Christmas Crop

Hey MHP fans!

I wanted to share some pictures from our

My Favorite Crafting Things Christmas Crop with y'all.

Somehow I missed getting a picture of our crafty friend Jen Peters, she must have been off doing some crafting at the Cricut when I took the picture of their table.  Sorry Jen. 

We had a fabulous time, everyone loved their gifts!

The food was wonderful and plentiful.

The company was the best and we had

lots of smiles and laughs!

I'm sorry we don't have a larger space to have more friends join us.

Sorry we missed some of you at our celebration.

Merry Christmas to all!

 

 

 

Be sure to check our schedule for the first 3 months of

2013!

Just click on the tab at the top of the page that says

"My Happy Place Schedule"

Hope to see y'all at some crops soon.

 

~ Crop Queen Kristie~

You're Invited!!!

I know it is early,

but this annual party ALWAYS fills up fast

 so I wanted to post it now to give all my scrappers time to plan.

 December 8th 6pm to Midnight

is our Christmas Crop Party.

This years theme will be

"MY FAVORITE (crafty) THINGS"

and requires each participant to bring 3 items,

all the same, costing approx $5 each.

We will do an exchange

and everyone will go home with 3 new crafty gifts to use.

You also need to bring your favorite Holiday treat to share,

can be a sweet - or an appetizer.

The crop fee for this party is only $5

and it will go to the

Christmas Eve Out Reach offering

at Grove Street Christian Church.

Sign up early to secure your spot

  and if you have questions feel free to ask.

Gift Card Holder Class

Just about everyone gives a gift card to someone for Christmas!

Want to be able to give those gift cards in style?

Come to our Gift Card Holder Class

with Kristie

on Tuesday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m.

You will go home with patterns and the know how to make

5 different card holders.

You will receive supplies enough to make 2 of each.

Here are 2 of the holders you will learn to make.

(gift card not included)

Cost is $15.00 per person

Please make a reservation and payment by

November 7th. 

Checks payable to Kristie Maynard

Hope to see you there!

"Celebrate It" layout class!

This is just one of the 4 pages you will make in the

          "CELEBRATE IT" layout class - November 1st at 6:30pm.
** Make 4 12x12 layouts all with a birthday theme. 

They can be used as wonderful layouts in your books. 

Jennifer Peters our CREATIVE MEMORIES consultant

will share with us some other ways to display these fantastic

and versatile L/O's. 

Class fee is $22 and advance registration is necessary. 

Registration for this class will close on Oct 24th.

 

Falling leaves

Hello, from the girls at My Happy Place!

I just wanted to pop in and show you this card that I made the other day.

It's a pretty quick and easy card to make.

I will be having a post on my personal blog in about a week or so that explains how to make that colored strip, but if you're at MHP and want me to show you, I'd be glad to.

Just ask me how, it's pretty easy and can be adapted to whatever color scheme you want.

Hope you are having a scrap happy day!

Adorable Chubby Chums Card Class

Mark your calendars for October 9th!

That evening at 6:30, Kristie will be leading a card making class using Chubby Chums images.

You will make 5 different cards and leave with supplies to make 5 more of the same.

Bring your favorite coloring supplies, colored pencils, water color pencils or crayons, alcohol ink markers, choose your favorite and bring them along. You will also need to bring your favorite dry adhesive.

 All other supplies will be supplied.
Reservation and payment is due no later than October 1st.
Fee for the class is $15.00, please make checks payable to Kristie Maynard. Sign up soon, as these cards are adorable and the class is sure to fill up quickly.
  Please note that the cards made in class may have different colored papers, but I will try to get them as close to these as possible.

Thanks! See you there.

 

Fall Project Class

This adorable Fall project will be offered on

Monday Oct. 1st at 6:30pm. 

Once you know how to make it, you'll be making all sorts of them for fun and gifts! $12. 

This project class will fill up fast so sign up early!

Phone, e-mail, facebook us to sign up.

Make checks payable to Jennifer Peters

Reservation and payment due by September 21st

so there will be plenty of time for Jen to get the supplies and have everything ready to go.

Think outside the box

Hello everyone!

Let's talk a little bit about being different.

Sometimes different is a very good thing.
So when making cards or layouts, try something a little different, try thinking outside the box.

Here are a few ideas for working outside the box.

This card isn't your usual card that opens. 

 I used a tiny brown bag as a pocket for a tag on the front of a card.

You can stamp or write a sentiment on the tag and put it into the pocket.

Something a little out of the ordinary and it works.

On the layout below I have used pictures in a few different ways.

I used some of the pieces I had trimmed off the pictures to make letters.

The word "Sands" is cut out of pictures of the sand.

I used the Sizzix (which we have at MHP) to cut these letters, so it was easy to position the die on the small bits and pieces of pictures.

I had several pictures that were take from quite a distance from the subject.

This picture below is a picture of my husband at the top of a huge hill of sand. To give more attention and interest to him in the picture, I cut out various sizes of squares and framed him at the top of the hill.

I used card stock and another picture of the sand to frame him.

Doing this draws attention to the subject of the picture and reinforces the size of the hill he was on.

So next time you're making a card or a layout, try thinking outside the box, use some different supplies, or the leftover pieces, use a different style, do something out of the ordinary.

You might just love what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping in today, I hope I've given you some ideas and inspiration.  Hope to see you at My Happy Place soon!

Card Class

It's on!

  Card Class will be held on Monday August 27th at 7pm.

Stamp and complete 3 of each card for a total of 15 cards for $30.

  This is a pre-pay class, payments are due to me by August 20th.

 If you write a check please make it out to "Annette Rizzo."

  These cards are 100% ADORABLE, and youth themed. Who's in??

Our contact information is at the right side of the blog, so zip off an e-mail or give a call and let us know that you want to join in on this class.

It's sure to be a popular one!

Fall Schedule

Here are our dates for the fall months.  Hope to see you at My Happy Place soon!
Be sure to check back, there may be more dates for classes and crops added as time goes on. 
Please note that this schedule can be viewed by clicking on the tab labeled "My Happy Place Schedule" at the top of the page.
To make reservations or if you have questions our phone number and  e-mail address are at the right side of the page.
Happy Crafting!

September dates:
Saturday, September 8th  3-11pm crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Kristie
Saturday, September 15th  3-11pm crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Danielle
Sunday, September 23rd  3-11pm Pot Luck Crop $12.00 bring a dish to pass for dinner with Crop Queen Jen
Saturday, September 29th 11am - 11pm crop $18.00 with Crop Queen Danielle

October dates:
Saturday, October 6th 3-11 crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Kristie
Tuesday, October 9th 6:30pm  "Chubby Chums" card class with Kristie
Friday, October 12th 6-12pm crop $9.00 with Crop Queen Danielle
Saturday, Octber 20th 11am - 11pm Specialty Crop Theme TBA! $30.00
Will include dinner and prizes!
Sunday, October 28t 3-11pm Pot Luck Crop $12.00 bring a dish to pass for dinner with Crop Queen Jen.

November dates:
Friday, November 2nd 6-12pm crop $9.00 with Crop Queen Kristie
Sunday, November 4th 3-11pm Pot Luck Crop $12.00 bring a dish to pass for dinne with Crop Queen Jen.
Saturday, November 10th 3-11pm crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Danielle
Saturday, November 17th 3-11pm crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Danielle.
Friday, November 23rd 11am-11pm Black Friday Specialty Crop $30.00 Will include dinner, prizes and some surprizes with Crop Queen Kristie

December dates:
Saturday, December 8th 3-11pm $12.00 Christmas Crop
Merry Christmas to all!