12 Days of Crafting
Hi, everyone. Lori here, sharing some of the fun from behind the scenes at Simple Stories.
One of our favorite things we love about working at Simple Stories is the relationships we create with our customers and our retail store owners. Each of us share a passion for scrapbooking, organizing or planning, and that shared passion has allowed us to build many professional and personal relationships. We love the people we interact with, and we love our community!
Sometimes our retailers create projects for us, either as assignments or as gifts, and when we receive them we fall in love with their creations. Today’s project we’re sharing is a Classic Christmas wood tray display given to our owner, Amber Crowell,from Karen Petersen of Mom & Me Scrapbooking in Salt Lake City, Utah. Isn’t it beautiful?
To create the backgrounds for the openings in the display tray, Karen selected various sizes of Journaling Card Elements from our Classic Christmas collection. Look closely how she added personality to some of the openings. Rhinestones are added to catch the light, and look how sweet this small deer and Christmas tree look placed in a 3x4 frame.
Layering embellishments is of the most important things to think about as you’re creating a display tray. As you’re gathering your extra embellishments, you can browse the jewelry aisle, the sewing aisle, the floral aisle and even the miniatures section in your local craft store. A miniature mason jar and a ginger man button add tiny character to the candy cane card, while small circle shapes that are painted and inked come to life as ornaments once Karen placed a Christmas tree charm and shaped buttons with twine on top.
Small sprigs of holiday flowers and greenery add quick personality to this 4x6 opening in the frame. Don’t forget to build layer upon layer of berries, leaves and flowers to make the small bouquet seem more realistic.
This project is so beautiful and creative! Thank you, Karen, for such a wonderful gift. We’ve picked out the perfect spot in our office to display it for everyone to enjoy.
We've showcased this project as the final projects for our 12 Days of Crafting we've been sharing on social media. If you missed the projects, we've compiled all 12 in a PDF that you can download and enjoy - click here to be inspired!
Happy Holidays!
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