Visage Frames

New Shipment of Visage Frames! Come in and see our large selection of ready made frames.

Perfect for all those gifts, artwork, needle work, paintings and photos that you are getting ready to frame. Perfect gift for the holidays

Halloween Products

Last Chance for Halloween product. It won’t be here on Monday. Stop by to pick up those last minute decorating needs for your “SPOOKY” house.

We have Kids Crafts for those who need some “Keep the kids occupied” activities, light up necklaces with ghosts or pumpkins to keep them visible.

Potion Jars. Crows, rats, spiders, witches, lights, eyes, skulls, black and orange candles, Scary Haunted Pictures, Cookie cutters, Great Halloween shape cookie/treat pan,

And so much more!

8 ½ x 11 and 12 x 12 variety and specialty packs of cardstock

These variety packs are full of colorful cardstock. 8 ½ x 11 comes with 150 pieces and the 12 x 12 pack comes with 100 pieces

We also have a specialty pack that has a selection of pearlized, glossy, mirror, vellum, mulberry and more!

Stop by and see this fun selection of colorful paper to finish all your creative projects, holiday cards and pages.

Halloween Ornaments

Make a quick and simple halloween ornament using Clear class block ornaments, markers, and fillers. Use your imagination and have fun!!

Batiks

Hey all you Batick Lovers. We have a huge selection of Baticks that have had their birthday and moved to teh $5.00 a yard rack. Hurry in for the best selection.

Tools Part 4

Using the right tool for the job can help in your Beading. These tools can make more secure crimps and neater loops.

Here is the last part of the guide to your common jewelry hand tools

Split Ring Pliers: These pliers are designed to open a split ring just enough to slide them onto your finding. They allow the split ring to close right back up without disfiguring the ring

Wire Wrapping/looping Pliers: These pliers are designed to make 3 different sizes of loops. They make 4 mm, 6 mm & 8 mm loops. They are used the same way round nose pliers are used for wire wrapping. You can use them to make simple or wrapped loops or to make you own jump rings.

Pro Art Travel

These kits from PRO ART are perfect for the traveling artist or for someone who wants a bag to keep their supplies in.

These come with Drawing or Sketch paper pad, Artist Sketch Board and a Carry-all art bag.

GAMES GAMES GAMES!!

New to the store! We are carrying a wide variety of games; these are not your typical Toy Store variety.

Introducing: Settlers of Catan, Qwirkle, Apples to Apples plus the jr edition, Jenga, Farkel, Blokus, Deluxe Rook, Ticket to Ride, Europe edition as well as the USA expansion. Killer bunnies pass the pigs, goblet, quiddler, ruckus, farming game, curses, hisss, snorta cribbage and bunco

Card games include; scrabble, scattergories, wizard, wizard jr, slamwich, five crowns, pit and phase 10 jr.

Stop by and pick up some for your family activity time.

Make a gift out of it, just by putting some snacks and the game in a basket.

Martha Stewart Glitter

Complimentary glitter works beautifully together on cards, scrapbook pages, and craft projects. There are many colors to choose from. It’s a great way to make your projects sparkle!!

Tools Part 3

Using the right tool for the job can help in your beading, It can make more secure crimps and neater too. Here is a guide to your common jewelry hand tools.

Flat nose pliers: These are used to bend wire. The flat surface can help securely hold jump rings, flatten wire, and make sharp corner for wire working, they can also help hold beads in place without scratching

Round Nose Pliers: These are an ESSENTIAL tool in jewelry making. They can be used to make loops while wire wrapping. They are also helpful in forming headpins and eyepins.

Packaged Jen Brushes

NEW! NEW! NEW!
Just in time for all your holiday crafting needs. Choose from One inch and 2 inch brushes that are packaged for your convenience.
The ORIGINAL Poly Brush that can be used to apply paints, stains, varnishes, and urethanes to smooth surfaces (not for shellac or lacquer)

Pick some up today!!
Use these brushes to make unfinished wood in a personalized gift:
Paint with your favorite color
Put on mod podge or clear glue to attach scrapbook paper
Stain with Rit dye

Now add some vinyl words and you have a great new décor item

Latch Hook Kits

These kits are perfect for rainy, chilly fall days. Craft them for yourself or give them as gifts for the holidays. Come in to Sierra’s for a nice selection of kits ranging from $8.79 to $45.99. We have plenty of latch hooks

Pineapple Orange Smoothie

¼ cup sugar
1 c. vanilla ice cream softened
3 c. ice cubes
8 oz can frozen pineapple orange juice concentrate (thawed)
Combine all ingredients in a blender;
Blend until smooth.
Serve it out of a POTION JAR for a fun Halloween drink!

Classes through Oct 24th

Tuesday Oct 20 @ 6 pm: Halloween envirotex Amate Bracelet

Wed Oct 21 @ 6 pm Embroidery class plus sit and stitch

Thur Oct 22 @ 6 pm Scrappy Clocks

Sat Oct 24 12-2 Watch making

Sat Oct 24 2 to 5 Sparkle Ghost ornaments

Go to our website for class descriptions

Art Bins

Great for Stowing all of your Art equipment.

Holiday Lights

Holiday to EVERYDAY! We stock craft lights in 20-100 Packs everyday!

Crimping Tool

Using the right tool for the job can help you in your beading. It can make them more secure crimps and heater loops.

Here is a guide to your common jewelry hand tools.


* Crimping Tool: This is Must have tool when stringing beads! They easily secure crimp tubes and beads to your beading wire. The tool has two notches for closing your crimps( when your crimp tool is closed, one notch forms on "o" and one forms a "u" . The crimp first & squeeze your tube or bend in the "u" shaped notch to keep it in place. then squeeze it on the "o: shaped notch to further secure and round it.

* Flush cut pliers: THis took can tri head pins, eye pins and beading wire. Flush cutters allow a flat even cut. for a perfect flush cut, always keep the waste end of your wire toward the concave side of the cutters.

EEK!

This is a CUTE and EASY project to enjoy..

you will need
E 6000
Wood Letters
Round wood base
Paint of choice
Toy rat
Metal Spider..


Paint all wood in the color of your choice.
Glue letters together then glue them onto the base. Add the rat and Spider...

Then you get to enjoy this decoration...

BRAND NEW YARN!

HOMETOWN USA by Lion Brand.

PERFECT for Knitting, crochet and crafting. Makes projects quickly with this "BULKY" easy-care yard. 100% Acrylic.
14 Bright bold colors to choose from. Hurry in to see!

BOO-Riffic Brownies

These are a simple and fun holiday treat that are very EASY to personalize in 3 easy steps!

Ingredients

1- Family size pkg of fudge brownie mix. Plus all ingredients to make the brownies
1- pkg jumbo marshmallows
1 container of White cake frosting
Blue, orange, purple, and green good coloring.
assortment of small candies for the eyes ( m&m's Cinnamon sprinkles, ect)

STEP 1
Prepare brownie mix. Divide batter evenly into paper lined cupcake pans. Bake as directed. When the toothpick comes out with MOIST CRUMBS, pull out of the oven.

Step 2

Immediately after removing from oven, place jumbo Marshmallows on top of warm brownies. Move to wire rack to cool completely.

Step 3
Place small amount of white frosting into the microwave save dishes. Microwave on MED for 5-7 second or until frosting is runny. Mix a drop of food coloring into a couple dishes to make a colored ghost, leaving a few white as well.. Drizzle spoonfuls of the frosting over marshmallows, allowing it to puddle at the base. Let Frosting cool completely. When coo, place 2 candies for the eyes of the ghost. You can also draw a mouth with Gel frosting for the "BOO" Effect.

Enjoy!

Artist trading cards.

Create, collect, swap

The act of creating and swapping artist trading cards is an exciting way to share your art, connect with other artists and collect art! Every one of all ages can benefit from this form of art. Artist trading cards (ATC) can never be sold. Trading is a way to share your art. The whole experience of ATCs is not to make money but to connect and collect the art of other artists.
The format for this form of art is of a small nature. 2 ½ “ x 3 ½ “. By creating daily you can sharpen your skills and the smaller size is wonderful for children as well

Share, Gift, and store art of their own for future viewing.

Cards are made from Paper, fabric, and metal. They feature work from photographers, printmakers, watercolorists, collage artists, doodlers’, metal crafters, mixed media, fabric piece makers and scrap bookers.

The artist trading card workshop book shows you the how to for getting started on your ATC.
Stop by and pick up your cards today.
We carry Strathmore brand illustration board, Textured, Bristol, canvas paper, Acrylic, Mix pack, watercolor, frame cards, envelopes and vinyl sleeves.

Join the movement! Create, swap, and collect original art in person or on line. For information, visit www.strathmoreartist.com/atc

Salt and Pepper Shakers

Novelty salt and pepper shakers make a great gift and are very collectable. These shakers are produced in every shape and size. You can even join salt
And pepper shaker clubs if you wanted to.

My most favorite that I brought in this year would be THE GHOST. .. When a salt and pepper shaker hug or wrap around each other they are called “HUGGERS”. The salt and pepper pours from their eyes. I think they are great!
I also have ACORNS, PILGRIMS and PUMPKINS. Watch for my new Christmas ones that should be out soon!

Autumn and Halloween Punches

Create wonderful scrapbook pages and cards using a variety of Halloween and Autumn Pjunches.
You can also use these punches to create confetti for parties and special occasions. We off a large variety of fun and easy punches from friskers, Martha Stewart and EK Success.

Beading Tools and Birthday Party..

Ayriss Torres and her friends came to Sierras last Saturday to have a watch making birthday party! She and her friends all made themselves a new Hip watch.

Make sure you join us on Saturdays from 12 – 2 and we can help you make a watch band. It’s a BLAST

Which is the right beading tool?

Using the right tools for the job can help in your beading. It can make more secure crimps and neater loops

Here is a guide to you common Jewelry hand tools

Watch for parts 2 through 4 all this month.

Bent * Chain nose pliers: these are made to reach into tighter places so you can grip components, close jump rings, and bend wire in those hard to reach places.

Chin Nose Pliers: These pliers are used to grip your components more easily. There are both long and short nose pliers. The short ones have more strength while the long one have a betterreach.

Glow in the Dark Glue/Paint

Create glow in the dark effects with these paints and glues.

Krylon Glowz spray paint has a high night visibility while recharges with exposure to light.

Luminous Acrylic Paint: non toxic permanent paint that works great on wood, glass, paper, fabric, plaster and ceramic. Use it on your costumes, signs, night lights, ceilings, bicycles, and pumpkins.

Dimensional Writer: need some dimension on your project? This writer will give you a glow in the dark dimension to any project such as costumes, posters and wall art.

Mod Podge: waterbased sealer, glue and finish. For more glow just add more coats.

Start your Halloween costumes and crafting today!

Rick Rack

Have you used rick rack lately? This old time ribbon is great for use with fabric and paper. Embellish your clothes, aprons, pot holders, towels, bags, pillowcases plus you can use it in paper crafting. I love the look when used on cards and in scrapbooking.

Choose for Jumbo, large, medium and small in 24 different colors.

Ceramic Tins with Apple Strudel Recipe

FALL APPLE STRUDEL MUFFINS

Can’t you smell those delicious muffins in the morning? Hot and fresh right out of the oven!! Yummy…

Recipe: apple strudel muffin

Ingredients:

2 cup flour 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon baking powder 1 ½ cups chopped apples

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt 1/3 cup packed brown sugar

½ cup butter 1 tablespoon flour

1 cup white sugar 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 eggs 1 tablespoon butter

Directions:

preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 12 cup muffin pan

In a medium bow, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt

In a large bowl, beat together, butter, sugar and eggs until smooth. Mix in vanilla. Stir in apples, and gradually blend in the flour mixture. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin pan.

In small bow, mix brown sugar, flower and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture is like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over tops of mixture in muffin pan.

Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Allow to sit 5 minutes before removing from pan. Cool on a wire rack.

Pick up a Halloween Ceramic Muffin tin to bake this or your own favorite recipe in. Wrap with cello, tie it with raffia and add a note.

Great Gift or this makes the perfect “YOU’VE BEEN BOO’ED” program.

Ceramic Muffin Tin

Halloween décor

Oven & Dishwasher safe

FDA approved

Not intended for microwave use.

Coupon is 50% off original price of Ceramic muffin Tin

Picture is of the tins

CLASSES FOR THE WEEK!

Tuesday October 6 @ 6 pm: Watch making. You’ve seen them on everyone’s wrist. How do you get one? Now is the time to come and learn how to make yours. The class fills up quickly, so sign up early!!

Thursday October 8@ 6 pm… Card making class. Come in and make cards with Janelle this month. Class Fee: $5.00 for 3 cards. All supplies included

Saturday Oct 10 @ 8 am… Scrapbook class. Class fee $5.00 for page kit

Saturday Oct 10 @ 12 to 2… Watch making workshop. Buy you supplies and we will help you assemble the watch.

Saturday Oct 10 @ 2 to 5… Ornamentally Yours; Sculpy pumpkins $2.00

Your True Nature

Let nature’s simple, heart-tickling and inspiring wisdom help you live Your True Nature each and everyday.
Mat and Frame one of their postcards or give them a bookmark with a book for a wonderful gift.

Candle Warmer Lamp

the candle warmer lamp is a revolutionary new concept to the candle warming industry. These lamps create the ambiance of a burning candle while releasing the candles fragrance within minutes.
Fill your home with the scent of fall- put a candle of your choice on a candle warmer and enjoy

Comes in black, bronze, pewter, brass, white and taupe.

CREATE YOUR OWN CALANDER

These calendars are a great way for you to add your own personal touch to each month and holiday. Add your pictures to create lasting memories throughout the year. Now is the time to start your calendars for christmas gifts.
We carry
12 x 12 or 8 x 8 calendars
All desktop calendars
Calendar making accessories.