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Been a long time.. my friend!

2011-11-15T13:29:00.001-08:00

Wow, time does fly! I can't believe that it has been months since i last blogged about clip art! I don't have a real excuse as to why this is the case! I LOVE art and i LOVE creating art but I have been in a bit of a non-creative slump!

The first day of snow was a few days ago and the first real snowfall was yesterday. I was going to take my car out but quickly parked it again when my tires spun just when i pulled out on the street. Visions of getting stuck on the street and flagging down a stranger didn't at all sound like a good time!

Christmas is not that far away and it feels like it was just here! I spent it last year with my parents and sister. Unfortunately, my parents moved to B.C. so I won't be seeing them this year for the holiday. However, my sister lives here so we will go out for Christmas dinner somewhere yummy like the Olive Garden or Swiss Chalet.

If you are also already thinking of Christmas ( hard not to when all the stores are already becoming full of decortations and toys... I'm talking to YOU Costco..)

You can find hundreds of Christmas Clip Art at http://www.clipsahoy.com/christmas.htm.

I will add a few more cute cliparts in the next few weeks, maybe that will help to get me back on track!

Have a good week!

Full Swing Summer!

2011-06-09T13:52:00.000-07:00

Father's Day is just around the bend !
I like to make a homemade card with clipart. To add an extra touch, what i have done in the past is create wrapping paper for a small gift with clipart. Just use color paper and just your simple word or works program, and insert many cliparts as you like on that page you are going to print.

Print out your creation and you will be able to wrap a small item. You can even do this if in a pinch for other wrapping paper! I usually only have Christmas wrapping paper so i have wrapped gifts for other holidays like this from time to time!

Summer is also now i full swing. I spent all of yesterday outside in my small yard planting flowers! Then i came inside and ate ALOT of watermelon!

Hope you all are enjoying your sunny days!

Mother's Day!

2011-05-06T00:20:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day is approaching and is in less in three days!
While I may not be a mother in the 'traditional' sense.. i am mommy to four wonderfully, sneaky cats!
From personal experience , with my own mom, homemade cards mean just as much if not more, than a store bought card.

You will be able to find clipart image to create your card here . You will be able to find all types generic images from balloons to champagne to more mother's day specific clipart.

Serve up a homemade card with breakfast in bed to your mom and spend a relaxing day together!

What alittle paint can do!

2011-02-17T16:34:00.000-08:00

How to Revive Old Hardware on a Door

Things You’ll Need
Spray Paint
Disposable Gloves
Old Newspaper
Screw Driver
Ventilation
A Friend

When you purchase a home and want to make it your own, there are some expenses that you will have dig deep in your pockets for and others you can tackle on your own. One little project that can make a big impact is changing the color of your door hardware and knob. Something as simple as this can make a big impact while keeping your costs low.
Instructions
1. Have a look at the different colors of spray paints at the store. Pick out the color that you feel comfortable in refinishing your door hinges and knob. If you are a bit zany, pick up a non conventional color such as a blue or green, even a florescent would make a nice pop of color. If you are more traditional stick with a metallic paint color in silver or gold.

2. Remove the hinges and knob from the door with a screwdriver. You may need an extra set of hand to help you hold the door as you unhinge it.

3. Lay your old newspaper out somewhere where you spray, you won’t be near anything you don’t want painted! Make sure there is some good ventilation since spray paint has strong fumes. Clean off the hinges and knob with soap and water to make sure there is no dust or anything else you don’t want under the paint.

4. Put on your disposable gloves and when you are ready, lay the pieces down and spray evenly back and forth. The paint should dry quickly so you will be about to do two coats on each side. Don’t rush or else you may spray too much and cause some drips to form. If this ends up happening, you can remove your previous coat of paint by re-spraying and wiping it down quickly while it is still wet. As for the screws, you can just make sure to spray to tops as the rest of screw you won’t see.

5. When you achieve the desired look, reattach the door and knob and see it all sparkle like new!

Picture Courtesy of clipsahoy.com

2011-02-15T12:42:00.000-08:00

Now that Valentine's Day is behind us, we can begin to look towards March. The most celebrated holiday in March is Saint Patrick's Day!

Wearing the color green was the most important part of St Patrick's Day when growing up. If you forgot, someone would pinch you so you would even try to find a bit of green anywhere you could!

The elusive leprechaun is also a magical part of the holiday.

I personally love leprechauns! They are always happy and can slide down a rainbow like it's no ones business !

So, for what ever project you are working on, we have the clipart for you. Take a look through the Saint Patrick's Day clipart section and i hope you find what you need!

If you are looking for other clipart for March, take a look at
Free Holiday Clipart.

2011-01-25T18:06:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day is approaching and we all could send out a little bit of love! I hope you someone special in your life that you would like to show how much you care!
One of the more affordable why of going about this is to incorporate clipart into homemade projects.

Valentine's Day Card

There are many free resources online to help you create and customize cards for Valentine's Day and all other occasions. One site that i like is http://www.photo-card-maker.com/ It is a free program that you download that has many different card templetes. If you have already photoshop,another useful site is http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/ss/greetingcard.htm to create custom cards. Once you find a program you like, insert the clipart into it to make your own one of a kind card!

Coupon Book

This is an easy one to create. You dont need any special program. Just use your word program. Come up with and type out, a few fun actions for Valentine's Day. An example could be 'Coupon for 5 Free Kisses'. Type that out in small or big font and add your favorite sweet puckers clipart beside it! Give this to the one you love and it will make their day!

Place Setting

Are you a romantic? Using a basic word program again, type your loves name and add a sweet clipart image beside it. Print this out and fold it beside your partners table setting.

Little gesture like these never go unnoticed!

Holiday shopping is in full swing!

2010-12-20T08:23:00.001-08:00

If you dare to go shopping you are a brave person! The holidays are a crazy time with frantic shoppers looking for that perfect gift. Myself, I like to stick with gift cards :)

If you havent looked through our Holiday Clipart section yet, have a look!

Christmas Around the Corner!

2010-11-01T07:39:00.001-07:00

Now that Halloween is behind us, Christmas is on the way! Have a look through our Christmas Clipart selection. We have a bit of everything! If you cant find what you need contact us and i will be sure to add some more images!

New Clipart Added September 30, 2010

2010-09-30T15:50:00.000-07:00

New Clipart Locations:

Around The House, Baking & Cooking

Food, Pies
Occupations, Cake Decorating

Stick Figures, Everyday Life
Vacation, Landmarks

New Clipart September 25, 2010

2010-09-25T09:46:00.000-07:00

Around the House - Raking Leaves
Foods - Cucumbers,Pickles & Zucchini
Occupations -Doctors & Nurses

Please let me know if there is a clipart you are excited to see added!

Clipart Added September 20, 2010

2010-09-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

Some more new clipart added to Clips Ahoy!
Around the House, Vacuuming

Around the House, Dusting & Sweeping (2)
Leisure, Playing in the Leaves

Where my parents live they have SNOW! I guess i won't be jumping into any piles of leaves at their place!

New Clipart !

2010-09-17T15:18:00.000-07:00

Hello Fellow Clipart Lovers!

I have just added a variety of new clipart to Clips Ahoy :
Animals , Dogs

Stick Figures, Everyday Life ( i love drawing stick figure clipart!)

Occupations, Window Repair

Occupations, Plummer

Occupations, Kitchen Appliance Repair

Occupations, Washer & Dryer Repair

Around the House, Laundry (2)
Around the House, Bathroom
I think i will create some fall images this weekend since it has that feeling in the air!

Are there any images that you would like to see added?

let me know!

Finally, A nice day outside!

2010-06-11T15:28:00.000-07:00

It has been a really rainy spring so far this year! Not very normal for the area that i live in. I have been 'saving' worms from the sidewalks on a regular basis when going out.
I have been concentrating on creating lots of stick figure clipart! I am thinking about starting a site dedicated just to stick figure clipart.. They are so cute and fun to draw.. i just love them!

Have a look at our stick figure clipart located here.

My flowers are doing well because of the amount of rain and i see a few happy sunflowers emurging!

Clipart & Tasty Goodness!

2010-05-28T13:41:00.000-07:00

It has been a couple of weeks since my last blog! I have been busy with a few projects around my place. My sister came up to visit a couple of weeks back and we toured all around the interior of B.C. The worst lasagna that i EVER ate was at this store called 'The Village Cheese Company' in Armstrong, B.C. . I had been looking forward to trying this lasagna for a couple of years. It was awful and very disappointing.. However earlier that day on our travels, we had ended up at Mission Hills Winery in Westbank. It was beautiful.
If you are planning to do any travelling this summer check out our Vacation Clipart!

I also just finished the Intermediate Cake Decorating Course that was offered by my city. Before i took these courses i didn't know what a 'coupler' was or how to fill a decorating bag! My sister's birthday was on the 16th so i made & decorated some cupcakes. She likes Winnie the Poo so i went with that theme. I had made a dozen giant cupcakes but, i ended up eating all except those four!

Clipart is great for giving you ideas as to what to put in your cupcakes or cakes. In my cake decorating class, the images that were use were all large scale clipart.
Let me know if there is a clipart image that you would like larger to use for your cake decorating design!

Dont Forget Mother's Day!

2010-05-05T10:22:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day is this Sunday so get your projects started if you havent already!

We have many Mother's Day clipart located here.

You can use the clipart to make your own customized cards or garden markers and even a cute book of special 'coupons' that your mom can use throughout the year! When I was young I created a coupon book for my mom. It had coupons in it for me to 'clean my room' and 'help with dishes'. It is an inexpensive gift that is useful and shows your mom that you love her :)
You can find the 'around the house' clipart here for the images on your coupons.
Have a great week!

Back from Holidays!

2010-04-26T10:35:00.001-07:00

I have just got back from visiting my parents in Alberta! It is a beautiful drive from British Columbia to Alberta this time of year! I dislike driving in the winter that route so I make sure it is nice when i do eventually go visit! For all of you going camping this summer, check out our camping clipart. If you are looking for just some all in all summer fun, have a look here at our summer clipart.
Before I left for my holidays, i created some cute quilting clipart for a customer at http://www.clipartisland.com/ . I thought I'd share with you one of the images! :)

Things are Looking Sunny!

2010-04-13T14:48:00.000-07:00

We have had a few nice days here every since that snow! I have been busy drawing lots and lots of vegetable cliparts. I have broken down the big 'vegetables' category into many subcategories and have added quite a few more veggies :) Have a look through the Vegetable Cliparts.. we have from Artichokes to Tomatoes in their own categories waiting to go into your projects! These cliparts are useful for making markers in your garden. In the past ( when i actually had a garden) had bought plastic holders for my garden and placed laminated clipart pictures inside them. For my tomatoes, I printed out a tomato clipart, laminated it and cut it to fit the holder. It looked really cute and tidy in my garden when i had a a whole bunch of different ones set up for different vegetables!

SNOW??!!

2010-04-07T16:50:00.000-07:00

The weather has been a strange one! When i looked out the window this morning, i was astonished to see SNOW. I was just thinking yesterday how lucky to have no snow!
If you are looking for some weather clipart, have a look here. I cant wait to be able to finally sit on my balcony and enjoy summer! My flower pots are all empty and i cant wait to pick up some flowers soon to fill them up :) If you are also getting ready for some flower planting, have a look though our gardening selection.

Happy Easter Weekend!

2010-04-03T19:39:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone is having a good Easter weekend! I am spending mine with my sweet cats.
I am in cake decorating class so i have been enjoying my Easter cake that i baked and decorated. Yum!
My Mom's birthday is this Easter Sunday so i hope she has a good birthday tomorrow! For all of those who also have birthdays this month, check out our Birthday Clipart. There is also a category that you make be interested in for all Holidays, Astrological Signs and Flowers for each month of the year.

I hope that you see lots of bunnies tomorrow! ( Hopefully some chocolate ones!)

Magical Snow Bunnies!

2010-03-27T14:27:00.001-07:00

The other day my sister who lives in Edmonton was telling me about a cute surprise outside of her place! As she was leaving her home, a bunny came flopping out from a big snow pile in her parking lot! She said it looked like he stayed in there for the winter, like a little winter cave :) so cute! Have a look through my bunny clipart for easter bunny clipart ideas!

Is That the Sound of Scampering Bunnies???!

2010-03-23T18:10:00.000-07:00

Easter is just around the corner so it is time for me to draw some cute bunny cliparts :)
You can find our Easter clipart category here. I love drawing Easter clipart because everything is so bright, colorful and cheerful!

I have just reached my 6000th created clipart image for Clips Ahoy! I love creating clipart more today than i had when i drew my first clipart.
When i first created my first 500 cliparts, I colored them and then scanned them. It was then i realized that they looked alot different on the computer than it did on my sketch pad. I then had to recolor them online. That ended up being a lot of work but, i learned alot from trial and error !
I hope you all enjoy your day, i know i am.. it is warm outside and it is finally nice to sleep with my window open!

The Weather is a Changing!

2010-03-20T06:36:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was such a nice day outside! The season is smelling and looking more and more like Spring! I am finishing off a few cute hippy cliparts and then i will be working on some new Spring cliparts :)
Have a look through our Stick Figure clipart and 60s clipart . To welcome in the Spring season, click here for light and breezy Spring clipart!

Sneaky Sticks!

2010-03-15T23:06:00.000-07:00

I have been excited about stick figure clipart for a while now.. some how stick figure clipart end up appearing on my drawing pad.. Today a few were mixed in with my Saint Patrick's Day clipart images!

You can find St. Patrick's Day clipart here. Have a good fun day and enjoy some green beer!

The Magic that is Clipart!

2010-03-12T17:24:00.000-08:00

Clipart is simple and can make you feel a wide range of emotions.
These little icons can be found in numerous places during our everyday life. Just the other day I was contemplating what to eat when I strolled past a restaurant with its menu on the door. I stopped and looked because the tiny little images beside the menu items caught my eye.
First thoughts?
Yummy!
The toast clipart looked tasty with its tiny melted butter and the club sandwich was tantalizing with its lush green lettuce and ripe red tomatoes every so slightly sticking out between two slices of bread with perfectly placed toothpick sticking out from the middle. Oh! And I can’t forget to mention the delicious pickle on the side!
Clipart shows up almost all ordinary places during your day, starting when you wake up.
The Newspaper
Full of clipart, pulling your eyes to the latest bargain or sale. Look at Me! Buy Me! The clipart portrays.
Drive to Work
You pass billboards on the way to work. You look twice because a bright image caught your eye.
At Work
You sit in during a co-workers presentation on how to make the company run more efficiency. They use a clipart to demonstrate a few key points. You almost nod off but fortunately the clipart keeps you interested.
At Lunch
Your new favorite coffee shop has a clipart images integrated into its name and you notice the same image on their recyclable coffee cups.
On The Way Home
You pass a co-worker in the hall; they show you their new business card with a professional clipart image beside their name. It looks great and you think about doing the same.

Clipart is all around us but it is so common that sometimes we don’t even notice how often we see these images.
Home Uses For Clipart
Clipart is ideal for home based projects. These are a few examples of projects that I used clipart for or have known someone who has.
Garden Labels – I have printed out clipart for my garden and laminated the new ‘labels’. For my carrots I printed out a cute clipart of carrots and typed “Carrots’ under the clipart image. This can be done for all your garden vegetables and used year after year.
Holiday & Birthday Cards- I have created cards for all occasions using seasonal clipart. This is easy to do when you use a simple card-creating program that you can purchase for your home computer. The program allows you to insert your choice clipart into the card.
Web Pages- Clipart and web pages go hand in hand. Almost every site uses clipart on its home page. I have use clipart on my personal web pages to make the page more interesting and eye catching… plus clipart can be cute and silly and I like that.
Calendars- A relative used clipart to create a personalized calendar for their family. If their son had hockey on one day, they used hockey skates clipart to portray the events of that day.

Clipart is fantastic and fun! Everyone should enjoy a little bit of clipart everyday in their lives!

Free Stuff!

2010-03-11T10:36:00.001-08:00

How to Get Free Stuff Online
Coupon Crazy!
I remember when I was a little girl my mom use to bring her purse to the grocery store with a stack of coupons bulging from her wallet. There was no Internet back then and all the coupons were from the newspaper and weekly flyers. Today, the Internet has made life easier in catching that obscure bargain. Many freebie sites will give you great links to companies that offer these coupons.
Sign Me Up.. Scottie?
If you sign your ‘e-mail life away’ can pretty much get any freebie you like. Once a company has your email address, they will send you updates for more sample products and offers. Just be aware of companies that ask any money to be sent. This falls into the category of a ‘scam’. A freebie is a freebie.
Swap Till You Drop!
There are sites that give a platform for those who wish to swap their items with others who have items of similar value. It’s a win win for both if you find something that is swappable. Check out http://www.swaptreasures.com/. This site gives you a good idea as to what is involved in swapping like valued items.
Bookmark Your Favorites
If you find a freebies site that stops that your mouse clicking finger in its place, bookmark it! You might need to get back to that page during a tight spending month or if you are just jonesing for a good deal.

Seriously… Lets Get Started.
Look around your computer desk. You will need these few items before you start online bargain hunting!

a) Printer -hooked up ready to print at any given notice. This printer should have a green light on it (not flashing but solid, ready to take action when needed)
b) Ink in the Printer and Paper - is the ink fresh in your printer or are you not sure?? Check it out! Also, make sure your paper supply is full.
c) Scissors - handy to snip out that coupon that will save you a few of your hard earn dollars!

Now you are ready to look for the best sites to find freebies. Many sites out there offer freebies for almost everything. Some of those sites are small and some are larger. I will look at which sites offer the best and most up to date freebies.The freebie site that I will be profiling today is http://www.worldwidefreebies.com.
Pros:
Easy to Find Main Categories.
The categories are right away on your left hand side of the page. I picked ‘Birthday Freebies’ link to check out what I can get free on my birthday. Once I clicked on that link, I scrolled down and easily found the birthday freebies links. Lots of Choice. In each main category there are a large list of freebies. It is all alphabetically listed and are items that I find interesting. For example, in the ‘Pet goodies’ category I found a sample for cat food. However, the freebie had expired and I was unable to sign up to receive the coupon (see ‘cons’ below).
Location Listed
Beside each freebie it states in parentheses whether the coupon is accepted in Canada or the United States. This is always good to know since this takes the confusion out of where the offer is worth checking out.
Cons:
Lots of Scrolling
The page is not layed out well for the average Internet user. I had to scroll down on each page to find the list of freebies after I clicked on the main category.
Ended Contests & Broken links
Unfortunately, some of the links that I clicked on were already expired and a found one that was a broken link altogether.
All in all a good freebie site but I know there are bigger and better ones out there waiting for me to discover and share!