The Cricut's Here!!!

8D

Yes, the crazy lady got her Cricut for Christmas!!!

It's so pretty isn't it?! It's a collector's edition for National Breast Cancer Month, and came with the special edition Pink Journey cartridge! Plus Plantin Schoolbook and Accent Essentials cartridges.

I got the special edition because it was a fantastic ebay find, an auction that had an incorrectly labeled title, so any passerby would think it was just a regular Cricut for sale. Not to mention that for other unknown but fortunate reasons, it was not being bid up as much as other Cricuts on ebay at the time.

I figured a collector's item would be worth more in the long run, in case I wanted to sell it after all the wedding preparations are over. Also that Pink Journey cartridge? Worth over $100 on average! 0.0 (A normal Cricut cartridge will go for approx $30 on ebay, depending)

After bugging my mom for two hours debating whether I should buy it or not, my mom offered to use her bidding program to help me out. I anxiously waited for the end results...and...wait, what? Who won this?! z***t?! Who the hell is that?!?

I called up my mom saying her bidding program didn't work, z***t won the auction, and started getting slightly frantic. Her response? "Oh, okay then, I guess we'll have to wait til Christmas to see if I really won the auction or not. :D" My mom is always trying to get "surprises" for Christmas gifts, lol.

So obviously I knew she had it :)

Ebay is, apparently, pretty good at disguising bidders names. I don't remember the exact number offhand, but I believe we won the auction around $185 plus approx $25 shipping. Which is a steal considering my mom sold the Pink Journey cartridge for me for $125! :D

(No offense to those who would have kept the cartridge, however I am fortunate enough to not have a breast cancer victim in the family, so I hope that I never need it.)

So, being gifted the Make the Cut! cutting program as well, I had to figure out how the hell to get this thing working!

Coming Up: Setting up your Cricut with Make the Cut!

I've Gone Cricut Crazy

Hello again,

I was working on a post to explain each element in my inspiration board, but I sadly can't find the source of the branches with the hanging crystals and candles in the top left of my board...and I looked in what seems like all my saved links! D: So until I can give the proper credit, that post will have to wait.

But in the meantime, I started to be allured by the amazing-ness of the Cricut.

With so many stunning DIY paper crafts out there, a crafty not-yet-bride like me HAS to include one of them! And if that involves a creative shape? The poor girl's fingers are aching from scissor overuse! But the Cricut, ah, the Cricut, can do it for you!

It can cut out cute shapes for escort cards!:


It can save you money by eliminating the need for cute punches!:


It can really jazz up your invitations!:


It can make birthday/Christmas/thank you cards!:


It can help you make envelope liners!:


It can churn out banners!:


It can make tags!:


It can make packages, boxes, and bags!:
(I really did not expect to find these projects, I just wanted to put in part of the Dr. Suess quote! XD)

It can produce cupcake liners!:


It can make ornaments!:


It can help you design custom stamps!:


It can create embossing folders!:


It can cut out custom wall decals!:


It can even help you etch/paint wine glasses with a professional look!!!:


So yeah, it can basically take over the crafting world!!!

And now I *might* (crosses fingers) be getting one for my birthday/Christmas.

SQUEE!!! XD *dances*

Okay, the crazy lady is done now :)