Next Week ... 3rd September 2012

Hi everyone!!

How are you all keeping?  It's lovely to see the blossoms starting to appear, the spring weather teasing us whilst winter keeps pulling it back into line!  I can't wait to see my wisteria bloom - it is absolutely covered with blossom nodules, it is going to be so pretty!  You are all going to want to walk through the front gate just to wander and look up at the gorgeous blooms....once they happen :-)

Sorry about last week!!!  I was so busy with ballet photos, the mini album workshop and just stuff I completely forgot to do the weekly update!  But - you seemed to enjoy stamping all over your tissue paper and then scrunching it onto your cardstock :-)

So without further ado here's next weeks info...

Next Week Workshop is ...

Make Your Own Washi Tape   $16

Washi Tape is quite in vogue right now and there so many beautiful tapes on the market.  But….you have to buy whole rolls and it’s not always going to match all your layouts and cards - solution….make your own!  It’s very easy to do and lots of fun!  You will need 4 photos for this layout, 2 portrait @ 4x6”, 1 portrait @ 5¼x3½” and 1 landscape @ 6x3¾”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, a title and a roll of magic tape that is ¾” wide - that is the standard width that is sold in those little disposable dispensors.

SCRAP'N'ROAST

$20

Saturday 15th September

4pm-midnight

Come along on a Saturday afternoon & evening for 8 hours of scrapping fun!  Bring your photos & tools then crop the night away.  A roast hot from the Weber & salad will be served for dinner.  Softies in the fridge and the kettle is always handy for a cuppa!  There are always nibbles on the table ...and yes - you might get some scrapping done!!! 

$10 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your booking.  Cancellations made 48 hours before and no-shows are liable to pay the balance of the evening.

Cost includes dinner, drink & nibbles – a great deal! 

**Workshop loyalty card is not signed & no free classes valid for Saturday Scrap Nights.**

Thank you to those of you who attended the Mini Album Workshop last weekend - a great fun day as well as a beautiful mini to add to your collection!  I know the girls who stayed on for scrap'n'roast kept on going and decorated all their pages, as did I!  I have had some interest from two ladies who missed out and would love to do the album.  I need a minumum of 4 to run the workshop again, so .... if you are interested, let me know so we can make a date and make the album!!

My shows are fast approaching, they are going to be so much fun!   Unfortunately, I have to cancel a couple of Monday night workshops to fit in with the rehearsal schedule :-(  So on Monday the 24th September and Monday 1st October there will be no workshops.  There is room in the Thursday workshops if you'd like to come along then.  

Well, no rest for the wicked they say.... so much to do, so little time!

Have a great weekend,

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy

Next Week ... 20th August 2012

Hello, hello :-)

Much more relaxed week in my household, I even managed to clean half the house!  (Only half, I can't go overboard now can I?)

Delivered all my hard work to the ballet school on Monday ... the feedback I've been receiving from the parents, children and the ballet school have been really positive and quite humbling!  I was so nervous, as you know, guess that's why I've been not so stressed this week :-)  Orders have begun to roll in already - excellent!!

If you haven't already, head on over to my new facebook photography page and hit like to keep updated with my photographic journey -

www.facebook.com/madebymandyphotography

Next week's workshop is ...

Page Maps August   $20

Monday 7-9pm and Thursday 9.30-11.30am

This page is a beauty - 11 photos on this layout!!!!  A lovely large main landscape photo @ 8¼x5¾”, 4 landscape photos @ 3¾x2¾” and 6 square photos @ 1¾”.  The smaller photos pop off the page with a sewn mat, fantastic way for them not to get lost.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, paper piercer, embroidery needle and a title.

MINI ALBUM WORKSHOP

$45

Saturday 25th August, 10am-3pm

You are going to love this 8x6” mini album with so many pockets and tags...it’s just amazing!  The sample in the shop shows the first half with decorated pages so you can see what you are able to do with your album, but we will just be making the bare album pages with  decorated covers, of course.  You will need your basic tool kit, inks, corner rounder, score board, paper trimmer and pva glue in a fine tipped bottle.

We will share our lunch, so please bring a plate of savoury lunch.  I will provide morning and afternoon tea and drinks.

**Bookings are absolutely essential with a deposit required upon booking to secure your place.  Places are limited.

SCRAP'N'ROAST

$20

Saturday 25th August, 4pm-midnight

Come along on a Saturday afternoon & evening for 8 hours of scrapping fun!  Bring your photos & tools then crop the night away.  A roast hot from the Weber & salad will be served for dinner.  Softies in the fridge and the kettle is always handy for a cuppa!  There are always nibbles on the table ...and yes - you might get some scrapping done!!! 

$10 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your booking.  Cancellations made 48 hours before and no-shows are liable to pay the balance of the evening.

Cost includes dinner, drink & nibbles – a great deal! 

**Workshop loyalty card is not signed & no free classes valid for Saturday Scrap Nights.**

Keep warm and dry!

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 13 August 2012

Oops-a-daisy!!  I nearly forgot to update the blog for next week!!!  Been very busy editing and sorting photos ready for ordering at the ballet school - extremely time consuming.  The mum's can't wait after I showed them a sneak peek of some of the photos that were ready :-)

If you haven't already, head on over to my new facebook photography page and hit like to keep updated with my photographic journey -

www.facebook.com/madebymandyphotography

 

Sorry I haven't taken a sneak peek photo of next week's layout, but I think you all saw it hanging on the cork board last week!

Next Week's Workshop ...

CREATE YOUR OWN STAMPED BACKGROUND   $21

Monday 7-9pm and Thursday 9.30-11.30am

 

You’ve got an idea, a theme, but can’t find the right paper...what to do?  How about transforming some ugly duckling paper into gorgeous swan paper that works perfectly with what you where imagining!!!  Another way to make papers work for you and just so easy!  You will need 3 photos @ 4x6” 2 landscape and 1 portrait.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, edge distresser a title and any extra embellishments you might like to use.

MINI ALBUM WORKSHOP

$45

Saturday 25th August, 10am-3pm

You are going to love this 8x6” mini album with so many pockets and tags...it’s just amazing!  The sample in the shop shows the first half with decorated pages so you can see what you are able to do with your album, but we will just be making the bare album pages with  decorated covers, of course.  You will need your basic tool kit, inks, corner rounder, score board, paper trimmer and pva glue in a fine tipped bottle.

We will share our lunch, so please bring a plate of savoury lunch.  I will provide morning and afternoon tea and drinks.

**Bookings are absolutely essential with a deposit required upon booking to secure your place.  Places are limited.

SCRAP'N'ROAST

$20

Saturday 25th August, 4pm-midnight

Come along on a Saturday afternoon & evening for 8 hours of scrapping fun!  Bring your photos & tools then crop the night away.  A roast hot from the Weber & salad will be served for dinner.  Softies in the fridge and the kettle is always handy for a cuppa!  There are always nibbles on the table ...and yes - you might get some scrapping done!!! 

$10 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your booking.  Cancellations made 48 hours before and no-shows are liable to pay the balance of the evening.

Cost includes dinner, drink & nibbles – a great deal! 

**Workshop loyalty card is not signed & no free classes valid for Saturday Scrap Nights.**

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 6 August 2012

Hi everyone,

Another week has flown by - and I am exhausted!!!  Who would have thought taking photos of ballerinas would make one so worn out?  I was very nervous on Monday, but I am pleased with the photos.  Now to the mammoth task of editing, printing and getting the orders happening! Here's my gorgeous girl...love the dress!

 

Next Weeks Workshop is ...

Attack Your Stash Your Way  $10

Monday 7-9pm and Thursday 9.30-11.30am

This is the first of the Attack Your Stash Workshops where you get to choose the layout!  This months page idea is from Catherine - thanks Catherine!!!

I have sketched the page idea and extended it into a double layout.  A bit rough but I hope you all like it :-)

If you are booked into next week's workshop I have already emailed you the sketch and what you will need.  Just in case, here it is again :-)

• 1 landscape @ 6x8
• 1 landscape @ 4x3
• 1 portrait @ 3x3½
• 3 square @ 1½

• Background - 2 x Patterned Paper OR Cardstock
• Contrast 1 - 1 x Patterned Paper OR Cardstock
• Contrast 2 - ½ x Patterned Paper OR Cardstock
• Contrast 3 - 1 x A4 Sheet or Book or Music Paper
• Contrast 4 - 1 x Cardstock (Photo mat, border punching)
• Doily
• 1” Ribbon - about 6”
• Tags x 3 (or you could cut from leftovers)
• String or fine ribbon for tag tops
• Embroidery Floss for Sewing
• Lots of flowers and leaves (for the ‘curtain’)
• Chipboard flourish for corner of main photo
• Optional - Two old paintbrushes to put next to the ‘curtain’
• Title and Word
• Inks
• Paper Piercer
• Scoreboard
• Embroidery Needle
• Border Punch
• Stamp - swirly or flourishy (so we can tie the papers and pages together)
• Anything else you can think of!!!

Phew - what a list!!  

Get your thinking caps on for September and October's workshops - your idea could be the one we adapt and use!

The Mini Album All Day Workshop on the 25th August, 10am - 3pm, is filling up fast!  There are limited places for this very versatile, fun tag filled album, so book in now or risk missing out.  Workshop cost is $45.

The next Scrap'n'Roast is also on the 25th August starting at 4pm until midnight.  $20 for 8 hours of scrapping fun plus naughty nibbles, roast dinner, drinks and dessert - that is incredible value!!!  Book in NOW!

Well, back to editing the photos :-)
Think of me on Saturday morning - 5 hours of photos!!!!  
Happy Scrapping,
Mandy :-)