Manager Special this weekend……30% Off the regular price of the Cra Z Art toys. Pottery Wheel, Spinning Art, Super Drawing Station, 3-D Eraser Sets and Fashion Jewelry kits are super fun and make great birthday gifts! Inspire the artist in your child or a child you know with a fun art kit from Cra Z Toys! Come in Friday, Saturday or Sunday and take advantage of the 30% Off Manager Special. These make great birthday gifts and are great for both boys and girls.

30% off the regular price of  select

CRA Z ART !

On Sale Now!

Your Choice, 4″x6″ or 5″x7″

Fillet Frame – $5.00

What is a fillet? A fillet is a small moulding placed inside a frame or over a mat to enhance the design of the finished piece. Fillets add a sensation of color and texture to works of art because they are more dimensional than mats and add drama by helping the eye focus in on the artwork.

 Come by the Frame Shop and pick up your FREE Project idea sheet. Use pretty papers from our Paper Arts  Department and ribbons from our Fabric Department, add butterflies or birds  to create your own fabulous picture project.

 Don’t want to do it yourself? Let us build a fillet frame for you. Talk to our creative Custom Framers and we will be happy to show you some great designs. Combining fabric mats with fillets is a very popular, creative, and versatile way to frame artwork. A design can include a frame and fillet that are the same or different, depending upon the art and the effect desired. Come in with that special photo or piece of art, and we will design a beautiful package with a fillet to complement it. Your artwork won’t just be unique, it will also look fabulous.

Fabulous Fillets

Check out our huge selection of lead free pewter findings available in silver, gold, antique brass and copper. Regularly $5.00 each but right now you can stock up and save! Buy 4 bags for only $15! Choose from charms, ear wires, beads, spacers, clasps and more!

bags of assorted findings

Fran-tage January Stamps from Stampendous

January brings lots of new goodies, classes and events to the Paper Arts Department of Ben Franklin. First we would like to introduce you to the latest debut from Stampendous. Fran-tage for January.

Fran-tage mica fragments

Stampendous has already given us some fabulous mica fragments and german glass glitters. Now they are introducing some matte finish fragments and some rich glass glitter colors just in time for Valentine’s Day.

the crowing jewels

Come see all their new January releases along with the beautiful handmade card sample board just to get you inspired. Stay tuned for more entries this month on new upcoming releases from the CHA show ( the crafts and hobbies association). We will all be attending the show at the end of the month and filling the store with the latest and greatest craft supplies this country has to offer!

At the Dallas Market Center Holiday and Home Expo!

Just when you thought all the Christmas Shopping was done…..it’s time to go the Dallas Market Center and shop for the 2012 Fall and Holiday Season. It’s amazing to see the elaborate and colorful displays of every kind of holiday decoration you can imagine and even some that you can’t believe were imagined at all  We go through many showrooms looking for everything from spooky witches and glitzy pumpkins, glittered poinsettias and hot cocoa mugs, to nativity sets to nutcrackers and everything in between.

There are some wonderful new things for both fall and Chrismtas and we are looking forward to sharing them with you later in the year. Meanwhile, we have 3 more days of shopping left!

Winter is finally here!  It’s cold,  frosty, and soon it going to be wet too!  But you can stay warm with fleece! And as it turns out, we are loaded to the rafters with lots of soft,  warm fleece!   Lots of new prints and solids have arrived, so you can churn out scarves, blankets, slippers,  hats, and jackets just to name a few !   And since fleece is so fast and easy to work with, you can make extra goodies for your family and friends!  So come on by, we will be happy to help you  stay cozy and warm in this brisk time of year!