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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December 2013 Newsletter!

Christmas is almost here!!! So excited, and excited to share all of our news with you! Our extended holiday hours are 9am-8pm on Thursday, 1-5pm on Sundays, and open from 9am-8pm for all of the 16th-21st week and the 23rd. We are a drawing location for the $250 in Chamber Bucks, drawing closes on the 20th, and sales on Black Hills Gold jewelry, boxed Christmas cards, and Christmas craft supplies going on now!
Classes:
December 31st: 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 2nd: 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)

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.

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

Our DIY this month is to help you get started on the most fun part of giving gifts...gift wrapping :). Just a few simple ideas to make your packages extra special:

For this present, we hand stamped the paper-the white dots are just a pencil eraser in white paint. And you can find our tutorial for the yarn poms here.

On this one, we folded pieces of washi tape over twine and then cut the the ends of the tape in a triangle shape.

And finally, we added dots with Stickles glitter, paper roses, and a paper ornament to this package. You can find our tutorial for making paper roses here. Just scroll down to the 3rd video. For the ornament, just cut or punch out three circles, stitch them down the middle and fold out the sides.

*All twines and ribbons used are available by the yard in our shop.

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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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