tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59859593848605601672024-02-19T11:43:39.272-05:00Craft NookWelcome to our blog. We hope this will be a place that will inspire you to try a new craft, or to share your craft with us.Craft Nookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632067301990160242noreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985959384860560167.post-80172111019908187252014-07-17T10:13:00.000-04:002014-07-17T10:13:01.485-04:00We're Still Here!<b><span style="color: #38761d;">Hello ladies!</span> </b><br />
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As you know, our last day at the store was Saturday June 28th after which we spent the next two days disassembling all of our racking and moving out of our unit. <b><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">It sure didn't look the same</span>... </b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">Our last few days </span></b><b><span style="color: #38761d;">were certainly a pleasure.</span></b><br />
In true fashion, Lilian was giving instruction right to the very end as she gave one of our crafters a reminder on latch hooking. But that's not to say that all of her time was spent working!<br />
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Lilian may have gotten the pleasure of cuddles but we both did enjoy meeting someone who's mommy I'm sure will teach her to be a crafter too. And what a surprise that they drove about four hours just to catch us before we closed!<br />
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Along with numerous visits from long-time customers and beautiful flowers being hand delivered, we also enjoyed some show-and-tell. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">You know how we love show-and-tell!</span></b> This particular customer is a busy crafter all year long. <br />
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This photo shows just two of the treasures she creates with the use of her Knifty Knitter Looms. These two lovely characters will join many, many, many more in the Christmas Shoe Box program in December. A true crafter - always sharing!</div>
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Since our store closed, Lilian and I have taken a little bit of a rest but this week we surprised one of our friends with a visit and then connected with another today. <b><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #38761d;">So good to see them both again and enjoy their company!</span></b> Of course, being crafters, we took along some show-and-tell ourselves! <br />
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My first week at home was spent tearing apart my rec room and re-creating my crafting space to accommodate both of my crafty girls. Now Rachel has her own space where her sewing machine can sit ready for use so she is now back to working on her T-shirt quilt with Gamma (Lilian). <b><span style="color: #38761d;">We'll share her progress soon!</span></b><br />
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With the addition of a much larger craft table, my Emily too has her own workspace. <br />
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Take a look at this lovely bouquet of flowers she created to brighten up the room of our friend. Emily taught herself to make these <b><span style="color: #38761d;">five petal origami flowers</span></b> from her favourite magazine - and let me tell you they were very well received!</div>
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So, you can imagine just how much crafting we have planned in my house this summer, not to mention what Lilian will be up to! <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Be sure to check our blog again because we do like to share!</span></b></div>
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It was brought to my attention that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'm missing a few cards off the Flickr site....oops</span></b>! I'll try and get them posted this week, when I figure out which one's I'm missing, sorry about that.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Today I spent some time trying to create</span></b> a birthday card for Rachel's upcoming birthday. I wanted an <b><span style="color: #274e13;">interactive card and I wanted it to be unusual. </span></b> Linda's girls have begun to expect Gamma to do something out of the ordinary now.</div>
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What I decided to make <b><span style="color: #274e13;">was a never ending card. </span></b>This is a card that you start <b><span style="color: #274e13;">opening from the front, open four times seeing four different "pages"</span></b> and return to the beginning again. I've made one before for my brother in laws 60th birthday I think it was. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">A really simple card to make</span></b>, but the decorating takes some time and thought, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">today my creativity flew the coop...it was gone! </span></b></div>
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I meant to show you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a lovely scrapbook room that one of the ladies shared with us</span></b>. She had purchased a couple of wire paper racks and showed us how nicely it fitted into her room. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">How many of you would love to craft in Jennifer's room?</span></b></div>
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See how nicely her new paper racks fitted in next to her bookcase storage.</div>
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We had a lovely Friday night Crop and Craft last week. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Such a pleasure to enjoy our last one with some lovely caring ladies</span></b>. We chatted, knitted, </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sharon surprised me</span></b> by gifting me with this lovely wall hanging. She told me that as she no longer sews and knew that I did, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she thought I would reap more pleasure from it.</span></b> I was so thrilled to have been thought of in this way and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it will find it's place in my craft room. </span></b></div>
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Isn't it beautiful. Made and hand quilted by a lady in Port Sydney.</div>
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We had tickets to see <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Linda's girls at their dance recital on Saturday night. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">So entertaining</span></b>. Whether your child was in the number or not, they were all so very, very good that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">your attention was kept throughout the show. </span></b></div>
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One of the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">"dance Dad's" went up on stage</span></b> at the beginning of the show just after the teachers had given out the awards and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thanked the teachers for the excellence that is attained,</span></b> not only in the dancing, but the friendships that were developed and the hard work put forth by all the students. </div>
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He <b><span style="color: #274e13;">reminded the audience that for the students this was like their "Superbowl,"</span></b> their time to shine and we needed to let them all know how well they performed. A great reminder and so very true. Here's just <b><span style="color: #274e13;">two of the costumes Rachel and Emily wore for their numbers.</span></b></div>
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I intend to blog after the store is closed, but would like to be sure that you able to connect with me through the blog. If you could <b><span style="color: #274e13;">take a moment and add a comment at the bottom of this posting.</span></b> Just let me know in some way that you have seen this blog, then I'll know I can connect with you later. </div>
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I'm hoping to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">continue to share some inspirational blogs</span></b> with you, that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">will feed your love for crafting as they do mine.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">We were very blessed last week</span></b> with some lovely cards, flowers and plants given to us by customers. </div>
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One dear customer comes in every Tuesday, though last week she was en route to Europe, but still s<b><span style="color: #274e13;">he came into the store in spirit when these beautiful flowers were delivered to us. </span></b></div>
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From <b><span style="color: #274e13;">another customer we received this award</span></b>. How very kind she was to take time to make this for us. She made us feel special when we opened it. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Thank you Friday for the opportunity to get to know and teach you.</span></b></div>
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So many of you have wished us well and thanked us for inspiring you to create in a way you didn't know you could. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">It has been a pleasure over the years to teach you and to develop friendships through those classes.</span></b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Don't forget to leave a quick comment at the bottom of this post, so that I know you are connecting with us....thank you</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>You wonder why?</b></span> Well it's because I am enjoying a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">very few days with my sister Christine as she visits </span></b>with us from England. She flies home on Wednesday so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">every moment is precious right now</span></b>.</div>
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What are we doing you wonder, well <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we're crafting of course</span></b>! Christine is enjoying (I think) working with my lovely distress inks, as she makes the cards that were presented in last week's card class.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What a great class that was</span></b>. If we wanted to have a good memory of the card classes we've presented in-store, then the ladies certainly left us with a great memory. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">The laughter and camaraderie that was shared around the tables was second to none!</span></b></div>
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Here are the cards that they created together.</div>
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This <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thistle card</span></b> we masked off, heat embossed the image and stamped within the mask. Using a border punch and a narrow strip of cardstock we created a nice ribbon like border. </div>
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The<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> night sky birds</span></b> was a quick and simple card once again masked off to create a rectangle, then using Ranger Distress inks for the sky. The bird stamp is actually an outline stamp and we coloured it in to become a silhouette.</div>
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Wrong time of year in a way, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">to celebrate Canada Day, how about knitting this </span></b>ready for those winter days that will be back.</div>
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You can find <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u><a href="http://amiableknitting.blogspot.ca/2010/02/o-canada-toque.html" target="_blank">the pattern here</a></u></b></span></div>
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Here's a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">quick peek at some of the pages that I've been making</span></b> the past couple of weeks for an album that I will be gifting soon.</div>
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I have visited many places, but I have never been in Cahoots.</div>
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Apparently you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.</div>
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I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there,</div>
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I personally have made several trips there, thanks to family, friends, and work.</div>
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I would like to go to Conclusions, but to get there you have to jump.</div>
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I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.</div>
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I've also been in Doubt. This is a sad place to go </div>
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I have been in Continent, but I don't remember</div>
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what country I visited. It's an age thing.</div>
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I just remember it was very wet and damp there.</div>
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I've been in Flexible a time or two,</div>
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but only when it was important that I stand firm.</div>
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As I've gotten older, I find myself in Capable more often.</div>
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One of my favorite places to visit is in Suspense!</div>
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It really gets my adrenaline flowing and the old heart pumping!!</div>
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Yesterday I found myself in Adequate. There are too many mirrors</div>
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there for my comfort, which made me fully aware of my short comings.</div>
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When I finish up here in a minute, I'm heading over to in Cessant.</div>
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I hadn't planned to go there today, but now that I started this,</div>
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I know that before I can even catch up, all the people in my head,</div>
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are going to be in Clined where there is a huge World Travel Agency.</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Lilian</i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">We couldn't have asked for better weather</span></b> had we been able to order it up, and we did enjoy it so much.</div>
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You can see how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandra's peacock colour scheme came together really well </span></b>with the mix and match colours of the ladies ensembles along with the men's shirts.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Rachel's dress </span></b>that she <b><span style="color: #274e13;">worked so diligently on looked lovely</span></b> on her as you can see.</div>
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Brian's young <b><span style="color: #274e13;">grandchildren were delightful </span></b>doing exactly as was hoped for with never a murmur. </div>
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Here's a closeup of both the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">flower girls basket</span></b> along with the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">ring bearer-pillow</span></b>.</div>
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We had a lot of trouble finding a small basket, so it was finally <b><span style="color: #274e13;">made by covering and lining a strawberry basket, using plastic canvas for the handle. </span></b> </div>
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All the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">necklaces were made by Sandra and myself</span></b> along with her own being made from <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Swarovski pearls and blue crystals</b></span></div>
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Here's the way we set up the hall in Milford Bay. One half being used for the dining area, the other for the ceremony. </div>
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To <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lessen the impact of the gaping hole of the stage</span></b>, we <b><span style="color: #274e13;">cut tablecloths into strips and hung them</span></b>. We tied a knot at the top of the cut strip to allow it to fall in individual strands. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The overall effect was quite pleasing</span></b>. </div>
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This was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the dividing table between the ceremony area and the dining area.</span></b> The small vases were then moved to the dining tables. </div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Peacocks were cut from the Silhouette</span></b> in all the lovely colours and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">placed on the glasses</span></b> at each table setting along with these cards and bracelets.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxlVDD3yJmkbERlBEtUdEbtcy_OAV2SdlPH4qSi6XlC_9z81qNh-7T_EU23nyfH_9m8M0kk3tKM0-BNXydig6ezz5NxBuvTo1qocEHo9ueIlO1fvUN-g1Aq0IS9ajvjfN-mZVza0_RjaM/s1600/Place+settings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxlVDD3yJmkbERlBEtUdEbtcy_OAV2SdlPH4qSi6XlC_9z81qNh-7T_EU23nyfH_9m8M0kk3tKM0-BNXydig6ezz5NxBuvTo1qocEHo9ueIlO1fvUN-g1Aq0IS9ajvjfN-mZVza0_RjaM/s1600/Place+settings.jpg" height="202" width="320" /></a></div>
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So as you can see, a<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> lot of crafting took place before Saturday</span></b> and it all <b><span style="color: #274e13;">came together really well.</span></b> Both <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandra and Brian were very happy with their day</span></b>.</div>
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And <b><span style="color: #274e13;">what were you crafting </span></b>at all week? I've got started again on the scrapbook that I'm making for a gift. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'll be able to show you that soon</span></b>, but not now as it's for a gift.</div>
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I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">found some interesting stuff on the web</span></b> this week despite the busyness of the wedding preparations and going to Toronto to pick up my sister flying in from England. She was here for the wedding and has now gone to spend her birthday on Friday with her twin sister in Belleville. </div>
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If you like the idea of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">trying some Faux Stained Glass, </span></b>there's <a href="http://365days2simplicity.blogspot.ca/2011/06/faux-stained-glass.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u>a great tutorial here</u></b></span>.</a> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">We still have a selection of Gallery Glass Paint</span></b> in the store if you're leaning toward trying this craft.</div>
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And for my needle artist friends another <span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><b><a href="http://lesleyteare.com/2014/06/03/flower-heart-foxgloves/" target="_blank">lovely design by Lesley Teare.</a></b></u></span></div>
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She is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">so willing as an artist</span></b> to share her talent, kudos to her. Here's a little peek at what she's offering this week.</div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u><a href="http://silhouetteschool.blogspot.ca/2014/06/last-day-of-school-autograph-shirt-free.html" target="_blank">Here's a great idea for an end of school autograph shirt.</a></u></b></span> All you need is a shirt and your <b><span style="color: #274e13;">handy dandy Silhouette cutting machine</span></b> to create a unique way for a child to bring home a memory of the last day of school.</div>
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They are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">offering a free cut file</span></b> for the tee shirt in both version 2 and 3 of Silhouette files, so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">at the very least hop on over there and grab the file</span></b> that's being offered.</div>
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Although the store will be closing at the end of the month, t<b><span style="color: #274e13;">here's lots still going on </span></b>there. A <b><span style="color: #274e13;">card class this coming Thursday, are you registered yet? </span></b> </div>
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With the blue card <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we created our own patterned paper using a variety of background stamps</span></b>. For the greeting we stamped it multiple times to create a focal point along with the doodled flower.</div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Best Wishes card is a fancy fold</span></b> as you can see from the image where it shows it open. A very simple but effective fancy fold. Once again we created our own patterned paper<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> using a large background stamp.</span></b></div>
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There are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">many many sales going on at the store right now,</span></b> so don't miss out on the selection as well as the bargains. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Drop in soon before it's too late</span></b>.</div>
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Should you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">want something special that's no longer in stock</span></b> then the last date to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">place an order will be June 16th</span></b>. These orders will <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have to be prepaid</span></b> and should arrive into the store by June 23rd. So <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make your wish list and get it in to Linda</span></b> ready to be ordered. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mine's already there!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Don't forget also that the last Friday Night Crop Night will be June 20th.</span></b> We'd love to see you there. Give a call or email the store to be registered.</div>
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Well I think <b><span style="color: #274e13;">that's all for this week</span></b>, but what thought can I leave you with. Have you ever thought what kind of person you are? Are you a half full or half empty thinker? </div>
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I tend to be a half full, mostly an optimist looking for the best in any situation, how about yourself? </div>
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We can only <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hope that the lovely sunshine that we're getting right now will last until next Saturday</span></b> at least. Perhaps without the bugs would be nice, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we'll take whatever we get I guess</span></b>.</div>
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The final preparations are happening this week and for all of you who've had<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> a wedding in the family in the past, you know how busy it can be</span></b>. Perhaps more so if you like to craft and want to make so many things yourself, but it's all good.</div>
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I've been making lots of cards which I can't show you just now, maybe next week. With <b><span style="color: #274e13;">graduations happening</span></b> or coming up soon, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Elaine has been busy making some lovely graduation cards</span></b>. One for a high school graduate and one for a public school graduate, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">aren't they lovely</span></b>.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Great use of layered colour</span></b> on the card to the right, topped off with some grad caps, I'm sure it will be well received.</div>
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I loved the way <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Elaine used the pearl bling to look like a necklace</span></b> on the card below. And the layering at the neckline helped to make this my favourite card.<br />
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I've been selfishly thinking this week of all the time I'll have soon to do so many more of the crafts that I love. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I love to sew, knit, crochet, paint, embroider, cross stitch, make jewelry and of course paper craft in all it's forms.</span></b></div>
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It's been hard over the last ten years (yes, it's been ten years in September since we took over the Craft Nook), to make time for these things, usually only getting done what has to be done, rather than those projects I'd like to work on. </div>
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I've told many people as they've come in the store this past week that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I plan to continue to blog </span></b>after the store closes.<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Hopefully my passion for all things crafty will rub off on at least one person.</span></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Have you taken time this past week to come into the store and grab some of the bargains that are there to be had?</span></b></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Don't leave it too long</span></b> that there's not the selection of product to be had as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">so many folk are stocking up on the crafts that they love to make.</span></b></div>
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We had a lady from the Toronto area who was here for a few days drop in last week. She was quite taken with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the little felt purses that I made last spring</span></b> and picked up a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">great selection of felt squares</span></b> to make some. You can use them as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">card holders, bill holders or coin purses</span></b>, whatever you use them for the colours of felt make each one of them quite unique</div>
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A great inexpensive little gift for someone too. The pieces of felt are just .49 cents at regular price and Linda has them <b><span style="color: #274e13;">on sale right now at 40% off the regular price.</span></b> Great time to add to or create a stash of your own.</div>
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Embroidery is another passion of mine and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I came across this little wall hanging</span></b> that I thought was quite lovely. It could be incorporated into so many different items. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">A bag, a quilt the front of a tee shirt, once again you are only limited by your imagination.</span></b></div>
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The needle artist has kindly shared the <b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://bakercourt.blogspot.ca/2013/05/spring-sampler-stitchery-done.html?utm_source=CraftGossip+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=06195285e7-CraftGossip_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_db55426a84-06195285e7-196094049" target="_blank">template for this design if you would like to pick it up here</a> </span></b>Scroll down to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">nearly the bottom of the post to find the link.</span></b></div>
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We <b><span style="color: #274e13;">had our bi-weekly card class last Thursday</span></b> and the ladies had a fine time making four cards. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">How I did enjoy Sandra's enthusiasm and laughter as she made her cards</span></b>. </div>
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I would show you the cards, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">for some reason I don't seem to have the file,</span></b> so I guess you'll have to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">drop by next week to see them</span></b>...sorry about that.</div>
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For all our <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Silhouette owners</span></b>, there's a great tutorial here on compound paths. </div>
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Compound paths you say...what is she talking about. Well that's the point. <b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><a href="http://silhouetteschool.blogspot.ca/2014/04/silhouette-studio-compound-paths.html" target="_blank">Click here</a></u></span></b> to understand what they are and what you can do with the knowledge. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">that this week only we will be closed on Saturday June 7th as we celebrate the marriage of our daughter to her best friend.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Until Later.....Happy Crafting</span></b></div>
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Craft Nookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632067301990160242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985959384860560167.post-68163139087533660262014-05-27T00:22:00.000-04:002014-05-27T00:22:56.242-04:00How Does Your Garden Grow?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I wish I could say that mine was blooming with flowers.</span></b> Although there are many showing their lovely faces, those darn dandelions are here again and the seeds from the maple trees are taking hold abundantly this year too. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">My thumb isn't that green, unless I've been using some Distress Inks,</span></b> so I really wish we didn't have this extra challenge this year. </div>
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Anyone know of a good quick fix for these challenges?</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Thank you to everyone who sent us emails of encouragement, or dropped into the store to encourage us following the announcement last week</span></b>. They were so very nice to receive. What comes next is unclear at the moment, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">neither Linda or myself will stop crafting.</span></b> I intend to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">keep blogging and sharing my passion of all things crafty</span></b>. We haven't cancelled the date we've reserved for the October Mega Crop Weekend and who knows, we may be able to get together for some card making classes too. <b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Just keep watching for further news on that front.</span></b></div>
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We had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a great time at our Thursday Technique Class that was finally held last Wednesday.</span></b> What a mix-up that was, but still the ladies enjoyed making five cards with tags as the focal point.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Here are a few of them</span></b>, I'll post the others on our Flickr site in the next few days.</div>
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This is a perfect masculine card with the postmark stamp in the background and the bicycle in the foreground. Quick and easy to produce, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you could have tags ready to go on a card as needed.</span></b></div>
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Here we have a card <b><span style="color: #274e13;">using my much loved distress ink to change the colour of the tag</span></b>. Featuring an ever popular Kaiser stamp and punched butterflies, another quick to go card. </div>
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Embossing the background of the card before adhering this tag gave some additional interest. The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">rose was stamped with two distress ink colours </span></b>and then the tag itself was punched at the bottom. Two other colours of lace punching were added above and below the punched lace on the tag to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">give a pretty layered look.</span></b></div>
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With <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Father's day fast coming up</span></b> have you started thinking of a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">gift your children can make for their Dad?</span></b> I came across this craft recently, but it was simply and image on goggle so I can't link you to it. </div>
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Don't forget to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">punch a hole in the shrink plastic before you heat it </span></b>in the oven and use a permanent marker such as the Sakura Identipen so that the writing doesn't rub off. </div>
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Hold my hand forever.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Have you been taking advantage of the sales that we have on at the store at the moment? </span></b></div>
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If you're <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thinking you would like some different storage in your craft room</span></b> talk to us about the paper storage stacks and peg hooks that we have for sale. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Pegboard is a great way to display your stickers and alphabets </span></b>to see at a glance what you have. Doesn't need too much space either.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Don't leave it too long until they're all gone</span></b>. </div>
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I needed an award ribbon the other day for a page I was working on, so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">found this image doing a Google search. </span></b> I then went on to make<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> a cut file</span></b> from it <b><span style="color: #274e13;">using the trace and cut feature of the program</span></b>. </div>
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This is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">such a simple way of increasing your cut file library without the cost of buying files.</span></b></div>
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With<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> graduations coming up soon</span></b>, you may have already begun to plan <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a special card for someone in your life,</span></b> have you? </div>
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Our words for the week were sent to me by my sister. I think I've used them before, but they suited the experience Linda and I had this week as people got in touch to express their sadness at our news, but to encourage us through our life changes. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">We certainly have found many friends by our side</span></b>.</div>
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<b><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Were you one of the many</span></b> that traveled up to Muskoka to spend the unofficial<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> start to summer weekend?</span></b></b></div>
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I remember when <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we used to leave Muskoka for that weekend,</span></b> never quite knowing what the weather would be like. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Our weekends used to be spent camping</span></b> with our family and we've had all kinds of weather. </div>
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Sometimes hot enough to swim, but also so cold that there was frost on the table as we ate our breakfast. Whatever the weather it's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">good to know that winter is well and truly behind us now.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Oops, we had a total fail </span></b>with our Thursday Technique Class last week. </div>
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Realizing we had double booked ourselves, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we announced that the class would be held on the Friday</span></b>...NO! </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Have you been up to anything exciting with your crafting</span></b> this past week? I spent a couple of days with my daughter Sandra working on "stuff" for her upcoming wedding. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Rachel has her dress on a hanger now</span></b>, almost complete and so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">very proud of her accomplishment.</span></b> Her Bumpa says she deserves to be proud. </div>
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Certainly <b><span style="color: #274e13;">being a crafter</span></b> has once again made <b><span style="color: #274e13;">preparation for a wedding so very much more fun. </span></b></div>
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From wedding invitations to table favours to sewing for the attendants. Floral arrangements and decorating the hall, there's been much to do. Maybe after the day <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we can share some of what we've been up to, but not quite yet.</span></b></div>
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Another thing <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I've been working on this past week is some scrapbooking. </span></b> Again I can't show you just yet as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it's a gift for a family member</span></b> and I know they look at the blog. I'm striving to get about <b><span style="color: #274e13;">10 double pages done in the next three weeks</span></b>, what do you think, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have I set myself up for failure?</span></b> I hope not.</div>
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As with all photos, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it doesn't show as lovely as it looks.</span></b> The lighting and the camera make it look more orange than the yellow tones it is, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">drop into the store to see it in it's real life beauty</span></b> and for some quick instruction on how to make it.</div>
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We had a lovely time at the store last week <b><span style="color: #274e13;">helping a new Silhouette owner to learn more about the program</span></b>. She left feeling thrilled to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">realise that she has only scratched the surface of what she can do with the machine.</span></b> Do you have one? Have you downloaded the fonts I've mentioned to you? You can find them here if you need to check them again.</div>
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Scroll down a little and you will find the link to Border Bits font, 09 Kutups font. . A great site to look at for fonts or ding bat fonts is <span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://dafont.com/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">dafont.com</a> </span>Check it out sometime.</div>
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I found <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a great free knitting pattern for a baby sweater this week</span></b>. Knitted from the top down, it saves all those seams to be sewn at the end of the project. Have you ever tried knitting like that? <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/babysweragcard.htm" target="_blank">Here's the link to it</a></span></u></b>. </div>
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Though <b><span style="color: #274e13;">this pattern directs you to knit on circular needles</span></b> for the sleeves, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I would change it to straight needles</span></b> and at least sew up those seams, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">because I don't like knitting on circular</span></b>. If you know me at all then you'll know the reason for that.</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://lesleyteare.com/2014/05/15/sweet-flowers-with-love/" target="_blank">Here's another lovely cross stitch</a></span></u></b> design from Lesley Teare. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">She's so generous with her work isn't she</span></b>.</div>
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Well by now you may well have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">read your newsletter and learned of the great change</span></b> that is happening to our store in the next weeks. This has <b><span style="color: #274e13;">not been an easy or fast decision</span></b> and our desire would have been to have found a buyer for the store <b><span style="color: #274e13;">so that it would remain available to each of our customers</span></b> that have become important to us. This has not happened thus far, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">but who knows what is around the corner.</span></b><br />
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Linda mentioned in the newsletter how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we've been in the crafting industry for some twenty years now</span></b>. Over the years that we've owned the Craft Nook, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we have tried hard to share our love of all things crafty</span></b> with you. Hopefully <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we've caused you to become excited about a craft or two.</span></b> Caused you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">to explore your creative self </span></b>and passed on tips and techniques that will hold you in good stead.</div>
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We <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hope you will drop into the store to stock up on the items that are important to you.</span></b> Obviously the best selection is available now, so don't delay. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Should there be anything you want to stock up on that is no longer in the store</span></b>, then let us know as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we will be placing one more order in about two weeks. </span></b> These orders will have to be prepaid and the only discount will be if you have a valid discount card.</div>
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If you're thinking you would <b><span style="color: #274e13;">like to purchase a paper stack</span></b> or some other display stand, these will all be offered for sale. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Let us know what you may be interested in.</span></b> There are also lots of pegboard pegs for sale if you want to set up a small corner of your craft room as I did.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I was asked today if I would be bored without the store to keep me busy.</span></b> No that will never happen <b><span style="color: #274e13;">with all the ideas that run around in my head</span></b>. As for Linda, like she says she has no idea where she is headed, but for her too the time is right for change. </div>
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<br />Craft Nookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632067301990160242noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985959384860560167.post-43866559535521856552014-05-13T00:32:00.001-04:002014-05-13T00:32:31.987-04:00So What Did You Think?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Was my short post last week, short?</span></b> I do have a hard time with keeping things concise. </div>
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I'm the kind of person who, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">when telling a story</span></b>, will tell you the colour of the sky, or the fact that the sun was shining that day, or that it was 2p.m. when this happened, whatever it takes to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">paint the picture in your minds eye so that you see it as I tell the story. </span></b></div>
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However, that can sometimes be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">annoying to the person listening</span></b> who just wants to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">get to the point of the story. </span></b>I had a <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>conversation</b></span> with someone on <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Monday about much the same thing</span></b>. Is it <b><span style="color: #274e13;">better to get to the point right away</span></b> or <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pad the point with some words?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">My point here?</span></b> Not sure <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I could ever do a "short" post</span></b>, my mouth (or fingers in this case) runneth over! Of course <b><span style="color: #274e13;">being wordy can sometimes be an asset</span></b> I'm sure you would have to agree. If a letter/email has to be written, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'm likely one of those that would be asked</span></b> to at least draft it out, so not all bad.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">However as you see, I once again digress.</span></b> I'm supposed to be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">talking crafting, not words</span></b>.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">So what did you craft at this week?</span></b> Some of you may know that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we have a wedding coming up</span></b> in the family and it's coming up quickly now too. To us, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a wedding means lots of opportunity to craft in different ways,</span></b> but often not to be able to share all those crafty ideas just yet.</div>
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Sandra's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">theme for her wedding is peacock colours</span></b> and to that end she <b><span style="color: #274e13;">made some beautiful invitations </span></b>that when folded doubled as the envelope too. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Here you see the envelope folded</span></b> where the address label was placed.</div>
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Also the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">opposite side with the seal to hold it closed</span></b>. You can see where Sandra <b><span style="color: #274e13;">stamped a peacock feather on the left side using tone on tone ink</span></b> to give a very subtle look.</div>
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Below is the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">open invitation showing the actual invite</span></b> and information on the left matted in blue for this card. Again the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">peacock feather was stamped in green and the centre enhanced with some colouring.</span></b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">And a more <b><span style="color: #274e13;">detailed look of the coloured feather</span></b>.</span> </div>
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Sandra had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a hard time deciding on which colour combinations</span></b> she preferred, so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">some invitations were made using the green as the predominant colour and others made using the blue. </span></b></div>
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Either way I'm sure <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you have to agree</span></b> they came together <b><span style="color: #274e13;">beautifully</span></b> didn't they.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">It <b><span style="color: #274e13;">makes you aware of how a handmade invitation can be uniquely personal.</span></b> With some <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thoughtful colour choices</span></b> and a little <b><span style="color: #274e13;">help from our friend Buffy at the UPS store </span></b>in printing the actual invite, which <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandra designed in the font of her choice.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Over the weekend <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we designed and made a necklace and earrings for Sandra to wear,</span></b> which of course I can't share with you right now.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Outfits are being either being put together</span></b> or final touches being made to them. Here you see <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the shrug I knitted</span></b> to complete the flower girl outfit.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Rachel was excited to have the bodice of her dress fitted tonight.</span></b> Not too much more work before she will be wearing it now.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Later this week Sandra and I will be having some "girly" time as we work on the flower arrangements.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Working on a wedding can be an exciting crafting experience </span></b>as ideas are explored, tossed around and zeroed in on. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">However the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">going as a group to your local clothing store to purchase the right tie or shirt for the event </span></b>can be a fun experience too it seems. Changing the thought process together and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">making that event so much more than a shopping trip.</span></b> </span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">Mind you, you have to have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a bride that is just happy enjoying the whole process</span></b>, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">striving to be sure everyone involved is as happy as she is.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">So there you have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">an insight into the crafting I've been up to</span></b>....how about you? <b><span style="color: #274e13;">What are you busy with right now?</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Unfortunately in being busy in this way, Linda and I messed up a little with dates for this coming week.</span></b> <br />
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You all know how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">family is important to us</span></b> and we strive to be at all the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">events that the children are involved in. </span></b><br />
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We <b><span style="color: #274e13;">confused the day of Rachel's concert this week</span></b> and it unfortunately <b><span style="color: #274e13;">impacts the regularly scheduled Thursday Night Technique class</span></b>.<br />
So this week only, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the Thursday Night Technique class will be held on Friday May 16th! </span></b><br />
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That could be good for some people who find Thursday not an option for them.<br />
Let's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make lemonade from the lemons</span></b> we have found in the basket. <br />
As <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we only realised this mix-up tonight</span></b>, those registered for <b><span style="color: #274e13;">class will be called tomorrow morning</span></b>.<br />
If you're <b><span style="color: #274e13;">not registered, maybe you would like to now?</span></b><br />
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I was very <b><span style="color: #274e13;">fortunate to be at Grandparents day</span></b> at Monck Public school last Friday. This was the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">first year I didn't have to visit the classrooms of three grandchildren.</span></b> <br />
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I did however <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have a wonderful opportunity to listen to Emily as she played a flute solo</span></b> in front of a packed audience in the school gymnasium. <br />
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She is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a grade 6 student taking music at Monck </span></b>and was truly amazing. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Composed and confident as she played her solo</span></b>. Yes she <b><span style="color: #274e13;">loves her flute and practices a lot at home</span></b> and that time spent shows in her ability to perform in this way.<br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Above you see her performing last year at the Rene Caisse Theatre.</span> </b><br />
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Here's a little <b><span style="color: #274e13;">look into what Rachel has begun </span></b>in her Home Economics Class at school (not sure if that's what they call it, but you get the gist).<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">That was about eight last night.</span></b> She <b><span style="color: #274e13;">now has two legs, an arm and body made for the "Mittens Lamb" stuffed toy.</span></b> <br />
This is what she's aiming for, though <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hers is a grey body with a white snout, feet and hands.</span></b><br />
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She knows <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she still has quite a bit to do to complete it</span></b>, but has begun to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">think of her next project now</span></b>. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">It may well be a stuffed toy for Interval House she thinks.</span></b><br />
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The pattern for Mittens Lamb is a free pattern on Ravelry.com take time to check it out.<br />
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Linda has <b><span style="color: #274e13;">some pretty nice sales going on</span></b> if there's an artist in your midst. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Drop into the store to check them out.</span></b><br />
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Did you take the opportunity to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pick up the $10 box and cards kit last week</span></b>. Still a couple available, <span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://craftnook.blogspot.ca/2014/05/a-short-version-today.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">you can see them here.</a> </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">One of the ladies put her kit together </span></b>at Crop and Craft Night last Friday and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">tells us she'll be making more of those now she has the pattern. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Did you miss Crop and Craft Night?</span></b> It's a great time to learn more of the craft that appeals to you. Last Friday <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we worked more on the Silhouette Program,</span></b> unlocking yet another aspect of it for one of our crafters. We had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">another crafter that needed help with her crochet, </span></b>and she was so pleased with the evening and what she accomplished. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">If you haven't been attending these evenings, you've been missing out </span></b>on an opportunity to grow in your craft. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Make sure you drop in or call to register</span></b> for the next one, May 23rd...not it's not the long weekend then.<br />
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Well that's all for tonight folks. Our words for this week...let me see. Well I think I have to share two with you this week. One I'm pretty sure I've shared before, but the timing is right for it again this week.<br />
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I've shared with you all the different crafting I've been doing lately in my craft room. <br />
Sometimes sewing with Rachel, jewelry making with Sandra along with any crafting I've been doing myself so you can imagine what my craft room looks like right now. <br />
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Imagine is all you'll get to do, because you won't get a chance to see it in the state it's in, believe me!<br />
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The real thought I'd like to leave you with though is this...<br />
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It's so easy to give more meaning to anyone's life with a simple act of kindness. <br />
We all like to be the giver don't we, but sometimes we have to allow that role to others. I am blessed to have someone who often brings meaning to my ordinary day.<br />
It may be with the goodie she drops into the store and we simply hear the bell as she slips in and out, never seeing her but seeing the goodies she's left for us on the counter.<br />
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This past week she dropped in to bring me these. Aren't they beautiful?<br />
She said it was in case my children forgot to get me some on Mother's day, as if, but lovely just the same.<br />
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I thought you may like to see the lovely flowers that I also received from my children and grandchildren who were a little intimidated by Janet's kindness to me. Feeling that she was "muscling in" on their space they wanted to make sure I appreciated them too. Here's their gorgeous bouquet. Maybe I need to get them into some water.<br />
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Try it, you'll be surprised how good it makes you feel. Why not set yourself a goal to give some extra meaning to three people's lives this week.<br />
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Well, we'll <b><span style="color: #274e13;">see if I can do that, a short version that is</span></b>. Usually I sit down to write the blog and find I have so much more to say than I thought, with the end result I drop off some things I was going to put in. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Let's see what this week brings</span></b>.</div>
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Did you get in to the store to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pick up some of those lovely sales we had going on</span></b>? In celebration of National Scrapbooking month and for Mothers Day coming up, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we are going to continue the sale.</span></b> If you've "liked" our <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Facebook page you will be able to check out the sale items there.</span></b> </div>
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To "like" us, find us on your Facebook page, then click on the drop down arrow beside the Liked button and click on Get Notifications...easy as can be.</div>
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We have s<b><span style="color: #274e13;">ome of the kits still available</span></b> for you to make a very quick layout like these.</div>
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We chose to highlight two months and use photos from those two months. </div>
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You may choose to use photos from three or more months, or even just one month.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whatever your choice, it's a great way to make a quick page or two.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">For just a "Toonie" plus tax</span></b>, here are just a few sample selections you may want to choose from.</div>
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We also put together <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a kit that would be great for the Mother in your life,</span></b> be it your own mother or a mother that you know that you would like to give a small gift to.</div>
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In <b><span style="color: #274e13;">just about an hour you</span></b>, or the recipient of your gift, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">could put together a card box </span></b>like this one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">with six cards ready to send</span></b>. The cards are embossed, have embellishments for you to colour and a variety of sentiments. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The kit includes the materials for six cards, envelopes and the pattern, cardstock and patterned paper to make the box. </span></b></div>
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Wow you say, well when I tell you that all that is included <b><span style="color: #274e13;">for just $10.00 </span></b>then you will be even more amazed.<div>
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The kits are similar to this one here, though papers will vary.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Drop in to pick up a kit or two</span></b>. They would make lovely gifts for a shut in needing some cards to send.</div>
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So <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have you been busy crafting</span></b>, or out in your garden cleaning up from the winter? </div>
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I've been doing a bit of both and some sewing in between time.</div>
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With a daughter getting married soon and a granddaughter making her own dress for the wedding, it's been a busy week of sewing.</div>
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However <b><span style="color: #274e13;">today was a lovely day to rake</span></b> the winter debris off the flower beds and lawn, hence the decision for a short version of the blog tonight. </div>
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I do have more to share with you though. I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">found a lovely dingbat font</span></b> for all you Silhouette owners, at least it's lovely if you like Disney. I found it at my favourite font sit <b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://dafont.com/">dafont.com</a></span></b> and it's a freebie to boot. <b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.dafont.com/mickey-m-tfb.font" target="_blank">Click here</a></span></b> and it will take you right to the Mickey font. </div>
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Should you choose to download it to use as a cutting file, make sure you print off the key map too so that you know which key gives you which graphic. It's a little confusing with all the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">download buttons</span></b> you see on the screen, but y<b><span style="color: #274e13;">ou want the one that's at the top right corner of the page</span></b>. </div>
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This is what you get when you type the letter "A". </div>
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Are you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">looking for a quick craft for the children to make for Mother's day</span></b>? No not for you, but maybe for a Grandma or aunt. Here's a cute idea using paper towel or toilet paper rolls.</div>
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Though these have been painted, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'd be more inclined to wrap them with my pretty patterned scrapbooking papers.</span></b> Not only would it be much prettier and easier, but would make the rolls more sturdy too. Never a good idea to add water, which of course is in the paint, to paper or cardboard as it tends to weaken the fiber.</div>
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So <b><span style="color: #274e13;">picture this with lovely paper around it, well let me help you picture it. </span></b></div>
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I've covered it with paper using my photo program, well pretty much covered over it. </div>
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By <b><span style="color: #274e13;">wrapping each tube and then gluing them side by side</span></b> you can make this as large or small as you like. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Adhere it to a piece of paper covered chipboard</span></b> and you have a pretty nice gift. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Keep this in mind for a teacher gift also.</span></b></div>
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Do you still <b><span style="color: #274e13;">knit in the summer months?</span></b> Here's a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lovely lacy shrug </span></b>to make to wear on top of your dresses <b><span style="color: #274e13;">for the slightly cooler evenings.</span></b> </div>
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It's a free pattern through my favourite knitting and crochet site, <span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://ravelry.com/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">ravelry.com</a> </span> I've linked you to the original source in case you haven't yet opened a Ravelry account, though I don't know why you wouldn't have by now. </div>
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We had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a great time again at last week's card class</span></b>. Three cards were created with a variety of techniques on them, some new, some re-visited.</div>
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One of the ladies was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thrilled to go home with a card ready made for her daughter's birthday.</span></b></div>
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A <b><span style="color: #274e13;">centre step card involving easy but careful measurement and scoring </span></b>for the centre step, along with masking of a large background stamp for the focal area.</div>
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Our second card was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a shaped gate-fold</span></b>. <br />
Though not a favourite with the ladies, it was still a good technique to be exposed to. <br />
A shaped <b><span style="color: #274e13;">template was used to create the front opening</span></b> of this lovely card and the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pearls were coloured with a brown marker.</span></b><br />
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Our third card was this <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lovely hydrangea easel card.</span></b> Always a favourite fold, this card had other techniques to please the ladies. <br />
With the use of a mask, the top corner of the focal point was kept clean for the greeting when stamping the script.<br />
The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hydrangea was stamped inside the card </span></b>with a very light pink Distress Ink and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">again on the focal point with black Memento Ink to enable us to colour the flower by painting in three different colours of Distress Ink. </span></b><br />
With the added touch of the punched butterflies being stamped over with the script stamp, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">this whole card came together beautifully.</span></b><br />
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Well as you can see, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">my short version wasn't too short. </span></b> I really do ramble on too much I guess, so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'm done for now!</span></b><br />
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Oh no, I almost forgot <b><span style="color: #274e13;">your words for this week</span></b>.<br />
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We all have people in our lives that we become very comfortable with, usually family members or friends that we expect will always be there. <br />
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Of course given time, life teaches us that that unfortunately isn't always so.<br />
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Sometimes for whatever reason, those people aren't with us any more and we realise that we've unconsciously not ignored them, but perhaps taken for granted that they will be there tomorrow, as they are today. <br />
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Perhaps we haven't taken time to let them know how much they mean to us. <br />
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I came across these words this week and thought what a great reminder this was to us all not to take someone who loves and cares for us, or for whom we love and care, for granted.<br />
Don't wake up tomorrow, realizing that the opportunity has been lost to let them know we care because we were too busy enjoying life today.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Until Later....Happy Crafting.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Lilian</i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">PS. If you didn't craft last week, make sure you get registered for this week's Friday Night Crop and Craft Night. Don't allow another week to pass you by without being creative!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Remember these won't be on sale until Saturday,</span></b> but you can check them out early and decide what you'd like to add to your supplies.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you have a guillotine yet?</span></b> They are so nice to have as they self sharpen each time you use them. No more replacing blades or having fuzzy cuts when you own a guillotine. <br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">We have three different brands on sale for Saturday</span></b>.<br />
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Martha Stewart Heavy-Duty Paper Trimmer</span></b> lets you cut your papers quickly and accurately. <br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Regularly priced at $56.99 it's on sale for just $39.99</span></b> Saturday only.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The Xcut guillotine</span></b> has a precise measurement grid and extendable measuring rulers. It's non slip and perfect for cutting 12 x 12 papers.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Regularly priced at $53.99, you can purchase it on Saturday for just $39.99.</span></b></div>
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Then we have the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Tonic Guillotine</span></b>, another good piece of equipment that will provide you with clean cuts every time. Not a wide bed, but it has an extendable arm for cutting 12 x 12 papers and the arm stored beneath the cutter. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Regularly priced at $56.99, Saturday's price is $39.99. </span></b></div>
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Each of these have a $15.00 - $20.00 saving after tax. Now is the time to make that purchase if you were thinking of it.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Martha Stewart Scoreboard</span></b>. A great tool for decorative scoring, box making or envelope making. Decorative pinwheels are so easy to make when you own one of these boards.</div>
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We have the<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Xyron 250 machine plus the refill. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The 250 machine is regularly priced at $28.79 on sale for $19.99</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The 500 refill regularly priced at $16.09 on sale $9.99</span></b></div>
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Are you the proud owner of a digital cutting machine that you take to crops and weekends away? <br />
Then maybe you are in need of a wheeled tote to transport it, your PC and some of your "stuff" all together?<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The Silhouette Tote is on sale Saturday only for just $54.99, regularly priced at $89.99</span></b></div>
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We have a selection of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Xtra Giga Punches</span></b> regularly priced from <b><span style="color: #274e13;">$23.99 -$30.59 on sale at 50% off the regular price.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What you ask? National Scrapbook Day</span></b>. Saturday is when <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we will be celebrating</span></b> with some very <b><span style="color: #274e13;">special offers for you.</span></b></div>
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If you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">receive the Newsletter</span></b> each week, then by <b><span style="color: #274e13;">now you will know what items will be on sale. </span></b>If you don't get the newsletter..why not....no, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you can still read it by hopping over to our</span></b> <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Craft-Nook-Bracebridge/185767571446718" target="_blank">Facebook page here</a></span></u></b>. </div>
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Linda always <b><span style="color: #274e13;">posts a link to it on a Tuesday</span></b> morning.</div>
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What you won't know until <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Friday, is the sale pricing of these items</span></b>, so you'll have to<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> hop back to the blog or Facebook</span></b> to check them out ready for <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Saturday morning, when they'll be going on sale</span></b>. </div>
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There are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">limited numbers of each</span></b> of them so be sure to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">be the early bird</span></b> so that you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">don't miss out of the bargains.</span></b></div>
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Do you ever catch yourself <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thinking, I'm just like my mother</span></b>? As the days turn into a week that's once again flown on by, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I find myself thinking</span></b>, and can hear my mother saying,<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> how time flies.</span></b> </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Have you had a productive week</span></b> this past week. I had a l<b><span style="color: #274e13;">ot of plans for things I wanted to achieve.</span></b> Did a lot of things for others, but right, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">time flew by and my plans remain as plans </span></b>for this week perhaps. </div>
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I did <b><span style="color: #274e13;">decide that I was</span></b> once again <b><span style="color: #274e13;">going to work on my Heritage Album,</span></b> so have picked out 50 patterned papers to have ready to go. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">This will be the third time I've made my Heritage Album</span></b>, I gave the other two away to family members. Would be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">shameful not to have one for myself </span></b>considering my passion wouldn't it!</div>
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We had a<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> great time at the Friday Night Crop and Craft Night last week</span></b> with ladies <b><span style="color: #274e13;">scrapbooking, card making </span></b>and learning <b><span style="color: #274e13;">how to use their newest toy, the Silhouette Portrait.</span></b></div>
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I've had time this past week though to surf the net and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">find a lovely new dingbat font.</span></b> It's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">called Border Bits </span></b>and the lady who created it is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">kindly sharing with anyone</span></b> who would like to download it. The nice thing about it is how, just exactly as the title intimates, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you can create borders with your Silhouette cutting machine.</span></b> </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Not only borders</span></b>, but with the<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> help of a tutorial</span></b> I learned how to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">follow a shape path to create a doily</span></b> like mat for <b><span style="color: #274e13;">to use on a scrapbook page or card</span></b>. Great font. <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/border-bits-a-new-free-dingbat-font/" target="_blank">You can find it here.</a></span></u></b></div>
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Here's the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">file I created for you to use</span></b>, well actually <b><span style="color: #274e13;">there are two for you</span></b>. this one I called <span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2tI1u1BQogrd3lMbTlpLTdoNEk/edit" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lilian Lacey Doily 2 From Border Bits Font.</a> </span></div>
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And here's the other one which I called <span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2tI1u1BQogrQl9nZ08yNmlVVEU/edit" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lilian Lacey Doily from Border Bits Alpha</a> </span></div>
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Hope they work fine for you, but let me know if they don't. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Make sure you follow the tutorial so that you can learn how to do this also. </span></b></div>
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The same <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lady created 09 Kutups</span></b> which I've mentioned to you before, but if you don't have it you <b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/new-free-dingbat-font-for-die-cutters/" target="_blank">can download it here.</a> </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Just scroll down below the first three graphics</span></b> and you'll see the download link. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Be sure to pick up the character map</span></b> for both fonts so that you know which letter types out which cutting file. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Are you coming to card class this Thursday?</span></b> We have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">three interesting cards we will be teaching</span></b>, and kits will be cut today, so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">don't delay and miss this great opportunity</span></b> to not only learn, but to socialize with people who love to craft as you do.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I made a Mother's Day card for my dear Mother in law yesterday.</span></b> The one I chose to do was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">modeled on the box card</span></b> that we made in card class last time. <span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://craftnook.blogspot.ca/2014/04/i-think-it-hasi-think-spring-has.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">You can see it here.</a> </span>The one I've just made <b><span style="color: #274e13;">is a little different, but quite similar.</span></b> Hopefully <b><span style="color: #274e13;">my sister in law can show her how to open</span></b> and stand it. They have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">already celebrated Mothering Sunday in England</span></b>, but I always send the card in time with our Mother's Day. Lucky woman methinks that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she gets two Mother's days. </span></b></div>
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I found <b><span style="color: #274e13;">two sweet little needlework pieces</span></b> as I was surfing the crafting blogs I love to look at. One was from <b><span style="color: #274e13;">my new favourite site. </span></b> She has <b><span style="color: #274e13;">such lovely pieces and usually small</span></b> that can be accomplished quite quickly. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">This one is a beautiful rose.</span></b> Go to <b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><a href="http://lesleyteare.com/2014/04/24/pretty-rose/" target="_blank">Lesley's blog here</a></u></span></b> to get the key and colour chart instructions.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The other one</span></b> I found was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">worked on even weave fabric</span></b> but could easily be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">worked on aida cloth, if you chose.</span></b> With the<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> little bead accents </span></b>and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">simple embroidery stitches</span></b>, this would work up really fast.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you love to knit or crochet?</span></b> Then Ravelry is the site I would direct you to. They have so many free patterns you would be knitting morning, noon and night to accomplish just a small portion of them. Perhaps it's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Broomstick Lace</span></b> that you like, or maybe <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Tunisian Crochet</span></b>. I'm <b><span style="color: #274e13;">sometimes at a loss to know</span></b> how I can help or if I can help you craft to your hearts content, so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">let me know of what you would like to learn </span></b>and if I can help you achieve your goals.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lisa has made this beautiful album</span></b> as an anniversary gift for her parents, so if you know them <b><span style="color: #274e13;">please don't mention this to them</span></b> as their anniversary hasn't arrived yet.<br />
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This shot <b><span style="color: #274e13;">shows it folded quite compactly</span></b> for all it's elements.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lisa has kindly dropped off the instructions</span></b> for this album, so if you're interested in making one yourself, then <span style="color: #274e13;">please get in touch with us </span>for the instructions.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Thank you for sharing this lovely work Lisa.</span></b><br />
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Well I think <b><span style="color: #274e13;">that's all I have to share with you this week</span></b>. <br />
Let me see if I have any words to take you through the week.<br />
We, as you likely do also, know of people facing challenges this week and they are very much in our thoughts. Though we can't be with them to hold their hands we can uplift them in thought and prayer. <br />
In thinking that, it brought to my mind a conversation I had with a customer in the store this past week.<br />
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She shared with me a thought that someone had shared with her. It was this. That we should be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">grateful </span></b>not only<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> for what we have, but what we don't have.</span></b> <br />
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So with that in mind, I took one of the word files Ginger's House puts out and modified it a little by adding the last two lines to reflect that thought.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Until Later....Happy Crafting,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Lilian</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">PS. Don't forget to check the blog and facebook on Friday to learn more about Saturday's sale.</span><br />
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I can see<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> bulbs coming up</span></b> and <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>lots more birds</b></span> around. Though we still have a foot or more of snow in some places, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I do believe Spring has sprung</span></b>. On the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">down side</span></b>, that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">means all the winter debris to be cleaned up</span></b>...Yikes...ah well, you can't have it all can you.</div>
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We had a lovely <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Technique Card Class on Thursday </span></b>last week. </div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">ladies </span></b>were <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thrilled to learn how to make a card </span></b>that we'd actually been holding ready for weeks now <b><span style="color: #274e13;">waiting for the arrival of spring</span></b>. Gave up on that and taught it on Thursday. Maybe that was what heralded Spring do you think?</div>
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We showed them <b><span style="color: #274e13;">how easy it was to make a box card </span></b>which looks more complicated than it is and in fact for all it's appearance <b><span style="color: #274e13;">fits a standard envelope.</span></b></div>
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It is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a little time consuming to decorate but well worth the final effect. </span></b></div>
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To that end we only made two cards on Thursday. </div>
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Look at the<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> two beautiful box cards Linda </span></b>went on to <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>make for her girlies ready for Easter. </b></span><br />
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We chose to make this card to fit into a 6 x 6 ready made envelope. <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>You could easily adjust the measurements to make a smaller card </b></span>to fit into a 4.5 x 5.75 envelope, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">both sizes we sell at the store.</span></b><br />
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Can you see how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">this style of card</span></b> would be great to give as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a birthday or bridal shower as well as a special anniversary card.</span></b> In fact the giving is only <b><span style="color: #274e13;">limited by ones imagination isn't it.</span></b><br />
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We also show here how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the card lays flat for mailing purposes. </span></b> Careful placement of the embellishments keep them within the outer edges of the folded card.</div>
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Our other card was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">with my much loved Distress Inks.</span></b> </div>
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Through a number of simple steps, we <b><span style="color: #274e13;">changed a white piece of card into a piece of art work</span></b> interesting enough for framing even. </div>
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We <b><span style="color: #274e13;">heat embossed an image</span></b>,<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> coloured</span></b> the cardstock with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">four colours</span></b> of ink, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">part stamped a second generation script </span></b>image, then splashed the whole piece with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">water droplets.</span></b> </div>
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We also used just <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a portion of a Nestability Die</span></b>, Labels Eight, to place the greeting at the bottom. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What do you think?</span></b> Can't you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">see this framed</span></b> and hanging on a wall <b><span style="color: #274e13;">as a piece of artwork?</span></b> Minus the greeting of course.</div>
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I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">worked on a scrapbook page for myself</span></b> this past week. </div>
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Taking <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a sketch as the starting point,</span></b> this is what I came up with.</div>
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After first <b><span style="color: #274e13;">making the cut files</span></b>, I cut the clouds and the sun beams <b><span style="color: #274e13;">with my Silhouette Cameo, </span></b> then detailed the clouds with pen lines.</div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">small photo,</span></b> which though you can't see it well here, showed the few minutes of rain that fell, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">was mounted onto chipboard </span></b>to give it some dimension.</div>
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The bottom <b><span style="color: #274e13;">left corner you see a chipboard square</span></b> with the month on it which suited the colour of the paper well. </div>
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I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">cut into the purple flower</span></b> of the paper and using <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Stickles detailed the flower petals and inside</span></b> as well as adding a pearl to the centre. I then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pushed the square under the cut flower</span></b> and placed more flowers on the top.</div>
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You can also see where I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">punched holes in the border piece,</span></b> glued <b><span style="color: #274e13;">purple cardstock behind the holes</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">filled them with Glossy Accents.</span></b></div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">travel word </span></b>was again a chipboard piece that I had, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">too large for my space so I cut it down to fit.</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsO1v0h5EjWRu5d69qrDTtUsp7uloxl0axQyJo88H-0pVqcXYisA1fW9oV3jiYZf1S7NrKvdHf9FA4ROFTWF8lqerQGFf9SVAeIRvmj9P4Pqs6oMjvCt1AhXPVuzSTGtLV84Ojkwjvh44/s1600/coco+cay+centre+top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsO1v0h5EjWRu5d69qrDTtUsp7uloxl0axQyJo88H-0pVqcXYisA1fW9oV3jiYZf1S7NrKvdHf9FA4ROFTWF8lqerQGFf9SVAeIRvmj9P4Pqs6oMjvCt1AhXPVuzSTGtLV84Ojkwjvh44/s1600/coco+cay+centre+top.jpg" height="200" width="196" /></a>The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">faux stitched piece, is </span></b>actually<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> the bar coded edge </span></b>that I cut off the background paper. I liked how it <b><span style="color: #274e13;">added interest to this part of the layout.</span></b></div>
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The original sketch came from Julie Johnson's blog a long time ago now.</div>
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This <b><span style="color: #274e13;">layout was made by Candice</span></b> and it was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">for the Embellishment Challenge.</span></b></div>
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So her layout was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">required to have certain elements </span></b>on it such as a handmade flower, stitching in the title, and a frame to name a few.</div>
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What a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lovely beach layout </span></b>she put together didn't she. <span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><b><a href="http://craftnook.blogspot.ca/2014/04/was-your-weekend-as-great-as-ours.html" target="_blank">If you click here</a></b></u></span>, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">scroll down to</span></b> the Mickey Sailing layout (<b><span style="color: #274e13;">five photos down</span></b>) that Linda made, you will see her <b><span style="color: #274e13;">interpretation of the Embellishment Challenge.</span></b></div>
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Here's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">another of the class layouts</span></b> that twenty of the ladies made that weekend. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Did you see the one</span></b> I already<span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=711408068882663&set=a.186228411400634.38485.185767571446718&type=1&theater" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> posted on Facebook here?</a> </span></div>
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You may remember that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we taught six one page layouts </span></b>in that one and a half hour class. </div>
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This is<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> layout two</span></b>, where they ladies used some <b><span style="color: #274e13;">puncinello ribbon to create the random dots</span></b> across the paper. </div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">triangles were cut from the paper </span></b>and contrasting <b><span style="color: #274e13;">paper added to the back of the layout</span></b> for further dimension. </div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">arrow strip</span></b> at top and bottom of the page were <b><span style="color: #274e13;">accented with a pen line</span></b> through the centre and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">dots at each point </span></b>of the arrows to resemble a stitched line.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hop back over to our Facebook page</span></b> and you'll see another layout from the class.</div>
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I was<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> sorting out two closets</span></b> on the weekend and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">came across some knitting</span></b> that I'd started ages ago. </div>
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It's a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">child's cardigan </span></b>and I'd <b><span style="color: #274e13;">completed the back and almost one front</span></b> before for whatever reason it was put away. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I loved the pattern</span></b> when I looked at it again, but didn't know which pattern book I'd taken it from! I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">did find it though and finished the front last night</span></b>, so only one more front and the two sleeves to go.<br />
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Here's a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">cute little knitted Summer shrug</span></b> too that's available <b><span style="color: #274e13;">free for your personal use</span></b> for a short time, so go <span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><b><a href="http://www.sweaterbabe.com/monthly-free-knitting-or-crochet-pattern-8515/?utm_source=Fr*e+pattern+of+the+month+April+2014&#38;utm_campaign=Apr+15+2014+email&38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank">get it here soon</a></b></u></span> if you like it. </div>
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For only <b><span style="color: #274e13;">$10 for five hours</span></b>, you get not only to share time with others who love to craft, be it paper crafting, needlework, or jewelry making, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you also get the opportunity to ask us to teach you a new technique or craft. </span></b> So <b><span style="color: #274e13;">drop in</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">phone or email to reserve your spot this coming Friday April 25th.</span></b><br />
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If you've ever wondered <b><span style="color: #274e13;">how much noise 32 women in a room can make</span></b>, then you really should drop into one of our Mega Crop Weekends. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Heads are down creating and there's not much noise.</span></b> That doesn't mean there's none, because <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a lot of laughter can be heard, as well as social interaction,</span></b> but believe me <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it's quiet</span></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">All the planning </span></b>that went in to the event <b><span style="color: #274e13;">paid off and we sailed along smoothly, </span></b>in the classroom main hall and kitchen too. The menu's were well received and no-one went hungry either.<br />
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pages and cards that were turned out were just beautiful,</span></b> though we failed at the end to take some photos. Can you imagine <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I asked the ladies to hold out their pages </span></b>so that we could <b><span style="color: #274e13;">take photos after announcing the winners, </span></b>then totally gapped on that! We do have some photos to share though over the next couple of weeks.<br />
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Here's the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">sketch sample that Linda created</span></b> for everyone to see and follow with their own interpretation.<br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Some of the ladies </span></b>even used <b><span style="color: #274e13;">different sized photos</span></b> while still following the overall sketch.<br />
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With the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">bold choice of colours and beautiful photos, </span></b>you can see why her peers liked it.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Not everyone</span></b> that attended <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the Mega Crop was an experienced paper crafter. </span></b> We had a couple of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">ladies that were quite new to the craft.</span></b> That's where the<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> "make and takes" that we prepare</span></b> can be useful to them.<br />
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This is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">an opportunity for them to learn a couple of techniques,</span></b> going on to use those techniques on a page or a card.<br />
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What we showed them this time was a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">how to stamp using some easily obtained, but unusual product</span></b> as the stamp.<br />
Also how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">folding your paper in an origami type fold,</span></b> can create an interesting embellishment to your page, as well as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">simple scoring and folding to create a ribbon like border. </span></b><br />
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Though they didn't actually make it, we showed them <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the technique of taking a scalloped circle</span></b>, cutting a spiral into it resulting in a handmade flower.<br />
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To the top right of this sample, you will see how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">circles were created using distress ink,</span></b> the inside of a toilet roll or paper towel roll along with a smaller bead vial. These were dipped into Distress Ink and then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">stamped onto the page. </span></b><br />
The lower right shows <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lovely uniform dots in two colours</span></b>. This was achieved using a metallic ribbon product called Puncinello. Placing the puncinello ribbon over the cardstock and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">using a foam dauber and two colours of ink this pattern was created.</span></b><br />
Starting <b><span style="color: #274e13;">with a square piece of patterned paper and folding the sides in</span></b>, the square took on a different shape. Do this <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thirteen times and you too will have</span></b> an embellishment that looks like ours did on the left of the page.<br />
The ribbon like embellishment <b><span style="color: #38761d;">down the centre</span></b> came about after <b><span style="color: #274e13;">scoring and folding two lengths of cardstock and gluing it down.</span></b> This was more challenging as of course the scoring wanted to spring back up.<br />
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See the scalloped purple flower that was created from a Spellbinder die with the spiral cut through into the middle.<br />
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Here's<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Linda's sample page</span></b> for the Embellishment challenge, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">using some of these techniques</span></b>.<br />
Anyone who entered this challenge was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">required to have stitching in their title</span></b>, a handmade flower, a frame and an altered pearl or bling embellishment. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Linda altered the centre pearls of her flowers</span></b> using a Permanent Sharpie marker.<br />
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If you look at <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the dotted paper in the top half of this sample,</span></b> you will see that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Linda used the metallic ribbon to create her own paper strips. </span></b><br />
Wanting to add <b><span style="color: #274e13;">journaling in a wave</span></b> was a challenge in itself as neither one of us was sure how to create it. That <b><span style="color: #274e13;">was a learning curve</span></b> (no pun intended) as Linda learned about "paths" within her publishing program. <br />
Certainly <b><span style="color: #274e13;">added a nice effect to the page </span></b>though didn't it.<br />
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Not only owners either. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marta loved that Linda created an eagle for one of her pages,</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lots of palm trees</span></b> too. <br />
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By going out on the Internet, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">finding some clip art of an eagle and palm tree</span></b> in a very short time <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Linda created cut files for both of these embellishments.</span></b><br />
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I created <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a cut file for Carrie</span></b> by using <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a single flourish multiplying and welding</span></b> it so that she could use it <b><span style="color: #274e13;">as a background </span></b>on one of her cards. By simply <b><span style="color: #274e13;">emailing this to Carrie</span></b> once it was created, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she now has it stored in her library of Silhouette files.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Craft-Nook-Bracebridge/185767571446718" target="_blank">Hop on over to our Facebook page</a></u></span></b> to see one of the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">class pages that twenty of the ladies made.</span></b><br />
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And now for the ladies that aren't into the paper crafting here's something that may interest you. <br />
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Linda had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the pleasure of some "show and tell" in the store last week. </span></b><br />
One of our customers, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Margaret, brought some really lovely cross stitching </span></b>in to show us.<br />
Worked <b><span style="color: #274e13;">on perforated paper,</span></b> so that's pretty fine work and then mounted into small wooden sleighs they <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make a lovely little wall hanging.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Margaret sells these at the Bala craft sale</span></b>, so if you happen to be there during the sale time, look out for these. At only ten dollars, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">they really are a steal.</span></b><br />
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I found this lovely <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Easter cross stitch</span></b>. Though it's only small <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'd be pretty amazed</span></b> if you could <b><span style="color: #274e13;">get it worked for this Easter. </span></b><br />
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You can <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u><a href="http://thesnowflowerdiaries.blogspot.ca/2014/03/free-pattern-for-my-first-blogiversary.html" target="_blank">go here</a> </u></b></span>to get the design and colour chart for your personal use. <br />
If you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">scroll down the left side of her blog</span></b>, she also offers a number of other designs for you to pick up.<br />
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Some are decorative leaving a hole perhaps and others simply to widen your work and you don't want to leave a hole there.<br />
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They also have a link where <b><span style="color: #274e13;">they show you how to decrease too. </span></b><br />
Well worth a moment of a knitters time.<br />
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That's all for this week folks. <b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Don't forget to hop over to our Facebook</span></b><br />
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Are you one of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">those people that likes to feel organised</span></b>, knowing where you're heading, the time frame you have planned? <br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Perhaps planning for the week, month or even year ahead </span></b>and then, .....<b><span style="color: #274e13;">suddenly life throws a curve ball at your plans.</span></b><br />
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This week's words are chosen for all of you that life has thrown a curve ball at.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Let go of your plans, and follow these words.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Lilian</i></b></span>Craft Nookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632067301990160242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985959384860560167.post-39762630926630657972014-04-07T23:52:00.001-04:002014-04-07T23:52:05.473-04:00Yep...I Did!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Well, yes she knew I was joking, but she was working on a winter project when I had just said ....... <b><span style="color: #274e13;">NO MORE WINTER in my world.</span></b></div>
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Yes, of course <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I got over myself and helped her</span></b> with the supplies for her project.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Linda and I have been working really hard </span></b>this past week on the f<b><span style="color: #274e13;">inal preparations for the Mega Crop.</span></b> Hope you are too if you're coming? Remember <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it's only three more sleeps</span></b> before the Mega Crop.</div>
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I know <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a few people</span></b> have been in the store <b><span style="color: #274e13;">getting their own personal kits together.</span></b> Such a good way to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">be organised </span></b>so that you don't have to drag all your "stuff" to the crop. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">If nothing else</span></b>, make sure you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have a plan to get started on Friday night.</span></b> I hate to see those hours go wasted as some people cull through their layouts and photos. Just <b><span style="color: #274e13;">decide for sure which one layout you will begin with</span></b> to "get in the zone".</div>
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Don't forget however, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">if you're bringing an electronic cutting machine bring along an extension cord,</span></b> because we can't guarantee you will be close to an outlet.</div>
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For <b><span style="color: #274e13;">those taking the class</span></b> if you want to have with you the appropriately sized photos to complete the pages, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">here are the sizes Linda used in her layouts</span></b>.</div>
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It would seem that there are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">many people knitting these days.</span></b> Lots of people have been <b><span style="color: #274e13;">in the store buying yarn.</span></b> </div>
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With some, it's their first project and they have a friend helping them to learn. </div>
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With others, although they've been knitting for a long time, the pattern they are working on is intricate and they need some help. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whatever your skill level, drop in to see us if you need a helping hand.</span></b></div>
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My <b><span style="color: #274e13;">sister-in-law has been busy knitting for a sale</span></b> that she will be in shortly. No you can't attend it unless you're in England in the next short while. </div>
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We had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">our second Spring All Day Card Class on Saturday</span></b>. (Did you see the weather again? Not at all Spring like) With a smaller group of ladies this time, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we held it very successfully at the store.</span></b> They all completed their cards and a<b><span style="color: #274e13;">gain their favourite card was the same</span></b> one that the ladies in the first class chose. <b><span style="color: #274e13;"> It's this one right here.</span></b></div>
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Don't forget <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>this is just one of the ten cards</b></span> that all these ladies made. You can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">see the other's</span></b> on our <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/craftnookbracebridge/" target="_blank">Flickr site here.</a></u></b></span></div>
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We had a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lovely email from Lynda</span></b> who was a participant in the first Spring All Day Card Class. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">She has made some Easter ATC's</span></b> using the same technique. You can see in the centre card how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she recreated the technique exactly,</span></b> whereas with the card to the right <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she dragged the block to create a different effect. </span></b></div>
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I was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pleased to see Ronna in the store </span></b>this week and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">let her know how her layout</span></b> that she shared last week, had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">inspired at least two other crafters</span></b>. </div>
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One of them asked me how she had created <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the paint splat on the layout. </span></b></div>
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I told her that I was reasonably sure that it was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">cut with her Silhouette cutting machine </span></b>and the image would have come from the Silhouette online store. Ronna confirmed this for me when I saw her. </div>
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Here's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">another layout that we were privileged to see</span></b> last week. This one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">created by Edie,</span></b> and my goodness <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she stretched herself</span></b> well to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make the sketch her very own. G</span></b>oing from the chosen sketch to this layout.</div>
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I do <b><span style="color: #274e13;">like the way the arrows travel across</span></b> from one page to the other <b><span style="color: #274e13;">taking your eye to the subtitle</span></b> at the same time.</div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">sunny colours of the banners </span></b>on the left page are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">picked up again by the tab on the right page. </span></b> Take a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">close look at the word tag </span></b>on the right page and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">let me know if you figure out where she got that from</span></b>.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Nicely done Edie, and thanks for sharing your talent.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Easter is almost upon us</span></b> now, but if you have a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">little time and like to sew,</span></b> then perhaps <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://petitepurls.com/Summer11/summer2011_t_felt.html" target="_blank">this project is for you?</a></span></u></b></div>
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Kata who blogged <b><span style="color: #274e13;">these lovely little chicks</span></b> has kindly shared the pattern as well. Hop on over <b><span style="color: #274e13;">and grab it for yourself.</span></b></div>
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They are <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>very similar to the "brood" I made last year </b></span>that <b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><a href="http://craftnook.blogspot.ca/2013/04/did-you-ever-hear-my-story-about-april.html" target="_blank">you can see here</a></u></span></b>.</div>
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I don't know <b><span style="color: #274e13;">how many readers would have known that International Women's Day</span></b> is celebrated on <b><span style="color: #274e13;">March 8th </span></b>each year. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">At least it has in my world</span></b> and I'm not letting Old Man Winter back in this year. Though I haven't quite put away my winter jacket and boots,<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> I am going out more often in my spring jacket</span></b>. How about you?</div>
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Though I don't have much to show you, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it's been a busy week as we work toward the second All Day Card Class on Saturday. </span></b>I also heard through the grapevine that Barb was in today making up her <b><span style="color: #274e13;">personal kits for the Mega Crop Weekend</span></b>, so that's coming really soon too.</div>
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Linda and I spent <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a couple of days last week cutting kits for the 20+ people</span></b> taking the class of the 32 attending the weekend. We haven't finished yet, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we're well on the way.</span></b></div>
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Well <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ronna kindly sent us a photo of a layout</span></b> she's just completed. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">She was in the store on Friday </span></b>looking for <b><span style="color: #274e13;">brick paper</span></b>. We had some but it was<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> predominantly red and not what Ronna had in mind.</span></b> </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I suggested the paper</span></b> that we used on <b><span style="color: #274e13;">one of the cards </span></b>at the last Technique Thursday Class. It really was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">more of a barn board, but with a little imaginative suggestion</span></b> from us, Ronna was able to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make it into the brick paper</span></b> she wanted for her layout.</div>
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It's made by <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Chickaniddy Crafts from their "Date Night" line and called "Backwoods Lovin".</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>Thanks for sharing Ronna.</b></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Last week I had a couple of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">people asking about chalk paint. </span></b> It has become <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a very popular choice of paint</span></b> to use on furniture re-do's, but can be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hard to come by and expensive too. </span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><a href="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/chalk-paint/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Here's the link </span></a></u></b>to the recipe.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Here's <a href="http://craftingrebellion.blogspot.ca/2012/04/chalk-paint-makeovers.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><u>another link to some furniture renovations</u>,</span></b> </a>it may inspire you to alter a piece of furniture you already have.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Another that cuts <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a variety of different bicycles </span></b>if you should ever have need for that type of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">embellishment on your page. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The other day I was browsing Google Images <b><span style="color: #274e13;">looking for some Crewel Embroidery patterns.</span></b> I came across one, though the link was broken so I don't know who to give credit to. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">It made me think of these <b><span style="color: #274e13;">felt coasters I made last year for my Mother in law</span></b>. These coasters were made with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">felt </span></b>and embellished with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">embroidery floss.</span></b> Both <b><span style="color: #274e13;">available at the </span></b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Craft Nook</span><span style="color: #38761d;">.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Crewel</span></b> work is usually <b><span style="color: #274e13;">worked on a linen cloth with crewel yarn</span></b> or even knitting yarn. Here's the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Crewel work that I fell in love with</span></b> and will have to re-create some day. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">If you love to knit or crochet</span></b> you should take the time to look at Ravelry and set yourself up with a free account. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">A great resource.</span></b> Keep in mind that although we don't carry a huge assortment of yarn in stock, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we can order Patons, Bernat, Caron, Red Heart, Premier/Deborah Norville, Mary Maxim,</span></b> to name just a few. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Plan your next project</span></b>, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">tell us what you would like </span></b>to have ordered in for you. A short lead time is all we require.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">And something to think about.</span></b> Last Sunday was Mothering Sunday in England and into my inbox came <b><span style="color: #274e13;">these words. </span></b>Though we haven't yet celebrated our Mothers Day, I thought they were appropriate for <b><span style="color: #274e13;">all Mothers</span></b><span style="color: #274e13;"><b> </b></span>or indeed for <b><span style="color: #274e13;">any woman </span></b>who has <b><span style="color: #274e13;">children looking to them for guidance. </span></b> </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">That's a rhetorical question</span></b>, because of course we know that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">eventually winter will end,</span></b> but oh my it's taking it's time this year. </div>
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As I was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">talking to my sister</span></b> on face-time this morning, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">her young granddaughter</span></b> was with her and asked me<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> if I could show her all our snow again</span></b>. </div>
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Later in the morning I was speaking to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a sister-in-law,</span></b> once again in England. She <b><span style="color: #274e13;">said that they have no concept</span></b> at all of<span style="color: #274e13;"> <b>how much snow we get</b></span>, even in saying that it is still three feet deep on the grass, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it's hard for them to grasp that amount. </span></b></div>
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However that said, we know that<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> although the snow offers us many challenging moments,</span></b> such as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">having to shovel a foot out of your driveway</span></b> in order to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">come to the card class on Saturday,</span></b> it also offers us<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> many enjoyable moments</span></b>. </div>
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Linda's family went out <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Rosseau way on Sunday afternoon.</span></b> Not only a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">beautiful afternoon for a drive</span></b>, but for to see <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the ice on the rocks</span></b> on the side of the road. </div>
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They <b><span style="color: #274e13;">trudged up the hills, fell down into the snow</span></b> to their waists, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">had the snow disappear from under them</span></b> as they were admiring the view, causing them to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">slide back down where they had climbed up</span></b>, and generally <b><span style="color: #274e13;">admired the thickness of the ice</span></b> and the way it hung way over the rocks.</div>
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<b>These photos were taken by Linda's husband Randy </b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">All in all, the joy and beauty of </span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13;">winter on a </span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13;">sunny Sunday afternoon.</span></b></div>
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As I mentioned, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">two of ladies who joined us on Saturday</span></b> for the All Day Card Class, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">had to shovel a foot of snow</span></b> out of their driveway before they could make their way up<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> here from Barrie.</span></b> Another<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> two who came over from Midland </span></b>way said that it wasn't nice driving, but like the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">two who came from Peterborough, they all made it safely here. </span></b></div>
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All twenty of the<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> ladies with varying skill levels</span></b>, were able to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">complete the ten cards they had in their kits.</span></b> Some finishing touches may have been needed once they went home, but on the whole, complete. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Are you registered?</span></b> There will very soon be a cut-off time for that class, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">so don't sit on the fence any longer.</span></b></div>
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As at the All Day Card Class this past weekend, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">there was also a consensus at the Thursday night class for a favourite card. </span></b> </div>
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It was the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">spring garden card to the left. </span></b></div>
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There was a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">definite "Wow" factor when using the Kaisercraft wood-grain stamp to make the fence boards</span></b>. Then by adding a few punched flowers and a stamped flower, a lovely <b><span style="color: #274e13;">spring card was created.</span></b> </div>
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Too bad the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">weather that day didn't co-operate </span></b>as being like the first day of Spring we may have expected.</div>
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Now <b><span style="color: #274e13;">our focus has moved</span></b> from the All Day Card Class to the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">upcoming Mega Crop Weekend. </span></b> A customer was a<b><span style="color: #274e13;">sking us how much scrapbooking we achieved</span></b> on these weekends and was somewhat surprised to hear that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we don't do any of our own scrapbooking at that time. </span></b></div>
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We <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have always been committed at these weekends to ensuring that those who register have our full attention</span></b>. Not only through the weekend, but prior to it. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Planning is key to a successful weekend, </span></b>not only for each registrant as they plan their pages, make up their kits and execute those plans, but to us also as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we strive for a great weekend experience for everyone.</span></b> </div>
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I've directed you to <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u><a href="http://craftnook.blogspot.ca/2013/03/did-you-do-it-today.html" target="_blank">this article before, </a></u></b></span>so you may well have seen it already, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">but it's well worth a read as you sort and organize your "stuff" </span></b>for to be productive at the Mega Crop Weekend. This is one person's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">view on how to pack and organize</span></b> so that she <b><span style="color: #274e13;">doesn't have to take EVERYTHING </span></b>to a weekend and by doing this she has <b><span style="color: #274e13;">found herself to be much more productive.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">So are you registered? </span></b> Have you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">begun your page sketch/map selections?</span></b> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">This Friday night</span></b> we have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">another Crop and Craft Night</span></b> and would be pleased to help you if you are in need. There are many <b><span style="color: #274e13;">great graphic artists out in the cyber world willing to share their sketch ideas with you.</span></b> </div>
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One of my personal favorites continues to be<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u><a href="http://pagemaps.com/pagemaps_jpeg.htm" target="_blank"> Page Maps</a></u></b></span> which you can find here, but there are many others.</div>
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Both of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">these layouts have six photos on them</span></b>, and yet due to placement bring a completely <b><span style="color: #274e13;">different look to each layout</span></b>. It's by using varying layouts and paper placements that the interest of the viewer is kept when showing off an album. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">As each page is turned, the surprise of the layouts cause interest to be held. </span></b></div>
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Speaking above of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Scrapbook and Cards Today,</span></b> have you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">picked up the latest edition yet?</span></b> You <b><span style="color: #274e13;">simply have to spend $20.00 in the store</span></b> to receive this <b><span style="color: #274e13;">magazine free to you.</span></b> It's packed full of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">ideas and techniques for both scrapbookers and card makers</span></b> so don't miss the opportunity of this free to you magazine. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">A great resource, but limited quantities.</span></b></div>
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Linda has mentioned in the newsletter how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we are endeavoring to post more on Facebook during the week if something extra comes up to notify you of. </span></b></div>
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Have you "friend-ed" us so that you receive notification of these posts? </div>
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It's really easy. You simply have to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">find us as Craft Nook Bracebridge</span></b>, then hover over the word liked, then click on the "get notifications text". You'll not miss out on any of the midweek postings that way.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Drop into the Craft Nook to pick up a download card</span></b> so that you can purchase some new shapes for yourself.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Now for the non-paper crafter, what to share? </span></b> </div>
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Once again <b><span style="color: #274e13;">for the cross stitcher I came across a lovely design</span></b>. This is suited to being a card, but could well be a part of a small grouping of floral designs. <div>
<b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><a href="http://lesleyteare.com/2014/03/21/free-pretty-rose-card/" target="_blank">The instructions and graph can be found here.</a></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Remember <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we have Aida</span></b></span><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> cloth as well as a full complement of DMC embroidery floss in stock at the Craft Nook.</span></b></span></div>
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Do you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have a boring bottle of hand sanitizer</span></b> sitting on your counter? <b><span style="color: #274e13;">We have many stickers in the store</span></b> that could be used like this <b><span style="color: #274e13;">to make a boring bottle more fun to look at. </span></b><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Perhaps it's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hard to uncover </span></b></span><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">that joy some days</span></b>, but if we......</span></div>
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It started late Sunday night and by <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Monday of last week when I was scheduled to be in the store</span></b> so Linda and family could have an extended weekend, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I wasn't sure if I would make it through the day!</span></b> </div>
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One came <b><span style="color: #274e13;">in the form of Janet who works next door</span></b> at the restaurant, and whom I've known from being a small child. She was in the store as a customer Monday morning, saw I wasn't up to par and all day ministered to me. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Bringing me hot lemon and honey tea, medication, minestrone soup</span></b> for lunch and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">checking again before she headed home</span></b> for the day to make sure I was still functioning. </div>
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When I did finally make it back into the store for a prolonged period of time, (more than an hour), <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she brought me a lovely bunch of flowers.</span></b>..now <b><span style="color: #274e13;">how nice a person is that</span></b>? She says she's got me fooled when I tell her how nice she is, but she's fooling herself if she doesn't believe it.</div>
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Did you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">check out the specials</span></b> that we've been posting on <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Craft-Nook-Bracebridge/185767571446718" target="_blank">Facebook</a></u></b></span>? A number of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">customers have taken advantage of them already</span></b>. We will be offering different items through the month of March for National Crafting Month, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">so keep an eye open for them</span></b>. </div>
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I also take advantage of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">posting extra things on Facebook </span></b>instead of sending out an extra newsletter or posting another blog, so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make sure you "friend" us</span></b> to be able to see what's going on through the week at the store. </div>
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There's a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">list of supplies there for this week's card makers</span></b> at the Spring All Day Card Class. Did you see it if you're a participant? I'll list it here as well, but that's a great place to catch other postings s<b><span style="color: #274e13;">o keep an eye out.</span></b> Linda did <b><span style="color: #274e13;">explain recently in a newsletter</span></b> how Facebook have changed some things for businesses so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">that you must make sure you "friend" us in order not to miss a feed.</span></b></div>
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So speaking of the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Spring All Day Card Class, did you call the store to register for the new date? </span></b></div>
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If you missed out on the first class and still want to participate, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we've opened a second class on Saturday, April 5th. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Don't be slow</span></b> out of the starting gate and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">miss that date too.</span></b></div>
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We have another <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Technique class coming up on Thursday of this week </span></b>and now I realise I didn't show you what we did in the last class. </div>
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Linda always <b><span style="color: #274e13;">posts the cards in the newsletter and gives you a glossary </span></b>of what we have done, but I like to post them here too in case you want to reference back to the samples.</div>
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The Technique class is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">an opportunity</span></b> for just that, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">to learn a new, or expand on an old technique. </span></b>We are naturally able to teach more effectively in smaller groups at a class setting such as this, rather than at a class where we are hosting 20 people as we do on an All Day Card Class.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">At times the techniques</span></b> may be simply <b><span style="color: #274e13;">building on what you already know</span></b>, or <b><span style="color: #274e13;">using a particular tool or ink differently</span></b>, but whatever we show the ladies <b><span style="color: #274e13;">someone always</span></b> goes away from the evening <b><span style="color: #274e13;">saying "I didn't know that".</span></b> </div>
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Why don't you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">treat yourself to a night out of creative learning</span></b> every other week. It's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">only $20.00 for a class</span></b> and you go away with three cards and envelopes and guaranteed laughter throughout. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">All the techniques</span></b> that we show you can be used <b><span style="color: #274e13;">on your scrapbook pages as easily as on a card</span></b>. Remember a card is simply a small version of a scrapbook page.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">In these cards, we played with our ever favourite distress inks. </span></b></div>
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Changing <b><span style="color: #274e13;">white cardstock to be pink and white</span></b>, by inking the inside of an embossing folder. Or with the help of a large background stamp, to be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">two shades of yellow and white as a tag or butterfly on a card.</span></b> </div>
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We so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">often prettily colour in the stamped image</span></b> on a card. Perhaps using pencil crayons, markers, distress inks as paint. This time <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it was fun to simply brush some random strokes of distress ink </span></b>in the approximate placement of the leaves and flowers of this image, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">creating a more abstract art look</span></b>.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Stretching a Spellbinders folder</span></b> was another technique used on the yellow card, to give the look of a large scalloped mat behind the image, when <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it was simply a small piece of cardstock top and bottom.</span></b> The same technique was used on <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the bracket stamp giving it a much wider look</span></b> than the stamp actually was.</div>
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Well <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Jane mentioned on Facebook</span></b> how much <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she learned last Friday night</span></b> as both Linda and I took turns sitting with her and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">helping her to learn a Photo Editing Program.</span></b> No we didn't take turns because she's hard to get along with, or because she was slow to learn!!! <b><span style="color: #274e13;">We took turns because we both know different ways</span></b> of making this <b><span style="color: #274e13;">program do what we want </span></b>from it and therefore were more likely to pass more on to Jane in this manner. </div>
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By learning this program <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Jane learned the potential it has to help her plan and be more productive at the Mega Crop Weekend she is registered for in April. </span></b>She chose the map that she wants to follow and therefore knows already what sizes to print her photos. </div>
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She's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">formatted the photos to fit her plan r</span></b>eady to send for printing and even discovered it was easy to see how a<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> large photo could be shrunk down </span></b>to keep all the content, though printed smaller. However if she did <b><span style="color: #274e13;">want to crop a photo,</span></b> she could easily <b><span style="color: #274e13;">choose where to place the cutting tool</span></b> to maximize the look she wanted. </div>
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Along with printing the photos she wants to scrapbook, she is also <b><span style="color: #274e13;">printing a photo of her plan with her photos embedded into</span></b> the plan so that she can easily follow it on the weekend. </div>
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Jane was a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">tired but happy camper by the end of the evening.</span></b><br />
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Here's a layout I had saved on my PC that you may find interesting. It was a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Basic Grey layout</span></b> at some point in time. A very simple and quick layout to complete, with some strip journaling on the right side. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Don't forget when you see flower embellishments</span></b>, if you're not a flowery person then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">put in an embellishment of your choice instead.</span></b></div>
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I found some <b><span style="color: #274e13;">great embroidery patterns this week</span></b>, despite the fact that I wasn't on my PC much. I hardly contacted anyone in fact, so unlike me only answering those who emailed me, but I did find some lucid times to browse a bit. </div>
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With <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Spring beginning in a few short days</span></b> I thought these quick little cross stitch patterns would <b><span style="color: #274e13;">help to herald it in.</span></b><br />
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This <b><span style="color: #274e13;">artist has generously shared</span></b> both the stitching and colour chart on her blog for your personal use<b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><a href="http://lesleyteare.com/2014/03/11/floral-heart-bluebell/" target="_blank"> here</a></u></span></b> and <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u><a href="http://lesleyteare.com/2014/02/02/flower-basket-a-lovely-design-for-a-pretty-card/" target="_blank">here</a></u></b></span>. <br />
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Don't forget also that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we carry not only the Aida cloth to work these on, but a full range of DMC embroidery floss, including their newest colours.</span></b><br />
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If you already have a selection of Embroidery floss, do you need to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">organise it onto bobbin winders?</span></b> <br />
We have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">both plastic and cardboard in the store</span></b> and it makes for a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">much easier and tidier way</span></b> of storing your floss.<br />
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If you are one of the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lucky owners of a Silhouette Cutting Machine</span></b>, be it a Cameo or Portrait, have you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">taken advantage of any of the "Dingbat Fonts"</span></b> that are free to use on the web? <br />
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There are so<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> many of them available</span></b> and by typing a letter that your machine will recognise as a letter, but the dingbat font will translate to a shape, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you have a vast number of "free" cutting files </span></b>available to you.<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.dafont.com/kg-flavor-and-frames.font?fpp=50" target="_blank">Here's one </a></span></u></b>that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I've downloaded</span></b> in the past for my personal use. It offers you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">all kinds of shapes and swirls that you can cut easily.</span></b> Just make sure that you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">print out the Key</span></b> so that you know which letter prints out which shape when you go to use it. This is from Dafont.com and there's a whole <b><span style="color: #274e13;">section of dingbat fonts to choose from</span></b>, so take a few minutes to browse and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">see if there's anything else</span></b> there that interest you.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">And now the words for the week.</span></b> One of the things <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Linda and I hear often</span></b> is that ...no <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I don't have time to scrapbook/craft/jewelry make.</span></b> I work full time and have children and a home to run, etc.etc.<br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">We think that's so sad</span></b>, as to us <b><span style="color: #274e13;">creativity is part of our everyday life</span></b> and no matter what, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we find a little time for it.</span></b> <br />
Yes I know, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'm at one end of life's spectrum and Linda's at another</span></b> and yet, both of us <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make sure to fit it into our daily lives</span></b>. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What time is it, was his question</span></b>. It was 5:35 p.m. Okay he said, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'll be here tomorrow night at this time</span></b> to take some photos of those <b><span style="color: #274e13;">shadows, they're kind of neat</span></b>. Yes he was here, in the bush, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">up to his knees in snow with his camera on his tripod taking photos</span></b>. He's thinking these photos will suit the topic for this month at his photo club.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">We all lead such busy lives</span></b>, so why is it that we don't <b><span style="color: #274e13;">find time more often to do things that please us?</span></b> I think these words are very appropriate because of that.<br />
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There were <b><span style="color: #274e13;">ladies waiting outside the door at 9:00 o'clock</span></b> to get some of the <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>great bargains that were to be had on Saturday,</b></span> were you one of them? </div>
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Even those who treated themselves to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a late rise on Saturday morning were still thrilled</span></b> with the selection that was available later in the day. </div>
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If you decided too late to be a vendor in this Garage Sale, then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">start purging your stash for next time</span></b>. As you work away at your crafting, and come across "stuff" that you don't use, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">set it aside in a box </span></b>and be ready next time. It's really easy to be a vendor. All you do is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">register for a $5.00 space,</span></b> mark all <b><span style="color: #274e13;">your "stash" at a great price</span></b> so you don't take it home again with you, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">that's all there is to it.</span></b> Doesn't have to be full packages even, just mark it accordingly.</div>
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Did you see in the newsletter that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we've opened another date for the Spring All Day Card Class? </span></b> </div>
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If you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">missed out the first time</span></b>, then get into the store or call so that you can reserve your spot on this <b><span style="color: #274e13;">new date.</span></b> </div>
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I know the snow will still be on the ground, but we can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">think spring </span></b>just the same! The snow is going, slowly just the way we want it to.</div>
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Remember <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I've been telling you about the cable mittens </span></b>that I helped a customer with recently? </div>
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Marilyn's pattern <b><span style="color: #274e13;">called for a medium weight yarn</span></b> and she was <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>knitting with an extra bulky</b></span>. To be able to work the cable in and to figure out the right number of stitches so that the mitten was a mitten, rather than an oven mitt, we basically re-wrote the pattern. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marilyn was very tenacious,</span></b> and although <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she had a false start she stuck with it</span></b> and her <b><span style="color: #274e13;">grand daughter is thrilled with the mittens</span></b> I hear. </div>
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Consequently <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I haven't created much this week</span></b>. I did however have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">an itch to make one of those felt bracelets</span></b> that I showed you last week though. So take a <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://craftnook.blogspot.ca/2014/03/is-spring-on-its-way-or-do-we-have-to.html" target="_blank">look at last week's bracelet here</a></span></u></b> (just scroll down a little). </div>
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Here's<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> my interpretation </span></b>of the same bracelet. </div>
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Speaking of the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Spring Mega Crop Weekend. </span></b> Planning is well underway for that now, but we do have a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">few spots left if you've been tardy in registering.</span></b> </div>
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Call us and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">get a kick start on your layouts</span></b> and albums again. </div>
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That's what one registrant was telling me today. She needed a kick start to get going again. She plans on <b><span style="color: #274e13;">coming into the store so that we can help her with some planning beforehand. </span></b></div>
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You can be so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">much more productive on the weekend with a little planning and prep</span></b>. We'll be expecting to see Barb in shortly with her photos and layout decisions, as she chooses the paper to go with them. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">By sorting your photos</span></b> into groups of 6-10 photos per double page layout, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">putting a sketch or map</span></b> with them along with paper and embellishments, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you have a greater opportunity of being more productive. </span></b> </div>
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I'm forever reminding people that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">if they were to knit a pair of mittens</span></b> for example, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">or sew a dress</span></b>, they would <b><span style="color: #274e13;">start first with a pattern.</span></b> </div>
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Mine never ends up looking like the original sketch as I change it up to suit my photos, but it <b><span style="color: #274e13;">gives me the jumping off point that I need.</span></b></div>
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Here's a layout that we used at an earlier Mega Crop. Anyone recognise it? <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Did you know that by mirror imaging your sketch,</span></b> or flipping it, you can get <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a totally different look as well.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Don't forget too, that we are offering a class</span></b> in which we will show you how to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">put together 6 quick single page layouts.</span></b> These could be extended to double page layouts later if you chose. If you weren't one of the lucky ones to receive this class as an early bird registrant, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you can still participate for just $20.00.</span></b> </div>
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By using <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a few strands of extra bulky yarn </span></b>and your <b><span style="color: #274e13;">two arms as knitting needles</span></b>, in a very short time you can create an infinity scarf. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">We all live busy lives</span></b> and too soon <b><span style="color: #274e13;">forget to stop and take time to reach out to one another. </span></b></div>
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Are you like me, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">tired of this hard winter?</span></b> When chatting with my sister- in-law, she says that she hopes the rain holds off long enough to dry the clothes outside. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Can you imagine hanging the clothes outside in the cold temperatures we're having!</span></b></div>
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I had a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">customer in the store</span></b> last week who hasn't knitted in a long time, but is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">making a lovely cable hat, scarf and mitten set</span></b> for her grand daughter. What she has done <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thus far was gorgeous</span></b>, but she was running into <b><span style="color: #274e13;">problems with the mittens</span></b> as the yarn she was using <b><span style="color: #274e13;">was thicker than what her pattern</span></b> suggested. So, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we were re-writing the pattern to suit the yarn. </span></b></div>
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You know that's not as easy as one might think and it <b><span style="color: #274e13;">took us a couple of attempts</span></b> to make it work properly, neither one of us being pattern writers, but we did it. The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">cable was a little like this</span></b>, so quite intricate.</div>
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A few weeks ago<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> a friend of mine was in need of a file folder tab cutting file</span></b> for her Silhouette SD cutting machine. It took me a couple of days to get around to it, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I did finally make a file and share it with her.</span></b></div>
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I was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">exploring some blogs recently</span></b> and came across one that <b><span style="color: #38761d;">explained how to share a Silhouette file </span></b>without sending it from one computer to another, which is what I do with my friend, and also with my sister-in-law. </div>
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What I did next <b><span style="color: #274e13;">is what I typically do, and then wish later that I'd done more.</span></b> I copied down the instructions, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">didn't keep the blog address!!! </span></b> </div>
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All you have to do <b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2tI1u1BQogrVngzMk1NSGRQd1E/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">is click here</a></u></span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you will be able</span></b> (so I understand) to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">download the Silhouette cutting file I made. </span></b> (Fingers crossed) </div>
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If it works for you, then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">maybe I'll link more</span></b> that I've made, o<b><span style="color: #274e13;">r maybe you have some files that you may like to share</span></b>. </div>
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I thought of another one today and you may well know it, but here it is anyway. </div>
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You can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">keep celery fresh and crisp</span></b> for a number of weeks in your fridge by simply <b><span style="color: #274e13;">wrapping it tightly in foil</span></b>. I've done this with cauliflower too and it stays white and fresh for much longer than storing it in a container or plastic wrap. </div>
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It's great when it's on sale and you can store it longer...<b><span style="color: #274e13;">give it a try.</span></b></div>
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Speaking of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">specials,</span></b> have you been <b><span style="color: #274e13;">over to our face book page</span></b> and looked at <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the special Linda put on today? </span></b> She's going to put a number of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">specials on for the month of March </span></b>to celebrate National Craft Month, so hop over there to take a look and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">save yourself some money.</span></b> Just tell us you saw the special on face book. <span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Craft-Nook-Bracebridge/185767571446718" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Here's the link.</a> </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Don't forget</span></b> with the changes to business face book pages, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you need to log in, hover over the word "Liked" and click on the "Get Notifications" text to be kept up to date as we post there.<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span></b></div>
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So <b><span style="color: #274e13;">what have you been crafting at this week</span></b>? I made another felt coffee mug wrap. I do <b><span style="color: #274e13;">love working with that felt,</span></b> such <b><span style="color: #274e13;">bright colours</span></b> and easy to embroider. Here's the latest one. </div>
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See that cute little rose on the front, it is soooo easy to make.</div>
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I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">wrap the felt around itself,</span></b> starting from the centre out. Some people prefer to go from the outside in, either way is just fine. On the coffee mug wrap, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I stitched the spiral onto the felt with embroidery floss, pulling the "petals" in to look more rose like,</span></b> and added some yellow french knots to the centre.</div>
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Can you<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> imagine the uses for this style of flower</span></b>? </div>
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It could be on a card, scrapbook page, a pin, headband, a bag you have sewn. </div>
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I learned in the last week or so, that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we have another budding crafter in the family</span></b>, and thought you may like to see some of this young persons work. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Matilda is just eight years old and crafts with her Grandma and sisters in England. </span></b><br />
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She <b><span style="color: #274e13;">has a great imagination</span></b> which shows in the pillow she just made and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">decorated by herself,</span></b> with an elephant face.<br />
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She had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">also made a pincushion</span></b> earlier. She has much potential don't you think?<br />
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It pleases me to see the younger generation wanting to needle craft, as there are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">so many people that don't know how to knit, sew, crochet, embroider</span></b> or anything that pertains to needle crafting.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Keep up the good work Matilda and thank you for sharing the photos with all of us in Canada.</span></b><br />
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I'm sure there are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">many children and adults</span></b> who may<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> like to make this easy bracelet</span></b> for St Patricks Day. </div>
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Imagine though<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> instead of a shamrock</span></b> as the focal point, you<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> made a rose</span></b> like the one on the coffee mug, it <b><span style="color: #274e13;">could be worn any time then. </span></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.holiday-crafts-and-creations.com/kids-sewing-projects-shamrock-bracelet.html" target="_blank">Here's the link for the instructions.</a></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Drop into the store to get your supplies to make this super easy and fun bracelet.</span></b><br />
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Were you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">one of the lucky ones that scored the free scrapbooking class </span></b>at the Spring Mega Crop Weekend? There were <b><span style="color: #274e13;">some eager beavers </span></b>at the store early on Thursday morning <b><span style="color: #274e13;">despite the cold</span></b>. Some were there just to register themselves. Some were <b><span style="color: #274e13;">there to sign up multiple spots,</span></b> in fact up to five when their phone went off to say a friend was caught in a meeting, will you sign them up too please. </div>
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We do still have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a few spots left</span></b> so if for some reason <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you were late out of the starting gate</span></b>, drop into the store and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">secure one of the remaining spots </span></b>and enjoy a weekend of scrapbooking fun. </div>
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Also for <b><span style="color: #38761d;">those that didn't make the free class,</span></b> you can still <b><span style="color: #274e13;">participate for just $20.00.</span></b> You will be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">making SIX single page layouts</span></b> for that price, all supplies included. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">DO NOT FORGET</span></b> the Garage Sale this coming <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Saturday, March 8th</span></b>. Starting at 9a.m. in the morning and going through the day, but<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> remember the best bargains will be there first thing in the morning. </span></b>We've had great response from our vendors, so I'm thinking there will be something for just about everyone. </div>
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There's<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> lots going on at your local craft store</span></b> in the next few weeks. </div>
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With the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Spring All Day Card Day</span></b> coming up in about three weeks on March 22nd.<br />
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Be sure to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">check your newsletter</span></b> each week, the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">blog and face book page too</span></b>. Sometimes we put extras on the face book page through the week, so make sure you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">don't miss those postings.</span></b></div>
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And so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we come to the end </span></b>of another week's blog. What <b><span style="color: #274e13;">words of inspiration or fun</span></b> can I offer you this week.</div>
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There is so much <b><span style="color: #274e13;">peer pressure in the schools</span></b>, and indeed in the world in general, that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">makes us doubt ourselves and our abilities at times. </span></b></div>
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We perhaps <b><span style="color: #274e13;">wonder how we measure up</span></b> against this person or that person, when all we should really concern ourselves with is, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">how <span style="font-size: large;">WE</span> measure up as a person.</span></b></div>
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These words, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">once again from Ginger's House</span></b>, seemed appropriate encouragement no matter whether you're young or old. Perhaps you know of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">someone you'd like to share them with to encourage them.</span></b></div>
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Although <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I didn't see the start of the men's hockey</span></b> game (not being a hockey fan) <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I did see most of it</span></b>. We cannot help but be<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> proud of all our athletes for their outstanding performances</span></b> in the 2014 Sochi Games. </div>
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Undoubtedly many <b><span style="color: #274e13;">stories to be told once again, heartache, pride, sacrifice all the qualities of Olympians.</span></b> <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">WAY TO GO CANADA </span></b></div>
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and particularly <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Huntsville's Dara Howell on her gold medal win,</span></b> shown here with Kim Lamarre who won bronze in the same event.</div>
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I was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">wondering if you ever look at our Flickr Site? </span></b> </div>
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This is where we post the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">photos of card classes, or Mega Crop Weekend scrapbook pages.</span></b></div>
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Here's just a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">sample of what you'll see</span></b> there.</div>
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I've been negligent lately in keeping it up to date, but have uploaded some photos tonight if you want to <b><u><span style="color: #073763;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftnookbracebridge/?details=1" target="_blank">hop on over there</a></span></u></b> to take a look. </div>
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We've had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">good response from vendors</span></b> to the Garage Sale, so make sure you're available if you want to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">get some of the bargains that day. </span></b></div>
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There's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">still time if you'd like to be a vendor.</span></b> Please drop into the store soon to register.</div>
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Just as a reminder, it's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">March 8th at the store</span></b> and we open at 9a.m. </div>
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This is an <b><span style="color: #274e13;">ideal time to increase your supplies </span></b>if you're a new crafter.</div>
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The sale will go all day, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it's the early bird that gets the worm</span></b> they say.</div>
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I came across <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a great website</span></b> this week for all the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">embroidery needle artists</span></b> in our midst. Well actually it's a Pergamano website so works as a double whammy, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">whether you like embroidery or Pergamano</span></b>, this site is well worth a look. </div>
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Here's just <b><span style="color: #274e13;">one design they're sharing</span></b>, <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://prettifulthings.com/parchment-craft/free-parchment-patterns/" target="_blank">click here and scroll down a little to see more</a></span></u></b>.</div>
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For those that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">don't know what Pergamano is</span></b>, it's a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">card making technique using parchment paper.</span></b> You trace the design (like the one shown to the left) using the ball head of your stylus onto the parchment paper. </div>
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The pressure of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">your stylus creates a white line on the parchment paper. </span></b></div>
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Once the design is all traced, you can enhance the lines by going over them a second time. You can also <b><span style="color: #274e13;">add shading to a flower</span></b> in the same way.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Still not clear on it?</span></b> Then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">drop into the store and see some samples</span></b> and look at both the parchment paper and stylus for a better understanding.</div>
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Have you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">registered for the Spring All Day Card Class yet? </span></b> Not too many spots are still available so if you're wanting to participate, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">now is the time to get off the fence and call the store. </span></b></div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">date doesn't work for you</span></b>? Then let us know and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we'll put you on a waiting list for another date.</span></b> </div>
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We have seven of the ten cards made now and two more in the works. That means only one to go and the cutting begins!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Registration for the Mega Crop Weekend opens on Thursday morning</span></b> of this week, February 27th 2014. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">27 hours of joyous scrapbooking</span></b> with others who love to craft in the same way as you do. Time for <b><span style="color: #274e13;">memories to be recorded</span></b> in our scrapbooks.</div>
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And as well as that, there are <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>prizes</b></span>, goodie bags, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">challenges,</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make and takes</span></b> for you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">to learn from</span></b>. </div>
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And <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it doesn't stop there</span></b>! You get to be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">waited on with your meals and snacks.</span></b> No preparing food, no washing dishes and all of this <b><span style="color: #274e13;">for just $120.00</span></b>. </div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">early bird special for the first fifteen registrants</span></b> is a free class. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Linda</span></b> has been diligently <b><span style="color: #274e13;">prepping the pages for this class,</span></b> and they are coming along beautifully. We don't like to reveal what you will be doing exactly, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">be prepared to be busy making six single scrapbook pages,</span></b> full of techniques and embellishments.</div>
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I was looking on the<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Red Heart website</span></b> the other day and came upon this<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> pattern for wristlets</span></b>. </div>
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What they had to say there is that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">if you can knit a swatch,</span></b> then you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">can knit these wristlets.</span></b> </div>
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I was<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> intrigued by them</span></b> and had some oddments of yarn so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">had to sit down</span></b> (yes I just had to) and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make them last night. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">My sister in law sent me some household tips and tricks</span></b> that she thought may be interesting to everyone. I've loaded them as a page that you can access on the right hand sidebar under </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">PAGES - Household Tips and Tricks</span></b>. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Here's just one of them</span></b>...did you know this? There are many more if you look under Household Tips and Tricks. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Thanks Di for your contribution.</span></b></div>
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<br />Craft Nookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632067301990160242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985959384860560167.post-79291335183014255162014-02-17T22:31:00.000-05:002014-02-17T22:31:02.331-05:00Were You First Out of the Starting Gate?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs0j1LAVKls55_X0SryPuiBknncu-mQfbr9MtDh79lIAUpMCVwKen1hZVcO36HEFTV0HuqyaWztSV1caCIywDNrubANu4x_azCatiRH4MugZ0GUX8wsdZTY1YI_XYdyJbh6-OYIKBhbCY/s1600/Elegant+Floral.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs0j1LAVKls55_X0SryPuiBknncu-mQfbr9MtDh79lIAUpMCVwKen1hZVcO36HEFTV0HuqyaWztSV1caCIywDNrubANu4x_azCatiRH4MugZ0GUX8wsdZTY1YI_XYdyJbh6-OYIKBhbCY/s1600/Elegant+Floral.jpg" height="200" width="152" /></a><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I posted an extra blog this week</span></b> when we <b><span style="color: #274e13;">received confirmation of the date </span></b>from the venue where we will be holding <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>the Spring All Day Card Class.</b></span> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Did you see it?</span></b> No? Well how about where I posted it on Face Book? </div>
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Some people did, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">as a result registered right away for the day event.</span></b> So put your running shoes on and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">get yourself registered before all the spots are taken. </span></b> </div>
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The date is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Saturday, March 22nd</span></b>. The time is 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Venue is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">The Community Room at Independent Grocers</span></b>. The cost is just $40.00.</div>
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Here is just a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">sampling of cards we've made at previous All Day Card Classes.</span></b></div>
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Linda and I have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">been busily planning and prepping the new cards</span></b> for the upcoming class. </div>
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We had a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">great time last week at the Friday Crop and Craft Night.</span></b> </div>
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Ideas were shared, pages were made and yes, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">some of us learned how to use tools that we have in our stash</span></b>! </div>
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Speaking of stash....<b><span style="color: #274e13;">have you been sorting through your much loved,</span></b> but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">not often used supplies</span></b> and tools in <b><span style="color: #274e13;">readiness for the Garage Sale?</span></b></div>
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The date for that was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">also announced over the weekend,</span></b> hope you saw it. </div>
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It's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Saturday March 8th at the store</span></b>. If you want to be a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">vendor</span></b>, then you need to be <b><span style="color: #274e13;">registered</span></b> for that. The cost is just $5.00 per bin. </div>
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In the past there have been <b><span style="color: #274e13;">some super buys, with happy customers and vendors alike. </span></b></div>
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As <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a vendor, you can choose to sell part packages of product. </span></b>Just price and mark them accordingly. </div>
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Your <b><span style="color: #274e13;">supplies need to be into the store</span></b> ready for the sale no later than <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Thursday March 6th</span></b>, with any unsold product <b><span style="color: #274e13;">picked up by the following Wednesday.</span></b> Vendors receive an in store credit for any product that is sold. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">This is a cash only sale</span></b>, so make sure you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have a few extra bills in your wallet that day</span></b>, and have fun picking up some really good buys.</div>
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Check out some of the <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://craftnook.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bargains-galore-did-you-get-them.html" target="_blank">happy shoppers here</a></span></u></b> from last year's Garage Sale</div>
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Have you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">cleared your calendar for the Spring Mega Crop</span></b> as well? </div>
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That's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">April 11-13th</span></b> and should be lots of fun and productivity. </div>
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Linda and I spent a couple of days <b><span style="color: #274e13;">last week planning what we will be teaching in the class</span></b>. Now we have to put it together, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">but we have a good plan in action. </span></b></div>
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Next will be the make and takes, but everything seems to be falling into place. </div>
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And above you see <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the page the scrapbookers made at the "make and take" table at one of the Mega Crops.</span></b><br />
Book with a friend and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">enjoy laughter, learning, productivity and the being waited on for the weekend</span></b>...what more could you ask for?<br />
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Unfortunately it didn't take me to a page, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I did like the look of these mobius scarves</span></b>, so I did another Google search and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">found a free pattern for this one on the left </span></b>which I thought was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">similar</span></b> (well it's knitted the others are crochet, but both use yarn..does that count)?</div>
You can find the <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.handmadebyannepotter.com/snowdrift-mobius-cowl-pattern/" target="_blank">free pattern here</a></span></u></b> for the white one. It's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">knitted with a fine yarn in garter stitch on large needles</span></b>, with a yarn over pattern row, so will work up very quickly and be open and lacy. It <b><span style="color: #274e13;">reminds me of the one I knitted for my daughter</span></b> at Christmas, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">less the beading I added.</span></b><br />
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We've <b><span style="color: #274e13;">added a lot more yarn at the store</span></b>, and can order even more if we don't have quite the colour or weight that you want. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Drop in and have a look</span></b></div>
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It's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">easy enough with the right tools to trace and transfer these designs</span></b>, or designs from a colouring book even. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">We carry both Tracing Paper, and the Heat Transfer Pencils you will need for this technique, at the store. </span></b><br />
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All you need to do is lay the tracing paper over the image you want to use. With a sharp point on your Heat Transfer Pencil, trace over the design (remember that this will be a reverse image so any words will be mirrored). When you've traced everything, place the tracing onto your fabric pencil side down, and iron over the design with a fairly hot iron until it transfers to the fabric.<br />
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For those who prefer, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we do carry already stamped pillowcases in the store, along with embroidery </span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13;">needles, DMC embroidery floss and embroidery hoops.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7METo_jWQJnecVpwtW0dnPKcfA6H-qv1bequT3VFSQmbU1EoROgjQJptTCgccNLnsFki27YAnNai3JYxGLHU7FZ7AJA1i0tKAbmjSEfoX_Nny5kugoOBzvFaXtXw5gDGGDLijetti5t7/s1600/pillowcase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7METo_jWQJnecVpwtW0dnPKcfA6H-qv1bequT3VFSQmbU1EoROgjQJptTCgccNLnsFki27YAnNai3JYxGLHU7FZ7AJA1i0tKAbmjSEfoX_Nny5kugoOBzvFaXtXw5gDGGDLijetti5t7/s1600/pillowcase.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a></div>
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I've noticed how it is <b><span style="color: #274e13;">becoming more and more popular</span></b> as customers <b><span style="color: #274e13;">try the easy kits</span></b> and find exactly that....felting is easy and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">has the scope to be extremely creative</span></b>. </div>
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One of our customers began with a felting kit and moved on to<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> purchase more roving wool from us</span></b> as she <b><span style="color: #274e13;">created her own designs.</span></b></div>
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She <b><span style="color: #274e13;">found an image she liked and transferred outlines </span></b>to the fabric before she began the felting.<br />
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I was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">listening to the Olympics today</span></b> and they were doing a story on a bob sled athlete, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lyndon Rush from Humboldt Saskatchewan. </span></b><br />
One of his comments was that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">he hoped by doing his best, he would inspire the next generation to strive to be the best they could be in their endeavors.</span></b> <br />
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That <b><span style="color: #274e13;">struck a cord with me</span></b>, as we all <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hope to teach and inspire others the things that we love ourselves. </span></b><br />
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It made me <b><span style="color: #274e13;">think back to Penny whom I've known for many years, </span></b>and whom <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I taught to crochet</span></b>. <br />
Just a few short years ago, <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>s</b></span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">he was telling Linda</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></b>how she <b><span style="color: #274e13;">remembered me pulling out her crochet work </span></b>when she had made a mistake. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I was mortified</span></b> that that was how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Penny remembered the lessons I taught her</span></b>. However <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she went on to say how grateful she was</span></b> for that. How <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she learned not only to correct her mistakes</span></b>, but because of my help <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she learned to be able to read a pattern</span></b>, and grow through that experience. <br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Wow, I thought</span></b>, take a breath again, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it's okay</span></b>.<br />
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<br />Craft Nookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632067301990160242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985959384860560167.post-41249779498107745652014-02-14T15:53:00.003-05:002014-02-14T16:05:41.289-05:00We Have A Date So Registration Is Open!<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Just a quick blog to let you know</span></b> we received confirmation today for the <b>Spring All Day Card Class,</b> which in turn sets the date for the Garage Sale.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The Spring All Day Card Class</span></b> is at Your Independent Grocer's Community Room on March 22nd. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The Garage Sale</span></b> is being held at the store on <b><span style="color: #274e13;">March 8th</span></b>. Clear your calendar and call us to register for Card Day. Remember it's a first come first served basis, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">so don't delay</span></b>.<br />
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Have you been going through your stash to see what you need to exchange for new stash at the Garage Sale? <b><span style="color: #274e13;">We're signing up vendors for the Garage Sale as well now, so give us a call. 705-645-6231.</span></b><br />
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Whether it was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the twelve year old customer</span></b> on Saturday, so taken with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the intricate knots she was working</span></b> on her friendship bracelet, that she <b><span style="color: #274e13;">wanted me to understand the technique.</span></b> Or the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">fourteen year old that saved some of her school work</span></b> in order to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">teach the technique to me</span></b>....I do love their enthusiasm and that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">they don't see me as too old to learn something new.</span></b> </div>
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Rachel and I had a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lovely couple of hours together</span></b> again tonight as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she worked on her ongoing T-shirt quilt</span></b>. It's a learning curve for both of us and yet <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we enjoy the lessons we learn together</span></b>. All our cardmakers may like to know that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">she's just as conservative of material as I am</span></b>. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">So what have you been up to this week?</span></b> I have some <b><span style="color: #274e13;">more mittens knitted for the school</span></b> and have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">begun in earnest to prepare</span></b> for both the upcoming <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mega Crop Weekend</span></b> and for the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">All Day Card Class.</span></b> Though we haven't been able to secure confirmation of our preferred date yet for <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the Card Class, we know it will be happening</span></b> and have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">five cards in the works already</span></b>. Two made, three in the works and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">just five more to go, not too shabby.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Talking of Card Classes</span></b>, we had a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lovely time with the ladies last Thursday</span></b> as we put them through their paces, and they came out <b><span style="color: #274e13;">glowing with pride in what they were able to achieve</span></b> with ease. </div>
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Using the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">We R Memory Keepers envelope score board</span></b> and the measurements Linda and I had worked out, they were able to make an <b><span style="color: #274e13;">easy envelope box</span></b> for the Valentine card they made. </div>
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This <b><span style="color: #274e13;">card had a paper bow</span></b> on it, which the ladies <b><span style="color: #274e13;">made on the envelope score board.</span></b> </div>
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The bow <b><span style="color: #274e13;">caused the card to be a bit thicker</span></b> than the average card, hence <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the need for the box,</span></b> which they decorated with stamps as well. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">And here you see the box.</span></b></div>
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Just so that you can get <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a good close up look</span></b> at it, here's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the other card the ladies created. </span></b></div>
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Using one of the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Cover-a-Card Impression Obsession </span></b>stamps on both <b><span style="color: #274e13;">this card and the Valentine card </span></b>(yes the hearts were stamped from a Cover-a-Card Background stamp), the ladies <b><span style="color: #274e13;">learned a little more of the versatility of these stamps.</span></b></div>
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Having them on sale last week, they were <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pleased to have the opportunity of a bargain. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">One of our customers came up from the city</span></b> last week, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">especially to purchase</span></b> one of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">these stamps</span></b> when she saw them on sale in the newsletter. She was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thrilled to find the one she wanted was in stock!</span></b></div>
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You never did tell me <b><span style="color: #274e13;">what you have been working on this past week</span></b>? </div>
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I know <b><span style="color: #274e13;">my sister-in-law has been busy knitting double thick mittens</span></b> for my mother-on-law, with just one more to finish. </div>
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We gave a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">quick little lesson in the store</span></b> last week on how to make these to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Diane</span></b>. </div>
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I know <b><span style="color: #274e13;">my sister has been busy sorting through her crafting stuff,</span></b> partly in preparation for her upcoming move, but also <b><span style="color: #274e13;">for her granddaughter to take some to nursery school. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Have you been sorting through yours ready for the garage sale?</span></b> </div>
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Although we don't have confirmation of the All Day Card Class date, which impacts on <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the Garage Sale </span></b>choice of date, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it is coming up soon</span></b>. So be like a girl scout and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">"Be Prepared".</span></b> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Imagine how much fun </span></b>it is to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">change that which you aren't using</span></b> into an in-store <b><span style="color: #274e13;">credit note to purchase new "stuff".</span></b></div>
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I'm not in love with the colour, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">love the Celtic Cable design,</span></b> and<b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.knitting-bee.com/knitting-pattern-treasury/cable-knitting-patterns/celtic-cable-knitting-pattern-free"> the pattern is available here for free.</a> </span></u></b></div>
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I see it as <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.kraemeryarns.com/patterns/pdfs/112.pdf">a band around a toque like this,</a></span></u></b> how do you see it? <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Click on the highlighted words</span></b> and you can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">download the pattern</span></b> for the toque. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">This website</span></b>, though not as full of patterns as Ravelry, still <b><span style="color: #274e13;">it's a good resource.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">I was privy to some nice show and tell last week</span></b>. Not only did <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I see the finished large crochet doily</span></b> that Carol's been working on, she also showed me a<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> lovely little beanie she crocheted for her granddaughter for Valentines Day. </span></b></span></b></div>
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Carol found the <span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/big-bloom-hat" style="font-weight: bold;">free crochet pattern on the Red Heart website here.</a> </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Isn't it delightful?</span></b> We tried to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">find a free shamrock pattern</span></b>, but didn't have any luck there. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">If you know of one</span></b>, please leave a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">comment at the end of the blog</span></b> and Carol can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make another for St Patrick's Day.</span></b></div>
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Well we've segued <b><span style="color: #274e13;">nicely into Valentines again,</span></b> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">do you have a card made</span></b> for your beloved, but are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">looking for the perfect words?</span></b> There are <b><a href="http://www.digimamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/You-Are-My-Printable.pdf">some nice words here</a>, </b>and<b> </b>you can print them directly.</div>
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Don't forget <b><span style="color: #274e13;">if you want to learn either of these needle arts</span></b>, all you have to do is, let us know, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">sign up for the Friday Night Crop and Craft Night</span></b> to learn. </div>
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I had a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">lady into the store on Saturday</span></b> and she was just <b><span style="color: #274e13;">learning to knit</span></b>. She told me she'd never knitted in her life before, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">her first project was a hat and scarf with a cable stitch</span></b>. This lady <b><span style="color: #274e13;">shared with me that she was 82 years young! </span></b>She also said she <b><span style="color: #274e13;">wished she'd learned years ago</span></b>, so don't have the same regret yourself, start now!</div>
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For all of you who have a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Silhouette Cutting Machine</span></b>, have you <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.silhouetteschool.blogspot.ca/">looked at this blog here?</a></span></u></b> It's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a great resource for learning</span></b> how to get the best out of your machine. Why not <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hop over and take a look</span></b>. There are so <b><span style="color: #274e13;">many tutorials to learn from</span></b>. None the least is how choosing<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> a design from the Silhouette online shop</span></b> can sometimes nab you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">more than the simple design</span></b> you are looking for, but perhaps more embedded within that design that you can use. You can also <b><span style="color: #274e13;">download a full manual </span></b>from this site if it would be helpful to you to have one on hand.</div>
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My <b><span style="color: #274e13;">very last item this week</span></b> is for the needle artists in our midst. If you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">like to embroider,</span></b> then you'll <b><span style="color: #274e13;">enjoy this little design</span></b> which I've had on my PC for a long time, so don't know where I downloaded it from.</div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">words for this week</span></b> are keeping in mind that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Valentines Day is almost upon us...</span></b>...</div>
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No way I say, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">that ground hog must be wrong. </span></b> However I'll take the snow and cold every day over the flooding in other parts of the world. Did you also know, that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">February 3rd is usually the coldest day of the year? </span></b> At least that's what I heard on the news last night, so that's behind us now as well. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Looking and moving forward to warmer weather.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I came upon this</span></b> as I was trolling the Internet this past week, and thought <b><span style="color: #274e13;">what lovely gift</span></b> it would make. With <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Family Day and Valentine's Day </span></b>soon to be on us, maybe it could be an unexpected gift for someone in your family? </div>
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Just <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a simple black frame, a flourish and the word family </span></b>cut from black cardstock on your <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Silhouette machine</span></b>. Add to it the photo of your choice, and you're done. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Quick, easy and inexpensive to boot.</span></b></div>
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We have some <b><span style="color: #274e13;">nice 12 x 12 shadow box</span></b> frames in stock </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">at the Craft Nook</span></b>.</div>
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I took <b><span style="color: #274e13;">this flourish copied and pasted</span></b> it, then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">overlaid it to make a longer flourish</span></b> before I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">made it into a cut file</span></b> that I've <b><span style="color: #274e13;">saved in my Silhouette library</span></b> for future use.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Don't know how to do that?</span></b> Then why not <b><span style="color: #274e13;">join us on a Friday night for some instruction.</span></b></div>
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We had<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> a good night last Friday</span></b> and although I didn't get any knitting done, I did start on the bones of a scrapbook page that I've since completed. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Here's how I go about creating a scrapbook layout. </span></b></div>
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After I've <b><span style="color: #274e13;">chosen the photos I want to use</span></b>, I begin my pages by <b><span style="color: #274e13;">finding a layout that appeals to me</span></b>. My page may <b><span style="color: #274e13;">not look the same as the sketch</span></b> by the time I'm finished, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I like that jumping off place</span></b> that a sketch gives me. I may <b><span style="color: #274e13;">rotate the original sketch, flip it, or mirror image</span></b> it to make it work for me. </div>
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My <b><span style="color: #274e13;">next step is to crop, or more likely to reduce the size of a photo</span></b> in my photo editing program, to fit the suggested sizes in the sketch. I'll also <b><span style="color: #274e13;">look at the sizes and placement of the papers </span></b>on the sketch, making note of the measurements. </div>
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I prefer to do some <b><span style="color: #274e13;">legwork before I begin my layout</span></b> and then the actual <b><span style="color: #274e13;">layout doesn't take me long</span></b> to put together.</div>
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You can see how <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I've flipped the page with the large circle</span></b> to the left page and only <b><span style="color: #274e13;">used four rather than five photos </span></b>on that page. My journaling was minimal on this layout so I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">removed the journaling space and used an 8 x 10 photo</span></b> on that side. The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">title went on the top left</span></b> corner instead of the bottom middle and I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">didn't add the circle highlights</span></b> to either page. You can see how my sketch was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the jumping off place</span></b>, but then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I made it my own layout.</span></b></div>
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Marta was asking me about <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a place to get title ideas from</span></b>. I have posted it before, but for those that missed it <b><u><a href="http://www.theperfecttitle.com/seasons/winter.shtml"><span style="color: #073763;">here are not</span></a></u></b><b><u><a href="http://www.theperfecttitle.com/seasons/winter.shtml"><span style="color: #073763;"> one</span></a></u><span style="color: #0c343d;">,</span></b> but <b><u><a href="http://www.scrapbook.com/titles.php"><span style="color: #073763;">two websites</span></a></u></b> that offer a myriad of ideas. There are groupings and then sub groupings so save them to your favorites and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you should never be at a loss for a good title.</span></b></div>
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You know what they say about <b><span style="color: #274e13;">good intentions</span></b> don't you? </div>
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I had intended to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">knit a few pairs of mittens</span></b> this week to donate to one of the schools, but I only managed one pair. Still one pair more than I had last week. </div>
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How about you? <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Did you dig out any of your scrap yarn to use up this way? </span></b></div>
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Did you see <b><span style="color: #274e13;">some of the lovely yarn that just came into the store? </span></b>Oooh it's nice and if you want to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">try some arm knitting there's some really great chunky yarn now too.</span></b></div>
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Linda and I are <b><span style="color: #274e13;">always up for show and tell</span></b>, so it was lovely when Pauline emailed to us a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">photo of a card she made. </span></b><br />
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In the last Thursday Technique Class we had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">introduced the ladies to some quilled flowers</span></b>. Pauline used this idea on a sympathy card she made. You can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">see the quilled flower</span></b> in the centre of the heart cut out. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Didn't she do a terrific job?</span></b> </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Thanks Pauline for sharing.</span></b></div>
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If <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you are interested in the heart die,</span></b> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">let us know.</span></b> Although we don't presently have it in stock, we can get it for you.</div>
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Make sure <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you get signed up for the Thursday Technique Class </span></b>to learn new ideas you can use on both your card making and scrapbook pages. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Just two spots left this week!</span></b></div>
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I'm pretty sure most of you know about the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">elastic band craft t</span></b>hat's so popular right now. Well after the exams were completed last week and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Rachel had three days off school, </span></b>she spent the first day just vegging out. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Here's what she created</span></b>, what do you think? <b><span style="color: #274e13;">All done with elastic bands!</span></b><br />
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We have the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">bands and clips back in stock</span></b> right now, but still waiting on the looms. Let us know <b><span style="color: #274e13;">if you want one</span></b> and we can tag one for you as soon as they arrive.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you have your valentine card made for your sweetie yet? </span></b><br />
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lots of items that will help you create the perfect card, so don't delay.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Are you joining us on Friday night to crop and craft?</span></b> We know it's cold outside, but it's warm inside <b><span style="color: #274e13;">once you get there, and full of chatter, laughter and creative fun. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I plan</span></b> to do some<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> knitting </span></b>this week. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">However</span></b> I've found before that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">my plans often change</span></b> as <b><span style="color: #274e13;">someone</span></b> asks me to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">show them a "new to them" craft, idea or simply a tip or two</span></b> on what they already know. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whatever I end up working on</span>,</b> I know that I'll <b><span style="color: #274e13;">go home</span> </b>at the end of the night <b><span style="color: #274e13;">having enjoyed the time spent with others</span></b>. So if you aren't already signed up, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">call or email the store and make it happen for you too.</span></b> Don't forget also that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">if you create a previous Basic Grey page that night,</span></b> then you'll get the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">evening at half price</span></b>! An already economical night out for half price...<b><span style="color: #274e13;">great deal methinks.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">My sister in law shared</span></b> a word saying with me last week after reading that I was going to be working on my PhD. I thought <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'd share it with all of our readers</span></b>. You can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">decide if it describes you</span></b>, or close to you, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">if you're brave</span></b> enough, you'll <b><span style="color: #274e13;">leave a comment at the end of this blog posting.</span></b></div>
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However <b><span style="color: #274e13;">moving forward and speaking of Basic Grey</span></b>, I was finding that I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">wasn't using</span></b> all of the embellishments that I had <b><span style="color: #274e13;">from my Basic Grey packages</span></b>, simply because I had them stored in a cupboard and<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> it was a nuisance to sort through them</span></b>. </div>
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I <b><span style="color: #274e13;">solved that problem on the weekend</span></b> by taking a dead corner in my craft room,<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> installing four lineal feet of pegboard</span></b> which was 54" high and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">now everything is pegged and visible.</span></b> </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Randy,</span></b> Linda's husband, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">helped me by cutting my 48</span></b>" of pegboard into the two pieces I needed to fit my corner. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Here's the corner with just the pegboard on the wall</span></b>, I forgot to take a before picture, but you can see the space and visualize a blank wall. </div>
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And now, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">the pegboard prettily filled so that I can actually see what I have. </span></b><br />
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I even had space to hang <b><span style="color: #274e13;">my extra self healing cutting mat and large plastic ruler below everything.</span></b></div>
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I'm very <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pleased with the finished look</span></b> and now I can see what I have, I'll be able to use it.<br />
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I have to tell you that <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'm thinking about</span></b> how to incorporate <b><span style="color: #274e13;">this idea into my craft room now</span></b>. I saw it today on a blog I subscribe to and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">fell in love with the idea. What do you think?</span></b><br />
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Have you found a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">space in your home for your craft supplies?</span></b> Do you have <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a dedicated craft room</span></b>? <b style="color: #274e13;"> </b></div>
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Do you remember how my sister in law Di shared her <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://craftnook.blogspot.ca/2013/01/so-how-was-your-christmas-break.html">crafting room renovation here</a>. </span></u></b></div>
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<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Why not share some of your ideas with others who read this blog? Send us a photo of what you've done or are doing and inspire others to find a small or large spot in their home for their hobby.</span></b><br />
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Did you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">read or hear about the yarn bombing </span></b>that took place <b><span style="color: #274e13;">in Ottawa recently?</span></b> What a story and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">what an example we have the opportunity to follow</span></b>. </div>
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If you've ever <b><span style="color: #274e13;">visited downtown Ottawa</span></b> you may well have seen <b><span style="color: #274e13;">The Valiant's Memorial.</span></b> These are statues of some of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">our Canadian war heroes</span></b>. Well these heroes <b><span style="color: #274e13;">were recently decked out with colorful scarves tied around their necks. </span></b> Each scarf had a note on them saying.....<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13;">"<span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">I am not lost! If you are stuck out in the cold, </span></span></b></div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">"yarn bombing" as it was being called</span></b> was the work of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a group of knitters calling themselves "Dropping Stitches to Make a Better World"</span></b>. What a great way of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">enjoying the craft that you love</span></b>, and being able to share it <b><span style="color: #274e13;">to benefit others</span></b>. We could all <b><span style="color: #274e13;">do this in our own towns and cities </span></b>couldn't we. <br />
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No we don't have such enormously visual monuments to tie the scarves around, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we all have social networks working to help those who are in need</span></b> in our communities don't we. A <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thought to ponder at the very least in this bitterly cold weather</span></b> we're experiencing. Children perhaps who don't have proper mittens, hats and scarves as they walk to school. I can almost guarantee that the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">secretaries and teachers</span></b> at most of our schools will be able <b><span style="color: #274e13;">to wrap them around a child in need,</span> </b>perhaps only because <b><span style="color: #274e13;">that child forgot to put them on before leaving home, </span></b>and shouldn't have to walk home without warm clothing.<br />
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You can read more about <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Ottawa+yarn+bombers+manifesto+peace+love+knitting/9417858/story.html">the article right here</a></span></u></b> and apparently it happens in other cities too.<br />
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Have you been <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thinking of Valentines coming up soon</span></b>? I have been working on a few samples that you can see if you drop into the store. In the meantime <b><span style="color: #274e13;">here's a photo or two to get you thinking.</span></b> </div>
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I was <b><span style="color: #274e13;">looking at the purple felt flower in the store</span></b> last week and started to think if it was made <b><span style="color: #274e13;">in red it would be a nice Valentine brooch o</span></b>n a coat or a scarf as an embellishment.<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></b><br />
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This is simply made <b><span style="color: #274e13;">by cutting six flower shaped pieces</span></b>, folding them in quarters and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">attaching them together.</span></b> I then sewed <b><span style="color: #274e13;">three pearls into the centers</span></b> of three of them, some<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> leaves and a pin-back to the back for a brooch.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>The felt, pearls and pin-backs are available at the Craft Nook</b></span><br />
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">pink flower was</span></b> what the ladies <b><span style="color: #274e13;">made in card class last week</span></b> and they were very pleased with their results. Again a simple enough project once you know the steps, and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">an introduction to some quilling</span></b> as well. We cut five different scalloped circles with the <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Spellbinders Scalloped Circle dies</b></span>. Then by i<b><span style="color: #274e13;">nking the edges</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">cutting between each scallop</span></b> into the centre, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">shaping, fluffing and gluing</span></b> them together, the base flower was made. The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">centre was created by making tiny cuts</span></b> into a narrow strip of white card stock and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">rolling it around a quilling tool</span></b>. </div>
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The <b><span style="color: #274e13;">hearts</span></b> to the side here are both <b><span style="color: #274e13;">made from layers of felt. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">I began</span></b> by wanting to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make a hand warmer</span></b> in the shape of a heart and the word "love" on it. </div>
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As with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">anything that you don't have a pattern for,</span></b> it takes on <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a life of it's own as you create it</span></b>. </div>
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I added some layers, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">embroidered my word</span></b> and then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">thought....maybe some beads</span></b> around the one layer. Oh and then came the<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> little heart beading</span></b> in the top corner. I completed it by <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>filling it with rice </b></span>(ready to heat in the microwave) and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">blanket stitching</span></b> all around the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">outer edge</span></b>. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Great, I thought, I like this look.</span></b> Then came my second thought......<b><span style="color: #274e13;">hmm, if there's any metals in the glass bead</span></b> to give the shine, then <b><span style="color: #274e13;">I'm pooched putting it in the microwave</span></b>. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">So, how do you like my fancy pin cushion? </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Now</span></b> a little older, (<b><span style="color: #274e13;">the next day</span></b>) a little wiser, (<b><span style="color: #274e13;">no beads</span></b>) I made my <b><span style="color: #274e13;">heart shaped hand warmer.</span></b> A few <b><span style="color: #274e13;">embroidery stitches and a ribbon</span></b> for embellishment..........microwave safe.<br />
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<a href="http://www.weronthenet.com/File/View/49f31dd4-a081-4e1d-8fdf-0eda8cb5614a?w=250&h=250&m=True" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Envelope Punch Board" border="0" src="http://www.weronthenet.com/File/View/49f31dd4-a081-4e1d-8fdf-0eda8cb5614a?w=250&h=250&m=True" /></a>Are you<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> registered for the Thursday Night Technique class</span></b> next week? I believe <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Linda said there were only a few spots </span></b>left.<br />
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My plan is to have the ladies <b><span style="color: #274e13;">play with the We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board.</span></b> So if you have one, or are thinking about purchasing one, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you need to be there</span></b> to see what you can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">make beyond envelopes. </span></b><br />
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It's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a pretty neat tool,</span></b> and those that know me, know that I'm not big on tools, beyond my <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Silhouette Cameo, Cuttlebug and Score Board that is. Oh, and of course my favourite punches.</span></b> <br />Anyway if you <b><span style="color: #274e13;">don't want to miss out on this opportunity of instruction,</span></b> make sure you call or email us to grab one of those last few spots.<br />
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I'm <b><span style="color: #274e13;">looking forward to Wednesday</span></b> of this week when I can <b><span style="color: #274e13;">spend some time with</span></b> my granddaughter <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Rachel</span></b>. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">We are</span></b> very much <b><span style="color: #274e13;">alike</span></b> in so many ways, but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">none the least in our love of sewing</span></b>. Rachel <b><span style="color: #274e13;">holds on to</span></b> many things of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">importance to her</span></b>, such as T-shirts that she has long since outgrown but <b><span style="color: #274e13;">have a memory to them, </span></b>or just a design that she loves. <b><span style="color: #274e13;"> She has had a plan for these shirts for some time now</span></b>, and they are going<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> to become a quilt</span></b>. Before Christmas we began the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">planning stages for her quilt.</span></b> It was difficult for Rachel to understand <b><span style="color: #274e13;">how to sew all these different shapes and sizes together</span></b> without creating awkward corners. When we were on the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Christmas House Tour</span></b>, she was able to see <b><span style="color: #274e13;">a beautifully sewn quilt</span></b> and came to <b><span style="color: #274e13;">understand how many different shapes are stitched together</span></b> to form squares which are then sewn into the final quilt. Though <b><span style="color: #274e13;">we may not get to the sewing stage</span></b> on Wednesday, we will <b><span style="color: #274e13;">spend a few hours "hanging out"</span></b> together playing with fabric.<br />
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Well I hope in t<b><span style="color: #274e13;">his blog posting I've been able</span></b> to once again <b><span style="color: #274e13;">inspire you to stretch</span></b> outside of your comfort zone and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">try something different</span></b> perhaps. To realise <b><span style="color: #274e13;">you have the ability </span></b>with your crafting skills to perhaps <b><span style="color: #274e13;">"pay it forward"</span></b> in some way, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">doing a random act of kindness</span></b> for someone you may <b><span style="color: #274e13;">don't really know and may never meet again</span></b>.<br />
If you don't know the concept of Paying it Forward, <b><u><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://chasekraynickpayitforward.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/pay-it-forward-where-did-this-idea-come-from-anyway/">check it out here</a></span></u></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">don't get blown off by the first two paragraphs</span></b>, continue reading and watch the video.<br />
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And the words for the week as we suffer through this hard winter, we can apply this thought not only to the winter weather, but to life in general.....<br />
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