Two New Categories, have been added to our Blog Tab here at Classic Amy Joanne ~ making it easier to navigate and find your favorite creative ideas for Gift Giving. Whether it be an idea for a ‘Door Knob Gift‘ or creating a ‘Cottage Classic Giftable‘. ~ from the design, to the content to the …
If you haven’t heard of ‘Jerry’s Snack Mix‘ you can read a little bit about it (here). At home we simply call it ‘Jerry Mix‘ ~ it is a combination of pretzels, crackers, snacks, sweet treats and such. Jerry (my hubby), after 30 years of taking baggies of pretzels to work for lunch….said ‘I’m bored …
Our ‘Door Knob Gift‘ projects (read about here) have been a fun way to enjoy giving a sweet little surprise gift ~ whether it be for someone known or unknown ….simply something from your heart to theirs. It has been especially fun to coordinate the ‘content’ and the ‘container’ for each person gifted…handmade and personalized …
While searching for candle holders for our growing Candle Business (purchase candles here) ~ this ceramic jar was a perfect find ~ similar to a vintage marmalade jar (shown below), it has the same classic style. Not to mention it fit into the aesthetic of our Classic Candles. This jar can also be up-cycled and …
‘Heaven and Nature Ring’ ~ creating a wreath, a candle ring, a fun new pattern gift tag, introducing a new candle, and we’re even feeding the birds ~ let’s get busy! Nature has a beautiful way of creating all kinds of goodies for us to play with in the garden ~ as Creatives. Around our …
Sometimes as Creatives we ‘go the round about way’ just to be creative…. to have something be handmade instead of store bought. (why spend $10, when you can spend $100 making it, ~ if you are a creative you get it)
Remember the Twine Holder, turned Spool Holder shown below? Patterns available here and here. Well….how about a ‘Donut Pole’ to serve your guests? You know, like the onion ring stacks served at your favorite restaurant…..just smile.
The Zinnia Patch in our backyard is from harvested seeds ~ from harvested seeds gifted from a friend the previous year (read more here). And a dream would be to expand the patch each and every year ~ along with giving harvested seeds to friends and family. I will tell you, although I clipped the …
It’s no secret that I love to create ~ all things homespun and pretty packaging too. Twill Tape has become a ‘staple’ in the craft closet along side of the scissors, paintbrushes, scrapbooking paper and piles of wool waiting to be used. We have used the Twill Tape many times thru-out this Blog for projects …
What makes you Happier than a Bird with a French Fry? Could it be creating Art together? If you haven’t heard, we have a fun-thing-going-on thru the Artfully Connected FaceBook Group called ‘Watch-Learn-Create‘ (click here)! It is a gathering of Artists by Cindy Harrison of Artful Webinars (click here) whom share free demos and lessons …