scrappin' Girlfriends

Learning from someone I admire

Please believe me when I say I can always learn something new.

Please believe me when I say you can too.

Today Lisa led me to a blog I LOVE!  I have not been there in months.  My bad.  I found a wonderful project there that I had to try tonight and now I want to share it with you.

I made a stationary portfolio with my own twist.  At the end of this post I will give you a link to the original post but I am so excited I have to share.

I sewed a length of twill tape to a button through a little embellishment I made to go on the front of the portfolio.  The twill will act as a closure so sew the button securely.  You can sew only a button and twill but you will need to secure it to the front of the portfolio so you might consider punching two small holes through the cover to sew it to the book.  I did not do this.  I sewed it to the embellishment and then glued the whole piece to the front using fabri-tac by Beacon Adhesives.

Oh the inside I glued a little elastic loop to hold a pen in the spine.  It is a great little place for a pen, a stylus, or other little things.

The pockets will hold cards, envelopes, writing papers, post-it-notes, etc.

I told you I would include a link to the wonderful
blog that inspired this project.  Here it is

2gypsygirls.com

I know you will find more there to capture your imagination.  Paula and Deb rock!  Paula has also included instructions in this project for making your own cards and envelopes.  Get Busy Girlfriends!

Until tomorrow please believe me...you can do this too!

always,

michele

All about Mom!

As a mom, grandma and wife I can tell you life is a balancing act and it all rests on the head of a pin.

Lisa and I have a really special Mother's Day offer for families who want to give Mom a very special gift.

We are giving a 1 pound box of delicious Mrs. Cavanaughs Chocolates with any purchase of a $50 Girlfriends value Gift Certificate.  That is a $25.00 and you know Mom deserves the best so you can give her the best chocolates with a shopping spree at the best Art Boutique in Idaho.

We have been saving names from our Facebook Page, our Blog and from sales in the shop for a very special Mother's Day Give-away.  Lisa drew the name today and the lucky winner of the Lifestyle Crafts Gift Package is Kathee Clark!

Kathee, come and get your goodies!  Thanks a million to Lifestyle Crafts and Jackie Banyai for donating this wonderful gift.

In addition we put together an additional Bo Bunny Gift Pack and Melinda Matthews is the winner of that prize!

We love our Girlfriends and we will continue to try hard to be the kind of place where we can all gather, laugh, cry and share with one another.  If you have never been to Girlfriends I hope you will come and visit us soon.  If you know your way, stop by soon for a little visit!

always,

Lisa and michele

it's may!

Once again time is moving much more quickly than I am.  I am at a loss as to why.  There are still 24 hours in a day.  I have not stopped doing the regular things like working and playing and sleeping.  I just seem to get a little less done these days.  Perhaps it is because the weather is nice and I would rather be outside than in.  Or it could be that I have been doodling while I should be doing other things.

This weekend for our workshop we are creating a wonderful photo block.

This project will make a wonderful gift for Mother's Day or save it for a Graduation gift for someone special.  You will learn how to use tissue and vinyl to create this really fun block.

$24.50

Class begins at 11 am.  Please bring your basic scrapping kit.

Also this week downtown we are happy to invite you to see all the beautiful artwork entered in Magic Valley Has Art.  This annual event has drawn over 100 artists from across the United States.  We are a venue and have three pieces on display including a beautiful oil by local artist Darlene Meyer.  Please stop by anytime this week to see her beautiful work as well as a sculpture by Brandon Thompson and a beautiful silver piece by longtime Buhl resident and silversmith Dick Morris.

We have also brought in some unexpected product to the shop.  We have had so many good women ask us to bring in yarn we could not refuse.  Stop by if you are looking for the new ruffle yarns.  We have a small selection now but will be adding more as time goes on.

Mother's Day Weekend we are giving away a fabulous gift package from Lifestyle Crafts.

Everyone loves a give-away! We love to give things away and we have an amazing give-away for one lucky fan. Lifestyle Crafts has given us the ultimate letterpress prize pack just in time for mother's day. Look at the picture to see everything included. Dies, letterpress, papers, paints, the list goes on and on. How to win? You will get your name in the drawing once for every comment on our facebook page or blog. You will get your name in twice for every purchase in the shop or on the blog shop. Easy.  Prize will be given away May 12th.  You do not have to be present to win.

Let's see who wins!

We received three enormous boxes of wonderful Tim Holtz and Cosmo Cricket Products this week.  We are thrilled to have our Tim Holtz wall overflowing with NEW product!

and the new Cosmo Cricket is beautiful!  I feel inspired just looking at it.  It is a very different line from Cosmo.  Beautiful deep colors and very feminine.

Stop by to see these lines as well and more new from Prima, Bazzill and many others.

I know there is much more to tell you but I will close for today.  I hope you have a wonderfully crafty week and that if you need any inspiration or maybe the perfect widjit to work on you will stop by our corner of the world.

always,

lisa and michele

 

April Showers....

Spring has been slowly making it's way to us here in the Magic Valley.  We have had our share of rainy days, chilly mornings and just enough cold to get the tulips pushing their heads out of the ground.  Now it feels warm and welcoming when I leave the house in the morning and stays that way until we come inside at night.

At the shop the wet weather kept us inside enough to finish all our April projects.  I make no promises as to May and so forth...warm days and nights are hard to resist after the chill of fall and winter.

We have four workshops in April

April 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th.

You can either join us in the shop for one or more of the workshops or order your kit to go. 

April 14th
Smash Book and Journal
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$42.95

smash book

workshop $42.50 USD Kit-to-go $42.50 USD shipped $52.50 USD

April 21st
Bazzill Envelope Book
$29.95
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envelope book

workshop $29.95 USD Kit-to-go $29.95 USD shipped $35.95 USD

 

 

April 28th
Spring Shaped Book
$29.95
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envelope book

workshop $29.95 USD Kit-to-go $29.95 USD shipped $35.95 USD

live, love, create

This weekend is our wonderful SheArt Collage Workshop.  I am excited for this workshop. 

I really like making collage art.  I love the depth and texture, the color and paint and yes the mess!  I am so thrilled that Christy Tomlinson created this wonderful line of papers and cutouts to easily recreate her style and make something completely our own.  There are so many options for creating these collage canvases no two will be the same.  Everything is included in this workshop so just show up and we will get started.

Saturday March 31st  11am

In addition on Saturday afternoon 2ish we will have a little card class.  Make 7 baby cards and 5 baby gift cards....all for just $22.50.  If you like to make cards and want to leave with a stack of them this is the class for you.

Both workshops are open and we would love to see our girlfriends so take some time and come in to play with us.

always,

lisa and michele