Keepsake Box

So excited about our Keepsake Box Class on March 22nd! There are so many things you can do with these boxes! I used Webster's Pages Sunday Picnic papers, Graphic 45's altered art box and metal tag, and a Tim Holtz curio knob and glass vial. Such a fun project! I'm imagining so many other possibilities with different papers: baby keepsake boxes, gifts for bridesmades like this one, a place to keep and display all your sweet little antique findings like vintage hankies, and so much more!Tweet

February Newsletter

Happy Valentine’s Day! February is a very busy month and we are so excited to share our news with you! Thanks to everyone who came out to our 1 Year Anniversary Celebration on the Bull Bash! And thanks to all of you for being the best customers ever, you are so inspiring and encouraging by your awesome creativity and support for our store, we love you! You are the best Valentines we could ask for J.

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 is “relaxed” art.  You don’t need to be an expert to create pages that you’ll love. 7:00-9:00pm

February 23^rd: 4-5 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm.

February 24^th: 6-8 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm.

March 10th: 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) 2:00-4:00pm

March 22^nd: Keepsake Box Class! Create a beautiful keepsake box for little treasures and mementos that can be kept on display. $25.00, materials provided, but you may want to bring some of your keepsakes to use as a reference for the theme of your box. 7:00-9:00pm

 Our featured project this month is a romantic vintage hanging postcard that we have for sale in the shop. Perfect for a sweet Valentine. Using soft gel medium, we transferred a vintage image on to an old playing card. We then adhered the playing card with PPA glue onto a Papaya postcard that we sell in our shop (come as a set in a tin). Next we added embellishments, stamps, and pieces of torn tissue paper. Finally we punched holes and set eyelets with the Big Bite Crop A Dile, and strung wire or ribbon through the top. 

(Sorry this is a little late and I still can't seem to get the picture to post, which is why its late, so anyway if you would like to see a photo of the project please check it out here on our pinterest page.) 

Thanks so much and hope you had a great Valentine's Day!

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October Newsletter!

I’m kind of obsessed with pumpkins. It’s pretty bad, I may or may not have had a nickname in college related to pumpkins because of it. So I’m very excited that October is here! Pumpkin Spice lattes are my favorite and I just read about a recipe where you mix pumpkin pie, vanilla ice cream, and milk in a blender for a pumpkin pie milkshake. Pretty excited to try that one. Hope you enjoyed the paper pumpkin DIY from last month and we’ve got another pumpkin themed one for you this month. We also have lots of great news to share with you!

October: “It’s The Great Pumpkin” Sale! Prizes or discounts each time you checkout for the month of October!

October 20^th: Bottle Snowmen Class! $20.00, all materials provided. 7:00-9:00pm

October 27^th: 4-7 year old Children’s Art Class! $7.50, all materials provided. 4:30-5:30pm. Last Thursday of every month.

November 11^th: Vintage Christmas Cards Class! Various techniques, vintage and vintage-inspired supplies provided! $15.00, 7:00-9:00pm

This Halloween DIY comes from the “Dear Lizzy” blog. Basically, it’s jars painted to look like pumpkins and other Halloween themes. But they look darling lit up with candles in them! It could be a fun kid’s project where you tape off the face and let them go wild with the paint, or an easy one for you if you turn them over and spray paint them. Get creative by adding bat, star, and letter stickers that you paint over and then peel off when it’s dry. Be careful not to get any paint inside the jar. I used acrylic paint which will eventually scratch off, so if you want a more permanent decoration you might want to spray a sealer over it to keep it from scratching off so easily. Click here for Lizzy’s instructions. Here is a photo of mine:

Hope you have a wonderful October filled with pumpkins and fun!

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March Newsletter!

Welcome to Cherry Blossom Paperie’s March Newsletter!

Spring is coming! And we’re mad (as in crazy) as a March hare about it! Wow, so much exciting news to share. We will be hosting our first class this month along with our Grand Opening! The first class will be on March 24^th and we are super excited about it. We will be creating an altered book art photo frame! And as for our Grand Opening, we have more new products in and a month of business under our belt and are ready to celebrate! We are going to be having some awesome sales, drawings, and lots of fun on March 26^th! We have some great things planned for April too! Check out our calendar of events:

March 18^th: Ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:00am

March 24^th: First class! Altered book art photo frame, 7-9pm (Reply to this email, call 402-376-1808, or stop in for more info and to sign up!)

March 26: GRAND OPENING! Lots of great sales and fun!

April 4^th: Intro to Scrapbooking class, 7-8pm

April 16^th: Paper Craft/Crop Party! 3-5pm

We still have the scrapbook/paper craft survey up on our website. If you haven’t told us what types of products and classes you would like to see, please click on this link.

Our featured blog post for this month is Paper Crave’s “St. Patrick’s Day Printables.” We have chosen to feature this post because it has some great DIY St. Patrick’s Day ideas along with links to actually print out the designs for them. The coasters, goodie bag toppers, and mini card printables are all free, the JHill Design print costs a dollar. Click here to view.

We hope you have a very fun St. Patrick’s Day and are excited for Spring!

Tip: We will be having an extra savings on March 26^th for those who like us on facebook J.

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