10-30% off Sale and New Kits!

View this email in your browser Like what you see... Check out our website by clicking here! 10%-30% OFF SALE  From Thursday 7th - Saturday 9th of September! Seeing as we decided not to attend the Hamilton Quilt and Craft show, we have put on a sale in store instead during the show days! 30% off Old Packaging Chipboard & Stencils 10% off New Packaging Chipboard 30% off all Paper (excludes Christmas and Bazill) 10% off all Mixed Media Products, Stamps, Flowers and Albums 20% off MDF & Mirror (excludes Cake Toppers and Kits) Sale is only in store (not available for online purchases). We are open Thursday- Friday 10am - 4pm & Saturday 10am-1pm SEPTEMBER IS HERE!!! September has arrived with a bang, more rain, Kate and William are expecting again, an election coming up, the block is in uproar over the twins, and Tarzan got voted off on Australian Survivor, whew and its only a few days in.  This has got to have been the craziest year ever, it just seems to have flown so fast. I feel like it will be Christmas before I know it, and I will be organising all the games and food again. NEW KITS We have spent the last few weeks designing new kits, and we will be releasing these over the next month as we gear up for Wellington Paper Arts.  We also have some awesome classes before Christmas, and these will be released as soon as we have pictures, but the dates have been added to the schedule below. QUOTE COMPETITION We have drawn the winners of our competition that we ran with our quote sheets. Congratulations to you all and thank you to everyone who entered - it was an incredibly hard job deciding the top three so we decided to give out two highly commended awards as well!! It took us a while to sort through the fabulous entries. The winners are.......  1st place - Carol Feierabend - Has Won a $200 Prize Pack of Chipboard MDF and Quote Sheets 2nd Place - Elizabeth Harris - Has Won a $100 Prize Pack of Chipboard MDF and Quote Sheets 3rd place - Fiona Angus - Has Won a $50 Prize Pack of Chipboard MDF and Quote Sheets Highly Commended Designs - Lisa Berridge & Yvonne O'Loughlin - both of whom get 5 Quote Sheets each. Images of of the three winners work is at the bottom of this newsletter along with the two highly commended works. PRETTY RUSTIC Scrapbooking Pretty Rustic has been beyond our wildest dreams, and we are still trying to go through all the paper work and make sure everyone is in the right place and booked in correctly. You will get an email in the next 6 weeks as we lock down venues etc. C4 - 10 PROJECTS We have C4 coming up in November and all 50 spaces are sold out, however if you are keen, we will have a wait list, although all bookings are now locked in.  Email about that will be out in a week or so. Well I have quite a bit of work to do before the day ends, enjoy the month, lets hope it is not chaotic as it has started.  Now what am I doing for Christmas this year?  Oh that's right I have a Pinterest board for that... Jo NEW KITS RELEASED!!! MENS GRUNGE TAG ART A fantastic men's grungy themed art piece to create for the lovely man, son or male friend in your life. Lots of tags, embellishments and interesting bits make up this awesome piece - perfect as a gift or for on your wall at home! Click here to purchase HALLOWEEN BOOK KIT Create this amazing Halloween/Witch inspired book with plenty of pages and themed papers and embellishments – a great way to showcase those Halloween snaps or a gift for someone who loves witches! Comes with everything you see included. Click here to purchase PHOTOGRAPHY COASTER ART KIT Create this lovely “Photography” inspired design featuring quotes images and embellishments – a lovely present for a friend or lover of photography! Includes all embellishments, paper and chipboard shown. Click here to purchase PEACE CHRISTMAS KIT Create your own hanging Peace Sign using the pre-cut paper, embellishments and instructions in the kit. MDF cutouts can be painted, glittered, embossed, sprayed or left as is. You can then add more of your own elements and decorative bits to add more to the project! Click here to purchase Pretty Rustic Classes Update We are going to be sending out an update email in the next few weeks to all those who have booked in. If you have booked and paid your deposit - don't panic we will be in contact closer to OCTOBER! There are a few spaces left - there will be no more after this as the venues will not allow it! Morrinsville        10 Spaces Invercargill          6 Spaces Christchurch      10 Spaces Dunedin              5 Spaces Click here to book! UPCOMING CLASSES!! Phone us to book your spot in any of these great upcoming classes - 07 889 7838! Christmas Cards Class Friday 3rd of November 10am - 2pm $35 We are going to be doing 6 Christmas cards ready for sending out this December! A few spaces left Vintage Box  Saturday 28th September 10am - 1pm $80 We will be decorating with vintage wash gold paint and rub-ons this awesome box. I haven't had a chance to complete mine yet, but here at the products we will be using. Vintage Frame with Wire and Clocks  Saturday 29th October 10am-1pm $70 Make your frame and decorate with chick wire and clocks, using 49 & Market paper. We haven't completed the design of this yet but here is an image to give you an idea of what we will be using! COMPETITION WINNERS Top: WINNER - Carol Feierabend with her Mixed Media Journal Pages Middle Left: 2ND PLACE - Elizabeth Harris with her Never Ending Card Middle Right: 3RD PLACE - Fiona Angus with her My Space Scrapbooking Page Bottom images: HIGHLY COMMENDED'S Lisa Berridge (left) with her Handmade Booklet with Pockets and Tags & Yvonne O'Loughlin (right) with her Creativity Card That's all for now, let us know if we can help you with any product or class questions. Feel free to give us a call, email or pop into the shop! Happy Crafting Jo, Aly & Pauline.