
And the winner is Anastasia!
I have two awesome things to tell you about today but you have to hurry because one of them ends tomorrow.
Have you had your eye on a Silhouette machine? These little things can do so many fun crafts to make your gifts and your home really unique and beautiful.
Here are just a few of the nifty projects that a Silhouette can do:

Vinyl projects, rhinestones, heat transfer for fabric, etching for glass, paper projects, custom cards, labels, artwork and so much more!
The portrait is a newer and more compact version of the Silhouette Cameo.
Right now Silhouette is offering a special promotion for $179 you can get:
- A portrait machine for all your projects
- The designer edition software
OR if you want to the big boy for $269 you can get:
- A Cameo machine
- Plus the designer edition software
You can head over here to Silhouette America to get more details and place your order. You have to move it, move it though because the sale ends March 8th!
OR if you already have one of these machines you can upgrade to the Designer Edition Software for 50% off right now- get it for $24.99 instead of the regular $49.99. You will want to use coupon code: FRUGAL at checkout.
The software is a must if you are interested in the rhinestone features in particular. It also allows you to do all sorts of cool things- you can see the differences listed out here.
There are lots of other little fun things to play with- here is something I just did. We used to have a little jar in the laundry room for our dog treats. I have been freshening things up for spring and I decided to update the little jar.

I used the sketch tools and made the exact same image in charcoal instead of the standard one dimension.

I think it looks a little cooler now- what do you think?

It is hard to tell in the picture but it has a lot more dimension in person and I am really happy with the simple little change. The jar looks like someone actually painted on the little picture. (Pretty sure my dog is excited about the sprucing up of his treats as well).

AND!!!! Now the best part.
Silhouette is very generously offering ONE lucky MFA reader a Portrait of your very own!!
You will be able to have all sorts of fun making things for your home or for friends.
To enter this giveaway Just leave a comment at the bottom of this post letting me know what project you want to take on with the Silhouette. Your email address will only be visible to me and it will be used to contact the winner.
For a bonus entry: leave a second comment letting me know if you are a follower over on Pinterest!
This giveaway ends on March 9th at 4pm PST. GOOD LUCK!
**Winners will have 72 hours to respond to the email or an alternate winner will be selected.
I would use this to make tons of cards and labels and then a few more cards and labels!! I have boys and they get into crafting with me when cool tools are involved. Thanks!
I would love this to make my kids shirts to wear at disneyland and to make vinyl labels for my wall!
I would use it to decorate everything in my house. So much fun!!
I am a follower on pinterest
I would use this to label our ever growing collection of toy bins and containers!
I would love to make things for homemade gifts like labels for jars or really cool cards!
I’d love something to make nice labels!
I follow you on pinterest!
I would make labels for everything around the house – especially the toy bins!
My sister and I were wanting to get custom t-shirts for our Alzheimer’s Walk team. If I win the Silhouette I could make our shirts.
I’d love to make some cute chalboard labels to organize my pantry.
I would make all kinds of stuff, I think wall decals first!
I would love this to make all kinds of projects. I would love to do cut out portraits of my girls for their rooms!
I would love to try heat transfers to customize my girls clothes!
I would absolutely love this to cut fabric for cute outfits for my daughter.
Thanks! I love your site.
I would love one of these nifty devices! I want to start taking a portrait of my son each year and putting it on a mug as a father’s day gift.
I want to use the Sillouette to create scriptures from the bible and stick on the walls in my home.
I am a follower on Pinterest, Facebook and by email! 🙂
I would make all sorts of things for birthday parties. I would love to win one of these machines.
I have always wanted to try a silhouette!
I would use this to create unique cards for the holidays and crafts with my daughter. This looks very cool.
I am also a Pinterest follower!
I have been eyeballing this machine for a long time! I have three girls, so making personalized organizational items would be awesome. Plus, we are a military family and constantly moving, so it would be a great way to decorate our walls temporarily.
I have been wanting to personalize everything! Pillows, bags, vases, etc! Not to mentioned teacher and birthday gifts 🙂
I follow on Pinterest!
We would make awesome heat transfers for t-shirts.
I would use this to make cards and scrapbook layouts!
I follow you on Pinterest!
I follow you on Pinterest!
I would love to make labels for my pantry and my son’s room.
I want to make some labels.
Thanks!
I need some vinyling on my master walls!
Goodness! What WOULDN’T I do with a Silhouette? I would really love to do a pantry reorg like you recently showed, using the machine to cut out words to label containers!
So many things! I think I would start with making labels.
I follow you on Pinterest.
I would love to have this machine to help decorate PTA events for my daughter’s school!
What couldn’t I make with a silhouette? Vinyl cut outs, scrapbooks,labels, book marks, the list goes on and on.
love this for labeling photos or making a memory book
I am recently getting back into scrapbooking after raising 2 little’s n the last 4 years. My oldest daughter and niece would also love this as well to make custom cards and shirts:).
Make cards, label containers and then go from there.
I follow you!…
There are sooooooo many projects, I am not sure where to start – maybe rhinestones!
I would make my sisters baby shower invites
I follow on Facebook
I have been really wanting to do t-shirts for my two little boys. I see all these cool shirts that moms are doing.
I would love this to label and organize things and make wall decals!
I follow you on Pinterest!
I would make decor for my baby’s room! Follower on Pinterest
I would love to use it to make labels in my pantry!! This looks awesome!