Ideas For You
This past weekend was the Splendid event at SMoCA and Scottsdale Fashion Square. Both events were totally amazing – with packed houses and happy people. Friday night at SMoCA was like a beading love-in and Saturday at Fashion Square was a family crafting day filled with making and milk & cookies. What a ball! Ready to do it again!! Thank you Fuse for the drinks and all the amazing staff who took it on and made it all happen – thanks! Crafting Community and Kid Concierge crew – big, big air hearts!
Here are some pics from the weekend – Enjoy!
It’s coming up on Independence Day and that means this crafting girl needs something red, white and blue to wear. I used the cartridge Just a Note embedded in the Cricut expression 2: 5th Anniversary Edition to cut pin wheels out of while shrink plastic, colored them red and blue with Sharpie markers. I used a hole punch to make a hole in the centers and shrunk them. I also create circles and gears in this same fashion. I used T-Shirt yarn, braided and knotted to make the “chain” part of the necklace.
Happy 4th of July!
To purchase one of my T-shirt Yarn Kits click HERE
Happy crafting xoxo Cyndi aka Lovely Lula. Follow me on Twitter I am Lab5.
Summer in Phoenix means salad. Some of the best to be had in town is the Arcadia Farms Strawberry Chicken Salad. But if you are feeling too hot to head out to eat why not make it at home yourself?
Here is the recipe:
Ingrdients:
Salad
1/4 cup almonds, sliced and toasted
1 cup strawberries, sliced
2 cups skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cooked and cut into strips
4 cups baby greens
Dressing
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
1 teaspoon grated onion
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- Clean and pat dry, with a paper towel, bagged mixed greens salad
- Slice almonds into slivers
- Place onto a cookie sheet and back at 350 degrees until brown. by placing slices in a
- Remove greens of strawberries and cut into slices
- Cut chicken breast into strips
- On a plate, place mixed greens, strawberries, sliced chicken, and toasted almonds.
- To make dressing: combine sugar, vinegar, salt, mustard and onion in a blender or food processor and mix with pulses. With blender or food processor on high, gradually add oil in a slow, steady stream. Stir in poppy seeds.
- Pour dressing over salad and serve.
I love the new Sweet Shop cartridge for the Cricut. I used it to cut wool felt shapes of sweet treats and created them into lapel pins. Such a fun way to say I heart sweets!
Happy crafting xoxo. Follow me on Twitter I am Lab5.
To purchase one of my T-shirt Yarn Kits click HERE
Wednesday June 22 from 6 pm to 9 pm I am teaching a workshop on how to make T-Shirt yarn and how to create it into jewelry and hair wear with Carrie Bloomston of Suchity Such. Check out pics from our photo-shoot for the pattern HERE.
Twist It! T-Shirt Yarn workshop $20
The Bernina Connection located at Indian School Rd #103 Phoenix, AZ 85018
Call them to reserve your spot: (602) 553-8350
