Social Crafting Night at Beverly's!

Social Crafting Night at Beverly's

Join us Wednesday, July 25th at 5pm for a fun and social crafting event! Make your own Tea Towel Apron for just $7. We're looking forward to seeing you! Space is limited so sign up today at your local Beverly's store!

What’s new at Beverly’s for scrapbookers? Plenty!

BoBunny Double Dots

10 colors of BoBunny Double Dots, in brighter colors. Here is a list of the colors that should be shipping directly to your store soon:

Almond Dot

Blush Dot

Brilliant Blue Dot

Clover Dot

Grape Dot

Lemonade Dot

Licorice Dot

Orange Citrus Dot

Paprika Dot

Raspberry Dot

Thickers are coming!   What are thickers?   Cork, Burlap, Text, Corrugated, Holographic, Boardwalk…these are the new Thickers . The cork, burlap and text are really popular with the current fashion trends in scrapbooking.  Visit your local Beverly’s, to see the newest scrapbooking trends.

Crate Paper Baby

Some of you will be receiving the new Little Boy Blue and Little Bo Peep lines from Crate Paper. This cute, vintage paper will include 6 sheets each of the boy and girl paper, 6x6 paper pads for both, chipboard and accent sheets, and brads, stickers and phrases for both boy and girl. Cute and retro!

American Crafts Glitter New from American Crrrafts -  glitter, tinsel and micro bead packs from American Crafts as well.

Photo Albums

Our buyer made a special purchase for our customers that want quality, fashion albums at great savings. You will be delighted to see these $19.99 value photo albums for $9.99

What’s new for your home - Glass Cylinders and Rocks

We are receiving or have already received the following decorating items that are at a great price! The pebbles will make a great summer decoration in glass vases, with floral stems etc. The glass marbles are a fun accent, large and different!  And the glass cylinders will go right into your glass wall.

Decorator Mesh: 18 of each of the following colors are coming! -pink, turquoise, lime, orange, ivory, iridescent.

HOME DÉCOR: New furniture coming!!. It will be coming in in July… Lots of surprising new decorator pieces – eclectic and/or,  just stop by and you decide.

Fabric News – Michael Miller Crystal has arrived along with sewwwwwwwwwww, many new fashion fabrics for quilting, aprons, children, decorating etc.  Beverly’s always has the latest fashion fabrics from the fashion leaders.  Beverly has also ordered new fabrics from Laurel Burch, Alexander Henry, Robert Kaufman, just to many new fabrics arriving to list.

Kids Can Upcoming Events!

Kids Can at Beverly's!

Super fun kids projects are happening at your local Beverly's store coming in July so mark your calendars!

• Saturday, July 7th at 1pm: Make a mini canvas with quilling!
• Saturday, July 14th at 1pm: Make a friendship bracelet & learn finger knitting!
• Saturday July 21st at 1pm: Make a secret art card using Chinese watercolors!
  
  Projects are only $1 each, so come join us for super-fun crafting at Beverly's!!!

Beverly's Supports Our Troops this Holiday

Today is Veteran's Day, and we'd first like to thank all the American veterans who have served our country so bravely in the past!

What better day than today to update you all on the results of Operation Christmas Card in our Beverly's stores? Last Saturday, customers took time out of their shopping visits to make cards for the military men and women currently serving in the Armed Forces. Customers of all ages, men, women, and children, came together, and with supplies provided by Beverly's, created over 1,300 cards for our troops!

The cards included heartfelt messages for the troops safety, thanks for their service and wishes for a happy holiday season so far from home.

This morning we counted the cards and boxed them up for delivery to the headquarters of Operation Christmas Card. From there, the members of that organization will insure that the cards will reach our troops in time for the holiday.

Beverly's would like to thank EK Success for giving us the opportunity to take part in this worthwhile service project, the customers who put their talents to good use creating the cards, and all the service men and women who serve our country so bravely.

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Stonehenge Revisited

Have you ever wanted to capture the magic of Stonehenge in a quilt? Well, now you can, thanks to the new line of Stonehenge fabric by Sunshine Cottage from Northcott, available here!

This collection of 100% cotton fabric, designed by Linda Ludovico, has the look of stone but the feel of silk. It to comes in a wonderful array of colors, with pallettes including Warm Stone, Cool Stone, Mother Earth and Mohave.

Donatella Simmonds, quilting expert in our Monterey store, created the beautiful table runner you see here using the Stonehenge Warm Stone pallette. The results are amazing, wouldn't you agree? I asked her how she liked working with the fabric.

"It was so nice to work with," Donatella told me. "It has a beautiful sheen and the high thread count made it a dream to sew. All the colors worked together so well."

Beverly's is proud to carry this amazing line of fabrics online and in the following stores: Bakersfield, Carmichael Yards of Fabric, Citrus Heights, Rocklin, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Soquel and Stockton. A variety of colors is available as yardage, with strip packs becoming available later in the fall.

What magic will you create with Stonehenge?








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Simply Smashing!

There's a new way to journal in the 21st century and it's called Smash!

Developed by K&Company, this hip new line of journals and accessories is selling out of our stores faster that we can stock the shelves.

The books themselves, or folios as Smash calls them, come in seven different themes. One for every personality...or every day of the week! Each one has 40 pages, with a different background image on every page. A blank white page can sometimes be intimidating...this little book fixes that! Right now you can choose from International Yellow, Simple Orange, Eco Green, Mod Black, Doodle Red, Pretty Pink or Retro Blue. I'm hoping they come out with one that could be used for a Christmas journal (hint, hint!).

And so many great accessories! Pockets, tabs, flags, clips, tape, journaling pads...the makers of Smash have thought of everything! Combine these with the snippets of your daily life, like receipts, lists, photos or love notes, and your Smash book can truly become a reflection of you.

One of the coolest features of this book is the Smash Stick. It has a pen on one end, a glue stick on the other, and it fits right in the loop attached to the book. This awesome tool makes it easy to stick your stuff in on the go and eliminates bringing along bulky accessories.

There's no right or wrong way to use Smash. Use it to record important things. Or use it to record the little things that happen every day. Here's what the makers of Smash have to say:

So, what are you waiting for? Grab a folio and start Smashing!

**Thanks to K&Company for use of the Smash video and quote.

Accordion Envelope Book

This week, Beverly's stores hosted an evening of Social Crafting, featuring this cute accordion envelope book. The participants had so much fun creating this project that we decided to share it with you here!

Created with basic envelopes, the book is then embellished with scrapbook paper (we used Funhouse from GCD), ribbons, flowers and bling.
Imagine the embellishment possibilites! With Christmas paper, it becomes a place to store your lists, budget and receipts. Covered with a cute kitchen print, it will hold your shopping list and coupons for the grocery store!
Read on for step by step instructions, or download the project here.





Supplies Needed:

5 Envelopes (we used 5 ¼” x 7 ¼”, but other sizes work)

4 5”x7” Greeting Cards (paper measures 10”x7”)

3 Sheets Double Sided, Patterned Scrapbook Paper

(or 6 Sheets Single Sided Patterned Paper)

6 Sheets Solid Cardstock to Coordinate with Patterned Paper

Ribbon
Ribbon-Slot Edge Punch

Decorative Edge Punch

Rat Tail Cord

Paper Clips

Small Silk Flowers

TinyType Alphabet Stickers

Rhinestones, Buttons for Embellishment

Distress Ink

Adhesive of Choice

Craft Knife, Scissors

 

To Make the Base Book:

Create accordion book from five envelopes. Using a glue stick, adhere the envelopes together by placing adhesive on the inside of the flap of one envelope attaching it to the front of the next envelope. Repeat for all five envelopes.

Fold the pages accordion style, making the flap of the first envelope the cover of your book.

Add a ribbon closure. Cut a small opening the width of the ribbon on both sides of the last envelope and run the ribbon through (page shown already decorated).

To Make the Cover:

Cut two pieces of decorative scrapbook paper measuring 2”x7 ¼”. Adhere to front and back of first envelope flap, using the adhesive of your choice.

Page 1:

Adhere 4 ½” x 7” piece of solid cardstock to envelope pouch, as pictured.

Top with edge punched 4”x6” piece of patterned paper.

Embellish with silk flower, button and rhinestone.

Pocket insert will be created later in this tutorial.

Page 2:

Adhere 4 ½” x 7” piece of decorative paper to envelope pouch, as pictured. 

Top with 4”x6” piece of solid cardstock. Use pieces of coordinating paper to embellish.

Use Tiny Type stickers to spell out “LOOK HERE” on inside of pouch edge.

Pocket insert will be created later in this tutorial.

 

 

Page 3:

Edge punch 4 ½” x 7” piece of solid cardstock with ribbon slot punch.

Weave  ribbon through slots as pictured, skipping one slot on the top as you weave. Tape ends on back of paper. 

Adhere to envelope pouch, as pictured. 

Top with 4”x6” piece of patterned paper.

Pocket insert will be created later in this tutorial.

 

Page 4:

Edge punch 4 ½” x 7” piece of solid cardstock with ribbon slot punch. 

Tie two 4” pieces of in a knot. Weave  the ends from the center through slots as pictured, skipping three slots each time you weave. Tape ends on back of paper. 

Adhere to envelope pouch, as pictured.

Top with two piece of patterned paper, measuring 2 ½” square and 2 ¾”x 3 ½”, respectively.

Embellish with decorative paper and rhinestones.
Pocket insert will be created later in this tutorial.

 Page 5:

Adhere 4 ½” x 7” piece of decorative paper to envelope pouch, as pictured.  

Top with 4”x6” piece of solid cardstock. Use pieces of coordinating paper to embellish.

Use rhinestones and buttons to embellish as desired. 

Pocket insert will be created later in this tutorial.

Back Cover:

Adhere a 5 ¼”x7 ¼” piece of decorative cardstock to front side of last envelope, as pictured (this is the opposite side of the book than you have been working on.

Decorative Paper Clips:

Use a strong adhesive to adhere scraps of paper or silk flowers to the tops of paper clips. Embellish as desired.

File Folder Insert:

Make tab on one 7” side by cutting ½”x2” notches on both sides. Use corner rounder to round tab.

Distress tab with distress ink.

Adhere Tiny Type letters to spell “MEMORIES.”

Make folder from back of card by folding back of card to inside in at 2 ½” inches. 

Cover card under tab with patterned cardstock, 4”x7”. Add strip of solid cardstock under tab.
Cut three pieces of patterned cardstock, 1 ½” x 7”, 2”x7”, 2 1/2” x 7” and adhere to flaps of folder as shown.

Mini Book Insert:

Cut 4”x7” piece of double sided cardstock. Fold in half.

Cut greeting card into two pieces measuring 3 ½”x6”. Fold in half. Align in center of folded double sided cardstock. 

Punch two holes along fold lines through all layers. Run rat tail through and tie in a bow on the outside.

Embellish cover as desired. 

Gatefold Insert:

Cut greeting card down to 5” height.

Open card. Fold front to center and back to center to create gate fold. 

Cut two 2 ½”x3” pieces of decorative paper. Adhere to front flaps.

Use Tiny Type stickers to spell out “SWEET SMILES” on front flaps.
Use paper scrap embellishment to make gatefold “latch.”

Adhere 4 ½” square of decorative paper to inside of card. 

Tag Inserts:

Cut two pieces of solid cardstock, 2 ½” x 4 ½”. Cut corners from one end to form tag shape. 

Distress with distressing ink.

Embellish with ½” strips of decorative paper. 

Punch hole at notched end and embellish with ribbon.

Pocket Card Insert:

Cut the front of greeting card to 3”. Embellish with two 2 ½” squares of decorative paper, and a strip of decorativepaper in the middle.

Create pocket on inside of card. 

Cut decorative paper to 3”x5”. Apply adhesive to two short sides and bottom long side and adhere to inside of card to make pocket.

Cut a piece of decorative paper 3 ½” x 6”. Notch corners on one short side to make tag shape. Punch hole and embellish with ribbon.

Place all inserts in pouches and attach clips at top. Accordion fold shut and tie closed with ribbon. Enjoy!

Sunny Summer Decor

Summertime, and the living is easy! Now is the time to enjoy the outdoors, and what better way than dining al fresco?






Decorating with nature as your backdrop gives you so many of options. As summer reaches it's peak, sunflowers are a perfect choice to build your table decor around. Paired with blues taken from the sky and water, your tablescape will look fresh and cool during the summer heat.

While you're at it, why not think outside the box and use sunflowers in an unconventional way? Giant silk sunflowers, deconstructed, become unique placemats, while smaller blooms are the perfect backdrop for placecards.

Finish off your decor with a sunflower embellished candle in a hurricane to keep the wind out, and your dining adventure can carry on into the evening.

So, what are you waiting for? Grab some sunflowers, enhance your outdoor living space, and enjoy the lazy days of summer!

New Amy Butler Fabrics Are Here!

Amy Butler's new collection "Soul Blossoms" is now in all our stores and online. This collection features similar motifs from her previous collection, "Love", but with nine more colors, designs, and choices. The Peacock Feathers style has a soft, almost wispy pattern, while the loud and proud Disco Flower (featured) cries out to be part of your next purse, dress, or quilt! Amy Butler’s "Soul Blossoms" collection is in all your local Beverly’s stores now, or available anytime online at Beverlys.com!

Happy Birthday Beverly's!

Beverly’s 43^rd birthday bash is ready to go and you can join in all the fun this Saturday from 11-4 at your local Beverly’s store! We’re rolling out games, giveaways, crafts, and more. Here are some fun projects to make and take home that we have planned:

• Cupcake Decorating (yummy!)
• Birthday Balloon Favors
• Fabulous Feathered Hair Accessories
• Celebration Hats
• Tootsie Flower Pops

We’re also planning some great demonstrations like:

• Easy Birthday Baskets
• Birthday Hat Invitations
• Fun & Funky Birthday Banner
• Cupcake Party treats featuring:
• Cupcake Wrappers
• Cupcake Toppers
• and even a Cupcake Tower!

So it’s time to party down at Beverly’s! Enjoy our birthday and make your next one a blast!