And this is without our beautiful mountain views as the smoke obscures it. Closest currently burning fire is 50 miles away. We pray for those families being relocated and getting to visit their homes with an escort only to survey the damage. Is it day 69 or 70? Of no rain? The record is 100 days I hope we don't beat the record this year. I pray for rain and the safety of all those around us. -Chris
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So some folks are asking about the fires in Arizona. I promised to post a pic or two and just ran out of time so here is picture number one without smoke of the mountains we see from our house. All of Arizona seems to be a blaze and it is pretty stressful. Tenatively we are thinking about pland and what we would do to haul out. And then we also are thinking about holiday weekend plans for the fourth and with everything as it is. We'll just stay home and enjoy eachothers company. So in this picture there is approximately 1 mile of homes scattered between us and the mountains. After that one mile it is brush, dry grass and open range all the way to the base of the mountains. In my next post I will post the with smoke picture from yesterday night when we got home. – Chris
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I sent out three wishlist winner files today.. Here are the winners and the files they received. Don’t forget I am running a sale and you get a bonus file! Woohoo! So much fun.

Cara won the Magical Borders 2

Joann won the Flower Borders 1

Heather won the Gear Head Accents

Congrats ladies!

Enjoy!
Chris

Chris Durnan, designer at www.visualdesignsbychris.com GSD KNK WPC AI SCUT files for your personal digital cutters for use with scrapbooking, cardmaking and other hobbies. Whatever your creative mind can come up with!

My files work on many machines. Some of them are: Klik-n-kut, Pazzle, Wishblade, Silhouette, Cricut, Craft Robo. Some of the software involved with these machines are: Funtime, Scrapbooking, WinPC/Signlab, Inkscape, Create & Cut, Illustrator, KNK Studio, Robomaster, DesignMaster and the list goes on….. Enjoy!

And our cutter file “freebies” are kept in the forum. We add to them as we can.

My son pulled this slip from the WSID jar and looked at me like?? What?? Really?? Hmm. So I gave him half a bag of marshmallows and I had two boxes of toothpicks so I gave him one. We both weren't sure how it was gonna go. He sat at the table holding toothpick in one hand and marshmallow in the other. He stared off in space for a bit then I heard a giggle and the creation began. I kept coming out to check and this is what morphed into a sculpture that hasn't been titled. I took a picture this morning and threw it away because no marshmallows and ants needed. But the hour of time taking two items you would never imagine and sticking them together and figuring out how to configure them was perfect. I look at it and I see DNA so I wonder if the scientists of the world ever played with marshmallows and toothpicks. Hmmm makes you think… I believe Creativity breeds ingenuity! Oh and happy smiles! Have a wonderfully creative day! Enjoy! Chris
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I am canning today. Not feeling on top of the world, but can't let the strawberries and apples and raspberry go bad. I am making Sundae in a Jar it calls for a 1/3 of a cup of chocolate liquer. I am only canning one batch I believe it will be dangerous to have in the house otherwise. So question is what would you do with the rest of the chocolate liqueur. Any recipes or ideas? I could just make chocolate milk with it, but maybe you have a better idea? This week I have the goods to make homemade ice cream in ziploc bags when friends come over. Maybe there could be a grownup version hmmm. Well off I go to start todays canning adventures. Have a wonderful day! Chris
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