Teeny Weeny Star for fgnb

Teeny Weeny Star for fgnb, a photo by creativeinspiraciones on Flickr.

This is a star I made for the Teeny Weeny Paper Piecing Bee on Flickr.

Sewn: We Can Do It! Sampler, Block 1 - Log Cabin

Sewn: We Can Do It! Sampler, Block 1 - Log Cabin: "Here we are at last!!! Week 1 of the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler. This week we will make a log cabin block. If you are already fa..."

Okay so I should have measured at each step like you suggested so I know where I made my mistake. My block came out a little short. So what did I learn? Next time I am going to follow all of the directions and take the time to read. This is probably why I never dod well on tests. So I added some fabric to the end and will cut down the block when I need to. No big deal since it is just for me right? Thanks for the tutorial and I promise next week I will follow all of the suggestions.

One project Done

P6200009, a photo by creativeinspiraciones on Flickr.

Mom's Mother's Day/ Birthday Table runner is done. Yeah. I will send it off tomorrow.

Quilting Madness and the WIP Challenge

Okay so I this morning decided on a few things.  First of all a big challenge for me.

1.  I can no longer use credit cards!!! Cutting them up!  I am making a goal to buy nothing more on credit until I no longer have a credit card bill and maybe even then I will not want to anymore!  This is going to be VERY DIFFICULT!  However I am fed up and done.

2.  I will pay off my current credit card over the next two years!!!!

3. Although I am a craft addict I am no longer able to buy anything new until I finish up all the current projects I have going and at least bite into some of the other projects I have already purchased in hopes to start at some time.  A girl can only craft so much!

So here are the current projects I need to finish:

1.  MOM's Table Runner

2. Kerstin's Platter

3. Meghan's photo from bachelorette party.  Need two more signatures and the photo!

4. Meghan's wedding gift.

5. Anna's Birthday gift.

6.  Lis's birth gift.

7. Jessie's gift.

8.  Give a gift to a wedding I went to last year!

9. All the quilting projects that are due each month!

10.  Stop adding more projects.

Fabric for We can Do it Skill builder

Fabric for We can Do it Skill builder, a photo by creativeinspiraciones on Flickr.

This is the new fabric that I have chosen for the Skill Builder Quilt Along. I am really excited to get started. It starts today I think!

Making Blog Buttons

I think I have it figured out and here is my second design.

Trying to Learn How to Make Blog Buttons

Over the past few months I have been trying to make a blog button; however have not been truly successful.  I am giving it another try with the help of one of my quilting friends.

Buttons

This is What I want it to look like Making the button wasn't actually difficult, but there are a lot of steps involved. I'm hoping what I type here makes at least a glimmer of sense. Here is where I began to make the button: www.shortpumppreppy.com/2009/06/you-make-your-own-cutest-ever-blog-buttons-for-free/ I am a Mac user, so I used SeaShore to make my orange background. I didn't have a photo or any clip art to use, so after I did the background, I used Picnik for the text and the tree. This tutorial explains using Picnik pretty well. You must make an account here, if you don't already have one. (It's free!) www.picnik.com/app#/home/welcome Once the button looks the way you want it to, you must save it to your computer. I'd recommend saving it to the desktop, so it is easy to find. This next part is what freaked me out, you have to save the button to the internet. Well, I was baffled! This page explained it very nicely: a-heart4home.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-button-with-text-box-for-code.html First you need to upload your button to Photobucket. Again, you have to register here, but it is free. photobucket.com/ In the third paragraph of the tutorial you'll see this : "(for more information on how to get a web address for your button click here). " Click that word, 'here', and it explains how to get the location on the internet of your blog button that is now stored in Photobucket. Now--open up a Word Document (or whatever word processor you use) and copy and paste that code from Photobucket into a document. You'll need to use it a couple times, and it is much, much easier to cut and paste than to try and type it out! After you have done this, the fourth paragraph of the tutorial looks like gobbledy gook, all that HTML code, you need to cut and paste that into your word document, too. Once you have done that, follow the directions to cut and paste your blog address (or flicker address) into the code, and you will do the same thing with the location code for your button. Once you've done that in your word document, save it, and next you'll be opening up blogger. When you open up Blogger, go to the the DESIGN tab. Click on "ADD A GADGET" on your side bar. When the new menu pops up, click the + next to "HTML/JavaScript". Add a title, such as "Grab our Button" to the title box, and then go back to your word document. Copy and paste that HTML code into the box and hit SAVE. Then save your changes to your blog, and take a look at it. The new button with the code below should appear on the blog. Click the button to make sure it takes you where it is supposed to go. It isn't as hard as it sounds when you break it down, but there are a lot of steps. I'd be happy to help you as you work your way through the process. I think between the two of us, we can get your all fixed up! Please feel free to ask me any questions you'd like. I did it!  You can grab it on the right!