I actually take my sample sheet with me so that I can match it to the towels. Here is what my sample sheets look like.






After I matched up the fabric ribbon to the towel color I made three sets of fancy bathroom towels.

Set 1:
The pre gathered lace has a gold thread running through it and I thought it went well with the color combinations.
Set 2:

I had to gather the lace on this one. It was worth the effort as I love the way it turned out.
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Set 3:

I only had one size of the fabric ribbon so I used it on all three towels.
Recipe:
Ribbons and lace - all were from stash
Thread, bath towels, sewing machine, pins, iron and ironing board

Cricut Handbook

A fellow Blogger asked me the question of what does "page 129 of the handbook mean", Theresa this is for you. I purchased my Tags Bags Boxes and More Cartridge way back when it came in a box that included the cartridge, overlay and the handbook.

You can click an image to see the detail.

This is what my original handbook looks like. Page 128 is the top and page 129 is the bottom page with the Crayon Box. The first part of the handbook explains the different function keys and has a sample of a project. This is in several different languages so the actual shape or image gallery doesn't start in my handbook until page 82.

In the PDF Handbook there are only 8 pages and the Crayon box is on the 7th page with page number 70 under it.

Using the overlay and counting the buttons on the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cartridge the Crayon box is #48. The above pictures shows it highlighted in Design Studio.

I have only downloaded the PDF Handbooks for the cartridges that did not come with a Handbook. SewDelish has a great tutorial on how she organizes the PDF Handbooks along with the link to the Cricut Cartridge Library. When I design a project I alternate between the Handbook that came with the cartridge or the PDF Handbook.

New Stamps ...

How do you keep from buying the same stamp twice? Every time I'm at Archiver's I have to check out their clearance section. I found this summer fun foam stamps and this set has 26 stamps in it.

When I got my PDA I no longer used the Daytimer storage binders so I converted them into a Craft Catalog. I created a catalog in Word to help me stay organized.

I have divided my stamps by theme and then by clear and foam.I enter into my Word document the name of the stamp, who made it and the order number.

I then stamp each stamp and place that sheet in my binder.

I do the same thing for all of my craft and sewing supplies. I have been known to take my binder with me when shopping for stamps. This way I can not only see who made the stamp but what the looks like.