Play Day

When I went to Michael's to pick up some etching creme yesterday

I decided to check out their Halloween beads.

I could not find a single one!

I did however spot these blue teardrop ones

and the lovely tan ones and bronze smaller ones.

So today I got out my supplies and made bracelets and earrings.

The color here is not true on the browns 

but they look amazing with a couple of outfits in my closet.

YAY!

I guess next year if I want Halloween jewelry

I will either shop earlier 

or make my own beads!

Fun for Halloween

I took a class last weekend

to learn how to use my new toy.

The pumpkin face on the glass block

was one of the projects.

Very easy and fun to scan in what you want

then have the machine cut it out for you.

I see many applications for this and have already used it

to scan and cut out some quilting patterns 

which I then ran through the sticker machine.

It will also cut out actual templates

so I see lots of uses for this tool!