Hey, crafty friends! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you celebrating today! No matter your circumstances, we hope that you are able to take time to think about all of the things that we have to be grateful for, even in difficult times like these. We are so thankful for this paper crafting hobby that brings so much joy and connects many of us both in person and through our online communities. We are thankful for all of you who have connected with us at Taylored Expressions and who support our small family owned business. It means so much.

We are excited to share a fun weekend of promotions for you that start tonight at 9PM Central Time in the TE webstore. We will have 30% off site wide, plus daily doorbusters that will make your crafty heart go pitter patter!

Quantities are limited on our door buster specials and there’s a chance of things selling out before the end time, so be sure to shop early! Here’s a run down of the doorbusters for the weekend:

• Thursday 11/26 (9PM – Midnight CT): 50% off all Layering/Masking Stencils + Embossing Folders
• Friday 11/27 (9AM – Noon CT): 50% off the Rainbow Maker Gift Bundle that includes original TE Blender Brushes, Tag-a-long Tote, Blender Brush enamel pin. Regular retail price $77, you pay $38.50!
• Saturday 11/28 (9AM – Noon CT): Simple Strips Crafty Gift Bundle that includes Simple Strips Die, Simple Strips – Crafty Stamp, Simple Storage for Simple Strips Case, Simple Strips Stacks – Sugar Cube. Regular retail price $55.50, you pay $27.75!
• Sunday 11/29 (9AM – Noon CT): Designer Dangles Starter Gift Bundle that includes Designer Dangles Dies, Designer Dangles Earring Wires, Designer Dangles Craft Leather, Designer Dangles Charms. Regular retail price $29, you pay $14.50!

Don’t forget that TE has free shipping on all orders $50 or more. We are anticipating higher order volume than usual, so please allow extra time for your shipments to arrive. We will have all hands on deck processing and packing your orders for this sale!

And, of course, who doesn’t love freebies? Am I right? All purchases of $100+ will receive the Simple Strips – Thanks stamp and all purchases of $175+ will receive the NEW Diamond Botanical stamp set. This weekend is your last chance to earn both of these sets FREE before we introduce our new December incentive for orders $100+ on Monday!

**PLEASE NOTE that we are not able to combine or give rain checks on orders for this weekend.

We are donating 5% of all sales this weekend (Thursday – Sunday) to Meals from the Heartland:

“We are a faith-related organization that believes in the importance of prayer, volunteer service and financial giving to help save starving children. We are made up of volunteers from businesses, schools, churches, community organizations and beyond who package meals for delivery to malnourished people in Iowa, across the United States and around the world.“

CLICK HERE to learn more about Meals from the Heartland.

Now, how about a bit of inspiration with the new Diamond Botanical stamp set that you can earn free with a purchase of $175 or more this weekend?

The beautiful floral diamond frame in the Diamond Botanical stamp set fills up your card front and is stunning for a clean and simple design like the Jill Hawkins created here. She stamped the frame in Oreo ink and used Karin Brushmarkers to watercolor the florals and foliage that surround the diamond frame. She added a few splatters and the ‘thinking of you’ sentiment in the center of the frame and cut it out with a Petite Scallop Rectangle die to add it to her card base. A few Bits & Pieces – Clear Drip Drops add the perfect finishing touch!

I created this next card (Heather Nichols) and stamped the diamond frame from the Diamond Botanicals stamp set onto the 111 lb. Watercolor Cardstock (if you haven’t tried this new watercolor cardstock, it’s so nice!) using Versamark ink and embossed it in white. The flowers and foliage on the frame are colored with liquid watercolor and where the image is embossed, it resists the color. The background is painted with a wash on the using Toffee liquid watercolor and I stamped the ‘thinking of you’ sentiment in the middle of the diamond frame with Oreo ink.

Thank you so much for stopping by the TE Blog today and I hope that all of you have a wonderful holiday and have so much fun shopping the great sales! I have plans to get crafty this weekend, how about you? (There are a few new products on my desk waiting to get inky!) Keep watching the blog this weekend for reminders about the doorbusters happening, our Cyber Monday promotion, and then more crafty inspiration next week!