Advice from Our Winter Friends

Polar Bears and Penguins have much to teach us and Eyelet Outlet Polar Bear and Penguin Brads help them do it in style! Snowflake Brads set the scene, as do Sparkle White Glitter and Glitter Dark Blue Tapes; accent strips of gorgeous Snowflake Tape from the Christmas Washi Bundle complete the design.

Shopping List:

Polar Bear Brads

Penguin Brads 

Snowflake Brads

Sparkle White Glitter Tape 

Glitter Dark Blue Tape

Snowflake Tape from the Christmas Washi Bundle

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Store to find more adorable critters and lovely tapes!

Lauren Bergold

prefers to see snowflakes on greeting cards

rather than in real life!

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Easy Thank You Cards

What comes after Christmas Cards ... why Thank You Cards of course.

I found this package of textured thank you cards with a simple copper embossed sentiment in the $1.50 bin at Michael's, and I knew I could use Eyelet Outlet products to make them special.

I started by adding a single brad ... that's all it takes to make a simple card special.  How fun is this cute little Gnome Brad standing on top of the *k*.

This adorable little Bear Brad wearing a cute winter hat makes for a fun thank you as well.

Or maybe you have a few leftover Christmas Brads like this lovely Poinsettia, which are the perfect embellishment for Christmas Gift Thank You Cards.

I really love how the shape of the Holly Brad wraps around the sentiment.

Since the sentiment is copper embossed, I used some gorgeous Copper Dots Foil Washi Tape, which coordinated perfectly (it's kind of hard to photograph with all of that metallic shine).

If a single brad is great ... than a pair of Holiday Mitten Brads is even better.

Or how about some elegant golden Bell Brads.

And the final card is super-fancy with a little champagne bling swirl.

And remember, you don't have to score a set of thank you cards from the bargain bin to make this idea work ... stamping a simple sentiment or even using a sticker on a plain card base because extra special when you add embellishments.

Products used:

• Gnome Brads
• Winter Animal Brads
• Poinsettia Brads
• Holly Brad
• Foil Washi Tape - Copper Dots
• Holiday Mitten Brads
• Bell Brads
• Swirl Bling - Jewel Champagne

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Thank You BEAR-y Much

Hi guys, it's Lauren here, with a fun idea inspired by these adorable Eyelet Outlet Winter Animal Brads. I'm planning to use this as a thank you note for some cool holiday gifts I received, but it would work for any wintery occasion.

I love that each packet of Winter Animal Brads contains white bears, brown bears and super-cute penguins!

For this card, I've made two of the white bears adornments for a pair of mittens I've constructed from a bit of plaid paper I hand-painted using my favorite watercolor pigment powders. I used a piece of clipart for the shape, and cut the two mittens back-to-back with scissors so that i'd have a right and left hand to use on my card. I added White Glitter Enamel Dots to the cuffs and a piece of yarn to bump up the texture factor.

A computer generated sentiment and a few white Heart Brads finish off the design. And now I'll just wish you a BEAR-y Happy New Year... see you in 2017! ♥♥♥

Lauren Bergold's blog is called,

"...All the GOOD Blog Names Were Taken..."

and she'd love for you to visit her there!