We also have a large selection of Tim Holtz grunge paper, hardware and some tools in store.
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Alcohol Inks
Have you used Alcohol Inks? Have you seen all the colours we have in store now? And at a very competitive price of only $5.25 per bottle!
Here is a short video by Tim Holtz using a spatter technique with alcohol inks. Enjoy!
And I just thought I’d share an e-mail I received from a friend…
Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven’t thought about it, don’t have it on their schedule, didn’t know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.
My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It’s just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Now…go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to…not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say?
I got to thinking one day about all those people on theTitanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I’ve tried to be a little more flexible.
How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn’t suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word ‘refrigeration’ mean nothing to you?
How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched ‘Jeopardy’ on television?
I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, ‘How about going to lunch in a half hour?’ She would gas up and stammer, ‘I can’t. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday. I had a late breakfast. It looks like rain.’ And my personal favorite: ‘It’s Monday.’ She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.
Because people cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves, when all the conditions are perfect.
We’ll go back and visit the grandparents when we get little Kevin toilet-trained. We’ll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We’ll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of ‘I’m going to,’ ‘I plan on,’ and ‘Someday, when things are settled down a bit.’
When anyone calls my ‘seize the moment’ friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you’re ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.
My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It’s just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Now…go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to…not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say?
And why are you waiting?
Make sure you read this to the end.
Make sure you read this to the end.
You will understand why I sent this to you.
Do you run through each day on the fly?
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask ‘How are you?’ Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head?
Ever told your child, ‘We’ll do it tomorrow.’ And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch?
Let a good friendship die? Just call to say ‘Hi’?
When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift….Thrown away…. Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.
Webster’s Spring Market Collection
Webster’s Spring Market collection has arrived in store. Simply Beautiful – Can’t wait to use it.
What do you think of this collection?
Update
Hello Again, I know I have been very slack with blogging, but I have been extremely busy! Will try and keep up to date….. (note the word TRY :D)
Last Sunday we held a Scrap-a-thon in Dongara. The lovely Kate from Coffee and Canvas hosted the day and fed us some really really yummy baguettes which reminded me so much of Europe.
This does of course mean our trips to Perth are going to take a lot longer as we will always have to stop in for a cup of coffee and snack.
Kate now also stocks our page kits and will soon have some of the essentials as well. And starting today there will be a Scrap Night every Thursday night in the cafe. (I so wished I lived closer!). Everyone can come, all levels are welcome. Just give Kate a call to book. ( 99271542).
New stock this week:
Lot of top up stock has also arrived.
Due next week – plenty of Alcohol inks, Webster papers, plenty of cuttlebug folders and cutters + lots more!
We will be introducing a Happy Hour once a week. This will be 1 item at a very special price valid only between the hours of 12.00 – 1.00pm every day that week. Special applies to in store sales only.
Wishing everyone a Happy Friday tomorrow!
Marijke
Scariest Walk….
Have you seen this trail in Spain? Would you be brave enough to walk it? We are headed there with the kids for our next holiday….
Just Kidding….
Why I love my job!
Just when you think everything is fully under control and you can have an easy (ier) week something comes up and you are busier than ever. Thanks for the chats, encouragement, ideas, help etc Ms C (208 minutes of it!) Ms R and Ms S, Ms A and Ms J (you all know who you are!). Thanks to you 5 I think this is going to be a massive year.
I just love how so many want to help in any way possible. Crafting is really more of a community rather than a shop and its customers. I love the ideas you give me, the crafty projects you show me, the challenges you throw at me! (although some have me pulling out my hair! lol).
I also really love it when people send through photos, or come in to show me of what they have made with products I sell, and here are a few from last week:
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| Kaiser Craft Desk Organiser decorated in the English Rose collection |
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| Kaiser Craft Recipe Stand, |
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| Kaiser Craft Desk Organiser decorated in Child’s Play. Celeste will make to order if you would like to purchase 1. Cost depends on whats included. Contact me and I’ll pass it on to her. |
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| For some reason even though I upload it rotated, it keeps flipping sideways…. |
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| New Kaiser Craft Bracket Frame |
Keep bringing in your projects!
Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday, and hopefully a cooler weekend!
New Page Kits available.
Due to the response to last weeks page kit, I have made another one using Webster’s Pages Hollywood Vogue Collection. This kit makes 3 single page layouts and costs $32.50.
Its hard to see the layering etc on the photos. If you would like a better look, they are on display in the shop. The kit didn’t include lettering this time to keep the cost down, but there are 8 sheets of paper, pearls, rhinestones, doilies, pins, blooms, 3 different ribbons and a chandelier flourish in the kit as well as full colour instructions.
Call in to the shop to buy or shop online. This is a limited edition kit.
Variety Club Youth Choir Flash Mob ‘I am Australian’
On Saturday at Karrinyup Shopping Centre (Western Australia) the Variety Club Youth Choir organized a FLASH MOB where they all were incognito in the Food Hall, and started standing up in groups singing “We are Australians” –
The purpose it to raise money for the QLD floods. Each time it is clicked on, money is raised through google ads, SO PLEASE WATCH!!!!!! It is a great way of supporting our fellow Australians.
Gift to give to your friends on valentine’s day….
Who doesn’t love to give a little gift? To show someone they are appreciated? Valentine’s Day is a perfect opportunity to show your friends and loved ones that you care – its not just for that 1 special someone.
A few weeks ago when I was blog hopping I came across a really great idea that a Stampin’ Up lady had made in New Zealand (sorry I can’t remember the blog as I went through so many blogs that day). They were little narrow cellophane bags filled with lollies and then a nice tag on top.
So after a couple of hours more searching for these bags, I found them and they arrived in store today. This is what I made with them:
The bags are 1″ wide and fit 10 jaffas in them. I used kaiser’s Love Notes papers for the labels. A bag of 100 of these skinny bags are $12. Limited stock.
I did try to put easter eggs in there, but they where too big. I think smarties would look really good in them as well.
Add a little card to it and you have a perfect gift on a budget! (Cards below are made using Love Notes).
What would you put in them?
Webster’s Page Layouts
Has everyone settled back in to routine? We have, I actually welcomed it. Although I do love days that are unplanned, I seem to get more done when there is a bit of structure.
Last week I made up a kit that makes 2 pages using the beautiful Webster Pages and new Kaiser Blooms. The kit includes everything to make these pages even the instructions! All for $29.95.
They were very popular and have nearly sold out….would you like to see more kits like these?
