Expo International Terrific Trims

For this month's blog hop, designers are rocking their creativity with trims from 

Expo International 

And it's not just rick rack, there's tassels and buttons and bags, oh my!  

Check the following blog links to see what each designer created, then comment here and on the designer's blogs about your favorite projects and you'll be entered to win your own treasure chest of trims!  Take a look at all that swag!  Let's go............

Susan M Brown

Betz Golden

Nadine Carlier

Trish Cortez

Yolie Burke

Michelle Frae Cummings

Susie Madden Bentz

Erin Reed

Steph Ackerman

Anita Scroggins

Sue Eldred

Maria Chuy Soto

Candy Rosenberg

Lorrie McCullers

Tammy Santana
Beth Watson

Julie McGuffee

DEADLINE TO ENTER GIVEAWAY - Midnight Monday, May 21st!

Beach Inspired Mirror

Summer is here, but in a few months it will be just another memory. Who doesn't love to remember those fun beach days!!!  I created this fun Beach inspired Mirror to remind me that the beach is never too far away!

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Creating a place for Dad's coffee

Dad comes over every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings for dinner - it’s our weekly ritual.  He arrives at 5:30, sits in the leather chair closet to the television,in time for the evening news. While he watches the news, I make dinner.  That’s the routine.  Dad sits in that particular chair so he can read the closed captioning.  Unfortunately, that’s the one chair that doesn’t have an end table so to solve the problem I got a little creative.

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DIY Sunflower Wall Decor

Here's a crafty project for home décor you can make yourself. Sometimes a few quick changes are all you need for a prettier space.

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Smoothfoam Ruled Wreaths

This month Designer Crafts Connection members are hopping with 

 Smoothfoam™

Smoothfoam, a US manufacturing company, is family owned and was the first to introduce their dense, craft foam products to the craft industry. Its smooth, foam surface is ideal for a wide variety of crafts, home décor and mixed media projects. You can paint it without prepping, pin it, sand it, rubber stamp on it, cut it and a whole lot more. Earlier this year at the trade show in Anaheim, Smoothfoam introduced their "Ruled Wreaths" to the Craft and Hobby industry. Available in 5 sizes, 8", 10", 12", 14" and 16", the surface of these wreaths has markings, dividing the ring into 12 equal sections. This makes them SO easy for designers to work with - no measuring required!  Imagine what you could do!

Each of the following designers received ruled wreaths. See where their creativity led them then check back and let us know in the comments section HERE which project inspired you to be creative and how you would use a ruled wreath!  A winner will be selected at random to receive their own set of "Ruled Wreaths"...  Don't forget to check back here on June 1st to see if it was you!

 Roberta Birnbaum

Cindi McGee - Behind these Eyes

Ann Strecko Koeman - Annmakes®

 Steph Ackerman - Live, Laugh, Scrap

Julie McGuffee - Creating with Joy

Michelle Frae Cummings - Faerie Dust Dreams

Susan Brown - SBArtist Painting in the Dark

Anita Scroggins - The Flamingo Chronicles

Marilyn Gossett - Marilyn Gossett Designs

Sue Eldred - Sue Eldred Designs

Lisa Fulmer - Bella Crafts Publishing

Laura Bray - Laura Bray Designs

Beth Watson - Beth Watson Design Studio

Carmen Flores Tanis - Flores Tanis Studio     

Terry Ricioli - Terry Ricioli Designs

Kristi Parker - Kristi's Creative Café