The Twinery: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

London 2012 - We are Loving the Olympics!

We are LOVING the Olympics, are you?!

Twine Spools by The Twinery. Top: Denim, Charcoal, Maraschino

Bottom: Marigold & Peapod

It seems like we can't get enough!

There's not many things on this earth that unite the whole world like a bunch of amazingly talented people working toward the goal of making their own country proud!!

It's so thrilling to watch.

Whether you're rooting for the USA, Great Britain or your home country...we wish all of the athletes the best as they press on, push on and dream for the gold!!!

Olympic Rings Card by Carolyn King

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Christmas in July Sale!!

Fa la la la la...la la la la!

You didn't think we'd let July go by without having an infamous "Christmas in July" Sale, did you?!

Unheard of.

That's why we're so thrilled to announce that - for this weekend only - you can enjoy

35% OFF anything in our shop!

Everything is on sale...we promise.

Twine spools? Check!

Sampler Packs? Check!

All bundles - big and small? Check!

Even the New Colors? Check!!!

Everything.

All weekend long.

So that means, even if you have somewhere to be today or if you forget about it for a few hours...you won't miss the sale! It'll be going on all weekend long.

Just use the code JULYSALE during checkout over at our shop anytime Saturday, Sunday...and yes, even MONDAY!

The discount code will expire at 11:59pm on Monday, July 30th, so hurry, hurry, hurry! Stock pile for Christmas gifts and wrapping (or anything in between)!

AND...

If you purchase at least $50.00 in product...we'll toss a notepad with our super fancy logo on it in your package FOR FREE!

You don't need to do anything special in your cart to have the notepad added...once you spend $50.00, we'll automatically toss it in your package for FREE!

Who doesn't love to doodle on a notepad?

Especially when it's free!

. . . . . . . .

Looking for some Holiday twine crafting inspiration?

Check out some of the photos posted in our Flickr Group here!

FINE PRINT:

Discount code expires at 11:59pm on Monday, July 30 and it's only good for items purchased July 28-30, if the discount code is used. No exceptions.

The "free notepad with any $50.00 purchase" offer also expires at 11:59pm on Monday, July 30. You must purchase at least $50.00 USD to receive a free notepad. Only one notepad will be included in each order of $50.00 or more.

Friday, July 27, 2012

It's Flickr Friday at The Twinery!

Happy Friday!!!

Julie Ranae here with you for

'Flickr Friday'

here at The Twinery.

We love seeing what all of our

fans create using our baker's twine

and we love when you upload your photos

to our Flickr Group.

You never know when you might be

featured here on our blog, so...

KEEP 'EM COMING !

We love when our twine coordinates with
other embellishments to complete
the look of any card

Wendy did a fabulous job color coordinating
everything in this card.

This sweet layout by Aimee has 'sweet'
written all over it.

We love the crocheted flowers!

How very adorable is this ??!!

May created a breakfast that will make
any mouth water using our 'Marigold' twine.

We just went through a season of graduations
and what a creative way to make a greeting

A great card by Izzy using out twine for cap's tassel

How colorful and fun this card is.

From Anita. Someone has sewing on their mind!

We end with absolute gorgeousness!

Created by Nina Brackett and always a masterpiece!

We hope you've enjoyed seeing some of the amazing
projects that come from our Flickr group.
We encourage you to create with our baker's twine &
upload them to our Flickr Group.
{our link is on the right sidebar}

We would love to feature YOU!

Don't forget our new colors are on sale!
Strawberry, Ocean, Midnight Blue & Seaweed.

You can check out our new color chart
and find out which of our colors as been
RE-named!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Let's Get Together with Guest Amy Tsuruta!

I've had so much fun as a Guest Designer here

at The Twinery!

Today I'm sharing a project that uses Maraschino!

When I think of twine, I think of the classic red/white!

Here's an altered tin that makes a fantastic giftie:

Okay, who wouldn't love a twine wrapped coffee cup sleeve?

I'm a big fan of the 'ole belly band. It makes the tin easily accessible and re-giftable!

Check out the interior...I did a little stitching and actually sewed down the button so that the Maraschino would work as a perfect clasp!

Can you guess what the 'liner' is?

It's a coffee filter {smiles}...

check out the giftie...

Well, of course it is a Starbucks card!

I {heart} The Twinery!

Thank you so very much for inviting me to be

a Guest Designer!

Monday, July 23, 2012

New Twine Colors...Great Introductory Price!!!

Happy Monday, Everyone!

We're so thrilled to announce that we have FOUR NEW TWINE colors in our family...

One of our Facebook fans described them as "Girly Nautical Colors"...we kinda like that and we couldn't agree more!

You can get them in our shop today!

But, that's not all...we've also a few more things...

We have not only added these new colors as individual spools in our shop, but you can get ALL FOUR SPOOLS together for a LOW introductory price - $44.00 for all four colors! That's only $11 each...but the price is ONLY GOOD this Monday and Tuesday (ends 7/24 at midnight)...then this pack will go back to the regular price of $48.00 for the pack.

We also have a NEW Mini Sampler Pack with these four new colors, too! It's a great way to add some new colors to your collection or try out our baker's twine for under $8.00!

And if you're a twine lover (isn't everyone?!) and NEED all 22 colors we have...then we also have something for you! A new large twine spool bundle - The Rainbow Bundle - which has 22 fulls spools of twine (one of each color we currently have) for the great price of $264.00 (plus shipping). That's over $40.00 off the regular retail price!

We also added a Sampler Pack that contains all 22 twine colors as well! You can snatch it up for only $36.00 today and tomorrow only! (Then it'll go back to the regular price of $39.00).

The sampler packs are a great way to get tons of twine colors without the huge commitment of ordering the full spools. Our sampler packs are made up of an assortment of our twine colors...and each color contains 15 yards of deliciously colored baker's twine!

We hope you enjoy the new colors as much as we do...they are so much fun to play with!

"Hello, Amazing" Card by Jennifer Carter - using Strawberry Baker's Twine

We also have one more teeny-tiny surprise for you...

FINALLY...

The Twinery's Twine Color Chart!!

For some reason, it's way more fun to see all of the colors in one spot!! Isn't it??? We hope this chart helps you with color selections and crafting!

ENJOY!!

*Oh...and you may have noticed that there's a new color name on the chart too...we've renamed our Lemondrop twine. It's now called Marigold.
Same great color...fun new name.

Hurry over to our shop to get our new colors...remember the 4 pack of the new colors and the new sampler pack with all 22 twine colors is only on SALE until tomorrow night!

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Clean & Simple

Although Mother's Day has come and gone for this year, this clean and simple design is fitting for any type of invitation you may need to create. And now, with an astounding array of 18 colors of baker's twine available at The Twinery, you'll be able to color match any patterned paper out there! Hi there, I'm Monika Wright and I'm so glad to be with you today.

After using my circle punch to notch the edges of my 100 lb. cardstock, I wrapped the card with three strands of baker's twine and tied a nice, big bow.

I chose to use Honeydew, Mandarin and Cappuccino to highlight this patterned paper and it was just a perfect fit for our celebration. The Mom's loved it, because it also matched the mini album cards I created for them as well.

So happy you could stop by for a few moments today.

I hope you will take a moment to say hello here

and you are always invited to stop by my blog.

connect with me

Friday, July 13, 2012

Summer Lanterns

Hello Twine Lovers! Angi here from Cokie Pop Paper Boutique with a fun summer project for you today. My family recently had a pool party, and I decorated the tables with these fun Summer lanterns. Of course I dressed them up in colorful Twinery baker's twine!

I used a latern die to make these. I wrapped the handles and the lanterns with Lilac Baker's Twine.

If you sit these out on a windy day it is best to place small candle holders on the inside to help weight them down. And be sure to use some brightly colored twine to add more "sunshine" to your outdoor event.

Have you made any summer projects with Twinery products yet?

If not, grab some in the store and create something fun!

Hugs,

Angi

Products featured:

Baker's Twine: Lilac

Lantern & Flower Die: Lifestyle Crafts

Thursday, July 12, 2012

New Colors...Coming Soon!

We have some super fun & happy news to share with you today!

The Twinery is growing...

we have 4 new colors coming out in less than two weeks!

(and we even have more colors in the works, too!)

We'd like to introduce you to:

They are pretty dreamy colors.

We hope you love them as much as we do!

They will be available in our shop on July 23!

More photos and color chart comparisons coming soon as well.

We cannot wait to see what everyone does with these twine colors...they are some of our most requested colors!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Flowers for Mom

Good Morning! It's Jamie here with you today. I have been playing with my Cricut Imagine and my Twinery Baker's Twine to create a basket of flowers for Mom!

I used the Enjoy The Seasons Cricut Imagine Cartridge to cut the basket and flowers at 5". Once I had the cuts made, I used a quick dry liquid adhesive on the flower pieces (doing one at a time) starting in the center and wrapping the twine in a circle, then added a pearl to the center of each to hide my starting point.

For the basket, I used a paper piercer to punch the weave lines on the Cricut cut and then hand stitched the Cappuccino Twine to create the weave. I finished the basket by adding a bow in Caribbean Twine and adding a sentiment sticker to the tag! I attached the entire basket to the front of my card using foam adhesive.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today!

Jamie

Supplies:

Twine: Caribbean, Cappuccino, Blossom, Pink Sorbet, and Lemondrop (The Twinery)

All other supplies can be found on my blog

Monday, July 9, 2012

Embellishment Touches with Twine

Hi there!

Jessica here to share some fun cards I've made recently using my favorite Twinery twines along with some fun stamp images from PaperTrey Ink. I love how many colors we have in The Twinery shop - it makes it so easy to find matches to so many colors of patterned papers!

On my first card, I used buttercream twine for the centers of the flowers. Such a quick and simple embellishment that really pops!

On my second card, I used denim twine for a bow on the lightning bug jar with a pearl for the center. This is one of my favorite ways to use twine - along with wrapping it two or three times around a card base and then tying a bow. I love how flat twine bows are too

- makes very little bulk for mailing!

My last card uses another double bow on the jelly jar as well. I also wrapped the lemondrop twine four times for a bit of embellishment behind the label on the jar.

I hope I've given you some ideas on how to use your favorite colors of twine on your stamped images and cards! I'm sure you'll agree that our twine adds the perfect finishing touches to your projects!

Have a great rest of your day!

Jessica

Friday, July 6, 2012

Sending You Sunshine!

Good morning Twinery fans! It's Lauren here from Lauren's Creative! I have a fun and easy project to share that is sure brighten someone's day. My grandmother always had lemon drops in a pretty candy dish in her living room, and some stashed in her purse, so they always make me think of her. It's such a little thing, but if you package them beautifully -

it automatically becomes something special.

This topper came together so quickly that you could easily use this idea for a party favor. One quick tip...I wrap a teeny bit of tape (in this case I used washi tape because it was right next to me on my desk) around the ends of the twine. I then trim the tape at an angle and it makes it soo fast and easy to thread your twine through the little dotted scallops.

Materials:

Baker's Twine - Buttercream, Honeydew and Carribbean

Cellophane Bag - Michael's (4 x 9 91/2)

Complete list of materials can be found on my blog

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Rainbows & Sunshine with Amy Tsuruta

What a great day here at The Twinery

as we welcome our very creative guest...

The fun & fab Amy Tsuruta!

Hi, Amy Tsuruta here of Tsuruta Designs! I'm thrilled to be a guest designer here at The Twinery! I live in the fabulous state of Washington with my 2 lovely kids. I'm engaged to thee most spectacular guy that absolutely supports my obsession of crafting:) I work full time for a design firm located in Seattle so I do most of my crafting on the weekends.

I've been actively blogging since November 2007 and love the paper crafting community. There is so much inspiration out there!!! I'm currently on the following Design Teams:

I'm so very thankful for the design teams that I am on AND my former design teams. I continue to learn new things, meet new people and have been thoroughly enjoying myself through the process. I love to inspire and BE inspired.

Hi, I’m thrilled to be a Guest Designer here on The Twinery!

I’m a huge fan of The Twinery!!!

My project today is an embellished tin from the Target $ spot!

Super easy to wrap the twine around the tin, anchoring it down with double sided adhesive. I die cut some clouds on the tag so that I could let The Twinery shine!

Embellished tins are a great giftie. I filled mine with tags: