Welcome Kat Benjamin & Her Week 12 Pocket Scrapbooking Layout

Week 12 Project Life Layout
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Kat Benjamin

Do you love pocket scrapbooking? I am complettly smitten with this method of recording memories and absolutely delighted to have Kat Benjamin as a new member of our design team. Her layouts are a fantastic mix of color and style. I know you will enjoy her artwork as much as I do.

In Kat's own words: "I intentionally saved Week 12, which included the first day of Spring, to make with Curtsey Boutique products. So many of the products in the shop are perfect for this time of year.  I love the bright, fun-colored doilies and shipping tags, as well as the sparkly butterflies!

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Assorted Dyed Doilies - Curtsey Boutique	Shipping Tag Assortment	Butterfly Stick Pin - Curtsey Boutique
Pearlized Heart Straight Pins - Curtsey Boutique	Medium Glitter Butterfly - Curtsey Boutique

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To see more of Kat's picture perfect pocket scrapbooking click on her image below:

                                                                         Krafty Kat

"You Made my Day" Thank you Card by Andrea Amu

You Made my Day Card
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Andrea Amu

Outside my window this morning dozens of butterflies are flitting about and quite literally making my day. The wonders of nature never fail to bring a smile to my face.

  Andrea's card most assuredly did the same for the sweet friend it was intended to thank.  I love her monochromatic blue palette with just a pop of orange. 

Other supplies:
Core'dinations embossed cardstock and Thank You sentiment sticker

Canvas Resist flowers and butterfly shapes by Prima

Sei glitter dots

Glimmer Mist 

Sentiment stamps by For the Luv of Art.com

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Blue Library Card

Medium Glitter Butterfly - Curtsey Boutique	Pearlized Heart Straight Pins - Curtsey Boutique	Vintage Blue Painted 1 inch Button
Blue and White Baker's Twine - Curtsey Boutique	Blue Library Cards - Curtsey Boutique

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To check out more of Andrea's creations, click on her photo below.

DIY Wedding Glass Charms & Design Team Call Reminder

DIY Wedding Glass Charms
Chalkboard Hearts
Curtsey Boutique

I absolutely love it when I go to my inbox and their are emails from happy customers sharing photos of their completed projects with Curtsey Boutique products.

Yesterday, I received one of these emails from a lovely customer named Bridget who used our chalkboard hearts to make these darling glass charms. Aren't they sweet. She did an amazing job!

The chalkboard hearts can be found in the shop here.

Don't forget about our ongoing Design Team Call. All the details are below and the deadline is a little over a week away.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Party and Event Planners
Scrapbookers
Card Makers
Home Decor Lovers
Project Lifers
Packaging Addicts
Accessory Makers

***International Applicants Welcome ***

REQUIREMENTS

6 Month DT Term (April - September)

Create 2 projects a month

Create 1 separate tutorial a month (photo or video)

Be able to take clear, well staged photos of projects.

Be willing to allow project photos with proper credit to be used in shop listings even after your design term expires.

Must have an active blog, updated at least twice a week.

Must be able to create a Curtsey Boutique pinterest board to share projects and product updates.

All projects will be posted on your personal blog and the Curtsey Boutique Blog 

Post our DT badge on your blog sidebar.

Be an easy to work with, happy personality that meets deadlines and offers insight and inspiration when it strikes you!

COMPENSATION

Generous box of Curtsey Boutique product at the beginning of your term that you get to help select!

Additional product boxes throughout your term with shop updates and resupply items.

Discount on all shop purchases and free shipping if the purchase coincides with a DT package.

Link to your blog in all your project posts and on our DT members page.

Shop credit via product payment for publications when the shop is listed in the publication's supplies.

APPLYING

Provide your contact information:

Name
Blog Address
Email Address
Mailing Address
Links to Social Media (facebook, pinterest, online galleries, etc.)

Images of 3 of the projects (layout, home decor, packaging, card, mini album, Project Life, etc) that best reflect your current style. They don't need to be new or contain Curtsey Boutique product (though its nice if they do!)

Provide a list of your experience (either in resume format or less formally) including current  and past design team commitments

A brief introduction of yourself and why you would like to work on our DT.

Email all this to: curtseyboutique@gmail.com with DT Call Submission in the subject line

DEADLINE

March 9, 2014

New Design Team members will be contacted personally by 12 March 2014.

Valentine's Day Banner with Lisa Spiegel

Valentine's Day Banner
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Lisa Spiegel

Lisa shares a  quick and easy Valentine's Banner today. Using Curtsey Boutique twine, doilies, vintage keys, clothes pins, and glitter cut embellishments and a bit of glue she created a cute new layer for her mantle decor for the month of February.  

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

5" Brooklace Doilies	Blue and White Baker's Twine - Curtsey Boutique	Glitter Cupids - Curtsey Boutique	Vintage Inspired Rustic Keys - 1.5 inch
Glitter Hearts	Red 4 inch heart doilies

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To see more of Lisa's amazing work, visit her blog by clicking on her photo.

Altered "Love" Embroidery Hoop by Jenifer Cowles

Altered Love Embroidery Hoop
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Jenifer Cowles

A quick walk through my local department stores this week revealed that everyone is getting ready for Valentine's Day. It seems scarcely possible with the ground still littered with fire work remnants, but there it is - red, pink and white hearts everywhere.

I thought we'd hop on the band wagon instead of fighting the love avalanche. Jenifer's altered embroidery hoop is a charming decoration to hang at home or give to a friend.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Pearlized Heart Straight Pins - Curtsey Boutique	Pearlized Heart Straight Pins - Curtsey Boutique	Felt Pansies - Felt Flowers - Curtsey Boutique	Mini Winsome White Felt Doilies
Polka Dot Embossed Coin Envelopes - Curtsey Boutique

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Thanks for taking a peek today!  To see more of Jenifer's work, please visit her blog by clicking on her picture below.

Shabby Chic Snowflake Ornament Tutorial with Andrea Amu

I love to mix in little bits and pieces of Shabby Chic décor amongst my favorite pieces of vintage and primitive fixins as I decorate.  The fresh white and glitter aspects that are common with each make it a very good style combination to pair up!  Ornaments are especially fun to decorate with this time of the year plus they make the perfect little gift too.  So, I started this project off by purchasing an unfinished wood snowflake ornament at a craft store. 

Here are the steps:

1.  First I coated the wood snowflake with several  generous layers of spray color mist.  I used a combination of Hot Chocolate Chalkboard Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels and Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold mist by Ranger.  Allow this all to completely dry.  Now spray the ornament with a heavy coat of Spray adhesive.  I used "General Purpose 45" by 3M.  You will want to cover the entire surface of the wood ornament with glitter of your choice.  I used one of my favorites, Fairy Dust glitter in Pralines & Cream by Donna Salazar Designs (Clearsnap).  Make sure to fix all the glitter to the ornament by spraying the surface with a clear coat fixative spray. 

2.  The rest of this project involves lots of embellishing... with lots of gorgeous Curtsey Boutique goodies!  First up, I layered on a pink heart paper doily from the shop.  Apply it to the top of the snowflake ornament using some strong adhesive glue-dots. 

 

3.  Next I selected some white glittered mini snowflakes to add in.  I layered each of them to the ornament having them peek beneath the pink heart doily and attaching them to the ornament with smaller glue-dots. 

 

4.  To finish this ornament and to really give it a boost of shabby chic-ness, add a fabulous Curtsey Boutique glass pearl and fabric tulle flower embellishment to the very top.  Adhere with a dab of hot glue.  Last, tie off a piece of jute twine through the hole at the top to use as the hanger. 

 

The result is a perfectly Shabby Chic Winter snowflake ornament to adorn your favorite holiday display!

 

Curtsey Boutique supplies:

 

Tulle Flowers

Christmas Glitter Snowflakes

Heart Shaped Doilies

 

Other supplies:

 

Unfinished Wood Snowflake Ornament

Color Mist Spray
Glitter
Clear Coat Fixative Spray

Jute Twine

Glue-Dots

Hot Glue

To see more amazing projects from Andrea, visit her blog by clicking on her photo below.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Mr. and Mrs. Wedding Card by Andrea Amu

Mr. and Mrs. Wedding Card
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Andrea Amu

I wanted to create this wedding card to have a vintage and homespun look all in one, emulating the style of my friend's wedding décor and theme.

I chose the vintage floral for the embossing and paired it perfectly with vintage touches of a pink floral fabric strip and a swatch of burlap from Curtsey Boutique.  The burlap was actually a section cut from one of the burlap bags.  I also cut strips of the burlap from the bag to use on a separate project!

Other supplies:

Anna Griffin floral Cuttlebug emboss folder and machine

Cricut Sweethearts cartridge and machine

Core'dinations cardstock

Clearsnap  chalk ink (pink)

Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist (Heirloom gold)

FloraCraft Diamond Dust glass glitter

 Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Plain Burlap Bags - Curtsey Boutique

Torn Fabric Ribbon - polka dot, damask, geometric

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To see more of Andrea's beautiful work, you can click on her photo to visit her blog.

DIY Berry Basket Pin Cushion Tutorial by Jennifer Cowles

Easy Berry Basket Pin Cushion

Project Instructions:

Take a 4x4 piece of cardboard and put it inside the muslin bag, then fill the bag with batting.

Fold over the open end and insert into berry basket and you are finished.  Tie a fabric ribbon around the basket and insert pins and you have a cute pincushion.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Wood Pint Berry Basket - Curtsey Boutique

Muslin Bags - Curtsey Boutique

Torn Fabric Ribbon - polka dot, damask, geometric

Pearlized Heart Straight Pins - Curtsey Boutique

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