Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 45 - Calendar in a Can

Finishing up calendar week, Lisa is showing off a great project, designed by Puna called "Calendar in a Can". This would be a perfect gift, and it even comes with it's own wrapping! We hope you've been inspired by the ideas we've shared with you this week to create your own calendar. Be sure to stop by and tell us about it!

Create another cool calendar project with Lisa - A Calendar in a Can!

You can watch the video here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 45 - Calendar in a Can

Supplies you will need:

Clear pail

SRM Calendar Months

Double-sided tape

Ribbons/Embellishments

Happy New Year and be sure to join us next week for more crafting fun!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 44 - Blank Calendar

We're back with another great calendar idea for you! We carry a variety of sizes of DIY calendars, but the one we're featuring today is great because it's split in the middle. Check out the video to see what it's all about and why it's so cool!

Lisa shows you how to personalize a blank DIY Calendar.

Watch it here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 44 -Blank Calendar

Supplies:
Blank Calendar
Printed Papers
Paper Trimmer
Double-sided Tape
Embellishments
SRM Month Labels

You can make these calendars for gifts or for your desk. See you again Friday for our last Calendar project!

Ready for a New Year?

Well, we all made it through Christmas. Pat yourself on the back, only one more holiday to go. Are you ready for the New Year? I thought that we might start the year off right by making a present for ourselves. Never mind all those other people! It's time to do something for you. So here's my project:

Yes, it's another calendar using those nifty SRM calendar stickers. I really wanted to make something decorative AND useful so I put together this wall-hanging calendar. 

Each month is made on a pre-cut chipboard pennant. You could use any shape that you want, but I thought that the pennants might be cute.

And just like the previous calendar posts, we're using up scrapbooking scraps, ribbons, buttons, and even making some of our own embellishments out of the stuff we already have.

I hope you like it. If you want a closer look at this calendar, you can always stop in at Enchanted Lake for a visit. I'll have it hanging up by our make your own calendars and SRM stickers.

Thanks for stopping by!
Puna @ Enchanted Lake

P.S. Don't forget to check out our previous post about the newest Crankin' Out Crafts episode.

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 43 - Calendar Card

Hey Everyone!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Santa brought you everything you asked for! With 2012 just a few days away, we've come up with some unique calendar ideas to get you ready for the new year! First up, JFlo shows you how to make a Calendar Card.

Create this Calendar Card for a birthday, holiday, or even just because!

View the episode on our Youtube Channel here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 43 - Calendar Card

Supplies:

4.25" x 5.5" white card

3.75" x 5" printed paper of your choice

SRM Calendar

Double-sided tape

Pop-Up Dots (or foam tape)

Ribbon/Embellishments

Join us again Wednesday for another Calendar craft!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 42 - Cylinder Wrapping

Hey Everyone!

Any of you got presents this year that are shaped like a cylinder, but have NO CLUE how to wrap 'em? Well, you're in luck because JFlo is back to show you how to wrap your gift in a super cute and super easy way! All you need is wrapping paper, scissors, tape, and ribbon!

JFlo shows you an easy way to wrap jars or cylinder-shaped gifts.

Watch the episode here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 42- Cylinder Wrapping

From all of us on Crankin' Out Crafts, we would like to wish you a very

Merry Christmas!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 41 - Twine & Buttons / Ribbons & Picks

It's gift wrapping week and we're back again with two great ways for dressing up your boxes & bags. JFlo will be showing you how to decorate using Twine & Buttons, then Ribbons & Picks.

Throw away the old ribbons and stick-on bows, and use baker's twine & buttons, instead!

Supplies for wrapping using Twine & Ribbon:

Solid-colored wrapped gift

Baker's Twine (color of your choice)

Buttons (color of your choice)

Spruce up your gift wrapping with cool Christmas picks and two coordinating ribbons.

Supplies for wrapping using Ribbons & Picks:

Wide decorative ribbon

Thinner solid-colored ribbon with feathered/picot edge

Decorative Christmas pick

Watch the episode here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 41 - Twine & Buttons / Ribbons & Picks

Don't be afraid to mix 'n match colors, ribbon, and different supplies to create unique looks. We hope you have as much fun wrapping this holiday season, as we do on Crankin' Out Crafts! Join us again Friday for one more gift wrapping technique. 

Ack! It's Christmas!

Well, the Holidays have finally caught up to me!  They were so sneaky this year that I didn't even see them coming. Anyway, for everyone in the same situation, here are a couple of last minute gift ideas.

The first is the Calendar in a Can. These cute little cards have a small calendar on each and are perfect to sit on a desk in the office or on a side table at home.

It doesn't take much to make the mini calendars, just some 3"x4" solid card stock, the mini calendar stickers, and some scrapbooking extras. This is a great project to use up those odds and ends like scraps of paper and unused ribbon and embellishments. (So, in a way, the project gets you and your recipient ready for the new year - they get a handy calendar and you get to make room for a new year's worth of scrapbooking stuff.) On the back of each card I also added a small at-a-glance sheet for important dates .Drop these mini months into a pail or can and you've got a great home-made gift.

For a second similar project, I used the calendar stickers and the same scrapbooking papers and embellishments to make up some cards. For a gift, you can make up a box of 12 cards and envelopes (each card only took me a couple of minutes to make) for a "card of the month" set. If you wanted to, you could "theme" each card around the holidays for the month or even for the seasons.

See you next week (as long as the holidays don't get the better of me) for another blog entry.

Puna @ Enchanted Lake

P.S. Don't forget to look at our previous post for today about gift wrapping on Crankin' Out Crafts.

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 40 - Felted Accessory

Welcome back to another week of holiday crafts! By now, you should be done or almost done with your Christmas shopping and have one thing left to do - WRAP! This week we will show you quick and easy ways to wrap up your gifts. Today, Brandon shows you how to create a cute and fun felted accessory for your boxes.

Wrap your gift with strips of felt! Watch as Brandon 

shows you how to make a cool felt pompom/flower to add as bow".

View the episode here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 40- Felted Accessory

Supplies to make a felted accessory:

Solid-colored wrapped gift

Felt srips (3" strips for pompom, 2" strips for wrapping)

Hot Glue + glue sticks

Come back on Wednesday for another way to dress up your gifts!

Mochi Earrings!

Hi Everyone!

Long time no blog! XD Things have been busy, busy, busy lately with Christmas coming up. How's your preparations for Christmas coming along?

I hate to remind you, but after Christmas comes New Years. To help celebrate that, you can find adorable mochi earring kits in our Bead Shoppe! They're super cute and super easy to put together.

Each kit comes with enough materials to make one pair of earrings, but they're so easy and fun that you're going to want to make them to give to family and friends! Here's a list of what the kit includes along with the SKU numbers and prices to help make finding the individual items quick easy:

Kit Includes:

2 ea. - Mini leaf sequin pearl Dark Green (30063526 - $2.49)

2 ea. - Donut bead 12mm White AB (30099844 - $3.49)

2 ea. - Donut bead 8mm White AB (30099835 - $3.49)

2 ea. - Round Swarovski 4mm Hyacinth (30106651 - $2.99)

2 ea. - Earwire (30101821 - $3.49)

2 ea. - Headpin 2in. (30095652 - $1.39)

2 ea. - Seed Bead 11/0 Grass Green (30087187 - $1.75)

Also needed but not included are chain nose plier, round nose plier, and wire cuttters.

To make the earrings, all you do is stack! The leaf goes on the bottom and then the two donuts, the round bead comes next, and then finally the seed bead!

These earring kits are only $3.99 so stop by soon to pick one up!

Before I go, I just wanted to let you know that the majority of our Christmas items are on sale right now! There is a one-page flier full of sales that you can find at the stores, but the remaining Christmas items, excluding gift wrap items (like boxes and gift bags), are 25% off!

Have a very Merry Christmas from the Hilo Ben Franklin family!

~Jen

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 39 - Bell Ring

Happy Aloha Friday and welcome back to another episode of Crankin' Out Crafts! Today we have the last of our Pipecleaners (aka chenille stems) projects. Brandon will show us how to create a festive Bell Ring, just in time for the holidays.

A quick & easy wearable craft to chime-in the season!

Tune in to the episode here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 39 - Bell Ring

Supplies for this project:

Metallic gold chenille stem (1/2 of a stem)

1" piece of felt

5-6 jingle bells (the brightly colored Japanese ones chime the best)

Hot Glue Gun + glue sticks

A finger :o)

Thanks for stopping by our blog today and join us again next week for more craft projects. Have a great weekend everyone!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 38 - Curly Reindeer

We're back again with another fun project using pipecleaners (aka chenille stems)! Today Brandon shows you how to make a Curly Reindeer to display as a holiday ornament or gift wrapping embellishment.

Watch as Brandon twists out a cute little reindeer, perfect as an
ornament or to accessorize your gift wrapping!

You can view the video here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 38 - Curly Reindeer

Supplies needed:

Brown chenille stems

Tan chenille stem

Hot glue gun + glue sticks

Metallic red pompom

Googly eyes

See you again Friday, for another fun and easy craft!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 37 - Reindeer Candy Cane

This week we are making easy fun crafts for the kids, all using Pipecleaners (also known as chenille stems). 

Watch Brandon make this easy Reindeer Candy Cane.
It makes a great gift for the classroom, teachers, friends or coworkers. It's a classic.

See the episode on our youtube channel here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 37 - Reindeer Candy Cane

Supplies for this project:

Brown Pipecleaners

Candy Cane

Red Pom Pom

Glue

Googly Eyes

Come back again Wednesday, for another craft made with pipecleaners!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 36 - Magnetic Marbles

Happy Aloha Friday! Today JFlo shows us how to make magnetic marbles to go with your magnetic boards.

Create beautiful magnets with decorative seasonal paper, photos, or magazine clippings.

 

 

Catch the episode here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 36 - Magnetic Marbles

Supplies:

Flat marbles

Glossy Accents

Scissors

Photos, cardstock, magazine clippings 

Button magnets

E-6000 glue

Nail clippers (optional)

Thanks for joining us for our Magnetic Crafts this week! Check back again Monday, for another crafty & cool theme from Crankin' Out Crafts!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 35 - Hanging Magnetic Organizer

Welcome back for another episode of Crankin' Out Crafts! We are continuing on with our Magnet theme this week. Today JFlo is showing us how to keep organized with this handy Hanging Magnetic Organizer.

JFlo creates a customized hanging organizer to hold your Christmas cards and reminders.

Watch the episode on youtube here: Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 35: Hanging Magnetic Organizer

Supplies you will need for this project:

12x12 tin sheet

Double-stick tape

12x12 cardstock (one sheet for the background and one for your pocket)

Paper trimmer (or tongue in this case for paper tearing)

Crop-A-Dile

Wide decorative ribbon

Scissors

Check back again Friday for another magnetic craft!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 34 - Magnetic Calendar Frame

This week's theme is all about magnets. This Magnetic Calendar Frame helps keep you organized all year long. It also makes a great gift!

JFlo makes a framed calendar that's interchangeable with the seasons.

You can watch the episode on our youtube channel here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 34 - Magnetic Calendar Frame

Supplies you will need:

12x12 tin sheet

12x12 frame

12x12 clear calendar sheet from Petersen-Arne

12x12 cardstock (in any design that matches the season)

Bistro or dry erase markers

All supplies available at any Hawaii BFC store. Join us again on Wednesday, for another magnetic craft!

Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 33 - Character Glass Ornament

We have character, yes we do. Thanks for joining us for our last character-inspired craft. Since JFlo knows a lot about characters (because she is one), she's showing us the next craft.

Give your tree some character with this character glass ornament.

Click on this link for inspiration: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 33 - Character Glass Ornament

Supplies for all you characters out there:
Christmas Ornament
Deco Color pens in various colors


Thanks again for watching our character-themed week. Join us next week for another theme!