Ill be your honey bee

Page for sale at the store.

Kaiser Craft Hello Sunshine/Daydream collection
Bee and I'll be your honey bee diecut are available at Picture This
Washi tape-black with white polka dots
The sun in the corner was on a scrap piece of paper (Cheery Lynn sunflower die also has a center like this)

Susan Louise

This past Thursday we got a huge amount of new Susan Louise product in! We moved our Tim Holtz corner to make room. There is a lot of new stuff! Penny (the local Madison artist who designed these) herself will be here on April 5 to teach a class. Be sure to check it out as spaces are limited.

All Day Crop

Tomorrow (Saturday) we have an all day crop going on. Swing by and join us and check the new products and restock we've gotten this week!

Happy Birthday Giraffe

I made this card for my mom for her birthday.  Pretty sure the Hello Sunshine collection from Kaiser Craft is meant for children, but mom loves giraffes so how could I deny her of a card with a giraffe on it??
Well, I love this paper collection. I bought every paper in it plus the embellishment pack. :)
Hello Sunshine paper and embellishments
SB Labels One
Happy birthday stamp
The Twinery yellow and white twine
TH walnut stain distressed ink

Love Coupon Book

So last Thursday my practically sister-in-law sent me a text asking if she could come over because she needed help making a gift for my brother. We share a scrap room at my house so of course  I said yes even though the idea of helping make my brother a romantic gift is totally nauseating. Whatevs. It ended up being a fun afternoon and I got to experience how to use a Cricut, if only slightly, for the first time (I prefer our Pazzle at work thank you very much!).

Anyway, she has SOOO much paper it's ridiculous. So we had plenty of Valentine's day themed paper to work with.

 We ended up making a 16 page coupon book including the front and back cover, with 14 coupons on the inside, and 15 different Valentine's Day themed papers. There's 14 coupons because V-day is on the 14th of course. 

We cut cardstock to be 3x6", then each paper to be 3x6" (x32 of those). We attached a different patterned paper to each piece cardstock on the front and back, to give it some stability.

She cut out some letters on her Cricut for the front cover to say "love coupons".

Then we cut 14 pieces of cardstock to be 2.5x5" and that's for writing the coupons out. Hole punch all of the pages, and  fill your coupons out, and string some ribbon through it and you've got yourself a love coupon book!

Happy Belated Valentine's Day

P.S.

I made one of these for my husband last Christmas, but not fancy with patterned paper or anything, and because men don't understand some things, I added expiration dates and terms of use. The first page after the cover of mine was a disclaimer page stating that" all coupons expire within 6 months of" said date, "only one coupon per day", "coupons cannot be combined". But watch out because my husband was crafty and he would use some before midnight and then right after midnight to avoid that "one per day" rule. ;) Good luck if  you make one for your significant other.

Angry Orchard Apple Cinnamon White Chocolate Chip Beer Bread

So I know that this is not a food blog, but who doesn't love a great recipe? I posted this picture on my Facebook page and it was such a hit that I thought I would share it with you! You lucky ducks. 

Doesn't it just look scrumptious?! 

Here's the ingredients you need:

First you need to slice and dice a small apple. I used Fuji because that what I had on hand but you can use any apple you prefer to bake with.

Pour your bread mix (I don't like making bread from scratch so I always use Tastefully Simple's Beer Bread Mix-just add beer!)  into a large bowl and then add all other dry ingredients to the bowl.

Throw your diced apples on top of all of that.

Now slowly pour in your beer,

Mix your ingredients while the foam from the beer is still fizzy. The yeast in your beer is what makes this bread rise (just a little). I hate yeast bread recipes so I always love making beer bread. I never have yeast on hand, but always beer!

Mix until ingredients are combined well. No need to over mix.

That's some good looking dough. Can you see the chips in there? Yum!

Pour your dough into a 9x5 bread pan and sprinkle cinnamon on top. You can also add some butter on top at this point and your bread will have an even more deliciously brown color when it comes out of the oven.

Just look at it!

All brown and delicious on top, yet still ooey gooey dough in the middle. Just how it should be. :)

Slice it up and eat it. Or share it. I shared with my mom and co-workers and this lovely little loaf was gone in a day. No need to even add butter to it. It was perfect just as it was. And though I love me some beer bread, it didn't even taste like beer bread. Just like apple bread. And cinnamon. And Fall. That's how it smells too. 

Enjoy!

Angry Orchard Apple Cinnamon White Chocolate Chip Beer Bread

Ingredients:

One Tastefully Simple Beer Bread Mix (or use your favorite beer bread recipe)

12oz Angry Orchard

1/4c Chips

1/4c White Chocolate Chips

1 small apple, diced

1 tsp vanilla

2 tsp cinnamon

2T butter (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9x5 bread pan. 

Dice your apple and then slice the diced pieces in half so that they are not so chunky.

Add your bread mix to a large mixing bowl. Add your chips, apple, and 1 tsp cinnamon.

Add vanilla. 

Slowly pour beer into bowl and then begin mixing right away while foam is still present. Mix until ingredients are well incorporated.

Pour dough into greased pan evenly. Shake back and forth if necessary to even dough out. 

Sprinkle remaining 1tsp cinnamon on top of the raw loaf. Spread butter on top of loaf for a more golden brown bread (you can melt it first and pour it on or spread it on like you do a piece of toast). 

Bake for 50-55 minutes (I always do 50 minutes or less because I prefer my bread under-cooked). 

Let the bread sit for 30 minutes before slicing, but remove from pan after 5 minutes and place on a cooling rack to prevent the bread from cooking further. 

Slice and enjoy spread with butter and a hot coffee! 

ENJOY :)

Dress Form Valentine

Join us today from 11-1 for Todays Make-n-Take. Designed by yours truly. Tim Holtz Dress Form dies are 40% off during the MNT.

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Sewing Room (dress form die)

Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card die set (heart)

Spellbinders Curved Borders Two (for the edge)

Pebbles Washi Tape (pink and white polka dots)

Jewelry Bulletin Board

I made this lovely jewelry bulletin board for my mom for her birthday this year. I, of course, found the idea on Pinterest. 

It was pretty simple to put together and for me very inexpensive because I already had a bulletin board and the fabric. I just had to make my way to Menards and pick up some drawer pulls and push pins.

You're going to need to cut your fabric a couple of inches long and wide and then staple it to the backside (not in the cork but in the wood frame) of the board using a heavy duty staple gun.

For the drawer pulls/what you're hanging the jewelry on:

I eyeballed EVERYTHING. There was pretty much no measurements taken except for the top three drawer pulls. I just made sure that I had the middle one centered enough, and that called for measurements. Everything else I just poked a hole through the front on the board so I could see it on the backside and then started drilling the screw that came with the drawer pull through the bulletin board. 

So you're going to need a drill and a drill bit (I can't say what size because it depends on the size screw that comes with your drawer pulls, just make sure it gives you a good start to begin drilling. I used 3/32"), plus a Phillips head screwdriver bit. You should probably take some basic measurements to get things centered evenly. Take note of how far apart the holes on the back of the drawer pulls are PLUS the actual size of the pulls themselves so you don't space them overlapping. 

As far as putting the knobs on, they only have one hole so you just need to mark on your board where you want to place them. This was the tricky part because it looks way different on the back than it does on the front of the board, especially after you have the fabric on. This is why I need to poke a nail through the front of the board so that I could see where I needed to drill my hole. I don't recommend drilling from the front once you've put your fabric on because the drill bit turns your fabric as it drills. You also need to cut a very small hole in the fabric on front for your screw to come through or it will turn your fabric from the back as you drill forward. You should be placing the drawer pull onto the screw before you've drilled it all the way though. I DO RECOMMEND drilling your holes prior to putting on your fabric. It'd probably make your life easier. For me, I never thought about it until after I had the fabric on, and then I got a better sense of how it was going to look. Ultimately it's your decision on what you want to do first, but at least now you know what could happen. :)

By the way, in case you were wondering, it just so happened to be that the screws that came with my top drawer pulls were the perfect length to fit snugly to my board, however with my drawer knobs, they were slightly too long to fit snugly so I had to find shorter screws the same diameter in my junk drawer. So think ahead! 

Maybe measure the depth of your board prior to leaving the hardware store without extra screws. The packages for the drawer pulls did NOT say what size screw was included so it's a guessing game. Better to have extra screws than not enough or the wrong kind though. I'm just glad that I had extra at home. Worst case scenario you could always put a piece of thin wood or even chipboard on the end to make it fit more snugly. I want to say that my screws ended up being 1&1/4" long to fit my board snugly.

The sky is the limit with the design of your jewelry bulletin board!! The only thing you need to think about thoroughly is these top drawer pulls; they need to be thin enough to hang earrings on. There are a lot of pulls that would be much too thick to do so.

You can do any fabric. And as far as the layout, think about what kind of jewelry you have the most of. If you have a lot of earrings, do more pulls instead of knobs. More necklaces, just do knobs. A lot of bracelets, do more knobs. 

 Just be sure to think about how your jewelry will hang when it is on the board. You don't want knobs directly above each other if you're going to be hanging necklaces. If you plan on putting bracelets on top and necklaces on the bottom that would work though, just allow yourself enough space in between. Same thing goes for the drawer pulls for the earrings. Think about if you have a lot of long, dangling earrings that need more space below them.

For the push pins, again I eyeballed them. I pushed about nine across the top and bottom and about twelve on each side. Some of you I'm sure are OCD about them being spaced evenly and having the same amount on each side but I was trying to make this a quick project. I still love how it turned out!

To hang just use the supplies that originally came with the bulletin board. If it has holes in the back to hang on screws, just be sure to cut a hole in the fabric (once you've got it stapled in a few places so it doesn't move on you) for each corresponding screw hole.

SUPPLIES:

Bulletin board (mine was a 16x20) plus hanging materials that came with it

Fabric of choice a few inches wider and longer than your board

Heavy duty staple gun + staples

Drawer Pulls x3, thin (I used 3" Cavalier by Hickory Hardware Available at Menards)

Drawer Pull Knobs x5 ( I used 1&1/2" Cavalier by Hickory Hardware Available at Menards) 

Push Pins (I bought a pack of 150, but only used about 50)

Drill with drill bit (I used 3/32") and Phillips head screwdriver bit

If you want to make your own have fun and I'd love to see pictures of the finished product!

Thanks for stopping by.

2014 Coupon Book

      February is Customer Appreciation month ALL MONTH LONG at Picture This! Be sure to check out Facebook and the blog for daily/weekly/month long deals going on at the store. Of course we always have our weekly Make-N-Take on Thursdays with a special and there's always a web coupon, but Customer Appreciation Month is full of deals.
     We have a 2014 Coupon Book full of great coupons to use each month. Buy it for $10 or get it free with a $50 purchase! Just give us your name and address and you can start using it instantly! The coupons are worth up to a $100 value. Each coupon is good for one month, and they repeat after six months, so if you forgot to use one or you just want the same deal again, you can get it a second time in one coupon book.

Check them out at the store and get handed a sweet treat to go along with it!

New Product

I'm a tad bit late getting this on here but here's a small sample of the new papers thay hit the floor this weekend!

Superbowl

Enjoy Superbowl 48 tonight! Root for your team, eat too much food, and drink just enough! Have a great Sunday!