Sidetracked Artist

Click on image, then right click and "save image as" to save the calendar page to your computer for printing. Cindy

Front of Printable Notecard These Hearts Note Cards print two to a page.  To download, click on image, then right click to choose save option. Cindy Linked with blog hops at Serenity Now , Premeditated Leftovers , and It's a Hodgepodge Life .

I've added a "Shop" page to my blog with some of the items available in the various online shops I share with Laura and Bryan. Here are a few items from Sidetracked Art at Cafe Press that I think would make nice gifts: Laura and I sell handmade our handmade goods at Artistic Inspiration : For digital image instant downloads for crafts, scrapbooks, clip art, images for fabric transfer, printable art, etc., please visit Sidetracked Artist at Etsy .  Here are just a few of the digital images: Thank you for taking the time to visit these shops. Cindy

I usually plan my family's dinner menus at the beginning of each week.  A few weeks ago, I started posting them at my other blog, Wheatless Foodie . Here's a printable Menu Planner and Shopping list for anyone who would like to use it: Click on image for larger, downloadable version. This will print at 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Cindy

Sometime before Christmas, my daughter asked me to pick out a yarn I liked so she could make me something for Christmas.   I chose a lovely green yarn that was partly made of wool.   I don’t usually wear wool, because it always feels so scratchy against my skin, but this yarn, which was more acrylic than wool, felt so soft. Laura made me a beautiful infinity scarf, and I absolutely love it!   Unfortunately, it feels too scratchy against my skin to be able to wear it. I don't know why is is that a skein of yarn can feel so soft, then feel scratchy when made up into something to wear.     I decided to add a lining made of cotton knit fabric, because I really wanted to be able to wear this lovely scarf.   Coincidentally, I had just culled an old t-shirt while cleaning out my closet.   The t-shirt happened to be just the right color to line the scarf. So here’s how to line a scarf using a t-shirt. First, you’ll need a shirt...

  Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward Please accept this printable thank you note card with my thanks for reading this blog.   Linked with the Weekend Blogging Reading at Serenity Now  and It's a Hodgepodge Friday 

This free calendar page for January 2013 will print at 8 1/2 x 11 inches or can be used as desktop wallpaper. Enjoy! Cindy

The beginning of a new year can be an opportunity to reflect on what has and has not been working in our lives and think about what changes we might want to make.   What typically follows are New Year’s Resolutions – those promises we make to ourselves every January first to live our lives better. New Year’s Resolutions have never worked very well for me.   Maybe I try to make changes that are too drastic, or maybe I try to make too many changes at once.   Whatever the reason, my resolutions of the past haven’t lasted long or resulted in any significant improvements in the way I live my life.   But here it is, the beginning of a new year, and I just can’t seem to help myself.   Here are some things I plan to work on:   I want to… be more present in the moment.   This will be a challenge as my thoughts bounce around so much, but I’m trying to focus more on what I’m doing in the present moment. live mindfully.   Rather than drif...