Sunday, October 30, 2011
Halloween Sale!! Time To Stock Up
Have a great Sunday.
Lesley :)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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
Monday, October 24, 2011
Product Feature- Glossy Boxes
Saturday, October 22, 2011
We Have a Winner
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 :)
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Valentine's Day Trendy Twine Coming Soon...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Fall Wreath
Monday, October 10, 2011
October Guest Designer
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Trendy Twine Tuesday Challenge #2
Sunday, October 2, 2011
September Challenge Winners Announced
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