New Fiskar Punches.

Today just a quick share of something new I spotted in the store on Friday...and am very excited about! We now have these new Fiskars punches available in our Paper Crafts department.

We have the new punches for creating banners, pendants, and tabs:

And we also have a couple of the border punches and the small scallop rectangle too:

You can find all of them (plus the many other punches we carry) in aisle 11.

Towel of the Month-January.

Welcome to another month of our Towel of the Month kit! We have some really great designs/kits lined up for 2012 and I'm so excited to share each of them with you. I love the idea of starting the new year with this monthly project and ending it with 12 unique embroidered towels.

For the month of January, we have the adorable Valentine themed towel shown above. As always, the kits include 1 towel, 1 instruction sheet, and floss in the color used for the sample. The only things you will have to supply (which you probably already have) is an embroidery hoop, tracing pens or Fabri-Solvy and a needle.

You can find the kits on the endcap of aisle 23 in the store and are available for only $6.99 each!

New Flowers.

We just got this new line of very cute pin and clip flowers by Laliberi in! They are perfect to add to a headband or hair piece, and could also be used to add a little fun to a sweater, coat, purse or even your shoes! This is just a small sample of the pieces we got in - so be sure to stop in a check them out soon. You can find them with our other headband products in the back of the store by the Fabrics demo counter.

I'm loving the gray one with the silver edging...which one is your favorite?

Wine Cork Holders.

Today I wanted to quickly share some samples I recently completed with these fun new Wire Wine Cork Holders we just got in. They come in a few different styles and with their neutral color could go with any decor style. What I really love about them is the ability to create them into different styles with just the addition of a few stickers, vinyl, paper, or ribbon.

Here is a closer view of the "Enjoy" Cork Holder - that I embellished by simply gluing on a some glass marbles to the outside of the piece. (A complete project sheet for this project can be found HERE.)

You can find the Wire Wine Cork Holders in our Wine Room in our Home Decor department at the front of the store.

Cheers!

Stamp of the Month - January

Our Great Impressions Stamp of the Month products for January are now out! (You can find them on the middle endcap between aisles 9&10 in our Paper Crafts Department.) This months stamps follow a Valentine/love theme which is perfect for those Valentine cards and projects you will need during the month of February.

The Stamp of the Month for January is this background stamp, and is available for only $6.50 (half off of the white tag price). 

And the coordinating stamps available this month are:  

These range in price from $4.49-$11.49 each.
(**Also through January 20th, 2012 these stamps are an additional 30% off of the white tag price!)

More information about the Stamp of the Month can be found on the blog post HERE. Additionally, more information can also be found on the Great Impressions website HERE.

Happy Stamping!

January & February Classes

Happy New Year! It is a great time to learn something new and we are offering many classes to teach you a new craft/hobby. Everything from cake decorating to card making. Check out our calendar of classes and events here. If you see a class you would like to take stop in to register or give us a call, (320)-654-0907, as many classes still have openings. We hope to see you soon.

25 Days of Christmas 2011: Day 25

Day 25: Rolled Paper Tree 

And finally, today I wanted to share with you this rolled paper tree we created after seeing the idea posted on Pinterest (you can follow our Pinterest board here.) We used one of our 5x9" wood plaques (painted white) and paper from the We R Memory Keepers line. I love the look of the finished project and I really had fun making it too!

I hope you all have enjoyed seeing our 25 Days of Christmas projects as much as I've had sharing them with you! And I hope you were able to find some time to create some of them too.

Have a wonderful holiday from all of us here at Crafts Direct!!