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Free Silhouette Cutter Giveaway and a special discount

posted by cindylouh on August 3rd, 2010 | Giveaways, silhouette |

Silhouette asked me to review their product and I have to say WOW this is little machine is fun.  I love that I can hook it up to my computer and the sky is the limit!

Silhouette is giving one very lucky reader a Silhouette of their very own!

You can't imagine all the projects you can do with this machine.  One little visit to their site you will see so many lovely things from glass etching, wall vinyl, heat transfers to stencils for fabric painting. You don't want to miss the Silhouette blog, they have loads of tutorials and free downloads.

I wanted to try something a bit different......... a personalized lunch sack for my daughter's first day of school!  I can't help but be inspired by Lunch Bag Art!  Have you seen how his kid's take their lunch to school?---amazing. Okay I am not quite there, but I think my daughter will be thrilled with this ego boosting lunch sack!

Yes, this machine does more than cut!

I first created her very own word search at A to Z Teacher. I did an 8 X 15 sized word search and added in adjectives that describe my daughter. Once it was generated I highlighted and copied the word search.  I then pasted into my Adobe Illustrator program --- (I think you could use other programs also).  I increased the font size of the search letters to 18pt and the search words to 21pt (Myriad Pro Font) and added her name in a fancy font. I then opened the Cutting Master 2 for Craft ROBO. Adjusted the paper size for my lunch sack, choose pen setting.

I then added a Silhouette sketch pen and loaded a white lunch sack on a carrier sheet.

And to my complete delight and amazement, it perfectly printed my word search on the side of the bag!

Seriously, the possibilities are endless with this little machine!

The Giveaway includes:

A Silhouette Machine

(a $299.99 value)

And it includes…

  • Silhouette machine
  • Software for Windows XP/Vista
  • Power cable, USB cable
  • 2 Cutting mats (one for thick media, one for thin media)
  • One cutting blade
  • $10 gift card to the Silhouette Online Store

For a chance to win your own all you need to do is leave a comment on this post by Saturday, August 7th at midnight central time. If you would like EXTRA entries you can

Please leave a separate comment for each thing you do!

Silhouette can only be sent to a winner living in the states

The contest ends on Saturday Aug 7, 2010 at 9PM CST. I will announce & contact the winner on Monday Aug 9, 2010

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If you are interested in purchasing a Silhouette, there is an exclusive Skip to my Lou promo code. Use the promo code Skip to take advantage of these two promotions! (After you put in the code all the discounts and freebies will show up in the basket)

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1) AWESOME PROMO (running from August 1st through August 9th at midnight)

Buy a machine and receive the following:

- $50 off the Silhouette Craft Cutter
- 2 rolls of vinyl (Valued at $15.98)
- 1 roll of transfer tape (Valued at $7.99)
- Scraper (Valued at $6.99)
- Home Décor CD (Valued at $50)
- $10 Gift Card to the Silhouette Download Store
- Cutting Blade
- 2 Cutting Mats
All for $249.99
A Savings of $130.96
Just think of how much you’ll save on gift giving this year!

2) GOOD PROMO (running from August 9th through August 14th at midnight)

Buy a machine and receive the following:

$50 off (receive for $249.99)
2 rolls of Heat transfer ($29.89 value)
$10 Gift Card to the Silhouette Download Store
Cutting Blade
2 Cutting Mats
All for $249.99
A savings of $79.98


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Made By You Monday

posted by cindylouh on August 2nd, 2010 | Holiday Craft Along |

The  Bake, Craft & Sew Along is coming to an end!  We hope you have been inspired to have a handmade holiday and have enjoyed all of the ideas.  Today we have printable gift tags for all your homemade goodies!  Skip on over to According to Kelly for some"crafted with love" gift  tags and go on over to  A Southern Fairytale for "from the kitchen of" gift tags.  A huge thank you to the wonderful ladies at Eighteen 25 for making these gift tags for us! Their site if full of fun printables-- please be sure to visit them!  So if you have been sewing along with us you might need these-

Printable "Sewn With Love" Gift Tags Download

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Fabric Building Blocks

posted by cindylouh on August 1st, 2010 | Holiday Craft Along |

It's the Bake, Craft & Sew Along ---the sewing edition! Don't forget to skip on over to According to Kelly to see some fun crafty non-sewing gifts and to A Southern Fairytale for edible goodies that will be perfect this holiday season.

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Jessica from Happy Together has the perfect gift for all the toddlers and babies on your list. You will want to visit her blog for more sewing inspiration!
Jessica writes....

How To Make Fabric Blocks

Quilt Square Baby Blocks
Have a little one you need to make a quick gift for? Quilt Square Baby Blocks are your answer! They are soft, stackable, and with lots of pictures to keep the little one entertained. What you do first, if you need all the extra time you can get, is head on over to Etsy or Ebay and buy precut quilt squares. I bought a lot from Ebay that had all sorts of prints without any repeats. If you want to cut the squares yourself, you can do that as well. Choose whatever size you want. Now for the construction.


1. You will need 6 squares to make one block, so put together what squares you want for each block. You will also need stuffing, a sewing machine (optional), needle, and thread.
2. Sew four of the squares, right sides facing, together in a line.
Sew the two ends together with right sides facing.

3. Sew one square to the top of the four squares.


4. Sew last square on bottom, but leave one of the four sides open for stuffing. (I did sew the ends of that one side with the middle open though for an easier finish).

5. Stuff the block with stuffing. You could add a jingle bell or something in it if you want.

6. Hand sew or machine sew the opening shut.

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