Martin Meyer Imports West

Pumpkin-Time Out of this world Pumpkin Designs!

Glitter and pumpkins are apparently the most fabulous combination ever. I’m seriously in love with these. They are first sprayed with white paint and then decorated with gorgeous glass glitter. Thanks to the Kelly at Fabulous K for sharing the great tutorial and the beautiful images as well. These are on my list of things to do this weekend! And you just have to appreciate her use of large grain chunky glitters! Out of this world. Click to her blog for the full step by step instructions.

 

Purple Pumpkins? Glitter up, little doggies!

Here is a great posting on real creative pumpkin designs, including my fav-o-rite one,

the glittery purple pumpkin! Check them out!

The glittery green one is not bad either!

to see german glitters for your pumpkins, click here

Vintage Scrapbook Pictures From Germany - Project Time

One of our favotive products here at Meyer Imports is the vintage paper crafts we import from Europe. Here is one of our designers, in action, using our Scrapbook pictures to create some wonderful keepsakes. Some great ideas for Holiday presents as well! You can see all our paperart products by clicking here!  To learn more about German Vintage Scrapbook Pictures, look below all the following pictures!

Very focused and hard at work!

A little glue and our Scrapbook picture is all it takes!

In no time at all, beautiful creations for all!

 

 

 

 

 

Up until the 1900s, the stronghold of scrap-picture production was in Berlin. Rarely were they exclusive producers of scrap pictures. Most produced a variety of articles such as greeting, cigarette and postcards as well as labels.

Meyer Imports has partnered with the sole producer devoted exclusively to the age-old tradition of scrap pictures. Up to this day, much of the production of the printed sheets is still done by hand, and the whole procedure starts with the manufacturing of the necessary tools.

From the very beginning, scrap pictures have always been used as items of both collecting and swapping. In Germany, those enhanced with glitter are classed as more valuable. They have also been used as decoration on jewelry boxes and furniture, in Christmas letters and cards from godparents, as paper embroidery, calling cards, "Schultüten" (a large cone made of decorated cardboard, filled with goodies, given to children on the first day of school in Germany), poetry albums, gingerbread and Christmas tree dressings, as well as in "Wundertüten" (a bag of knick-knacks including a surprise gift) and party crackers. Nowadays, scrap pictures are also used in the production of decoupage.

And ultimately, let's hope that the continued appeal of timeless values and nostalgia of bygone days will keep the tradition of scrap pictures alive for a long, long time to come.

Doggie Photo Frame Project Time - Just for fun!

For your entertainment, a quick non-Halloween project post on our Doris Dotz Blog

Please share your latest creation with us - send us a photo and as we love to give away samples to help spur your creativity!

Fall is here! Time to Glitter up the Pumpkins!

It's funny how Halloween has become such a large event for families. I can remember as a kid how we wore the cheap costumes, with the plastic face mask with the cheap rubber bands that broke by the second trick-or treat stop. Now, it's hand made costumes, big parties and much more of a whole family event. That's good! One of the things we also noticed (call it a trend I guess) is the burst of orange glass glitter sales in late September and October. I put on my Private Investigator Hat and realized that Glass Glitter Pumpkins were quite the rage. We had one customer create 50 Glittered Pumpkins as a centerpiece for a wedding they were planning.

That's a lot of Glitter Pumpkins! For anyone who wants to Glitter Up some Pumpkins, here is all you need to know! You will need:

1) Real (or plastic) Pumpkins - 3" to 6" pumpkins work the best.

2) Spray Glue (Any good Spray On Craft Adhesive)

3) Real German Meyer Imports Glass Glitter

Instructions

1. Protect your work surface with newspaper (or something)
2. Spray Pumpkin with adhesive  working one side at a time. Follow manufacturer’s instructions when working with spray adhesive.
3. Sprinkle the glass glitter evenly over adhesive, shake off extra.  Pour glitter on pumpkin again and fill in exposed areas.
4. Repeat process completing your project.
5. Impress your friends with your amazing talent!

We put together a little Halloween Boutique where we are offering Glass Glitter, Miniatures and other items all themed around Halloween. It's all in stock for rapid shipping. If you have craft ideas for Halloween, please send them in! Or post them as comments! I hope all your pumpkins look as good as ours!

Customer Project: Fairy Tale Mushroom Wedding Bouquet

Over on our Doris Dotz Blog, we have a very cool wedding bouquet that is very eco-friendly!

We are always SOOOOO Happy when customers share their projects with us! This time it's wonderful wedding Bouquets that used our vintage spun cotton Mushrooms!

Thanks Kelly for sharing! Make sure to check out her Etsy Store!

Project Files: it's all about Glitter Snowflakes!

This wonderful Glitter Tutorial is from a guest and friend of ours "Pine". Check out her wonderful projects and blog at Pine is Here by clicking here.

I like glitter just a little - okay, a lot - and I know there are more of you out there who feel the same way. I am completely tempted by anything glittery - glitter cards, glitter scrapbook papers, glitter brads, etc. Glitter just adds that perfect touch to so many projects. It is a staple supply that I keep on my desk and bring with me when I stamp with friends. Of course, when you use it on your projects you will end up covered in it or at least have a little bit of sparkle for the rest of the day... but to me that is a bonus. I don't mind at all! There are so many ways to add glitter to your hand stamped projects and with the holidays and snow (nature's glitter!) coming soon I thought it would be fun to share a few glittery techniques!

Project Files: Glittery Snowflake Cards

You know I love to stamp with paint and did you know that it is a great adhesive to stick glitter to? Here I stamped a polka dot background with white acrylic paint...

 

and then while the paint is still wet, sprinkle glitter right over the top of it. The glitter will stick right to the wet paint. Let the paint dry completely before using it on your project.

For the glitters that I use most often, I transfer them into bigger plastic containers. Then, I can either just dip the piece that I am working on right into the glitter or for the pieces to big for the container (like this one) I use a spoon to sprinkle the glitter onto my project.

 

Next I wanted to create some glittery snowflakes images for the main image of my projects. I stamped  snowflakes from my Rustic Snowflakes set to glitter. You will want to choose something of a fairly simple design.If there is too much detail it will get lost when you add the glitter. There are a couple of ways you can adhere the glitter: stamp the images in Versamark and emboss with a heat & stick powder to stick the glitter to (which is what I did here) or stamp your images with glue or a glue pad and sprinkle the glitter right over that.

 

Not only can you glitter just your images with the heat & stick powder, you can do an all over glitter look. After I stamped my images onto the cardstock, I covered the entire piece with Versamark ink.

 

After embossing with the heat & stick powder, I sprinkled the glitter right over the whole thing.

Here's the whole glittery piece! Make sure that when you have added the glitter, that you go back and heat your piece just a little bit more. That will set the glitter into the heat & stick powder.

 

I added more glitter to the edge of this snowflake piece by running a glue pen around the edge and sprinkling glitter over that.

Here are the cards that I put together with all the glittery parts that I created!

I can think of so many ways to add some sparkle to your projects in addition to the few that I shared here. Some of them include: mixing glitter right into your paint, sprinkle glitter onto embossing powder while you are heating it, using stickles on your projects, glitter pens and markers, adhering glitter to clear tape to create a glittery transparency, etc.

 

Glittery Snowflake Cards

Glitter

Stamps: Rustic Snowflakes, Polka Dot Basics (Papertrey Ink)

ink: Spring Moss, Aqua Mist (Papertrey Ink), Versamark ink (Tsukineko), Jet Black Archival (Ranger), white pigment

cardstock: white, Spring Moss, Aqua Mist (Papertrey Ink)

accessories: Aqua Mist stitched ribbon (Papertrey Ink), 1 1/4" square punch (EK Success), white acrylic paint, buttons, linen thread, dimensionals

Scary, Scary Halloween

Our designers have been at it again! This time they have created a nice Halloween piece, there's alot going on in this little project! Build it yourself with Meyer Imports Miniatures!

If you look carefully you will see witches in the trees.....












and Elfs in the bushes













and little black cats and frogs.....  












and of course, lots of Pumpkins!!! Happy Halloween!

Bunny's First Christmas

It's Bunny's First Christmas and all of his wishes have come true!

This is made by using a model tree, green Glass Glitter and our miniature carrots.

Here is the parts list, if you are interested. Click on a link to go to that item:

Green Yellow Glass Glitter  and Glitter Glue

Model Trees

Bunny  And of course Carrots!

We took a piece of stiff cardboard as the base. Mounted the Tree with Hot Glue and then decorated with Glitter and Glue'd on Carrots! We thought it was cute and just wanted to share it!