Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Newsletter - Senz is coming

Hi to everyone in the crafting world, that is right we now have subscribers from the USA, from Japan, Australia, India and Great Britain and of course New Zealand.  So where ever you are I hope you are all well, warm or cool (depending on what you like), and crafting of course.  
Senz
http://www.senz.co.nz/Home/This will be the first time SENZ has been in Central Auckland since we first started back in 2003.  The Expo brings together Card makers, Scrapbookers, Stampers, Mixed Media Artists, Cake Decorators, Bookmakers, Jewelery makers, Fabric Artists,  Quilters of all ages, for a weekend of creativity, ideas, shopping, displays, socialising, and classes. 

Its very much a hands-on expo where you get to try the products, make projects, see displays and enter competitions.  
This year we will be expanding the Cake Decorating area and having a dedicated Cake Decorating corner with demos, displays, tastings, and competitions to enter.
Tickets have gone on sale, and there is lots happening this year.  It is at Ellerslie racecourse, and there are great tutors and stands and you just need to be there, go and check out the link.

I know some of you hate driving in Auckland, so Annmarie at Paperzone and I have organised a bus for the Friday 4th July....$40.00 for your seat (yes we will bring you back), must be paid when you book.  It will leave from Morrinsville 8am and then head into Hamilton 8.30ish,probably by Porrit Stadium to save crossing the river twice.   You can buy your tickets to Senz from Paperzone $15.00 as well from April, so ride sorted, ticket sorted. Now just book in the date in your calendar and you will be organised for a great shopping and learning day.  You will be back in Morrinsville around 7pm.  Seats going quickly...so get in quick.       

Prize giveaway
The design team are all busy as, and they will begin to show what they have done on the first of April.  In the meantime the last few prizes have been drawn and the winners are
Beth Barnes - Katherine Parkinson
www.bethbarnes.co.nz

Brenda Morgan - winner Sharlene Peretini
www.thyme2craft.blogspot.co.nz

Marilyn Gunn. - change of page - Winner is Tricia Collins
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marilyns-crafty-corner/700288006702563
congratulations everyone who won a prize, the last ones have all left today and you should get them soon, if you haven't already.

Products:
repackaging is just about done, and I am very grateful to my friends and family who have been around re packing and sorting flowers and other felt products for me, you are all wonderful people.
The products will all be on sale from the 1st of April, (I am so worried that, that is April fools day..) from the Imagine If site.

Classes:
March classes -
Change of date
March Friday 28th  - 10am - 2pm Card and Box project and a candle holder and card project - $10.00.  This class you will use your own paper, own colour choice.  I will supply some products.  Can be for a male or female, you can do an easter theme or birthday whatever suits.  Mothers day is in May great presents to have ready.  As soon as everyone saw these projects they booked into class, so if you want to do this class there are only a few seats left.
There is a box inside the card on the left and the candle holder on the right has a card and a space for candles.



April Classes:
Encaustic wax art for Adults Friday 4th April $20.00, we have a tutor coming for this, and it is so much fun.  These are my examples that I made during my first lesson, so you can see it is fun and you can make some really creative projects.  These are card size, and you will make somewhere between 4-8 depending on how fast you are. We can only take 10 people and 5 spaces are already gone.

So email me or phone me on 07 8873901 if you have any questions, leave me a message on the phone if I am out and about or working with my head down.

May - Paperzone scrapbooking class.
June - Not sure if I Will do any classes as I have a lot on for Senz.
4th July - Senz 1 class, 
6th July - Senz 1 class
all the best Jo

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

March is marching on

Hi all,
I hope you all survived the cyclone undamaged, we were all good, just leaves everywhere, as you get with wind.  In the pool, stuck to the car, and covering the deck in large piles.
I hope none of you had worse than that, and that you got a chance to play in your craft spaces maybe, since it was really not great picnic weather.

Senz
http://www.senz.co.nz/
tickets have gone on sale, and there is lots happening this year.  It is at Ellerslie racecourse, and there are great tutors and stands and you just need to be there, go and check out the link. Now I know some of you hate driving in Auckland, so Annmarie at Paperzone and I are organising a bus for the Friday 4th July....we will let you know costings and bookings next week.  It will leave from Morrinsville and then head into Paperzone to pick Hamilton people up.  You can buy your tickets to Senz from Paperzone as well from April, so ride sorted, ticket sorted. Now just book in the date in your calendar and you will be organised for a great shopping and learning day.    

Morrinsville Floral festival
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Morrinsville-Floral-Festival/1427977160777650
This is on this week, check out the link, and the amazing creations from two years ago.

Prize giveaway
The design team are all busy as, and they will begin to show what they have done on the first of April.  In the meantime they all had prizes to give away and the ones that have been drawn are:
Tash Chanwai - winner Christine McNicol
https://www.facebook.com/WithAllMyArtSoul

Beth Barnes - winner to be announced
www.bethbarnes.co.nz

Katrina Hart - Winner - Sharon Kent
http://randominkings1.blogspot.co.nz/

Ngaire Bennets - Winner - Debbie Wyatt
http://www.nysbiz.blogspot.co.nz/

Brenda Morgan
- winner to be announced
www.thyme2craft.blogspot.co.nz

Carol Noakes -the winner is Jane Hambley
http://4carol.blogspot.co.nz/

Lilian Clifton   - the winner is Debbie Groot
http://amysticaltouchnz.blogspot.co.nz/

Finally the last person on board that wasn't announced last week is Marilyn Gunn.
https://www.facebook.com/marilyns.c.corner?fref=ts
you can still go and be in the chance to win a prize by commenting on her new page. 



Products:
repackaging is just about done, and I am very grateful to my friends and family who have been around re packing and sorting flowers and other felt products for me, you are all wonderful people.

Classes:
March classes - I need bookings by tomorrow for the book and the card class please.

Friday March 21st Male Birthday cards - 10am - 12pm Four cards, all with a male theme. $20.00  These are based on this set below...they are not exactly these colours.  I have now got a card designer Marilyn Gunn, and where possible I will have redesigned in time for advertising, however this month it just hasn't happened. So here is the plan.


Saturday March 22nd  - 10am - 3pm  Make your own book from scratch, $45.00 8 only.  (basics supplied - except tape and glue, bling and dangles) - learn how to make your own book, no album rings, no ribbon, technique.  So easy when you know how.  This book has a colour way supplied.  However you can bring your own paper and then take the paper pack home and work with it for another project.  We will be making the book, covering the front and back covers, and then after that you will need to finish at home, though you will have photographs and instructions for finishing the same as me.  There is paper left over for mounting photos and making embellishments is required.  I have used quotes, these are not supplied.  This is available as a kit of instructions which I can send to you, with the basic materials, however depending on class numbers you may have to supply your own paper.  I have had a lot of questions about this class already.  We will not be making all the flip pages that were in my original book, as it is to time consuming.
   
 

March Wednesday 26th  - 10am - 2pm Card and Box project and a candle holder and card project - $10.00.  This class you will use your own paper, own colour choice.  I will supply some products.  Can be for a male or female, you can do an easter theme or birthday whatever suits.  Mothers day is in May great presents to have ready.



April Classes:
Encaustic wax art, adults class and children's class date to be advised.

So email me or phone me on 07 8873901 if you have any questions, leave me a message on the phone if I am out and about or working with my head down
all the best Jo

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

March Newsletter

Hi to everyone, and Hello March
I think 2014, has got to be the strangest year ever, February was hot, and then March comes along and things change in an instant.  Although if you know me personally, you will know I hate the heat, I prefer winter. I know what your thinking, but I love being cool.  I must have been a polar bear in a previous life.

As you can tell from the heading that I have the machine operating, and boy is it fun....well when the drivers don't disappear, and instead of being out having fun on a Saturday night, you are sitting there in your dressing gown at 10.30pm trying to get it to work, so much for dressing for work, and doing business hours.

I have got our first original designs off to the Design Team,
So let me introduce you to them:
Tash Chanwai -
https://www.facebook.com/WithAllMyArtSoul

http://withallmyartandsoul.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/artsongandsoul
http://www.pinterest.com/tashchanwai/

Beth Barnes
www.bethbarnes.co.nz

Katrina Hart
http://randominkings1.blogspot.co.nz/

Ngaire Bennets
http://www.nysbiz.blogspot.co.nz/

Brenda Morgan

www.thyme2craft.blogspot.co.nz

Carol Noakes
http://4carol.blogspot.co.nz/

Lilian Clifton

http://amysticaltouchnz.blogspot.co.nz/
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDe55ZnOt-PckNp_sa4tjDQ/videos

I had a lot of applications and it was a very hard choice, but each of these ladies had something I was looking for. Please go and check them out, there are some very interesting designs out there, and some cool ideas.   They will start blogging on the 1st of April for me.
In the meantime if you want to be in to win a prize, please go to their blogs/facebook and follow and comment and you are in to win.  Every designer has a prize to giveaway.

Products: There are some great designs that we do in Felt and now in Chipboard (box board) nice and thick and sturdy for all those mediums to be added to. We are no longer doing Lotika paper, or Bazill card or thin card.  Couldn't't wait to share, here is our new chipboard product, (with a felt flower combo - just as a decoration) on the left, and felt butterflies on the right.

What do you think?

  

www.fixdesign.co.nz   - new colour ranges and packaging not up yet, but I expect it to be ready next week.

Classes:
March classes

Saturday March 8th Folded scrap layout at Paperzone in Hamilton.  You will need to book through Paperzone for that as I am working with them for this project, you can choose your own paper and the look you are after, male, female, christmas or ? Holds 20 photos.


CHANGE OF DATE:
Friday March 21st Male Birthday cards - 10am - 12pm Four cards, all with a male theme. $20.00  These are based on this set blow...they are not exactly these colours.  I have now got a card designer Marilyn Gunn, and where possible I will have redesigned in time for advertising, however this month it just hasn't happened. So here is the plan.  Sorry about the change of date, but I am having a teeny tiny operation  that week, and decided I cannot risk last minute cancellation, if I have another allergic reaction like last time.        


Saturday March 22nd  - 10am - 3pm  Make your own book from scratch, $45.00 8 only.  (basics supplied - except tape and glue, bling and dangles) - learn how to make your own book, no album rings, no ribbon, technique.  So easy when you know how.  This book has a colour way supplied.  However you can bring your own paper and then take the paper pack home and work with it for another project.  We will be making the book, covering the front and back covers, and then after that you will need to finish at home, though you will have photographs and instructions for finishing the same as me.  There is paper left over for mounting photos and making embellishments is required.  I have used quotes, these are not supplied.  This is available as a kit of instructions which I can send to you, with the basic materials, however depending on class numbers you may have to supply your own paper.  I have had a lot of questions about this class already.  We will not be making all the flip pages that were in my original book, as it is to time consuming.
    
 
 
March Wednesday 26th  - 10am - 2pm Card and Box project and a candle holder and card project - $10.00.  This class you will use your own paper, own colour choice.  I will supply some products.  Can be for a male or female, you can do an easter theme or birthday whatever suits.  Mothers day is in May great presents to have ready.



So email me or phone me on 07 8873901 if you have any questions, leave me a message on the phone if I am out and about or working with my head down
all the best Jo