Use the good plates coloring page

 

The other day I was talking to a friend about a plan to sew buttonholes in my favorite denim jacket to hold vintage clip on earrings that belonged to my grandmother. She asked if I was worried about the earrings being damaged. 

I said "I'm more worried about them being in a box and never being seen, never being enjoyed." 

It's amazing that you are here. Everything that had to go just right to be in this moment. That's a special occasion worth celebration. 

I hope you like this coloring page. Click the images below for larger versions to save, print and color. 

Use the good plates coloring page- small jpg

Use the good plates coloring page- large transparent png

Banned Books!! printable mini poster

 It's banned books week again!! 

Here's a simple mini poster you can print, and if you're really patient, color. I hope you enjoy it.

Click on the images for larger versions.

Small jpg version:

Large (better quality) png version: 

Printable quote- Do not spoil what you have - Epicurus

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

Epicurus

I really like this quote, and since there hasn't been a printable quote in a while, I hope you enjoy it too. The small version above is on my Facebook page if you'd like to share it.

Click the version below for a larger version to print. I'm still loving Astrobrights paper for black and white quotes. The printable version doesn't have the URL in it and is designed to print at 8x10 inches.

Wear the old coat printable reading quote

"Wear the old coat and buy the new book" -Austin Phelps

The image above is shareable on FB from my page. (which recently hit over 900 fans WOOT!)

The image below is printable. Click on the image for a larger version and print it! As usual, I recommend Astrobrights paper. Mostly because it's what I use for all my black and white quotes and it's so cheerful and pretty.

My husband will tell you that much to his annoyance, that's exactly what I do. I have sweaters that are darned in mismatched colors and sometimes look very much like a tatterdemalion in my long skirts, old sweaters and worn out shoes. But given 100 dollars and a choice of things, I'd rather have a half dozen books than a few new shirts. It's where the choice between crafty items and books comes up that it gets hard. My old coat is still warm. 

I also posted some brick stitch bead patterns on BellaOnline Beadwork for St. Patrick's Day.

Printable Quote about reading

"I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity — because you can hardly mention anything I’m not curious about."

Malcolm X

I hope you like this printable quote. I like printing black and white quotes on Astrobrights paper because they look so bright and pretty. This one was printed on Rocket Red and is hanging on my living room wall now. The above version can be shared on Facebook from the Shala's Beadwork and Printables page.

Click the image below for a larger, printable version.

Truth and Fiction printable quote

"Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense."

Mark Twain 

This printable quote was inspired by my very good friend Rosemary. I hope you enjoy it!
You can share the above version from either of my Facebook pages, Don't Eat the Paste Quotes or the main Shala's Beadwork and Printables page. The version below is to print. Click on the image for a larger version. Because it's in black and white it will look great printed on colored paper like AstroBrights.

 

 

Printable Quote about Laughter

A quote to print and hang about laughter and it's importance.

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.” 

-Audrey Hepburn

As usual, you can also share this quote, either from Don't Eat the Paste on FB or from Don't Eat the Paste Quotes.

Click the image below for a version without the link at the bottom to print. Print at 8x10 inches!

A Loving Thought Printable Quote

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

-George MacDonald

Just a lovely sentiment that suits this week very well.

Click on the image below for the printable version.

Quick note- QVC is doing a full day of Christmas gift ideas, and at 8pm EST during the the Gifts for Grandkids program with Host Caroline Gracie they will have the My Friendship Bracelet Maker and the My Ribbon Barrette Maker. I've used and liked the My Friendship Bracelet Maker and think it's a great tween gift. 

Printable quote art about synergy

I'm really insecure about this. Usually my posted quotes are things other people said. This one is my own. It was the last thing I was thinking last night before going to bed.
So if you don't like it, that's okay, if you do then I'll probably blush and get all bashful.

We are so much more than the sum of our parts. We are multiplied, divided, added, subtracted in infinite variations. We are created again with every thought, experience, memory and emotion. That equation takes more than a mind to understand, it takes heart and soul. -synergy-

Click on this image for a large version, already rotated for printing on portrait settings.

I love books!

I love books and love to read. I have my nose in a book or would the modern equivalent be "my eyes on the screen" regularly. You know that I review mostly craft, cooking and beading books. It doesn't mean I don't read fiction too. Today I ordered this fantastic book themed shirt* from the Threadless 9.99 sale.*

"Books are a uniquely portable magic" -Stephen King

Here's the quote art if you want to print it, click on the image for the larger version and print on landscape settings. The version above is printed on Astrobrights paper, and as usual, there is a share version on Don't Eat the Paste Quotes.