Happy Thanksgiving + Free Printables!

Families all over the Untied States will be busily baking, cooking and spending quality time with each other over the course of the next few days...I just can't believe that Thanksgiving is here already!

Here at The Twinery...we wanted to express how thankful we are for each and every one of our customers and fans - whether you've purchased our twine, or you love admiring at the creative twine projects that our customer's post online...or whether you're one of our Facebook fans or Twitter followers - we are so THANKFUL for you! The Twinery wouldn't be where it is without you and we want to THANK YOU for all you do! We're convinced that we have the best of the best customers & fans out there...everyone is so participatory on our online social media forums and you have given us amazing feedback over the past few months! We truly appreciate you guys...we can't express that enough!

We hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend spending time with your loved ones!

And just in case you don't have enough to do in preparation for the upcoming feast...we wanted to share a few free printable goodies that we have just for you!

Download and print our Autumn Leaf Templates to create a wonderfully seasonal banner to hang just in time for the family gathering (like the one shown above)...just download, print and use the leaves as stencils to create a banner with your stock of scrapbook papers!

DOWNLOAD LEAF TEMPLATES HERE

We also created some matching tent cards that you can use to label all of your delicious dishes or even use as name tags over the holiday weekend. Plus...we also created free celebration circles for you to use - use them to create cupcake toppers, gift tags, napkin ring embellishments, stickers and more!

Free Thanksgiving Printables


It's just our little way of saying THANK YOU!

Enjoy!

Craft Fair Table Ideas

Hey Twinery fans!

We need your help...

We're setting up a few craft tables this year at local elementary schools...all the monies earned for the schools will go toward helping local families in need this holiday season! Such a great cause! So what do you think we should showcase on our tables to feature our colorful twine (besides the twine itself, obviously!)? Paper packages tied up in twine for the holiday? Cards embellished with baker's twine? Baker's twine strung banners?

Name some lovelies & ideas you'd like to see! We'd love your input!

Also...we just wanted to let everyone know that we have our HOLIDAY twine packs in stock right now! They are flying off the shelves and we can't wait to see photos of everyone's holiday gifts wrapped up in our baker's twine this year!

Head over to our shop to bundle up and save by getting our HOLIDAY twine packs!

Design Team Update #2

Well...finally, the emails have been sent out...so check your inboxes!

We received 128 design team submissions...128! Wow. We were so overwhelming honored to have that many creative people want to be on our design team. And we wish - from deep, down inside our little hearts - that we would have EVERYONE on our team! But, since we didn't want to overwhelm our business partners just yet...we unfortunately had to dwindle it down a bit! We were given the task of choosing 12-15 members. TWELVE to FIFTEEN!? Out of 128?! Impossible. And...that didn't happen.

Instead, we chose TWENTY THREE. Yep. Just a little more than 15, right? We understand that inthe end, all 23 chosen might not be able to commit, but we wanted to choose a team of crafty, creative people from all walks of life...in every area of crafting and creating. So, that's just what we did!

Card Designers. Check.
Scrapbookers. Check.
Party Planners. Check.
Home Designers. Check.
Sewers. Check. Bakers. Check.
Paper Lovers of all sorts. Check.
Artsy & Crafty people in all areas. Check.

We think we put together quite a fabulous team, if we don't say so ourselves!

We cannot wait to hear back from everyone and make the BIG announcement, introducing everyone to our FABULOUS design team!

Stay Tuned...

Glue Arts Giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.

Hey Twinery fans...we have something just for you!!

Glue Arts is offering The Twinery's fans and customers a chance to win one of their amazing Glue Glider Pro adhesive applicators and some of their spooled ribbon adhesive!

If you're a crafter in any sense of the word...you know that these products are an absolute MUST for any project at hand! The Glue Glider Pro allows you to apply a neat ¼” strip of adhesive exactly where you want it. The easy glide-on dispensing action, allows you to apply a small controlled amount or a continuous line of the best performing and most permanent adhesive ever offered. Their easy slip-in, recyclable cartridges eliminate the worry of having to reload in the middle of a project. No mess, no fuss.

The design team at Glue Arts has been creating gorgeous and creative paper crafts using our exclusive line of baker's twine...and we are so amazed at the creative minds over there! They've been sharing their Twinery projects and ideas on their blog, so be sure to visit the Glue Arts blog for tons of inspiration and crafting ideas!

We think that Glue Arts + The Twinery is a match made in crafty heaven!

Want to win the Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro & ribbon adhesive?

All you need to do is become a fan of Glue Arts on Facebook and leave them a comment on their wall letting them know that The Twinery sent you over there! That's it! Easy as pie, right?!

You must leave a comment letting them know that The Twinery sent you over there in order to be entered to win the Glue Arts giveaway! Glue Arts will tally up all the comments tomorrow evening and announce the winner on their Facebook page!

HURRY...this is a super quick giveaway! You only have until 5:00PM EST tomorrow (11/5/10) to enter!

Paper Pumpkin Lanterns by Elise Joy

We are loving these simply created paper pumpkin lanterns created by Elise Joy!

With a few simple supplies, you can create them to hang in your home, office or crafty space...they are perfect for this harvest season!

You'll need: 8.5 x 11" paper in various colors or patterns, twine, hole punch, sticker or tape and pushpins if you plan to hang them.

Elise Joy has a wonderful tutorial on how to make these adorable paper crafts on her blog...click HERE to visit her blog to follow the fool proof step-by-step so you can have these cuties hanging in your house today!

Free November 2010 Calendar

November is here and it's hard to believe that the holiday hustle and bustle has already started!

To help you plan, schedule and organize a little better...here's a free November calendar just for you!

How to download and print for best results:
1. Click on the calendar image above
2. Click on "Download" and choose PDF (you'll need Adobe Reader, but it's free at adobe.com)
3. Save the PDF document to your computer...then print out your calendar on heavy white card stock for best results!

Feel free to download and share our calendar with your friends and family too and even your own blogs...just don't resell it - it's for personal, non-profit use only please! If you share it on your blog, just be sure to link back to The Twinery.

ENJOY!

Design Team Update

As many of you know...we're putting together a design team!

We've accepted design team submissions throughout the entire month of October and now it's crunch time! We're busily weeding through all the submission this week and we'll be contacting our potential design team members at the end of this week! Stay tuned...

Our design team members will be showcasing the first round of "Designing with twine" ideas just in time for the holidays...all things Christmas related! Stop back soon for tons of ideas on how you can craft and create with baker's twine this holiday season!