A Giveaway!! Free seat in Art + Science !!!!

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Hello all my scrappy friends….and even my non-scrappy/not quite so scrappy friends!  I am thrilled to have a give away for you !!  As I mentioned a few months ago, I was asked to contribute content to the Art + Science of Scrapbooking re-run class at Big Picture Classes.  The class is going to start running this month!!!!  (insert hand clapping and jumping up and down!!)    In honor of this, I have one seat in A+S to give away to one of my blog/facebook/twitter followers!!

Art + Science collage 2Here is the info on the class:

Art + Science of Scrapbooking, 16 brain-boosting challenges to strengthen your creative process taught by Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson

http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/art-science-scrapbooking.php

Starts 5/15/2014 $45

Class Description

Are you a right-brained person who embraces possibility and spontaneity, thrives on imagination, relies on feelings, and thinks in symbols and images? Are you a left-brained person who practices strategy and order, finds comfort in facts, relies on logic, and thinks in words and language?

The answer to both questions is “yes!” In The Art + Science of Scrapbooking, a mind-bending workshop from Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson, you’ll learn to harness the creative power of both sides of your brain.

In four illuminating weeks, right-brainer Stacy Julian and left-brainer Jennifer Wilson will help you embrace your natural cognitive strengths. But they’ll also challenge themselves, each other, and YOU to find a new sense of balance and power as you explore the other side of your brain.

Read rest of description here

Link to Promotional video on YouTube

To enter, leave a comment here on my blog, or on my twitter feed or on this post via Facebook.  I will put them all together and draw the winner on Monday.  Contest Closes at Midnight, EST, Tuesday May 6th.   Good luck and even if you don’t win the free seat, I hope you will join us in the classroom!!

 

AND THE WINNER IS !

Thanks for this giveaway! It would b awesome to be in this class!!!

Thank you everyone who popped over and entered, I’m so excited for the class to begin!

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(inter)National Scrapbooking Day is almost here!

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Yup, a whole holiday devoted to one of my favorite hobbies!!  One of my favorite places to take classes is Big Picture Classes and they will be hosting a FREE online event tomorrow from 9-6 pst.  Hope on over to their site HERE and sign up.  It will be tons of fun with give-aways, challenges and loads of inspiration!!

National Scrapbook Day “10k”

National Scrapbook Day “10k”

On National Scrapbook Day 2014, come help us complete our very first “10k”—together we’re racing to add 10,000 new scrapbook pages to Instagram in just one day!

Sign up now for this FREE, one-day, online event brought to you by Big Picture Classes and Studio Calico. Ten expert scrapbookers will be sharing ideas and inspiration throughout the day, from inside a private online classroom.

Get inspired by nationally known scrapbookers!


Heidi Swapp

Natalie Elphinstone

Whether you follow the instructors’ lead or scrapbook to the beat of your own drum, we invite you to take pictures of your creations and post them to Instagram (hashtag #NSD10k) on May 3, 2014, for a chance to win great prizes from Studio Calico and our other generous sponsors.

Win great prizes from top scrapbooking companies!


Stock up on deeply discounted product kits now through May 3rd!

Leading up to National Scrapbook Day, Studio Calico is deeply discounting eight fun and fabulous kits just for “10k” participants—only $10 each while supplies last. Details, links, and coupon codes are available in our online classroom immediately upon registration. You’ll also love Studio Calico’s exclusive National Scrapbook Day kit, which will be available to “10k” participants on May 3 ONLY for just $19.99, including shipping anywhere in the world.

Special thanks to our Team 10k members:

Come scrapbook with us on National Scrapbook Day 2014!

Price: FREE! Just add to your cart and checkout to gain access!
Duration: 10 Hours
Crop Begins: May 3, 2014 at 9:00am PT
Crop Ends: May 3, 2014 at 6:00pm PT
Register Today! register
Registration End:

Registration will close May 3rd, 2014 at 6:00pm PT

{this moment}

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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.  If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.

This Moment week 18

Four boxes and two bins…part three

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Ah ha!  I see you can’t get enough of watching other people de-stash their fabric… well I have to admit, it’s much easier that working on your own …

This process has not been too too painful so far, so moving on to box three !

Again, apologizing for crummy blurry photo!

Again, apologizing for crummy blurry photo!

This seems to be my “fine fabric” box with all my woolen pieces …

Keeping

-Two pieces of Spanish Lace for Mantillas that my mother gave me…my father brought them back from his USMC maneuvers in Spain  one white, one black   *gorgeous*  no idea what I’m going to do with it.

-Beautiful linen cotton from Britex in SF  (2 1/8 yd / 60” wide) from a work trip where we managed an hour for fabric shopping… pulling this out to make a shirt this summer.

-2 yd 60”  wide red italian wool flannel…. card attached says 65 wo / 25 pa / 10 cashmere recycled….so soft and warm…have been saving to figure out the perfect thing to do with it !  and if anyone knows what “pa” is, let me know…I’m just assuming I’m going to be dry-cleaning the finished project anyway.

-5/12 yd 45” wide  black very fine worsted wool…  again, beautiful, can’t remember where I got it and not quite sure what to do with it…maybe a dress??  don’t wear dresses but there is enough for several things

-2 yd 65” wide grey wool flannel …. again, soft and warm…given to me by one of the gals I worked with at Hathaway in NYC many moons ago…she was cleaning out and knew I sewed and knew I would appreciate it.  Need to find just the right thing to make out of it.  (see my problem?!)

-2+ yards 60” wide black/grey wool suiting… I think this is from Britex as well….might have gone with the black worsted.  I think I was going to make a suit jacket out of this with pants and a skirt to match???  back when I worked in an office and people wore suits and pantyhose to work.

-2 yds taupe and 2 yds khaki worsted wool/blend bought at Fabric Place probably to make slacks…when I worked in an office…keep?  pitch??  hmmmmmm  will have to think about this one.

-lots of yards black satin backed flannel coat lining….I think I bought this to re-line a coat I don’t even have anymore (!) but I am going to keep it because it is really good fabric and I’m sure I”ll have to re-line something at some point so back in the box it goes.

The "keep" pile…will set this aside for winter sewing.

The “keep” pile…will set this aside for winter sewing.

Pitching

black “posh” fabric lining….I really can’t stand this stuff…I’ve lined lots of things with it and it’s hot and sweaty and heavy so I am not going to keep it.

That was almost too easy …

See the other posts in my 2014 Fabric de-stash series:  Box ONE  and Box TWO

What are you de-stashing these days??

 

 

Four boxes and two bins…part two

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Getting on a roll after a very successful purge of Box ONE (Here) so on to Box TWO!

Box2-before

sorry for the blur iPhone camera + night time + tiredness = blurry photos

Keeping:

Box2-smaller than 1 yd pieces

As it turns out, this is the box that has all my printed cottons/quilting cottons plus some “utility fabrics”.   There is a stack of cottons of 1 yd or less, some “fat quarters” some 10×10 pieces, will be good to merge these with the “fat quarter” collection that will eventually be housed in an Ikea dvd tower.

Box2-big cotton lengths

17 fabric lengths 1 yd or greater… all printed cotton, some 2+ yards or greater…can’t figure out how I ended up with quite so much maroon/dark red fabric.  Will have to think  on how I am going to use these up… could be summer pj’s / pj shorts, or maybe a top or two ??  Maybe a quilt/quilt back??  Glad I have photos to refer back to instead of digging through the box

Box2-utility fabrics

Utility Fabrics:  length of footie pajama “feet bottoms” that white nubby rubbery fabric that helps keep you from slipping… leftover blue jean pieces for patching… some small pieces of fabric from LR sofa pillows just in case??? … piece of orange fabric for Gwen’s lambie repairs.

Relocate

-The white sheet Charlie cut up for a “Charlie Brown” Halloween costume…need to move that upstairs to the costume box

Pitch

-a few small flannel scraps went in the trash, not enough to donate.

That was almost too easy …