Let your creativity grow!

Free make and take --Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Please join us this sat, sun and monday for another fun halloween make and take!  This one has a yummy surprise!

inside there's a tootsie pop!  come by and have fun making one of these spook-tacular treats.

halloween waterfall class

All Hallow's eve is almost here!  can you believe it!  we have a fun waterfall cardmaking class this Sunday, September 16th 11am-1pm and Monday, September 17th 10am-12pm cost:  $45

here are the 4 waterfall cards we'll be making

this waterfall is all about the candy corn... all images have candy corn and the fun colors of this fav. halloween sweetness!

this next card is all about the halloween scary black cat.. but these cats are so cute!  just a fun take on kitties and not the bad luck ones.

one of my favorite things about halloween is the colors!  gamma green, purple and orange are a great combo!

and i saved the best for last!  i love this die by memory box.. the spiders too!  so cool and creepy!

i made the backs of  the spiders red for a black widow!  the paper tape is by martha stewart, please call the store at 916 487 2737 if you are interested in this class.



 

Golden week in Japan -- Friday, Sept. 14th and Saturday, Sept. 15th

Please join us for another fun asian card making class.. this one is called Golden Week in Japan -- we have lots of pretty floral cards to showcase.

classes are:

Friday, Sept. 14th 10am-12pm

Saturday, September 15th 10am-12pm

cost:  $35

here are the cards we'll be making:

this card shows a collage of asian botanics.  i love this butterfly.. it has kanji writing inside the wings!

this is a cute take on a summer window with cherry blossoms on the border.  see the cute curtains?  laurie designed this card.. i also love the blue windows!

this next card is a small collage with the kimono stamp.  these are new background stamps by hanko designs.  i love them.  these are tradition kimono prints.

this next card is also a new stamp by hanko.  it's a contemporary "bamboo" print. 

i like the flags on this card.  it's great to use your washi scrap and get a lot of cards out of it by just cutting strips!

and finally.. more new stamp images from hanko.  i used the background water, the thank you and the paper cranes for this card!  please call the store at 916 487 2737 if you are interested in this class!

Fashions night out at the pavilions!

we had a great time participating in our first ever fashions night out last thursday evening.  these pictures are courtesy of Sacramento Magazine.  Big KUDOs go out to Laurie Hosoume, employee and now fashion designer of her very own line of Paper Dresses!  These are totally handmade out of cardstock and papers from Japan.

We are so lucky to have allie, our cousin and owner of madam butterfly model laurie's fun fan dress.  she even handmade a bag purse!  Allie totally worked the runway and she's a fashionista herself!

our second model worked the stage like a pro.  we love this dress which now sits in our boutique front window.. the tutu is made out of washi sheets of paper measuring 18 X 24 and rolled up like a ballerina tutu.  the top is handpunched out of cardstock and made into flowers.  laurie then had my mom and her mother handsew each flower onto a sports bra.. then the gemstones were hot glue gunned onto the tops of each flower!

all of that project runway episodes may have helped laurie design these paper dresses on a whim.. but luckily, laurie doesn't want a job as the latest coco chanel wannabe... we still have her designing cards and window displays.  thanks again to our models and especially laurie .. we can't for fashions night out 2013!

Free make and take -- second Saturday plus 10% off!

Please join us this Saturday, September 8th for our second Saturday make and take.  you can collect them all-- our cute tic tac holders!  This time, we'll make the pumpkin!

i got the tic tacs at smart and final-- they come in all orange too!  please join us this saturday and when you participate, our entire boutique is 10% off!  see you soon.

Free make and take-- fashions night out! Thursday, Sept. 6th 4pm-11pm

Please join us for Fashions Night Out at the pavilions shopping center on thursday.  we'll have food, fashion and a fun free make and take.  You can make this chanel bag and take coco home with you!  So fun!

fashions night out begins at 4pm and ends at 11pm!  yes.. we're open late!

free make and take -- Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

Please join us for another free and fun make and take -- Tuesday, September 4th

we are making this fun candy corn holder.

the band is using our new glitters with "scor-tape' -- we'll show you how to do this fun and easy trick! 

here's a look at the match book opened.. a fun candy corn treat!

happy birthday paper garden!

Don't forget to drop by the paper garden boutique today!  Today is our 6 year anniversary and we want to say thank you for supporting small businesses!  today is 20% off!  We are also offering two free make and takes... one of them is a 2013 calendar.  Thanks to chelsea for creating this.. you can make several now by clicking on this link:

Download Pink square punch 2013 calendar

Download 2013- pink square punch  here's a look at the calendar to make this, we used the pink marvy square punch and the mint green scallop square punch.  it's perfect for the purse of desk!  have fun creating more.. and thanks again for 6 wonderful years at the paper garden!