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Jenna, a Divine Twine customer, let me know her wedding invitations were featured on Orange Girl’s blog and I’m so glad she did! Not only did I discover Kirstie Tweed’s mad photography skills and her beautiful website, but take a look at these amazing invitations. I love how Jenna made them extra personal by using materials that she loves + having the recipient’s name on the tag.

photo by: Orange Girl Photographs

For more photos and to read Jenna’s process for creating these beauties, click HERE. (Jenna’s invites were posted on Feb 26th on Orange Girl’s blog)

While you’re visiting Orange Girl Photographs make sure you click on “Portfolio” at the top of her site and check out her “Orange Girl Self Portraits”. Quite a treat!

Thanks, Jenna!

A couple of weeks ago my sister-in-law helped me clean out my kitchen cabinets. I saved an old spice tin because I loved the size.

I gathered my supplies: tin, Japanese washi tape (have I mentioned I love this stuff?), some Divine Twine (I love this stuff too) and a portion of a full sheet label.

Ta da! A snappy pencil holder. A little bit of Spring freshness on these gray days.

Today, over on Marta Writes, I’m giving away 2 spools of Divine Twine. Click HERE to enter. While you’re there check out all the good things Marta writes about. Good Luck!

Everywhere I look there seems to be garlands. Whether they are made from triangles of sweet fabric or stickers and tape attached to twine, I swoon over them all. I’ve been trying to figure out how to incorporate a garland (or five) into my life. Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse. Here’s what I made for the peeps in my family. If these tickle your fancy, feel free to make some for your valentines. See download link at the end of this post.

There are 5 Valentine messages + some extra hearts.

I plan to hang them around the house with Japanese Masking Tape in places like the back of a chair, the bathroom mirror, the shower door, closet doors, the front of the frig and for an extra surprise, on my husband’s steering wheel (or maybe his windshield) so he’ll find one when he leaves for work.

I tried to make the Printable as easy to use as possible. All the tiles butt up to each other to reduce the number of cuts and there are tiny dots to indicate where to punch the holes (I used 1/16″ hole punch, but you could use a larger size). Thread with Divine Twine, string, thin ribbon or embroidery floss. Enjoy!

Download PDF Printable HERE.

It’s been two months since the Divine Twine shop opened. A big, heartfelt THANK YOU!! to everyone who has bought some twine! I thought it would be fun to see how people are using their Divine Twine so I started a Divine Twine Group on Flickr.  Click here to visit.

So far I’m the only member, but I hope over time others will add photos of their creations to the group’s pool.

Divine Twine Art by Cathe Holden

My blog pal, Cathe Holden, is one of the most amazing people I know. She’s a craft goddess on her blog Just Something I Made, she’s a top-notch graphic designer at her company Home Grown Logos, AND she’s incredibly creative, kind, thoughtful and funny.

Click HERE to see all the creative goodness Cathe came up with using Divine Twine.

Thanks, Cathe! Amazing!

Each year my husband and I try and give a significant ornament to each other. Something that touches on an event or special meaning for us. Some years we are spot on, others… not so much.  We happened to make our ornaments this year and I really like how they turned out.

Bakers twine has been a BIG part of 2009 for me and the LOML has had to endure hours and hours and hours (and hours) of listening to me create, plan, worry and stress about it (not to mention schlep many 45lb. boxes).  He made me a Divine Twine ball ornament in aqua and white. I think this is my favorite gift this year. His thoughtfulness never ceases to touch and amaze me.

I was shopping for an ornament for the LOML and not liking anything. My son suggested I make one out of felt (09 was the year of felt) in a heart shape so it would be a heart felt ornament. My husband is always doing a play on words, so this was perfect!

I was frantically hurrying to make his ornament that I wasn’t paying attention to details. OX? As in oxen? Um, no. OX as in kiss hug. He still liked it and my faux pas made it even more personal.

I’m over at The Bright Side Project giving away 5 spools of Divine Twine. You have until Thursday, December 31st to enter. Click HERE to throw your name in the hat. Good luck!

If  you’ve never visited The Bright Side Project you’ll want to stay a while and enter ALL the fabulous Give Aways the hard-working, incredibly creative and overwhelming generous Miss B and Miss K have put together. They do it all for no pay. That’s right. They do it so that you, me, us, them, everyone can have a happy place to go on the web where things are brighter. A. M. A. Z. I. N. G!

I am forever trying to think up new ideas for the bakers twine. Here’s one I came up with for our holiday card this year. I was inspired by the sewing/lacing cards I played with as a kid.

Card as recipient received it.

I punched all the holes with this.

Back of card. Taped twine down with japanese masking tape.

Label reads: part craft ~  part puzzle  ~  all holiday cheer. I gave a url with a photo of the photo below.

Finished card.

It’s that magical time of the year when the LOML turns into Baker Bob and bakes up a storm of delicious cookies for the neighbors. He’s in charge of the cookies. I’m in charge of the wrapping. We delivered these boxes (yes, there are cookies inside) to smiling faces Sunday night.

Circle Labels from Paper Source
Bakers twine from Divine Twine
Tags from The Gilded Bee

Click HERE if you care to see last years cookies.