Three or four months ago, My mother called me frantic about ordering some machine she'd seen on television. She said the machine was the consummate scrapbooker's tool and did everything! It cut paper! It etched class! It cut fabric! It was wonderful! Clearly she was giving Billy Mays (RIP) a run for his money with her saleswoman skills. I reluctantly ordered the ridiculously overpriced machine and received it a few weeks later. I opened the box, realized that it probably needed to be plugged up to a computer, boxed it back up, and set it under the table in my room.
And for the last three months, it's been quietly collecting dust under there.
But this past week, I discovered that I've been sitting on a gem the entire stinkin' time and didn't know it.
I housesat/dogsat for friends who live in the same town I work in, who just happen to have DirectTv. Long ago, I had a cable tier that included the DIY channel, and used to often watch the scrapbooking shows. (I can't help that I'm fascinated with what "ordinary" people can make.) In a sheer fit of boredom after letting their dog out for the umpteenth time one night, I discovered that they TOO had the DIY channel.
And Lo and Behold, a program called "Scrapbooking made easy" was on. I turned the channel and I'm pretty sure Angels started singing at that point.
It was an advertisement for the dust collector under my table.
And as it turned out? That machine really DOES do everything but convert money and translate conversations. I was ridiculously excited to get home and play with my new toy. Most importantly, I wanted to figure out how to cut out designs and etch/emboss glass. And I discovered that my contraption did NOT need to be plugged into a computer. The reason it was so expensive?... it is its OWN computer.
So Saturday afternoon, after running a few errands (and picking up two $1 goblets from Dollar General), I discovered that I! Too! Could! Turn! Ordinary! Products! Into! Treasures! And it only took 10 minutes.
The picture below are my first two trial runs (you can see some of my errors), but as it turns out, the Cricut really is the macDaddy project of them all. Truthfully, there should be at least two in every Elementary School simply for how much easier it makes putting bulletin boards together. OH MY WORD the options!
The closest glass says "love" in script, and the second are my roommates initials. The etching is permanent and dishwasher safe! It's crazy. Honestly it was the easiest project I've ever done.
And next week, I'm going to find some glass dishes and make a personalized set for my friend getting married in August.
Also, I'm going to put this up on my Etsy. You would pay about $65 to do the same thing through Things Remembered. So... whatcha' think???
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That is Sa-weet!
I sent you an email back. I have always wanted to be really good at scrapbooking. Mike's sister, Jenni is AMAZING at scrapbooking. When Mike and I were dating, we made a scrapbook and it was really good. Don't ask me to do another one though. Just fill me in on the details about the email I sent you. Thanks for emailing me:-) If I don't hear from you before, have a great 4th!
I told me mother this story yesterday about how HILARIOUS I thought it was that someone had a great scrapbooking device and did not use it....
She then reminded me that she bought me a digital photo printer two years ago for Christmas. (I was lamenting that I did not have one).
Pride goeth before a fall, Regina. Pride goeth before a fall.
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