Spackle & Muslin Bag DIY with Jenifer Cowles

Spackle and Muslin Bag Tutorial
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Jenifer Cowles

My Pinterest boards are filled with projects that use texture mediums and stencils, but until today I've been too chicken to try it for myself. Jen is back sharing a super easy project on adding texture to our muslin bags. I can't wait to try this out!

Jenifer placed a stencil over one of our muslin bags. Ensuring it was flat she used regular household spackle (found in any hardware store or even Walmart). She spread a thin and even layer over the stencil with a spatula and then lifted the stencil off.

Allow the spackle to dry completely based on the manufacturer's recommendations and then embellish. Jenifer topped her bag with our ruffled fabric ribbon, clothes pins,  fabric flowers and glitter butterflies.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Glitter Butterflies

Ruffled Fabric Ribbon

Doilies

Muslin Bag

Orange Fabric Flower

Painted Mini Clothespins

Bookpage Tiny Tags

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

Buy 1 Get 1 Free on all Fabric Flowers and Cyber Monday 10% off discount coupon

Buy 1 Get 1 Free on All Fabric Flowers
Cyber Monday 10% off Sale

Some nasty weather caused a few computer problems this morning and I'm slow to get this Cyber Monday sale information up, but don't worry the wait was worth it!

All of our Fabric Flowers are Buy 1 Get 1 Free this entire week, the deal ends Saturday, 7 December.

All you have to do is place a note when checking out as to what you would like the free flower to be. Free flowers must be of equal or lesser value than the purchased flower.

Additionally, you can use our Cyber Monday Coupon: CYBER10 on all orders to receive an additonal 10% off. What could be better?

All of our fabric flowers can be seen here in the flower sections of the shop:



Fancy Blooms: https://www.etsy.com/shop/curtseyboutique?section_id=10788366


Shabby Chic Flowers: https://www.etsy.com/shop/curtseyboutique?section_id=10788376

Have Fun Shopping!

Thanksgiving Day Place Card & Utensil Holder with Andrea Amu

Thanksgiving Day Place Card & Utensil Holder
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Andrea Amu

When I came across the burlap bags in my stash of Curtsey Boutique supplies, I knew instantly that they would make wonderfully fancy utensil bags for dressing up our Thanksgiving dinner table!  

The chalkboard tags are the perfect accompaniment for displaying everyone's seating arrangement.  Better yet, these bags were so easy to put together.  I used some faux leaves that I purchased at the local dollar store and started by attaching two leaves to a yellow hand-dyed doily with glue dots.  I also adhered a fabric Curtsey Boutique flower on top of the leaves and then affixed the embellished doily to the burlap bag with a heavier glue dot.  

To finish off each bag, I simply tied on the chalkboard tag with a string of burlap and wrote the name onto the tag with chalk.  Easy and elegant! 

 Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Orange Fabric Flowers - Small

Yellow Dyed Doilies - Curtsey Boutique

Yellow Fabric Flower - Curtsey Boutique

Plain Burlap Bags - Curtsey Boutique

Chalkboard Cardstock Tags - Curtsey Boutique

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Other supplies include:

Faux Leaves

Burlap string

Glue Dots

Chalk

For more of Andrea's beautiful work, click on her photo to visit her blog.

DIY Halloween Glitter Candy Corn Pine Cones Tutorial by Andrea Amu

Candy Cones Tutorial by Andrea Amu

One day while I was glancing at some pine cones that the daycare children at my work painted, I got an insane idea to paint up some cones of my own to look like candy corn!  Thus, the creation of Candy Cones! 

  

DIY Halloween Glitter Candy Corn Pine Cones
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Andrea Amu

Here I first gathered my supplies.

 Then I got to work painting 3 different pinecones each with sections of white, orange and yellow acrylic craft paint.

Allow each cone to fully dry. 

Apply a heavy coat of spray adhesive to each cone.  (Work on one cone at a time until each is completely finished with next step of glittering).

You'll want to make these cones look as sweet as candy... sugar them up with some glitter!  I used plenty of Diamond Dust glitter by FloraCraft for these cones. 

Now you will need a fabulous container to display these festive cones.  I chose to use a wood berry basket from Curtsey Boutique!  I've embellished mine with a strip of tied on burlap and I've hot glued on two Curtsey Boutique flowers and a burlap star. 

I've also taken a strip of Curtsey Boutique's kraft masking tape and I've stamped Antique lettering on it with the words, "Candy Cones!". Apply the strip to a burlap tag and tie off onto the basket to complete. 

Looking sweet! 

Supplies-

Pinecones

Acrylic Craft Paint

Orange Raffia (to fill in basket)

Spray Adhesive

Glitter

Ink

Alpha Stamps

Curtesy Boutique Products

Assortment of 8 Candy Corn Fancy Blooms

Wood Pint Berry Basket - Curtsey Boutique

Burlap Stars - Curtsey Boutique

Kraft Masking Tape - Curtsey Boutique

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For more of Andrea's beautiful work, click on her photo to visit her blog.

Welcome to Connie Mercer and her Beautifully Embellished Fall Pumpkin

This week will be an exciting one as we begin sharing artwork from all of our new design team members!

We are getting the ball rolling with Connie's lovely embellished pumpkin. The combination of Curtsey Boutique fabric and felt flowers and our seam binding makes for a lovely piece of home decor perfect for celebrating the fall harvest or embracing a sweetly less scary Halloween theme.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Mini yellow felt rose - Curtsey Boutique

Valentine's Assortment Seambinding

Set of 4 Candy Corn Fancy Blooms

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To see more of Connie's amazing work be sure to visit her blog, Crafty Goodies, by clicking on her image below.

Connie Mercer
www.craftygoodies.com

Summer Shabby Flower Wreath with Shellye McDaniel

Summer Shabby Flower Burlap Wreath
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Shellye McDaniel

Shellye,  covered a straw wreath with burlap star ribbon and then attached a variety of bright shabby chic flowers with corsage pins.  By using corsage pins, you can change out the colors of the flowers to go with the seasons!

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Chevron Shabby Chic Scallop Flower Floral Print Ruffle Fabric Flower Red Polka Dot Ruffle Fabric Flower

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Jennifer Cowles and Misted Muslin Bag Gift Wrap

Misted Muslin Bag
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Jennifer Cowles

Jennifer has it all in the bag today as she showcases our brand new muslin bags, accented with misting and Curtsey Boutique embellishments

"I first sprayed the bag with some Color Shine and then I layered the doily and the tag.  I also wrapped a small clothespin with some of the bakers twine to "jazz" it up a bit."

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.

Shop Update: New Shabby Chic Fabric Flowers

Burlap, Tulle and Lace Flowers
Curtsey Boutique

 This past week I've added a bunch of new Shabby Chic flowers to the shop.  They combine some of my favorite things - burlap, lace, pearls, tulle and ruffles - lots and lots of ruffles.

They would be perfect on layouts, cards, packaging as hair clips or on headbands. They can be made in a wide variety of fabrics or custom ordered to match the outfit or occasion of your choice.

Lace and Tulle Flower
Curtsey Boutique

Shabby Chic Ruffle Flower
Curtsey Boutique

Shabby Chic Ruffle Flower
Curtsey Boutique

Thanks for stopping by,

CarrieAnne