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Monday, August 17, 2015

It's a Banner Day!

I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am to share this project with you!

I love burlap....I love wire....I love FALL!

And I love a great banner!

We will be creating a great fall banner for you to display in you home or outside somewhere!

We will get started at 11 am and we will be done by 4

Bring your fabri-tac, scissors, zip-dry, chalk pad, a large eye needle and your best joke!

We are going to have such a great time!

Cost for this workshop is just

$27.50

all materials will be precut and ready for you.

If you would prefer a kit we will have those available as well. Kits will come with full color pictures and instructions.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The Art of Construction

Join us on Saturday August 8th for a new Workshop

"The Art of Construction"

Guest instructor Phyllis Weaver will be guiding us

through the construction of this darling organizer. Your kit will include all the precut chipboard for this project plus all the little extras. You will pick out your own designer papers to decorate the box and we have a wide selection of embellishments available for you to purchase if you want that extra touch of magic on your project.

Cost for this one of a kind workshop is only

$27.50

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

December Daily 2015

Is it too early to start getting ready for Christmas?

I can hear you all screaming at us! Calm Down....I didn't mean to get you all spinning wildly out of control. I really do mean well.

Here is how this started. For the past several years Lisa and I have been watching and frankly envying some women who seem to have it all pulled together in the area of Christmas. They bake. They decorate. They wrap their gifts beautifully. They get their cards out in a timely manner.

AND these superwomen do a December Daily. That is a little page of pics and memories for each day in December.

BLECH!

Lisa is far better at this than I am (she does it all!) but let's be honest if I get the tree up there is no guarantee there will be ornaments on it and I gave up baking some time back. Christmas cards stopped when the kids left home and there was no one left to address them but me. I am many things in this world but pulled together is not one of them.

That having all been said and verified as true I am envious of the December Daily. I think it would be wonderful to reflect upon the year as it passes, to give thanks to put one picture on a page! So this year we are taking the entire year to make our December Daily!

Built from the same Bo Bunny Misc. Me Naked Journal we are using for the Through the Year Journal this project will include one page for each day in December. We will have places for pictures, pockets for cards, recipes or anything you choose. You will have all year to make this beautiful book and we will include ideas for quotes, lyrics and more. You can take all of December and add your pictures, reflections and holiday traditions to your pages. I will even add a little Christmas Card List to the book if Lisa lets me!

Your Start up for this book is only

$14.50

The monthly pages will be $6-$8

Join us for this year long journey to December and a year of remembering Christmas as the special time it is!

always,

Lisa and Michele

Through the Year 2015

Through the Year

This year Lisa and Michele have decided to do two new year long book projects. The first is our
Through the Year Book.
This book will be a planner, calendar and photo album to record your year.
The base of the book is the wonderful Bo Bunny Misc. Me Naked Journal. This journal has loads of room to add dividers, calendars and much much more all included in the start up kit!

You will personalize your journal by choosing papers that fit your style perfectly from our large selection of papers at Girlfriends.

Next we will begin to fill your journal. At the Start Up Workshop Saturday January 10th you will decorate and fill your journal with all the things you will need to start.

Next you will purchase the quarterly kits to take your journal to the next level! These kits will contain all the precut and packaged materials you will need to create monthly pages for your pictures and ephemera. These kits will be available every quarter all year long.

Let's get a good start on the year and make it the best one ever!
always,
Lisa and michele

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Setting the dates!

We are busily creating and setting dates for our Holiday (I say Holiday instead of Christmas because we are not leaving Thanksgiving out!) Workshops!

I am just about as happy as I can be about this because we are going to hold some Friday Workshops! If you are looking for something to do on a Friday Night why not come and spend some time with us!
We will be open until 7:00 on Fridays!

Here it is!

Friday November 14th - Cozy Christmas Folded and Bound Part 1

Saturday November 15th - Cozy Christmas Folded and Bound Part 2

November 21st - Thanksgiving Pumpkin Centerpieces - 4pm-7pm

small pumpkin (diy)$17.95 (completed)$22.50

medium pumpkin (diy) $22.50 (completed) $27.50

large pumpkin (diy)$27.50 (completed) $32.50

If you are interested in either doing it yourself please call us at 734-8592 to choose your color and size!

You can either make your own or purchase one of the pumpkins we have in the shop! Lisa and I have both come to love this project so she paints the pumpkins and I decorate them...it is just another excuse to make a mess for me.

November 22nd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATTI! I LOVE YOU!

Let's make a little 12 days of Christmas Advent Calendar

This is such a cute project

I am going to help you create a wonderful family tradition!

Please call the shop to sign up for this workshop...it is filling quickly!

208-734-8592

$24.95

Accordion Album

$22.50

November 28th and 29th

All day both days!

Christmas WoodArt Workshop!

Your family is home for my favorite holiday and we have a perfect workshop for you to do together!

You pick your project...you pick your papers (we will help if you want us to)

We show you how!

Noel - $45

Faux Chalk Art Nativity

$19.95

25th

$24.95

Christmas Houses

Small - $22.50

Medium - $25.50

Large - $ 27.50

Make one or make the whole set! These will be a perfect addition to your Christmas Decorations!

Well my friends...it looks like the weather is changing and we are getting ready for a most beautiful Holiday Season!

There will be much more coming including a second folded and bound book using the beautiful Tim Holtz papers and embellishments, my favorite Family Christmas Record Album, Junque it Up Home Décor Workshop and more! We are having a very Merry Christmas already...won't you be a part of it?

always,

michele

Friday, September 5, 2014

Boo Too!

If you know Lisa and me you know we love Halloween!

Every year this time we find some of the cutest products to create really fun home décor! This year you can choose from a glittery witchy door hanger and/or our wonderful witches boots!

Both of these projects will be available in one workshop on September 27th at 11 am.

We will also have available a set of spooky, witchy cards to make that day! This will be a really fun weekend for all of us!

Glittery Witch $28.95

Witches Boots $24.95

Cards $15.00

(I will add a picture of the cards as soon as possible!)

Boo!!

A year ago we did the large configuration book and sold the class out in minutes! This year we are going to do it again with the small Configuration Book and we have packed it full of the most amazing bits and bobs! Do not miss out! Due to the availability of some of the vintage pieces in this book we have only 11 spaces for this workshop!

Cost is just $38.95 and includes all your materials to create your box.

Saturday October 11th at 11 am.

To register for this workshop just follow the paypal link below.