Tools for Wreath Making

Saturday, May 18th, 2013
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Was watching one of Julie Siomacco’s wreath tutorials the other day and decided that we needed to try one of the rotary cutters. She was demonstrating making a curly wreath and was cutting three layers of Deco Poly Mesh at one time…..quite a bit of time saving from the way we had been cutting rolls [...]

Western Keepsake Wreath Tutorial Using Deco Paper Mesh and Work Wreath

Friday, May 17th, 2013
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We all have items that we want to keep and this little pair of cowboy boots was one of those things. What better way than to secure them to a wreath with a western look to go on the wall in a little cowboy’s room))) Since this wreath was going on an interior wall, we [...]

Joys of Owning Your Own Business)))

Thursday, May 16th, 2013
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Joys of owning your own business…….taking time out to make a phone booth so Clark Kent has a place to change clothes)))

Patriotic Candy Rolls

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
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  These candy rolls were decorated up for Memorial Day. I saw a project on Martha Stewart’s site using this method to wrap up rolls of coins. I thought it would work great for a little extra decoration for Memorial day. These candy rolls are actually strawberry and fruit flavored Mentos. First wrapped in white [...]

Patriotic Fan – Free Printable

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
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Great free printable from Guildcraft Arts and Crafts. Just print on some card stock and attach to a wide craft stick, or tongue blade for you nurses out there)) Just click on the photo to go to the printable page. You can print them colored, or as coloring pages, great summertime activity for the kids. [...]

New Product – Burlap Bags

Monday, May 13th, 2013
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    These new Burlap Bags just arrived and would make a great addition to your decorating projects. We took one, filled the bag with plastic bags to give it some shape and added a cluster of yellow blooms. The tutorial for the wreath we attached it to was posted a few weeks ago: Rustic [...]

Patriotic Ruffle Wreath Tutorial using Pencil Wreath with Balls, 10″ Wide Foil Deco Poly Mesh and Ribbon

Monday, May 13th, 2013
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New style Ruffle Wreath Deco Poly Mesh design…..or a first time try at a new style for us I might should say))) There may be plenty of wreaths out there using this style, but this is the first tutorial we have done using the style. Craig Bachman Imports came out with a video last week [...]

How to Catch a Mouse – Wreath Tutorial Using a Pencil Wreath, Cotton Windowpane Mesh, Paper Mesh and Ribbons

Saturday, May 11th, 2013
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Adorable wreath for a child’s room. This wreath features a Children’s Print by RAZ entitled “How to Catch a Mouse” The images taken for this tutorial were done with the plastic wrapping left on the print. We put wreaths together in the shop to give you inspirational ideas, show how products look once they are [...]

Happy Birthday Mama

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
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My grandmother, fondly called “Mama” would be having a birthday this week. She died in the 1980′s when she was 85. I’m not an overly sentimental person but memories of my childhood came flooding in this morning and I thought I would share. In the 1950′s and 1960′s when Mama lived in the “old house” [...]

Curly Wreath Tutorial Using Deco Poly Mesh and a Pencil Wreath

Sunday, May 5th, 2013
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    This is a Curly Wreath Tutorial to show you one way to make a curly wreath, there are other ways, but this was the first way we learned so we’ll start there. This Curly Wreath results in a really large wreath that measures 32″ or so across. You can make a curly wreath [...]