Creating with Joy

As a gift for my hubs this year, I created this mini Valentine canvas using Joy Embroidered Letters. This little project was so easy and fun to make! I started by spraying a mini canvas with silver ink and heat drying. Then I colored a jar shape (diecut from mat board) red and beige with two […]

I'm excited to be one of the new design team members for the Creating with Joy blog! I'm so happy to be here and share my project ideas for Joy letters. I love to embroider, but I'm an impatient crafter and get really bored if I have to satin stitch an entire monogram, so Joy […]

Start your New Year off right with this cheerful and motivating wallhanging. Materials: 10" x 10" canvas Acrylic paint Joy letters - lime green, hot pink, black, turquoise  Die-cut paper or felt flowers Buttons Embroidery Floss, needle Tacky glue Paintbrush, toothpick 1. Paint canvas in your choice of colors. 2. Carefully remove letters from backing and arrange […]

After all the holiday decorations come down, I like to redecorate the house with a winter theme. Even though I may not like the cold winter months, I still find beauty in a blanket of newly fallen snow. So...let it snow! (just not too much) Supplies used: 12 x 12 denim (or denim covered) canvas […]

We hope your New Year is filled with sparkle and shine! Click here to learn how Julie McGuffee made this tinsel wreath.

I love the extra texture that Joy embroidered letters bring to art journaling and mixed media. These art tags are 4" x 8" - I had lots of fun inking, spritzing, stenciling, painting and stamping! For the bird tag, I rubbed my white letters across ink pads to color them. For the snow tag, I […]

Do you like to give your family gifts? I sure do! I recycled this fall basket I had made last month and passed on the love by using Joy embroidered letters to personalize it for a Christmas gift. Materials used: White Joy letters:  1" block and 3/4" script Green chipwood basket Red berries from a spray Key […]

It is so easy to dress up a inexpensive dollar store candle with iron-on embroidered letters from Joy! I keep a little container of left over bits from other Christmas projects - so I grabbed some odds and ends, along with some ribbons and went to work. NOTE: I ended up using the red letters, […]

With the holidays around the corner, this is a good time to start thinking of quick and easy last-minute gift ideas! Joy embroidered letters really come in handy to add a personal touch - but don't limit yourself to ironing them on fabrics! I used a Xyron sticker maker to add these letters to a […]

Enjoy Gift Bag Dress up a plain gift bag with JOY embroidered letters! Materials: - Gift bag - JOY letters to spell "Enjoy" - Tacky glue - Toothpick Arrange and glue letters to spell "Enjoy" or the word of your choice.  Apply glue to the back of the letters with a toothpick and adhere to […]

Make your Christmas gift bags a little more special with iron-on embroidered letters from Joy. Start with a plain canvas gift bag (mine was from Canvas Corp). Replace the drawstring cording on the bag with red and white gingham ribbon, then iron-on your letters to spell out your holiday cheer. Glue white lace, rick rack, […]

Joy to the world - and especially to all you crafters! We love seeing how you're using Joy embroidered letters for your holiday craft and décor projects. Frames, blocks, cards and tags - this is what Terry Ricioli created. Share whatever you're lettering up on our Creating with Joy page on Facebook!  Look for Joy […]