tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47989424077936069142024-03-05T10:51:54.695-08:00The CPG BlogOur blog offers news about new items as well as crafting tips and techniques. We will be happy to share photos of items that our customers and friends have made or blogs that they may have. We welcome any questions/comments people may have about our products or about anything related to crafting. We always love to hear from other crafters!KD Good/CPG Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942258550405878515noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798942407793606914.post-8485294968491334022015-09-19T09:32:00.004-07:002015-09-19T09:32:43.517-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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We are moving from a centralized blog to many individual blogs. All our websites have built in blog capabilities, so we are going to be firing them up. We will be offering specific blog posts related to the type of product sold on the individual sites. Blogs will be accessible on each site in the bottom footer area. We hope you will check them out!</div>
KD Good/CPG Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942258550405878515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798942407793606914.post-41796302625573010442015-04-19T10:53:00.002-07:002015-04-19T10:53:28.047-07:00The Community Puzzle<div style="text-align: center;">
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KD Good/CPG Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942258550405878515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798942407793606914.post-1831311611727496612015-01-12T09:26:00.001-08:002015-01-12T09:26:33.987-08:00January is new calendar time!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's January and time for a new calendar to help us through the year. There is a great one for kids that can be downloaded for free, printed and colored in. Perfect for a once a month coloring project!</div>
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This is the perfect time of year to learn how to make Moravian paper stars. They are a great holiday activity and make excellent decorations. It is one of those activities you can do with adults or kids. The Moravian star is known by many names such as the German Star, German Advent Star or the Froebel Star. Whatever you want to call it, we call them wonderful!</div>
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We love them so much we built a website for them: <a href="http://www.paperstarkits.com/">www.PaperStarKits.com</a></div>
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KD Good/CPG Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942258550405878515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798942407793606914.post-76127791137195074392014-07-13T11:46:00.000-07:002014-08-05T08:08:23.713-07:00Quilling by Marjorie<div style="text-align: center;">
Well it turns out that one of our new customers is a quilling "super star"! Her name is Marjorie Jones and she is 75 years old, has been quilling for 40 years and is finally receiving the recognition that she deserves. During our phone call with her she said that she never thought of herself as an artist "just a quiller". In our opinion she is an artist and also one of the loveliest ladies you will ever know.</div>
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Take a look at this article about her in the <a href="http://digitalpublication.lifeinthedelta.com/publication/?i=89291&p=35" target="_blank">Life in the Delta Magazine</a><br />
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If you happen to subscribe to the <a href="http://www.ddtonline.com/image_dee2ad38-9b0f-11e3-b977-0019bb2963f4.html" target="_blank">Delta Democrat News you can see a larger piece on her there.</a><br />
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She sent us a picture of this piece that she recently completed. The detail is quite amazing. You can Google her name for more images.</div>
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Whether you are a fan of Facebook or not, occasionally you can find a few gems! Today we found Creativity & Life. It is a great page to connect with if you are a creative person looking for inspiration. Visit today and see if it is something that you enjoy connecting with: </div>
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Elegant Quiling just joined the North American Quilling Guild and we want to encourage all quillers to do the same. When you join you become part of a group of quilling enthusiasts, have access to some great free patterns/projects, get hooked up with other quillers and receive an invitation to come to the annual Quilling Expo NAQGCON. The guild is meant for all levels of skill so jump right in and enjoy the benefits today!</div>
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Elegant Quiling is proud to offer discounts to all NAQG members. Simply confirm membership and we will set your account up for a permanent discounted rate on all our products!</div>
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Have you visited our websites and wondered if you were in the right place? If so, the answer is YES! For technical reasons to complex to explain here, we have moved our websites to a new host company. When we made the move we decided we might as well spruce up the sites, make them easier to get around and modernize the shopping cart experience. So we look different, but we are still the same ol' family owned business we always were. The only site yet to move is CApaper.com That one will move in late June 2014<br />
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Over the past year and a half we have had an endless stream of calls, emails and even a few letters asking us to accept small paper orders again. We had our hands tied with a contact with the LA warehouse/shipping company we contracted with in 2011. They would not ship an order under $200.00 no matter how much we begged and pleaded. So, we raised the minimum on the site and apologized to our customers and weathered the storm. It broke out hearts to be honest... we are very customer oriented.<br />
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In November of 2012 we came up with an idea of telling customers they had 3 days to place any size order, we would take the orders and gang them up into one order and have the LA warehouse ship the merchandise to our office. Our office staff then split the order up into the small orders and shipped them out. It took only a couple of days to the stock here so we were able to turn the orders out pretty fast. Customers were happy and we were able to make sure people had the stock they needed for the holidays. We then went back to business as usual.<br />
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So many people began contacting us asking us to do it again that we realized that something had to be done. We sent out a survey (you may have seen it) and the response was overwhelmingly positive- customers wanted us to accept small orders again. With that feedback, we tried to find another company to stock and ship for us, but each time we thought we had found one there were just too many obstacles and we gave up.<br />
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Then we took another look at the holiday order idea again- if it worked at the holidays maybe we could just to do that same thing all the time. Let people order, gang the orders up, ship the merchandise to the office and have the office ship the orders. Why not give it a try and see if people like the idea.<br />
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Sooooo that is what we are doing. All we need to do is make sure enough people use the service! If lots of people order, we can gang the orders up quickly and ship orders out fast. If only a few people use the service it will take longer to gang the orders up and shipping time will be slow. <br />
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Since this is not a big money maker for us we can only do so much advertising. We are hoping customers will use the service, tell their friends and make the word spread like wild fire. If this works we will be happy to accept small orders and give you the very best service we can.<br />
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Thanks in advance for any help you give. It means a lot!<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white;">Normally we do not push products on this blog but we had so many requests for this item that we thought we should do everything we could to get the word out! We have just created an affordable new <span></span>kit for those who want to get started in the retro crafts of Shrink Art.</span></span></div>
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earring! Using this shrink plastic and your home oven you can make your
own earrings, ornaments, embellishments, key chains, mini frames,
novelties and more.
The package comes with instructions and suggestions but we also
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We just came across a wonderful new site called <b><i>Please Draw Freely</i></b> created by Gutai Members in connection with the Guggenheim Museum website. It is free, fun and a very cool idea. They have created a site where you can either start a new drawing of your own (using their easy-to-use program) or you can contribute to another artists drawing. We did the contribute to another artists drawing and had great fun with it. This is a place that even the most timid artist can draw without pressure or frustration. You can do a fine work of art or just doodle- whatever comes out of you is accepted! </div>
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<b>What a neat idea!</b> A watch with a removable top and space enough for a
small quilled creation. All you have to do is remove the top, glue in
your design and screw the top back on. The white face background will
really make your art pop! The watch offers quartz movement with battery
included. The front face has gold plating and the back is stainless
steel. The face measures 1 1/2" across and you can quill using 1/8" or
1/16" wide paper strips. The front bezel comes with a protective film to
prevent scratching.<br />
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Of course this watch could also be decorated with other items too. Maybe a slice of polymer clay, stickers, glitter art, a small drawing, a photograph of your child or cat/dog. Really, anyone could have fun with this product!<br />
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If you have not heard of Kickstarter, you soon will! It is one of the hottest websites out there right now. The site is a way for creative people to raise money to launch projects that are close to their hearts. We were so intrigued by the site that we convinced KD (the owner of CPG and a professional artist) to launch a campaign and see what it is all about!<br />
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The result of KD's Kickstarter campaign was amazing! Pledges of support came in from all over the world. A total of 102 people backed the project and she raised more than she asked for. A total of 2,800+ people viewed the project page.<br />
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If you are a creative person with an idea and want to get that idea out there or raise some money, Kickstarter may be just what you need. Here is a link to the site: <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/">www.Kickstarter.com</a> and here is a link to the blog that KD started to take people through the process: <a href="http://keenakdgood.blogspot.com/">Down The Rabbit Hole</a><br />
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Want to see KD's project page and see how it can be done? Here you go!<br />
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KD Good/CPG Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942258550405878515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798942407793606914.post-67059214992575313922012-09-19T09:41:00.003-07:002012-09-19T09:41:59.065-07:00We just discovered a pretty cool on-line publication called Arts & Activities. It is a page-flip style easy to use format. It is packed full of fun articles with good pictures and in some cases really well written instructions on some art project. Some of the projects in this issue include: Cave Art Ceramics, Eye Catching Calacas, Handmade Paper Landscapes and more! You might take a peek: <a href="http://pubdev.ipaperus.com/ArtsandActivities/AAOctober2012/?page=1" target="_blank">Arts & Activities</a><br />
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KD Good/CPG Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942258550405878515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798942407793606914.post-71451110799808527002012-08-13T08:13:00.001-07:002012-08-13T08:13:34.066-07:00We found a quilling blog today that you might be interested in. This artist does very detailed pieces and has a good eye for color. Her post from Aug 12th2012 of a pair of butterflies is quite lovely! You can check out the blog at: <a href="http://www.artbybetty.blogspot.com/">http://www.artbybetty.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<br />KD Good/CPG Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942258550405878515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798942407793606914.post-49575252729464998712012-06-08T08:32:00.003-07:002012-06-08T08:32:50.922-07:00... and continuing with the Kids Art theme....<br />
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We came across a <a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/" rel="nofollow"> Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum</a> installation of children's art that is quite whimsical and fun! Take a moment and watch this quick (and well photographed) slideshow.<br />
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<br />KD Good/CPG Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942258550405878515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798942407793606914.post-12191294185098142252012-06-01T14:06:00.001-07:002012-06-01T14:06:07.924-07:00Do your kids spend too much time doing nonsense online? If they love to be on the computer, then make the time count! There is a fun website called The Art Zone that is free and easy to use. It is run by the National Gallery of Art. Kids (or anyone) can make art using their wonderful interactive program. We played around with the Collage Machine and had a blast. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">Blown away! </span></span> That is the best way to describe how we felt when we discovered Yulia Brodskaya a Russian born paper artist. If you have a spare moment be sure to visit her site (it is worth the trip!): <a href="http://www.artyulia.com/media/images/Art/Babushka-image.jpg">http://www.artyulia.com/media/images/Art/Babushka-image.jpg</a></b></div>
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<b>The below image is done with Paper Filigree!</b></div>
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