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DIY Periscope Alert with Xyron Creative Station: Giveaway!

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 by Cathe Holden

By now you may have enjoyed watching, broadcasting on, or at least heard about the app Periscope. Whether publishing your own live video content or enjoying the “scopes” of others, it’s fast becoming one of my favorite social networks. Periscope allows anyone with a smart phone or tablet to shoot and share live video of just about anything. Viewers can interact through comments and by tapping the screen and leaving hearts as sort of “like” tokens. When following others, you have the option to be notified when they begin a LIVE broadcast, though that may not always be conveniently timed for you. So if you miss a live scope you think would be of interest, a replay is available for 24 hours. If you are shooting a live scope yourself, you can opt to have it saved to your camera, which allows you to upload it to YouTube for future sharing. That’s just what I’ve done with the video below. Periscope broadcasts are typically somewhat casual in nature, unlike my more professionally done DIY home decor video series. However with replays saved to your camera, the comments and questions from viewers will not show on the video, so you will catch me dialoguing with ghosts as you watch, which can seem a bit odd. But as rough-cut as the video can be, hopefully this will give you an idea how fun and useful this app can be.

Watch the recent Periscope replay below that I did featuring the awesome all-new Xyron Creative Station used to create an alert gadget for scoping in crowds, shown here being used at the recent Pinterest Ambassador event in San Francisco by George Bryant and Amy Locurto.

Follow me on Periscope to watch upcoming projects and scopes from the studio and various events.

THE GIVEAWAY

As promised, Xyron is hosting the giveaway of their exciting new Creative Station for Just Something I Made readers.

This video from Xyron demonstrates even more features of the fantastic machine.

TO ENTER: Leave a nice, relevant comment below. Entry open to US and Canada residents. One entry per person, please.

DEADLINE: Enter by Monday, November 9 at noon, PST. The winner will be randomly chosen, notified and posted here shortly thereafter.

Thank you for all the great entries everyone.

The randomly chosen winner is #125 – Lora!

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15 Unique Ideas for Home Decor Cloche Displays

Friday, October 23, 2015 by Cathe Holden

My latest blog post over at SCJohnson.com is all about the beauty and fun to be had with cloches- both store-bought and repurposed glass pieces! Go to the SCJ blog to read and see many more examples and ideas for decorating with domes. Leave a comment there to let me know you visited!

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“Washi Tape Crafts” by Amy Anderson

Thursday, October 15, 2015 by Cathe Holden

Seems everything Amy Anderson touches turns to gold. Not only is she the dynamo behind the popular Mod Podge Rocks blog, but her other blog, Washi Tape Crafts is chock full of fantastic ideas and projects. And I think it would be safe to say that I’m a little bit washi tape obsessed. Here is my current tape organizer, a vintage hardware bin carousel.Of course collecting washi tape isn’t nearly as fun as crafting with washi tape. I use it in so many ways around my studio in crafts and decor. Lucky for us Amy has designed and compiled from other crafters over 100 wonderful washi tape projects into a chunky little book, Washi Tape Crafts, filled with over 100 step-by-step projects, each with full-color photographs.And did you notice?…IT COMES WITH ROLLS OF WASHI TAPE!

Chapters in the book include Tools & Techniques, Goods & Gifts, Home Decor, Jewelry & Fashion, Holidays & Celebrations, and Just For Fun. Here are a couple of my favorite projects in the book:

The Decorated Keyboard. This is way too much fun. Though my MacBook Pro has dark keys, this will still work great on my desktop computer’s keyboard. It could happen! And this- a brilliant washi tape Cross Stitch Canvas by Kathy Beymer of Merriment Design. This project comes complete with a chart for reproducing this for yourself. Imagine the possibilities of cross-stitching with washi tape, whether the rose design featured or one of your own favorites.Ooooh and lookie here…. my Washi Brooch Bouquet!I’ve been crafting and instructing these washi tape 3D flowers for a couple years now and still really enjoy crafting them for decor and wear. You can still access my original Washi Tape Flowers instructions.What is your favorite washi tape project to date? Snag up Amy’s book, Washi Tape Crafts, to discover many new ideas, more than you could have ever imagined.