Good morning! It’s that time again! It’s time for another round of Team Creative Crafts with a giveaway. :) This month’s theme was anything related to organization. Annnnnd since it is January, I think organization was a fantastic choice. I know I am busy cleaning out, getting rid of things, organizing and simplifying our home. One of the best ways to do this for me is labeling. I love to label everything in our home. So today I am excited to share how you can make you own kitchen labels with your Cricut machine. Also, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post for tons of organization ideas from me and some of my favorite bloggers, and then be sure to enter to win a Xyron Creative Station Lite and 2 Cartridges Bundle with Storage Box. Eek! Let’s get started! :)
Putting Together a Car Survival Kit with Cricut {tutorial}
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Good morning! Boy! This summer has been busy for our family. How about yours? We have been on the road for just about half the summer it seems! Being in the car brings it’s own challenges, and you don’t want to get left in a pinch if something comes up! That why I love putting together a car survival kit when our family hits the road. This little kit is so handy! Annnnnd it is so easy to put together with just a few supplies and your Cricut Joy (or other Cricut) machine. Let me show you how! :)
5 Ways to Organize with the Cricut Joy
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cricut. All opinions are 100% mine.
Good morning! Are you ready for some good news? I know I am! :) Annnnd this is a big one! Eek! Cricut has just launched a brand new machine. Annnnnd this cute little machine is a must have. I am so excited to tell you all about the Cricut Joy! I love that it’s small enough to put anywhere (you do not need a craft room!), it’s great for the craft newbie and so versatile that experienced crafters will want to add it to their crafty arsenal even if they already own a Cricut or two! ;) This little machine is so handy, and there are so, so, so many different ways I could use the Cricut Joy in my home. It was hard to narrow down to what direction I wanted to head first. I finally decided on organization. Organizing is my second love behind crafting. Annnd the Cricut Joy combines both of these! So, let me show you 5 Ways to Get Your Home Organized with the Cricut Joy. Let’s go! :)
My Favorite Kitchen Tips
Hello, there! What room do you spend the most time in at your home? For me, it’s the kitchen! I am literally in the kitchen all day long! From cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, crafting, helping with homework, taking out the trash, paying bills & everything in between you can find me in there! ha! Keeping my kitchen clean & organized is extremely important to me. Our home just runs better when I have the kitchen in order & the dishes put away. Today I am sharing My Favorite Kitchen Tips. Some of these tips are time saving, some help me save money & some just save my sanity! ha! I’m also sharing a free cut file for some super cute kitchen labels. I also have a pretty awesome coupon from Hefty Ultra Strong to tell you about, too! So let’s get started. :)
Organizing Your Craft Supplies with Labels + TONS of Organization Ideas #SilhouetteChallenge
Good morning! It’s time for another Silhouette Challenge! I love participating in these fun challenges each month. Buuuut honestly I don’t need that big of a reason to get my Silhouette out! ha! This month’s challenge is all about organization. So if you need some organization ideas then I have got your covered. Keep reading to how I organized my craft supplies with vinyl labels, & I’ll have links to 30+ other organizing ideas from my fellow Silhouette challenge crafters. So let’s get started! :)
label review {the results}
Today I’m over at So You Think Your Crafty sharing some items from my etsy shop, Ginger Snaps (annnd sharing a coupon code!!!), & later on this week I’ll be back with a tutorial on how to make one of the items in my shop. So make sure you stop by & say hi. :)
Speaking of etsy shops….remember my guinea pig post??? :)
For the past year I have been selling washable personalized sippy cups & drink cup labels in my etsy shop. Well, the dreaded thing happened…one of my customers emailed me & said all of her labels had fallen off! If you know me I was a little FrEaKeD out by that! She was super nice, and I sent her a new set of cups and some extra labels. Thank you, nice customer! :) I heart you! Buuuut I felt so bad. I have used these same labels on our cups forever, & I’ve never have had a problem. FYI: I cut these labels with a different kind of vinyl. It’s called cast vinyl (ORACAL 751 High Performance Cast Vinyl), and it’s suppose to be pretty heavy duty.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE cast vinyl…I blogged about it here and here and here.
So I came up with the idea to do a little product testing of my own just to see how the labels would perform in other people’s dishwashers (in comes my guinea pig post). :) I sent of set of 3 labels to my reviewers to apply to their own cups. My little labels went BIG places: Washington, Tennessee, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, even out of the country to Ontario, Canada ANNND even across the ocean to North Yorkshire (in the United Kingdom!!). I really had a lot of fun with this! I LOVED getting to know some of YOU better!!! You guys are awesome & so fun to work with!!! Thank YOU!
So here they are - the results! :)
I applied two of these beauties onto my sons plastic sippy cups! They survived every test I put them through wonderfully! Unfortunately, my nephew began to pick off one of the letters! The dishwasher test was very successful though! No matter how many times I scrubbed them, they went through the ancient dishwasher or got abused by my son, they held up so strong! I even boiled the cup with them on to sanitize from a sickness and again....flawless! Definitely a purchase in the future!
The labels are great. For the first time it kept my boys from arguing who's water bottle was who's.
They were put on travel mugs (for hot drinks). The ones that I followed your instructions I had no issues. The other one that I didn't follow 100% started to come off a bit but when I took it out of the dishwasher right away I just held the parts that were starting to peel ever so slightly and everything was fine.
I loved, loved, loved the vinyl. I even bought new glasses to put them on! They looked awesome!!!!! Sadly, during the 3rd wash (in the dishwasher), the vinyl came off (of all 3). I wish I had better news...but they looked amazing!
All three of my kids, (my fourteen year old included!) thought they were the greatest thing and used the bottles that we put them on on a daily basis. You asked what I put the labels on-- believe it or not I put them on recycled Starbuck's Frappuccino bottles. They were super easy to apply, held up great in both the dishwasher and the sink (quite often I had to hand wash them) and even held up to my three year old "picking" at the label. Overall the "personalized" bottles were a hit and my kids thought I was the coolest mom for making them. :D
They are awesome, but maybe you should include a warning in your labels about how addictive they are! I keep thinking of things around my house I could label! :) (my kids maybe?!)
Loved the font you used very nice, easy to apply, holding up very well, would love to see them in colors too if possible.
On the glass I did first, all the letters peeled off and got all mashed up the first time I dish washed it. I am willing to take all the blame, because I got impatient about waiting like your instructions said, and I peeled off the backing before the 15 minutes was up. The other two had not been used yet, so after the first one was destroyed, I went back over the other two with a piece of waxed paper and a credit card in hopes of sticking the vinyl down better. These two have held up great after nearly daily use the last couple of weeks. (FYI, my dishwasher is a dinosaur - probably 20+ years old - just so you know what the labels were up against.)
Here’s a picture from one of the “reviewers”! :)
So overall, not too bad. Pretty good reviews! :) Annnd YES I’m still a HUGE fan of cast vinyl.
For Christmas I made these adorable popcorn bowls for gifts for family gifts.
For the nursery class at our church I made these sippy cups! A HUGE hit! (Took these pictures after they had been used and washed a few times in our dishwasher.)
Buuuuut since now I can’t say 100% of the time they’ll be OK I’ve decided to stop carrying the cast vinyl labels in my etsy shop. Three of the reviewers did have issues with their labels. One even had one come off & another all 3 came off the third time they got washed in the dishwasher. :( I’m not sure if it’s how you apply them or if it could be what kind of dishwasher or soap you use that could make a difference. I’m stumped! So I’d rather be safe than sorry when it comes to paying customers. :)
Thank YOU again to all of my reviewers!!!
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