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Turnip-lover, Ralu G., shared this incredible photo of the shadow-box she made with our Valentines Heart-Shaped Wreath recently.

She writes:

“It turned out very nicely, as you can see from the photo. So, I recommend the item to other Cricut users that might be interested in it.”

Thanks Ralu for the update! 🙂

Some backstory:

Before using my SVG wreaths, Ralu asked me whether they could be used on Cricut.

Or to make shadow-boxes.

I’ve long lost track of all the different types of machines my art can be used on…

… and the different types of projects they can be used for…

… and don’t even mention all the newer models that keep coming out year after year.

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

( I’m so sleep-deprived today. But the headache makes it worse. 😛 )

Long story short:

Most of the time, I’ll have no clue.
About whether it could work or what it’ll do for you
But hey… why don’t you just try it out…
…because that’s what adventure’s all about.
And while it might turn out not-so-nice…
MOST of the time it’ll come out… way COOLER than ice!

And you can always use it for something else. If it doesn’t work out anyway…

More:

I went on a cross-country trip yesterday. With my hubby.

We were traveling until the wee hours of the night. Before we finally got back to Noble Bunny Manor.

On the trip…

We stopped by this amazing restaurant.

I ordered the Vegetable Cutlet.

And I was blown away. Because the cutlet was made of …

… potatoes?

It was shaped like a leaf. Baked to the perfect color and texture. And when I bit into it, the combination of veges oozing into my mouth was astounding.

I never knew you could turn potatoes + veges into…

… something SO incredible!

Moral of the story?

Like potatoes, you can turn my wreaths into almost anything. But the limit is your imagination. You can even use my Valentines Wreath to “bake” a shadowbox for Mother’s Day. Why not?

Try out something new for a change…

You never know what’ll come out of the oven…

Here’s your ingredients:

https://turnip.co/valentines-heart-wreath

Sincerely,
Aurelia “Too Tired To Box” Nobleia

I was just reading about these “animal escape drills” they have at the Tobe Zoo in Japan.

It’s a yearly event.

People love it.

And it involves humans dressed in animal costumes. Staging elaborate but (somewhat) violent escapes.

Like the “lion” escape above.

Where one of the zoo staff got knocked down by the “lion”.

The purpose?

Japan has lots of earthquakes.

Any of which could break enclosures apart. And render hundreds of “hungry-for-meat” animals loose, and feasting on the human population.

That’s why:

They have drills for each individual animal.

Zebras.

Rhinos.

Tigers.

And even polar bears – which I’ve read in a comment are the most dangerous ones, because they’ll attack to kill even if they’re not hungry, and they never stop hunting their prey until they’ve caught it, since they grew up in food-scarce, super desolate arctic environments! OMG!

It’s all about being prepared.

No matter what the “animal” you find yourself up against.

I think the same goes for birthdays too.

And special events.

It can be a pain sometimes. Trying to find the perfect gift every month. When family and friends have their birthdays come along. Again and again.

And you have to wrack your brain hard.

Trying to think of how to make the perfect, customized, “gift-suited-just-for-them-that-also-seems-like-you-put-a-lot-of-thought-into-it”.

Enter my 2nd birth flower set:

It lets you take any month’s birth flower.

And engrave it on the gift of your choice. So you quickly have a customized, gift-that-looks-like-it’s-just-for-them.

No matter the animal.

Or pet.

Or human in question.

As long as you know their birthday…

… you can “capture” their respect and admiration! 😀

And you can catch my recently released, 2nd Birth Flower SVG set here, before it escapes and wrecks havoc on the world:

https://turnip.co/birth-flower-svg-2

Sincerely,
Aurelia “Human Tamer” Nobleia

P.S. If you need a little more “spice of life”, you’ll also find my Birth Flower Set #1 right here! 🙂

I saw a tweet last night from a popular news station:

“Man Suffers Heart Attack While Climbing 
Popular Hiking Range!”

Turns out that…

… it was a hiking range I’ve been to before. Once.

Though I’ve never hiked it.

Or climbed the tens of thousands of steps from bottom to top.

I just took the cable car up the hill. To enjoy the scenery at the top. And there’s LOTS of food being sold at the summit too. Though it’s mostly overpriced, and extremely lacking in flavor. LOL.

Anyway:

It reminded me of a couple weeks back.

When I almost had a “heart attack” of my own at the amusement park.

I was riding the Pirate Ship.

You know…

That ride that swings. And swings. And swings in a circle. And eventually, you end up upside down? And by the time the ride’s over, you realize everything in your pockets is gone?

Yeah, that Pirate Ship.

For the typical “roller coaster addict”, it may not be much.

But I’m an artist.

Timid as a bunny princess can be.

I don’t typically ride these things. And I was closing my eyes SO hard, hoping it’d be over soon.

More:

Mother’s Day is almost here.

And one of the hottest wreaths in the store this Mother’s Day is my Bee & Thistle masterpiece. Featuring the signature “Turnip Bee Trail” I invented so many years ago.

The symbolic meaning of the thistle?

Strength.

Courage.

And Bravery!

All of which… I probably lack…

… in such massive quantities that almost all amusement park rides are off-limits to me right now… sadly.

But that’s probably not the case for your mom.

Want to show her how brave and courageous she was for raising a naughty, fridge-emptying, freeloading bunny like you? Yeah. I get it. No wonder this wreath is so popular right now…

LOL. Just kidding. Or am I?

But regardless, I think ALL moms are brave enough to deserve an honorary wreath of thistle…

And if that’s your mom, you can get on this hot ride here:

https://turnip.co/bee-and-thistle

Sincerely,
Aurelia “Needs More Thistle” Nobleia