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February 2014 Newsletter!

Isn't February lovely? Such a sweet month and so much going on! Our Bull Bash specials start tomorrow, early for Valentine's Day: 35% off Black Hills Gold, 50% off Valentine cards and papercraft supplies, 25% off select hairbows and tutus, and 10% off furniture pieces. We will have artist Misty Critchfield drawing portraits for $10 from 1-4pm on Bull Bash. We will be drawing names to win an antique mirror or an 11"x14" photo of Smith Falls and will of course have goodies to eat :). But it doesn't stop after Bull Bash, here are all of our classes going on this month:

February 18th: Covered Vintage Suitcase Class! Learn how to cover a vintage suitcase with decorative paper. Great for a statement piece in your home and to store odds and ends in! All materials provided, even the suitcase. Class covers techniques and tips and you should get a good start on your suitcase. 6-9pm. $40.00

February 22rd: Book Page Flower Wreath Class! Various techniques for creating lovely book page/paper wreaths for your home. 2-4pm. All materials provided, $25.00.

February 25th: 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 27th: 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)

Need to make something quick for your Valentine? Try these cute paper fortune cookies with sweet messages of love inside!

Cut out 4" circles. Gently fold one in half, only creasing about 1" in the middle (don't crease the entire fold). Open the circle. Then loosely fold it in half (holding it together on the open side, but not creasing it at all) halfway around the circle, so that your crease is vertical across the horizontal bottom. Then take your other hand and hold the ends of the bottom with your thumb and third finger, pressing into the crease in the middle with your index finger. As the cookie starts popping into place, take out your index finger, holding the two sides together. While still loosely holding it, slide a message inside and then glue it together in the middle (between the two sides you pulled together) so that it doesn't pop back open. What a sweet surprise for your Valentine!

We hope that your Valentine's Day and this whole month is filled with love!

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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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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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