DJ's Sundries

Today (7/31) is my mother-in-law's birthday.  I took her to the city the other day and we had a nice lunch at Red Lobster.  I then took her shopping at one of her favorite stores as she can't always make it to that store.  It was a nice day.  Tonight, we will get together with all of the family who is in town.  That's when I will give her present and card to her.  I thought I would make a card using "latte" in it as we both like our lattes.  However, as I was looking for the latte cup on my Imagine More Cards cartridge, I found the "You Take the Cake" image and decided to go with that instead.  I have discovered that I really like pink and brown when they are used together, so I decided to focus on those colors on the image and make this simple, but pretty card.  I wanted to make a 4"X4" card so I also ended up making my own envelope, but more on that later.  I mistakenly deleted the video, so this time you will just get the recipe....

Hooray!  It's still Saturday and I'm getting this post in.  In today's episode, we explore the world of adhesives.  Thanks for watching.

I had a pretty busy day today.  One of the things on my agenda was pulling some of the weeds that have grown in my front yard.  This is definitely not my favorite chore, but it needed to be done anyway.  While pulling those weeds, I made a couple observations: 1. The weeds did not start out being the big weeds they were now. 2. Most of the weeds grew where nothing else was growing. It didn't take me long to see some parallels to my own life.  Like weeds, sin is a big problem to me and to all of human kind.  Usually we don't commit the "big sins" all of a sudden.  Oh no, like those weeds they sneak up a little at a time.  Fear, pride, covetousness, selfishness, and rebellion all start as little seeds that continue to grow as they are watered.  Like my weeds that had begun where nothing else was growing and beginning to encroach on my lawn, sin finds empty soil delightful and then it spreads and spreads.  When my life is not filled with the ...

Here is the completion of the guest book.  Thanks for watching and keep checking for more projects.  There are some fun ones coming up!

Nearly 20 years ago, Daniel and I were leaving our family in Colorado and were moving to Northern California.  As we were preparing to move, my mother-in-law gave me a guest book.  Many moves later, we still use this book.  Every once in a while, I like to go back through it to be reminded of the many people who have blessed our lives while being guests in our home.  I wanted to give a similar gift to a friend.  The following video is what I came up with.  Check back for the completion of the book in part 2.

Welcome to the first episode of Terrific Tools Tuesday.  Today I will explore 3 different Xyron machines.   If you have seen me use something in one of my posts that you are unfamiliar with, leave a comment.  I will see about making that tool part of a future Terrific Tools Tuesday Post.  Have a great day.

I know it's Monday, but here is the first episode in the Super Supplies Saturday series.  Keep checking back for more episodes.