Meyer Imports

Let the count down begin! It's almost Halloween and time for German Glass Glittered Pumpkins n’ Leaves

As we all get ready for Halloween, some of us are just a little more ready than others! For example, Lori (from the blog A Pinch of Glitter) has already glittered her pumpkins and done a wonderful blog post on all her techniques! 

And on top of that, she raised the "pumpkin" bar, by creating fantastic Glittered Fall Leafs. This really just makes a stunning Halloween Fall display and to see more, just check out all the details on her blog!

This is just one example of the power of our design team and the creations they design. I am always just amazed at the beauty of our glitters once that are in the hands of a master! So, thanks Lori for sharing and for creating both a wonderful Halloween display, but also a full blog post with all the details!

Since we are talking about new items, Vintage Halloween Witches!

Vintage Halloween Witches on Brooms

Since yesterdays blog post was about new items for our store, I thought I should follow up in today's post about these really nice Vintage Miniatures Witches on Brooms.

These were produced back in the 1980's in Germany & we thought we had ran out of them! However, the beauty of having a warehouse full of boxes is that every once in a while you find something you thought was long gone!

so, just in time for Halloween we have these back in the store (click here) and in very limited quantities. So if you like them, and we know you do, please order them before there are gone.... this time forever.....

It's a glittery world this Halloween! (or 100 Shades of Orange!)

Pumpkin Spice Glitter

Halloween is one of our favotive holidays because there are just so many crafting opportunities with parties, pumpkins, costumes, and well, just the Fall season in general!

 

Black Glitter, topped with Silver Shards

We do like the color oranges and wanted to offer a couple easy ways to see all the different shades of Orange we stock, and a quick way to get to our Halloween Store!

To see "everything orange" just click here to head right to "Shop by Color" guide for the color Orange!

And to see everything in our Halloween Store, just click here, to explore a great selection of our vintage Halloween glitters and Miniatures!

So, with Halloween right around the corner, start thinking about all the great things you can create this season. And for more ideas, just click here to see a ton of great project ideas!

Happy Crafting this Halloween!

 

 

So I typed "Glittery Fall" into Google, and this is what I found. Homerun!

rain on a tin roof

Sometimes, things just work out. I woke up this morning and thought, "you know, fall is here, I should do a post on something Glittery for fall" A quick Google search and "boom" just what I needed!

Jenna does a great (and funny write up) on this simple project and gives you just enough details to make easy as (pumpkin) pie!

And with both Halloween and Thanksgiving right around the corner, this is a great time of year to get crafty, Autumn Crafty that is.

So Thank you Jenna for helping to bring the changing of the seasons to us with a wonderful use of Glitter! We loved the post and your use of Glitter! Please keep Glittering!

Halloween Diorama, with all the Bells, Whistles and Pumpkins!

Designed by Kaethe, our inhouse creative genius!

We spend a lot of time working with our customers and our design team to present you with some of the best uses of our products and to give new customers ideas for their next creation. But sometimes we just need to look in our own backyard to find that spark of creativity for us to present. Today we have that spark!

You see, I was away for a few days and left the business in the hands of my very capable staff. Well, guess what happens when you leave a warehouse full of German Miniatures and Glass Glitter (and a few very crafty workers) without "adult" supervision? Well apparantly, when the cats are away, the mice get out the glue guns!

Witches on brooms, lots of hay bales, pumpkins and flying bats!

The result is a diorama for us to use at the upcoming Glitterfest that shows how Halloweeny we can really be. With tons of minitures you will not find anywhere else, and glitter to boot, we are a one stop miniture powerhouse supplier!

Tiny glittery pumpkins in orange and black!

The cat got too close to the glitter pot. sorry cat.

Yep, a real witch and a burning caldron. What more could you ask for?

A little baby witch "practicing" with their broom, just like mama witch!

Thanks Kaethe for creating this great piece for our lobby, our trade shows and of course, Glitterfest. And while I love your creativity and your use of our products in this wonderful piece, STOP Goofing around and get back to work!!!!

<to see what new in our store, please click here>

Witches, Bats, Pumpkins and Hay, Oh My!

In keeping with our Halloween Theme this week, I thought I should offer up something besides just Pumpkins and Glitter, so today, I offer you Witches, Bats, Hay and of course Pumpkins. 

And in keeping with our motto, "Tiny good, large bad" (we are just not too creative here) these are all about an inch tall, except mean old Ms Witch who stands a little over 3" tall. 

For more interesting, yet small, Halloween items, check out our Seasonal Halloween Shop!

Spectacular Halloween Candles, with Pumpkin Spice Glitter!

 

Lori of A Pinch of Glitter is one member of our design team that always really impresses us! Great designs, novel projects, and more creativity than we ever could demonstrate! And wonderful pictures to boot!

Who would of thought that our Pumpkin Spice Glitter, glued to Black Candles would of been so stunning?

Well, Lori did! And for all the details and the story behind this project, you have to click on over to A Pinch of Glitter!

Thanks Lori for making this Halloween just a little bit more crafty, a little bit more trendy and a whole lot more Glittery!

GET READY TO PUUUUMPKIN (or Glittery Pumpkins on Parade!)

I had two names for this blog post and loved them both. So, this is my first "dual" Name Blog post - ever! So "Get Ready" or "Take them on Parade" - it's your choice! Either way, just make sure you have lots of Glitter!

Yep, it is that time of year again. The time where you cover your table in newspaper, get out the glue and your favorite Glitters and start up your PUMPKINS!

Yes, Glitter up those round orbs of Halloween Goodness to show the world that Glittering is the more humane way to Pumpkin.

So this year, don't slice, hack and inflict pain on your pumpkins, use Glitter and make them the proudest Pumpkins in your neighborhood! (I'm kind of like the PETA for Pumpkins!) Think I am being silly? Well check out our gallery below, our gallery of Glittery Pumpkins on Parade!

 

 

 

 

 

We've Opened our Halloween Store, So get ready to Pumpkin!

Ok, so I am at Costco, buying some huge things that only came in the extra large size, and the store is filled with Christmas stuff. I mean come on, it was like the first day of Fall, Halloween is 6 weeks away. Thanksgiving is not even scheduled yet, and you are selling Christmas items. Wow. So, I took it as a sign that we should open up our Halloween store and get ready to start shipping Witches, pumpkins, spiders and hay bales. If Costco is already selling Christmas, I am really late!

Glitter Pumpkins? Lean More!

 

And course, we always have new items, like these great scary spiders.

So stop by the Meyer Imports Halloween Shop today and see our unique Glittery and  Tiny items you need!

When is it NOT time for more Glitter! Halloween is around the corner!

We can already tell, designers and crafters are getting ready for Halloween, (and Christmas). It's funny that we can tell what the season is, just by the colors of Glitter that are flying out the door.

So, from our vantage point, something big and orange with some black is going to happen soon, followed by something red, green and gold. We are not quite sure what these events are, we just know that our custmers are creating something big.

And that Orange and Black seem to be the colors of the week!

I wonder why?

Why are we launching Orange Super Shards in January?

Orange Super Shards

We started in July: Well, this is the real fun part of the business. Trying to order new products in time to allow for development, production, shipping and then marketing. So back in July, when I thought it would be great to have some new Orange Super Shards for Halloween, I went to work. We started working with our partner in Germany, we did a couple of batches, (close but no cigar), changed the process, tried again, better, but not perfect, and then on the 3rd try - PERFECT.

Dark Orange Super Shards

So now, it's time to move to production, so,just make me a couple hundred pounds, please, - and oh by the way, I need like 5,000 pounds of Silver right away. Well silver comes first (Silver always comes first!) so our Orange kind of got bumped to the end of the production line. No worries, plenty of time until Halloween. Right?

Dark Orange Super Shards

And then the Holidays hit and we were running production day and night and our new Orange got bumped again. And then add 6 weeks to get it to the US from Germany and Halloween was over. Actually over a long time ago. 

Orange Super Shards

But the good news is that we have some great Orange Super Shards for next year - already in stock and ready to go! I guess it is better to be early instead of late? Well, we are way early for Next Halloween!

Getting ready for Halloween? Pumpkin Spice Glass Glitter!

Introducing Pumpkin Spice Glass Glitter

We are gearing up Halloween, our Halloween shop is open (more on that later) and the witches, bats and pumpkins (all mini of course) are moving into position to be shipped to customers around the globe.

But this post is not about that, this post is all about what happens when you lock one of our designers in the glitter room with a challenge "Design something really unique for Halloween". And with over 300 colors, grits and hues of German Glass Glitter to choose from, they really did the trick.

This seasonal Glitter is a blend of over 11 different glitters, chosen to be the perfect mix of orange, with a bit of fire, brownish-red, with a bit of fall, and large grains for sparkle, and fine grits for coverage. It is really the perfect Halloween Glitter.

And wait until you see it on a pumpkin, yes the next challenge to get some pictures of the wonderful glitter pumpkins our design team has created. Wait until you see these. Wow. So, stay tuned, more to follow later this week! <<Pumpkin Spice Glitter>>

One Last Post about Halloween!

Dark Orange Glass Glitter

I thought I was all done with Halloween, but I found this little Ghost candy dish at a garage sale this morning and just had to fill it with German Glass Glitter. Which Colors? Dark Orange, Dark Red and Black of course!

Dark Red Glass Glitter

 

Dark Red Glass Glitter

It's looking like the holiday crafting season has started

Aqua Deco Glass Beads

I can always tell when crafter's shift from Halloween to Thanksgiving and Christmas, by the colors they order. We seeing the end of the orange and black orders, and the start of the green, red and gold (and of course silver!)

So, today we are featuring a new product for us, little tiny "no hole" transparent deco glass beads in Aqua. Very Tiny. Very light. Very translucent. Very Aqua'eee. These could be used on cards or other holiday decorations, or as little tiny Christmas lights on little tiny christmas trees. (that I would like to see!) For pricing, click here. Now for some more pictures!

Fall is here! Time to Glitter up the Pumpkins! - 2011

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!