tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43697109472669967142024-03-15T17:09:27.383-08:00Don't Eat the PasteFree printable gift boxes, box templates,cards, crochet patterns, paper crafts, recycled crafts, beads, recipes and other crafty things.Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.comBlogger1498125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-79352878208509045832023-07-14T10:17:00.001-08:002023-07-14T10:17:15.073-08:00The Amazing Turnip Girl's Very Special Birthday Cake Oh that's a mess isn't it? It's also very delicious. See, for the Amazing Turnip Girl's birthday, being in July, we do either ice box cakes or ice cream treats. This year has been well, interesting. To say the absolute least. She asked for a "Twinkie Cherry Cheesecake". And I was going to give her whatever she wanted. So that meant coming up with a recipe for an icebox Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-75269854266163315902022-08-29T17:47:00.001-08:002022-08-29T17:47:15.206-08:00Spiced Crab Apple Jelly Recipe Sorry I haven't updated in a while. It's harvest season. The berries, the mushrooms, all those other things wild and cultivated that my family picks and creates the jams, sauces, syrups and jellies we use through out the year and give to our friends. Also, I'm going to do something weird and give you the recipe before the back story.This is actually a TECHNIQUE and a recipe both. The Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-15801351140105873392022-07-12T11:36:00.002-08:002022-07-12T11:36:15.752-08:00Coloring page- chess board Oh it's been a while. Sorry. This has been a good summer for my garden and I've been spending a lot of time out there. Anyway, here's a new coloring page. The big blank spot at the bottom of the chess board is so it can be personalized as you wish as a sign for a bedroom or whatever you'd like to do with it. Click the images below for larger versions to print and color. ChessShala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-48578912754876927622022-04-02T08:07:00.001-08:002022-04-02T08:07:22.730-08:00Stick Figure Saturday- Dance Hard It's Stick Figure Saturday again! Simple coloring pages with a lot of room to play with techniques, backgrounds and colors. I hope you enjoy this week's installment. Click the images below for larger versions to save/print/color! Stick figure dance coloring- small jpgStick figure dance coloring page- large transparent pngShala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-48658024801699206802022-03-26T11:11:00.002-08:002022-03-26T11:11:22.682-08:00Stick Figure Saturday- Stick Cat!! It's Stick Figure Saturday!!! Sorry I missed last week. Life got in the way. Today's is a cat, because I found out that this year is going to be the 40th anniversary of "Built for Speed" by the Stray Cats and it just made me smile thinking of it. It's such a fun album. I hope you're enjoying this series. Any suggestions for future installments? I'd love to know. Click the Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-2567277363798295432022-03-12T06:15:00.001-09:002022-03-12T06:15:32.860-09:00Stick Figure Saturday- Angel of the Morning coloring page Good morning! It's time for a brand new Stick Figure Saturday coloring page!This one was inspired by my love for coffee obviously. I hope you enjoy it. Click the images below for larger images to save, print and color.Small jpg version of Angel of the Morning coloring page:Large transparent png version of Angel of the Morning coloring page:Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-47200852716136253502022-03-05T06:11:00.000-09:002022-03-05T06:11:05.262-09:00Stick Figure Saturday- Planting seeds It's Stick Figure Saturday again!!! That day where I post a simple stick figure coloring page with lots of room to play with shading and different techniques. Since I've been getting seeds started for my garden, I thought that would be fun. I hope you enjoy it. Click the images below for larger versions to save/print/color. Small jpg version stick figure planting seeds-Large Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-32574079171585531482022-02-26T07:25:00.004-09:002022-02-26T07:25:31.308-09:00Stick Figure Saturday: Bee Yourself Welcome to the second Stick Figure Saturday! This series came out of the idea that sometimes simple is very good and gives a lot of room to practice shading, doodling or different materials. This week's design to print and color was inspired by the way my family forages and how much we love the bees in our garden. Click the images below for larger images to print and color. Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-455053927084088792022-02-20T15:07:00.005-09:002022-02-20T15:10:22.081-09:00Dragonfly Coloring Page This dragonfly is part of a recent Spoonflower challenge that is voting right now. You can vote for your favorite Y2K inspired design here. This was done before my computer had issues recently. Stick Figure Saturday will be back next week! And you can download, print and color this coloring page by clicking the images below for larger versions. Small jpg version:Large Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-23792372678453753912022-02-14T14:09:00.004-09:002022-02-14T14:09:38.601-09:00Auntie Toni's Valentine Coloring Page This is for everyone to print and color and enjoy and I really hope you do. But it's also specifically for my Auntie Toni. Because Auntie Toni is a wonderful, loving woman who has been encouraging me for years just to be myself. Because I've been lucky enough to have family who said that just being the best me is enough, and who lived that truth for themselves and let me see their joy,Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-33939892148831637552022-02-12T08:22:00.002-09:002022-02-12T08:22:28.482-09:00Stick Figure Saturday Debut! It's been a while since I did a themed set of coloring pages. A few weeks ago I thought about starting a simple series. Something with a lot of big spaces that could be used to practice shading techniques. I decided on stick figures. I hope you like them! This is the debut. "Star light star bright"Click the images below for large versions to print and color. Wish on a star- small Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-10568164705347399552022-01-25T14:58:00.003-09:002022-01-25T14:58:44.474-09:00Let Your Light Shine Coloring Page Today's coloring page was inspired by a lot of friends and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Let your light shine!!! Click the images below for a large version to print and color. Let Your Light Shine- small jpg versionLet Your Light Shine- large transparent PNG versionShala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-61139918708358431032021-12-23T13:19:00.002-09:002021-12-23T13:19:15.657-09:00Many Hearts and Love coloring page For as simple as this looks, it was pretty time consuming and really relaxing to draw. I hope it is as fun for all of you to color. Click the images below for larger versions to download, print and color. Love and hearts coloring page, small jpg-Love and hearts coloring page, large transparent png- Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-82864878632809858322021-12-08T18:08:00.002-09:002021-12-08T18:08:22.168-09:002021 Snowflake Coloring Page This year's snowflake is another knotwork one. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed drawing it.We have so much snow this year!!! Click the images below for larger versions to print and color. Small jpg snowflake coloring page: Large transparent png snowflake coloring page: Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-41853848333825494862021-11-19T15:34:00.001-09:002021-11-19T15:34:15.631-09:00Sunny Coloring Page I'm cold. It's very cold here in Anchorage, cold enough that it's made local news that it's really cold. So it seemed like a good time to draw a sun. I hope you enjoy it. Click the images below for larger versions to print and color. Small jpg version of Sunny Coloring Page:Large png version of Sunny Coloring Page:Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-22754108920651141732021-11-03T11:53:00.005-08:002021-11-03T11:53:43.043-08:00Use 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 Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-62202322776975040492021-10-22T16:04:00.001-08:002021-10-22T16:04:15.607-08:002021 Knotwork Bat Coloring Page! Time for the annual bat coloring page. Or near annual anyway. If you click on the tags you can find a lot more bats and Halloween themed original coloring pages. Click the images below for larger versions to print and color. I hope you enjoy it!!! small jpg knotwork bat coloring page: large transparent png knotwork bat coloring page: Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-74369746335234054872021-10-13T08:38:00.002-08:002021-10-13T08:42:19.434-08:00Self-watering planters with ramen cups This is not a sponsored post. I'm just really happy this worked just right. My son loves ramen and loves trying new flavors. One of his new favorite brands is Kusari Noodles. You can find them at Walmart or Amazon. This technique will work for other plastic cups too. These were what I had. They are really savory and flavorful when mixed right. Follow the instructions on the Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-78942630933796084982021-09-28T14:07:00.005-08:002021-09-28T14:07:47.490-08:00Banned 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: Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-76172319941712309122021-09-09T11:21:00.003-08:002021-09-09T11:21:43.357-08:00Beaded Flowers Coloring Page Today's coloring page is a bit different. I've been entering Spoonflower contests because it's a good challenge, and after I finished the one for this Spoonflower Design Challenge, I decided it would be a good coloring page. I hope you enjoy it!Download the pages, print and color them! Small jpg version Beaded Flowers:Large tranparent PNG version Beaded FlowersShala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-26792010940133901522021-09-08T09:29:00.001-08:002021-09-08T09:29:22.736-08:00Air fried puffball recipe My family does a lot of foraging in spring/summer/fall and one of our favorites has always been puffball mushrooms.Usually puffballs in Alaska don't get much larger than a golf ball, compared to the soccer ball sized ones down south. But the last few weeks have been very rainy and we've found a lot of bigger ones, closer to tennis ball sized. My kids and I liked them cooked differentlyShala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-2830483245956074762021-08-18T14:47:00.002-08:002021-08-18T14:47:41.580-08:00Awareness Ribbon to Print and Color Hi!!! I hope you're all doing well. I know it's been a while since I updated. My computer died and I've been catching up on other things, but hopefully you enjoy this printable coloring page. You can obviously color it whatever color you want, Click the images below for printable versions.Small jpg Awareness ribbon to color: Large transparent png Awareness ribbon: Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-444598835197775732021-04-08T10:55:00.005-08:002021-04-08T10:55:53.653-08:00Rotational symmetry- Circles I haven't done a lot of rotational symmetry recently in drawing. It was time. I decided to work just with circles because drawing and placing circles for something like this is really relaxing for me. I hope you all find the same peace coloring it!!Click the images below for larger versions. Print and color!Small JPG circles coloring page: Large transparent PNG circles coloring Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-13739780842062351062021-02-23T05:58:00.005-09:002021-02-23T05:58:51.822-09:00 New coloring page!!"Dream it. Think it. Plan it. Make it true."I hope you enjoy it. Click the images below for larger versions to print and color.Dream coloring page small jpg version:Dream coloring page large transparent png version:Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369710947266996714.post-13605473865996063622021-01-19T13:09:00.004-09:002021-01-19T13:09:36.707-09:00Hope Peace and Kindness text coloring pages Peace, love, truth, joy, kindness, happiness. Originally this was a fabric that I designed for an upcoming contest on Spoonflower, but decided it would make a nice simple coloring page too. I did a couple versions and hope you enjoy them.To get the full size images, click on the images below.Simple version Peace and Kindness coloring page small jpgSimple version Peace and Kindness Shala Kerriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622476571496545778noreply@blogger.com0