Halloween Sale!! Time To Stock Up

I've got a sale going on at Annie's Paper Boutique. Now through Monday, the 31st, you can save 15% off twine when you use the code "Halloweenie11" at check out. (That is 2 ones at the end.) It's good for big spools, mini packs, and mini singles.  Feel free to share if you've got twine-er friends ;)

Have a great Sunday.

Lesley :)

Using Twine to Create a Chart

Hey everyone!

It is time for another Trendy Twine Tuesday! This month we are highlighting the beautiful new Orange Truffle twine!! This twine is so beautiful and it is perfect for all your fall/autumn projects :)

If you would like a chance to win some of this gorgeous twine be sure to check out our monthly challenge HERE! You have until the 27th so only a couple of days left to enter!!

Now, for my project this week I did something a little different. For those of you who have been visiting my blog since the beginning you know I am going to school to be a teacher. My specialization is in mathematics but I still take classes in every subject, including the ones I hate and would never dream of teaching (i.e. history :P). Anyway, we do a lot of projects in which we write lessons and teach them to our peers. Just yesterday I taught a history lesson about the Bantu tribes in Africa, and I found a way to incorporate Trendy Twine into my lesson :)

I know there are a lot of teachers out there, and I'm sure many moms as well who love to help their children with their projects, so I know this is out of the norm for me, but I hope some of you will still find it helpful!

For my project I used Trendy Twine to create a chart. Here it is:

Here is my entire poster, mind you this is aimed at elementary school children ;)

Here is a close up of the chart. This particular chart shows the families of Bantu languages.

And here is a close up of the twine. I sketched out my chart layout in pencil first. Then I pierced holes at either end of each line with a paper piercer. Then I threaded the twine from the back of one hole and into the front of another. I secured the ends on the back with a little bit of scotch tape.

Here is the back so you can kinda see what I mean.

I also used the twine to make a simple but very cute border around both my map and my chart, it tied the whole poster together perfectly!

Now I'm sure most of you will never need to make a poster about the Bantu people. But, I'm sure there are many teachers and parents our there who will be working on many a chart at some point in life, so I hope this has inspired you to spice up your charts a bit :) Also, I see some other great applications using the same technique (a family tree maybe??) Stay tuned and you might just see this technique again ;)

I hope you are all having a fabulous Tuesday!

<3 Alyssa

Product Feature- Glossy Boxes

Hi Trendy Twine Fans!

Today, we are featuring another product that sold by Annie's Paper Boutique.

We all know she has some awesome Twine but she also has other products too!

Today I am sharing a project made with the 2x2x2 Tiny Sweet Glossy Box. I used the Orange one for my project.

I made a bow out of some Halloween ribbon I purchased at Hobby Lobby and a Gstudio brad, This box is just perfect for all sorts of fun goodies! Especially with the holidays coming up!

Make sure you check out the store for these awesome boxes, HERE!

**Don't Forget the Trendy Twine Challenge #2, ends this Thursday October 27th!!!***

Have a wonderful day!!!

We Have a Winner

Ok... so we had 32 comments (leaving out the two mess ups).  I still think Jessica's comment that she is a Teeny Twiner is probably my favorite.  As for me.... I love twine, but there is nothing teeny about me ;)  Anyway, enough about me.  I appreciate you all taking the time to read my blog and posts comments as well.  It's very uplifting to see the nice posts.  Thank you. 

Now, on to the exciting stuff.  Drumroll please.... our lucky winner is #4 .... Paper Crafter Anonymous!  Wooohooo and congrats, Heather!  You get the 20 yds of Valentine's Cherry Cupcake twine.  I hope you are smiling right now.  This is one of my faves.  I love the pink and red together.  Email me at annies_paper_boutique@yahoo.com with your mailing address.

We will have more giveaways later.  I hope you had fun and thanks so much for joining in.

Have a great weekend.
Lesley :)

Valentine's Day Trendy Twine Coming Soon...

This is on the Trendy Twine facebook page, but I wanted to post it here as well.  Stacy and I teamed up again to bring you another yummy limited edition twine.  This one is for Valentine's Day and will look so delicious with all of your Valentine goodies.  It's a double twist of soft pink with a double twist of red.  Isn't it perfect?  (The pink is the same pink that I used in my new Posy Pink twine).  This pretty Valentine's Day bakers twine should be here sometime in December.

FYI... I'm Lesley and I own Annie's Paper Boutique, and Trendy Twine is my line of twine.  I sometimes team up with Stacy at Bella Creationz to make limited edition twines for holidays and special occasions.  Stacy's line of twine is Timeless Twine.  We are two different people with two different companies, but work together occasionally to bring you super cute twine.  Hopefully this will help clear up the confusion.  But it's a known fact, we both have the cutest twine on the market :)

Now let's have some fun.  How about a tiny giveaway this week?  Let's do one that will end 7:00 pm CST on Thursday, October 20th.  All you have to do is follow this blog if you aren't already here and leave a comment on this post that you are a Trendy Twine-er.  And what will you win?  20 yds of the new Valentine's Day twine.  Yipee!!  {Now keep in mind that what I have is a test spool; the red is a tad different than what will be on the finished product.  But they are both super fabulous, so you will not be disappointed.}

Fall mini french board

Bee here for my Trendy Twine Tuesday...

It doesn't feel much like fall here in Florida! The temperatures are still in the high 80ies!... >.< I cannot wait for it to cool down... But I am ready for Fall colors as you can see... 

Today I made a mini french board, using Orange/Truffle twine.
I punched little holes at the top and bottom of my strip of cardstock and threaded my twine in a criss-cross pattern, and added some brads.
As you can see from my little felt sign, I am not exactly a born embroiderer... ;-)

I couldn't resist adding some twine to my leaves as usual... ;-)

And here it is above my desk, put to good use as a reminder for all the little projects I would otherwise forget... :-)

Fall Wreath

Hi Trendy Twine Fans!

This Month the Trendy Twine Design Team is featuring the Orange Truffle Twine.

This twine is perfect for anything Fall or Masculine!

For today's project I made a Fall Wreath for our home.

This is the wreath on our Front door.

Close up of the flowers and Twine.

I hope you enjoyed this post and got a little inspiration!!

Full details are on my Blog.

I am enjoying all the leaves and trees changing color this year. So pretty!

Have a wonderful day and Don't forget to stop by the Trendy Twine Store and enter in the Blog challenge to be eligible to win some of this Amazing Twine!

October Guest Designer

Hi Trendy Twine Fans! 

Happy Columbus Day 

and 

Happy Thanksgiving for our Canadian Friends!

Today we are featuring an awesome project done 

by our very first Trendy Twine Guest Designer, Stacey from Stacey's Creative Corner.

She used the Orange Truffle on her project.

How fun is this?! She did a great job!

She has all the details of her project on her blog, Stacey's Creative Corner.

Check it out and leave some love!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Trendy Twine Tuesday Challenge #2

Hi Trendy Twine Fans!

Ready for more Trendy Twine Inspiration?

This month the Design Team is using the New Orange Truffle Trendy Twine.

Kimberly

Bee

Alyssa

Trendy Twine Challenge #2

-Use a Pumpkin or Jack-o-lantern & some sort of twine on your card or project.-

Challenge will run from October 4th- October 27th.

**Winner of the Challenge will receive one spool of Orange Truffle Twine

and then one random winner will receive 30 yards of Orange Truffle Twine.**

September Challenge Winners Announced

Hello everyone.  Wow!  It was hard to pick a winner out of all the awesome entries, but we managed to do it.  Yvonne of One Creative Momma is the challenge winner and will receive a full spool of Peppermint Stick Trendy Twine.  WoooHooo!!  And Pauline of Ulysses's Mama is our random winner and will receive 30 yds of Peppermint Stick.  Yipee!  Congratulations.  You did a great job ladies.  Thank you to everyone for entering. 

The Design Team will be posting the group project on Tuesday, so please pop by for a peek.  You will not be disappointed.  There will be another challenge to win some more goodies.  You can never have enough twine ;)

Have a great week :D
Lesley

Pumpkin tendrils

It's pumpkin season!... :-) Which means pumpkins all over the crafting world.... How about adding some fun little details like a leaf and tendrils to your projects?... :-P

Here I hand cut a little leaf out of felt and used some twisted Lime Trendy Twine to embroider it. I used a tiny hole punch to make the job easy for me, and just threaded some twine in the holes with a big (tapestry) needle afterwards.
To make the cute curls, simply wrap some wax paper around a pencil, dip some twine in glue and curl it around the pencil, let it dry, then gently peel it from the wax paper, reform the curls, and voila!!  :-D Simple enough, right?! (too much glue might make the removal from the wax paper a bit problematic... not that I would know anything about that... ;-))

To see more pics of this card, and discover what surprise it holds, please visit this post on my blog.


Have fun with your twine! :-)
Bee

ETA: Someone mentioned on my blog using fabric stiffener to hold the twine in shape and just wrapping the pen in plastic wrap, that sounds like a great idea! :-)