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Sunday, July 8, 2018

Who has a Cricut or Silhouette ?

ADDICTED TO VINYL?

I am!!  

ALL the colors, ALL the types, ALL the feels!!
Vinyl, vinyl, vinyl...

I used my birthday money to buy me a Silhouette machine!
NOT an original idea, I found out! 

It seems as though today EVERYONE has either a cricut or a silhouette !  I was thinking I could make shirts and various vinyl creations, as a side gig, to my stay at home mom job of keeping other babies, besides my own! It started out good, you know showing stuff I made on FaceBook, getting orders from my friends & family, of course I wasn't ( and still don't ) charge as much as I should. Mostly because people don't want to pay what it's "worth". 
Especially when you can get "vinyl" shirts so cheap online somewhere, or at Target & Walmart!

SO I love doing custom creations, that maybe you can't find at Target or Walmart! Of course I've done shirts you could find at these places, but the difference is on a shirt that you like, in the color you like, so that makes it a custom shirt! I've also done lots of other projects, other than shirts. 
Here's the link to my album on Facebook:

What people don't understand is you have to buy lots of accessories to go along with the cutting machine. Not to mention tons of vinyl, to have colors & types on hand, you know.....in case you get an order! It never fails, I don't have THE color a customer wants, so I'll have to order it. Well the shipping on one sheet of vinyl is insane! That alone makes you go in the hole on a project! So of course I order the minimum amount to get FREE shipping, hoping one day I'll get to use all this vinyl I'm purchasing! 

It's a lot of fun,  but it can be an expensive hobby! 

I just love to craft, and my busy schedule doesn't leave me a lot of time to be as creative as I would like! 
How do you fit in your creative time?
What is your favorite crafty pastime?

Who wants a crafty giveaway?

Let me know in the comments if you want me to do a crafty giveaway,  and maybe some items you'd like to a chance to win?