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!

Graphic 45's NEW Paper Lines are here!

Just in Time for the Weekend!

ABC Primer...Christmas Emporium...
Sneak Peek for next week's deliveries...
Bo-Bunny's new Et cetera line...
Hmm imagine the possibilities.

NEW Products & More on the Way...

NEW Colors of Stickles!

Glam Pink, Firefly, Lagoon, Mystic Green, Thistle, and Paprika.
All of these lovely colors are in stock, but we don't think they'll be around for long. Guess which is our favorite?

We also have some of the NEW colors of Distress Stains. It's really hard to keep these on the shelves, so if you see a color that you like~ ya better grab it before it's gone!

Spun Sugar.

Wild Honey.
We have others too, but I can't remember which are the NEW release colors and which aren't~it's time to start a list to keep track!
Ranger, Ranger, Ranger!
We just got in tons of Ranger products~we have every color of Distress Ink in the shop, yes, every color! We also have some restocked items~Magic Pens, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metals, Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint in 4 oz jars! Black Gesso, NEW Golden Fiber Medium and Molding Paste, Black Archival Ink Pads, Self Clamping Tweezers, Cavallini Paper Tape, and more...(because I know I've forgotten some things).

We have also been getting in some NEW Products & Paper Lines!
Honestly, I thought I already blogged about these, but I haven't yet.
Here are some of the NEW Cosmo Cricket Papers with more on the way!



We have been putting together tons of NEW Paper Collection packs~ There are so many it's hard to choose!
Vintage Make-Up.
Mermaids.

Halloween. We also have some Western, Vintage Kitchen, Vintage Sewing, and we'll soon have some Vintage Christmas Collections too!
Speaking of Halloween...have you seen the NEW Authentique Papers?
We have the "Glowing Collection". All double sided papers with some really cute sticker labels and our favorite is the "Diction" word stickers.



Here is a little sneak peak of what we are expecting next week!
Jenni Bowlin's NEW Halloween and Christmas Papers~ we can't wait to get them in!




I forgot to mention...Since we are so well-stocked with magazines we thought we'd have a little sale. Buy any magazine, get one at 50% off!
Sale price is good through Monday, August 15th.

Snap Shots from the Weekend...

Saturday's Classes...
Were amazing!
Here are a few pictures of the "Sweet Tweet" Perpetual Calendar class. Tons of busy work and tons of trinkets. If you haven't made one of these yet, you'll have you're chance. Shirley keeps making more calendars and she's teaching another calendar class in August!



Here are a couple of the roses that were made in the Ribbon Roses 101 Class. Everyone had fun learning the how to's and the how not to's of ribbon roses!



Perfect roses made easy, that's the way...uh huh, uh huh...we like it!

Somerset Magazine Delivery...

NEW Issues..

Of some of our favorite magazines!
HOME! In our opinion, this magazine needs more issues per year!

A NEW beautiful issue of Artful Blogging.

The NEWest Green Craft Magazine, full of great "Green" ideas.
From re-purposing vintage linens, maps, sweaters and even ideas for jewelry making with old magazines!
Where Women Create.
This issue is full of some of our favorite artists including:
Local artist Heather Bailey. Scrapbook artists: Becky Higgins, Melody Ross, & Stacy Julian!
And they have a new column:The Men Who Make It...bet you can't guess who's featured in this one can you?
Well, non other then Tim Holtz!
I guess his photo on the cover is a dead give away isn't it?


Come get 'em while they're here, you know they don't stay on the shelf long!

Incredible Class Just Added...

Lost Dreams...
NEW Class added for this SATURDAY!
Lost Dreams Configurations Print Tray
with Jack & Cat

Saturday, July 23rd
10:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
$80



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 Gypsies Lille & Camden lines into a rich story using the Tim Holtz idea-ology Print Tray and their own curio flea market items. 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!

Pre- CHA Sneak Peeks!

It's Summer CHA time again...

Some of our favorite companies are starting to blog about their CHA SUMMER releases.
Graphic 45 is showing off their NEW collections on their blog, a little bit every day.

This is part of their ABC Primer line.
Clear Stamps...


Papers...



Tim Holtz is showing some sneak peeks of his own over on his blog!

New Holiday Adornments...

Holiday Muse Tokens...

Holiday Paper Stash...
We can't wait to order it! Check out their blogs and tell us what you think!

Mary Jane's Farm

Look what I found on our shelves today...

The NEW Mary Janes Farm!
I guess I was out of the shop when they came in.
Ya just can't miss one day around here, see what happens?
NEW STUFF!

Not that we are encouraging Chain Saws, but...it does say that they're girl friendly!

How about a recipe for Blueberry Ginger Granitas? Or...this one is more my style~ a Coffee Granita! There's also a recipe for a Mango Ginger Ale Float, that sounds good.
That's it, I NEED this magazine!