crafts – The Pear Dish https://usapears.org/blog A blog about our favorite fruit, USA Pears! Mon, 24 Sep 2018 23:52:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Getting Crafty https://usapears.org/blog/getting-crafty/ https://usapears.org/blog/getting-crafty/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:16:12 +0000 http://50.87.191.241/blog/?p=3350 Here at Pear Headquarters, we’re excited to announce the upcoming launch of our newest project: a brand-new, interactive website just for kids! Next Tuesday, we’ll be opening Pear World to the public. Visitors will find a colorful, fun collection of pear facts, recipes, games, and more! The new website includes some pretty adorable crafts for little hands, too! Get ready to explore it all next week—and in the meantime, check out our new Pinterest craft board for fun tips and projects!

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]]> https://usapears.org/blog/getting-crafty/feed/ 0 A Pear-fectly Sweet Easter https://usapears.org/blog/pearfectly-sweet-easter/ https://usapears.org/blog/pearfectly-sweet-easter/#respond Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:58:31 +0000 http://50.87.191.241/blog/?p=2984 For me, it finally starts to feel like spring when Easter rolls around. Everything’s awash in pastel colors, the weather is (hopefully) warming, and fresh spring foods take the menu: asparagus, lamb, berries. This year, I decided to bring together my love for great food and creative crafts with these little Easter projects: Sweet Easter Treats Everyone loves a good Easter egg hunt, right? There’s the spring sunshine, the thrill of the hunt, and best of all, the eggs! Filled with chocolate or coins, they’re a small but sweet award. Imagine if your next Easter basket looked like this after the hunt: Beautiful! But let’s take a closer look.   These aren’t your ordinary Easter eggs. They’re egg-shaped Anjou pears! Decorated with a careful hand and some sugary cake frosting, these pears become even sweeter. They’d be delicious sliced and Continue reading →

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]]> https://usapears.org/blog/pearfectly-sweet-easter/feed/ 0 Get Crafty: Bedazzled Pears https://usapears.org/blog/crafty-bedazzled-pears/ https://usapears.org/blog/crafty-bedazzled-pears/#respond Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:57:22 +0000 http://50.87.191.241/blog/?p=1795 OK, the holiday season is upon us! Even though I’m not ready for it, my co-workers are playing Christmas music and we’re talking turkey over our morning coffee. That, along with these short, dark days, is urging me to settle in for a long winter. Here in Portland, it’s wet, gray, and getting colder every day. I figured the easiest way to bring a little cheer to my days is to get crafty! It’s especially fun because I’m not a crafter at heart. I have my artistic interests, but they lean more toward reading and writing than painting and stitching. But I knew my first project when I saw this in the November issue of Every Day with Rachael Ray: Bedazzled pears?! Yes! Those “inexpensive” rhinestones weren’t quite so inexpensive at my local grocery store, so I picked up just Continue reading →

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]]> https://usapears.org/blog/crafty-bedazzled-pears/feed/ 0 Etsy Roundup! https://usapears.org/blog/etsy-roundup-3/ https://usapears.org/blog/etsy-roundup-3/#respond Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:00:38 +0000 http://50.87.191.241/blog/?p=1563 I’m not artsy. I don’t paint, sew, or make cute gifts for friends. So when I stumbled onto Etsy.com, I was an instant fan. And now that I’m at the Pear Bureau, a new world of pears has opened up to me – largely thanks to Etsy! Pear swag on Etsy is cute – we’re not talking chintzy ceramic pears or gaudy kitchen towels. I’m starting a wish list now! Here are some of my most recent favorites: Reusable Sandwich Bag (by Zummi): This perky, punchy sandwich bag is not only eco-friendly, it’s cute! I’d be happy showing this bag off in the office lunchroom or filling it with makeup for a weekend trip. Pear Coasters (by Crochele): These cozy coasters would look great on my coffee table or next to my keyboard. They’re locally made right here in Portland, OR, Continue reading →

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]]> https://usapears.org/blog/etsy-roundup-3/feed/ 0 Pears in Space! https://usapears.org/blog/pears-in-space/ https://usapears.org/blog/pears-in-space/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:45:57 +0000 http://50.87.191.241/blog/?p=1499 Every so often I come across something really awesome and fun in the USA Pear archives.  This time, it was “Peras USA en el Espacio” – “USA Pears in Space!”  The idea is a little kooky, but I immediately fell in love with this book that was a giveaway for kids in Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela back in 2000.  Inside I found paper doll-style pears and everything needed to build my own spaceship.  It was a great way to get kids in South America familiar with the different varieties of USA Pears.  I couldn’t resist – I got out my scissors and glue stick, and put together the spaceship full of little astronaut pears. Now, this activity didn’t really require a lot of creativity on my part, but there was some craftiness involved.  A couple of weeks ago Brittany shared lovely homemade pear Continue reading →

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