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http://www.joyfuldesignsinsoy.com
today
Upcoming Craft
Show Schedule
Feb. 22 Skagit Valley Hospital
Main Lobby 7AM - 5PM
Attention Local
Customers!
I've got my candles in a new shop in Concrete Wa.
It's right on Hwy 20, across from the Napa store.
It's called Sauk View
Gallery. Drop by and check in out!
Very cute store.
New for local customers: reed
diffuser kits, any scent you want $18.50. Easily will last a year or
more. Call or email and let me know!
Note about web orders:
If you place an order and your shopping cart comes
up with a cost of over $8.95 to ship, please email me before you place
the order. I can fit 6 candles into a flat rate priority
mail box and save you some money on that shipping.
Skagit County residents, please email me your
orders and we'll arrange free delivery and payment upon time of
delivery.
Free 8 oz candle Winner
1 Subscriber chosen randomly every month!
January's free winner was
thanushai, please contact me to redeem.
Consider hosting a candle party this winter!
Earn some free
candles
for yourself! I don't do a sales pitch or
pressure in any way to buy or book parties, candles sell themselves when
they smell the awesome scents, and I'm simply available to answer
questions if they want. It's a relaxed time
with your friends, smelling great scented candles and just having fun!
You can do a theme if you'd like (such as a nacho night, wine & cheese
theme, flip flops, or any other creative idea that would be fun) I'm
willing to drive up to an hour from Sedro Woolley. If
you'd like more details on how this works, please email me at:
valerie.garner@joyfuldesignsinsoy.com
Fundraisers
I can do fundraisers for groups. Email me for details if
interested! (I would consider doing out of area fundraisers,
please contact me for details) |
Scent of the
Month Sale
Violet & Birch-
Pale lilac color, this is a strong full bodied fragrance.
It's great even for those who don't care for florals, as the wood notes
in the birch smoothes it out. This one is one of my personal
favorites! Buy 1 candle at regular price, get a candle of
month scent in the equal size for 40% off! (Does not count on the sets
of candles as those are already discounted).
Please email me if you order the special so I
can tabulate the correct total for you.
New Jars!
Check out our website for the new 16 oz. Flattop
Apothecary, double wicked jars. Of all the jars we carry, these throw
the best scent due to a wider melt pool and the double wicking.
Seasonal scent
suggestions:
Cupid
Crazy
Love
Love
Spell Type
Love's Soft Whisper
Romantic Beach Sunsets
Almond Cherry
Winter Cocoa
Angel
Wings
Brown
Sugar Pecans
China
Rose
Cashmere
Hope
Chest
Ivy &
Rose
Pink
Sugar Type
Tropical Kiss
Wild
Cherry
Victorian
Maple
Pecan
Sugar
& Spice
Have You Tried Scrapbooking Recipes?
Have you seen the new scrapbooking supplies for recipe albums? Local
scrapbooking stores are responding to the new trend of scrapbooking recipes. You
can find albums with a recipe theme, as well as stickers, paper and
embellishments to complement the scrapbook. The main thought behind scrapbooking
recipes is the same as scrapbooking photos and memories. We want to preserve the
recipes for future generations. However, recipe scrapbooks are very popular as
gift items as well. Some scrapbookers are even using them in their kitchens as
cookbooks. To begin designing a recipe scrapbook you need to think about your
purpose for creating it. Will this be an album documenting family recipes handed
down from generation to generation? Or are you creating an album to give as a
gift? If this is a recipe album meant to be used in the kitchen, you also may
approach the design differently and choose a scrapbook that will be more
durable. Albums come in a variety of sizes including, 4x6, 5x7 and 12x12 inches.
Choose the one that will best fit your goal for scrapbooking recipes.
Decide whether or not this will be a gift album. You may not want to use the
original recipe card written by your great-grandmother in a gift recipe
scrapbook. You still could make the recipes personal by writing the ingredients
and instructions in your own handwriting instead of a computer font. Recipe
albums make welcome gifts for weddings, graduations, Christmas or housewarming
gifts.
Which recipes to choose will depend on your goal for the album. You may want
to use quick and easy recipes for a graduation gift. Holiday favorites would be
ideal for a Christmas gift. You could also narrow down the recipe choices to
just desserts, soups, main dishes or family favorites.
When you begin to design your recipe album decide if you want to keep the
same layout format for each page and if you will coordinate the embellishments
on each page. You may want to keep the album with an overall uniform look, or
have each individual page have a unique look.
You can use recipe cards or journaling blocks for the ingredients and
instructions. You may also want to include a photo of the dish or a picture of
the person who gave you the recipe. Consider adding comments about why you love
the dish or opinions from your family on why it is one of their favorites. Try
journaling about the history of the recipe or any special memories you have
about it. Making the album personal is what scrapbooking is all about.
Scrapbooking recipes doesn't have to be limited to a recipe album. Think
about including recipes in other scrapbooks. Highlight the recipe for Witch's
Brew on a Halloween page layout. Recipes on Thanksgiving pages are an obvious
choice. Include your secret recipe for perfect gravy. How about including the
recipes for the dinner you made for your husband on your first Valentine's Day?
You can also include your grandmother's apple pie recipe on a page all about
your memories of her. Food is a big part of our lives, and recipes are a natural
page element for scrapbooks. Think about creating a recipe album as a
scrapbooking project or add a recipe to your next page layout. Be a part of
latest scrapbooking trend and pull out your recipe cards.
By Christine Perry invites you to her website,
http://www.intoscrapbooking.com for more
scrapbooking tips and
scrapbooking recipes ideas.
Candle Tips
To extinguish your wick in a truly smoke free way, take a small piece of
wire (paperclip works well) and use it to push your
burning wick into the burn pool, thus drowning it. Then use that
wire to put the wick back in it's original position.
Be sure to trim your wick to ? or ?” before every
burn and keep the lit candle out of a draft to ensure a clean burn.
Toenail clippers work great to trim the wick as it burns down deeper
into the jar.
Burn your candle 1 hour for every inch of
diameter. For the 12 oz oval hexagon candles, burn a minimum of 3
hours, and the jelly jars and minimum of 2 hours for best results. This
helps to ensure a full melt pool.
If your candle flame ever gets too big, extinguish
the wick, trim it and relight. It's simply because the wick has
gotten too long.
Check our website for complete proper candle
burning instructions.
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