Crafty Chickens

I had one but sold it a year later. Supplies are crazy expensive here, but only Michael's sells them and they are exempt from coupons so idk if you have better shopping options down there. Spending $25 per roll of colour was just too much unless I had a specific project I really wanted to do, like the kid's Santa sacks. Otherwise, for just t-shirts and things, it would cost me less to pay someone else who makes them. The program doesn't take much to figure out, and there's lots of easy YouTube videos to guide you.

 

This is my fear... I really just want it for tees and onesies so by the time I buy the machine, supplies, and maybe a heat press, am I actually saving anything? Not until I’ve made an awful lot of tees! Also as N pointed out, I barely have time to do anything these days so it might not be the best time for an expensive new hobby.

 

R has one at his work that's he uses for t shirt decals but also for vinyl stickers. It's also really good for cutting stencils, which is largely what I have R do for me, because I prefer to paint shirts over using the vinyl. With stenciling, you don't have to use the more expensive cricut branded vinyl rolls.

I'd check resale sites if you're interested, I even saw one at Goodwill once.

 

If there’s a local sewing store that sells supplies, I’d go talk to them and see if anyone that’s a regular would be interested in making them.

I’d love to make ones for M, but that’s a lot of upfront costs.

 

I am trying so hard to talk myself out of this purchase but I so badly want to impulsively order the damn thing!

 

@Kimmers I wish you lived in my town, I would split the cost with you lol. I keep trying to find reasons to buy one.

 

@Kimmers if you can hold out, wait for a sale at like labour day or Black Friday. I find Cricut’s official site has lots of sales; I got mine around Christmas in a bundle deal, and it was so good that even with the conversion to CAD and customs fees, it was still cheaper than what I would’ve paid here for just the machine alone.

 

@Dorothygale This is excellent advice but L’s birthday is next month and we are doing Disney/Universal in October and I’m dying to make all the things for these occasions!

 

I got sick of E tearing off the wrappers of her crayons and broken crayon pieces everywhere. So I peeled them all, cut them up and melted them down into some fun shaped silicone molds I had for chocolates and stuff. She is now super amazed by her "magic" multi coloured crayons and thinks they're all new now.

 

Will you plz be MY fun mom?

 

This idea was born purely out of annoyance. Now there’s no wrappers and they’re too thick for her to snap!

This mama is out of fun mom ideas. I did recently start face painting, but I do not recommend.

 

My grandma used to draw on my face with colored eyeliners. It was less messy than paint!

 

I finally remembered to get a picture of how we had to install the window AC. I mentioned it a few pages back but basically we have horizontal sliding windows so you can’t install the unit the normal way. We had to get crafty and found a video where the guy used a steel rod and plexiglass. The rod keeps the unit in place and the plexiglass covers the rest of the open window. It’s super easy and I wish we’d known sooner.





I was worried the rod would put too much pressure on the window but it doesn’t at all.

 

Damn, your rig is way more legit than how J and used to do it. Ours was held up with one of those Ikea shelves, and we just prayed it didn’t fall.

 

Anything is better than my co-workers who have a portable a.c. in their office and run it with the windows wide open.

 

@Tumnus that’s a good idea! I’ve been using face paint sticks, but the ones I got are big like oil pastels and don’t make nice clean designs, so everything looks so clunky. I was thinking of trying the little cream pot type next that use a paintbrush.

Mainly the most irritating thing is that she wants her face painted constantly. I’ll finish one design and 10 minutes later she’ll come back like “and now a unicorn!”

 

If you ever have to do it again, I highly recommend this method! I still can’t believe how easy it is. It makes it easy to take the unit out too since we don’t want to keep it in 24/7.

@A. Ham How do they not understand how it works and the fact that they’re letting all the hot air back in?

 

There's basically no AC here at all. It's a completely foreign concept.

 

And no ice in drinks!

 

I'm ok with that. But if you're gonna buy an AC read the manual!

 

I scored a huge bag of polyfill at a liquidation place for $1.99 so today we’re attempting the pigs from Jillian Jiggs.

 

I would like to check her out!

 

Those who are masters of upcycling old furniture, I need help! I have this old tv cabinet that I want to repaint and fix. But I'm really lost as to what to do with the bottom part where the canvas/screening part is (diamonds). I want to rip that part out, but what do I replace it with?