Blogging Question

I would like to personalize my blog page. Does anyone know of a good site to get backgrounds for FREE for my blog? Anytime I've searched it's only pulled up Myspace pages and I don't want all that junk on my page.

Thanks!

Random question of the day

This is a political question so if you don't like politics - don't read any further!

The inauguration in coming up so I thought I'd pose this question:

Do you think the new president, Barack Obama, will be able to accomplish all that he's said he will?

What I think: As we are all aware, politicians have A LOT to say about what they will do but then somehow those things never seem to come full circle. Obama seems to have a lot of ideas but I really wonder how much of it can truly be accomplished in four years, let alone one week (ie: all the media hype about all the bills he's going to sign next week).

Featured Artist of the Day

I found a new shop this morning that I think is just too cute so I wanted to share. Her shop is called SecretMe and she is from South Yorkshire, UK.

I came across her shop when she posted this beautiful fabric

so I started looking around in her shop and found this SO cute little book

(which I love) and this little Basset Hound journal is really cute too!

And I came across this hounds tooth wristlet with removable flower broach


SecretMe has great SALE prices right now too so click on the link above and visit her shop (and buy stuff so I don't have to :)

Random question of the day

Here is your question of the day:

What biblical passage inspires you?


I wish I could tell you but I have no idea which passage it is. I saw it in the Christian Bookstore, made note to myself to remember it and poof! it was gone from my brain. Someday I'll find it again. (Apparently it's quite a common passage)

Melting Plastic Bags

I came across a crafting challenge yesterday on Craftster.com. The challenge, here, inspired me with a few ideas, one of which calls for using old plastic bags.

I've heard about melting plastic bags down into a solid sheet that you can use for....whatever...but I'd never tried it before.

So, my sister-in-law, Theresa, came over yesterday and we tried it out. After a couple of misfit sheets we figured out the trick that worked for us: iron setting at 3.5-4, vigorous rubbing of the iron onto the paper and pressing down for added weight. We also found that using the thicker plastic worked better even though other websites say the thinner stuff works better. The thin stuff bubbled and wrinkled a lot on us.

We had some cool bags to work with and some not so cool. Old Navy, Sprint, Gymboree, Catherine's and Disney yielded some neato designs. We also had a lot of Safeway and BiMart bags which weren't very "ooh, la, la" but they did the trick.

Here are some pics of our little adventure.




Some completed versions:



Dad was on baby duty so they came out to watch the show.


There wasn't much of a "show" so after some bundling up Ada became our little helper.


I'll be posting my finished project here on my blog so be sure to check back to see what I came up with!

Good Luck to all who join in the fun, too!

OHS Shelter "Dog" of the Week

Ok, so she's not really a dog but a great pet nonetheless. She's been at OHS since 1/23/2008 - that's almost a year! Doesn't it make your heart cry? Poor little bunny - all alone and feeling unloved. :(



If you are interested in adopting Nutmeg you can find her bio 56760.

Help Nutmeg find a new home!

Random question of the day

What is your new favorite Handmade item or craft?



I just found this one on 1000Markets - gLove Story Dolls from Copocabana. What a fun idea and great for the environment too. You should read the blog post - hilarious!