St. Patty's Day.

Since St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner (it is already this Sunday!) I thought I would show you a few of the different products we have available in store to help with your festivities.

We have items to decorate you home...items to decorate yourself (necklaces, scarves, hats, etc.)...crafting and paper crafts supplies...and some treats too!

You can find items from these first two images by our front registers:

Some fun felt and foam crafts (perfect for kids!) can be found on the front endcap by aisle 22:

You can find some paper crafting supplies for making layouts, cards, or other paper projects on a display by our Scrapbooking Demo counter:

And you can also find supplies to make some fun St. Patrick's Day treats in our Baking/Floral department too:

**We also have some great St. Patrick's Day themed projects and decor ideas posted on our St. Patty Pinterest board too - you can check them out HERE.

Halloween, Fall & Christmas!!

Our Seasonal Department is in one of those "in-between" phases right now - which is perfect for our customers because right now you can shop for Halloween, Fall, and Christmas decor items all within three aisles of the store!!

Also great is the fact that all of our Halloween and Fall decor is 50%!! So whether you're looking to decorate for Halloween yet, or want to get a head start/best pick on the Christmas items- add a stop to our Seasonal department to your list.

25 Days of Christmas 2011: Day 22

Day 22: Wood Plaques

Today I wanted to share a few ideas on how to decorate our standard 5x5" wood plaques for the holiday and winter season. Perfect as a little scrapbook page or as a decor piece with a vinyl saying (or snowman face) - you definitely still have time to create one of these pieces for yourself or to give as a gift.

Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl!

We just can't seem to get sick of finding fun projects for vinyl! We have quite a big selection of holiday vinyl in right now for Halloween, fall, and Christmas. Make sure you stop in to check it out! We thought we better show you some of the fun samples that we have made with the Halloween vinyl. It is perfect for making home decor pieces that you can use every year or you can use the vinyl to make your existing decor more festive for the holidays. The nice part is that you can remove the vinyl from any surface without destroying it. It makes a great addition to your walls, mirrors, or windows for the holidays. Make sure you sign up in our store for our mailing list for more ideas on how to decorate with vinyl for Christmas. We will be sending out our next Crafts Direct newsletter soon, they always include exclusive coupons so sign up soon!!

Easter Egg Make & Take

I thought I would give you a preview of the FREE make & take that will be happening from 1-3pm this Saturday. A new product for Easter this year is the transparent eggs that are similar to Christmas bulbs so of course they have endless ways of decorating them. You can hang them on an Easter tree or you can also tie a ribbon around the top and hang them alone. A simple way to decorate them is to fill them with Easter treats like Jelly Beans and sprinkles or just use multi-colored Easter grass. For the make & take we will be using Easter grass. They are an easy and unique way to decorate without a lot of fuss, plus you get one for free if you stop and make one on Saturday!! Tiff

Vintage Easter Spread

I can't even believe that it is almost April! That means that Easter is right around the corner. We had the St. Cloud Times call and ask us today about what kinds of ideas that we had for Easter centerpieces and place settings. All we had as of right now was pre-made items so we thought we better fix that. The centerpiece is what I would recommend starting with and then you can use it to base your colors and accents on later. We created a three tier centerpiece using terra cotta pots and trays. We started with the largest tray, then placed a pot upside down on the tray. Now you have created the next platform for another tray and so on. Sizes of your trays and pots should be decided according to what you will be placing on your tiers. For the bottom of the centerpiece we used pots filled with floral foam, moss, and small bushes of spring flowers. You will probably need only a few bushes because you will cut them down to fit into your pots. For the next tier we experimented with a new way of displaying your colored eggs, instead of egg cups we used small cupcake liners. It gives it a more elegant look. We topped it all off with a chocolate bunny. Instead of using the usual Easter grass, which, lets face it can look a little cheesy at times, we used shredded scrapbook paper. For a really colorful look use double sided paper. We just used a paper shredder to do the work for us, you will be surprised you actually won't need to shred that much paper, we only used one 12x12 sheet. Hopefully we have inspired you to do a little holiday planning and make a festive setting. Tiff