
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.
My son’s first birthday is coming up. I’d use it to make some awesome custom decorations for his party! Thanks for the opportunity!!
I follow you on Pinterest too!
I would LOVE it to finish some scrapbooking for my kiddos!
I would love to make tshirts for my roller derby team!
I follow on pintrest!
I’d add fun details to kitchen jars and dress up items in my kids’ rooms.
I would love to make my daughters birthday invitations and a banner. And I could do her centerpieces too!!! Which I was planning on anyway but this would be so much easier! And I also follow on Pinterest!
I would LOVE LOVE to win this! I’ve been wanting to try making vinyl wall art
I also follow in Pinterest
Following on Pinterest!
I would love this for vinyl labels!
I follow on Pinterest!
Doing some vinyl for my daughters room
and I follow on pinterest
I would love to make some things for my grandson’s room.
I would finish my kiddos baby books!!!
I follow you on pinterest!
Would love to work with fabric! And make cards!
I would love this for card making
I follow you on Pinterest and I’d LOVE to do some custom cards with this machine!!!
I would put vinyl cutouts on anything and everything in my apartment! 🙂
I follow you on Pinterest.
I would give this to my sister to use at her grade school. Very nice idea, thanks for entering me in the contest.
would love to get one to work on crafts for my newest little mans first birthday party!!!!
I follow in Pinterest
I want to make some bling for my kitchenaid mixer!
I follow you on Pinterest!
And I follow you on pinterest! Of course 🙂
I have about a million diy projects i would like to do.
I like you on FB!
I would love to make personalized stuff for my family and use it for Project Life as well!
I follow you on Pinterest!
I would like to personalize mugs and cups. I would also like to make personalized iron-ons for some of my children’s clothing.
I follow you on pinterest.
School projects!
Would work on some wall art for sons room
I would definitely use it to make cards and invitations. I have the graphic design background but now I need the fun tools the Silhouette to make more projects. I would also like to make the enlarged Scrabble Tiles for my wall in my kitchen.
I follow you on Pinterest
I cannot begin to tell you how many things I would love to create! Mostly I would use it for scrapbooking and card making, but the possibilities are endless, and that is so exciting to me.
I follow you on pinterest: Jenna Rose 🙂
I would love to use it to make t-shirts with freezer paper and paint!
I follow on pinterest!
I would love to do any of the jar projects
I follow on Pinterest also!
I want to make personalized gifts for my friends as well as unique items for my toddlers room.
Thank you!
I follow on Pinterest!
I am getting ready to redo my daughters room so this would really come in handy with all the crafts I want to do like art, labels for sorting toys into bins, vinyl for the walls, ect.
I follow you on Pinterest
I follow on pinterest
I want to make some personalized shirts for my daughter and her friends