eWillow.com's Paper Clips - Fun Photos

Crafty Paper Dresses

nospam@example.com (Charlene ) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:52:00 -0400

I was recently asked to judge a local version of "Project Runway." All I needed to do was show up. I didn't know anything about the logistics of the competition. I was pleasantly surprised when I showed up and learned that the participants were going to be working as teams on their challenges. I was even more thrilled when I learned that they had to make their creations out of newspaper and tape. That's all they could use.

The goal was for the girls to make modest outfits. After they were divided into teams and sent off to start their tasks, they were thrown a curve ball: they needed to add a modest bathing suit design to their creations.

I was so impressed with the creations! I wished I could have turned all of the outfits into real dresses right then and there...I would have bought them all!

Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera. Darn! Here are a couple of shots from an i-phone. I think you can get a good idea of how fun the event was, and how much can be created with paper.

The Judges

I like all of the thought that went into this dress. The skirt, the sleeves, the necklace, and the hair bow...a complete look!

Check out this adorable bathing suit! My favorite part is the bathing cap. How cute!

***************************

Don't forget to subscribe to one of our card packages so you never have to be without a greeting card again. Click HERE for details.

How I Saved Seven Hundred & Fifty Grand by Spending a Hundred Bucks

nospam@example.com (Charlene ) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:27:05 -0400

To move or not to move has been our question for a long time now. Boy, I could really use a separate room for all things eWillow.com related. We are minus one bird now that Adrienne is off to college; however, I just can't bring myself to turn her nest into a craft room. Where will she chill when she comes home?

I love where I work now because even though it is out-of-the-way, it is still part of where my family chills. I'm in a different room, but we have an open floor plan as far as the living and family rooms go, so we always feel like we are together. (I have this weird hang-up about being in a different room when my husband and kids are home with me. I like it when we are all together. It is some type of innate motherly feeling or something. Some people tell me I'm weird. Oh, well!)

I digress...

Back to the reason why we are here. My work room is very CLUTTERED. That is just how I roll when I'm making stuff. The clutter has caused me such anxiety that I am ashamed to have company! Funny thing is, you really don't see the clutter unless you are standing in a certain place in our house. A few years ago, I tried to hide the clutter by doing this:

It worked really well for awhile. However, this photo was taken back at the beginning of 2008, which was nearly a year before the idea for eWillow.com was even conceived. Oh, how the clutter has grown since then!

A few weeks ago, we made our first-ever trip to IKEA. I was totally inspired when I saw a set of curtains. My mind immediately conjured up the idea to hang curtains from the ceiling and make my office a separate room that can be hidden when needed, but open when I'm working. And that is how we saved $750,000 on a new house by spending $100 at IKEA and Home Depot.

Let's take a look:

Our first challenge was making the curtains long enough. We have ten-foot ceilings, and I wanted the curtains to dust the floor, but I didn't want them to hang directly from the high ceiling. Solution: long planter hooks from Home Depot. (I think they are 15" long.) By laying the curtain rod onto the planter hooks, the curtains now almost touch the floor and they hang far enough down from the ceiling that I don't feel claustrophobic. These picture makes me smile because this is the first big project that my husband was able to tackle after his cancer/chemo complications.

Continue reading "How I Saved Seven Hundred & Fifty Grand by Spending a Hundred Bucks"

Donald Trump, Rod Stewart, & Ramona Singer (oh, and David Foster, too!)

nospam@example.com (Charlene ) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:26:50 -0500

I'm busy behind-the-scenes here at eWillow.com making projects for the upcoming "So You Think You're Crafty" all-star round. In the meantime, I thought I would show you some fun photos.

My uncle is the founder of the Palm Beach Police Foundation, and just about every year my husband and I have the chance to attend the foundation's fundraising ball. The ball is held at Mar-a-Lago, which also happens to be the home of Mr. Donald Trump.

It was a fun event! All of the celebs were happy to pose for photo ops, except for one. Can you guess who? Ramona Singer. I'm not into bashing, but I must say that she was beyond rude. I don't think she got the memo that if it weren't for her fans, she would be a nobody. I tried several times to ask her about the beautiful jewelry she was wearing, because if you know Ramona, I'm sure it was for sale. However, everyone except for Donald, was invisible to her. Hence, the only way I got a pic of her was with Donald in the mix.

(p.s. the other pretty lady in the pewter dress is my mom!)

Continue reading "Donald Trump, Rod Stewart, & Ramona Singer (oh, and David Foster, too!)"