Sara's Blog

Happy Fourth of July to all my American friends! I’m actually in London on the Fourth for QVC’s Creative Paper Techniques special with Dawn Bibby…I can’t wait to show all the cool kits scheduled and I’ve been busily making up samples—including a surprise for Dawn. (It involves chocolate!)

Last weekend was a bon voyage party for our friends Alba and Quentin, who are moving to Portland, Oregon! Last time he was in the States, Keith bought them a beautiful framed photograph of the Portland cityscape with Mount Hood in the background. Well, on Saturday we were getting ready to cycle over to their place when I realized we didn’t have anything to gift wrap the picture in…no wrapping paper, no gift bags—not even tissue!

“Can’t we just put it in an Albert Heijn bag?” Keith asked. (The Albert Heijn is the grocery chain here and there is just no way I’m gift-wrapping something in a blue and white plastic grocery bag.)

So I thought of the 8 1/2”x11” Sara’s Surfaces Portfolios. Unfortunately the photo was about two inches too wide—so I cut off the side flaps of the portfolio with my x-acto® knife, decorated it with Citrus Use ‘Em for Anything paper and Citrus Flowers. I tied a sheer white ribbon around it and we were good to go. The best part? It took about 15 minutes to do!

Hope you all have a great Fourth—or if you’re not celebrating with sparklers and picnics, I hope you have a sunny Friday and a great weekend!