Links I'm loving right now

Some recent things I'm loving!
Amy Echo clothing- specializing in larger sizes with a great goth influence, she will custom size to fit. I really seriously want the pixie hankie skirt. She also has an Etsy store.

Thistlewood Manor- I have a thing about soap, especially about good handmade soap. Deb makes wonderful hot processed soaps, and she sent me some samples and a shampoo bar to try out. The pumpkin lager soap smells like pumpkin butter while it's cooking and my son loves that scent. My daughter was wild for the raspberry. The shampoo bar! On my hip length very straight hair, it got it so clean and shiny my husband thought it looked like a lighter color because the silver in my hair was shining so. On my son's curls, well, they were manageable. This is a big thing. Usually his hair attempts to eat any combs or brushes that come near it.  She also has an Etsy shop, and sews as well.

Trash My Stash posted a list of  5 Resolutions You Can Make, including my make-up pads!

Creative Warcraft posted this traveling game project that reminded me of something similar that my mom used to make. She would get beat up cookie sheets from thrift stores and cover them with contact paper to make traveling checkerboards that could also be used as lapdesks by my brother and I.

Valentine FriendShip circle tags and coloring page

Trying to think of a good friendship design, I started thinking "Why not a ship?" The idea being that friendship is a journey, an exploration. At first I was thinking of a boat type ship, but I like space ships. So the rocket? That's my friendship.
So I put it on a 2 inch circle tag, then used a 1/8th hole punch to punch holes to hold little lollipops. Because friendship is sweet! You can use the circle tag for cupcake toppers or what you'd like.

Click HERE to download the pdf.

And a coloring page that you can use for embroidery or other crafty applications.

Celestial Mandala box, card and coloring page

Still on a mandala kick. This one is one of my favorites so far. Simple with 4 points, lots of swirls and a celestial theme. The original is a bit bigger than the version I used on the printables. Except for the coloring page, the printables are 300 ppi. Click on the images for the full sized versions. Hope you like this as much as I do!

I liked this one so much that I put it on Don' t Eat The Paste at Zazzle and plan to order a teeshirt soon.

Martin Luther King Jr. printable quote

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day coming up soon, I wanted to make something to celebrate this amazing man and his life. The quote I picked is one that also reminds me of my mother because it's something she said a lot as well. "Life's most persistent and urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?'".
First I made this printable art piece, it's 300 ppi and will print out at 8x10 inches. Click on the image for the full sized version and feel free to re-color it.

Then I decided that I wanted to do a coloring page with the same quote and worked on this yesterday. Drawing the frame was a lot of fun. Click on the image for the full sized version.