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Save the Date

21 Mar 2015


Lisa is having a rustic country wedding and wanted her save the dates to give her guests a hint of whats to come.  I created these mason jar save the dates for her and she just loved them.


The cards were die cut into these lovely mason jar shapes and were tied with a bakers twine bow


Once I saw the completed die cut, I decided to add a little sparkle, because really, what girl doesn't like sparkle.  I stamped a beautiful filigree scroll and embossed it with gold, and it came out gorgeous, if I do say so myself. 




These were a lot of fun to make, and seeing Lisa's smile, makes it all worth while. 

Do you want to see more of our new designs, check out my etsy site for my new inspirations. 

The Best Top Coat Ever

5 Mar 2015

Okay, I cant believe we are in March already and I haven't had a moment to post anything.  It has been seriously a hectic few months and I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. WooHoo! 

With that said, my first post of the year has got to be about the best top coat I have found, I know this has nothing to do with what we do here at Amira Design, but trust me its worth knowing about it.  Im definitely not an expert on the products by any means, all I know this will probably be the only top coat I will ever use again. I have found a way to tie it in to one of our new products that we offer and I thought this was a great way to share my new passion. 

First of all let me tell you about this wonderful new product (wait, I really dont know if its new on the market, what I do know is its new to me...)  I purchased this top coat for my niece as a Christmas gift for her nail design set.  A few weeks ago she decided to give me a manicure and let me tell you, we used a nail polish that was from the dollar store and 3 weeks later, my polish is still on and has not chipped at all...  It is almost like having gel polish on and is a heck of a lot cheaper.  Absolutely amazing, especially for someone like me who works with her hands  and works with paper. I leave no marks on paper at all... Amazing!

This amazing stuff is called CND Vinylux, it says right on the bottle that its a weekly top coat but trust me when I say, it lasts longer than a week, and it stays shiny, like you just put it on. I purchased it from Amazon, I will add the link at the bottom.



I couldn't keep this product a secret, I purchase a bunch of them and decided to share it with a few of my friends, and this brings me to one of your products.  These gorgeous boxes were made to fit this bottle of polish perfectly.  I figure if you are going to give out a beautiful gift like this, it needed an equally beautiful wrapping. 

These gorgeous boxes are made with shimmer card stock in Slate and wrapped with a hot pink ribbon.  A tag is added with a stamped sentiment and layered with cute flower cutouts, and of course lets not forget the bling. 




If you are interested in finding out how I made these boxes, please drop me an email here for directions. 


Almost forgot.  here is the link for the top coat.  http://amzn.to/1BMl5Cg

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