Printables Peas box

It has been a really busy week. Since it's all stuff I want to be doing, it's been fun too.
Here's a printable peas box- click on the image for the larger version, print on card stock, cut out, score folds, fold and glue! It might make a nice way to package a small gift for a gardening friend.

I'm currently working on animating a mandala video, the idea being that if it's on youtube, some people might find all the mandalas here that way! However, animating it it is taking a while. So far I have 13 seconds of animation which is about 153 frames. I'm planning to loop some of the frames, but it's still a very slow process.

Also the weather here has been glorious for Anchorage in April. So wonderful it threw my planting schedule right out the window. So I've been working in the yard and being eaten alive by mosquitoes. On the really good side, my strawberries which were late to make an appearance last year are popping up all over the yard. TATG and I opened the last jar of raspberry jam from last year and have been enjoying it. We also pruned my raspberries, said hi to the rhubarb which is starting to pop up and unfurl it's leaves, and started planting all the annuals. Like my sugar snap peas, which are doing twice as much as last year.

For everyone in a place that's seeing bad weather, my thoughts are with you. Stay safe, and I hope your loved ones are alright too.

Groovy printable sun box

Remember the moon and stars mandala the other day? Modifying the moon face a bit, I got this happy sun. I hope you enjoy this box. Click on the image for a larger version, print it on cardstock, score the fold, fold and glue!

Birthstone and Flower mandalas- a second option for October

I've had mixed feelings about October's Calendula and Opals mandala since drawing it, but at the time I was facing a deadline and pretty entranced with square mandalas.
Then Spoonflower announced a contest for floral themed WALLPAPER. Imagine that. Wallpaper that you can color. If you're a fan of The Birthstone and Flower series of Mandalas you can get it as wallpaper after I order the proofs. Or if you don't want to wait that long, you can vote for it in the contest and if I get in the top 10 Spoonflower will print it before I finish filling out my next sampler of fabrics to order. Voting will be open on April 24th. The design I submitted has all the flower/stone/month names in the corner, double checked for accuracy and consistent layout, it does not have my URL on it. This is the mockup from the Spoonflower site for how it would look as wallpaper. It's laid out in 4 rows and 3 columns. 
VOTING OPEN NOW!

So I redrew the October mandala to fit better with the rest of them. Click on the image for a larger version and print it to color.

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Large transparent PNG version:

Coffee? No problem with this stain fighter!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Biz Stain & Odor Eliminator. All opinions are 100% mine.
Stains happen. In my family the most common stain is coffee spills. We brew it strong and dark, and tend to get cups too full. I also like to borrow my husband's white teeshirts during the summer while I'm working in my yard. He can tell which ones, because a lot of the time they will have coffee stains on them.
So that was the big test for Biz Liquid Stain Fighter. Those coffee stains are harder to get out than the dirt, oil and various other stains that happen in our lives. Biz contains more stain fighting ingredients than other brands, combining the enzymes to break down protein stains like milk, detergents for dirt and normal soiling, peroxide that can tackle things tomato based stains and whiteners to brighten colors and whiten whites. Biz can be used directly on tough stains as a pretreater, and used in a normal load of laundry with your detergent as a booster that will get laundry cleaner and smelling good.

Coffee with cream is a milk and coffee stain, and needs enzymes and peroxide. I consider "mostly gone" a victory with coffee stains, so delibrately staining a shirt was an act of faith.
Pretreating is easy. Just rinse the stain with warm water, and work in Biz straight from the bottle. Rub it well.

It has a nice scent, but I still wasn't sure if it would get out the coffee. I also used it as a booster in all my loads of laundry.
Washed as normal, and check it out!

I was in shock. Washing it with hot water after pre-treating, I would have been certain I pulled out the wrong shirt, except there was only one white teeshirt in that load.
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