When we think of St. Patrick’s Day, we think of shamrocks, leprechauns, 4-leaf clovers, corn beef and cabbage and of course all things Irish! But who is this St Patrick ? What’s the significance of all the traditions that make up this celebrated holiday? And why does everyone wear green?
J&O Fabrics did a little research to find out.
Who is St. Patrick?
So did it make you cringe to see the word ‘Winter’ in the headline? Fear not—these fabric winter wreath ideas will take a bit off the chill off and add some warmth to your home! This year, I am loving the ice blue– it is a bold and bright hue in an otherwise drab time of year! It is important to surround yourself with bright colors during the long grey months of winter, find your favorite color combinations in our online fabric store and get started on your winter wreath this instant! (After you make a mammoth mug of hot cocoa with marshmallows, that is!).
With the holiday season looming just around the corner, it is time to get started on this year’s arsenal of décor! These fabric ornaments by Lazy Girl Designs will add a personal touch to the tree and also make thoughtful gift ideas for friends and family. Begin by browsing our selection of holiday fabrics and prepare to be amazed at how promptly they end up at your soon-to-be decked out doorstep!
Photo by Lazy Girl Designs.
You will need:
• A few different fabrics to add interest. Mix and match patterns and just go nuts with it, the end product will be amazing!
• Scissors
• Sewing machine
• Fusible web
Just to wet your creative juices a little, here are a few of our Fun Facebook Fan postings so far. Are they creative or what??!!
Whether you hit the pavements and brick-n-mortars for door buster deals on Black Friday, or surf the world wide web for the ceremonial kick-off of wish list item bargains on Cyber Monday, one thing is for sure, there is nothing like shopping from the comfort and convenience of your own home. Especially if you are shopping in confidence at J&O Fabrics.
With hundreds of selected discount designer prints and specialty fabric textile goods available right at your fingertips, there is nothing to loose and everything to gain in the purchasing of choice material for those one-of-a-kind hand made gifts and craft items this holiday season. Take an extra 10% off with our J&O Fabrics coupon and really find reason to celebrate!
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While many of us can be found dressed up in the scariest costumes and loading our nap sacks with treats to the brim come Halloween night, less than a few days later, our Latino brothers and sisters here and home and especially in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, can be found celebrating the return of the dead in a similar fashion during their festive El Dia De Los Muertos, otherwise known as All Souls Day.
With Christmas less than a few days away and Kwanzaa soon following, why not pull on your creative juices and save a little money at the same time with great fabric gift wrappings and bows?
For most crafters and designers alike, fabric scraps from botched projects, incomplete projects, and projects with more fabric left over than used, often times accumulate into colorful mountains of textured material eagerly waiting to be recycled and put to good use. Many times the end result is a funky reconstructed shirt, festively trimmed greeting card, or cute little fabricated doll for the holidays. But what about using that beautiful fabric as an inexpensive and easy substitute for actual store bought wrapping paper for use during the holidays and any special occasion.
The old school saying, “pressure makes diamonds” vibrates as a hopeful reminder that in these crazy economic times, the threat of financial hardship crushing us can serve as a motivation to use our God given imagination to create lemonade out of lemons. And not just any old lemonade either. I’m talking about the kind of lemonade that gets discovered, packaged and sold as an exotic beverage because of its unique texture and taste. You know, the kind that only you can make because there’s only one you in this whole wide world. The kind that creates a demand so great that instead of baking under the unrelenting sun as you earn just enough to get by, you instead find yourself basking under a warm and generous sun as you await your next check from the shares in your now successful beverage line. And to think, this time last year, you were fearing foreclosures and bankruptcy.
Halloween for some is nothing more than a night of inconvenience as little snot nosed children from far and wide seem to flock to your door at the setting of the sun and beg for their fix of red 40, high fructose corn syrup , and of course, that powdered white stuff the FDA calls ‘sugar’. You know, the stuff that makes children’s heads spin and their mouths to run a mile in a minute flat. It’s the stuff that a junkies high is made of, and an addicts low craves for.
