Birdie's Resolution Contest

What you can win:

• A custom blog theme/template for selfhosted Wordpress or Blogger (no Wordpress.com, sorry, it’s not possible).
• With up to 15 credits in istockphoto images for the design (if you want more images, you’ll have to purchase them).
• And up to 3 revisions of the blog sketch!
• You will also get a 125 x 125 px banner for it!

Important Guidelines

• The design will include fonts that are free for commercial use (but you can choose to buy yourself a professional one, there’s some really cheap ones).
• The theme/template will include a credit link in the footer.
• The prize does not include plugin customization, or anything like that outside the theme itself. Uploading content to the blog is your responsibility.
• If you have images you want included in the design, you must own them, or have a license for them. Using images right out of Google or other places won’t be possible.

Go here to enter.

Win a blog revamp

I am crossing my fingers and toes for this one.
Gis, the author of this blogger template I am currently using, is giving away a blog revamp.
Her blog designs are amazing! She also has a bunch of amazing free ones.
I blogged about Gis and her designs here.
Go on over here to enter. (ends 6/15)

So MuCh FuN...

I had to share some of my Christmas pictures of the kids.

On Friday night Ian lost his other front tooth. Yesterday the kids and I decorated for Valentine's Day. I was feeling inspired and last night I finally pulled back out my clay. I had taken a break for a couple of weeks. This is a sneak peak. There are a couple beads, a pin, magnets, ornaments & a heart box. I still have to add glitter and ribbon. I am hoping to have them listed this week in my etsy shop & lollishop.

I also came up with another entry for the Birdie Scripted Contest going on. A birdie saying "My other mug is a stein." Check out the rules and my other entry here.

New “Birdie Scripted” Contest

Over at Gisele Jaquenod & Birdie's blog she is having another contest. Guidelines for the contest is you have to think of a little script for a Birdie Says mug. In it, Birdie must appear alone or with some friend that you will describe, saying something of course.

My idea:

I think she should have a birdie wearing a kilt/tartan saying "make mine irish!"

Present Tutorial

I have decided to take part in the Birdie "Know-it-All" Tutorial Contest. I have never written a tutorial before. Here is how to make a polymer clay present.

You will need a 3/4 inch square Kemper Tool, tissue blade, pasta machine, red clay and white clay.

First I condition the clay in my pasta machine.After rolling it out on the largest thickness, I fold my clay in half twice and the add one more layer. You should have 5 layers total.Take the square kemper tool and cut out your square.Then take your white polymer clay and condition it. Then roll it out on a thinner setting. I used my 4.Then I cut 3 strips about 1/8 inch wide. (I cut 4 just to have an extra, just in case.)Lay one of the strips across the top of the square. And cut the white strip at the base of the present.Then lay another strip going in the opposite direction. Then cut at the base again.Next make the bow. Cut one piece at an angle. This will be the tails of the bow.To make the loops of the bow fold a small strip in on each side.Then place them on the top of the present and you have a finished present. Now you just have to bake it at the manufactors instructions. If you want to make this an ornament. All you have to do is take floral wire and cut a small length. Then you twist it on itself and place it in the middle of the bow.

New Look

Hi!! I have been on a search for a FREE 3 column blog design that I like for a while. While I loved my old background, I still wanted to have my extra widgets in 2 columns instead of one. While searching this morning I found this fantastic blog Gisele Jaquenod & birdy. I absolutely love her blog and designs. You can get her free blog templates here. These are just a few more of her designs. It did take sometime to switch over. I had to open each of my old widgets and copy the code and save it in a works document because you loose all the extras when you download it.