Canvas, please!

I just love the look of canvas...

Canvas People is offering their free canvas. It is a free 8 x 10 Canvas and I believe my shipping was $15. That is a steal!

My first one was this I love us print.


















You can find the prints here free to download and they come in 8 different colors so you are bound to find one that matches your decor! Or one for a Christmas present.... oh I love these colors!

My second purchase from Canvas People I upgraded to an 11 x 14. I did have a balance and I had it framed but it was well worth it!












I recently purchased this Groupon for a 16 x 20 canvas. It was $39 which included the shipping and then when you sign up with a new email address (and I guess not purchase for a while) Groupon sent me a $15 gift to use on my next purchase. So $125 value for.....$24 - SCORE! I just ordered it tonight so I will send you a pic when I get it and find a new home for it!

So what are you waiting for? Head over to Canvas People and score your own deal here! 

Random Acts of Kindness

My son loves lollipops. He sticks out his tongue and puts the pop on his tongue to get a taste. It takes FOREVER for him to get through a Dum Dum pop because he hasn't learned to put the whole thing in his mouth. How come everything at this age is adorable?

So when I saw this download, I knew I had to make these for his daycare class.



All you need are:
- Lollipops (I used Dum-Dums because they are smaller for 2 year olds)
- Lollipop printable
- Scissors
- Pencil or some other thin tool like a water color paintbrush
- Basket
- Paper filler or tissue paper

1. First, print out the flowers and cut them out.
2. Then use the end of your scissors to poke a hole in the center and insert the pop.
3. Take your pencil or I used the end of a thin paintbrush and curl the ends of the petals. This just added a little interest for me. I made 20 multipled by 8 petals was 160 petal curls! UGH! But I do this in front of the TV as I watch shows so it isn't as painful as it sounds! 
4. Line your basket or pot with tissue paper or shredded stuffing. Green would have been predicable so I used white tissue paper and put pink shredded filler on top. 
5. Then I arranged the pops into a bouquet.

NOTE: I first tried to arrange them in a $1 rectangle pot with styrofoam ball cut in half. I found that the popsicle sticks were too short and since I had 20 pops the pot wasn't big enough once they were arranged. This would have been perfect if I had less.

I love this idea because it reinforces sharing and patience. My son wanted them NOW. I had to keep telling him it was for his friends at school and that he needed to share. No special occasion just a sweet surprise and cost me close to nothing. I had bought the bag of pops a while ago (under $3). The basket and tissue paper I had on hand. Can't beat that.

I hope this brings a glimmer of sunshine on this dreary rainy day to the little kids. Hopefully for the ladies at daycare sake, all the kids eat these way quicker than my son does! These little treats might last all day!

Spread some random acts of kindness today!

Tag Tuesday - Library Tags

Hello there! What a week! Earthquake, hurricane and all the drama that comes with both of those.....I have to admit that normalcy is underrated. My hubby and I were more exhausted on vacation! Since I was confined to the indoors, I did catch up on some craft and scrapbooking projects...can't wait to share.

www.tortagialla.com

Library tag, pocket and card template

Print these for your kids to play library with their books or print them on patterned paper to use on scrapbook layouts. Kyle's first trip to the library needs to be scrapped and I will be printing one of these for the page!
Enjoy!

Tag Tuesday - Summer

Cannot believe that it is the end of summer! Where did it go? And I am not even tan! Sorry for the lack of posts: not only am I soaking up the last rays of summer but the beach house didn't have internet until today - how have I survived???? Probably a good thing to be unplugged for a couple of days.
In celebration (or mourning) of summer coming to a close, I thought I would post some summer tags. I already have some ideas brewing on how I can use these on scrapbook layouts for our beach vacation :)

freeprettythingsforyou

chickabug

shabbychiccrafts

living locurto

Please keep your fingers crossed that Irene doesn't ruin the end of my family's and friend's summer plans!

Tag Tuesday

S-U-M-M-E-R
Go on a picnic, give a gift of plants or flowers ....here are some tag downloads to make that fun and easy! I just ran across this new blog by Eat Drink Chic. I will visit here often. Not only does she use Chic in the title of her blog but the entire blog is eyecandy. So go grab a vintage flowered sheet out of your linen closet, print some tags, pack a lunch & invite a friend for a picnic!

[Click the link under the picture to go to the post to download]

Eat Drink Chic

Eat Drink Chic

I used the flowered tag on my aloe plant gifts. I have this crazy huge Aloe plant that my girlfriend gave me over a year ago. This thing will not stop reproducing! In fact all my house plants are the kind of plants that reproduce easily and those are the best to have around when you need a quick present! I have Aloe plants, Spider plants and a philodendron. All are pretty hearty so even those that don't have a green thumb can keep these alive! The aloe plant and dirt are free and the pots and rocks I buy at the Dollar Tree. The twine is from here. How much cutier do they look with the pop of color from the tag? DONE!

Tag Tuesday

I cannot tell you how many free printables I have stored on my computer! Everytime I blog surf I find such great talent out there offering free downloads! I surf blogs and always look for "freebies" &  "free downloads" then save anything and everything. I have all the folders organized by holiday and theme so I can go in and find what I need quickly or preuse ideas for inspiration.

I love tags. Here are a couple of my faves. They are so easy to print and cut out. Tuck them away to attach to gifts or add in your scrapbook layouts. Every Tuesday I will share free tag downloads from blogs that I surf. Here are a couple of my faves. Click on the bold to download. 

Vintage Flower Tags  I will show you a project where I used these real soon!

Gift TagsI print these out and use my circle punch and have a stash ready for anytime I use them.

Vintage Number Tags Right in line with PB style but I haven't found a home for these yet....any ideas?

Let me know where you use them! Enjoy!