January Class 1

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying your December holidays. I can't believe the end of the year is almost here. I know I'm not ready for 2014 just yet, but in the hopes that maybe next year I'll be a little bit more organized, I have made a calendar book for my next class at The Craft Retreat!

I absolutely love the paper I used for this project. It's a BoBunny paper called Zip-a-dee-doodle. It was fun and vibrant, and even came with an awesome set of stickers that I am including in the class.

The class will be January 11th at 10:30-1:30. It will cost $35, and all materials you see will be included. You will need to bring scissors, a hole punch, glue (I like to use the ZIG 2-way glue pens and a liquid tacky glue), a ruler, and a paper cutter. With all the prep involved with this class, I will be letting the students cut out the calendar pages and month labels themselves. A paper cutter with a sliding blade is the easiest to use, but scissors will work just as well. All the pages are easy to cut and pre-sized to the correct measurements.

Each month gets its own 2 page spread, a calendar page, and a pocket to hold photos or birthday cards throughout the year. I made a few pull-out tags in some of the months as well.

The month labels I drew by hand to match the paper, and I will be putting a digital copy of those to purchase shortly on my Etsy store. That way those of you who cannot attend the class, or attend and just want to make another book, can use the one-of-a-kind labels for your own projects. Keep checking back to my blog for more updates!!

December Class 2

I finally have my cards finished! Hopefully there's still plenty of time for people to sign up. I think the cards make a beautiful set. Of course, the paper was beautiful to start with, so really I didn't have to do too much. :) I used the Graphic 45 "12 Days of Christmas" paper. While making these cards, that song was stuck in my head quite a bit.

For anyone interested in taking the class, it will be at The Craft Retreat on December 21st at 10:30-1:30 for $28. Bring the basic supply kit (scissors, 3D tape, glue, etc) and come make some awesome Christmas cards with me!

You should be able to sign up for the class online (here) in a few days. It may not be posted until next week. However, you are always welcome to call the store and pay over the phone and sign up that way. Or you can just come in some time to visit me! :)