Candice Windham Design Studio

It's a gloomy day in Tennessee, but the creativity is running wild! I have been in the studio since 7 this morning, with only one break to call and wish my friend Jan Stone a very happy birthday. I love days like this, when I have no urge to get out of the house, and even if I did, the rain keeps me here. I'm rapidly tuning into a serious homebody. I'd just as soon get up each day, stay in pajama pants and tees and create all day, whether it's in the studio, in the garden, redecorating, organizing something or trying a new recipe. If any of you plan to attend the Craft and Hobby convention in Los Angeles at the end of the month, be sure to drop by the Viva Decor booth, the ScraPerfect booth or the CHA Designers' Craft Studio to see all the cool demonstrations with some great products. The Viva Decor booth will have a great make & take, and the Craft Studio and ScraPerfect booths will have lots of unique projects by designers on display. The designers will be dem...

Welcome to the Thanksgiving edition of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop! Today, I am thankful for my friends and family, my freedom, especially my freedom to worship God as I please, and the talented designers, Eileen Hull, Brenda Pinnick and Karen Burniston, and the people at Sizzix who made this blog hop possible. This week's die is the Frame Die, designed by Eileen Hull. This die has so many great components that I took several days just to decide what I wanted to do with it. I ended up with not one, but three projects with only one cut from this die (except the additional backing sheet for the book): a candy box with see-through top, a recipe book with a framed cover and a tiny little frame to hold a picture of one of my all-time favorite guys. Be sure to click on the Sizzix icon to the left to continue through the blog hop to see what other designers have done with this die. Candy Box Supplies Square Box Sizzix Bigz Die, Frame (Scallop Frame and Heart) Krylon Red Spray Paint St...

Welcome to week #3 of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop! This week we are using Brenda Pinnick's Beauty Bloom Flower die. This versatile die has large flowers, small flowers and some in between. You can cut them from paper, fabric, cork or whatever you like. I have to confess, I looked at these long and hard trying to decide what I wanted to use them for. My first thought was to decorate a frame or shadowbox, then a recipe card box, then little ducks. That's right. Little ducks. The selection of diecuts I received had several yellow felt flowers that looked just like...you guessed it...duck feet. If I could felt like Debra Quartermain (also participating in this blog hop), you'd be viewing a collection of fuzzy little yellow ducks with big flower petal feet. I had to visit the physical therapist office Monday, and while I waited for my tri-weekly dose of pain, I thumbed through a Better Homes and Gardens magazine. There was an ad that had a mask in it, and it hit me: I just...