Paper Moon Craftique Tomorrow!

Here is a Sneak Peek...

Tomorrow's Paper Moon Craftique is gearing up to be very exciting!
Come down and meet your friends for lunch at Inside The Bungalow and
then you can shop the day away! We'll have many different Artisans showing their artwork and handmade items.

Here a peek of some of the Artisans handiwork...

All That Sass Designs

The Polka Dot Pixie
Victorian Road Art & Jewlery

Jack & Cat Curio

TAG SALE!

Black Friday & Small Business Saturday...

We are having a TAG SALE! Here are some of the great finds that we have to offer.

Many, many, many Paper Trays. If your New Year's resolution is going to be ORGANIZATION~ You'd better come in to get your hands on some of these! They are the perfect solution to storing all of your 12x12 and other papers. We're cutting you a deal when you buy 6.

Brand new, never out of the bag Zutter Bind It All Carrying case. We also have some Cricut tool kits and Tags & Boxes Cartridge (the cartridge is selling for $189 online, but we have it marked at $75).

Game Piece bundles...packed full of different game pieces.

Rubber Stamps...
Distress Stickles~ we are not going to be carrying the Distress Stickles any longer, so now's the time to stock up!

Many Christmas Rubber Stamps...

And many Papers...just 25¢ a sheet!


We also have a guest seller down in the basement today. Leslie of Jack & Cat Curio selling some of her BLING! Stop by and take a look at all the fun things we have downstairs.

Latest Happenings in the Shop!

NEW! Basic Grey...

Little Black Dress Papers.

Gorgeous. Which goes without saying...lacy, black, & even some leopard print, all double-sided cardstock papers.
Some fun embellishments.


Picadilly is Basic Grey's other line we received!
This line is full of fun farmgirl patterns. Reminescent of Grandma's flour sack aprons, kitchen curtains and wallpaper.


We also have the 6x6 paper pads in each design, some cute cling mount rubber stamps, and chipboard embellishments.

Here is a little sneak peek of today's Spooky Panel Class with Jack & Cat Curio!
I think this is the beginning of all the crazy. Tons of fabric manipulation techniques.



And as always, everyone's turned out SUPER SPOOKY!
I'm glad everyone had fun in class today. Thanks Mike & Lesley!

Sometimes the messier the class...

The better the project!

Some Fun Classes This Past Week...
It's hard to keep up with all of them. Last Saturday we had two great classes going on at the same time. Upstairs in our little Studio 34 was Shirley the Artsy Fartsy Fairy and her Haunted Halloween Spider House! As you can see by this fun mess that this was the class to get your hands a little bit sticky in. Look at all the fun things they had to work with. Everyone's little haunted house was amazing! Shirley has her annual Christmas Countdown class coming up on November 19th. That is sure to be another classic fun filled class. Check out our Class Page on the website for more details!



Downstairs in the Classroom...
We had Jenny aka the Polka Dot Pixie teaching her Spooky Love class.
This was another fun messy class! Paper clay and glue and paints and glitter.
Everyone's spooky little couple turned out so cute!
Jenny's next class the Snowpixie Cottage will be on December 10th, that's on our website as well.

This month on Wednesday's we've had Jack & Cat show students tricks of the trade with BEESWAX! Another fun and definitely messy class~ and the outcome has been amazing!
This Wednesday is their last of the Beeswax Open Lab for the month and it's already half full, so if you want to save a spot for yourself you'd better call in quick!

This Saturday...

ABC Primer Tag Book...

Back to school we go!
This will make the perfect Teacher, New Kindergartener, or favorite Mom gift!




Join Jack & Cat Curio this Saturday, September 17th, as they guide you in a workshop filled with nursery rhymes, vintage ephemera, and the days of early learning. In this workshop students will create a richly layered and vibrant memory book.
Filled with Graphic 45’s "An ABC Primer" papers, childhood embellishments, giveaways and more.
All supplies will be provided.
Feel free to bring your own detail scissors and favorite adhesive.
10:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.
$70

Jack & Cat Curio's Second class on Saturday will be their popular Technique Class:

"Image Transfers"
4:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
$15

Ghostly vintage images with high impact…In this class you will learn several popular methods for transferring images from paper to other desired mediums. Some methods that will be introduced Include fabric transfers, packing tape transfers, gel medium transfer, and more… Everyone will leave class with a reference technique tag book that they created during class.

We do have a couple of spots available in each of these classes.
Call the shop to sign up~480-834-0286.

2nd Friday...

Last Night's Fashion Show...

Meet "Crafty Girl"~ She's a crafting super hero!

Notice the fine detailing on her top with ruffled crepe paper. She is also wearing necklaces designed by Tim Holtz and Jack & Cat Curio! Topping off Crafty Girl's top is a crepe paper rose and ribbon rose.
Mystic Paper's own Kevynn is the designer of this couture paper dress and her sister Alex is the model. There was a Sci-Fi fashion show for Downtown Mesa's Second Friday over at the 101 Gallery. the fashion show was sponsored by our friends at Evermore Nevermore! We had to make up our own character and we came up with Crafty Girl!


Crafty Girl has a pair of Super Scissors~( shocking isn't it?) they have super powers and can cut down villains with one swoop of their blades. They are also very handy for cutting paper.

You can find Crafty Girl making collages up and down Main Street from items she finds along the sidewalk or glittering the walls at Mystic Paper...that is, when she's not too busy fighting villains.

Isn't the back of this dress SO ADORABLE? The skirt is made from wrap sheets from Cavallini.
Alex also has some vintage seam binding flowing through her hair. There's nothing better than a frilly super hero...

Life is like a box of chocolates!

Or better yet...
a box of crazy fun embellishments for your shadow box!
This is some of the many fun little items up for grabs in Jack & Cat's Lost Dreams Configurations Print Tray class. The fun part was that you could pick and choose any one of these items, and then decide if you wanted to rust them up! Everything looks great all rusty and old.



We had such a fun week last week with all of the out of town Creative Escapers! We are recovering from all the crazy fun and putting NEW product out on the shelves and reordering all of our staples. This also means...you guessed it~ moving things around. Nothing stays in one place long at Mystic Paper. It's time to reorganize and re-merchandise all kinds of things.
This week look forward to a NEW magazine we will carry in the shop, NEW colors of Divine Twine for Halloween and Christmas, NEW 7 Gypsies, and NEW colors of our beloved Vintage Seam Binding.
Keep watching for more!

Great Class This Saturday!

“Lost Dreams”
Configurations Print Tray

with Jack & Cat Curio

$80

Saturday, August 27th

10:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Spaces available for this Saturday's Class!




Lost Dreams tells a story about youth, lost love, high hopes, romantic travels and a touch of mystery.

Come and join Mike and Lesley from Jack & Cat Curio as they guide you in this all day class to create a one of a kind mysterious and romantic piece of eye candy .In this class you will combine lost and found objects, ephemera, trinkets and treasures and several papers from the 7 Gypsys Camden line into a rich story using the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Print Tray and their Curio Flea arket. Techniques that you will learn in this class include rusting found objects, texturizing with molding paste, aging and inking, and other strong techniques for collage storytelling.

All supplies will be provided!
Call the shop to sign up.

Carte du Cirque

Attention Creative Escapers!
We have spots for you in this wonderful class!

Carte Du Cirque

with Jack & Cat Curio

$50

Wednesday, August 24th

3:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.

Join Michael & Lesley

as they guide you in the creation of this vintage inspired mixed media memory keeper or journal.

In this class students will learn the basics of paper collage, distress ink techniques, ageing methods, layering and how to create dynamic effects with hardware. To help students create this masterpiece, they will be given a kit filled with an assortment of Graphic 45’s Le Cirque paper, chipboard embellishments from Leaky Shed Studios, a bag of curio, and a box of animal cookies.

Call the shop to sign up!

Wednesday Technique Classes Kick Off!

It's official...

Wednesday Technique Classes have begun.
This is the very first class to be held in our upstairs "Studio 34"!
Here are Jack & Cat's first Distress Ink group.
Tons of quick technique, tons of ink, tons of fun, tons of mess,



and everyone left happy and well inked.
Look for additional classes in our Wednesday Technique Series with Jack & Cat on Mystic Paper's website.