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My Very Crafty Life

A Crafty Guide to Sublimation E-Book
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Easy to Follow Crafting Tutorials Hey there Crafty Friends! Then I began creating stuff like crazy.

My name is Andrea and I am an accidental crafter, who just doesn't fit in the typical box. I love organizing and being neat, I cannot function in a mess! I got into crafting many years ago but didn't ever fall in love with crafting and art until I got my first Silhouette cutting machine. Very soon after that I got requests and orders. I had no intention of starting a business, I was in the middle

of what turned into 7 surgeries on my right ankle. But wearing a few custom shirts to physical therapy had other patients and the therapists asking me to do orders. From there it spiraled into tons of product creation. Unfortunately in the end of all my surgeries I ended up physically disabled and live in chronic pain. However there is a massive silver lining - I realized my passion laid in design and teaching others to succeed. And that's how this version of My Very Crafty Life came to be. I look forward to collaborating and crafting with you through file creation and video tutorials. I specialize in dye sublimation and vinyl but I truly just love learning and creating and trying! I look forward to spending more time with you. Stay Crafty!

05/12/2026

Hi friends! Long time no see, I’m excited to be crafting again, each time I try and get back to it life well life’s. But I think it’s time to just jump in feet first on my new crazy life and projects. I just need a quick favor from you… if you are at a Trader Joe’s do me a favor in the bread area grab something called “Lefse” it’s in a blue bag, it’s rectangles (odd but it’s a choice, not my choice however 🤣). Bring it home, melt some butter (you can heat the Lefse if you want but a nonstick pan on low for like 2-5 sec a side, it takes less than a minute to cook to what’s in the bag so be quick!) then add some brown sugar or your favorite jam! Keep rollin rollin rollin (thanks for the lyrics Limp Bizkit!) and enjoy! It’s one of favorite foods from Minnesota (originally Scandinavian since ya know all my family is basically from there). It’s a fun treat and I’d love to see more people try and enjoy it! Plus they will bring it back if it’s popular and that’s my reason for asking it as a favor, then I don’t have to order or make it 🤣🙃 I’m nuts I’m aware, it’s why ya love me right? Enjoy!

02/11/2026

Has anyone else been following the Walk for Peace?
It has inspired me to get back to creating and I have a really amazing process and art piece(s) to start sharing with you soon!!! I thought what better day to release the first in the series than Sundsy! Feb 15, 2026 will be the release of the first of 3 art pieces inspired by the Walk for Peace and the monks participating. The assembly and big reveal will be on youtube (link in comments but same handle)!!!
The 3 pieces will be available for purchase, I’m hoping to make the file available soon but that’s going to take a bit… all of the pieces will be made to order. I’ve never kept one of the bigger pieces I’ve made. I’ve gifted them or they were custom orders from my amazing clients. These first ones however will not be leaving, for a change I’m going to keep them (for now) and I even know where I want to hang one up! I’ve put up exactly one piece of art in my house, a wire moose I found that made me laugh 😆 so now it’s time to finally make this place home and what better way than doing it with those who reminded me to be okay where I am right now, it’s where I need to be. 🤍 I can’t wait to show you the first one!!!

02/03/2026

Today I got see the .usa Buddhist Monks as they left the Viet Guac Monestary and headed towards Ashland, VA for the day. They are formidable, their pace quick but they take the time to look you in the eye, to connect, despite their incredibly quick pace! I was joined by my brother and sister in law, and my SIL was handed the yellow roses 🌹 in the last photo, yellow is her favorite color so it was very sweet! We got very lucky and found a spot that wasn’t overly crowded and didn’t have to wait extensively either, sometimes no plans work best to get the best memory’s and spots. I can’t wait to share my art pieces I’m doing. I wanted a chance to meet and see them, to do the colors they wear and them as people justice. 🕊️ if I can finish it soon I plan to try and catch site of them again or if I can make it to a meet and greet to share with them. I’ll keep you posted!

10/17/2025

It’s been a while since I was out inspired so much to create something that I couldn’t help myself. Well today I got to celebrate an amazing human getting her doctorate in nursing. And well as in true Andrea fashion I came up with the gift around 3am for a 530pm event 🙃😬 and while I was a little late I did get to interrupt the toast showing up with a big fun gold box holding this gift. It’s not perfect but ya know what I may be learning to embrace that the imperfections made it more sweet! Congrats Kat! You make the world a better and more beautiful place!

09/16/2025

The new space is finally coming together. I press play again for a Holiday Crafty Summit coming to ya soon! I can’t wait to tell you more and about the AMAZING (if I do say so myself) project I’ve got for you. The only hint I’ll give you is that you can do this regardless of having anything more than an iron and a few small tools/items. But it is easier if you’ve got more tools… can’t wait to be back crafting our lives away together soon!!! 🥳🤩🥳

03/09/2025

Poll: Do you feel you manage your internal currency’s well? If so please tell us your tips in the comments.
Explanation: I abhor relationships that people keep score in. I did this for you so now you owe me this plus interest. It’s not who I am or will ever be. But I’ve been working hard to not run myself into the ground so beyond reach it takes too many resources to recover from it. One thing I needed to learn is that we each have a finite amount of each of our resources - those core resources are time, energy and effort. I’ve been working on a concept where these are my own personal currency’s. And with that I have a budget for each one. If I use it all up I have to borrow more to get back to the same place. But if I learn to budget, to use the knowledge I gain each time to not pay too high of a price internally, then I can steadily keep giving and doing! This isn’t a barter system, it’s solely internal to allow you to assess, budget and evaluate where you focus these resources.
Many of you will likely think why I didn’t put things like love on there and it’s simple that’s an endless resource, you can give love to anyone at anytime in many (safe and helpful) ways. While the currency I speak of always has a limit.

03/06/2025

Heads up to any of my fellow content creators for FB! Zero clue how I am going to manage this but I am not losing the content that’s for sure!!! Are you keeping copies of videos? It seems like a must these days

02/03/2025

Don’t scroll if you don’t want to see the yucky before! Anyways tonight was the most fortuitous clearance purchase ever. I’m in a rental house but you can’t take the homeowner out of me apparently. I was at one of the major hardware stores a couple weeks ago and saw a Toilet Flapper on clearance it was like $1-2. The downstairs one needed replacing which my landlord happily did when I informed them it had started running on and off. He only had one so he just said let him know and he will do the upstairs too if needed. Well tonight the toilet went off the rails! Running, tank sweating, and then it all goes wrong but I had just walked in the room to get trash to take out. The flapper failed completely.,, see photo 2 so gross!
So this is the easiest fix you can ever do and it can take a little patience to dial it in but the worst is turning the water on and off bc it’s awkward, first you turn off the water, flush, remove the older flapper and realize why it failed is it is literally falling apart in your gloved hands (latex or similar they get trashed when done), then hook your chain to the arm, as little slack as possible. My flapper also has a choice of how much water it allows and an another setting I didn’t need. Turn the water on, see where it fills, then open the seat and see how it flushed! If it’s too weak adjust the water amount on the top of the flapper (always shut off the water first!) and do this until it’s a full strong flush and your tank is filling properly! And no more running toilet 🚽

11/21/2024

Christmas has arrived… so I am@starting to decorate early, mainly outside things bc on Sunday the town I live in has a BIG Christmas parade… in front of my house. So all my neighbors have decorated like 2 min after Halloween bc they do tons, I am doing window candles, wreaths on the matching windows out front (I’m debating bows since it’s not protected that may be dumb) but they are light up! And I wanted to see what else I had so I could make some plans. What’s not shown here is the entire huge bin full of ornaments, which is comical bc I don’t have a tree, I grew up on a Christmas tree farm and I have ZERO desire for a real one it’s so much work and such a safety risk. Soooo I’m going to craft some stuff, what I do not know 🤣 but at least I can start to formulate a plan. Or ya know just put it all away and pretend I did that, we shall see 🤣 have you decorated yet?

11/15/2024

Spent a little bit of my day congratulating and seeing this amazing woman’s business thrive and grow in the new space! Kat is one of the most genuine, kind souls! Her husband (not pictured bc he had to go be a Dad!) Christian and her have created such an amazing biz with ! Congratulations on the new amazing space, and thank you for always listening, helping me find answers and just being really great people! 💜
She does all the amazing med spa things but she also works with TMJ and lock jaw issues - it’s what I do with her and it’s been awesome! Plus as afraid of needles I am I can go to her appointments unmedicated, that’s huge for me to say!

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