Hot Beverage Bar with Strawberry Baskets by Connie Mercer

Winter Hot Beverage Bar with Strawberry Baskets
Curtsey Boutique Desginer
Connie Mercer

 Cold weather is upon us here in Georgia and Connie's idea for a hot drink bar using our strawberry baskets is brilliant. She added our baskets to an enamel tray and then organized her biscotti, sugar and creamer on a sweet enamel tray.

We aren't coffee drinkers in our home, but I think I might do the same with hot chocolate packets, extra marshmallows, and candy cane stir sticks.

She topped her lovely collection off with a chalkboard tag embellished with our burlap butterflies, rolled felt roses, and heart stick pins.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Burlap Butterfly 

Chalkboard Tag 

Wood Stir Stick 

Berry basket

Red Felt Rose 

Red Heart Stick Pin

To see more of Connie lovely work be sure to visit her blog by clicking on her picture below.

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Back 2 School Treat Bag with Jenifer Cowles

Back 2 School Treat Bag
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Jenifer Cowles

Jenifer needed a couple quick and easy teacher gifts for the first day of school.  This came together quickly and she made several in a few minutes.  She threw in a couple new pencils and some treats and the kids were off. These would be find for the upcoming holidays as well as you could write any message you like on the chalkboard tags.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

kraft bag  

doily  

felt flower  

bow 

chalkboard tag  

felt doily  

red/white twist ties

To see more of Jenifer's enchanting work, visit her blog, Stitch-Cut-Create.

DIY Shadowbox Collage Layout Tutorial with Andrea Amu

DIY Shadowbox Collage Layout Tutorial
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Andrea Amu

Today Andrea shares her technique for creating a collage-style layout perfect for displaying inside a shadowbox frame.  Because this project is in a shadowbox instead of an album you can as many layers and textures as you like.

 

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Hand Dyed Yellow Doily

Pink Heart Doily

Floral Patterned Paper Bow

Chalkboard Tag

Torn Fabric Strip

Library Cards

Other supplies-

cardstock

printed burlap sheet

SEI die-cuts

Cricut Expression and Chalkboard Fonts cartridge

Ranger Paint Dauber

Fine tip marker

My Mind's Eye enamel dots

adhesive

To see more of Andrea's lovely work visit her blog, I'm Living on Scraps by clicking on the link below.

                                                                   I'm Living on Scraps

Cherish Layout with Kat Benjamin

Sometimes, a few choice embellishments are all you need.  In this layout, Kat Benjamin uses simple layers masterfully to frame a fantastic photo.  One of our favorite elements is the inclusion of the chalkboard tag, which really balances and draws attention to the bold title work.

Kat used these embellishments from our shop:
Glitter Butterflies

Assortment of shipping tags

Heart Straight Pins

Hand-dyed Doilies


Chalkboard Tags

To see more of Kat's work, check out her blog!

A Happy Layout with Kristin Greenwood

Kristin Greenwood brings us today's layout, filled with color and creativity.  Sometimes, a girl just needs some color, and this layout provides color in spades!

Kristin used the following colorful items from the shop to create this layout:

Set of 5 Mini Laughing Lilac Rolled Felt Roses 
Set of 5 Medium Proud Peacock Rolled Felt Roses 
4 inch Sunset Red Round Doilies, Hand Dyed Set 
Set of 5 Medium Chirpy Canary Rolled Felt Roses 
Small Blue Shipping Tags 4 3/4 x 2 3/8
4 inch Orange Round Doilies, Hand Dyed 
4 inch Yellow Round Doilies, Hand Dyed
Chalkboard Tags - QTY 12
Small Orange Shipping Tags 4 3/4 x 2 3/8
Glassine Bags - Embossed Polka Dot 

To see more of Kristin's work, you can check out her blog HERE, and don't forget to check out all the items in the shop for all your embellishment needs!

Chalkboard Ink Tutorial with Rebekah Faries

Today we have a very fun tutorial to share from DT Member Rebekah Faries.  Click on each page to enlarge it.  To shop for all the Curtsey Boutique supplies Rebekah used, visit the shop HERE.  Enjoy!

Thanks for taking a peek!  You can see more of Rebekah's work on HER BLOG

Christmas Joy Layout with Alyssa McGrew

Anyone out there still working on Christmas layouts?  Surely we are not the only ones a few months behind.  Today, Alyssa shares this layout she recently made using a favorite Christmas photo.

You can find all the Christmas details needed to make layouts with your favorite photos HERE.

Products Used:

Glitter Snowflakes

Chalkboard Tags

6 inch doily

DIY Tag Banner Tutorial with Connie Mercer

DIY Tag Border Tutorial
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer

Connie shares quick and easy instructions for creating the tag border on her layout above. A great project to use up all those left over holiday tags.

1. Select 5 tags, 1 envelope and 1 mustache tag.  Ink around the edges if you like.

2. Use a hole punch to punch a small hole in the flap of the envelope.

3. Adhere a small piece of black cardstock behind the mustache tag.

4. Tie the orange twine on the tags and arrange them to your liking.

5. Adhere the tags to the page and add  decorative trim to the top of the banner/border.

Other Supplies:

Authentique/pattern paper

Bazzill/cardstock

October Afternoon/stickers

Graphic45/black trim

Queen & Co./yellow pearls

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Chalkboard Cardstock Tags - Curtsey Boutique	Kraft Mustache Tags	Blue and White Baker's Twine - Curtsey Boutique
Assorted Library Cards - Curtsey Boutique	Curtsey Boutique White Shipping Tags	Polka Dot Embossed Coin Envelopes - Curtsey Boutique

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 You can see more of Connie's lovely work by clicking on her photo.

Glassine Card and Envelope Set by Andrea Amu

Card and Glassine Envelope
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Andrea Amu

This week I created a "Congrats and Best Wishes" card and envelope using the Curtsey Boutique glassine bags, kraft masking tape, gray fabric shabby chic butterfly embellishment and chalkboard heart.

I embossed the glassine bag with an Anna Griffin embossing folder in my Cuttlebug machine. I also embossed the kraft masking tape used in the middle of the torn cardstock strips.  

I rubbed some Pewter Distress Stain over the embossing on the masking tape to make it look like faux embossed metal strips.  I then used a white get pen to write my sentiment on the chalkboard heart embellishment.  

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

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To see more of Andrea's Amazing work, visit her blog, I'm Living on Scraps or click on her image below.

Polka Dot Embossed Glassine Bag by Jennifer Cowles

Polka Dot Embossed Glassine Bag
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Jennifer Cowles

Jennifer shares a fun polka dot embossed glassine bag with us. These are so quick and easy to embellish. Because they are made from glassine they are food safe and grease resistant. Wouldn't these be perfect to slip a few cookies in for a teacher's gift or mother's day?

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

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To see more of Jennifer's artwork visit her blog, Scrapbooking-N-More, or click on her image below. 

Glassine bag

http://www.etsy.com/listing/100827237/glassine-bags-embossed-polka-dot-set-of?ref=shop_home_active

Chalkboard Tag

http://www.etsy.com/listing/124003464/chalkboard-tags-qty-12-wedding?ref=shop_home_active