Whisker Graphics

Thank you SO much for the wonderful tutorial, Carly!  Your garlands would add a festive touch to any gathering!

Megan, a lovely customer, recently ordered  Yellow Chevron Bitty Bags, Grape Address Labels and Cotton Candy Pink bakers twine. I don’t know exactly how she’s putting everything together, but I went ahead and tried a few things. It’s the first time I’ve tried the oval labels on the smaller bags. I really like how the label wraps just a little bit around the bag sides and changes the shape a tad. I tried folding the bag flap to the front and to the back. I prefer folded to the back just a tiny bit better, but really, I like them both.

I wouldn’t mind trying Chocolate Covered Wine Grapes!

Belinda, the creative mind behind Max, Toto and Busy B and one of our wonderful customers, emailed to share some projects she made with Airmail Divine Twine. Though she made several projects (see her etsy shop) our favorite is this sweet wedding banner. Well done, Belinda and thanks for sharing!

Click the photo to go to Belinda's Etsy shop

Seeing what people create with Divine Twine is so much fun! If you have something to share, I’d love to see it. Just shoot me an email.

We have the all-time nicest and most creative customers. Donna ordered some Chick Address Labels and instead of her address she had us typeset her business information (so clever!). I envisioned her packaging her card orders with them, so I went ahead and had some fun with a couple Bitty Bags and some bakers twine to see what I could come up with.

Though I love playing with the supplies and putting things together, I’d REALLY like to see what other people are doing. Feel free to shoot me an email with photos of your project(s) using Whisker Graphics products.

Father’s Day, June 19th, is just around the corner. Do you know what you (or the kids) are giving the special dad(s) in your life? If not, maybe this  free Printable of Father’s Day coupons I designed can help. Just print, trim, fill in and give. The set includes 4 coupons, one in each colorway seen below, but you can print as many sets as you like. Would he like his car washed, lunch at his favorite eatery, attending a baseball game or maybe an uninterrupted nap?

Tied together with Divine Twine orange baker’s twine makes a quick and sweet presentation.  You can make this gift as simple or as fancy as you think Dad will like and the kids can have fun thinking up what to give Dad.

Click HERE to download the Father’s Day printable.

We just stocked the shop with quite a few Divine Twine kNots (especially in Brown Sugar). What are kNots you ask? kNots are spools of our bakers twine that did not quite make the cut in terms of presentation or size. Are they perfect? Well, no. They may be scuffed or wound a wonky or be on the small size, but there is still plenty of high quality bakers twine on each spools (at least 200 yards). They are priced at $10 each (a 33% savings) and they sell out fast so hurry on over to the shop of you’re interested.

Click HERE to see what we have in stock.

Teresa, a.k.a. the Green Bag Lady, is doing another fab Give Away.  You could win one of 11 great organic fabric bags.

She’s also offering a prize for the site that refers the most people who enter the Give Away. The prize is 6 pieces of  fabric (1/2 yard each) + 5 yards of most every color of Divine Twine.  If by chance I win the referrer prize and you win a bag, I will have Teresa send my prize to you too. Woo Hoo!

Click HERE to read more about the give away and enter. Hurry the Give Away closes January 4th at midnight (CST). Good Luck!

Each year my husband bakes a trillion (give or take a few) cookies to give to the neighbors. I’m in charge of packaging them and the kids are our delivery service. This year we went with a Special Delivery theme.

Filling up the boxes

I bought take-out boxes from Smart and Final and put each variety of cookie in white cupcake liners.

I cut a piece of parchment paper and tied it with Divine Twine.

(World's Worst photo)

Then I wrapped the box with Air Mail Divine Twine and changed the blue on my free Printable Gift Tags to coordinate with the twine. Took the world’s worst picture and they were ready to deliver.

Here are our 2008 cookies and 2009 cookies if you’re interested. (Looking back on these posts I realize there is competition for the world’s worst photo. The sad news is, either way I win.)

Jan Ely has struck again and Oh My! she has blown me away with her creativity. Check out these cupcakes she made using Divine Twine as her inspiration.

She covered a styrofoam ball with Cotton Candy Divine Twine and topped it with silver bugle beads and a wooden cherry.

This one she made from Orange Divine Twine and topped with orange paper circles (from a hole punch), white glitter and a sparkly orange sphere from her craft stash.

Green Apple Divine Twine wrapped and glued around a styrofoam ball and topped with brown paper circles and a “candle” made from a wooden dowel. I love how she used one strand from the twine to make the wick. So clever!

She even made a cupcake stand from thrift store finds: A clear glass candlestick, a small white dish and a clear glass tumbler with a glass knob glued on top.

Amazing, right?!

Thanks for sharing Jan!!

Tanya Roberts of Snap and Tumble let me know how she’s using her Divine Twine. I must say I think it’s a match made in heaven. Letterpress and Divine Twine. Yum!  I adore letterpress items. There’s something so satisfying in touching the indentations the press makes on the super thick cotton paper. (I have a fantasy of one day learning how to create letterpress goodies.) Take a look at Tanya’s creations and visit her blog to learn more about letterpress. Thanks for sharing Tanya!