THERE IS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

And what a window it is!

The class Lance did at the retreat was so popular 

we have had requests for one at the store. 

On June 27th,

Bring your window (they can be purchased from 

Mark Witschorke downtown if you don't already have one)

 and we will decorate it.

 Cat will get the letters from Lance Anderson 

 that the gals used for your kits.

 Decide on your theme and your pics together so 

you will know what direction to head . 

 I will have a supply kit available for each of you 

full of goodies to add to your windows. 

Bring any keepsakes or other ephemera you want to add.

Cat will have a variety of colors of paint as well for letters, etc.
Cost: $40
We will start at 10:30 and roll thru the day until 5pm
This will be FUN.

 I can't wait to see the finished products. 

The ones from the retreat were Awesome!

JUNE FUN AT CAT'S

June 6th and 20th will

be the first and third Saturday crops.

You never know what will happen at a crop.

There is always lots of craziness and

CREATIVITY!

June 13th is a lucky day at Cat's!

Lucky for those who are taking Nanci's tag class!

If you haven't taken one of these fabulous

classes, it's not too late to sign up.

You, too, can be lucky on June 13th!

 So, did you miss out on Lance's window class at NSD?

Or, were you not even at NSD?

No worries!

June 20th is your LUCKY DAY!!!!

Due to popular demand,

Cat is offering you a chance to create your own 

individual window masterpiece.

Bring your window

 (they can be purchased from Mark Witschorke downtown if you don't already have one) 

and we will decorate it.

 Cat will get the chipboard letters from Lance Anderson 

for your kits that were used in the class at the retreat.  

Decide on your theme and get your pics together

 so you will know what direction to head . 

 Cat will have a supply kit filled with goodies for each of you to add to your windows. 

 Bring any keepsakes or other ephemera you want to add. 

Cat will also have a variety of colors of paint to be used on letters, etc.
Cost: $40
We will start at 10:30 and roll thru the day until 5pm
This will be FUN. 

We can't wait to see the finished products. 

The ones from the retreat were Awesome!

WINDOW ART

 

It's just an old window....

but look at what it can become!

Sharon created this gorgeous window filled

with beautiful pictures from Rockport and

Port Aransas.

 

Teresa created this eclectic window full

of positive quotes and images.

It is so colorful, fun, and so Teresa!

Terri created this beautiful window that 

features her son's journey to Eagle Scout.

Just an amazing tribute to his hard work!

These are just three of the amazing windows created

during the "midnight madness" window class.

Some were finished and others will

be finished later.  

We can't wait to see all of the amazing creations!

IT WAS A WILD, WILD, FABULOUS WEEKEND!

The theme was Wild West and some

even dressed up their scrapbook carts!

Some things just don't need any explanation!

Jodi and Jared from Fancy Pants Designs

enjoyed the Wild West theme!

One group wore these adorable fringed vests!

Sally Lynn McDonald fit right in with her

cowboy hat and denim jacket.

Teresa and Kelly were really tickled about something!

Lance had everyone's undivided attention 

 

(ok...maybe not everyone's)

during the envelope album class.

We fell in love with Lance's wife, Tasha, and

hope she can come with him every time!

Elvis was a blast as always!

Thanks, Kevin and Doris, for 

treating us to Elvis again!

 

The window class with Lance was a blast.

It was so much fun to see everyone's unique and fabulous windows!

Sally Lynn taught everyone how to make a really cool necklace!

 

 Sally Lynn had to get her picture with 

Karen and Kathy in their adorable

cow print aprons.

Sweet Kathy kept us fed and 

made LOTS of coffee and tea for us

throughout the weekend.

Another fabulous NSD weekend.

363 days until next time....

counting the days!

SEVEN DAYS UNTIL......NSD!!!!

 

Vickie's NSD Countdown today:
How many days till NSD retreat? 

"Magnificent 7"

The badges are all ready for our guest sheriffs

aka guest instructors:

Jared and Jodi from Fancy Pants

Lance and Tasha Anderson

Sally Lynn McDonald

Crank the music up at 

midnight and the

hoedown begins.....

So....

is a hoedown when the

"paper ho's"

get down?  LOL!!!!

 If so, there will be

LOTS of dancing at the retreat!!!

Get your boots on and get

READY TO 

P A R T Y!!!!

LANCE'S CLASS OFFERINGS

Hopeful this will post.  Click on Lance's picture to go to 

link with pictures of the classes.

Here's the scoop on Lance's classes for our NSD retreat:

The card class cost is $45;
The window class is $40 if you bring your own window,
$100 if Lance provides your window (limit of 6)
and the
Envelope Album class is included.
 

NSD CLASS UPDATES

 

Sally Lynn McDonald Class Offerings

Brushstrokes of Life Mixed Media Art Journal

 Are you interested in mixed-media and art journaling? Every day is a brush stroke on the canvas of your life, so we'll be focusing on techniques using a variety of mediums and stencils from Art Anthology and my line of Palettini rubber stamps from Technique Junkies. Create some stunning backgrounds and dimensional effects to use as a basis for your 6"x9" book to document your colorful life! Learn how to mix it up with ink, sprays, gel mediums and texture pastes. In this hands-on workshop you'll get quick results that will get you pumped-up and past any barriers that have kept you from feeling confident with these mediums.

 Friday, 1:30-4:30  3 hours       $55.00  

Go here to see this wonderful journal,   http://sallylynnmacdonald.com/project-workshops/

 

Watercolorations

 In this informative hands-on workshop, we will explore Art Anthology's Colorations sprays and my line of Palettini rubber stamps from Technique Junkies to discuss how to mix colors and color theory while creating a beautiful, feminine 12x12 scrapbook layout. Using Prima printed watercolor paper as our backdrop, customize your embellishments and make it uniquely yours. Get watercolor confident and gain skills you can use on all your creative projects!

Saturday, 10-12    2 hours      $40.00

Bonus Inclusive Class

Imagination is the key to unlocking your dreams. Learn the key basics of unlocking your jewelry creativity with U/V resin to create near-instantly wearable jewelry pieces! Layer stamped images from my line of Palettini rubber stamps from Technique Junkies, charms and words in the slide bezel to suit your style. Decorate the bezel using a variety of mediums from Art Anthology. Learn basic jewelry-making skills, such as wire-wrapping, using jump rings, loop-making and assemble the completed necklace to wear out of class.

Saturday, 4-6    1 ½-2 hours

 

Fancy Pants Designs Class Offerings

Home Dec Clipboard Class             

This adorable home décor class will have you using the new clipboards from Fancy Pants Designs and the happy Flutter Collection.  The clipboard showcases 3 mini pages plus the arrow.  What a great Mother’s Day gift for the following weekend! Thursday, 4-6pm  Cost $30

  

 Flutter Layout Class Kit Only    

 Jodi is offering this as a kit only.  It is a very cute layout that you can do on your own.  These will be available at the retreat but you must pre-register/pre-pay for yours.  Cost: $25

  

Office Suite Layout Class (Inclusive)

This adorable class is included in your retreat fee.  Everybody gets to make this layout.  Enjoy!

  

Waiting on Lance for his final info but wanted you to have this information to get you started.  Just figure on around $45 for Lance's extra class if you are budgeting.

WOW, WHAT A DAY!!!!

We started the day off with Nanci's 

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

tags.  

Just when you think she can't

make them any prettier, she does!

 Then it was time for Lance

to begin his magic!

 We made this amazing album that

had this:

 amazing pop-up tree in it!  WOW!

Then it was time for the amazing 

canvas class to begin.

Teresa Montalvo's vintage canvas - a-la 1940's.

Sharon Leonard created a beautiful beach themed canvas.

 Karen Willett created this gorgeous "Believe" canvas.

 This is my canvas - work in progress.

 Nanci's beautiful canvas.

There were several canvases that we didn't get pictures of, but 

you get the idea of what we all did.

 

We had a fantastic time at the Open House.  

Patrice's cookies were YUMMY 

and the cranberry cake was DELISH!

 

Guess who our mystery guest was....

Yes, it was Michelle Staples from Rockport - fantastic surprise!

It was SO wonderful to see Debbie Henningson from Missouri and her daughter!

It's always great to see Julie Cliett from New Mexico.

It was a wonderful day at the new store with

a FANTASTIC group of FRIENDS.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME F.U.N.???

Today's the day!

We hope you can come for our open house today!

We hope you love the new store as much as we do!

While you are checking out the new store,

we will have some make and takes for fun.

 

 There will also be lots of door prizes....

even better than trophies--scrapbook goodies!

We will be having fun during the tag class with Nanci

and the two classes with Lance.

 So, come join the party

and have some

F U N!!!!