Here are two Easter designs available for [...]]]> With Easter coming up this weekend, my thoughts turn to chocolate… and finding the will power not to over indulge.  So instead of obsessing about candy eggs and other delicious treats, I’ll go send some eCards to friends and family to wish them a Hoppy Easter.  You can too!

Here are two Easter designs available for free at www.TaraReedOnline.com/sendcard/

Who will you send them to?

– Tara Reed

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If [...]]]> Top o’ the mornin’ to ya!

This Irish girl (well – 1/2 Irish!) wishes you a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  I will have the extreme pleasure of interviewing one of my art licensing heros tonight – Mary Engelbreit – as part of my Art Licensing Info Monthly Ask Call program.  I’d say I’ve struck GOLD!

If you’d like to register to listen live tonight or be notified when the free relay is available in the next few days, head to www.MaryEngelbreit.com/askme/ and sign up.  The questions are already gathered so just put “no question” in the space and give us your name and email.

In the meantime – I have 2 free St Patrick’s Day eCards you can send to family and friends – CLICK HERE.

Wishing you a wonderful day full of people and things you love – that is the true pot of gold of life!

– Tara Reed

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Just a quick note wishing you a happy holiday season!  May you find parking spaces at the mall, laughter in your home and joy in your heart!

– Tara

P.S. Don’t forget – you can send this or a variety of other free eCards with my designs by clicking here

If you know anyone observing the holiday, why not hop over to my website and send them an eCard?  It’s free!  Then crank up [...]]]> Tonight is the beginning of Hanukkah.  My ’special someone’ and his family celebrate so I am much more aware of the dates than I used to be!  (I’m an “Santa Girl” myself.)

If you know anyone observing the holiday, why not hop over to my website and send them an eCard?  It’s free!  Then crank up the Adam Sandler Chanukkah Song and have a fabulous day!

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– Tara

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You simply enter the name and email of the person you want to send a greeting to, enter yours, add [...]]]> I’m not sure if you are aware, but I have a free eCard service on my website. I recently added 3 Christmas and 1 Hanukkah design, to make a total of 16 options now available online.

You simply enter the name and email of the person you want to send a greeting to, enter yours, add your message and click “Preview this card”.  If you are happy, hit “send” and off it goes!  You will even get and email so you know when the person got it.

So head on over and send someone something a little different to their inbox today! CLICK HERE

I hope you like this fun, free service!

– Tara

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This is a fun project for an ornament exchange, relative, neighbor or teacher gifts or just because. (Sorry the photo isn’t the best – they [...]]]> Here’s another fun project you can do at home with your rubber stamps, Staz-On ink and some hollow glass ornaments from your local craft store. (Ornaments shown were purchased at Michael’s)

This is a fun project for an ornament exchange, relative, neighbor or teacher gifts or just because. (Sorry the photo isn’t the best – they kept spinning! But that is the cool part about them in real life!)

To see all the stamps available from Janlynn featuring my art, CLICK HERE.

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Happy Holidays!

– Tara

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You may never want to get to the main course once you get your hands on my new fabric collection, First Course, from South Sea Imports! With 14 fabrics and 2 panels (one with 4 placemats and one featuring an apron) – the possibilities are endless.

I decided to make a wall hanging and hot plate [...]]]>

You may never want to get to the main course once you get your hands on my new fabric collection, First Course, from South Sea Imports! With 14 fabrics and 2 panels (one with 4 placemats and one featuring an apron) – the possibilities are endless.

I decided to make a wall hanging and hot plate for my kitchen, using the “Mod Quads” pattern from Blue Underground Studios.  I saw a full quilt with this pattern at A Common Thread in Portland, Oregon and instantly fell in love with it!  My one regret is choosing to try it for the first time with directional fabric – thank goodness for seam rippers!  In the end I think it turned out quite well…

The good people at South Sea Imports create project sheets for each collection they bring out for quilters.  Here is a picture and a link to download the project sheet if you want to try it out. CLICK HERE TO GET THE PROJECT SHEET

If you use the First Course fabric, I’d love to see what you create and share it on the blog!  Email me a photo and a little about yourself!  EMAIL ME

Happy sewing!

– Tara

disclosure: I have no relationship with Blue Underground Studios except that I purchased and liked their pattern and wanted to share.

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When my son was little we were in the habit of washing our hands every time we came back in the house – from errands, from playing, from where ever.  Of [...]]]> With school in full swing, fall in the air and dare I say it… swine flu on the news constantly, my mind turned to soap.

When my son was little we were in the habit of washing our hands every time we came back in the house – from errands, from playing, from where ever.  Of course before eating, before handling food, after using the rest room… there are a lot of times to wash our hands and make sure we don’t catch or spread germs!

That means a lot of soap.  Of course you can go to your favorite store and get liquid soap in patterns, themes and characters the manufacturers decide to offer.  But what if none of them are quite “you”?

Do you have a supply of rubber stamps and want an easy, new project? Looking for a unique and useful holiday gift?

Let me show you how to change those mass produced liquid soap dispensers into one-of-a-kind, made by you, works of art.

Download the pdf with basic instructions and the template for cutting your plastic. (It is designed to fit Soft Soap™ brand so if you use a different brand, you might need to tweak your template a smidge.)

Then watch this 8 minute video and you will be ready to go!  I’d love to hear from you if you try it so feel free to come back and comment, ok?

Here’s to being crafty, creative, clean and most of all – healthy!

– Tara

P.S. To see my full line of rubber stamps, go to www.Janlynn.com and search “Tara Reed” (a few that aren’t mine might come up on that search but they promise they are working on it!)

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