I love Simply Swank!

No other craft kit has ever been more fun to play with (and dangerous and destructive--when in my hands) than the Simply Swank starter kit. Once I used up what they had in the kit, I promptly went to Craft Mania and bought more.

I made my little ornament with a Simply Swank soldering kit, and I am sold on it. I print my drawings in high-res, teeny size, cut them out with care, and layer them in glass. SO MUCH FUN! I won't mention that I burned myself and burned hole in my fleece pajamas with solder and that I dropped the soldering iron on the dining room floor and melted the carpet pile. ::::grin::::: But I will say that I've been having a lot of fun making my ornaments, and I cannot wait to go and buy more glass and copper and solder to make more!

I made one with Mr. Corbeau, one with the Dearest Friends image and one with the Racoon Hug, yesterday too. I need to only buy more solder to finish one. I'll post pics of the ones I completed tonight.

I recommend this kit to anyone who is adventurous in crafting; you can make cool pennants, bracelet links, ornaments, anything you want with this kit! It's easy too. Like painting with metal.

Try it. You will become addicted like me.

PS, this post was inspired entirely by my own enthusiasm for making little ornaments. Nobody paid me to say this. I'm just so excited about it I had to rave.

Happy Birthday Tasha Tudor

Tasha Tudor (August 28, 1915-June 18, 2008)

Dear Tasha,
You lived your life the way that made you happy; and never allowed any external forces define you. There is so much to be admired in that. Happy Birthday. Wherever you are.

"Einstein said that time is like a river, it flows in bends. If we could only step back around the turns, we could travel in either direction. I'm sure it's possible. When I die, I'm going right back to the 1830s. I'm not even afraid of dying. I think it must be quite exciting." ~Tasha Tudor

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Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter!

Helen Beatrix Potter (July 28, 1866 - December 22, 1943)

Thank you for bringing such magic and imagination to my childhood; and thank you for being such an inspiration to me.

Kind words from Tasha Tudor's staff

If you don't know who Tasha Tudor is, please follow this link and enlighten yourself. If you are any measure of a artist, crafter, creature of creativity and imagination, I'm sure you'll develop the same appreciation for the life of this woman as her fans have.

She was a character to be remembered ~ a woman out of her time, a soul of whimsy and playfulness, and beauty. She lived her life as she wanted; stepping away from the rat-race and using her unique vision to create a livelihood and a lifestyle that many of us long for, but do not have the courage to pursue.

She died recently. We fans are very saddened, I shed some tears. I sent a note to her website after her passing, expressing my sympathy to her family. They wrote back and said:

"Thank you so much for your kind words during this difficult time. It has been such a joy to read how Tasha touched so many lives, including our own."

http://www.tashatudorandfamily.com/

It's sad to know the world goes on without a Tasha Tudor in it. However I choose to believe there are other souls out there to keep her type of vision going.

Farewell Tasha. :(