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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.

More heartfelt THANK YOUs to the following blogs for mentioning Divine Twine. It brings a smile to my face to know that there are others who enjoy bakers twine as much as I do.  Thank you so very much!

Going Home to Roost

beth a bee

Simply Paige

How About Orange

Re-Nest

Weiwabo

Casa Sugar

Paper Crave

Twig and Thistle

I want to give a big heartfelt THANK YOU to the following blogs who were kind enough to mention Divine Twine. If I’ve overlooked anyone, please drop me a line and let me know.

Le Blahg

Marta Writes

Claremont Road

The Sweetest Occasion

Stella and Hodge

Design Vagabond

It’s here, it’s here, it’s here. The day that seemed like it would never come has finally arrived! The Divine Twine shop is open and fully stocked. Woooo Hooo! Yippee! Happy feet (with jazz hands)! A HUGE THANKS to all you who gave me support and encouragement by sending words of wisdom and excitement!

Click HERE or on image above to visit the Divine Twine shop.

I’ve been obsessing over these paper lantern ornaments. I’ve tried several different papers. Thick scrapbook stock doesn’t work well (the brad is too short). Wrapping paper is too thin (unless you have some good quality stuff it easily rips). Scrapbook paper (not thick stock) is just right. I bought some 12 x 12″ sheets at Michael’s on sale and started cutting. After I added the brads and opened the balls, I attached some Divine Twine to the top so I can hang them.

I used one on a baby shower gift along with some more divine bakers twine and my lifetime supply of gift wrap.

If you’re thinking you might like to get your craft on and make some of these, click here to download a pre-measured grid you can print on the back of your paper so you won’t have to measure over and over.

Playing around a bit (and wrapping a few gifts) with the bakers twine and some stickers.

For the bottom wrap job, I took plain 1″ circular labels, hand-stamped with birds and bees, spaced them out along the Licorice twine and backed them up to each other.