Happy February! We hope everyone’s month is going well so far. We have a slew of 2012 calendars and planners in stock that we want you to make use of. Stay tuned because we’ll be giving away some of our calendars and planners over the next few days. Our first giveaways are two Lily Ashbury 2012 Do It All Planners. To enter, leave a comment and let us know what your favorite month of the year is and why, and two of you will be randomly selected to win. Deadline is February 13th. Good luck!
I’m so thrilled to give you a little preview of my new paper partyware line with Santa Barbara Design Studio. Coming soon to stores near you are three tiered dessert stand, serving trays, cupcake decor sets, napkins and more. Check out the full line here.
First of all Happy New Year to all! I hope your holiday season was filled with all things wonderful. I am gearing up for a productive 2012 and am anticipating the arrival of my next fabric collection with Moda. The group is called “Trade Winds” and will ship in early April. I had so much fun creating this group and love the way the colors turned out. Here is a preview from the Fat Quarter Shop where you can register to receive notice of the collections arrival. To view the entire group check out Moda’s site here.
Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful Happy Holidays with the ones you love from all of us at Lily Ashbury!
This past weekend my daughter and I spent a wonderful evening covering cookies with white royal icing and painting up a Christmas storm using powdered food coloring mixed with vodka. The vodka is key as water will melt the icing base. It was so much fun and we can’t wait to create beautiful confections for Valentine’s and Easter. I never realized that a ginger snap, a plain sugar cookie or a shortbread treat could become such a wonderful tiny canvas.
For these I used little shortbread cookies and painted on royal icing thinned with water (not too thin though). I put them aside and allowed them to dry overnight. The next day I had perfect little cookie canvases. I sprinkled some red, green, white and brown powdered food colorings into my palette and mixed them with drops of vodka to create my cookie paint. Using small artists brushes I painted these little Santas. I like how cute he looks with his many different expressions.
FYI I bought both the royal icing and powdered food coloring from Michael’s.
Here are some cheerful gift tags for you to download and cut out. I think they look prettier than the regular rectangular tags don’t you? Feel free to add glass glitter or other embellishments. Warmest holiday wishes:)
Here is a super cute gift idea for anyone who has a dog. If you don’t happen to have a picture of their beloved canine you can purchase a stock image for a couple of bucks. I found the perfect Mini Schnauzer picture here and it has an unmistakably Maisy-ish look.
Maisy is our faithful seven-year old pooch and her portrait will now hang on our picture wall. If you use Photoshop you can simply create a top layer, trace the picture and fill it in with black. I also added words that describe Maisy in a dark grey tone so as not to take away from the silhouette. This is a nice way to personalize the gift. If you don’t use a graphics software you can simply print out the photo and use it as a template for a black paper or card stock cut-out. To personalize it just write the name of your friend’s pet at the bottom. Frame with an inexpensive frame (we got ours from Ikea for $4.99) and voila, perfect gift for the pet lover!!
I’m so excited about getting crafty with my new Cricut Imagine Cartridge, Floral Emporium! The collection is complete with 20 new flower patterned designs. I had fun designing the patterns so I hope you’ll have fun creating! Be sure to watch the video for some inspiration:)
I love Thanksgiving because it’s the time to express your gratitude for the blessings in your life. Here in Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving last month and this is something I did with my family this year so I’m going to share this with my American friends who will be celebrating Thanksgiving this month.
Using these leaf templates, have your guests write about the things that they are thankful for and place them in a jar. At Thanksgiving dinner, we took turns reading notes from the jar. I think it gave all of us a warm fuzzy feeling and my wish is to continue the tradition every year.
Here’s a fun and super easy Halloween craft! I used Speedball Speedy-Carve blocks readily available at Michael’s . This material cuts like butter and is so fast to work with, just use any carving knife or the following set, also available at Michael’s. I stamped my designs onto glassine bags and I think they make great goody bags for Halloween.
You can download my designs here if you’d like or create your own. Have fun and Happy Halloween!
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