EGG-cellent Dad

Eyelet Outlet Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads are NOT just for breakfast anymore! Add them to a funny, punny Father's Day card, or any other EGG-cellent occasion!

EGG-cellent Shopping List

Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads

Heart Enamels

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Store to see the amazing selection of brads, bling, tapes and enamels; and be sure to check out the Idea Gallery too!

Lauren Bergold

can literally NEVER resist a pun!

Blog * Instagram * Facebook

Valentine ATCs

Eyelet Outlet Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads aren't just for breakfast anymore! Combine them with cute stamps and diabolical puns to make adorable Valentine-themed Artist Trading Cards. Heart Washi and Tiny Heart Tape form the perfect seasonal background; Egg Brads, Bright Fresh Flowers and the Waffle from our Chicken and Waffles Set (the last three are on sale!) set the scene.

Handy Shopping List:

Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads

Egg Brads

Chicken and Waffles Brads

Bright Fresh Flower Brads

Heart Washi Tape 
Tiny Heart Washi Tape 

Check out all of the fabulous brads, tapes, bling, sequins and embellishments in the Eyelet Outlet Store!

Lauren Bergold

thinks Valentine candy is one of the best things about February!

Blog * Instagram * Facebook

Thanks a Brunch!

I was recently introduced to a fun interactive fancy fold card called a Hide & Seek card. In this version, the cute little toast near the top of the closed card disappears when the card opens.

As it drops out of site, the little square that says, "Thanks a Brunch" appears! I used a very old Cricut image set called "Kate's Kitchen" for this card.  

On the inside of the card I embellished with bacon, eggs, toast, tea, and silverware brads. Below I've shared a video that will show you the card in action.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have an Egg-cellent Birthday!

Happy Saturday my Eyelet Outlet friends! I started a day this past week with a breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, and coffee. It all got me to thinking that EO has brads for all those items and that I should make a card with them! I happen to have a pan stamp in my stash and it is was just the right size to add Bacon, Egg, & Toast Brads. I added a Coffee Brad and a fork from the Silverware Brads to make the breakfast complete!

For additional decoration, I created borders out of Strawberry Washi Tape and added strips of Skinny Glitter Washi Tape. Last I added a red Star Brad as an accent. I adhered the finished panel to a red A2 card base. It looks like a yummy birthday is ahead for the person getting this one!

SHOPPING LIST:

Silverware Brads

Coffee Brads

Bacon, Egg, & Toast Brads

Red, White & Blue Star Brads

Strawberry Washi Tape

Skinny Glitter Washi Tape

Thanks for joining me here today at the EO blog. Please visit the store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  

A Valentine Toast (with Eggs!)

Breakfast, we're told, is the most important meal of the day, possibly because it's the most pun-worthy? Eyelet Outlet Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads are always ready to add their special charm to birthday cards, anniversary toasts, or, as in this case, adorable mini Valentines!

Here's a TOAST to all the awesome brads, tapes, bling and embellishments in the Eyelet Outlet Online Store, just waiting to make your next card EGG-stra special!

Lauren Bergold

can literally NEVER resist a pun... or breakfast foods!

Blog * Instagram * Facebook 

Spoiler Alert: It Ends with "Zebra"

Yes, we've come to the fourth and final post of the Eyelet Outlet Alphabetical Brad ATC's! It's so exciting, I'm going to show off the entire set and then we'll talk about the letters S through z.

And here are the individual cards, with all their brad styles listed:

S: Safety Pins, Shells (in the form of Shell Corners, Shells and Seashore Brads), the Sun from our Sun and Cloud set, one of two styles of Sunglass Brad, and a Sleigh direct from the North Pole. 

T: A Tractor Brad is a fine addition to any haul, while Tissues (and TP) come from the Toilet Paper and Tissue Brad set, (Summer) Trees, Tool Brads are great, but of course they need a Toolbox.

U and V: The U.S.A. is represented by our Patriotic Flag and Hat Brads, and the Utensils are called Silverware Brads, but the Unicorn is from the Unicorn and Rainbow set; a Vacuum from the Vacuum and Broom Brads (on sale!), both halves of the Video Game set and a Valise which is technically the Suitcase from our Travel Set.

W: A lovely Wreath, some Water Lillies from the Frog set, a champagne toast from the Wedding Brads, a Witch Hat and some Witch Legs.

X, Y and Z: An Xmas Tree (technically listed as a Pine Tree Brad) and a Skull Brad who's standing in as an X-ray; these cute Yellow Jackets are actually Bumble Bee Brads (there are Mini Bee Brads also) and the Yolk is in the center of the Fried Egg from our Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads; finally we've got Zinfandel from the Wine Brad set and a Zebra from the second Jungle Mix, called Lion, Tiger Zebra Brads. 

That concludes our EO Brad Alphabet, but of course there are lots more brads (plus washi tape, bling, flowers and more!) in the Eyelet Outlet Online Store; and be sure to consult the sidebar and look for the EO Booth at a tradeshow near you!

Lauren Bergold

hopes you enjoyed the 

Alphabet in EO Brad form!

A Toast for Valentine's Day

Breakfast is not only the most important meal of the day, it's also the very best for puns! When these EGG-citing cards pop up in your Valentine's mailbox, it is sure to be BACON their day! 

Eyelet Outlet's Bacon, Egg and Toast Brad Set pairs perfectly with colorful Striped Washi and some white Enamel Hearts for a pair of cards that's FRIED and true! ♥

Lauren Bergold

loves all the foods of breakfast! 

Lauren's Valentine Favorites

Isn't it fun looking back at the Eyelet Outlet Design team's favorite Valentine cards and projects? I (Lauren) had a good time scrolling through my cards from the last few years and I *love* seeing what the rest of the team have picked, as well!

With 45 brads from 29 different styles, this two-piece, maximalist Valentine from 2019 has to be my all-time favorite, right? I'm not going to re-list them all here, but if you click the link it'll take you to theWholehearted post where you can find every single brad linked to its page in the EO Store.

My second choice is a fun (though fairly specific, lol) card. Featuring one of the three colors of yarn from our Knitting Brads (they're on sale!) and a few Heart Brads on a background of Blue and White Dots Tape, this More Than Yarn card is from January of 2017

I've used the same diabolical pun three different ways for my Hoppy Hoppy Hoppy trio from February of 2020; with Rabbit and Heart Brads and some Tiny Hearts Tape; with Frog Brads with Heart Pearls on a background of Cloud Tape; and finally Beer Brads and Beer Tape with some yellow Heart Enamels.

Last year's Valentine's Breakfast is another trio... (what can I say, I like making sets) ...this time pairing a punny breakfast stamp set with our Bacon Egg and Toast Brads as well as the waffles from our Chicken and Waffles Set (also on sale!) and more Heart Pearls.

I hope you'll take a little time to scroll around and see ALL the Valentine and Love favorites from our wonderful Eyelet Outlet Design Team!

Lauren Bergold

loves making Valentines! 

Pun-y Breakfast Artist Trading Cards and Coins!

Hello, Eyelet Outlet fans! I hope you've had a great week! Leslie here, sharing a super fun set of four artist trading cards and coins, created with the coordinating Breakfast Stamps and Bacon Egg & Toast Brads, along with Blue Jewel Bling, Clear Jewel Bling, Green Jewel Bling and Gray Enamel Dots! You just can't go wrong with stamps and brads that coordinate with each other!

I cut and punched the card and coin bases (two for each ATC) from white cardstock along with some patterned paper layers. I adhered the patterned paper layers to the bases to make the four ATCs, stamped the sentiments from Breakfast Stamps on each one, and added the Bacon Egg & Toast Brads. I then added Blue Jewel Bling, Clear Jewel Bling, Green Jewel Bling and Gray Enamel Dots and adhered the extra base on the back of each ATC for stability. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today - we'll see you next time!

Leslie from Love To Scrap 2

Recipe Scrapbooking

In 2009 I decided to scrapbook a few family recipes for my girls and that's when I discovered Eyelet Outlet and their amazing brads.  Every once in a while I return to my paper crafting roots and create a recipe scrap book page and recently I created this two page layout for my niece. The recipe is a family favorite made often for picnics by my late mother.  Adding to the specialness of this page is that the recipe is written in her handwriting.

Since this baked bean recipe calls for bacon, I knew I'd need to reach for my Eyelet Outlet bacon brads.  And the tiny heart brads on my title were perfect.

Our family typically enjoys this recipe while roasting hot dogs on a back yard fire pit, so the Eyelet Outlet camp fire brad from our camping set was a must.  Just for fun I added a pair of Eyelet Outlet sunglasses to my "Cool Beans" image and of course, there's always room for Eyelet Outlet enamel hearts.  

I hope you're inspired to give recipe scrapbooking a try for your family favorites!  Be sure to check out all the Eyelet Outlet cooking themed products to fancy up your pages, too!

Valentine's Breakfast

I (Lauren) love a good breakfast and also a good pun. So a few years ago, when the Eyelet Outlet Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads made their debut, I was pretty excited to pair them with my Lawn Fawn "Love and Breakfast" stamp set. I'm still happy, actually, for any excuse to try a different version, in this case little three-inch square mini Valentines!

I used the kawaii breakfast images and some of the words from the stamp set, but swapped out all of the foodstuffs for brads. I used small alphabet stickers to complete the sentiments and to highlight selected words. 

I scattered a few white Heart Pearls around each card for extra texture and interest; rounded the corners and added a little bit of machine stitching.

In addition to Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads, I realized that the Waffles from our Chicken and Waffle Brad set would work really well, too. I added a Bright Stitched Flower to the breakfast tray on this card.

There are lots of other great Food Brads at Eyelet Outlet; everything from crab and lobster, to ice cream cones, candies, cakes, donuts, fruits and veggies, and accessories like baking tools, grills, silverware and more. Whatever you're craving, we're serving it up in the EO Store!

Lauren Bergold

would happily eat breakfast 

three times a day!

Thanks A Brunch!

 I needed to send a few thank-you notes after the holidays and loved the idea of making a punny one.

  

Eyelet Outlet had just what I needed to carry off  my "Thanks a Brunch" idea!  I filled my brunch plate with Eyelet Outlet's Bacon, Egg, and Toast brads and added a little fork brad from the Silverware set, too!  Our Waffle brads would have been cute on this, too!  

Thanks for being here today and be sure to follow us on our other platforms, too! We're on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook!

A Graduation Toast

Not enough graduation toasts include ACTUAL toast, imo; a fact I (Lauren) have set out to correct, in card form.

I saw a cartoon somewhere with kawaii toast wearing a graduation cap and of course being a good Eyelet Outlet gal, I realized it would be even better with our Graduation Hat Brads and the Toast from the Bacon, Egg and Toast set. 

If you prefer your toasts a little less punny, the champagne glasses in the Eyelet Outlet Wedding Brad set might be more to your liking. Because YES, we do literally have a brad for EVERYTHING!!! :) 

Lauren Bergold

prefers bagels to toast IRL,

but agrees that toast is better 

as a brad and as a pun.

New Year's Toast!

May I (Lauren) and the rest of the Eyelet Outlet gang be amongst the first to wish you a very happy, healthy and creative 2020!

My first idea for a classic New Year's card was of course to use the Champagne Flutes from the Wedding Brads set, but as the words, "New Year's Toast" were circulating through my mind, I kept thinking about the Toast Brads from the Breakfast set which of course I could pair with my Lawn Fawn "Love and Breakfast" stamps, so that's what I decided to make instead. I used the red, aqua and pink of Tiny Heart Washi as my color inspiration, and lined up strips of that tape neatly on plain white cardstock to be my second-to-bottom layer of this bright and happy card.

I hope the New Year is treating you well so far! ♥

Lauren Bergold's

favorite kind of toast

is Cinnamon Toast!

What's Shakin' Bacon

It's Kim from Katydid Cards with you today.

In answer to the question, "What's shakin' bacon"...this card!  The Breakfast Brads are one of my favorites and the bacon is so realistic.  I decided to snip the prongs off the backs of the brads and used them as shaker contents.

The plaid paper is a digital design and I created my own paper for behind the bacon using all the words associated with it; smoked, maple, cured, hickory, thick.  The pig is attached with an action wobble spring.

Inside, as a cute accent for the note card is the cute Pig Brad on a double mat.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

After winter, comes spring!

After Winter comes Spring.

Eyelet Outlet has you covered year round with decorative brads,

wonderful washi tape...and bling of all sorts of sizes and shapes!

Hopefully, this is the last round of winter for those in the midwest.

Snowman brad

Broom brad

Snowflake brad

washi tape: regular and wide width with glitter!

In a week of so, we'll be headed into Spring!

Chicken brad

Colored Egg brads

Breakfast brads

Washi tape: regular, Spring, and thin

Check out all of our spring brads which include ducks, chickens, rabbits and of course...

coordinating, colorful washi tape! 

A big thank you to Texas for the fun weekend. 

We are restocking and headed out to Pleasanton, CA next!

Catch all the details here... March 1-2, 2019

or shop online!

 Keep smiling!  

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up!

Did Someone Order Breakfast?

Because I (Lauren) have two yummy Breakfast ATC's for you that contain zero fat, cholesterol or calories. They feature the awesome Bacon, Egg and Toast Brad Set from Eyelet Outlet!

I love making Artist Trading Cards, the official dimensions of which are the same as a playing card: 2.5 x 3.5". I'll tell you a secret... most of my ATC's (including these) are made directly on top of a playing card from an old deck that's missing a few cards, which gives me a nice strong substrate on which to work. I made the Toaster ATC first. It features two pieces of Toast from the Bacon, Egg and Toast set plus some pink hearts from the super-useful Multicolor Enamel Hearts set. I used a strip of Skinny Washi to create a horizon line behind the toaster.

In case you're wondering what happened to the Eggs and Bacon from the set, my second card contains the answer, lol. Again I've used Skinny Heart Washi to divide two layers of patterned paper. For the record, the idea for my cracked egg was stolen from (AHEM) I mean inspired by (that's better!) my fellow EO designer Kim Venezia of Katydid Cards. She made this awesome pair of cards that use the Egg Brads with the Bacon, Egg and Toast set as well as our own EO Breakfast Stamps last June!

Wishing you an EGG-cellent day with all of your favorite treats! ♥

Lauren Bergold

eats breakfast for dinner 

at least once a month!

♥