New in Gifts.

Today I have some more new items from our Gifts Department to share with you!!

We have a lot of new items, and also some great sale prices this week too. Plus they would all be great gift ideas as you start to look ahead at your holiday shopping list!

First, we have a huge selections (and variety) of cookbooks:

We also have these new journal/inspirational books:

On sale this week, we have a selection of new recipe binders, boxes and cards available:

We have over 35+ prints from Mill Work - now on display by our Gifts Counter at the front of the store - these prints are also all on sale this week:

And last, but not least, we have new scarf styles, designs, and colors - plus new scarf jewelry as well!

Personalizing Albums and Journals

Personalizing clothing has become very popular these days but I think we should be personalizing everything we own. It is probably the easiest project to take something that is already made and put your own twist on it. Today's project is personalizing your Scrapbook albums and journals. There are endless possibilities but I will just tell you about a few for now. I used an album that was semi-unfinished to start. It doesn't matter if the album or journal has a pattern on the front because most likely you will be covering it up, go for the one that is less expensive. This can also be a great way to give a new look to an old album. We covered ours with scrapbooking paper from the Basic Grey Blush collection but another great way to cover your album would be with your favorite fabric. We used double sided tape to attach ours because we knew we would be using an iron in our next step so we avoided using glue. If you choose to embellish your album another way a good option would be mod podge for both paper and fabric. Next we used a flocked flower iron-on transfer that is normally used for clothing. The flocked transfer adds another texture to the album and makes it more interesting. That's it, not many steps and your album or journal is completely transformed! This album will be on display in the store for a closer look, don't be afraid to ask our team for inspiration on other ways of personalizing an album. Tiff