Another Lesson in Creativity NOT!

I feel pretty stupid right now.....I went to make the decals for the jars and boy did I run into a road block! I have clear decal paper and white decal paper, and so I thought, OK...this should be on clear. Well, guess what? The decal comes out totally transparent....because there is no "white" on the back round like the original from Meyercord. They must have actually done a two step process. So I thought OK....the white will work, nope! All of the back round including where you cut around the decal is white! DRAT!!!!!! How in the heck am I going to do this? Well, my bestest friend Cheri came over and we worked on Word, I don't know Photoshop yet....and we came up with this:








Now, where you see white in the box it is white, not clear....so it changed how the decal looks.....I am so bummed! I wanted to make these for lots of things! But either you put them on a colored surface or you paint the surface a color, clear glass will not work with reproductions!

Linda, do not fear, I have an original for you......but my idea of selling these on Etsy is going to have to wait until I can figure out a way to make the decal opaque, but the back round clear.....if that is even possible. I feel pretty defeated right now. This is the best we could come up with for right now.....and it takes up the whole front square of glass on the jar......still cute but not as cute as the original! I looked at reproduction decal people on Ebay and they always show the decals on an opaque service, never clear glass..... So maybe I put this sweet little girl on something else..... Oh well another lesson in how things aren't always what they seem :)

Goodies in the Mail....Again!

This time as I opened these, I made sure my husband couldn't grab anything! On my Halloween Swap he took most of the candy before I could photograph it! First I got these really fun towels and toweling fabric from Reto Redheads, one of my favorite shops! I had bought one thing and hated the colors when I got them, so they exchanged them for these! A little bolder than I am comfotable with, but I think after a couple of washes, they will be perfect! Another MODA Home product! And the sweet little bag they came in is going to hold something in my craft room!













Then I got my wonderful box from my Thanksgiving Swap!!!! Her name is Linda and she went wild!!!!! Beautiful little wall hangings, napkins, S&P shakers ( which sadly didn't make it), a beautiful candle and candle holder, a great little Thanksgiving cookbook ( can always use thoses! ) a sweet little fall angel and a beautiful handmade fall runner! Linda, thank you so much, you truly outdid yourself! And oh by the way, so did Leslie with the Halloween Swap, I wish you could have seen all of it! What my husband didn't eat, I have put away already! LOL

OPPS! Lost my signature! Still learning, you know!!!!! :)