Gift-Giving AFTER the Holidays!

This is Jen with Jen's Inks Spot.  

I like the personal element in giving gifts and have challenged myself the last few years to find a project to make to give to friends.  If you are looking for a last minute and even 

AFTER THE HOLIDAY 

gift ideas for teachers, Sunday School teachers, co-workers or someone you want to give to but can't figure out what to give, this is a super easy, quick and very fun project!

I made several varieties of sugar scrubs.  LOVE them!!  They make my hands feel so soft and smooth and I love how it exfoliates them too.  It feels so good rubbing it on my hands. 

This is the peppermint scrub.  

Don't they look pretty all decorated up? 

To decorate the jars, I tied a ribbon around the lid of the jar and hung a mini ornament from it and then tied a bow.  I also tied a tag (that told what the product was with simple directions) and a little spoon (to get the scrub out with and to stir it up if it separates) onto the ribbon piece with various colors of Twinery twine that matched the color scheme. I also punched a piece of patterned paper and attached to the top of the jar.

I wrapped Caribbean twine around the spoon 

for some decoration.  It adds the perfect splash of color and 

decorates up a plain, wooden spoon well.

These are the 3 different scrubs I made.  

The green peppermint scrub you've seen above, 

then I also made a peppermint foot scrub and a lemon scrub.

I love how easy it is to dress up the jars with The Twinery's twine!  When I packaged these scrubs in a group of 3, I only wanted an ornament on one of them, so on the others I used various colors of the twine.  I attached the tag and the spoon with the twine as well.

 

I did a lot of experimenting to find the scrub recipes that I liked the best.  I shared my two favorite recipes on my blog, Jen's Ink Spot, that I tweaked and tweaked until I got them just how I wanted them.  If you'd like the recipes for yourself, head on over!

The scrubs would make great hostess gifts or baby shower/bridal shower gifts too!  I want to keep a few on hand for those times that I need a last minute gift and have nothing to give.

Let the Twine Take Center Stage

  

It is still so hard for me to believe that it is already December 

(and almost 2012)!

I have been so blessed to be able to be on The Twinery's Design Team this year and I must admit that I am sad to see all these final posts and goodbyes from some of my amazing teammates.

Like many of you, I am crossing my fingers for a spot on next year's Design Team, but if I don't make the cut this will be my final post here on 

The Twinery's blog.

No matter what happens, I will continue to use  

The Twinery's beautiful products 

and will continue to support The Twinery in whatever way I can.

I believe that The Twinery's twine is a beautiful product and there are so many great options to let the twine take center stage 

on your projects.

One way to showcase your twine is to create a pattern or shape with it. For this card I created these "heart strings" from Maraschino, Pink Sorbet, and Blossom twine:

The Twinery's twine also looks beautiful when crocheted.

For this tag I crochet a wreath from Peapod twine 

and topped it off with 

a little bow of Maraschino twine:

Sometimes it is just best to let the twine shine in a place 

where there would 

normally be something like string:

The tree garland was created with Maraschino twine 

and the bow features 

both Maraschino and Honeydew twine.

{If you joined us for The Twinery & Market Street Stamps blog hop you may have already seen this one...but I thought it was worth sharing again.}

Thanks for joining us here on The Twinery's blog today and I wish each and every one of you:

this holiday season and throughout the new year!

Please stop by and visit me on my blog - I love visitors!:

Brown Paper Packages Tied up with....

 

 

Hello, Jordan here from Polkadot Prints. I hope you are all 

enjoying your Christmas preparations. It is one of my 

favourite times of the year!

I recently discovered these gorgeous homemade cookies by Cookie Dough here in Australia. They are chunky little circles of goodness with amazing flavours! When my boxes of treats arrived recently, I wanted to display them in a fun way. I've had these oversized pegs from Typo and have been itching to use them. 

This seemed the perfect project.

Imagine these served up for a cookie bar for a 

"Milk & Cookies" themed party. Yum!

I used the party dots from my Snowflake Christmas printable collection and some Carribean & Maraschino twine to suspend some kraft paper bags. Hang them over your mantel or Christmas tree and they will definitely add some 

sweet goodness to your home!

I hope you are inspired to use twine this Christmas with your 

baking and decorating!

Wishing you a wonderful and blessed Christmas season 

and start to the new year! - Jordan xo

And please pop by my store & blog for Christmas 

printables and party crafts!

Holiday Inspiration from Stephanie

 

 

Hi there! It's Stephanie here with my last post as a team member with The Twinery. As Sheri said on Monday, all good things must end but I'm happy to see all the inspiration the new team will bring in the coming year! My best wishes to all that applied, 

you're in for a fun time :)

Today I have a few Christmas related projects to share for those still in need of last minute ideas!

First up, this super simple gift "wrap." This little box was definitely the easiest present I've wrapped all year! To recreate, die cut a shape (in this case the kraft heart), punch a hole in each side, loop twine through, & tie bow. I added a few embellishments to this, but I think a "to & from" would be nice too.

Next I have a tree shaped card with twine ornaments inspired by our team leader, Julie Ranae. To create these "ornaments" I used a 1/2" glue dot & swirled maraschino twine around (I started on the outside edge & swirled to the center). This card was very quick & easy if you still have cards to make!

 
Last, an initial tag. I used my die cut machine to cut 1 regular tag & 1 tag with an "e" cut out. On the solid tag I used the glue dot/twine swirl technique from the card above. Then I used 3D foam dots to adhere the cut out tag on top.


Well, I hope these ideas inspire a baker's twine 
project in your future :)
Happy Holidays!
♥ Stephanie

supplies: maraschino & peapod baker's twine: The Twinery; kraft paper, green box, tree card: Michael's; wrapping paper & bow: Hobby Lobby; embellishments: Crate Paper; "e": Cheri font

Holiday Giveaway (closed)

We have some winners!!!!

PAPER CRAFTER BUNDLE goes to:

scrappinsmiles said... I love to paper craft! I am a follower of your awesome blog. Would love a Christmas surprise!


PACKAGING GURU BUNDLE goes to: 

Katie said...I am a follower!!! Today I am a packaging guru! :) 

 

 BOTH WINNERS have already been contacted!


We hope you enjoyed this giveaway...and stay tuned for MORE TO COME!!!

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We have a fun, last minute holiday giveaway for you today...

and we have a little something for everyone!

FOR THE... 

1. Martha Stewart Snow Flurry Punch Around the Page Set - $24.99

2. Martha Stewart 12x12 Scandinavian Christmas Paper Pack - $16.99

3. Martha Stewart Holiday Glitter Glue Pack - $10.99

4. Martha Stewart Snowflake Clear Cling Stamps - $7.99

 5. The Twinery's Simply Traditional Christmas Twine Trio - $36.00

Total Value for the Paper Crafter Giveaway - $96.00!!!

And then we also have a giveaway

FOR THE...

1. Martha Stewart Snowlace Small Treat Boxes - $8.99
2. Martha Stewart Candy Candy Small Treat Boxes - $8.99
3. Martha Stewart Scandinavian Poinsettia Large Treat Boxes - $14.99
4. Martha Stewart Snowlace Cupcake Wrappers - $3.99
5. Martha Stewart Candy Cane Large Treat Boxes - $14.99
6. The Twinery's Simply Traditional Christmas Twine Trio - $36.00

Total Value for the Packaging Guru Giveaway - $88.00!!!

Which one are you?
Are you the Paper Crafter or are you the Packaging Guru?

This giveaway is going to be a quick one...we want to have these items in your hands BEFORE Christmas so you can use them to get creative for the Holidays!

To enter the giveaway...


Pick which giveaway bundle you'd like to win and tell us!
Leave a comment telling us if you're the Paper Crafter
or the Packaging Guru.

** Remember to leave us your email address so we can contact you if you win. **


To earn extra entries...

1. Join us on Facebook (or let us know you're already a fan) and let us know you're like to win one of the giveaways! 

2. Follow us on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway...
Sample Tweet (feel free to copy & paste): 
Holiday Giveaway for everyone over at The Twinery Blog! www.thetwineryblog.com


3. Follow our blog (or let us know that you already do)!

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TWO winners will be chosen...so be sure to let us know which giveaway bundle you'd like to win!!

The winners will be will chosen on FRIDAY at midnight...yes, this is a quick one! You have just over 24 hours to enter...spread the news!


** Due to the time constraint for holiday postal deliveries, this giveaway is only for US residents. Don't worry...we'll have another giveaway really soon for everyone!

Holiday Shipping Update!

Hello Everyone! 

We just wanted to post a little update on our holiday shipping schedule...

•  If you live within the US...as long as you place your order before MIDNIGHT (EST) on Friday, December 16 (this Friday)...your order will arrive by Christmas.

•  We will still continue to ship on our normal shipping schedule through December 22 - that means your package will ship out within 1 to 3 business days once your order has been placed...we just can't guarantee pre-Christmas arrival for any order placed after December 16.  

•  If you live outside of the US, your orders will still continue to ship through December 22 as well...but we can no longer guarantee pre-Christmas delivery (order cut-off date for International deliveries was 12/2). 

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We hope that everyone is having a wonderful Holiday season!

We have a lot of very exciting things coming your way SOON...

• An announcement about our new 2012 Design Team (updates coming soon) 

• An announcement about our new twine colors coming in January (yippie!!!!)...

 ...and much, much more! 

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And as always, if you ever have a question - especially if you have a question about our holiday shipping schedule or any order that you have placed - please CONTACT US at any time! 

We'd be more than happy to answer any question you may have!

You can take a peek at our overall Holiday Shipping Schedule HERE.

  

Twine & Tag Garland

  

Hi everyone! This is Sheri with my last post for The Twinery. I have enjoyed my time on the design team but as we know, all good things must eventually come to an end. I'm happy to move over so more of you can enjoy working with this fabulous twine! To those of you who applied for the new design team, I wish you the best of luck! It is the absolute best team to be a part of!

Now onto my project!  I'm in full swing Christmas spirit around here so, of course, my project was going to be something Christmas related.  I started looking around my studio to see what I could find that would inspire me. I love shipping tags so my eyes fell to those.  I pulled out a stack and began pulling things out to play with. I decided to work up a garland using shipping tags.  I have the perfect tree for it!  One of the trees in my house is what we call "The Lodge Tree". It's my woodsy-themed tree with red plaid ribbon and pinecone garland mixed with lots of natural looking elements.  It's my favorite tree I have. I thought this would go perfect on that tree.

So, first, I pulled out my tags, a few things from my Christmas embellies stash, stamps, ink and punches.

I pulled out some of my stamps from The Twinery's previous blog hops with The Stamps of Life and Market Street Stamps. Love both of these sets.  Added in some other Christmas stamps too.

Then just started stamping randomly on the tags.

Added embellishments to each of the tags

Then began stringing them on my favorite twine!

Then hung it on my favorite tree! 

Love it!

Here's a few close up shots....

The twine mixes perfectly with my tree! 

I love the look it adds.

And here is the full look on the front of my tree!

And now excuse me while I go make some more to add! 

(wink)

For this project, I used my favorite Christmas colors 

in our luscious bakers twine!

Cappuccino

Marachino

Peapod

Thanks, Twinery fans, for stopping by and I look forward to 
seeing some of YOU here on the blog soon!

Supplies:

Twine: The Twinery (of course!)

Embellishments: The Girls Paperie, Tinsel & Twig 

Stamps:  The Stamps of Life, Market Street Stamps, Technique Tuesday

Inks:  Prima

Punches: Martha Stewart

Other:  shipping tags; kraft paper

Welcome Guest Designer...Ashley Bores

  

Hello Twiners!  Twinerites?  Twinerians?  I’ll keep working on it.  In the meantime, this is Ashley Bores from Heartmade Stationery and I am so thrilled to be featured as a guest designer for The Twinery.   

Before we get started, some fun facts about me:

1.  I almost never follow the advice: look before you leap.  Not because I’m one of those awesomely brave, carefree types.  Instead, I’m the girl who turns into a maniac with sparks coming out of my ears the second I get an idea in my head – and the sparking doesn’t stop until I make it something real.  So far, this kind of hyperactive impulsiveness has worked out well for me.  If I had sat down and did all the careful considering you’re supposed to do, I might have never opened my business, Heartmade Stationery.   

And how sad that would be.

 

2.  If a person were to use 1000 words to describe my husband and I and our 3 kids (ages 10, 5, and 8 months), “mature” would not make the list.  We walk around in our underwear, work song lyrics into conversation on a daily basis, publicly tease each other, and dance in the kitchen like those air dudes outside the car dealership.  We do goofy really, really well.

 

3.  I am repulsed by cotton balls.  And that’s all I can say about it.

4.  I’ve come a long way.  Ten years ago, the only form of crafting I knew was in the form of those dirt cheap cross stitch kits from Wal-Mart.  And I was terrible at it.  But now I am consistently armpit deep in no fewer than 4 projects at a time.  There is so much out there in the creative world to learn and try and I can’t wait to see where I’m at in 10 more years!

5.  I collect lip gloss like a hoarder.

6.  This is my very *first* time as a guest designer and I could not be happier to start with The Twinery.   

What an incredible opportunity! 

  Now let’s get started!

With the days before Christmas quickly falling off the calendar, I wanted to feature some pretty, fresh holiday party décor in some of my favorite Twinery colors: Pink Sorbet, Caribbean, and Honeydew.  These projects feature a variety of materials and craft methods including some glittering, heat embossing, and chalkboard vinyl – the perfect ingredients for an amazing party!

I present to you, fellow Twineashdians, my version of 

A Very Twinery Christmas.

 Upside down goblets and flutes make perfect risers to give your mantle or table height!  Try placing ornaments, pinecones, garland or battery-operated candles for an extra special look.

These snowflake place cards also double as 

ornament favors for guests!

The wreath and the treat bags feature chalkboard vinyl and chalk markers, which clean up beautifully so you can change your message 

as often as you like!