Printable frame with a leadership quote

It's been a while since I did a printable frame quote. I hope you enjoy this one. I like printing out these quotes on Astrobrights paper, but for people who like intricate coloring, they could certainly be colored in by hand.

"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves it's amazing what they can accomplish."

-Sam Walton

Click the images below for large versions to print.

Small jpg version outstanding leader quote:

Large transparent png version:

Banned Books cross stitch bookmark pattern

It's Banned Books week! You can find out more about banned and challenged books at the American Library Association site here or by checking out Banned Books Week.

I excerpted part of a quote from President Kennedy on this pattern.

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all — except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.

-John F. Kennedy, Saturday Review (29 October 1960)

This is designed to be stitched on 18 count fabric, and will fit a bookmark at least 1 3/4s inch wide and 7 inches long that's 18 count. Use a single strand for the back stitch. Click on the image for a larger version to print!

Shamrock Stained Glass Printable Box- with a blank version to color!

I'm trying to increase the shares on my Facebook page, and decided to do it by adding quotes to some of the thumbnails for printables. The quote above was from Irish author Bram Stoker.
Here's the full quote from Dracula-

Nothing is too small. I counsel you, put down in record even your doubts and surmises. Hereafter it may be of interest to you to see how true you guess. We learn from failure, not from success!

-Bram Stoker

This knotwork shamrock box is available in both faux stained glass full color ready to print and make and a black and white version that you can color yourself. Click images for larger version, print on card stock, cut out, score folds, fold, glue!

Blank version:

Stained Glass Effect:

Circles of Compassion- printable Einstein quote

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” - Albert Einstein

Click the image below for the printable version. I like printing black and white quote art on Astrobrights paper because it stands out so much. Prints to 8x10 inches.

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Printable quote- You're all beautiful

You're all geniuses and you're all beautiful. You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. -John Lennon

I hope you all enjoy this quote as much as I do. It will print to 8x10 inches, and because it's black and white it looks fantastic on colored paper. I do these using Astrobrights paper.

Click the image below for a large version to print. The version above is small and shareable from my Facebook page.

Wear the old coat printable reading quote

"Wear the old coat and buy the new book" -Austin Phelps

The image above is shareable on FB from my page. (which recently hit over 900 fans WOOT!)

The image below is printable. Click on the image for a larger version and print it! As usual, I recommend Astrobrights paper. Mostly because it's what I use for all my black and white quotes and it's so cheerful and pretty.

My husband will tell you that much to his annoyance, that's exactly what I do. I have sweaters that are darned in mismatched colors and sometimes look very much like a tatterdemalion in my long skirts, old sweaters and worn out shoes. But given 100 dollars and a choice of things, I'd rather have a half dozen books than a few new shirts. It's where the choice between crafty items and books comes up that it gets hard. My old coat is still warm. 

I also posted some brick stitch bead patterns on BellaOnline Beadwork for St. Patrick's Day.

Printable Quote about reading

"I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity — because you can hardly mention anything I’m not curious about."

Malcolm X

I hope you like this printable quote. I like printing black and white quotes on Astrobrights paper because they look so bright and pretty. This one was printed on Rocket Red and is hanging on my living room wall now. The above version can be shared on Facebook from the Shala's Beadwork and Printables page.

Click the image below for a larger, printable version.

What the World Needs- Printable quote

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman

The version above is shareable on FB from either Don't Eat the Paste Quotes or Shala's Beadwork and Printables.


Click on the image below for a larger version of this quote to print. I hope you like it as much as I do!

You know how to make one happy little crafting geek really happy? Linking to her from FB or Twitter, especially when you're one of her favorite products. Like Astrobrights paper. When I print the black and white quotes, I use Astrobrights paper. They look so neat that way. My favorite colors for winter are Cosmic Orange, Plasma Pink and Terra Green. In summer it goes to the blues and purples. Why? Because this time of year, the sky is blue during the day, the sun is bright, and reflecting off all that snow. The only time you really see colors is sunrise, sunset and during shows of the Northern Lights. The rest of the time it's blue, grey and white everywhere. So the warm colors remind me of spring and summer. During the summer, when it seems like everything is alive with color, then I like the blues, purples and pinks. So I was happy about being mentioned by Astrobrights!

Thankful, with a printable quote

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

-Albert Schweitzer

The image above can be shared on FB- it's posted to the Shala's Beadwork and Printables Page.

Click the image below for a larger printable version to frame and hang or to give to a friend.

This year, I'm thankful for my friends, family, and for all of the readers who make this page so much fun to do. The nice comments, encouraging emails and the people who use projects I post for acts of charity and kindness. Thank you all.
The last year has been full of a lot of grief and fear, but it's also been full of amazing moments and several of those amazing moments were from reader's comments and emails.

Thank you.

I love books!

I love books and love to read. I have my nose in a book or would the modern equivalent be "my eyes on the screen" regularly. You know that I review mostly craft, cooking and beading books. It doesn't mean I don't read fiction too. Today I ordered this fantastic book themed shirt* from the Threadless 9.99 sale.*

"Books are a uniquely portable magic" -Stephen King

Here's the quote art if you want to print it, click on the image for the larger version and print on landscape settings. The version above is printed on Astrobrights paper, and as usual, there is a share version on Don't Eat the Paste Quotes.

A Sky Full of Stars- Printable Quote

I hope you enjoy this printable quote. You can share the smaller version above from FB at Don't Eat the Paste Quotes.

“There wouldn't be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one.”

-Frances Clark

Click on the image for a larger version to print, it's 8x10 inches.

The current contest on Spoonflower is stars and stripes. If you have an account you can vote here.
This is a resized version of my entry. I ordered a swatch, and if I like how it turns out it will be offered for sale soon!

Gestalt prayer and new beadwork

Gestalt therapy is complicated and controversial, but this "prayer", and gestalt principles had a lot of resonance with hippies, so it was one that I did grow up with hanging in my home.

I do my thing and you do your thing.

I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,

And you are not in this world to live up to mine.

You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful.

If not, it can’t be helped.

(Fritz Perls, 1969)

The problem with it for a lot of people is that on the surface, it seems very selfish, but that's not how my mom took it, and not how it was meant. The basic idea is that people need to be self-aware, to view themselves as a whole person and to fulfill their needs in order to be completely functional and to really appreciate other people's needs. It's about making improvements in who we are by not living up to other people's expectations of who we are, and instead really looking in ourselves to see what we want to be and working on that.
(more about Gestalt therapy here)

Anyway, like I said, there was a very popular poster in the 70s that was in a lot of hippies homes, including mine. I decided for my version, that I'd use a photo of seagulls that I took recently.
Click on the image for the larger printable version.

You can share the top version to share on Facebook at Don't Eat the Paste Quotes.

Also! I posted instructions for filigree earrings!

Facebook Quotes and Beady Things

Since I make quote art to post every so often on Facebook, I decided to create a page for it, so other people could share it if they wanted to. Don't Eat the Paste Quotes

Also! Read my review of Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue. Short version? LOVED the book.

I also posted instructions for a wrap bracelet.