What a Hoopla!

26 Monday May 2014

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Classes, Home Decor, The Paperie, Tim Holtz fabric

First, I’m sorry for the long absence – I was away visiting my brother and his wife and their brand new baby!!! When I got home it struck me that I had 7 classes, three sets of design team projects, and a guest blog post due by the end of June – eek! Happily, I enjoy it but I had to hunker down and get a chunk of that done before I could post here.

But now I’m back and today it’s all about the Home Decor Hoopla at The Paperie this past weekend. It was their 10th anniversary and so we had a Hoopla class, some great sales, cake, and lots of fun! We’ve done a Holiday Hoopla the past couple of years at Christmas where you get to make gifts, one from each of the Design Team Members. This year we expanded to a Home Decor idea and it was by far the best one yet! Five items, completed, for $50 – you can’t beat that, my friends!

Cathie had a quick and super simple item but it really looks amazing – coasters with the new Dina Wakley stamps!

I think these would be awesome as a wall or office hanging for your favourite girl – or woman! And I’m looking around for the right stamps to make them for Gabe too – perfect sentiments for boys as well as girls!

Lori helped us make this fabulous burlap table runner:

I love the texture, it was fun and easy, and you can personalize it by adding any extras you want. I, of course, added dots:

Mary Ann, our resident Silhouette guru, came up with this etched vase:

Unfortunately, she couldn’t make it but Tina stood in and did a great job teaching us how to get it all perfect! And sorry for the dirty glass – I guess I should have cleaned that before the picture!

Rae Lynn tweaked a Pinterest idea and we made a framed family tree:

Isn’t it gorgeous? What an awesome idea and so easy for gifts!

I added grass and popped up my clouds for some extra dimension and love how it turned out:

And my project was this wreath using the Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabric:

I love wreaths and have several that I change put over the year so it was fun for me to teach a project that I love to use in my own home.

The fabric was perfect for the roses on the wreath – great patterns and pinked edges:

We all had an excellent day with tons of fun. If you’re around these parts in December you should definitely look into taking the Holiday Hoopla!

I’ll be back soon with the LO’s from my last Distress Renewed Class – Dylusions Ink Sprays. Lots of inky fun in that one!

Home Decor Hoopla

31 Monday Mar 2014

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The past couple of years at Christmas The Paperie has had a holiday hoopla – each of the designers teach a different homemade gift idea and you go home with six ready-made presents plus the instructions on how to make them do you can do more! Genius, right?

Well, it’s always been so much fun that this year we decided to do a Home Decor Hoopla and it’s timed just right for Mother’s Day! Our first Home Decor Hoopla will be this Saturday, April 5 and trust me, if you live close enough, you’re going to want to make a point of doing this class. I really think it’s the best one we’ve had! Among other things there will be a fun photo holder, a table runner, and an etched glass vase. I’ve seen them and friends, they’re amazing.

My contribution? It’s this:

A 12″ grapevine wreath with Tim Holtz fabric flowers. I love how it turned out and the nice thing is that you can add more if you want, or jazz up the bow, or add sparkle, anything. Really, once you know how to put it together, you’ll be hooked and making them for everyone and every occasion! And isn’t that Tim Holtz fabric awesome?

There’s still room in class and it’s only $60 – that’s $10 a gift, peeps, can’t beat that fabulous price! Hope to see you there!