New Project. New Look.

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Ok, what do you think about the new look?  I'm just really loving the red/aqua color combo--if you couldn't tell from this post.  So I B.Chenified my page.  Done and Done. 

So once upon a time, my husband gave me his birthday gift.  Ok, not his gift.  Not even a gift of his choice, actually.  When I asked him what he wanted this year, he asked for dinner (downtown), the t-shirt I already bought him (I get him a funny t-shirt for every holiday) and for me to get a Silhouette. Well hot diggity Damn J Chen!  You don't have to tell me twice :-)  That baby was ordered straight away and finally showed up yesterday.  Yeah Yeah!

I was pretty confused at first--and oh yeah, still am--but I managed to make a couple of fun new designs.  Now, of course I can't show you those designs yet because they're super secret!  All in good time....

Chenyways, after playing around for a long time I gave it a rest and started working on a few scrap fabric circle hairpins.  So here I am, trying to make the circles even as well as different sizes.  I decide to make a template for myself, so I do what I always do....trace the circles I've already made onto card stock, then exacto knife around them leaving a stencil template of sorts.  After the first jagged circle was cut out, it hit me. DUDE.  This is EXACTLY what a silhouette is for!!!!  OmgOmg.  I'm soooo smart. So that became my first project--stencil templates.  They likely have a "real" name for this, but I do what I want.  Thanks.

First I designed this, using the flower images in the silhouette's library:

Yay J Chen for figuring out the screen shot shortcut!

And then these guys, also from the library:

Once the sheets were cut, I took the stencils and traced them onto felt:

And looky looky what they made!!!!

So I cut them out of felt, stacked them up, hand-stiched through the middle, threw on a button and Voila!  Super cute felt flowers!  I especially like the grey one--that would look awesome on a yarn wreath, dontca think?  Sure you do!  

I know that maybe this isn't the best use of a Silhouette, but I'll tell you what, if it makes your life a little easier, then by all means!  

Thank you for stopping by :-)  Leave a comment if you have time--they make my day!

Big (Ooooh, I figured out the machine-thing) Smile,

B.Chen