A Card, A Ruler, And Some Yada Yada Yada

Hello friends!! :)

I haven't done much crafting the past couple weeks.  My nephew asked me to read Fablehaven for him, so that is what I have been up to.  Ok, not FOR him... not like I'm doing a book report for his class for him. Ha.  He just read the books this past year and wanted to talk about them with me. He kept saying how great  they are...and that I should read them.  I bought the first one, and kept putting off starting it.  It didn't seem interresting to me at all.  I started the first one ...like three weeks ago, and just finished the fourth one tonight.  And as soon as I finish this post, I'm reading book five to finish the series!.  My nephew was in 5th grade when he started these..he will be in 6th when the new school year starts, so if you have a kid that age, or know one...reccommend these books.  They are AWESOME!  I'm 28 years old, and I can't put them down! Ha ha!

My eyes have been giving me trouble here lately too, so reading is easier than doing anything else.  (Because I can make the font/text size ridiculously large on my Kindle.)  But I have an eye doc appointment this next week, so I will get back to crafting after that, hopefully!!! :) 

And since I'm on the topic of bad eyes... I thought I would post the very first card I ever made using my Cricut.  Let me explain a minute.  When I got my Cricut and Gypsy, it was two months after I had eye surgeries to reconnect my detached retinas.  Gas bubbles in eyes, along with barely any vision, I spent the first couple months basically looking through a fish bowl. (that's the best way to explain the gas bubbles once my sight started coming back.) So, my vision was close to blind in one eye, and completely blind in the other when I got my Cricut.  I didn't get to enjoy it for a long time, and didn't get to start using my Gypsy until not too long ago.  ANYWAY... I basically just cut out shapes in the behinning, to see how it worked and what not.  So I made a card using letters and flowers that I cut with the Cricut.  Here it is:

 And that's it!!  There's my first card ever using my Cricut... while I was blind... don't be too harsh! :) I know it is the simplest card ever.  I actually love the way it turned out, especially now that I can actually see it a little better! hahaha!


OH MY GOSH...I almost forgot!!!

I was shopping last week, and got to looking through the back-to-school supplies and I found the most awesome thing EVER.  Keep in mind that I am the most EASILY AMUSED person on earth...really, I am!!  I found a slap-bracelet ruler!!!  My grin is ear to ear!!  Do you guys remember slap bracelets?!  They were banned at my Jr. High because the principal was scared of injuries.  LOL!! That was in the mid 90's, but they seem like an 80's thing!  I saw them in stores a few years ago, but I don't think they caught on like before.  But it is so dang handy for crafting!! I am constantly misplacing my ruler as I craft! Now, it is attached to my wrist as a bracelet!  Awesome. (I'm a nerd!!)

Yes.Awesome.


Hope you all have a nice, relaxing weekend!  I'm off to finish acting like an elementary school kid and reading Fablehaven. LOL!  



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