Check Out My New Blog Design...

I have rolled all of my blogs into one and it is making life so much sweeter.  So, please check out my ongoing blog at <a href="http://GloriWinders.com">GloriWinders.com</a>

You can still follow along with just the parts of being a 31 Woman that pertain to you, whether it be cooking, crafting, family, inspiration, beauty, etc...  Or, you can check it all out in a much easier fashion.

Hope you enjoy it.

Be Blessed,

Glori

A Simple, Elegant Wedding Gift

With June just around the corner, wedding season is upon us.  Watch as I create a simple, yet elegant wedding gift.  Perfect for remembering that special day, or to remember one already past making it also a great anniversary gift.

Enjoy!

Glass Etching A Cute Birthday Gift

I wanted to make my niece a cute gift for her birthday, so I glass etched a votive candle holder.  Then I created a precious cupcake card and added coordinating jelly beans.  It turned out so cute!

Glass Etched Gift

Enjoy,

Making A Memory Cookbook

My husband's grandmother, Mildred Roberts, passed away a year ago and in honor of her I wanted to make a Memory Cookbook for all the ladies in our family.

Watch as I create this wonderful keepsake.  This would be a wonderful gift that anyone would appreciate!

Mimmie's Delicious Memories, Part 1

Mimmie's Delicious Memories, Part 2

Hope this gives you some great ideas!

Bin Laden is Dead

Awaiting the President's remarks concerning Bin Laden. I pray for safety for the innocent worldwide and that any retaliation efforts are spoiled.

Glori Winders
The 31 Woman

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The Royal Wedding

I really had no intention of waking at 4 am to watch Kate & Wils wedding, even though I had watched Diana & Charles years ago. But I woke up at 4 and then again at 4:15 with a strong urge to pray for this young couple.

So, I am up watching and it is a day filled with joy and hope for not just a country but the world. It is a true fairytale story.

The Abbey is beautiful, the weather sunny and Oh the hats!

More later...

Glori


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The 31 Woman

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How Great Thou Art...

My Savior God to Thee! Happy Resurrection Sunday to you all. He's Alive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eiEaK4GXtw&sns=em

Glori


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The 31 Woman

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The Cutest Easter Pails for the Special Children In Your Life

Here is a quick tutorial for making the cutest Easter pails for all of the special children in your life.  It also has a gentle reminder  about what Easter is really about.

Pop over to my blog, The31WomanCooks for yummy recipes of special treats to fill the pails.

Enjoy,

Making a Springtime Cabbage Rose Wreath for Mom

My mother asked me to make a pretty cabbage rose wreath for the door of her room.  Her room is decorated in lovely roses and she wanted the door to reflect the beauty within.

At Michael's I found a wonderful grapevine wreath for less than $2 and a really nice bouquet of roses for $4.   I also picked up some ribbon that was on sale.  This beautiful wreath came together very quickly and very economically.

My mother is quite pleased with it and proudly displays it on her door.

Glori Winders: Get A "Square Deal" on 12 X 12 Vinyl! Take 20% Off

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To take advantage of this square deal just use 
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$10 Weekend at MyMemories Design Shop

Passing Along A Great Deal for All You Digital Scrappers.

It is a $10 Weekend at the MyMemories Design Shop. Just enter the promo code: Save10AprW2 when checking out and save $10 off your order!

http://www.mymemories.com/

Enjoy!

Glori

One More Reason Why I Love Sure Cuts A Lot2...

 Being able to layout an entire design on my computer and see what it will look like BEFORE I cut and being able to use multiple fonts is just one more reason why I love using Sure Cuts A Lot 2 with my Cricut!

Spring Sale on Great Vinyl Designs...

I just picked up some great new .svg files for my Spring crafting.  And guess what they are having a sale, so I'm sharing it with you!

Get great Spring designs for all of your crafting needs and save 25%!  Use the coupon code spring at checkout to save until the end of April.  Easter is April 24th, so you still have time to create some great goodies for your kids, grandkids, and friends.  Get a little help by starting with some .svg designs ready made.

Click Here to Start Saving!

These are a few of my favorite designs for spring.  I love the Subway Art.  So many things that you can do with these svg files.

Hoppy Shopping,

Glori

How About 10% Off All Your Vinyl!!??

My favorite vinyl supplier has just announced a Spring Sale, so HOP on over using the link below to get 10% off all your vinyl needs.  They have indoor and outdoor vinyl, as well as my two favorites: 
Tshirt Vinyl and Printable Vinyl!  The possibilities are endless.

This offer will be good through April 5th and again is for 
10% everything! Just use coupon code FLOWER at checkout.


Start Shopping Now By Clicking Here!
Use Coupon code: FLOWER for 10% off


Hoppy Shopping,


Glori

Kappa Delta Sorority Gifts

I wanted to share some images of a few other Kappa Delta gifts that my daughter made for her little sister.  They all turned out so wonderful.  I think you will agree.

This is a cute lime green bucket that I picked up.  We cut a white rose bud out of white vinyl and then the stem out of black vinyl.  We also cut the Kappa Delta out of black vinyl and then used the white for the word, "Elegance," which was the pledge class theme.  Then Dulce filled it with her little sisters favorite treats.  It was a hit!

Sarah, Dulce's little sister, loves bows, so we picked up this cute teal bow and I had an found an old half pearl button in my grandmother's button bag.  I used some teal vinyl, which matched the bow perfectly, to cut out an "S."  Sarah loved it!

These cute "cupcakes" are made out of fuzzy socks.  I saw a photo of these and thought they were just adorable, so we recreated them.

Take a pair of fuzzy socks and beginning at the toes roll them up tightly pulling the center up just slightly making it look like frosting on the top of a cupcake.  I used a clear rubber band at the bottom of the sock roll to secure it.


Then we cut a cupcake wrapper template to cut out a wrapper for the bottom of the sock roll.  Popped it into a clear bag and added ribbon on the top.

Such a great idea.  Kudos to the original creator of this idea.  I would love to give you credit, but don't know who you are.  Thanks.  Too Cute!!!!  These will make wonderful Christmas gifts.

Our next project was for a cute little Build-A-Bear.  Dulce picked up a few tshirts for the bear and we cut out this cute "My Big Loves Me!" and a KD for the other shirt.

We used a plain cotton material to cut the letters out with our cricut.  Before we cut the fabric we washed it, and ironed it and then applied a heavy duty "heat-n-tranfer" iron on fusible backing.

Once the letters were cut, we were able to iron them onto the little bear sized tshirts.  Oh my goodness, how very precious they are.

Everyone who saw these wanted one for their bear, too!

Great way to personalize a Build-A-Bear even more.



Our next task was to design a pillow, which is a tradition that the big sister's give to their little's for sweet dreams.  Well, Dulce's little sister likes shades of blue, so we found a navy pillow that we could use without having to start from scratch.

I didn't think that iron on backing would be the best to use since the letters would be just to small to stitch down.  So, I did a little research and we decided to try tshirt vinyl made to cut on your cricut.  It turned out GREAT!  For great tshirt vinyl CLICK HERE!  We used white on this navy pillow.  It was cut using Sure Cuts A Lot 2 and the font was AKA Dora.

Please see my gallery for many other photos of the craft projects that we did by CLICKING HERE!

Vinyl Sale Today through March 29th

For all my Crafty Cricut Friends out there, if you need vinyl
it is on sale starting today through March 29th for 30%!
6"x12" regular and outdoor vinyl for 30% off!

Just use coupon code STOCK at checkout to receive your
discount and follow this link:  Click Here

I Am A Mountain

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.

-Og Mandino

Glori Winders
The 31 Woman

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Your Best

"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later."

-Og Mandino


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The 31 Woman

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The Happy Box! A Great Gift For A Crafter

The first gift that the girls in her sorority give their new littles is a "Happy Box," which is full of crafting supplies.  A very cute idea.  Dulce had picked up pens, glues, scissors, scrapbook papers, stickers, ribbons, beads and more over the holiday for the inside of the box.  Now we needed to decorate the outside.

As a note, we used our Cricut Create with 6 X 12 mats to cut the deigns and the Sure Cuts A Lot 2 (SCAL) software to design everything.

First we wanted the top to say, "Sarah's Happy Box."  I thought that it would be cute to add one of their symbols, as well.  Oh, and Sarah (Dulce's Little) loves pastel colors, so we chose our vinyl accordingly.

We used carnation pink vinyl and the Happy Days font for the top.  I cut it on a path using an oval so that the design would curve around the handle of the box.

We used the same carnation pink vinyl and an svg that I made of Kappa Delta's nautilus.  We used the shadow setting in SCAL  and cut the bottom layer out with a Shadow (rounded) of 1.0 in the pink vinyl and the cut the top layer Normal in a Maize color vinyl.  It turned out very cute.  We cut two of these shells to use on either side of the top.

Next, we started on the sides.  The first side simply said, "Kappa Delta."  We used the Happy Days font and a green vinyl for the top layer and a white vinyl for the bottom layer which we cut as a Shadow (rounded) at 1.0.



On another side of the box we added the name of this year's pledge class, Elegance.  We used the carnation pink vinyl for the word and the a light green vinyl for the flourish underneath.



I found a cute svg file of a diamond and cut 3 out in various sizes our of a silver vinyl.




On one the smaller sides we added a bow in teal and maize vinyl and AOT (It's a secret among KD's, they won't tell, so I don't even ask)

On the last side we added her little's monogram, which I don't have a photo of here.



After my daughter, Dulce, got all of the vinyl on the box this is the video that she made and sent me of the completed Happy Box.  This would be a great gift idea for any crafter that you know.

Fun Crafting With My Daughter

Right after Christmas my daughter and I decided to go into together and purchase a cricut cutting machine.  Dulce knew that when she got back to college, she would be very busy and wanted me to help her create many items that she would need for her  new little sister she would be getting soon in her sorority.  So we put our heads together and came up with some wonderful gifts.  Hope this gives some great ideas.