Coff-coff!
Hello out there. Are you covered in yellow pollen? Is your car tinted acid green? Is your pet unrecognizably lemon-tinged? Ahh, welcome to April.
I went to visit family in Ohio over the weekend and returned to beautiful North Carolina on Sunday amazed at the sheen of gold that had appeared in my absence. Our front porch looked like it had been painted with a coating of lemon curd, the bird bath seemed to be growing a coating of golden algae and our white car is now shimmery under a coat of movie theater butter. While I love spring, all this icky dust makes me and my sinuses want to retreat inside to breath peacefully.
I'll be beading today at Panopolie, secure in the air conditioning!
Crafty fun for you:
Try-It Tuesday today with me at Panopolie and I will show you how to make a pair of Stack and Roll earrings. No headpin trimming for you today! This is a nice technique if you don't like to cut head pins or hate to measure. We'll also have 20% off all base metal earring and earwire packages all day. It's just $2 a pair to make your earrings.
See all the details here.
Join us on Thursday night at Ornamentea for
Technique Thursday. You can create custom ear wires using sterling wire. You'll accent the ear wires with glass beads for just a bit of sparkle. If you make and sell your own jewelry, or just want something unique, custom ear wires are a great way to set your designs apart.
April showers bring great classes - click for more details
New or restocked items this week:
- NEW stones at both stores, strands starting at $3. Lovely bright colors!
- Vintage french beaded flowers and leaves. We have a very limited stock of these beautiful items and we suggest that you order them on-line for easy pick up at the store of you choice. If you want to see them in person please inquire at Ornamentea. These are perfect for weddings or spring decor.
- give yourself a hand! 3rd hand tools are back in stock. VERY helpful!
- restock-basket weave end bars in three finishes...both stores
- restock-SS and fine silver round and square wire...both stores
- restock-nickel silver and copper sheets and brass, copper and silver discs...both stores
- restock large kidney wires in sterling silver
- NEW Beadfreak craft wire in gold and copper finishes...available at both stores. We LOVE this wire!
Sale items this week:
- Ceramic letter beads-these have been tubed up in lovely letter jumbles and are now $4 for a tube of 25 assorted letters. This is a great deal and these are perfect for accenting greeting cards, charm bracelets or other crafty projects. While they last at both stores.
- All paper mache letters and initials have been marked 1/2 price, at Panopolie only.
- All Fabriano watercolor papers are 1/2 price. These papers are ideal for altered book projects and other art uses and paper of this quality is rarely seen on sale. While it lasts at Panopolie only.
On the blog this week:
- see what I have been working on lately
- see the earring of the week (on Wednesday!)
- read about our plans for Maker Faire on April 25th in Durham
I hope you have a good week-
Cynthia
