VINTAGE FASHION BLOG HOP

Another TLC Creations Blog Hop~!

Date:  April 7th

Theme:  Tlc Vintage Fashion Show

Hosted by TLC and all the

members of the Design Team

Lots and Lots of Show

Favors (Gifts) along the way

Stay tuned for more information

as we get closer to the date....

Wear your vintage finest.

 

 

NEWEST TLC CLUB...ANYTHING GOES!

High Quality, Large image, PNG file....

perfect for scrapping, card making or any

other paper crafting need. Resize, flip,

crop, rotate and print it as many times

as you would like.

A zip file will be emailed to you

within 24 hours of purchase.

Lots of Pieces, delivered to your email

box for 6 days.........Digi Papers, Graphics,

Digi Stamps, Vintage Images, Word Art,

and whatever else Paulette can think up.

 HERE

BUYING HANDMADE PRODUCTS

I saw this over on Bumble Bee's Craft Den and thought is was something worth thinking about. A LOT of people don't seem to want to pay a lot for handcrafted items or think that maybe they should be cheaper than a mass produced item, so this poster hits the nail on the head really! Most crafters don't get paid anything like the minimum hourly rate and can take hours handmaking an item and I think sometimes people forget this! 

In Florida, when I would try to attend a "craft show" it was not CRAFTS at all.  It was ART ... like massive expensive oil paintings and glass sculptures.  If you could find anything that didn't belong in Tiffany's showroom, it would have been a "craft" and they were so over priced that it was downright scary!  I think those crafters figured if they were in the ART shows they could overcharge and still sell their wares.  There really is a fine line of how to define this...but I can also say that something is only worth as much as it will sell for.  PRICING is a huge thing... Presentation is another.  If it is presented well, the pricing can be up a little... FOR SURE!  But as a rule of thumb I have found that if something cost me $1.00 to make, I could sell it for $2.00 usually.  But I'm sure if something cost anyone $100 to make, to charge $200 might not be enough....I don't speak for those "high end crafters"...  Here in Michigan, there are a LOT of craft shows and all seem to be "seasonal".  The prices have been increasing, but it sure makes sense when the cost of EVERYTHING is increasing.  So along with being fair to the crafter for their time and love spent on something is the fact that the cost of materials has increased quite a bit over the years too! 

Enough of my soap box... And since I'm over tired, I hope this makes sense...  BACK TO CRAFTING FOLKS!  I have always looked at my crafting as something that is supposed to be FUN so I vote lets get back to having FUN!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY CRAFTING IN 2013
RhondaSue

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YUMMY CHICKEN RECIPE IDEA

So much better than fried!!!

Melt in Your Mouth Chicken Breast

1/2 c parmesan cheese

1 c Greek yogurt

1 tsp garlic powder

1 1/2 tsp seasoning salt

1/2 tsp pepper

spread mix over chicken breasts

bake at 375 45 mins

looks-delicious

This was a pin on a pinterest board I happened upon...

but when I tried to repin it, it would not let me.  SO, I

am sharing it here so (1) I don't lose it and (2) it just

looks way too good to not be shared!

I take NO credit for the recipe or the picture!

EASTER DIGI CLUB WITH TLC

ANNOUNCING:

High Quality, Large image, PNG file....perfect for scrapping, card making or any other paper crafting need. Resize, flip, crop, rotate and print it as many times as you would like.

A zip file will be emailed to you within 24 hours of purchase.

Many Pieces .....Word Art, Vintage Images, Colored Images, Digi Papers, etc....sent to your email daily..........for NINE days...........lots and lots of goodies.

Watermarks will be removed.

This listing for a printable PNG file. Once you receive the file you will print it from your own printer. You can print the file as many times as you like, however you many not share or re-sell this file or mass produce the finished items. Mass producing is prohibited, however, you may sell your finished handcrafted items using these images.

CREATE WITH TLC

Secret Valentine Seed Pkt Printable

All of the elements I used for this printable

are from Paulette at Create with TLC.
She is sharing the papers for free
HERE

You can put anything you want inside

after you print and assemble.

Candy, stickers, bracelet, ETC...

let your imagination fly!

Just click on the image and save it

to your own computer.

Happy Crafting,

RhondaSue

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CREATE WITH TLC St Patricks Day Club 2013

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you don't want to miss another club!  Paulette is so generous and shares such fabulous wordart and digistamps plus more!  You get more than any other club I've ever seen for the value and it is one NOT TO MISS!!!

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FREE PRINTABLE for Valentine's Day

reposting from 2011

DOWNLOAD expired

ALL elements are made by Paulette

CREATE WITH TLC

Template and layout done by

Craftymumz Creation

Smuggles

RhondaSue

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VALENTINE's DAY CARD TO PRINT

Valentine's Day is just around the corner!  With the circumstances in our lives right now, my dear husband is 1700 miles away so we are not able to be together.  So when I came across these elements in my files, I KNEW I had to use them!

The template is from Jersgirl Templates.  The elements are from Create with TLC.  Just right click on the image and tell it to open in a new tab/window for it to open to its full size.  Then save it to your own computer for printing whenever you are ready.  

“Love is that condition in which the

happiness of another person is

essential to your own.”
- Robert Heinlein

HUG YOUR SWEETIE
RhondaSue

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FOR THE BIRDS BLOG HOP FREEBIES

I sure hope you are having fun along this HOP's path!  Lots of beautiful images to snag and use in your digi-scrapping... All generously given by Paulette at Create with TLC!

List of stops:

Cynthia

Hetty

Karen

Marsha

Carla

Lisa Lynn

Vicky

Rachelle

Rhonda

TlcCreations

and a special GUEST DESIGNER STOP:

Edwina, Guest Designer

I created TWO things... You can click to open them full size, save them to your own computer and please leave some love for Paulette's generousity for the goodies!

This set of bookmarks is made using paper fill and digistamp from Paulette at CREATE WITH TLC.

This is an 8x10" sized sheet of stationery paper.  The heart element is from SHARON C.  The birds and the fill background as well as the wordart are by Paulette at Create with TLC.

Enjoy your HOP and don't forget to leave some love along the way!

Happy Crafting

RhondaSue

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CUPIDS KISSES FREE CANDY TENT PRINTABLE

The template is from Belle...

The wordart elements are from

Paulette at CREATE WITH TLC

The layout and the heart fill are

by myself at CraftymumzCreation.

Just click on the image to open it in
another window in full-size format.
Then right click and save it to your
own computer.
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NATIONAL BIRD DAY 2013

National Bird Day

Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013

Why National Bird Day?

• The beauty, songs, and flight of birds have long been sources of human inspiration.
• Today, nearly 12 percent of the world's 9,800 bird species may face extinction within the next century, including nearly one-third of the world's 330 parrot species.
• Birds are sentinel species whose plight serves as barometer of ecosystem health and alert system for detecting global environmental ills.
• Many of the world's parrots and songbirds are threatened with extinction due to pressures from the illegal pet trade, disease, and habitat loss.
• Public awareness and education about the physical and behavioral needs of birds can go far in improving the welfare of the millions of birds kept in captivity.
• The survival and well-being of the world's birds depends upon public education and support for conservation.

This is the reason for National Bird Day.

source:  http://www.nationalbirdday.com/

Don't miss out on

our BLOG HOP

to honor this event...

JANUARY 13, 2013

ANNOUNCING: A NEW BLOG HOP

Another TLC Creations Blog Hop~!

To introduce the new Design Team Members,

and to get a lot of freebies~!

I think 9 or 10 at this point........

if you haven't Hopped with us before,

you are in for a treat~!

When:  January 13, 2013

Where:  Start right here~!

Time:  8:00 a.m. PST

Theme of the Hop is ..........

"For the Birds"

 

 

Start limbering up,

because we are going to 

HOP~!

 

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CHRISTMAS TOPPERS

I always put myself through so much stress to finish projects last minute.  I wish I could learn just once to do more ahead and get things done way before the last minute time frame!!!  But I thoroughly enjoyed making this project for my fellow co-workers and really am glad that they all seemed to like them too!

I have been shopping for MONTHS to prepare for a Christmas themed craft show.  But in early November, my neighbor decided she wasn't going to do the craft show and since I've never done this particular one I really didn't want to do it alone.  SO...  I have had lots of stock building over the past several months to get enough supplies on hand for my own booth.  Well, I let my daughter and her friends eat most of the specialized candy...  But I have had quite a stash of MUGS being saved for many different kinds of projects.  Starting the first week of November I focused on stocking up more on Christmas mugs than anything else.  I actually was able to get 34 different mugs!  And guess what?  There are 34 employees on the payroll at work!  HOW AMAZING IS THAT?

Inside of each mug I added one candy cane, 8 Hershey Kisses, one pkt of SwissMiss Classic Hot Cocoa, a small ziploc baggie of mini marshmallows.  I also made Reindeer Noses and Elf Pillows to add to the gift bag.  Then to put it all together I made a topper tag of SNOWMAN SOUP.

There is one girl that I have gotten to be friends with that collects penguins.  And low and behold, she was the name given to me for the SECRET SANTA GIFT EXCHANGE too yet!  WOOT WOOT!  I had fun splurging on penguin goodies everywhere I went shopping!  You can spot the penguin mug above right?  It even had a hat used as a lid to the mug!  And the goodies inside went into a penguin drawstring bag!  And the only bag different from the rest to put all 34 mugs into was the penguin bag you see on the left side of the pic!  I had so much fun putting ALL of these together!

After each mug filled with its sweetness got put into its own bag, I added a REINDEER NOSES and an ELF PILLOWS packets to each bag.  Then folded over one inch or so at the top and stapled the SNOWMAN SOUP topper to that. 

This is the front view

This is the back view.

REINDEER NOSES FREE PRINTABLE

just click on it to open full size and right click

to save to your own computer!

ELF PILLOWS FREE PRINTABLE

just click on it to open full size and right click

to save to your own computer!

SNOWMAN SOUP FREE PRINTABLE

just click on it to open full size and right click

to save to your own computer!

The picture I took of the finished project was so blurry you couldn't make them out... so I am sorry to say I can't share what they all looked like completely finished!  Very disappointed in that...but you get the mail idea I think with everything else I've described I hope.

And then to top it off, I baked 28 loaves of Banana Bread yesterday.  Everything from 2" up to 8" loaves.  It was the first time I used that recipe and it was SO SO SO GOOD! I just couldn't stop!  We delivered them to four of our neighbors as a gift for Christmas.  I gave one to my "penguin friend" today.  We are eating one.  I put the little mini's on snowman plates and surrounded them with REINDEER NOSES (round circle pretzels with a hershey kiss melted inside and a red m-n-m pressed into the center of that then cooled to set up solid again) and a few wrapped Hershey kisses too.  These plates of goodies went to our daughter's boyfriends dad for Christmas and another neighbor.  They all liked them and put smiles on their faces.

This is my favorite time of the year!  I love to do all these R.A.C.K.s...  and it is so heartwarming to see everyone's smiles and happiness!

**R.A.C.K.s = Random Acts of Christmas Kindness

****All the elements I used in the free printable toppers above are from

Paulette over at Create with TLC

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!
RhondaSue

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KINDNESS... PASS IT ON!

Let's see how much kindness

we can spread today.....

There are literally thousands of ladies that

come to THIS BLOG every day....imagine

if all those people passed on some kindness

and then those thousand passed on kindness

....wow.....

moments of happiness dotted all

over the world.

Worth a couple of minutes?

you go to someone else's blog and leave some

kindness and tell them to spread some kindness

and a little TLC. 

With the TLC we can track it.....

Come back to Paulette's main blog post and let

her know where you spread some kindness

....just a name....you don't have to leave a link.... 

AFTER 20 people comment,

Paulette will add another freebie.....

Then we will get more kindness going

and she will leave more freebies~!

Let's get some Kindness rolling

all around the world~!

Ready, SET, SPREAD KINDNESS~!

Snag the button and put it on your blog or

share it with someone, or hundreds to

remind them to spread Kindness.