Cricut Explore Launch Party!

Last week at the Provo Craft HQ, Cricut had their launch party for their new Cricut Explore. Open to anyone to go and my sister Laura came along for the evening.  The event started at 9pm which I loved because it means I could go to the YW activity from 7-830 , Laura came over shortly after 830 and we were over in South Jordan at 9. Worked out perfect!

Many treats for us to eat as we crafted.  I didnt get a picture of the sodas and popcorn over to the right. I just love the banners in this area, so cute!

We all got to sit at a laptop that had a Cricut Explore hooked up to it and start playing! Cricut employees were walking around the room helping us, answering questions and offering advice and tips. So handy to have their help!

One of the things I made was some vinyl words to stick on the back of my cell phone.

I also made a card and see the tool with the pink top? I believe it was scoring my paper but you can also stick a pen in there and have the machine draw any font or design you want. Pretty amazing! No excuse for bad handwriting anymore.

Getting ready to watch the Cricut Explore get sold out on HSN. They had 5000 available and were gone in a matter of about 30 minutes.

 Watching , watching and getting excited the closer the number in the box in the right hand corner of the screen got to 5000

I dont have a picture of me on the phone trying to get through to order mine but here's my true confession for the day, I ordered one! I was in the 4800's by the time I got through after being on hold for a bit. If I didnt get through, I was not going to be too disappointed but if I did get through, I figured that it was meant to be. I have never ordered anything on HSN before. It took about 10 min or less to place my order. Super super excited for it to come and for what I can make and do with it. I love my Cricut Mini but it will be nice to be able to cut bigger things and have the capability to draw or cut any font I want as well as have the spot where a pen can go. Not to mention all the storage that is built in. I love also that there will be an iPad app to use with it eventually as well. Super awesome!

What do you craft with? Did you order the new Cricut Explore too?

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LDS Young Women Bottle Cap Necklaces

The lesson I had today at church was about the Holy Ghost but the whole theme this month for YW lesson was about the Godhead. My friend in AZ recently blogged about a bunch of necklaces she made for her lesson and I thought they turned out so cute that I wanted to make some too!

Supplies

- black cord (not pictured above) but I also used some twine that I had

- gluesticks but I suggest using stronger glue

- 1" circle punch

- 1" clear circle raised stickers

- 1" bottlecap lids

- 1" printables from Green Jello Salad on Etsy

- jewelry circle rings (not pictured)

Here is how one turned out.

I picked up 2 sheets of the printables at Walgreens and used my 1" punch to cut them out. It would have been awesome to create some printables myself but by the time I thought about it , it was after 10pm Saturday night so I figured I'd just buy them from someone who had already made them.

I also wished I had seen the post in time to order the bottle caps from eBay but I ended up going to Hobby Lobby to get most everything I needed that I didn't already have. Luckily  most everything I got was on sale for 50% off. Good timing! They had no bottlecaps with a hole punched in them already so Tony helped me do that part with a nail and a hammer.

I glued down the printable into the bottle cap and put a clear sticker over the top. I threaded the black cord through the jewelry ring and added a bead on each side. Tony did a cool knot that could be adjusted after you put the necklace over your head.

I gave them out at the end of the lesson and I think everyone liked them. Success!

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Utah's Winter Palooza!

January 25th, be there or be square! I've been getting emails for a Winter Palooza event happening at the South Town Expo Center in Sandy and it looks way fun, esp if you have kids that you can bring but even if you dont, there is so much for the adults to do too!

You can follow their Facebook page to stay up to date on any additions or announcements. Starts at 10am and goes until 8pm.

Tickets are $6 online (while they last) and $8 at the door.

Check out all the awesome things that are going to be there

• Tons of Bounce houses
• A Huge 3 story Rock Wall
• Harness Up and Rappel Off the Ropes Course
• Challenge the Mechanical Bull
• There’s a 2 Man Ferris Wheel
• Laser Tag Arena’s
• Even Rides on Mechanical Stuffed Animals
• Magic Shows
• Glitter Tattoos
• Henna Art
• Live Animal Shows
• Face Painting
• Juggling and More
• Take pictures with all your favorite Princesses, Star Wars Characters, Ghostbusters, Hero’s, Minions and More– schedule
  Let me know if you are going to go and maybe I will see you there!

Family Crafty Time Part 3

Somehow I didnt get pictures of anyones bottles but my own.
I need to add something to the top area...tie something around the neck of the bottle and maybe add some bells, an owl, or something.

Using Cricut Craftroom. There are so many cool Christmas images it was hard to pick what we we wanted to cut out of vinyl. 

My sister Allison wanted me to cut out a bunch of vinyl for her so I let her use the new Cricut Basic Toolset to get her vinyl off my mat. She tried out the spatula tool which prevents curling and tearing.

and the tweezer tool with the reverse grip. They take a little getting used to but I like them!

You can order this tool set from Cricut or I have also seen it at Michael's. It comes with:

Cricut® Tools Scissors with protective blade cover 

Cricut® Tools Tweezers 

Cricut® Tools Scraper 

Cricut® Tools Spatula 

Cricut® Tools Weeder 

Four interchangeable end caps

What fun project have you used your Cricut for lately?