Halloween projects are here at Ben Franklin. Cute ways to decorate your home. Come check it out!

Crafters......it's that time of year. Start your Christmas projects Now! Here are some simple, easy and fast wreaths you can do inexpensively! Watch Octobers Joy of Crafting or stop by the store and learn how. Thank you Enchanted Lake Ben Franklin for sharing this Awesome project!

Check out this Glass Brick we did! We took a laser copy of our precious model Kahanu, then brushed on top of the image with Liquitex Gel medium. Once it is completely dry soak the paper in water for 10 minutes. Gently rub the paper off. This will leave you with a transparency you can apply to any surface! Watch Joy of Crafting in October to see how it's done! So easy! You can use it for a center piece.

T-shirt Tuesday. Today Holly taught how to Screen Print with Simply Screen by Plaid. 10 students attended and had a wonderful time! Come join us August 3rd for our next T-shirt Tuesday when we teach Tie Dying again. Back by popular demand!

T-shirt Tuesdays at Market City!

T-shirt Tuesdays

@ Market City

Tie Dying Workshop

We had an awesome turn out!!!!

Everyone was excited to design their own T-shirt.

And looking forward to our next T-shirt Tuesday Workshop!
Screen Printing
on July 20, 2010

Having fun with the Creatopia!

Arleen from Market City

is here

demonstrating the

Creatopia

Thank you Holly for teaching us how to Tie Dye and how to use the YUDU! We are having so much fun. Come join us!

The staff at Market City loves YUDU Machine! We first tie dyed our shirts then we used the YUDU! Come check out our fun new Uniforms and we will teach you all about wearable art and all the fun things you can create!

Tie Dying at Market City! We are getting ready for our Summer of Fun with Tshirt Fashions! We are going to have our first Tshirt Tuesday on July 6th. Come join us! For only $8 you can get a tshirt and learn how to Tie Dye.

Stay tuned for the finished product. Will be posted on Monday June 28th.....

Summer Keiki on Saturdays

New Items!!!! We have just received Bamboo wash clothes. They are beautiful, natural and soft. Pictured here Holly used the New Silk Screen Koi stencil.

Silk Screen Stencils are also new to our store. You can print on Tees, tanks, hoodies, bags, and more. They are also reusable! One simply screen plus one paint bottle= 20 + projects.

Water marbles and Flexi vases make a great pair. Come by and see these cool nonbreakable plastic vases that make great centerpieces.

Add clear or colored water marbles to make a colorful accent.

buttons

Buttons in Bloom! We just received a new button program that is so cute! We are so inspired by all the beautiful color pallets available. Here we are showing a colorful bracelet made with ribbon, buttons and a plastic key holder. You can also design cute piece of Art or even a topper for a pen. Come see our new button display.

We are getting ready for the upcoming Wedding Expo April 23rd & 24th. One of the most popular themes is "Cherry Blossom". For the invitations I cut the paper to fit a legal envelope. This is a great way to cut cost. You can get 3 invites using a 12x12 sheet of paper. We chose washi paper as a sleeve on both the invitations and the favors. This adds a beautiful accent and touch of color. The favor boxes were cut from the Accucut machine. Hope you are inspired by these ideas and will join us at the Wedding Expo.

Here's an easy and fun idea!

Here we chose an Easter theme.

Using glass bricks, window clings, and paper shreds. It's fast, fun and easy. And it looks great too!!!

Another beautiful centerpiece/favor using the clear tubes. Coby took the purple roses and mounted them on top of the stoppers using hot glue. Then wrapped the sheer ribbon around the tube. Gorgeous!

Here are some more clever ideas for Party favors and Centerpieces. We used Floral Aqua Tubes and filled them up with the new colored M&M's. The toppers on the aqua tubes are flowers from a Spring Garland we carry and the Lady Bugs are part of this years Spring assortment too.

Tubes! Check out these cool plastic tubes! They make great party favors and centerpiece ideas! For the girls or the guys! We just received new colored M&M's to fill the Tubes.

Check out these cute lanterns!

Water Marbles.....We have sold so many water marbles lately to our younger customers. Water marbles were designed originally for florist as a marble or rock replacement. These fun marbles come in a variety of color and when water is added they can keep your fresh floral arrangements alive in a fun pretty way. Most recently, our biggest client for these "Water Marbles" are the kids! When I asked a young one what they do with these marbles, they simply said, "I watch it grow. Then I stick my hands in it. They feel cool!" So there you have it. A new product used by florist, crafter's, and kids. Water Marbles are the Item of the Month in March. Two for $5. Come by and see this cool new product!

This is one of my favorite projects! Supplies for this project are watercolor postcard pad, aqua pens, watercolor pencils and a micro pen. The watercolor post cards work great with watercolor pencils. I first sketched my picture with the micron black pen, then colored in sections with the watercolor pencil. Finally, I blended the pencils with the aqua pen.

All of these supplies are small and easy to carry when traveling. They also serve as a souvenir and a journal of where you have been.

We have this NEW End Cap located in the Make a Memory section of the store. We are featuring Tin Sheets and Black boards.

The Tin Sheets can be used with your favorite 12x12 scrapbook paper to create super cute magnetic board! Accent it with marble magnets. Next, the Black board. We used Bistro Markets to write with. They can easily be removed with a little water and a paper towel. These would make excellent gift for your favorite teacher, coach, friend or family member. Come check it out and get inspired!