Everyday Chatting & Waffling {2024} Let's get to know each other!

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Route66 said:
Ester, I have Cricut Explore Air 2, upgraded years ago from the original smaller model and I still have all the cartridges from that one and was able to load them into the new one. I am currently working on some baby shower decorations for a diaper cake. The crafting summit that I joined has tons of free SVG's. What kind of projects do you make?
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currently use it a lot for hybrid scrapbook projects. I have the maker and the joy. But I do vinyl cuts for t shirts, glass etching, cutting flower pieces to make paper floral arrangements. I also use for cards, invites, party favors, etc.
 
mywisecrafts said:
currently use it a lot for hybrid scrapbook projects. I have the maker and the joy. But I do vinyl cuts for t shirts, glass etching, cutting flower pieces to make paper floral arrangements. I also use for cards, invites, party favors, etc.
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WOW, I have not gotten that adventurous with mine, would love to learn to do glass etching though!
 
Route66 said:
WOW, I have not gotten that adventurous with mine, would love to learn to do glass etching though!
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dollar tree glass ware is perfect for the etching. It’s really just using a good vinyl for the design that you want “clear” and applying etching cream/paste to the other areas.
 
Route66 said:
Sorry to hear that you are having difficulties with yours. Is there anything that I can help you with? If you want to join the summit, it is free and they have some wonderful crafters that have "how to make" in easy steps. You can sign up here. https://cricutadventure.com/?affiliate=smslllc
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mywisecrafts said:
I can get the frustration on that. The summit that Karen reference may be a good resource. There are also other machines that don’t require internet usage or maybe not as much internet usage. It really comes down to what you are wanting to use it for. Let me know if you want any suggestions etc.
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Thanks both of you for the encouragement. I've done cards, paper flowers, vinyl jar labels, stickers and decorations. I have the original Maker and I thought it's capabilities for cutting wood and thicker materials were exciting but I've haven't used them.

Unfortunately part of the problem is our unreliable internet. I can use the machine off-line but only if I've already uploaded the cut files and then downloaded them again for offline use. Crazy. So if there is an internet outage even though I have the .svg on the computer I can't use it if I haven't already uploaded it to the Cricut software. Would love to be told I'm wrong.

Updates are frustrating too, you can't defer them until later (that I'm aware of), you just have to put your crafting on hold until it's done, again depending on time of day and how our internet behaves that could be quite a while. There is never a 'quick crafting session'

So I've got to the point where I expect stress and frustration and that puts me off getting it out. When it works it works pretty well but I wouldn't buy another one.

These really are 'first world problems' and I'm privileged to be in a position to be moaning about them - so I really shouldn't.
 
OMGOSH!!! I am SO JEALOUS! If you Esther, Michelle AND Juli get together... I'm gonna cry!

I have to make Freddy take me down to Clearwater again. It's one of our favorite places anyway and we have friends nearby. Now, we have MORE friends nearby. (well, I do... hehe...) I can just leave him on the trolley, cuz he loves that danged thing. HA! Seriously, if it weren't so darned humid, we'd buy a place down there in a MN-minute. I do not do humid. I melt. lol
 
Carla minicooper452 said:
OMGOSH!!! I am SO JEALOUS! If you Esther, Michelle AND Juli get together... I'm gonna cry!

I have to make Freddy take me down to Clearwater again. It's one of our favorite places anyway and we have friends nearby. Now, we have MORE friends nearby. (well, I do... hehe...) I can just leave him on the trolley, cuz he loves that danged thing. HA! Seriously, if it weren't so darned humid, we'd buy a place down there in a MN-minute. I do not do humid. I melt. lol
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the Trolley?????
Humidity depends on the time of the year. Example- yesterday it was zero! Plus there is always AC!!!
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Julia said:
Thanks both of you for the encouragement. I've done cards, paper flowers, vinyl jar labels, stickers and decorations. I have the original Maker and I thought it's capabilities for cutting wood and thicker materials were exciting but I've haven't used them.

Unfortunately part of the problem is our unreliable internet. I can use the machine off-line but only if I've already uploaded the cut files and then downloaded them again for offline use. Crazy. So if there is an internet outage even though I have the .svg on the computer I can't use it if I haven't already uploaded it to the Cricut software. Would love to be told I'm wrong.

Updates are frustrating too, you can't defer them until later (that I'm aware of), you just have to put your crafting on hold until it's done, again depending on time of day and how our internet behaves that could be quite a while. There is never a 'quick crafting session'

So I've got to the point where I expect stress and frustration and that puts me off getting it out. When it works it works pretty well but I wouldn't buy another one.

These really are 'first world problems' and I'm privileged to be in a position to be moaning about them - so I really shouldn't.
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Funny enough, I haven't used the wood cutting capabilities either. I also have the silhouette. When I have big projects I'm working on, I share my svg files between the 2 platforms and have both machines going. It's kinda funny because all you hear is the hum of the machines. My husband shakes his head and turns around and walks out (kinda his fault, he has helped enable the addiction).

The updates can be frustrating for sure.
 
Carla minicooper452 said:
OMGOSH!!! I am SO JEALOUS! If you Esther, Michelle AND Juli get together... I'm gonna cry!

I have to make Freddy take me down to Clearwater again. It's one of our favorite places anyway and we have friends nearby. Now, we have MORE friends nearby. (well, I do... hehe...) I can just leave him on the trolley, cuz he loves that danged thing. HA! Seriously, if it weren't so darned humid, we'd buy a place down there in a MN-minute. I do not do humid. I melt. lol
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Micehelle I have a lot going on over the next couple months but maybe mid summer or later we can meet up (with Juli too) and Carla let me know when you are visiting again...and lets see if we can connect as well!!
 
I am BACK! (Just a short time ago!)

First of all, I do tons of stuff on my Cricut. I am dragging it out tomorrow for my granddaughter's birthday decorations :) I have shirts for my friend to make and glasses to decorate. The list goes on and on!

We went so many places...
Grand Canyon, Williams, Alien Fresh Jerky, Peggy Sue's 50s Diner, Calico Ghost Town, Yosemite, Monterey, Elephant Seal Beach, Hearst Castle, Ventura and the Reagan Library.

We had originally planned on Solvang, but it was pouring the day we were going to go, so we went straight from Hearst Castle to Ventura. I am going to create a scrapbook for her.

I am glad to be back. I have so much to do for the birthday party at the weekend, and lots of other things to still do with friend Karen!
 
Lynnie-welcome back!!!!! Can’t wait to see all your photos.

we are currently finalizing vacay plans as well. Fingers crossed all the stars align.
 
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Lynnie I had so much fun following your trip, while following Alexis trip at the same time. She is having a blast and I know you did too.
 
Greetings, all! Kansas has completed "First Summer" and has now entered "Third Winter." Ah the joys of spring. I did not appreciate Mother Nature waking us up in the middle of the night with a hail storm! LOL!

Just wanted to pop in and say HELLO! :) Tell me something good that's going on in your world!
 
Shana, it looks like your third winter is coming for us in a day or two. It's almost 80 here now, but will drop 20+ degrees this weekend and on into next week.

Something good- I am getting a lot of scrapping done. Oh! And we are getting solar panels on our roof today. :)
 
Shana, We are entering our third winter and spring all in one day, it snowed in the morning, rained in the afternoon and snowed again in the evening...Sheesh!!

Something good...we booked our trip to Italy for the fall, I LOVE retirement!
 
Happy Monday, all! I got to spend part of the weekend with the youngest nephew who celebrated his 16th birthday. This is going to be a week on the road for me with work, so that also means it’s going to fly by. I’m currently hosting an HR training session and there’s lots of talk about using AI in the workplace. Very interesting.
 
Shana, congrats to your nephew! And good luck with work this week!

My weekend flew by. We went shopping at all the places, spending lots of money at Home Depot and a gardening store. Oh, and groceries too. We're making more raised garden beds, and planting black raspberries in one. Hubby made some key lime muffins- they are soo good, but it took a lot to juice those little suckers to get enough juice! Yesterday I watched anime with Eren for a few hours. It's our weekly bonding time.

I don't have a whole lot going on this week, at least until Thursday and Friday.
 
Route66 said:
Shana, We are entering our third winter and spring all in one day, it snowed in the morning, rained in the afternoon and snowed again in the evening...Sheesh!!

Something good...we booked our trip to Italy for the fall, I LOVE retirement!
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Something else good as well. I see your birthday listed on the forum front page today. Happy Birthday!!
 
breoni said:
Happy Monday, all! I got to spend part of the weekend with the youngest nephew who celebrated his 16th birthday. This is going to be a week on the road for me with work, so that also means it’s going to fly by. I’m currently hosting an HR training session and there’s lots of talk about using AI in the workplace. Very interesting.
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So much AI talk/news/info/opinions across the world right now. I am excited by the new technology and how fast it is growing but also a tad scared about what unscrupulous countries and people might do with it.
 
Thanks, Ane! How cool that you make homemade key lime desserts. Hubby joined me for this portion of my work travel. Last night, we went out for a group supper and he ordered a key lime cake. This thing was HUGE! But happily, it was “real” key lime. Nothing is more of a turn off than ordering a key lime dessert and having something that has tons of green food coloring dumped into it. Bleh. “Real” key lime does NOT look like that! LOL!
 
Finally popping in over here. Weekend kinda flew by for us. I had a house cleaning party (my kids hated it). Then did some clothes shopping for an upcoming trip.
 
Hey everyone! How's it going? Any plans for the weekend?

Hubby and I are going out tonight, yay! Tomorrow will be interesting. He's running in a half-marathon while I'm at a church women's conference. We will go grocery shopping as usual then build some planter boxes for our raised garden beds. That will take a good long time, lol! Sunday will just be church and relaxing. Maybe watch more anime. :)
 
Just returned home from a week's worth of business travel. Luckily, my flight from DC was only delayed about 30 minutes... we were able to land and I was able to drive home before the next round of severe storms are supposed to hit tonight. So I'm now doing super fun things like unpacking, doing laundry, sorting mail, etc. LOL! This weekend will be very quiet, so very grateful for that. Next weekend, we've been invited to something like 14 graduations across Kansas and into Missouri. Egads. We will only attend one... my sister-in-law wasn't happy with her career and decided to go back and get her masters in BioChem! So she will walk across the stage to get her diploma and sash, and then will have an open house. I'll get to play paparazzi... which is exciting because normally she dispises her photo to be taken!
 
Not really planning anything. Just hanging around, playing with paper and hopefully a little digi. It's gotten cold and windy and rainy here again so I'm hunkering down.
 
My nephew and wife are expecting and the baby shower is next weekend so today my SIL and I are making a diaper cake this afternoon. It will be my first attempt but I am well versed after watching videos and stalking Pinterest. I will take some photos of it when it is done.

My house is a hot mess so I will be cleaning this morning before SIL arrives...LOL!

Chilly and wet here so no outside work yet, YAHOO, I hate raking!
 
I am back from my whirlwind trip around California, Arizona and Nevada.
In seven days (yes, seven) we did the following:
Grand Canyon
Williams, Arizona
Hoover Dam
Las Vegas
Alien Fresh Jerky
Peggy Sue's 50s Diner and Diner-saur picnic area
Calico Ghost Town
Yosemite (Included an hour hike each way to the Sequoia Grove)
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Cannery Row
San Simeon
Hearst Castle
Elephant Seal Rookery
Ventura
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

When we got back we did the following:
Meeting of the Daughters of the British Empire
My grandaughter Scarlett's birthday party (and all the crafting that went along with it, haha!)
Richard Nixon Library
Dana Point Harbour
San Juan Capistrano Mission
Los Rios District
Venice Beach
Huntington Beach
Laguna Beach
Hollywood
Robert Renzoni Winery
Laguna Woods Tour ( my village) and dinner at golf club

For food, we went to:
International House of Pancakes (Several times!)
Krispy Kreme doughnuts (you would have thought she went to heaven!)
Indian Food
19 Restaurant where I live (amazing)
Tavern at the Mission
Harpoon Henry's

Karen has been my friend for at least 65 years. We met on our first day of school when we were little. There was a gap and she found me through Facebook and it was as though no time had passed. We were in each other's constant company for three weeks and I could have kept her for another three.

I made her an 80-page 8x8 album of the trip. I didn't think we would get it done, but I did. I will probably go through and make them a little fancier and upload some of the pages. I also kept a detailed journal. She was over the moon. I chatted with her a little while ago. While she was gone, her next-door neighbours (and landlords) replaced her doors and windows with lovely new ones. They also added a key chain to her keys that said "Karen's Forever Home." They are so pleased to have her back.

I stopped her at the airport on Thursday, then stopped at my grandson, Mark's, on the way back. I took him and his girlfriend out to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. They moved to Ohio on Friday (yesterday). It was a nightmare getting them on the plane, but they are there now. Daughter Karen is moving their trailer to a lot to get it repaired and I will turn it over to her.

I came back babysitting yesterday so daughter, Karen, could take them to the airport. I think I should have done it, she was a little overwhelmed. They had two yappy little dogs, massive suitcases, and clueless packing. Parking was difficult and then they couldn't find the check-in desk. I thought Karen was going to have a breakdown. When they finally found the solitary check-in desk at this massive airport, the guy told Karen to download their app so she could check the kids in. Karen started crying. He said he could check them in for $5 each. She also had to pay overweight fees. At this point, she was throwing money at him just so she could get it over with. Poor thing.

I am babysitting tonight all night. It is son Steven and Vanessa's anniversary and they have a date in Los Angeles. They won't be back until late. We are all going to see Ramona in Hemet tomorrow. This is an outdoor play that celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. It has a cast of over 300 people and the play is set in real props (trails in the hills, an actual house, etc.) Over the years it has starred such people as Raquel Welch and Anne Archer.

Monday I am babysitting and I have book club and Tuesday is an all-day date with a friend who missed me while my friend from England was visiting.

I think I need a day off. It is not going to happen in the foreseeable future.
 
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