Tuesday, November 17, 2009

SNOW SNOW SNOW

If you need snow for your holiday crafting, come in and check out our selection. We have:
Crystal Frost spray- replicates the unique patters of frost crystals.
Holiday Snow- Premium snow flock
Aleene's true Snow
Glistening Snow tex
Glittering Snow tex
Fantasy Snow
Decorative Snow
Aleene's Glitter Snow
Snow Accents
Tub O Snow
Snow Writer
Glistening Snow Writer

Stop by and see all the different designs

Monday, November 16, 2009

Electric Yarn Ball Winder


New! New! New!

Convenient and Quick

Eliminate tedious hand winding

Easily wind hanks of yarn into center-pull skeins

Create flat bottom balls that stack neatly

Rewind messy partial skeins into tidy center pull skeins

Wind thin yarns together to create custom sizes or colors

Fully Automatic

Labor saving motor means less stress on arms, hand and wrists

Rheostat allows wind-rate to be adjusted as needed

Renee’ thinks this is one of the great new products on the market. I love that it will do the winding on my yarn! I find winding my yarn by hand is tiresome. I am so excited about this new winder!!


For those of you who love to knit & crochet (or maybe you would like to learn)

Join Linda and Renee’ this Thursday for YARN YOGA. We meet on the first and third Thursday’s of the month at 6 pm. It gives us a chance to learn new stitches or work on a project that you need to finish. Fun Social Hour with other stitchers!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Yummy Pumpkin Rolls


Here is a yummy dessert/Treat for the holidays.
*Recipe from Cooks.com*

Ingredients you will need:

3 Eggs
1 cup Sugar
2/3 cup Pumpkin
1 teaspoon Lemon juice
3/4 cup All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ginger
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Salt


Filling:
8 ounces Cream cheese -- softened
4 tablespoons Butter -- or margarine
1 cup Powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla

Instructions:
In large bowl, combine eggs and sugar, beating with an electric mixer until thick and light yellow in color. Add pumpkin and lemon juice, mixing until blended.

In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, spices and salt. Add to egg mixture, mixing well. Spread batter into greased and waxed-paper lined 10-by-15-inch jelly-roll pan.

Bake at 350 ° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool for 15 minutes. Place cake on clean tea towel sprinkled liberally with powdered sugar. Cool 10 minutes longer. From 10- inch side, roll cake up in towel. Set aside.

While cake is cooling in towel, prepare filling. Beat together cream cheese and butter; stir in powdered sugar and vanilla and blend until smooth.
Unroll cake. Evenly spread filling over cake. Roll up cake (without the towel). Wrap in plastic wrap. Cover and chill at least 1 hour. Slice before serving. Keep leftover slices refrigerated. This pumpkin roll freezes well.


Saturday, November 14, 2009

Painting for the young artist



Do you have a child who is always wanted to paint & draw? We have everything you need to get them started into the world of ART. You can find paint, brushes, brush cleaner pots, paper, and painter’s smocks.

 This is a great “SNOW” day activity.

 

Friday, November 13, 2009

Cornucopias



 

The cornucopia is typically a hallow, horn shaped wicker basket that you can fill with fruit, leaves, flowers and even a small light set can make it look festive.

 

Cornucopia is a symbol of food and abundance dating back to the 5th century BC and is also called the Horn of Plenty.

 

Here at Sierra’s we have our Beautiful Cornucopia ready for you to use in your Thanksgiving Décor.

On sale for only $5.99 regular price $9.99

 

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Armed Forces and USA

Honor those in the military by using embellishments, stickers, and paper to decorate scrapbook pages, photo albums, boxes, cards and much more! Decorate a Star in military pictures, paper & embellishments or make

a shadowbox to Honor their service to our country.

Be adventurous for the possibilities are endless!!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Bead Shop


It can be overwhelming to go to a bead store and see so many beads you don’t know how to choose. It can be even more confusing when you see a description of a bead and aren’t sure what it really means .

Here is some BEAD LINGO to help you out.

 

AB: or aurora borealis which is a slick finish on crystal and glass beads

 

FIRE-Polished: the finish on faceted glass beads that have been reheated  to soften the faceted edges.

 

SP: silver plated metal

 

BICONE: a bead that looks like two cones connected at their bases.

SPACER: usually a metal bead used to spice up a design

 

COIN PEARL: a flat coin- shaped freshwater pearl

 

Come in and see our SWAROVSKI crystals

Stands on sale for $7.99 (regular price $9.99)