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It’s Amazon Prime Day, and I couldn’t wait to share some amazing deals I’ve found—especially on tools and supplies I personally use in my craft room all the time. These aren’t just wishlist items… they’re part of my everyday workflow for crafting, teaching, and creating!

Whether you're stocking up ...

 Starting May 1, 2025, all Silhouette users will be limited to 1GB of storage for user-created content in their Library.

 Mother’s Day is right around the corner — and what better way to celebrate the creative moms in your life (or treat yourself!) than with some amazing deals from Silhouette?

Even Better?  Use my affiliate code TJCREATES at checkout to save an extra 5% off the already amazing Mother’s Day sale price...

 If you've known me for a while, you know I have 5 amazing grandkids! I absolutely love making personalized and custom gear for them. As they get older, it definitely becomes more challenging to find designs and projects that are age-appropriate and that they will wear.  

As a grandma of some talen...

 Hop into Easter crafting with this adorable FREE sticker sheet—created with the magic of AI! ✨🐣 I used a text-to-image AI generator to design these sweet Easter stickers, and now they’re ready for you to print, cut, and stick everywhere!

Perfect for planners, cards, treat bags, gifts, and more! ...

I use my Silhouette Cameo all the time—seriously, almost every day! And 99% of the time, it cuts perfectly without any issues. But this morning, after a streak of successful cuts over the last few days, suddenly, it just wouldn’t cut at all! And of course, this kind of thing always seems to happen r...

Silhouette America just unveiled some exciting new products at the 2024 Silhouette Summit! While we don’t have access to them just yet, as they’re marked "coming soon," I wanted to share all the details I’ve gathered so far!

Silhouette cloChé - The Silhouette cloChé is a lightweight and portable he...

The Center of Rotation design tool in Silhouette Studio is a misunderstood feature!   It is really my favorite design tool and in this video I share with you how to use this tool and how to manage it!  

I am so excited to share with you today the new machines from Silhouette America!  It has been 4 long years since Silhouette introduced the Cameo 4 -- and just this past week at the Silhouette Summit, they announced 4 new machines.   The Cameo 5 and Cameo 5 Plus, the Curio 2 and the Portrait 4.  The...

I have been using my Cameo to create stencils for Glass Etching for years!   I love it & feel like it gives such impressive results with a minimal amount of effort.   However, I had never etched on slate until recently.   I realized that EtchAll Etching cream can create a beautiful etch on slate, in...

As many of you may know, we have been in the process of transitioning from Virginia to Florida.  After living in our home in Northern VA for almost 18 years, we threw out, gave away & packed up all of our belongings.   Then we sold our house & headed to Florida.   We have been living in our RV near ...

As you may know, I recently attended the Silhouette Summit in Hawaii in May!  (This is a re-to post -- the Summit was pre-Covid). My 2 daughters tagged along,  and we had a wonderful time.  I wanted to make a little keepsake from the trip – so, I thought I would create a Photo Text Collage.  With th...