Christmas is Around the Corner

I can not believe we are doing this, but my daughter and I are now posting our Christmas vinyl.  We do a lot of vinyl for women's groups and Super Saturday's.  It is so hard to believe since Christmas was just yesterday (ha!), that we are already heading into the holiday season for this year.  This year is just buzzin' by.  It is already time for the early birds to start looking for those Christmas projects. 

My daughter usually is the one to present our new items.  She has much better taste than me when it comes to crafts that people will like.  She always makes the projects and posts them to her blog site then my job is to post it to my vinyl site.  Each step takes more time than I would have thought but I actually love doing the computer part so it is fun for me.  Well, this time "I" actually did the project from beginning to end.  I even took the pictures.  The best part of the whole thing, my daughter loved it!  I actually did it and she loved it! 

I first did the vinyl in black and loved it.  My daughter said it would look great in other colors too so I did it in red.  I love it the most in the red.  Now I am getting excited about Christmas.  Not that I really want to have Christmas soon but Christmas always stirs excitement even in us older folks.  Now I want to create some new designs. 

I am thinking about taking a class in computer designing.  We have Adobe Illustrator.  My daughter uses it all of the time but maybe it is time for me to take a class and learn how to use it too.  I do not believe that we older folks are" too old" to learn some of these new things.  It may take this brain longer to learn but it is fun knowing that we can achieve something in these later years.

I can't believe I am getting excited about Christmas when we have barely begun Spring!  I am looking forward to the great summer days but a little hint of Christmas here and there make me excited about things to come.  To see more designs, check out our website at Vinyl Gifts and More.

Easy to Make Crafts

I am not one to have a lot of Nick-Knacks around my house - mostly because I have a claustrophobic feeling when things get too cluttered. I am also not that crafty of a person but I do like them. I also like to decorate for different holidays. My biggest problem is that I really do not have big spaces to display big things. My daughter and I have a Vinyl Company but that doesn't mean that I display all of the things that we sell. I love the fact that we have so many choices (and will be adding more weekly) of the 6" tiles. I have decided that that is my way to decorate. I can have a stack of different tiles and only display one or two at a time and keep changing them as the season or my desire to change things up, occurs.

Here are a couple of examples of what I am talking about.







I store them in a cool place - stacked - for space. This way I can spice up my house and change it as desired.

The best thing about all of this is that they are so easy to make. You just need a 6" tile, (or any size really), and clean it. That is an important step. I wash it with dish soap and rinse well. Make sure it is completely dry. Then I carefully apply vinyl. For designs, ideas, and instructions, check out our website www.vinylgiftsandmore.com (Vinyl Gifts and More - see the button at the top of this page).

I like this size for gifts also as most people don't have room for large items and I think they would appreciate the idea of being able to change things as they desire. What a fun thing for grandchildren to give their grandmother...every holiday or special occasion they could give a different tile! Grandma can proudly display them and store them in a small area.

I don't know about you, but my mom is not huge on crafts around her house. I made her some of these tiles and she saw that this was the perfect craft for her. She also has been giving them away as gifts herself. She does not do any crafts so I make them for her but she loves to give them to people who do nice things for her. It is inexpensive and everyone seems to love them. It is a perfect little gift for everyone.

If you have a craft idea to share, let me know and we can post it!