Happy National Cheesecake Day!

The celebration part of National Cheesecake Day is a no-brainer - eat cheesecake! From plain ol' cheesecake to chocolate peanut butter to blueberry and beyond, there are enough creative flavors out there that this holiday doesn't discriminate. 

Need a little flavor inspiration? Check out this cheesecake photo slideshow over on HP and vote for your favorite flavor:

The HP is also reporting that there are a couple of SWEET cheesecake promotions happening today:

1. The Cheesecake Factory is offering half-price cheesecakes (click here for locations). It's also offering $5 off cheesecake bought online.
2. Chicago-based Eli's Cheesecake is going one step farther by offering a free slice of cheesecake to all of its Facebook fans and Twitter followers.

If you're feeling more adventurous, go ahead and get a cheesecake in the oven. With a few tips and tricks, you'll be enjoying the fruits of your labor... and any fruit that makes its way on top of your dessert! Check out Diana's Desserts for lots of info.

Celebrate Delicious!

Sweetie Pie Deal: FONT-tastic!

I've found that one of the easiest - and most fun! - ways to jazz up packaging, labels, tags, signs, paper goods, blog or website, etc. is by using a wide variety of fonts and dingbats that match your theme/product/event/style. Luckily, they are in no short supply and can be found all over the net - for FREE! The following is a collection of some of my favorites and great sites where you can find tons more...

Kevin & Amanda's Fonts for Peas - Handwriting Fonts

 Kevin & Amanda's Scrapbook Fonts - So Many to Choose From!

 Big Collections of Free Fonts:

1001 Free Fonts

Acid Fonts

Urban Fonts

Dafont
Scrapbooking Fonts

Other Font and RelatedLinks:

Best Free Fonts of 2010 

25 Free Fonts for Logo Design

52 Free Fonts for Modern and Cool Design

20 Crafty Free Fonts from Meet Me at Mikes

Free Stitched Fonts from How About Orange

Free Fonts from ScrapNfonts
Tasty Type - Fonts Used in Food Packaging
How to Install A Font from The Curious Pug

Some of My Favorite Fonts & Dingbats:

Calamity Jane

Seaside Resort

Wuts Cookin

Similar: LCR Kitchen Dings

Similar: DJ Kitchen Dingbats

AP Applique

Airstream

 

Old Time Ad Dings 1

Old Time Ad Dings 2

Similar: Wm The 50s

Fruitopia Font

Bittersweet

Sugar Coma Dingbats

Earths Mightiest

WC Sold Out C Bta Dingbats

Blue Plate Special

I'm in the Pictures & Sewing for Tots

There's nothing quite like showing up to work in a whirlwind of dust, 90 degrees, frizzy hair and bug spray... and then remember that public television is coming to film at the office today! Where's a comb and a lint brush when you need them?

While I'm off prepping for the day's activities - including some filming out on a ranch or two - I'll leave you with these cute fat quarters I picked up at the fabric shop yesterday... so many options... and so many friends having babies these days! Maybe I'll use these for bibs - or burb cloths? 

What's your favorite sewing project for little ones?

A Bird Can Dream: BlueQ Dish Towels

In my quest to find some plain dish/tea towels for a new project, I stumbled upon BlueQ's hilarious dish towels! I own several of their bags but didn't know they had come up with these lovely - and sometimes snarky - creations....

 I Love You Like Biscuits & Gravy Dish Towel

"True comfort food, hon."

 Keep My Skillet Good & Greasy Dish Towel

 "Always prepared, darlin'."

Eat Local Dish Towel

 "It's what's best."

Emotionally Unstable Dish Towel

"No, no, really, I'm fine, just cutting an onion....Don't Touch ME!"

Eat At Home Dish Towel

"Eat your broccoli. So, what did you learn in school today? Stop hitting your sister. Get mommy another glass of wine."

Check out all of the dish towels by clicking HERE.

Floral Adventures: Pressed Plant Weekend

We're off today to restock the plant press in the Wyoming Range - with all of our warm but wet weather recently, there are some colorful lovelies on the mountainsides that are about to make their way into the press. 

The husband has been working hard to learn about framing and matting and even has some great finished pieces. I'm taking the camera - can't wait to show you what we find :)

Framing try #1 - green matting with a pressed Sego Lily

Happy weekend!

Nest Building: Garage Sale Ride

When a local auctioneer has a garage sale, it's a safe bet that there will be some amazing finds. Kudos to my husband for finding this $15 gem!

"Hiawatha brand bicycles were sold by the Gambles Hardware stores. Most Hiawatha bicycles were manufactured by the Cleveland Welding Company or the Shelby Manufacturing Company, however some were made by Murray of Ohio and Huffman Mfg. The most sought after Hiawatha bicycle is the late 1930's Arrow model, built by Shelby. It featured extreme styling and was similar to the Shelby Airflow model."

- from Dave's Vintage Bicycles

Sweet book holder

It's nice that the hubby is really into rebuilding bikes -

I think this one will be a beauty!

Perfect for the commute to work...

Up in the Air - Etsy Treasury by Dryw

Hooray!

Many thanks to Dryw for including my Mountain Air 

goat milk soap in her Etsy "air" treasury. 

CLICK HERE to check out the collection -

and CLICK HERE to see her shop!

Such a nice start to the day :)

Nest Building: Vintage Apple Baskets

I had a little adventure a few weeks ago when I drove down to the southern part of the state to visit Saratoga (WY) and the Snowy Range. While I was exploring the town, I stumbled upon a great western store that had a stack of these vintage bushel baskets for sale... for $5.95! Top that, eBay!

For now, they exist in our sunny mudroom until I have the space to put them somewhere more useful. Living room? Linen storage in the bathroom? Side tables next to the bed? Do I dare try to incorporate them into my craft show/farmers market displays?

White Tents & Open Spaces

My office had our first big fundraiser event of the summer on Saturday - and we decided to set up a motion-detecting wildlife camera to catch all of the set up from start to finish.

Here's the event site - a conserved ranch in NW Wyoming - 

before it became this...

What a beautiful night!

While I catch up on some zzzz's, I hope you're ready for a return to posting tomorrow. We had some amazing thrift store/garage sale finds recently and I can't wait to share!

For All You Cupcake Fanatics...

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That's right - it's back!

I finally got my act together and have reopened the Pie Bird Shop with sweet and citrus-y soaps, lotion bars, and lip butters! But that's not all... check out the shop announcement for a sneak preview of all of the NEW & DIFFERENT items that will make their first appearances late summer/early fall. 

I'm so excited to be branching out!

Head on over by clicking on the Etsy badge on the right sidebar --->

or simply click on piebirdshop.etsy.com :)

Etsy Episode: Life's a Picnic

What a wonderful time of year - long days, lemonade and lazy afternoons! In case you're short on summertime accessories, check out these Etsy finds...

Red Gingham Earrings by FallorFly

Plaid Picnic High-Waisted Skirt by goulash

PDF Embroidery Pattern - Bar-B-Cute by wildolive

Urban Picnic Roll-up by NstarStudio

Sunshine Garden Vintage Linens Banner by jumpupanddown

Vintage Thermos Set from CathodeBlue

Felted Soap - Watermelon Edition by PoofNoggin

Hip Hop Hat in Strawberries - Size 12-24 months by GollyGeeBaby

Tan Gingham Plaid Rosette Brooch Pin by Brydferth

Picnic Button Badge by LittleEphemeraEmpire

Cupcake liners- Green polka dots 45 count from DivineBakingSupplies

Set of 4 beer cozies by EvesLittleEarthlings

Mini strawberry necklace by lulubugjewelry