Who are we?
We are memory keepers, artists, crafters, designers, business women, career women, mothers, wives, sisters and general lovers of scrapbooking, paper crafts and our lovely city, Pretoria. We are Proudly South African.
Our Vision
1. To Promote Memory Keeping and Scrapbooking as a way of cultivating a happy and healthy life.
2. To promote and build our local Pretoria Memory Keepers/Scrapbooking and Paper Crafting community.
3. To build a local Pretoria network of united scrapbookers, retailers and paper craft teachers who can better connect with the same larger community in South Africa.
4. To connect the consumer with the products they love.
5. To serve the Pretoria community at large by supporting local charities and creating jobs.
6. To promote entrepreneurship and help develop the small business sector in Pretoria.
7. To provide training to memory keepers, paper craft teachers and small business owners.
8. To uplift our city through generosity, respect and love and share a spirit of kindness and care for everyone in our city, no matter who they are through the love of this hobby.
2. To promote and build our local Pretoria Memory Keepers/Scrapbooking and Paper Crafting community.
3. To build a local Pretoria network of united scrapbookers, retailers and paper craft teachers who can better connect with the same larger community in South Africa.
4. To connect the consumer with the products they love.
5. To serve the Pretoria community at large by supporting local charities and creating jobs.
6. To promote entrepreneurship and help develop the small business sector in Pretoria.
7. To provide training to memory keepers, paper craft teachers and small business owners.
8. To uplift our city through generosity, respect and love and share a spirit of kindness and care for everyone in our city, no matter who they are through the love of this hobby.
The team:
My name is Ansu Badenhorst and I am the Owner at Pretoria Scrapbooking and also the General Manager of Ivytree Studio, a boutique family owned design studio in Pretoria.
I am a formally trained teacher with a degree in Economics and Education and I spent 20 years in teaching locally and overseas. I am an artist, writer and a bit of a poet and I love all things paper. I am a memory keeper at my core. I am happily married to fellow Educator/Adventurer & Photography buff, Henry. Together with my partner, best friend and sister, Surita, we decided to live a creative life together and started our own design company many moons ago. Today we are known as Ivytree Studio and currently we design pretty paper for the scrapbook and craft industry in South Africa. I founded this initiative from a deep desire to connect with fellow memory keepers, to develop a larger network within my own city and to create jobs and stimulate our local economy. Please join us and help grow our network. For more on me, visit the Ivytree Studio website or my personal blog. |
My name is Surita Brink and I am the other half of Ivytree Studio. I am a full time Fine Art Artist/Illustrator and Graphic designer. I am currently the Creative Design Director and Chief Designer for Ivytree Studio and I love pretty paper.
For more on me, visit my blog. |