Happy Valentine's Day!

We hope you have a lovely day...

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Industrial Grunge

We are pretty excited about a bunch of new items in the shop. These heavy duty pieces are so functional, but stylish and unique at the same time. I know there are not a lot of (any that I know of?) industrial loft spaces around here, but these would be great for a trendy family room or office/creative space. Or dare I say it, maybe in the man cave? Naa, these are too cool to hide in my husband's basement hangout. :)

Industrial Army trunk turned coffee table

Organizer for creative ideas and magazines with chalkboard for notes

Heavy duty creative grunge file cabinet

Metal sculptural art

Faucet knob vintage ruler coat hanger

So fun! And a we have a few more industrial pieces in the works too!

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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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A few new things...

Valentine card design that inspired our Valentine's Day kit giveaway:)

And a sweet vintage book covered ABC:

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All That Glitters...

What do you do when you want to have a winter wonderland themed wedding and real flowers don't seem to fit in? Our client decided to go with paper flowers with lots of sparkle and shine, reminiscent of snow sparkling on a winter landscape. We made over 80 individual flowers to go in the reception table centerpieces. Some of those are pictured below.

We also made boutonnieres and corsages. We tried to keep the bouts clean and simple with not too much sparkle as to not scare off the guys from wanting to even put them on. :) Our client requested the music note ones for the musicians to wear. :)

The corsages on the other hand...These were encrusted with glitter. Each flower was sprayed with adhesive and dusted with iridescent glitter. Liquid silver glitter glue lined the edges. And as a final touch, gems were added to the centers.

Our client provided us with glittered snowflakes and antique silver cones in various shapes and sizes for the bridesmaid bouquets. We added glittered paper flower petals and white feathers to make the wintery bouquets.

Awesome clients with a very unique wedding and we are so grateful for the opportunity to design their flowers! If you are friends with me on facebook, you'll know that toward the end of the order I felt like my person and everything I owned had been covered with glitter and feathers! But in the end, I won the epic battle with glitter and from what I hear, my client had a gorgeous wedding. If I get any pics from the wedding, I will post soon!

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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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Some photos for Pinterest

A few photos of some of our furniture and crafts :)

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Little Gentleman

I had a lot fun making two custom banners recently. The customer has a little boy that just turned one and had decided on a vintage themed birthday party, even encouraging attendees to wear vintage attire. What a cute idea! She wanted a small banner that said "One" for his high chair and a larger banner to decorate with. I had the perfect paper from Graphic 45's "A Proper Gentleman" collection. I made origami ties for the high chair banner and cut out letters using "Fontopia" cricut cartridge. Then I cut wide triangles for the larger bunting banner. So fun to get to make decorations for her little gentleman!

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December Newsletter!

Wow, you can just about hear those reindeer prancing already, and we have so much to share with you this month! Just a quick reminder: We are a location to enter the Chamber $100 drawing this weekend and we are also a location to vote for the best Christmas window display.

HOLIDAY HOURS: Open Sundays 1-5pm, Open December 17^th-22^nd from 9am-8pm! (besides our regular 9-6 Mon-Sat hours)

December 18^th: 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)

December 20^th: 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 10^th: Accordion Mini Album Class! $15.00 All materials provided (bone folder, glue, papers and embellishments included) 7:00-9:00pm

February 2^nd: Paper Flowers and Paper Rose Wreath Class! Mid-Plains Community College Class, 9am-12pm. $30

 February 21^st: Mixed Media Collage Class!  (Acrylic paint and paper on canvas) Mid-Plains Community College Class, 6-9pm. $45

For our DIY this month we have a video tutorial of the ruffled paper trees that we have for sale in the shop. J

We wish you the merriest of holidays! Merry Christmas!

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Sneak Peek Wedding Flowers

Here is a sneak peek of some flowers I'm working on for a winter wonderland themed wedding. Who knew paper flowers could look so glam? :)

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