Saturday, May 18th, 2013
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 [...]
Tags: cutting mat, easel tutorial, rotary cutter, stick cutter, wreath making
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
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 [...]
Tags: burlap, cowboy boots, crafts, deco poly mesh ribbon, keepsake wreath, moss roping, paper mesh, work wreath, wreath making, wreath tutorial
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Joys of owning your own business…….taking time out to make a phone booth so Clark Kent has a place to change clothes)))
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
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 [...]
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
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. [...]
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Monday, May 13th, 2013
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 [...]
Tags: burlap bag, new product, wreath making
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Monday, May 13th, 2013
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 [...]
Tags: crafts, deco poly mesh ribbon, patriotic, patriotic wreath, pencil wreath with balls, ruffle wreath, work wreath, wreath making
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Saturday, May 11th, 2013
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 [...]
Tags: burlap, cotton windowpane, crafts, how to catch a mouse, pencil wreath, tutorial, work wreath, wreath making
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
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” [...]
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Sunday, May 5th, 2013
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 [...]
Tags: beach, crafts, curly wreath, deco poly mesh ribbon, signs, summer, wreath making
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