The Twinery: May 2012

Deadline to leave comments & have a chance
to win our prize is 11:59pm EDT
Sunday, June 3rd
Winners will be announced here on our blog
Monday, June 4th

Monday Participating Blogs:

Epiphany Crafts

The Twinery

Tuesday Participating Blogs:

Wednesday Participating Blogs:

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Day Two with Epiphany Crafts

Welcome back to The Twinery!

Today is Day #2 of our terrific blog hop

with the designers of

You are at the first stop on today's journey

and it's a great place to be because there is a

lot of amazing inspiration from the designers

of both teams using our baker's twine

and their beautiful embellishment products.

You'll want to make sure you leave a quick

comment on each blog along the way because

YOU could win this prize...

Here is a sneak peek of what you will find when

you visit the blogs of our talented designers ...

Teri Anderson

Amy Crockett

So it's time to get on your way to the
next stop on the hop.

To make sure you don't get lost along

the way, The Twinery will provide a list of

the participating blogs on the hop below.

The next stop on the hop is the
Epiphany Crafts blog

Make sure to leave a comment before you

leave. Please include an email address
so we can get in touch with you if you should win.

Deadline to leave comments & have a chance
to win our prize is 11:59pm EDT
Sunday, June 3rd
Winners will be announced here on our blog
Monday, June 4th

Monday Participating Blogs:

Tuesday Participating Blogs:

Monday, May 28, 2012

Winners Galore!

Hello everyone...Julie Ranae here!

We have had so much going on here

at The Twinery by way of events and

creative inspiration, the days have gotten

away and I've not had a chance to announce

the winners from a few of our blog hops.

So thank you so much for your patience

and your continued support of our The Twinery.

Our designers work so very hard to bring you

fabulous projects and they love doing it.

We know by all of your sweet comments that

you are enjoying them too!

And the winners are.....

from the Clearsnap Product Showcase

from the Bella Blvd Week

from the Skipping Stones Design Blog Hop

We will be contacting each of you by email

for your mailing address.

We thank you again for participating with us and hope

you will join us all this week as our designers

create along side of the designers of

There is an Amazing prize package to be

won, so make sure you check it out!

Having an 'Epiphany'...Blog Hop That Is!

Happy Memorial Day!

It's another fabulous week to be visiting here at The Twinery

as our designers will be participating in a week long event

with the designers of

If you've come here by way of the

Epiphany Crafts blog

then you are in the perfect spot to join the hop.

If not, it's just one stop back and when you see

the prize package you could win, you'll

definitely want to hop along with us all week!

If you are not familiar with Epiphany Crafts,

here is a little about their company...

Epiphany Crafts was begun when a smart gal by the name of Tricia Barrett wanted to develop products that were easy to use, a good value and something you could reuse over and over again. One day when she was throwing together a few layout, she needed a blue button and despite her huge stash of products, she just could not find one that matched.

Tricia told her husband Brian, who is the “art guy” behind Epiphany Crafts…”would it be cool if there was something that let you make your own buttons?” Brian looked at Tricia and very seriously said…”I can do that!” and from that simple idea Epiphany Crafts was born!

Epiphany Crafts now has 14 Shape and Button Tools as well as matching Bubble Caps, Metal Charms, Jewelry & Brad Settings and much more! Be sure to visit our website to learn more about Epiphany Crafts. www.epiphanycrafts.com

There is an amazing prize package for a lucky winner

and all you have to do is follow along here at

The Twinery and visit the blogs & leave a comment

each day...easy-peasy!

Combine our baker's twine with the great
embellishment kits from Epiphany & you
can create beautiful projects.

Here is a sneak peek of what you will find when

you visit the blogs of our talented designers ...

Stacy Rodriguez

Jessica Fick

So it's time to get on your way to a week

of fabulous inspiration.

To make sure you don't get lost along

the way, The Twinery will provide a list of

the participating blogs on the hop below.

The next stop on the hop is

Andrea Budjack's blog

Make sure to leave a comment before you

leave. Please include an email address
so we can get in touch with you if you should win.

Deadline to leave comments & have a chance
to win our prize is 11:59pm EDT
Sunday, June 3rd
Winners will be announced here on our blog
Monday, June 4th

ENJOY THE WEEK!

Monday Participating Blogs:

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Happy Memorial Day (and a discount code, too)!

We hope that everyone has a lovely Memorial Day weekend!!

Whether you're spending time with your family and friends at a BBQ or even if you're just taking some time to relax this weekend...

We hope you'll all take a moment to remember those who serve our country and especially those who have given their lives for our freedom and to take pride in our country by celebrating the Red, White & Blue and what is stands for!

Card created by:

Leanne from Sweet Little Scraps

We'd also like to invite you to save 15% off on all of our SAMPLER PACKS this weekend!

Head over to our shop and get your fill of any of our sampler packs for 15% off!

To get 15% off...at checkout, use discount code:

MEMORIALDAY

Discount code only valid on our sampler packs section. Code valid through midnight on Monday, 5/28

Thursday, May 24, 2012

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hi Everyone, it's Kathy back with another twine-y project! They say April showers bring May flowers, so here are my May flowers!

I created this for my mom as her Mother's Day present, (there's a little surprise, you'll see!) but you could make it for a teacher's gift, something nice for a friend, just about anything! I started by creating a holder for my flowers. This cute little watering can was created using a cutting file and some fun springy papers. I added some coordinating twine in Lilac, Cantaloupe and Honeydew to the handle.

Next, I created my flowers using my flower looms and some Honeydew, Blossom, Cantaloupe, Buttercream and Lilac Twine.

Now, here's the surprise. My mom is a painter, and I bought her a bunch of new paint brushes as her present. I used them as the stems of my flowers. I wrapped the handles of the brushes in Honeydew twine using a couple of glue dots so that it could be removed easily, and attached the blooms to the top to cover the bristles.

And voila, I had flowers. This could be done using pencils, candy sticks, etc. It's a fun and pretty way to package a little something! Thanks for stopping by today!

Products used: Paper and Stickers: Echo Park Hello Spring Mini Collection; SVG Cuts Mother's Garden small watering can container; Baker's twine in Cantaloupe, Buttercream, Honeydew, Blossom, Lilac from The Twinery; Flower Loom Hanna Ami.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Skipping Stones Joins The Twinery Day Two

It's Day #2 of our fabulous blog hop

with the designers from

If you are new to this company,

Skipping Stones Design carry a wide

variety of photopolymer (clear) stamps

for all occasions. They are known for

the humor that accompanies many of their

stamp sets and offer a great variety for

all paper crafters.

Here is just a peek at what our designers

have to share with you ...

and...

The Twinery always love making these

blog hops a little more fun by offering

prizes and you can never have enough

baker's twine!

Someone is going to win . . .

'Colorful Bunch Sampler Pack'

with 11 of our beautiful colors!

and

Skipping Stones Designs is giving away

The Brand new 'Grapeful'
Stamp Set

Here is how you can win . . .

* Visit each participating designer's blog

for both companies and leave a comment.

make sure you include your email address
so we can contact you if you win

For additional chances to win:

* Become a follower here at The Twinery

* Head over to Facebook and *LIKE* us and

leave a message telling us you came from

the Bella Blvd Showcase

Deadline to leave comments for prizes

11:59EDT, Friday, May 25th

Winner of The Twinery prize will be
announced Sunday, May 27th
here on our blog.

The next stop on the hop is the

Skipping Stones Design Blog

So glad you came by and we hope you

find yourself inspired to create!

Here is a list of participating blogs from

both teams for today's hop:

The Twinery

Skipping Stones Design

Tifany DeGough

Heidi Van Laar

Ashley Bores

Karen Baker

Jen Carter

Stephanie Mino

Katarina Damm-Blomberg

Jennifer Rzasa

Stacy Rodriquez

Jamie Cripps

Kellie Winnell

Wendy Jordan

Lauren Brewer

JoAnn Valderama

and yesterday's designers ....

The Twinery

Skipping Stones Design

Angelica Suarez

Jennifer Ingle

Jessica Fick

Taylor Usry

Monika Wright

Wendy Price

Teri Anderson

Pamela Young

Dorangela Bobet

Julie Ranae

Lindsay Amrhein

Amy Crockett

Katie Gehring

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

'Skipping' Our Way to Inspiration

Are you ready for another fabulous inspiring day

here at The Twinery? We hope so because today begins

a two-day blog hop event with the terrific designers of

Skipping Stones Design carry a wide

variety of photopolymer (clear) stamps

for all occasions. They are known for

the humor that accompanies many of their

stamp sets and offer a great variety for

all paper crafters.

Here is just a peek at what our designers

have to share with you ...

and . . .

The Twinery always love making these

blog hops a little more fun by offering

prizes and you can never have enough

baker's twine!

Someone is going to win . . .

'Colorful Bunch Sampler Pack'

with 11 of our beautiful colors!

and

Skipping Stones Designs is giving away

The Brand new 'Grapeful'
Stamp Set

Here is how you can win . . .

* Visit each participating designer's blog

for both companies and leave a comment.

make sure you include your email address
so we can contact you if you win

For additional chances to win:

* Become a follower here at The Twinery

* Head over to Facebook and *LIKE* us and

leave a message telling us you came from

the Bella Blvd Showcase

Deadline to leave comments for prizes

11:59EDT, Friday, May 25th

Winner of The Twinery prize will be
announced Sunday, May 27th
here on our blog.

The next stop on the hop is the

Skipping Stones Design Blog

So glad you came by and we hope you

find yourself inspired to create!

Here is a list of participating blogs from

both teams for today's hop:

Monday, May 21, 2012

Book Binding with Baker's Twine

Hi everyone! It's Sarah here today with a handmade book bound with twine from The Twinery! I used the beautiful Blossom, Caribbean and Lilac twine for this girly book.

Here is your supply list:

The first step is to trim your copy paper sheets to 8.5x10. Fold them all in half with nice, sharp creases. Then you will make 2 sets of 6 sheets put inside of each other. If you want a bigger book, by all means add more sets of paper! Next, take your cover paper and put the papers inside to see where you want to fold the cover over.

You will leave a longer edge on the right for a flap.

Next, measure and poke holes one and two inches from each side right on the crease. You will do this on both sets of paper. Since the cover is a bit larger than the pages, you will now line your paper up inside your cover and then poke through the holes in the paper

to make the holes in the cover.

Next, put your first set of papers in the cover and start stitching it in by starting going down through the bottom hole and then up the next, etc., leaving a tail at the bottom hole.

You will stitch back down and should end up with this:

Tie a regular ol' tight double knot at the bottom like below,

then sew in your second set of papers.

Here comes the fun part- decorating the cover! I made this one for my daughter for a long car ride to a wedding we have coming up. I also added a glassine envelope inside the back cover for her to add anything she collects along the way.

I used a border punch to make the flap have a scalloped edge. I sewed a cute button on where I wanted the closure to be,

then I used a sticky-backed velcro circle to hold it together.

I made a twine tassel and added a few pretty buttons

to it to hang off the twine used for the binding on the edge.

I cut a cute dress and dressed up a little,

then added my daughter's name on top.

These books are pretty quick to make for gifts, or just for yourself. I think they'd make great summer journals for your kids when school ends in the next few weeks. Play around with them by making different sizes, too. The sky's the limit on these fun little books!

I'd love to have you come visit my blog !

Have a great week everyone!