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Warehouse Sale!

September 18, 2014

Looking for a great deal heading into the biggest crafting season of the year!?

Check this out:

To bring you a large variety of quality crafting supplies, we have joined forces with:

Hazel & Ruby

Teresa Collins

Fancy Pants Designs

Scrapbook Steals

Scrapbook Outlet

Bring your friends and be prepared for a good time!

Waffle Love will be at our sale on Friday, September 19 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm! My favorite waffle is the Red Wonder, but my boys love the Nutella Love. Make sure you get the Biscoff! Mmmm… Check out their menu here: http://www.waffluv.com/

Sweet Street Bites and their delicious cupcakes will join us on Saturday, September 20 from 12 – 4:00 pm!

Directions taking I-15 north from Ikea in Draper:

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=102642041111042446663.00048ebadab8cd95ceee9&dg=feature

Remember to type in

419 N Redwood Rd., NORTH Salt lake

in your GPS or you will end up at the wrong place.

If you do happen to need help, call (801) 298-3709.

(FYI.. There is a Subway in the strip across the street)

ENJOY!
Alphabet Decor

July 8, 2014

This is one of my favorite projects! I think I’m always saying that. I guess it’s a sign that I love what I get to do. Obviously, this version of the project isn’t going to go in one of my son’s rooms, but all I have to do to make it perfect for them, is change the papers.

How awesome!

A project that is just as cute for either a boy or girls’ room or even a family room.

I designed the alphabet décor featuring the brand new Just Sayin’ collection from My Mind’s Eye and the lovely Rhonna Farrer!

This project is fairly simple, yet it makes a HUGE impact. The way the letters are arranged on my wall makes it about 3 feet wide and 6 feet tall.

What a bright and cheery way to fill a wall!

(see my favorite paper? Love, love, love the gold glitter stripe)

I demonstrated this project today on Good Things Utah. I will upload the segment when it is available here:

Instructions:

I hope you are having a fabulous summer. What a fun way to beat the heat. Get your friends together and create away!

The Just Sayin’ products will be available for purchase at your favorite craft store by the end of July!
Work 4 Hire board

May 29, 2014

Not that I’m counting down the days or anything, but there are only 6 more days of school for Neal and 26 for Riley. Hooray! I don’t know if the kids realize that we are just as excited for school to be out as they are. With the end of school comes freedom, but also extra time on their hands and that sometimes doesn’t work well with my schedule.

We have been trying to teach the boys fiscal responsibility. It’s fun to watch them earn their own money and learn how to save it. It’s hard when they waste it on frivolous things, but it’s good to see them learn those lessons now over little things.

They are always asking for ways they an earn money. I will negotiate extra chores they can do to earn money. One problem: I don’t always have cash to pay them with. It’s discouraging for them to not have an immediate reward for their efforts. I knew I had to come up with a different system. After searching the internet, I saw the solution: a Work 4 Hire Board! How genius is this!? The money and way to earn it are there ready for them to see. No waiting for me to remember to get money to pay them.

With summer break fast approaching, there will be more time to do extra chores to earn money.

With the use of My Mind’s Eye’s Now & Then and Necessities collections, this project is both GORGEOUS and quick. My favorite combination!

Isn’t the teal foil decorative tape absolutely delicious! It transforms an every day item like clothes pins and makes it something special. And I am over the moon excited about the teal glitter alphas. Can you imagine the possibilities!?

There are six different color schemes (silver, gold, teal, red, black/gray and wood) in the Necessities line to create with. You will love using them in your designs!

I had the opportunity to demonstrate this project on today’s Good Things Utah program. I will upload the segment here when it is available:

Want to make your own? These instructions will help you: Work For Hire Board

As you implement this system in your family, there are two important rules to keep in mind:

1. Regular chores must be completed

2. Work 4 Hire chores must be completed to my satisfaction

Have fun creating!
Hazel & Ruby Michael’s Reveal

May 19, 2014
Welcome to the Hazel & Ruby / Michaels-Arts & Crafts Reveal Party and
Blog Hop!

All month long, we have been celebrating our little secret….

Michaels is now carrying our entire line of Stencil-Masks, Wrap It Up Paper, & Pass the Tissue Paper! Now, it’s super easy to hop on over to your local store and pick up our amazing products. We have made DIY easy and fun for everyone!

To celebrate handmade, we have gathered together some amazingly talented bloggers whose passion is to create, make and share every day. Some of these ladies will be regular contributors as part of Hazel & Ruby's Makery team, so you will see a lot more from them in the future. Each one will share project inspiration, product tips and how-to’s to teach and inspire. We are so excited to introduce you to each one of them and get ready to be awed!

For the next 2 days, you can hop around to each of their blogs, stopping by to say Hi and Hello! Everyone is super excited to share their project ideas with you and how they were DIY inspired.
Simply follow the Blog Hop list below as you hop from one blog to the next. Lost? Return to the Hazel & Ruby blog to see who is next on your hopping list!

Hazel & Ruby http://www.hazelandruby.com/blog/
Amber Packer http://www.amberpacker.com/
Carmen Rogge http://theflairexchange.com/
Cheryl Sorce http://www.aprettycoollife.com/
Jana Eubank http://janaeubank.wordpress.com/
Kelly Rowe http://livelaughrowe.com/
Margie Romney-Aslett http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/
Ronda Palazzari http://rondapalazzari.typepad.com/
Stephanie Bryan http://stephaniemakes.blogspot.com/
Tamara Jensen http://tamarajensen.typepad.com/lifeisanartform/
Tammy Tutterow http://tammytutterow.com/blog/
Thuy Bui http://www.mypaperpinwheel.com/
Tina Walker http://adogslife-thirteen.blogspot.com/
Hazel & Ruby http://www.hazelandruby.com/blog/

But what’s a Blog Hop without a giveaway? Nothing, you may ask! 😉 In Hazel & Ruby style, we like to celebrate BIG, so we will be randomly picking a winner who will win a prize package worth $500. We will be announcing the prize package over the next couple weeks, but it will contain product from your favorite manufacturers! (we like to keep secrets, can you tell?)

What do you need to do?
Leave a comment on the Hazel & Ruby blog AND on the blog post of our talented makers telling us what you enjoyed most about their ideas. Easy Peasy!

We will also be featuring each of these ladies on our Hazel & Ruby blog over the next 3 weeks.
We will select a winner on June 6th and stay tuned for more details on the prize package (oh the suspense!!)

Blog comments are due by midnight MST, June 5th to qualify for the drawing. Winners will be announced shortly after the end of the comment period, so be sure to check back to see if you've won.

Want more Party? Don’t forget about our Instagram Party! Get out those cell phones and take a trip to your local Michaels-Arts & Crafts Store. Show us how much you love Hazel & Ruby by snapping a picture of the Hazel & Ruby display in the store.

You know what we would love even more? Take a #selfie with our display! Tag your IG photo with #hazelandrubyslittlesecret and share it with us on Instagram.

On June 1st, we will be selecting one (or two) winners to win the ENTIRE Hazel & Ruby collection! How awesome is that? If you aren’t yet following Hazel & Ruby on IG…. you can find us at
@hazelandrubyhandmade. Be sure to follow us so you don’t miss out on all of the fun and creative inspiration. Remember…sharing is caring….we would love you to share our good news with your friends.

Not on Instagram? Please share your Hazel & Ruby projects with us on Facebook. Really and truly…one of our greatest joys is seeing what YOU create. You never know, we may feature your project on our Blog!

Are you ready to Hop? Let’s go!
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I have been dying to play with Hazel and Ruby’s stencil-masks for a while and was thrilled to get the chance to participate in the blog hop. I have a couple of pallet art projects I will create in the future. But, since the reason for the blog hop is so special, I wanted to go a little outside the box. I used three different stencil-masks and came up with this:

I’ve loved this bench, but after having it for almost 14 years, it was time to update or replace. What better way to update and get creative?

I did some experimenting and used a little different process than the amazing video tutorial on the H&R website (click here). Just because I’m like that. I learned a few things along the way.

Stencil-masks used:
- Chevron
- Blindside
- Dear Ruby
Primer: Rustoleum

Off-white Color: Antique White milk paint (General Finishes)

Turquoise Color: Acapulco Aqua (Kelley Moore)

Instructions:

Lesson learned: In the tutorial, Jayme and Lindsay suggest you seal the base coat (antique white) with mod podge. Since my bench is kept outside, I used milk paint instead of acrylic paint and mod podge is water soluble, I decided I would prime the wood instead.

That worked out great! Look how gorgeous:

… that is until I ran out of primer and substituted white spray paint (Krylon). And then this happened… (Warning: user error!)

See the difference! To be honest, I kind of liked this look. However, the intent was to bring my bench back to life, not make it look old and weathered.

Lesson learned: white spray paint is not a substitute for primer. Next time I use milk paint, I am going to use primer underneath and seal it with the polyacrylic top coat I usually apply before applying the mask and top coat of paint. Oh, well, you live and you learn. It was easy to fix my mistake. Nothing a little sand paper and more paint can’t fix!

I am demonstrating the stencil-masks on today’s Good Things Utah. When the segment is available, I will upload the link here:

p.s. Be sure to return this week to see the pillow I demonstrated on the show today all complete and added to my bench.

Have a happy Monday!
Peep-a-licious Gifts

April 10, 2014

I remember as a little girl getting my brother’s Peeps because none of them liked Peeps, but every year our Easter Bunny gave them to each of us. I would open the package, because a dried out peep is better, and savoring them for months.

I know that not everyone likes Peeps like I do, but even if you don’t like to eat them, you have to admit, they are cute!

Have you had a chance to see the NEW My Mind’s Eye Market Street collection? It is GORGEOUS! Beautiful gold foiled papers and embellishments. Sigh! You need to check them out if you haven’t already.

For today’s Good Things Utah project, I combined my love of peeps with my love of the new Market Street collection.

If you lightly roast the Peep Pop, the sugars will carmalize and you end up with…

Peeps brûlée!

A play off a summer time favorite: the S’more!

What do you get when you mix a Chocolate bunny, a marshmallow Peep and two graham crackers? A “Smeep”!

(I think it would be delicious with a Reese’s Peanut Butter bunny – Heaven!)

I will post today’s segment here when it is available:

Click here for instructions for these projects:

Download 2014_04_10_Peep-a-licious gifts

Have a great time playing with these gorgeous new products!

What do you think? Peeps: yeah or nay? Let me know.

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March 19, 2014

Last month Bryan and I worked on my Valentine’s gift from last year. The gorgeous moulding in my hall! It’s so gorgeous. I just smile when I walk down it. We designed and built the mouldings on the left side a little taller so that I could have a collage wall and that the heads of the tall people that live in and visit my house won’t hit their heads on it.

The mouldings with a picture rail was one of my favorite things about my scrap room in our old house:

I wanted to have a mixture of items on the new picture rail, not just pictures. One day I was cleaning out Riley’s room and noticed the 2 + 2 = 4 flashcard and thought about that flashcard was like our family. Two adults + two boys = our family. I knew I wanted to add that to my gallery wall. Now that my wall was complete, I just needed to decorate so I mounted a few 11 x 14 pictures on foam core and needed one last thing to complete it: my flashcard décor!

Using the ultra fresh and fun My Mind’s Eye Chalk Studio 2, I created this:

I love the way the vibrant colors stand out against the chalk background. The embellishments (chalk art hand) are to die for and added such a fun POP to my project.

With the photo collage complete, I smile even more as I walk down the hall. And, with all the time you spend in a hall, shouldn’t it be a fun path to walk?

I have created an instruction sheet so you can make your own: Flashcard Decor

And will add today’s Good Things Utah segment here when it is available:

Remember that you can use any number combination to personalize the project and can adjust the size to fit any space. You can also use any My Mind’s Eye collection that fits with your décor. Have fun creating!
Scrapbook Generations Create Magazine

February 24, 2014

I had a great time joining the My Mind’s Eye Design Team as we were featured in the brand new (and free) online magazine from Scrapbook Generations. It’s called CREATE! (what a great name) We are featured in Issue 2, February 2014. What an honor it was for Scrapbook Generation to feature the My Mind’s Eye Design Team in their second issue.

We were each given a sketch to design from. My one-page sketch was designed by Allison Davis. I had a great time creating with the sketch and the darling new Now & Then Izzy collection!

To see the entire 241 page full color online magazine and my project, follow this link:

My layout can be found on page 66! Here is a sneak peek of my layout:

Have a great time enjoying the inspiration in this great magazine and the talents of the other My Mind’s Eye Design Team members! Have a great day!
Christmas décor–decorative tape

December 13, 2013

One of the best scrapbooking releases from the past two years is decorative tape. It is so versatile! Today on Good Things Utah, I am demonstrating cute, beautiful Christmas décor and gifts using My Mind’s Eye decorative tape.

Aren’t these patterns to die for!?

Look how awesome the Vintage Christmas decorative tape looks on the large “25”.

I picked the “25” up at a local wood craft store called Wood Connection. They are available online and at other craft stores. I decided to keep the “25” natural. You could paint it white or another light color. (dark colors will not allow the colors of the tape to show through as well)

This project used almost an entire package of tape. These numbers are LARGE, smaller numbers will use less tape.

Because I was applying the tape on a wood product instead of paper, it curled a little on the edges, so I put a thin coat of glittered mod podge on top and that solved that!

I will upload the video of today’s segment here when it is available:

Instructions: Download 2013_12_13_GTU_Decorative Tape Christmas_MME

I hope you like these projects as much as I do! Warning: Decorative tape is highly addicting. Side affects may include: beautiful projects and a great time. Use only when necessary (in my case, as often as possible)

Happy Holidays! Have a great Friday!
Chalk Art Banner giveaway winner!

November 19, 2013

Everyone loves a winner! The winner of the Chalk Studio Banner Kit is:

Janette!

Please send me an email with your shipping information to: bloominmemories@yahoo.com

Thank you to everyone who commented! I loved hearing from you!
Chalk Art Decor

November 7, 2013

It’s no secret that I love chalk art! Imagine my delight when My Mind’s Eye started designing an all chalk art line. What’s the only thing that could make this better? A collaboration between My Mind’s Eye and Rhonna Farrer – swoon!

This awesome collection makes it easy to design beautiful gifts, party décor and much more!

See how much the stickers add to jars and treat bags. You can write on them using chalk (I sharpened my chalk), white pen or white pencil.

There is a 12 x 12 piece of paper that can easily be cut to fit in an 8 x 10 frame (as shown).

The chipboard embellishment, frames, twine, brads and banner kit combined to make the darling eclectic banner.

There is a darling banner kit that comes complete with every you need to make this darling banner. (“celebrate” pieces turn over and can be written on with chalk for a customized banner) I made this banner for my husband’s 40th birthday celebration, so I used the chalk side of the pink pieces. You can do the same if you want it to be girly.

I also made these darling medallions to hang over the bar. They were easy and really added a festive punch. The double sided papers make it so you never get the same look.

12” medallions: 5 – 6 x 12” pieces scored at 1”

10” medallions: 4 – 5” x 12” pieces scored at 3/4”

8” medallions: 3 – 4” x 12” pieces scored at 3/4”

6” medallions: 3 – 3” x 12” pieces scored at 3/4”

4” medallions: 2 – 2” x 12” pieces scored at 1/2”

I’ve loved designing layout and cards with this collection as well. Here is a layout that is not shown in the picture above. It uses almost every product in this collection.

I’m demonstrating these projects on Good Things Utah today. When the segment is available, I will post it here:

Who wants to WIN? I will send a Chalk Studio Banner Kit to one lucky person. Simply leave a comment on my blog by the end of the day on Monday, November 18. I will randomly select and announce the winner on Tuesday, November 19.

Happy Creating!

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