February Newsletter!

It's almost Valentine's Day! It's so fun to surprise our loved ones with a little gift from the heart. I'm super excited about Valentine's Day this year, and super excited to share all of our news with you! Here are our upcoming classes and a sweet DIY for you. Happy Valentine's Day!
February 21st: Mixed Media Collage Class! (Techniques for acrylic paint and paper on canvas) Mid-Plains Community College Class, 6-9pm $45. For more info, please contact Mid-Plains at 402-376-8033 or email simsc@mpcc.edu
February 26th: 6-10 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50 per class per child, $6.00 per child if you have more than one child in your family taking classes, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm (last Tuesday of every month except on holidays)

February 28th: 4-5 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50 per class per child, $6.00 per child if you have more than one child in your family taking classes, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm (last Thursday of every month except on holidays)

March 16th: Fabric Flower Class! Learn how to make various kinds of fabric flowers that can be used as craft embellishments or as hair and fashion accessories. $30.00, All materials provided (Fabric, buttons, sewing scissors, fabric glue, needle and thread). 2:00-4:00pm

Our DIY this month is on how to make simple coffee filter flowers that have a very vintage romantic look. We bought two sizes of coffee filters, a small and a large. We boiled some water and added instant coffee. We soaked some of the filters in that, wrung them out and laid them out flat to dry. Then we boiled more water and added red food coloring to soak them in. We put quite a bit in, and of course the more red food coloring the darker pink they will be. It's also fun to mix the coffee and food coloring together for some lighter dirtier pinks. We had about 4 different colors all together. Next we simply glued them together in the middle. We did 3 layers for each flower. Smaller ones in front and crinkled up by loosely folding them in half twice before gluing the bottom of that to the middle of your other layers. They can be great for wall or table decorations, or to glue all around a wreath. Simple, but sweet. :)

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January Newsletter!

2013 is here! We are so excited for all of the new beginnings and possibilities this year holds. Some of them are coming up right away! We will be doing two demonstrations at the "Scrappin' & Pinnin' For the Cure" retreat this weekend. We will do a demonstration on making tissue poms on Saturday morning at 10:30am at the 4-H Building, and one on mini treat/pocket tags on Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm. For more info on the event, please contact Julie Kuchera at 1-402-322-0141 or email julieannbattershaw@yahoo.com. Here are the rest of our upcoming events:
January 29th: 6-10 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50 per class per child, $6.00 per child if you have more than one child in your family taking classes, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm (last Tuesday of every month except on holidays)

January 31st: 4-5 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50 per class per child, $6.00 per child if you have more than one child in your family taking classes, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm (last Thursday of every month except on holidays)

February 2^nd: Paper Flowers and Paper Rose Wreath Class! Mid-Plains Community College Class, 9am-12pm. $30. For more info, please contact Mid-Plains at 402-376-8033 or email simsc@mpcc.edu 

February 21^st: Mixed Media Collage Class!  (Acrylic paint and paper on canvas) Mid-Plains Community College Class, 6-9pm. $45. For more info, please contact Mid-Plains at 402-376-8033 or email simsc@mpcc.edu

Instead of our usual DIY project, this month we are having a contest to win this Valentine's Day kit! The drawing will be held on January 31st and there are a few different ways to enter your name. You can like our facebook page and share the link about this contest for two entries. You may also enter your name each time you stop in the store. Good Luck!

Wishing you all the best in 2013!

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January Newsletter!

 

Our 2012 year is starting off awesome, hope yours is too! We are so excited to share all our news with you!

January 19th: Image Transfer Class! Create beautiful altered art using different techniques and mediums for transferring images onto surfaces (mainly soft gel). $25.00, mediums and materials provided but please bring a small image that you want to use. (works better for beginners to start with something small)

January 26th: 4-5 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm.

January 27th: 6-8 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm.

February 11^th: One Year Anniversary! Lots of great sales, drawing, and treats!

February 16^th: Altered Book Class! $20.00. Mediums and materials provided, but feel free to bring any photos, quotes, or embellishments you want to use. An altered book is an existing book that is glued, painted, collaged, stamped, cut and/or torn. It's "relaxed art." You don't need to be an expert to create pages you'll love.

Our featured project this month is paper covered vintage suitcases. Mom has done a wonderful job of covering two suitcases for sale in our shop. She used cutter bee scissors, a craft knife, PPA glue, and paper (all from the store) to create gorgeous finished products. She measured and cut the paper to size, using the craft knife to go around small areas like the handles.  Tip: Press the paper down over the metal hardware, rubbing it to create an indention in the paper so you can see where to cut it. Cut it slightly bigger so that you have some room to work with the paper, you can always trim it down as you go. Then she brushed PPA glue on the back of the paper, in small areas at a time, and stuck it down, smoothing out bubbles and wrinkles as she went. She then let it sit over night to make sure the glue was thoroughly dry before applying the first coat of PPA over the top of the paper covered suitcase. She applied three light coats of PPA over the suitcase, allowing each time to dry (about an hour) before adding the next coat. Finally, she sealed the whole surface with a coat of spray polyurethane.  The cream and pink suitcase was made using a set of Papaya Fine Paper Wrap, and the map/adventure suitcase was made using 12x12 sheets of 7 Gypsies paper. They make awesome decorative storage containers that can used for so many things. They can also be stacked on other vintage suitcases, a tray table, a small bench, or luggage rack to create a beautiful end table.

We hope you have a great day!

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