Evey's Favorite Things: Black Friday Edition

 

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BLACK FRIDAY IS HERE, YALL!

I'm so excited to share my favorite deals with y'all today!! Crafting has definitely gotten me through this entire COVID quarantine, and these are the products that I love!!

1. Head over to Design and Font bundles for their INCREDIBLE $1 event, where over 15,000 files, fonts and designs will be only a DOLLAR EACH! Yes, that's right, oh and WITH commercial licenses! RUN BEFORE THEY SELL OUT! If you aren't a 'Plus' member, definitely consider a subscription! We get extras and we also get extra time to shop events like these, not to mention all of the free bonuses you get with the subscription!!

2. The Cricut Maker! Y'all, I can't begin to tell you how much I love this machine! If you follow me, you know it's the truth. The Maker will be as low as $299, which is the lowest it's ever been! You can buy it from Cricut directly, and earn a $20 coupon for every $100 spent, and enjoy some of the lowest prices of the year (use code NOVSHIP for free shipping on orders over $99!

You can also buy it on Amazon, Wal-Mart for $299, and other stores!

3. A close second fav, is the Cricut Air2, which is also the lowest price ever at $179 (Use code NOVSHIP at checkout for free shipping on orders over $99!  Also available on Amazon and Walmart for the same low price! I believe that Amazon and Walmart are better stocked currently. 

4. If you are traveling with your Cricut machines, this bag, which is currently 20% off on Amazon, is a great way to safely transport it! It's also great storage to keep your machine dust free! Go grab one, before the deal runs out!

5. If you love your Cricut Maker, you will love the Easy Press 2 family!! I love the fact that these are portable and can be used on site at a craft fair, expo or pop-up shop! They're also all their lowest prices and can be found on Cricut's website (use code NOVSHIP for free shipping on orders over $99), but also deeply discounted on Amazon (only $179 for the largest size!) and at Walmart and other stores!

6. I recently discovered TeckWrap brand holographic and opal PERMANENT vinyl, and y'all, I have NOT been the same! When I say it's permanent...well, let's just say that I even made a TikTok about how my kids put a cup with this vinyl THROUGH MY DISHWASHER (Disclaimer: DON'T DO THIS), and y'all, THE VINYL IS STILL PERFECTLY ATTACHED! So, yeah, head over to Amazon to check out the deals before they're gone!

7. Another awesome product that I fell in love with, during quarantine, the IkonArt Stencil kit makes custom REUSABLE stencils that are PERFECT for screenprinting and more! If you haven't checked out my review post on it, make sure you do so! This thing is seriously cool! Go check it out! There's a 25% off code on the site, but for future reference, use code EVEYSCREATIONS at checkout for a lifetime 15% off discount!

8. This product should be on every crafter and DIYer's wish list! If you have been following for awhile, you know how much I love this stuff! It's a glaze, stain, and paint ALL in one and heavily concentrated, so a little goes a LONG way! Save 7% on Amazon today, or buy via their website directly, and use code EVEYSCREATIONS each time you shop, for a lifetime 10% discount!

I will be posting more flash deals on my Facebook page during the day, so stay tuned! 

HAPPY SHOPPING, Y'ALL!

 

Pumpkin Spice Lattes and Fall Sign Tutorial

Hey y'all! Who loves Fall? I DO! It's actually my favorite time of the year. Here's a fun fall-inspired sign and if you are still with me at the end, I'll maybe even have the free file for you! ;)

My bloggy buddies and I have once again joined forces to bring you 14 Home Decor Projects, I figured I'd kick off Fall with my project, but make sure you check out all of the other awesome ones for more project inspiration. The projects are listed at the bottom of my post, just click on each name and it will take you to each blog!

 

Since it's officially Pumpkin Spice Latte season, I thought I'd share this fun tutorial!

**Though I was compensated for this post in product and/or monetarily, all opinions, ideas and comments are 100% my own. Please note: this post may also contain affiliate links.**

I actually designed this sign a few years back for a Home Show Make it Take it Workshop, but I thought I'd share the project supplies list and file (free!) with you guys now!

For this project you will need the following:

• Cricut Maker or Cricut Air2
• 10"x 10" board (I used pine)
•  Cricut Indoor Vinyl (temporary vinyl or 631)
• Old Fashioned Milk Paint
• Unicorn SPiT Stain (I used a blend of milk paint and SPiT to make my ombre colors)
• Foam craft brushes
• Dark furniture stain
• Spray Laquer

First, sand, clean and stain your board and allow it to fully dry. Once it's dry, hit it with some of the spray lacquer listed above. To make a stencil, simply cut out your vinyl and instead of removing the background when you weed it, remove the letters, leaving the background and making sure to leave the letter centers. Use some transfer tape to transfer your stencil onto your board. Make sure to burnish your stencil before adding your paint so as to not get any bleed through. To get the ombre look, just pour out some paint/stain onto your palette in an ombre look and drag your foam brush straight across it to get the effect. Make sure to remove your stencil while the paint is still partially wet so as to not lift it.

Alternatively, you can stain or paint the board and use vinyl for the lettering like these gals did at the Home Show:

Either method looks great! Just make sure if you're going the colorful board and vinyl route, that you seal your Unicorn SPiT before adding your letters. You can do this by giving a quick spray with the lacquer I listed above, making sure it's fully dry before adding the letters using transfer tape or it might lift up your stain or paint. I personally love both looks but went for the stained board in a dark walnut, then lacquer, then the stencil and paint.


As promised, here's the file in jpg format...just right click, save to your drive, then open up Design Space and upload it. You can find a video and post on how to import your own designs into DS HERE.

Tell me, have you had a Pumpkin Spice Latte this season already? I will let in on a little secret...I don't drink coffee! I KNOW! IT'S CRAZY, BUT I DON'T! I'm a Tea girl. Tea is life. ;)

Don't forget to check out the other 13 posts and visit my bloggy friends.
Here's that list:

Buffalo Check Wooden Pumpkin from Weekend Craft • Inspirational Candles from Happy Go Lucky • Rustic Wooden Sign from Refresh Restyle • Paper Pumpkins from Create & Babble • Charting Embroidery with the Cricut from The Kim Six Fix • Rainbow Bookends from SeeLINDSAY • Dollar Tree Sign Upcycled For Fall from Daily DIY Life • Coco Inspired Pillows from Upright and Caffeinated • Pumpkin Spice Latte Towel with the Cricut EasyPress from Cookies, Coffee and Crafts • Fall Inspired Sign from Every's Creations • Quick and Easy Home Decor with Your Cricut: One Cricut SVG File 12 Ways! from Happily Ever After, Etc • DIY Clipboard Wall Art from Real Girls Realm • Welcome Fall Cricut Shadow Box from the Inspiration Vault • Fall Wreath from Our Crafty Mom

Happy Fall, y'all!

 

Spring Monogram Wreath under 15 minutes...Craft Lightning

Hi y'all! I'm so excited to be participating in a fun challenge with my bloggy friends this week! It's called "Craft Lightning" and this time around, we're focusing on wood crafts!

I thought this would be a PERFECT time to bust out a new craft supply that I've been obsessed with for a few weeks...Sola Wood Flowers! My friend Stefanie over at Oh! You're Lovely uses these cuties quite often, so I thought I'd order a few and give them a try and I'm hooked! (I just placed another order the other night because there was a SALE!)

Here is the full list of supplies needed for this project (I've included links to Amazon in case you can't make it to a craft store):

**Though I was compensated for this post in product and/or monetarily, all opinions, ideas and comments are 100% my own. Please note: this post may also contain affiliate links.**

• Sola Wood Flowers
• Grapevine Wreath 
• Chipboard or Wooden Letter
• Hot Glue Gun
• Floral Wire
• Floral Spray Stem
• White Craft Paint
• Chip Brush

Steps:

•  Paint your Monogram Initial and set aside to dry.
• Position your wood flowers on your wreath according to where you like them best and glue them down. 
• Add some of the spray stem to it to fill in the space a little better. 
• Glue down your Monogram.
• Secure your letter with some floral wire.  (I wrapped some of the wire around the 'S' following the same path as the floral spray to hide it.)
• Add some ribbon or burlap to the top and hang it on your front door!

I made a quick video to show you how to put it all together.


The entire project took just under 10 minutes to create! Isn't it so pretty? Those flowers look SO realistic!

Make sure you check out the other bloggers who are sharing their OWN 15 minutes and under projects all using wood! Here are today's bloggers:

Monday:

• Cathie Filian

• Making Celebrating

• Doodlecraft

• Morena’s Corner

• The How-To Home

• Ginger Snap Crafts

• Craft Shack Chronicles

Did I mention this is going on ALL week? Well it, is! You can check out the full list of bloggers over at any of our hosts' blogs all week long! Here are our hosts:

• The Country Chic Cottage

• Pet Scribbles

Make sure you check them all out! Happy Crafting!

 

Cricut Challenge: Biggie Inspired Tshirt

Hi y'all! I'm so excited for this month's Cricut Challenge!! First, let me say that this project though easy to make, was no simple feat to accomplish. Why? Well, it was difficult to accomplish because my township has been without power for 10days after we got hit with two back to back nor'easters and snow storms. Thankfully, someone offered up her home so I could Cricut in time for the post to go live!

I'll stop blabbing now...well first let me say that you want to stick to the end of this post, since there's a GIVEAWAY! Also, make sure to check out the other awesome bloggers that participated in the challenge for more crafty Cricut inspiration! (Also linked at end of post.)

**Though I was compensated for this post in product and/or monetarily, all opinions, ideas and comments are 100% my own. Please note: this post may also contain affiliate links.**

Make sure you also check out our sponsor, Happy Crafters! They very graciously provided these comfy tshirts and the awesome HTV for this project! Woohoo!

The shirts are super soft and they fit comfortably! Side-note, thank you to my in laws for letting us and our puppy come hang at their house, too during this crazy time! That cabinet behind me in the above picture is just chock full of memories from the kids', my brother in law's and hubby's childhoods! :) 

Back to my awesome DIY Biggie-inspired Tshirt...

I used some Cricut access fonts for this design on Cricut Design Space. March 9th marked the 21st anniversary of Biggie's death, so being the Biggie fan that I am, I decided a Biggie quote was JUST what my Happy Crafters' Tshirt needed! I ordered some black holographic HTV that can be found here, and this black tshirt, and chose my quote. I got this from his song titled "Sky's the limit" and I love it!

I just love watching my Maker in action!

Sidenote: Yes, this is what I look like when the power goes out for this long...
I had a bunny left over from an Easter project, so it's on my Maker for the time being. I also used my handy Easy Press for this project! (The Easy Press is on sale! Use this link to save $20 and use code MYSTERYMARCH for free shipping on all orders over $95.) I used the 'Holographic Sparkle Iron-on on fabric' setting to apply my HTV.

Anyone else find weeding vinyl to be oh-so-satisfying?!

I wanted to go for the 'black on black' thing, but with a twist! ;) When the sun or light hits the tshirt, the holographic rainbow POPS! It's pretty awesome!

 

Isn't the holographic effect so pretty?

 

I was clearly feeling my shirt, so I took a selfie on Snap the day I wore it. (Anyone else wish that snap filters were real life? Just sayin'...my skin is flawless with this filter!  Ha!)

Anyone else love Biggie as much as I do!? You can find the file here, free to use as long as you have Cricut Access on Design Space. Use this link for 10% off your order after you buy a subscription to Cricut Access.

A huge thank you to Jeanie and Michelle who had the great idea to get us all together!

Make sure you check out the other amazing projects for this month! You can find them linked below:

A Turtle's Life for Me • Weekend Craft • Create and Babble • Happy Go Lucky • Refresh Restyle • Daily DIY Life • Happily Ever After, etc • Cookies, Coffee and Crafts • The Kim Six Fix • See Lindsay • Dragonfly & Lily Pads • PS I Love you Crafts • Our Crafty Mom • Doodle Craft Blog • Real Girls Realm • Upright and Caffeinated •  That Sweet Tea Life • Smiling Colors • Tastefully Frugal • The Inspiration Vault • The How-To Home • Evey's Creations

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