The Twinery

Day Two with Epiphany Crafts

2012-05-29T08:00:00.000-04:00

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:

Winners Galore!

2012-05-28T23:28:00.002-04:00

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!

2012-05-28T08:00:00.000-04:00

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:

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

2012-05-26T14:01:00.001-04:00

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

April Showers Bring May Flowers

2012-05-24T08:00:00.000-04:00

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.

Skipping Stones Joins The Twinery Day Two

2012-05-23T08:00:00.000-04:00

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

'Skipping' Our Way to Inspiration

2012-05-22T08:00:00.000-04:00

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:

Book Binding with Baker's Twine

2012-05-21T08:00:00.000-04:00

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!

What a Week! Celebrating Creativity with Bella Blvd!

2012-05-18T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Friday!

Today is day #5 and the final day

of a fun & fabulous week-long event...

A variety of our designers are teaming up

with the talented designers of Bella Blvd.

Our companies swapped product and

the projects created are

absolutely out of this world!

All of the projects by the Bella designers

can be found on the

Bella Blvd Studio Blog,

so make sure you pay a visit each day.

Here is a sneak peek at the projects

shared by our designers today....

Carolyn ~ My Blog by Cammie

Ashley ~ This Heartmade Life

You know we LOVE to give away our baker's twine

and this week, we are giving away

THREE Original Sampler Packs

to THREE winners!

Here's how YOU will have a chance to win

one of the terrific prizes from

The Twinery:

* Visit each participating designer's blog

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, Sunday, May 20th

Winners of The Twinery prizes will be
announced Monday, May 21st
here on our blog.

Each day, we will include a list of our designers

participating in the product showcase.

You will have the entire week to browse

and leave comments.

Bella Blvd is also having a giveaway...

You will find all the details on
how you can win this collection on the
Bella Blvd Studio Blog

We hope you will make plans to pop by

each participating blog and enjoy the

fabulous designer inspiration!

Here are the designers who have

posted this week

{make sure you visit/comment to win}

Natalie

Jen

Monika

Julie Ranae

Shannan

Katarina

Kathy

Sarah

Carolyn

Ashley

Inspiration Continues with Bella Blvd

2012-05-17T08:00:00.000-04:00

We are so happy you stopped by

The Twinery today!

We are still celebrating inspiration

with the designers of Bella Blvd

and having a blast!

A variety of our designers are teaming up

with the talented designers of Bella Blvd.

Our companies swapped product and

the projects created are

absolutely out of this world!

All of the projects by the Bella designers

can be found on the

Bella Blvd Studio Blog,

so make sure you pay a visit each day.

Here is a sneak peek at the projects

shared by our designers today....

Kathy ~ My Happy Place

Sarah ~ Vintage Pear Studio

You know we LOVE to give away our baker's twine

and this week, we are giving away

THREE Original Sampler Packs

to THREE winners!

Here's how YOU will have a chance to win

one of the terrific prizes from

The Twinery:

* Visit each participating designer's blog

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, Sunday, May 20th

Winners of The Twinery prizes will be
announced Monday, May 21st
here on our blog.

Each day, we will include a list of our designers

participating in the product showcase.

You will have the entire week to browse

and leave comments.

We hope you will make plans to pop by

each day this week and enjoy the

fabulous designer inspiration!

Here are the designers who have

posted their projects so far

{make sure you visit/comment to win}

Natalie

Jen

Monika

Julie Ranae

Shannan

Katarina

Kathy

Sarah

The Showcase Continues...

2012-05-16T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Wednesday!

We are half way through the week and

only a few days remain of our fabulous event

It's the....

A variety of our designers are teaming up

with the talented designers of Bella Blvd.

Our companies swapped product and

the projects created are

absolutely out of this world!

All of the projects by the Bella designers

can be found on the

Bella Blvd Studio Blog,

so make sure you pay a visit each day.

Here is a sneak peek at the projects

shared by our designers today....

Shannan

Katarina

You know we LOVE to give away our baker's twine

and this week, we are giving away

THREE Original Sampler Packs

to THREE winners!

Here's how YOU will have a chance to win

one of the terrific prizes from

The Twinery:

* Visit each participating designer's blog

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, Sunday, May 20th

Winners of The Twinery prizes will be
announced Monday, May 21st
here on our blog.

Each day, we will include a list of our designers

participating in the product showcase.

You will have the entire week to browse

and leave comments.

We hope you will make plans to pop by

each day this week and enjoy the

fabulous designer inspiration!

Here are the designers who have
posted their projects so far
{make sure you visit/comment to win}

Natalie

Jen

Monika

Julie Ranae

Shannan

Katarina

The Twinery & Bella Blvd...Day Two

2012-05-15T08:00:00.000-04:00

It's a brand new week here at

The Twinery and what an

'inspiring'

week it will be!

A variety of our designers are teaming up

with the talented designers of Bella Blvd.

Our companies swapped product and

the projects created are

absolutely out of this world!

All of the projects by the Bella designers

can be found on the

Bella Blvd Studio Blog,
so make sure you pay a visit each day.

Here is a sneak peek at the projects
shared by our designers today....

Monika ~ I Love it All

Julie Ranae ~ Julie's Open Window

You know we LOVE to give away our baker's twine

and this week, we are giving away

THREE Original Sampler Packs

to THREE winners!

Here's how YOU will have a chance to win

one of the terrific prizes from

The Twinery:

* Visit each participating designer's blog

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, Sunday, May 20th

Winners of The Twinery prizes will be
announced Monday, May 21st
here on our blog.

Each day, we will include a list of our designers

participating in the product showcase.

You will have the entire week to browse

and leave comments.

We hope you will make plans to pop by

each day this week and enjoy the

fabulous designer inspiration!

Here are the designers who have
posted their projects so far
{make sure you visit/comment to win}

Natalie

Jen

Monika

Julie Ranae

Designer Inspiration with Bella Blvd

2012-05-14T08:00:00.000-04:00

It's a brand new week here at

The Twinery and what an

'inspiring'

week it will be!

A variety of our designers are teaming up

with the talented designers of Bella Blvd.

Stephanie Hunt, owner of Bella Blvd,

graciously shared a beautiful collection of

papers, stamps & embellishments with our designers.

We combined them with our baker's twine and

just wait till you see the amazing handiwork.

The designers of Bella Blvd received

baker's twine from The Twinery and we just know

they will blow you away as well!

Their projects can be found on the

Bella Blvd Studio Blog.

Natalie ~ Southern Belle's Charm

Jennifer Carter ~ Jen's Ink Spot

You know LOVE to give away our baker's twine

and this week, we are giving away

THREE Original Sampler Packs

to THREE winners!

Here's how YOU will have a chance to win

one of the terrific prizes from

The Twinery:

* Visit each participating designer's blog

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, Sunday, May 20th

Winners of The Twinery prizes will be
announced Monday, May 21st
here on our blog.

Each day, we will include a list of our designers

participating in the product showcase.

You will have the entire week to browse

and leave comments.

We hope you will make plans to pop by

each day this week and enjoy the

fabulous designer inspiration!

Timeless Style with DeNami Design

2012-05-11T08:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to another fabulous Friday

here at The Twinery!

We are super excited to share a wonderful

company and wonderful projects with you

as we team up with the designers of

Established in 1989, DeNami Design has been known for a timeless style featuring simply elegant art. From our extensive line of quality rubber stamps to the newer line of coordinating scrapbook papers, we specialize in stylish and sophisticated products. These delightful designs are easy to mix and match for a designer look on all your paper arts. In addition to providing a white range of products (which includes the complete line of The Twinery twine!), we also have an extensive collection of project ideas. We strive to continually provide you with new inspiration both on our website and blog.

We hope you'll check them out!

Prizes? You bet!

Two lucky winners are going to win a prize

from this terrific prize package...

All the details on how YOU might win are below.

It's time for a 'sneaky' peek of what you can

expect when you visit the blogs of our

designers here at The Twinery....

But that's not all !!!

...and don't forget...

The girls over DeNami Design have yummy

projects to share with you as well!

Here's how YOU will have a chance to win

one of the terrific prizes from

The Twinery & DeNami Design.

* Visit each participating designer's blog

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 DeNami Design blog hop

Deadline to leave comments for prizes

11:59EDT, Saturday, May 12th

Winners of The Twinery prizes will be
announced Sunday, May 13th
here on our blog.

If you get lost along the way, you will find a
complete list of blogs just below.

Have fun & enjoy!

Participating Blogs on the hop:

The Twinery Blog

DeNami Design Blog

Julie Ranae

Andrea Matthews

Ashley Bores

Dana Seymour

Monika Wright

Emily Keaton

Jamie Cripps

Laurie Willison

Kellie Winnell

Lisa Petrella

Jen Carter

Michele Gross

Jessica Fick

Paulina Nakamura

Shannan Teubner

Wendy Elliot

Adding Texture to Cards with Twine

2012-05-09T08:46:00.001-04:00

Hello! It's Carolyn here to share another fun thing that you can do with The Twinery baker's twine.

I wanted to add some fun texture to my tree card (below) so I pulled out some Peapod and Honeydew baker's twine:

I used my Silhouette to cut out the tree shape (3 branch tree by Lori Whitlock).

After I printed the tree on Kraft cardstock, I covered the leaves with Scor-tape and then wound the different colors of twine around each leaf.

I used two colors to add some interest (shadows!). Here is what my tree looks like after the leaves were ready:

And here is a close up shot of the textured leaves:

Of course I couldn't resist adding an extra tie of the Peapod twine around the bottom of the card, too! There are just so many ways to use this twine! Hope this idea jump starts your engines to add some texture to your cards.

Have you used twine to add texture to cards or layouts? Tell us how or even upload your photos to our Flickr Group to show us...we'd love to see!

Thanks for stopping by The Twinery Blog today!!

Have a great day, friends!

Using Twine on a Layout

2012-05-07T09:15:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone! Thanks for visit us today here on The Twinery blog!

It's Karola Witczak here with a new twine inspiration for you!

Is twine may be a one of the main decorations and very important element on a scrapbooking layout? Definitely YES! I tried incorporate some of ours stunning twines to my newest layout about one beautiful Spring day in my daughter's life. I picked soft, muted colors from papers and embellies, I love pastels and I must admit that every single pastel color from the Twinery collection absolutely stole my heart! Just take a look at these yummies, which I used this time:

Honeydew - Light Chartreuse Green & White Baker's Twine

NEW Cantaloupe - Light Orange & White Eco-Luxe Baker's Twine

Cappuccino - Brown & White Baker's Twine

And here is my layout. I used twine to create an interesting background on my page - it's very easy way to add some beautiful details, layers and dimension on any project.

Just take a look how the 3 amazing colors of twine matched the whole page perfectly! As you well know - The Twinery has lots of stunning colors of the best twine, so it's amazingly easy to choose exactly these colors which you need for your project!

I stuck pieces of twine underneath the doily on which my photo is and on the back of the layout. As you will see - the twine is not stick directly to the background paper, I think this way we can create more airy and delicate look. You can put some embellies or paper strips or stickers behind the "strings" of twine as a additional decoration...

I thought that it would be great to use these twine "strings" to create a small banners. Therefore, I hang pieces of little canvas banner on Cappuciono twine and arranged it on the right and the left part of the page.

I hope I was able to inspire you a little bit today. I am very curious how you use your Twinery twine on layouts!

Thanks for visit us today and have a wonderful, very creative week!

~~ Karola ~~

Inking it Up!

2012-05-05T03:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to The Twinery!

What a great day as several of our designers are sharing

their creativity with you using our gorgeous

baker's twine along with products from

Our designers received stamps, inks & applicators

and worked their magic to bring you beautiful work.

The designers of Clearsnap received beautiful

baker's twine from The Twinery and have fun & fabulous

projects to share with you as well.

We love giving away baker's twine during our events

and this one is no exception!

Here is what a lucky winner will win....

Colorful Bunch Sampler Pack {retail value $20}

It's time for a sneak peek at what our

designers have to share on their blogs.

You won't want to miss them because

when you stop by and leave a comment,

you will automatically be entered in the

drawing for our giveaway!

Monika

Amy

Carolyn

Helen

Teri

Deadline for leaving comments on each

blog for a chance to win is

11:59pm EDT, Sunday, May 6th.

Clearsnap is also having a giveaway

so make sure you visit their designer's

blogs as well.

Enjoy!

Preview - Clearsnap + The Twinery Event

2012-05-04T10:09:00.001-04:00

HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE!!!

We just wanted to put up a quick update...we originally announced that our blog hop product showcase with Clearsnap was set up for today, but it's actually starting TOMORROW, MAY 5 at 8:00 am right here on our blog!

We're so sorry if we caused any confusion out there!

Please be sure to come back tomorrow for some AMAZING ideas using our baker's twine and some fun Clearsnap stamps, inks and tools!

Plus...just by visiting and commenting on the blogs involved in the event...you'll be entered to win FREE product from The Twinery & Clearsnap!!

Can't beat that, right?!

We'll "see" everyone bright and early tomorrow for our Clearsnap + The Twinery blog event!

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Flickr Finds - Fruits & Veggies

2012-05-03T10:09:00.000-04:00

We LOVE scrolling through all of the photos that our fans and customers upload to The Twinery Flickr Group!

It's always so inspiring to see what YOU create!

Take a peek at some of these fun Flickr Finds that we have spotted...

...and since it's Spring and gardens are blooming, we thought these fun cards and projects featuring all things Fruits & Veggies was quite appropriate!

ENJOY!

Watermelon Card

by Anita Mulcahey

Veggie Bunch Card

by Jen Roach

3D Strawberries & Basket

by Amy Crockett

Strawberry Card

by Tsuruta Designs

Tomato "Ketchup" Card

by Wai Sam

Vegetable Card

by Virgina L.

Have you created something using our baker's twine?

We'd love to see!!!

Upload your photos to our Flickr Group Pool...your photos just might end up being featured on our blog too!

DIY Baker's Twine Art

2012-05-02T09:00:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone! This is Ashley Bore from This Heartmade Life and I'm excited to share an easy DIY home decor project with an awesome impact. I'm an instant gratification kind of girl so I like my DIY adventures to be quick and cheap, with great personality. This is a craft trifecta. Cue the hallelujah choirs.

Materials

a piece of wood (I picked this up dirt cheap & already cut at a hardware store)

craft paint or stain and water

drawing paper or adhesive vinyl for your heart template

a box of nails (I used white finishing nails)

a roll of The Twinery baker's twine (I chose Stone)

a great iTunes or Pandora playlist (absolutely mandatory)

You're going to need to prepare your wood piece for painting or staining by cleaning it with a damp cloth and allowing it to dry thoroughly. (Depending on your wood type, you may need to sand first.)

I wanted to give my wood a light pink hue while leaving the pattern of the wood visible. To get this look, I mixed white craft paint with a little bit of raspberry pink paint and some water. I used a foam brush to wash the paint/water mixture over the wood, and then gently wiped the excess with a napkin. Repeat until you get the look you're going for. You could also stain or spray paint your wood to get the effect you want.

For my heart template, I cut a heart from a piece of scrap vinyl, which I then centered and applied to my board. You could also draw your heart onto a piece of folded paper, cut it out, and tape it to your wood. Easy peasy.

Once you have your template in position, let the nail pounding begin. Start up your killer playlist to help drown out the banging. (I told you the music was mandatory.) I knew I wanted my twine to cover my heart pretty well so I spaced my nails fairly close together at about half an inch apart, making sure to nail them in at fairly equal depths.

This is where it gets awesome. Pick a starting point and tie a double knot around the head of one of your nails, cutting the tail as short as you can. The goal here is to hide the knot. And now string! Wrap the twine back and forth over the nails until you're happy with the coverage. Once you're content with your pattern, you may want to outline the outer edges of the nails to define the heart a little more, but it's totally up to you. Tie off another double knot on one of your nails, cut the tail, and tuck it in. Boom. Beautifully awesome baker's twine art in about an hour. Maybe two if you stopped to dance to your awesome music.

Wishing you a wonderful rest of your day! Feel free to leave some comment love, and don't forget to visit The Twinery and This Heartmade Life on facebook. We love having you!

♥, Ashley

Floral Fun

2012-04-30T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hey there everyone, Stacy here today to share a card that I created. I made this fun card for my grandmother for her birthday. She always loves getting my homemade cards, so this time I wanted to create a fun flower on the card.

The Twinery colors that were simply PERFECT for this one are Lemondrop and Cappuccino. They matched
really well with patterned paper I chose.

Now for my take on a funky fun flower. I started with two pieces of Lemondrop twine, tied it around the card making a bow. Next I took two more pieces of twine and just tied that in a big bow and placed it on top of the previous bow.

For the center of the flower I punched 1 1/4" in circle out of cardstock and ran it through my Xyron 150. By doing this it makes the entire circle sticky and super easy to place the twine around it. Once I had the Cappuccino twine completely covering the circle, I placed a burlap button in the center.

I used a couple of glue dots to place the
center of the flower on the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by...
hope you have a wonderful day!

~ stacy

Showcase 'Wrap' Up

2012-04-27T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Friday!

We're so happy to have you join us here

at The Twinery today. It's Day #2 of a very

special Product Showcase as a variety

of our terrific designers are joining

the creative girls from

Each day, you will be inspired by a variety

of projects from greeting cards to party favors...

scrapbook layouts to home decor...

all featuring our beautiful baker's twine

and amazing stickers & more from SRM.

and of course, there are fabulous prizes!

The Twinery is giving away...

Three spools of your choice

{ a $42 retail value}

to one lucky random winner.

All the details are below.

Here's a 'sneaky peek' of

what our designers have in store

for you today.

Karola ~ Karola Witczak Handmade

Julie Ranae ~ Julie's Open Window

Kellie ~ Give a Girl a Blog

Jennifer ~ Jen's Ink Spot

Kathy ~ My Happy Place

Jamie ~ Bits of Paper

Dorangela ~ Two Prince Bakery Theater

Angi ~ Cokie Pop Paper

We would love for you to have a chance at

winning our fabulous giveaway, so here is all

you need to do:

* Visit each participating designer's blog

each day & leave a comment.

There are only 8 blogs each day,

so it's VERY do-able!

{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 SRM Showcase

Deadline to leave comments for prizes

11:59EDT, Sunday, April 29th

Winners will be announced on Monday, April 29th

If you get lost along the way, you will be

able to find a complete list of participating

blogs each day here at The Twinery.

Have fun & enjoy!

Today's Designers:

Karola
Julie Ranae
Kellie
Jennifer
Kathy
Jamie
Dorangela
Angi

Thursday's Designers:

We're 'Stuck' on Creativity!

2012-04-26T08:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to The Twinery!

We are really excited about the next

two days as a variety of

our very creative designers

are teaming up with the

very talented designers of

for a fantastic product showcase.

Each day, you will be inspired by a variety

of projects from greeting cards to party favors...

scrapbook layouts to home decor...

all featuring our beautiful baker's twine

and amazing stickers & more from SRM.

and of course, there are fabulous prizes!

The Twinery is giving away...

Three spools of your choice

{ a $42 retail value}

to one lucky random winner.

All the details are below.

Let's get a 'taste' of

what our designers have in store

for you today.

Natalie ~ Southern Belle's Charm

Amy ~ Scrapping Mommy

Jessica ~ Iembellish

Katarina ~ My Little Place in the Scrappy Place

Tifany ~ Ink Blots by TRD

Monika ~ I Love it All

Carolyn ~ My Blog by Cammie

Ashley ~ This Heartmade Life

What a 'taste', huh?!

We would love for you to have a chance at

winning our fabulous giveaway, so here is all

you need to do:

* Visit each participating designer's blog

each day & leave a comment.

There are only 8 blogs each day,

so it's VERY do-able!

{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 SRM Showcase

Deadline to leave comments for prizes

11:59EDT, Sunday, April 29th

Winners will be announced on Monday, April 29th

If you get lost along the way, you will be

able to find a complete list of participating

blogs each day here at The Twinery.

Have fun & enjoy!

Today's designers:

Are You a Winner??

2012-04-25T12:08:00.000-04:00

FOR THE

'I LOVE MOM' GIVEAWAY

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN ONE POST

Hi Everyone....

Julie Ranae here with you with the long-awaited

winners list from the fabulous event with

The Twinery has SIX

'I Dream in Color' Sampler Packs

for SIX lucky RANDOM winners!

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

from The Twinery blog....

from Ashley's blog....

from Julie Ranae's blog....

from Dorangela's blog....

from Shannans' blog....

from Facebook....

Please email
julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address
and we'll get your twine right out to you!

Thank you for visiting The Twinery

and for supporting our company & our designers

with your encouragement.

Join us beginning tomorrow

as we join the designers of

for another amazing product showcase!

"I Love Mom" Giveaway!

2012-04-21T03:54:00.000-04:00

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

WINNER: Jennifer Ashley DeGough (you have been emailed)! ;)

Happy weekend everyone!

We know that Mother's Day is just around the corner, so we wanted to do something EXTRA special...for the mommas!

We've put together a fun "baking theme" giveaway just in time to celebrate mom! Win it for yourself or give it to your own mom or maybe you even know of a mom who could use some encouragement with a gift!

One SUPER lucky winner will get over $200.00 in prizes!

The Giveaway Details...

Win a Snap to It! Apron - $38.00 value

from The Diaper Bag Wrangler

The Diaper Bag Wrangler is a mom-owned business based in Limerick, PA. They are giving one lucky mom a Snap To It! Apron in their choice of fabric! This innovative apron has a dishtowel that is completely removable, which simply snaps to the waistband of the apron. The apron can be worn 4 ways - with or without the dishtowel, as a full apron, or folded over as a half apron. What sets this apron apart is the fact that you can wash and replace the towel as needed, so if you get super messy, you can snap off the dirty towel and snap on a fresh clean one! It has a flared silhouette which gives additional hip coverage, and looks great on women of all shapes and sizes.

If you love their Snap To It! Apron, you can find matching aprons for little kids ages 2-6, which make a great "mommy and me" set. The Little Kids Apron can be personalized with a letter to make it extra special. As you may have guessed The Diaper Bag Wrangler also makes diaper bags, including their Link Loop Diaper Bag that features a link so you can clip it to your stroller, infant car seat or shopping cart handle to keep essentials accessible.

Win a Recipe Card Set - $59.00 value

from InkSpot Workshop

InkSpot Workshop is owned by savvy paper rockstar, Stacy and is based in Atlanta, GA. Stacy's love for paper and good design is evident when you take a peek at her shop and read her fun blog!

One lucky winner is going to win one of InkSpot Workshop's awesome Recipe Card Sets - in the design of their choice! It's the perfect & safe place to store all your favorite recipes! Personalized Recipe Cards and Box Sets will make the perfect gift or simply dress up your kitchen.

The set includes 50 personalized 4" x 6" recipe cards, personalized front card for box, recipe category tabbed dividers, Lucite recipe box and a cute mini whisk. Lucite Recipe Box: Measures 5" x 7" and the lid doubles as a recipe card holder.

Win a $30.00 Shop Credit to

The Bakers Confections

The girls at The Bakers Confections offer a fun selection of baking, cupcake & cake pop supplies and printables for parties! Fun cupcake liners, mini cupcake liners, paper straws, cake pop kits, sprinkles, colored lollipop sticks, baking spices, bakers twine, party invitations, button party favors, frosting tips, sugar toppers, cupcake picks, cupcake kits, favor bags & boxes!

One luck winner will get to choose $30.00 worth of scrumptious baking supplies & more at The Bakers Confections!

Win 6 spools of Baker's Twine - $84.00 value

from The Twinery

You know us...we sell your favorite baker's twine! We offer twine in a rainbow array of colors...perfect for crafting, packaging & more! We offer full twine spools (each have about 240 yards worth of delicious twine) and we also offer fun variety and sampler packs as well.

One lucky winner will get to choose 6 full twine spools of their choice...from our line of 18 (and growing) colors of baker's twine!

Pretty fun giveaway, huh?!

Go...enter...win!

REQUIRED ENTRY:
Leave us a comment on this post telling us that you'd like to win this fabulous prize collection! Oh, and if you want to gush about your super special mom...you can do that too!

** JUST BE SURE TO LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR COMMENTS FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN!!**

EXTRA ENTRIES:

1. Tweet about this giveaway...
Win the Mother's Day Giveaway over at @TheTwinery! www.thetwineryblog.com

2. Like The Twinery on Facebook and let us know you're stopping by our wall from the Mother's Day giveaway!

3. Like The Diaper Bag Wrangler on Facebook and let them know that The Twinery sent you!

4. Like InkSpot Workshop on Facebook and let them know that The Twinery sent you!

5. Like The Bakers Confections on Facebook and let them know that The Twinery sent you!

6. Follow our blog via Google Friend Connect on the right hand sidebar here on our blog...you'll get to see amazing twine crafting ideas and much more!

This giveaway ends on 4/25/2012 at midnight EST. Winner will be announced on 4/26/2012 on The Twinery's blog. The giveaway is open to everyone.

The Twinery

Day Two with Epiphany Crafts

Winners Galore!

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

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

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Skipping Stones Joins The Twinery Day Two

'Skipping' Our Way to Inspiration

Book Binding with Baker's Twine

What a Week! Celebrating Creativity with Bella Blvd!

Inspiration Continues with Bella Blvd

The Showcase Continues...

The Twinery & Bella Blvd...Day Two

Designer Inspiration with Bella Blvd

Timeless Style with DeNami Design

Adding Texture to Cards with Twine

Using Twine on a Layout

Honeydew - Light Chartreuse Green & White Baker's Twine

**NEW** Cantaloupe - Light Orange & White Eco-Luxe Baker's Twine

Cappuccino - Brown & White Baker's Twine

Inking it Up!

Preview - Clearsnap + The Twinery Event

Flickr Finds - Fruits & Veggies

DIY Baker's Twine Art

Floral Fun

Showcase 'Wrap' Up

We're 'Stuck' on Creativity!

Are You a Winner??

"I Love Mom" Giveaway!

NEW Cantaloupe - Light Orange & White Eco-Luxe Baker's Twine