Masks - what I did at the beginning of Covid.

 Yep I made masks.  Hundreds and Hundreds of masks.  I gave myself sewing burn out.  I actually haven't sewn much since.  But I thought I'd atleast show off some of what I did. 

I donated a ton and sold a few more.

I made two kinds of masks, a fitted mask and a more generic gusset "one size fits all" mask.  I made the fitted masks to be reversible.  

So I also made some ear savers.  I had nurses asking me to make something that would help ear fatigue.  This was my solution.

Here are some of the snap options that I had for the ear savers.

This is only a little bit of the masks that I made.  I didn't get pictures of everything.  Some went out faster than I could take pictures.

Why I'm posting so much with links.

Why am I posting so much with links?  Well first of all, I thought I'd share what I found.  Secondly, I wanted a place to save some of my favorite links that I've found.  I really do enjoy "shopping" but my bank account hates it.  So I window shop now.  That's about it.  I hope that clears things up a bit.

It's so puzzling. Puzzles from Dollar Tree

 One thing that helped me get through my divorce was puzzles.  I bought quite a few from Dollar Tree.  I didn't get to put them all together but at only $1.25 per puzzle, they were a good deal.  Now I do have to say I had one puzzle that was missing piece.  The Dollar Tree puzzles are very thin but the prints are cute so I was able to overlook that. 

Here are a few that I've picked up.  I haven't had a chance to do them all yet.

So I needed a way to keep my puzzles (I actually like to keep and redo puzzles) and take up less space while also being in better boxes.  So I came up with this:

I cut up the boxes that the puzzles originally came in.  I labeled each box with a description, pictures, etc.  I think it turned out great.

So since I showed you the puzzle in its new box, how about the actual puzzle all done:

Here are a few other puzzles that I've done:

These round puzzles were fun:

Here are some other puzzles.

Dice, Dice Baby! Part 3 - Temu

 Well, here are some more yummy looking dice to drool over!!!

First up is a set of striped dice.  There are different color options.  Striped Dice

I love the way these look, especially the top set of dice.  But the bottom left set is cool tool.

This next set of dice are sooo cool.  I love mazes and these dice are a perfect rendition of a maze.  Maze Dice

I can't decide if the next dice set looks like swirling blood or Strawberry Ice Cream Swirl, how weird is that?  Red Swirl

This set of multi-colored swirl dice are especially charming with the amazing font used for the numbers. Swirl Dice

I'm not sure what to say about the next set except that the pattern on it is amazing.  Fancy Metal Dice

And who wouldn't love some dice that lights up.  Rechargeable Dice.

I think I left the best for last.  It's one dice set to rule them all.  LOL!  LotR Dice.

I saw them after my first dice post and changed my mind about the next set I am getting.  It is this set.  Can you blame me?

Well that's it for now I think.  What do you think of the dice that I found?  

Dice Dice Baby! Part 2 - Dice From Ettin

So I should have started here first.  I love dice and my love for dice started at the store I'm currently working in ETTIN GAMES in Humble, Texas!

I have sets that we no longer carry at the store but the vast majority of the dice I got were Chessex dice.  My favorite sets are the Borealis sets.  Below are a few of the sets that I have gotten over the many years shopping at Ettin with links to the store (can't possibly put all my dice collection in one post, lol).  Here is that brief peek:

CHX 27565 Maple Green/Yellow Borealis Polyhedral 7 Die Set: Maple Green Borealis

You can't really tell but there are sparkles in the dice.  I also got my oldest son a set of these dice.

CHX 27577 Borealis Purple/White Polyhedral 7-Die Set:  Purple Borealis

Many of the Borealis dice sets glow in the dark.  This is one of the sets.  The little sparkle flecks inside the dice glow.

CHX 20442 Festive Circus/Black Mini-Polyhedral 7-Die Set:  Festive Circus Mini Set

Yeah Mini dice!!!! The picture doesn't do this set justice.  I have this set in both miniature and standard size dice.  In the picture you can't see the "mother of pearl" look that the dice have.  This set is well worth picking up for any Dice Goblin or Dice Dragon to add to your treasure pile.

Here is the standard set.  CHX 27442 Festive Circus/Black Polyhedral 7 Die Set:  Festive Circus Standard 

CHX 20546 - Festive Waterlily/White Mini Polyhedral 7-Die Set:  Festive Waterlily

There is just something about mini dice sets that make me happy.  I have several sets.

Now on to another company, LOL.  Dice by Reaper Miniatures.  If you haven't had the pleasure of getting any of these dice, there are a few things you need to know.  The container that the dice come in twist onto each other if you have more than one.  You also get a free dice miniature.  These are a huge hit at the store.

Pizza Dungeon Dice - Lucky Gem Purple:  Luck Gem Purple - Pizza Dungeon Dice

I have so many more sets than I have shown you in this post.  I just gave you a small sampling of my collection.  I will create an entirely separate post for my dice wish list from the store.  LOL!  Have a very "Dicey" Day everyone!!!