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Make and Take -- Second Saturday, November 14th, 2009

I wanted to post this make and take early to show you how cool this one will be for your table settings, name cards or centerpieces for thanksgiving!  This make and take will be the same day our boutique puts on the first of hopefully many craft shows --showcasing local crafters and quality handmade goods!  We hope you will join us.

this is made from the new shimmer a muse papers and stamps.  Chelsea made these and they look wondeful!  we cut 1" strips by 5.5" and used 10 of them.  we tied them together with a velvet brad.

the inside of the pumpkin has candy corn!  so fun.

Here's a bigger pumpkin Chelsea made.

putting them next together with various colors will be a beautiful piece!  especially when you put something sweet inside.

we carry the entire selection of shimmers papers from a muse and from stardream.  Stardream makes a beautiful cardstock in copper..bronze, eggplant and azaela...i will do thne next! 
  
  
  

Our store is published in the Sacramento Bee Newspaper!

Today, our local newspapers the Sacramento bee published a story on holiday shopping and our little boutique was featured in it.  It brought a lot of customers into our store and many of them never knew we had existed so it was the best free publicity!

To read the article click here...

 http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/2277998.html

by the way, i forgot to post the last of the series of holiday asian cards.  Here it is...

 stamps by Judikins, impress and memory box.

Make and Take--Friday, October 30th

Please join us for the last Friday of the month make and take.  This is a great placecard or a little decorative piece of dessert candy or just something fun to say.. happy turkey day!

using the yellow oval punch by Marvy, i punjched our 5 oval and rolled them in colorbox chalk tangerine ink.. i just pasted them all together using double stick adhesive and for the bottom, i used the yellow scallop circle punch and wrote Miles for the namecard.  I then just took a piece of green paper and cut it for the stem.

sandwiched in the middle is a reeces peanut butter cup.  Please join us on Oct. 30th to make this fun treat!   
  

Make and Take -- Saturday, October 24th

Please join us this Saturday, October 24th from 11:30am - 1:30pm

and you can make this fun Ghostly Smore.  Linda, the owner of A Muse gave me this idea and the template.. thanks Linda!  It's super easy and a lot of fun!

This would be a great treat for the neighborhood kids, classmates and co-workers!  Please join us!  Don't forget on Friday, we have a make and take too!

Craft show at the Paper Garden

When i was a reporter for CBS, I would often moonlight on the weekends selling my cards at local craft shows.  i even traveled to los angeles to do a few.  it was then, i decided i wanted to sell notions, cardstocks, stamps and all of the other wonderful eye candy that would go into making these cards and invitations.  So, the Paper Garden is having its first craft boutique showcasing local artisans.  Please come and support your local crafters!

 

Second Saturday

Craft Show sponsored by the Paper Garden Boutique

2601 el paseo lane

Sacramento, CA 95821

 

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

9am-4pm

free admission

 

Quality handmade gifts made by local creative local artisans.  A portion of the proceeds will go to the Sacramento Children's home.

 

We will also have a free make and take and a big sale inside our boutique.  The craft show will be next door in the old toy store.  So far we have 12 crafters.  If you would like to be a part of this fun event, please call the store at 916 487 2737, we have only a few spaces left! 

Make and Take --Friday October 23rd

We are adding a free make and take this Friday--- you will love this!

Friday, October 23rd 11:30am-1:30pm -- Come join us for this fun witch hat!

it's a triangle box turned into a witch hat.  Fill it up with fun halloween colored m & m's or tootsie rolls. 

on the side of the hat it says.. happy halloween with the hat.

we used the yellow and blue marvy square punches to make the belt.  so fun!   
  
  

Asian Holiday class

Please join us on October 23rd for our asian holiday card class cost:  $35

here are some of the cards we'll be making:

i saw a simlar card design to this on splitcoast stampers and loved the layout.  Stamps by A muse, Judikins and Hero arts.

This is one of my favorite cards.  If you like this leaf set or any other asian sets by Kodomo, get them at our boutique or call us because Kodomo is closing!  It's so sad.  We carry all of their asian designs and have been a big fan of this company from the day i opened -- 3 years ago!  we are so sad to see them close.  The 2 leaf sets are available in our boutique ane it's always been a favorite set if mine!  These are real leaves and you can even see the vein lines on the leaves when they are stamped!

here is another kodomo classic set.  This one is called "bamboo lake."

This card reminds me of a winterberry.  I stamped a berry sprig randomly and placed a small bird perched on the branch... to color in the berrys i used "smooch."  Stamps by memory box, and a muse.

here is another kodomo classic.. this time on the cherry blossom branches, i put flower soft on it.   pretty cool!
   

Skull Lolly

Here's a make and take we did on Saturday, I really like this one.  i got the lolly's from Savemart grocery store and it goes so well with the skull stamps we have in our store.  I had chelsea make me 30 of these on sunday for miles' class!  thanks chelsea! 
My husband designed this lolypop cover.. i liked how he has an opening for the head to show.  you can get 3 toppers out of one sheet of cardstock. 

More box templates

here are more box templates:

top and bottom of box

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and here is the spiders box.

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Halloween templates

i have been asked by some of my blogreaders to post templates.. here are two of them.  thanks for reading my blog.. i thought only myself and my hubby read this! hahahaha.

here is the template for the tombstone candy holder

Download Tombstone candy holder

and for the bag that ken made for his class..it's the "you're bewitching" bag with the bats on the top of the handle.

Download Youre bewitching

have fun!  stephanie