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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January 2014 Newsletter!

I'm so excited for 2014! I just know this year is going to be great and we have lots of great things to share with you this month to start it out.

January 23rd: Book Page Flower Wreath Class! Various techniques for creating lovely book page/paper wreaths for your home. 6-9pm. All materials provided, $25.00.
January 28th: 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 30th: 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 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

This month instead of a DIY, we are bringing back our Valentine's Day Kit Giveaway! We have two great prize packages and multiple ways to enter. You can enter your name each time you stop in the store. You may also like us on facebook and share the facebook contest link for more entries. You must be able to pick up the kit from our brick and mortar location at 226 N. Main St. in Valentine, NE. We will be drawing two names, one for each kit on February 1st. Good Luck!

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April Newsletter

Spring is here! And that means….flowers! We have a fun paper flower wreath DIY featured, but first, all our exciting news:

Thanks so much to the ladies who attended the Altered Book Class on April 10th, you guys did awesome! 

April 21st: Intro to Scrapbooking Class! Been thinking about starting a scrapbook, but just don’t know where to begin? We will introduce some tools and techniques and finish one page layout. Please bring 1-3 photos that you want to use. $20.00 (paper trimmer, adhesive, paper, and embellishments included) 2:00-4:00pm

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

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

May 3^rd: Spool of Kindness Class! Altered art wooden spools with messages/greetings wrapped around and held in place with an enclosure. Perfect way to brighten a day! $15.00, all materials included. 7:00-9:00pm

*We are not scheduling a repeat class for the month of May, but if you are interested in one of the classes we have had in the past and know of 2-5 others interested, please let us know and we will schedule a class for your group.

Our featured project this month is a springy paper wreath with paper roses on it. Start with an extruded (rounded edges) styrofoam wreath in whatever size you like. Rip out quite a few book pages from an old book that is not valuable to you (can be found at a thrift store or garage sale). Begin ripping the pages in small strips lengthwise so that you have long but skinny strips (the wider the strips, the more your pages will wrinkle). Using PPA glue, brush glue on the back of a strip of paper and wrap it around the wreath. Keep tearing strips of pages and gluing until you have covered the entire wreath. Wait for an hour for it to dry thoroughly. Then brush PPA over the top of the entire paper-covered wreath. Let it dry. While it is drying, make your paper roses. I made some from cardstock and some from book pages (cardstock is easier, as the book pages rip easily). These are the paper roses I demonstrated at the library and have posted a youtube video on facebook and the blog on how to make them if you prefer to watch it done. Cut a circle out of the paper (about 4-6 inches) and beginning on one side cut a spiral shape into the circle, leaving a small circle (1-2 inches) in the center of your spiral. Next, begin rolling the tail of your spiral in until you reach the middle. Let it go. After it loosens to your desired size, put a dot of PVA glue on the circle in the middle glue the rest of the rolled rose to it. Make as many roses as you want on your wreath. Wrap ribbon or paper raffia around your wreath gluing it in place. Attach your paper roses sticking decorative stick pins through the center of the rose into the wreath. Attach ribbon or lace around the top of your wreath to hang it with. Enjoy your spring wreath! (PPA, PVA, cardstock, and paper raffia are available at the store)

P.S. Watch for great Mother’s Day/Graduation sales coming up and our facebook contest!

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