Eclectic -ness

This blog isn't called eclectic juju for nothing. Recently I reintroduced myself to my silhouette Cameo. I bought it last March played with it a few times, got frustrated with it and pretty much stuffed it in a corner and thought about selling it on a Facebook retail site. I had the week of Christmas off and I started playing with it and fell in love with Vinyl projects. It wasn't without trial and error as I ruined a whole package of vinyl trying to figure the damn thing out but thanks to Facebook groups and you tube videos I'm almost a pro. Below are some of the projects that I'm working on. They aren't the prettiest but remember I'm still an amature.

 The above photo board is one I made for my mom for Christmas. It was 85 degrees here on Christmas Day. Perfect Beach day and my mom captured this photo while my three nieces were playing in the surf at aunset. I made a lot of mistakes with this one but I learned a lot too..

 I was privileged enough to be able to celebrate my Granny's 90th birthday with her last month. Yes I said 90, doesn't she look great? I watched a you tube video on how to transfer a photo to wood. It was super easy and it came out great. I'm working on abother one right now and will post the directions soon.

 Playing with vinyl. I love all things silver and glitter and I have a friend who has a birthday coming up that does as well. I'm working on a few wine glasses for her. The vinyl I used can be hand washed so these are usable. Project is still in process.

 Car decal anyone? I have a friend who is super obsessed with an "unknown" singer. I took a picture of a concert poster that he gave me months ago and loaded it into my silhouette software. I was able to use the tracing feature and cut it out with vinyl and instant car decal. Only problem was my friend turned his nose up at it when I tried to give it to him. It hurt my feelings big time because I spent two hours working on the damn thing. I'm starting to question our friendship in a big way. I found it rude and disrespectful especially since I was so proud of it.

Last but not least.... all things glitter. These glasses literally came from the dollar tree and I used mod podge and glitter to fancy them up. They are part of the birthday glasses. Finished project will be in another post.