Meyer Imports

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.....

What's New? Well actually, quite a bit!

Everything Red, the Set!

We currently have a backlog of over 100 new items that we are bringing into the store. From vintage miniatures, to new production items, to new Glitters. Micas and other great products. Literally tons of new products that we are importing from Europe for our new 2014 product line. 

 Everything Red, the Set!

You can alway check our "What's New" list to see all the items we have added to our store with an easy "view and click" links to get all the details on every new item in our store!

tiny flat back hearts

We have something for every holiday, every craft project, every school diorama, art project and even lots of tiny little white and black kittens!

 

Little Sleepy Cats

 

Little Back Cats!

We welcome everyone to check out all of our new items and to send us photos of any of our great items in action, in your next project! We know you will create something as a special as our little miniatures, and we want to see them!

We "Heart" new products, and add them all the time!

We have a very active "new item" section in our blog and if you want to know what is new and what we have been upto, it's the best place to go!

Every time we list something new in the store, we post a quick picture and link on our new list. It is now a pretty long list, but wow, from miniatures, to glitter, to mica to more-more-more, we have been busy.

And wait until you see what's next! It's going to be big I tells ya, it's going to be big!

Glitter and Vials. Go together like, well, Glitter and Vials!

One of things we have learned from many years of selling high end German Glass Glitter is that if you like Glitter, you are probably going to want vials to put your glitter in. And we are talking about classic "old style" vials with corks to do your glitter justice!

We are always looking for small vials we can buy in bulk and have ready for both our retail and wholesale customers. One of our rules, small is better. There are lots of large vials and bottles around (2" or bigger) and they are just too big. We only focus on small, under 2" vials.

So, if you are wondering what vials might be right for your Glitter? Come take a look at our vial selection and choose a few styles to get started with. You can never have too many vials. (This is also something we have also learned from years of working with Glitter!)

{for everything new click here}

 

The Master Crafters Set - Last Day of the Week of Something Mini!

 

We wanted to end the week of something mini with a bit of a bang! So we are using this to introduce our new Limited Edition Master Crafters Set.

Loaded with way over $100 of German Glitters, Glass Deco Beads, Minis, Mushrooms, and on and on!

It even comes in it's own Tin Litho Carrying Case! (Here is the front and back images on the case).

You can see that our Master Designers, built this set for themselves. (We started with 10 Tin Lito cases but only have 9 to sell.. How did that happening, Marketing Department?)

When packed correctly, this is a neat set and that you (or your chosen crafter if this is a gift) will want to sit down with 30 minutes to spare to explore all that is truly in this set. For the full list and to order, just click here!

<for everthing New in our store, click here>

 

Are your ducks happy? Ours are! Day four of the week of something mini.

In this fourth installment of the week of something mini, I want to talk about ducks.

You see, we have lots of ducks in stock. We really have more ducks than any normal company would ever think to keep in stock. We get ducks in different sizes, in different shapes from all kinds of partners in Europe.

I figure to corner the world market in mini ducks, you need to be able to control supply and thus could raise the prices to crazy levels and make millions of dollars.

Well this has not quite happened yet, as the world domination through a huge duck inventories as a strategy might have a few flaws. 

But the end result is that we have alot of ducks and we want you to make sure that if you ever think, "I really wish I knew of a company that carried a huge supply of mini ducks for all my diarama, crafting and art projects"... well you know the rest of this line!

Also, check out our New Products section to see all that we have add to our store!

Topo Gigio. Day two of the week of something mini!

Back when I was a kid there was a puppet / muppet / live mouse called Togo Gigio, I saw him on the old Ed Sullivan show, but Topo was a huge hit in Spain, Italy and Latin America. A real huge hit!

So, it is not a surprise that our of partners in Europe has been producing little tiny Topo for years and years. I always thought they were cute, not as detailed as I would like, but sill cute. So, what the heck, put me in for a few thousand as a test!

 

Now these little Topo Mice are only about 3/4" Tall (nice and tiny) and come in a varity of colors. They do come in mixed set of colors, which makes it more fun, you never know the mix of colors you'll get in your set!

Come see lots more pictures of these cute little guys! You could be the first person in the USA to own these little Topo Gogio Mice! 

The week of something mini. Detailed German Minis that is!

ACME Party Box

While we are known for our Glitter, there are other areas of the business that are just as important to us and our customers. 

Every month, we sell thousands of tiny little miniatures and operate a separate miniature shoppe on our website, plus ebay and Etsy stores, primary to present our miniature line.

To celebrate us having on of the largest supplies of vintage German miniature, we are going to be talking miniatures all week!

In today's post are going to give you just a few examples of some of the great things you can do with our miniatures!

Example #1 (above) Little deer, rabbits and mushrooms being used in a Terrarium Kit from ACME Party Box.

Example #2 Hand made miniature trees from Germany, as used by Laughter and Lemondrops.

And example #3, some of our flatback miniatures used on hand produced cards and scrapbooks.

Check in back this week as we are going to be presenting much more on our miniatures, both projects ideas, but also some of great new items that we going into the store this month!

So, sit back, relax and get ready for a wild week of little tiny miniature things!

Pretty, pretty shakers - a colorful way to store your Glitters!

We are a huge believer in displaying our glitters out in the open in shakers, as the colors just look great in your craft room, on the shelf, and on your work table. And if the Glitters are displayed out in the open you will always be able to quickly make the connection between your project and the colors you need!

But, where do you find the shakers you need? Right here! We stock a bunch of different sizes and shapes, all designed to be used with our glitters! Please keep in mind that most of these shakers work best with the fine grain glitters (like the 90 or 100 Grits).  If you want to know which shakers will work with your glitters? Just ask us....

For more info on Shakers, including the "Big Shakers" Which are great for the big grit glitters, just click here!

More Vials. More Corks. More Love. Wishing Glass Vials!

Just a reminder that we stock more vials and small bottles than most suppliers.

Retail customers? Need just a couple for your next project? No problem. Wholesale customers? Need a hundred, or a thousand? We have you covered with great wholesale pricing. Need a sample, just give us a call!

German Glass Glitter Tutorial - Letters, Cards and More!

Reposted from the blog Killam Creative

Today I'm sharing a how-to on our German glass glitter, along with my newest spring-themed card

I couldn't resist Echo Park's Springtime paper collection. How sweet is this?! I knew I wanted to bling out blank chipboard letters, and just *had* to cut out the sweet little trees. Add a few puffy white clouds et voila! -- an easy, springy card!

I love altering the blank letters - either chipboard or grungeboard. Here's my first step today - drip Ranger Alcohol ink on the letters to let them soak it up and dry. The ink matches the glass glitter I'll be using, and will blend right in if I have any thin spots.

Now that my letters are dry I assemble my supplies.

• Meyer Imports German Glass Glitter in Lime-Green
• Glue - any white glue will do
• Tweezer Bee Precision tweezers
• Pointy instrument - any kind will do - it's to use as a teeny tiny extra finger for moving wet gluey, glittery things around
• Tidy Tray

Now that you've assembled your supplies, bring out the bling! Add a thin layer of glue to the entire surface, keeping it off the sides (if you get it on the sides you can use the pointy thing to wipe it out - it's handy!).

Next, plop the letter down into the little pile of glitter on your Tidy Tray or paper work surface and give it a little smush all over to work the glitter all over the exposed glue. Lift it up with your tweezers and give your tweezer hand a tap or two to let go of the loose glitter pieces.

Here's a quick view of the tree glittering action - I used a pointy thing (an embossing tool) to dab glue onto the leaves, then smushed the tree into the pile of leafy, glittery goodness. :)

The last step is clean-up! Pull the plug off the tray and pour the glitter back into the bag. It's helpful to use a cup to hold the bag up.

Ok, so that's just like using the plain old plastic glitter, right? Yes! You definitely have to have your sensible cap on and take care with the glitter - it *is* glass, after all. It's best not to brush it off your work surface with your hand. It will do more damage to your table surface than your hand! After the glue has been sitting for a while but not quite dry, I use my fingers to push the glitter down and smooth edges as needed. Once it's bone dry I brush my fingers over to dislodge any stragglers. I haven't had any problems with this kind of handling *at all*. 

What's the payoff for using German glass glitter over plastic glitter? Sparkle and bling! It shines and reflects light unlike any other glitter and is beautiful! Thanks for reading this tutorial. I hope it inspires you to give our German glass glitter a try - you won't regret it!

ROCK STARS - Easy to do project for kids and adults

Are you always looking for easy to do, but fun projects? We took some rocks we found down by the river on a hike, grabbed some miniatures from the Miniature Shoppe, and little hot glue and my kids produced these great little Rock Stars (as we call them) for their rooms.

Great as paper weights, table decorations, or in my case, a way to remind the kids in their later years about the lazy, hazy days of summer in 2013. They grow too fast and this is one of those simple little projects that gets them away from the TV and computer and five years from now, will be a great glimpse back into their past about being a kid and hanging with Dad.

Rock Stars, fun, easy and lasting!

Silver Foil Fritter Flakes - The next wave in crafting

This is a 1950's vintage mastercrafters No 47 Action Starlight Clock.  Anyone who knows me, knows I like anything vintage. And I like Silver Foil Flakes (Or Flitter). Here we have both something very vintage and a great use of Silver Foil Fritter!

These fritter flakes are sooooooooo light that we have to sell them by the gram! But a gram fills up a normal jar that we sell an ounce of Glitter in. And as you can see with this Clock, once the oil in the tubes warm up and starts to rise, these little flecks of real foil just float like a leaf on a breezy day. These foil flakes are a great material to play with and we stock them in gold, silver or Copper!

These are the tubes, filled with oil (maybe water) before the lamps in the base of the clock heat them up. Look at all those foil fritter flakes sleeping on the bottom, just waiting to fly like a bird to the top of the tube.....

Glass Vials with Corks, For Glitter, Crafts and Keepsakes!

We recently revamped our line of glass vials and belief we have a the largest selection of sizes and shapes of teeny-tiny glass vials with corks. Seven different sizes, all in stock and ready for your next project!

We also have these nice (larger) plastic vial with metal tops that are great for holding about 1/5 oz of glitters. A very nice retro look!

And if you need even more storage, we still carry our tried and true Square Jars. But this post was meant to be about our teeny-tiny glass vials, so here ya go!

Sometimes you just need a Baby Giraffe. I am not sure why, but you do....

Baby Giraffes - Hand Painted - Set of 4

One of the best parts of my job is the constant seeking of new interesting, but really tiny things to add to my collection store. Sometimes I find new suppliers that have just the prefect "must have" products and sometime is just an "ahhh, that's cute".

Well, these guys fell into the "that's cute" decision making process and we now have a large quantity of 1" Tall Giraffes to play with. Great for playing Jungle, or wild animal games, also these go really good with the tigers we are going to launch next.  I hope you enjoy them and maybe can tell me what you would use them for? I haven't quite figured that one out yet!