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SheART – 2nd Class
Yesterday we held our 2nd SheART class as it has been so popular – our 3rd and final one of this version is on Saturday. (Don’t worry – there will be more chances for similar projects in the near future!)
As with all of the classes Jenny teaches – everyone loved it and left feeling very inspired ready to create more.
Here are the canvases created, everyone started with the same kit yet made it there own.
Act Belong Commit
I am sure all of you would have heard or seen the campaign for ABC – Act Belong Commit…If not, here is a link that will explain what the campaign is about. http://www.actbelongcommit.org.au/about-us/what-is-act-belong-commit.html
ACT states that Mental health is a state of well-being. It’s not just the absence of illness, but also the ability to maintain relationships, cope with stress, contribute to the community and enjoy life.
Unfortunately not everybody experiences good mental health all of the time. In Australia, one in five people will experience some form of mental illness each year. Three out of ten will be seriously affected.
Depression alone is predicted to be the largest health problem globally by 2020. The personal, social and financial costs associated with mental health problems are enormous. In 2007-2008 the Australian Government spent $5.32 billion on mental illness services (Department of Health and Ageing 2010), not including the additional burden of social problems such as substance misuse, violence and crime, absenteeism from work, family and relationship troubles and physical illnesses such as cardiovascular disease. It is clear that interventions are needed to prevent the onset of mental health problems before the situation worsens.
The good news is there are things we all can and should do to promote our mental wellbeing and create a stronger more resilient community.
The campaign is based strongly on the need to belong somewhere and encourages people to join a group, meet with like minded people and commit to going even when you may be feeling down. The main point is that when we feel like we belong somewhere, it changes our outlook and life seems better.
That is what I love about scrapbooking. It doesn’t have to be just about the paper craft itself, but about the sense of community we get when we meet together, the knowing that we belong somewhere. Some people find it easy to engage and to make friends, yet others suffer in silence. I want my shop to be a place where all people from all walks of life will feel valued and accepted right where they are, right now. If you are reading this and don’t belong to any sort of social group, but know that maybe you should, then why not give scrapbooking a go. We hold all sorts of classes, at all different times, with all different budgets in mind and we would love to have you join us. We have a great community feel in our shop and it is one of the things I love the most. We have many customers who will drop in just for a chat, who think of us during the day and stop by with a coffee. We have customers who will lend us craft magazines, or some will teach US a craft or too or share a technique we haven’t seen before. Some will come in and share what they have been making at home. We get to meet some awesome customers and many become friends, all because we have something in common! Isn’t that great? I love my shop!
So, get busy, get connected, make friends, enjoy life and take some time to scrapbook your memories along the way and have fun doing it. I Hope to see you in store soon.
Unfortunately not everybody experiences good mental health all of the time. In Australia, one in five people will experience some form of mental illness each year. Three out of ten will be seriously affected.
Depression alone is predicted to be the largest health problem globally by 2020. The personal, social and financial costs associated with mental health problems are enormous. In 2007-2008 the Australian Government spent $5.32 billion on mental illness services (Department of Health and Ageing 2010), not including the additional burden of social problems such as substance misuse, violence and crime, absenteeism from work, family and relationship troubles and physical illnesses such as cardiovascular disease. It is clear that interventions are needed to prevent the onset of mental health problems before the situation worsens.
The good news is there are things we all can and should do to promote our mental wellbeing and create a stronger more resilient community.
The campaign is based strongly on the need to belong somewhere and encourages people to join a group, meet with like minded people and commit to going even when you may be feeling down. The main point is that when we feel like we belong somewhere, it changes our outlook and life seems better.
That is what I love about scrapbooking. It doesn’t have to be just about the paper craft itself, but about the sense of community we get when we meet together, the knowing that we belong somewhere. Some people find it easy to engage and to make friends, yet others suffer in silence. I want my shop to be a place where all people from all walks of life will feel valued and accepted right where they are, right now. If you are reading this and don’t belong to any sort of social group, but know that maybe you should, then why not give scrapbooking a go. We hold all sorts of classes, at all different times, with all different budgets in mind and we would love to have you join us. We have a great community feel in our shop and it is one of the things I love the most. We have many customers who will drop in just for a chat, who think of us during the day and stop by with a coffee. We have customers who will lend us craft magazines, or some will teach US a craft or too or share a technique we haven’t seen before. Some will come in and share what they have been making at home. We get to meet some awesome customers and many become friends, all because we have something in common! Isn’t that great? I love my shop!
So, get busy, get connected, make friends, enjoy life and take some time to scrapbook your memories along the way and have fun doing it. I Hope to see you in store soon.
Life’s a Beach!
I LOVE the new Kaiser Collection – Rock Pool! We have the full collection now in store.
Postcard off the page Idea…
“Postcard of Nouvelle-Écosse†by Genevieve Allen
Genevieve says:
“When I received this Postcard wooden flourish, I thought immediately of my photos of travelling through Nouvelle-Écosse (Canada) a few years ago. My pictures are like postcards, so I have decided to add them to the back of the wooden flourish and create an album! What a great idea!â€
“When I received this Postcard wooden flourish, I thought immediately of my photos of travelling through Nouvelle-Écosse (Canada) a few years ago. My pictures are like postcards, so I have decided to add them to the back of the wooden flourish and create an album! What a great idea!â€
“I used different rub ons to make the cover of this album.â€
“I hope that you’ll use this idea to keep some of your travel memories! “
Materials used:Wooden Flourishes FL408 Postcards, FL304 Bird; PP866 Paper Pad; P821 Illusion, P822 Vision, P824 Daydream; MA505 Mini Alpha Stickers, CT711 Collectables; CS819 Clear Stamps; Rub ons RB960 Charlotte’s Dream, RB952 Sweet Nothings, RB932, RB945 Timeless, RB924 Blae & Ivy.
Others: Hemp Cord, Glimmer Mist, Stickles, Punches, Distress Ink, cardboard.
the otiginal post + more great ideas can be found here.
Your Photos….
Do your photo’s ever stop you from making a scrapbook layout? Funny question isn’t it? Sometimes, while being inspired by other people’s layouts, either in-house, magazines, blogs or friends layouts, we can actually become uninspired to complete our own pages, because of our photos. Sometimes we think that our happy snaps are just not right for scrapbooking. I don’t know about you, but I get tired of seeing layouts in magazines etc with perfectly dressed and posed kids, taken with the best camera and at a great location. I look at my photo’s taken with my cheap camera and think that they are not good enough to scrap! But that is not right. I then remind myself why I scrapbook in the first place, and now I will remind you 🙂
Us scrapbookers scrap because first and foremost we want to capture the fun in the every day events of life, we want to leave a legacy for the next generations to treasure. We want to recorded our kids getting their first teeth, or riding their first bike, or opening gifts at Christmas, or just washing the dog. Or maybe you scrap your Grandchildren, or your Trips overseas, or maybe your pets. I want pics of my kids playing and smiling and laughing and having fun. I want memories recorded, ones that make me smile and help me to remember the precious years that go way to quickly.
So I pull out my trusted digital camera that can go wherever I go and I take happy snaps, sometimes they come out blurry and the kids are not framed correctly. Sometimes their clothes don’t match, sometimes I even cut off part of the body lol…..But that’s ok, they are my memories and deserve to be in my scrapbooks and I should feel proud. I know I will look back and remember those days, and that is what it is about.
So don’t look at your photos and disregard them because they are not perfect, perfect is just an illusion. Capture the beauty you see through the lense, and whatever layout you make will be great. If it has your kids in it, they will think they are fantastic anyway just because they are the star attractions!
Take a look at this link (here) and check out this photographers own happy snaps….while they are picture perfect, they may still may make you smile and be happy to scrap anything! His kids look like they are having so much fun!
Wishing you all a fantastic week!
Welcome to Term 2!
Hello!
Today was the 2nd day of Term 2, kids went back to school yesterday and classes re-commence this week.
Thursday at 4pm is our first Kids class for the term. There are 2 spaces remaining in this class so let us know if you would like to join in. On Thursday night is also the first of our Mixed Media classes. Can’t wait!
We have a fun filled term planned, be sure to pick up our calender in store, or let me know if you would like me to e-mail you a copy.
We have had a busy couple of weeks so my apologies for not blogging so much. When I looked through the photos on my camera I also realised I never blogged about our wonderful Prima Night, kids PJ party or even our Christmas party!
So here is a quick snapshot….
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| From our Christmas party…everyone sat for a Scrapbooking test 🙂 |
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| We played lots of games and had plenty of prizes. I have more photos on my other camera (batteries went flat on this one) Will upload them another day. |
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| We hosted a Prima Night when all the new CHA releases arrived in store. In the above photo some of the ladies are creating cards using Prima Products, and in the photo below are those who couldn’t wait to touch and smell (yes really – we have some sniffers!) the new Prima. |
The following night we had our inaugral kids Saturday night class. After it being such a huge success with 18 girls dressing up in the PJ’s and enjoying a night full of craft, games and popcorn we have already planned one for this term as well!
I don’t feel comfortable putting up photos of kids without their parents permission so I can only show this one from the PJ party….some very grown up behaviour from Miss Elisa and Miss Jenny!
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| More SheART and canvases are on their way so more classes coming soon….. |
The countdown is on – 5 days to go!
Our shop has been buzzing this past week like a beehive. So much excitement and anticipation as our long awaited Mixed Media classes start on Thursday night! We have been promising you since the craft fair in October (where Jenny’s Girl’s debuted) that we will teach you all the tricks and techniques and the time has finally come.
Can hardly believe we have so many people signed up! We will start off, with one class that is absolutely full, not even one spare space 🙂 Second class is ready to follow and people are also on the waiting list for a third, it is going to be so much fun! It excites us that you are so enthusiastic about it!
Why do an In-House workshop? Some people may mistakenly believe that there is no need to do an In-house workshop. There are a lot of opinions about this. There are many ways to learn mixed media techniques, In-House and online are two of them.
If you like, you can spend your money on an online workshop, or even better, just watch techniques on YouTube, that’s free 🙂 If that is what you prefer, then that’s fine, there are plenty of great tutorials out there and they are good.
We believe that running our own In- House workshops for mixed media, is the best option! We know this because, you, our awesome customers have asked for the workshops, which is fantastic and it shows us that this is something you want to do! There really is nothing better than getting together with a group of people, socializing, making new friends and getting some hands on experience at the same time. When you go On line, you can SEE techniques, but in class you will be able to experiment and gain experience. You don’t just see someone else having fun, you get to be the one having fun.
You could read a cook book, watch master chef or my kitchen rules, but there is nothing like cooking up a storm in your own kitchen and getting to eat the delicious food you make! It’s the same thing, you get to play, you get to experiment, you get to see what products you like and what you would like to spend your money on. On line you see someone use an art supply, so you go buy it, only to realize it isn’t as easy to master the technique at home, YouTube made it seem too easy! There is no use buying products that someone else suggests that you need, only to have them sit on your shelf. In our workshops you will get to play with products and then decide if it is something you would like to have as part of your “stash”. On Line you can see someone use a product that you really want, only to find that no one in Australia sells the product you are after, how disappointing. In our workshop, you know that what we use, we stock! So you will never be disappointed.
Could you imagine if Tim Holtz or Donna Downey or any well know paper crafter/artist came to Geraldton to run an In-House workshop, (what fun!) They come to impart some knowledge and share tips and to give us hands on experience. But, we decide not to go, because after all we could watch them on YouTube instead!? LOL, I can’t see that happening.
Nothing beats hands on experience. That is why we are excited to see our plans come into fruition, that’s why our workshops are full and people are buzzing with anticipation. That is why we do what we do, all for the love of art and an itch to get in and play. I can’t wait!
The past 2 weeks Jenny and I have put our heads together and created some more fun and crafty classes which will be held as a one off. (That means no need to sign up for a whole term.) The SheArt class we held on Friday was the first of many. Make sure you are on our mailing list to be the first in the know as the classes are sure to fill up fast.
Enjoy the last day of the school holidays tomorrow (no break for me – I have a party of 15 girls in the shop tomorrow afternoon!) and 3 cheers for the start of a crafty term 2!
SheART – A fun workshop!
Today Jenny taught a group of ladies to make this beautiful SheART canvasses! Everyone started with exactly the same kit – but all the results are very different!
Well Done Ladies!
International Talent
Good Evening!
There are many international designers who offer to come to local scrapbook stores and teach if you book and pay in advance. You may (or may not) have seen on a couple of blogs last night that 3 international designers have cancelled their trip to Perth due to a store in Perth not following through with their agreement.
An opportunity then presented itself that 2 that I spoke to would be able to come to Geraldton if I would like to book them. BUT there would be a minimum for classes and there are flights etc that need to be paid. So my question to you is, would you pay around $120 to be taught by an international artist? The classes would be fuller than normal so you may not get as much help and assistance that you are used to, so personally I don’t think it would suit a beginner. One of the designers is absolutely brilliant in mixed media, and the other offers classes from Prima, Authentique and Pink Paisley.
Please e-mail me if you would be interested. Need to move fast as kits would need to be arranged and they would be leaving their home countries in a matter of weeks.