Memory Lane Double Layout Kit by Ansu BadenhorstHi there,
It has been a chilly one thus far. With the school holidays, we thought it would be the perfect time to cuddle up in your craft space and do some scrapbooking. This double layout kit is made with the new Ivytree Studio collection, called "Henry". Click here to purchase this kit Inquire via email about this product here. © 2018 Ivytree Studio - www.ivytreestudio.co.za Please note: This sketch is for personal use only and may not be copied for any other reason. Kits are also subject to the same copyright.
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Precious Moments Double Layout by Surita BrinkWelcome to the beginning of Spring! To celebrate, we would like to offer you this pretty sketch as inspiration. This particular sketch can be used as inspiration for any layout using any paper. It is also available as a printable digital product as well as a printed kit in our store. Click here to purchase the: Printable kit (Elements can be used over and over as many times as you would like to use it on various products) Printed kit Inquire via email about this product here. © Ivytree Studio - www.ivytreestudio.co.za Please note: This sketch is for personal use only and may not be copied for any other reason. Kits are also subject to the same copyright. Our next "Scrap&Chat" Paper play date is the 9th of September 2017, 10:30-14:00 @ the Pretoria Botanical Gardens.
Cost: R65 to cover basic refreshments (payable via EFT or cash upon arrival) RSVP: To book your seat email [email protected] before 8 September 2017 please. Booking is essential so we know who is coming. Ivytree Studio will have a pop-up shop available. Paper will be available @ R6.50 per sheet while stocks last. Bring along cash or have your banking available on your phone or tablet for EFT payments. Retailers also welcome. Are you new to scrapbooking or memory keeping? Would you like to learn more?
A Scrap & Chat is an ideal way of getting your feet wet. PSS would like to offer a Free Scrap & Chat to all new comers or regular scrappers who would like to network and collaborate. Our Scrap & Chat's will be central to Pretoria so it is accessible to everyone from all areas. If you are a Retailer, you can also host a PSS Scrap & Chat at your store. Let us know and we will put your name on the website. Our normal time slot for Scrap and Chat sessions is a Saturday's from 12:00-16:00. If you are interested in either joining in or hosting a Scrap and Chat, click here to let us know. Thank you Ria and team for this lovely successful day in Pretoria at the Moreleta Church! We hope that ladies across our lovely city will join in events like these.
Looking forward to more and more events that focus on community and not just sales. That is what scrapbooking is all about. Let us know if you would like participate in events like these or host events in your area that promote scrapbooking and memory keeping. You can also send us your event photos and comments and we will post it here. Also let us know if you want to be a guest blog author on this blog sharing your memory keeping stories and projects. Click here to contact us. Don't let anyone tell you its not hard work to put together an event. Any event comes with its ups and downs. At some point in the process you want to either give up or run away. This one was hard work but at least I didn't want to run away. I started out planning to only coordinate the event and let others teach. In the end, I ended up teaching as well...a double load. Despite a few little challenges along the way, it all went smoothly thankfully. It was a small intimate affair with just a few ladies attending, but for a first time it was a great experience meeting new people with similar interests and a love of paper and creativity. It's always a good sign if people respond to any invitation, right. The Farm Inn was just an absolute joy to work with. They assisted us from start to finish and made the day run without a glitch. They even helped us carry everything to the car at the end of it all. The food was fabulous and way to much...we took doggy bags home. :) As we intended it all to be for charity, I am very pleased to say we were able to plant our first seads in helping the babies of TAPOSA. We collected just over R800 paid over to the charity and we are also able to give the charity some baby goods, toys and clothing which I have organised to deliver in the coming week. I will post a little something on the visit soon. Here is some photos of the event .... you can view the full album on our Facebook page under the Photos tab. Lessons learned from this event:
1. Keep moving forward and finish what you started. You will always feel the satisfaction of a job well done. It's worth it. 2. Keep things simple. One of our teachers, Linda, advised from the start to not have too many projects and I was also concerned that we had a little too much for the day, but in the end I also felt people pay way to much just to do one or two projects the whole day. So, lesson 2: It's OK to only have one project for a full day of "relaxed" scrapping and lesson 2b: give take home kits to make up what they pay for. It's also OK if they do not complete everything on the day. 3. The focus of the event was celebrating our new found society and building our network. It's a shame we didn't have more ladies attending but I still hope that in the spirit of being charitable and caring for our own community in Pretoria, more ladies will physically join in in future. Despite that, we had a fun day. I am so glad I met all these ladies and got to know them a little better. I hope we can do this again soon. Lesson 3: building friendships take time and a full day at a lovely venue is a great way to start. 4. Learning from each other and giving people space to do their own thing is important. 5. When teaching something, always give people room to play around and try it out and stick to your own tried techniques. For example: Doing rolled flowers can be a challenge to some. Adding glue to keep it in place without burning your fingers off with a glue gun is not easy. I always use my own short cut that gets the job done and has no risk of burning. (Alternatively you can use normal craft glue but you will have to hold it in place until it takes, but who needs that if you have a glue gun. :)) I proceeded to advise the ladies to use a new technique I found on a Youtube video, but alas you run the risk of the burn, which did happen to me when assisting one of the ladies. When reverting back to my own technique, eureka! No burn! Lesson learned. :) 6. No matter what you do or plan, accept things will not turn out like you planned. Sometimes its even better. Leave your fear at the door and do it afraid. The blessings will wait for you at the other end. 7. Art is therapy. OK, I knew this, but it's good to be reminded once again. 8. If you commit your plans to the Lord and you include Him in the process, He will be your Helper and make sure everything works together for your good and the good of those involved. 9. Give yourself. It's even better than giving money or things. The joy is in giving. 10. Do this again some day. Thank you's 1. Linda King for her help and hard work and beautiful project. You are a special lady with a kind heart. Keep at it. We wish you all the blessing and success in your business as you grow it. 2. Surita Brink and Henry Badenhorst. You both make my heart sing when I think of how much you supported me in this venture. I cannot ask for better friends and partners. I love you both. 3. Heidi Wilbers. You have a lovely heart. Thank you for all you gave. 4. All the other ladies, Joanne, Charmaine, Kathy, Margy, and Lara. Thank you that you trusted us to bring you this event. Thank you for your participation and making it possible to support TAPOSA. We appreciate every sent spent. 5. The Farm Inn. You guys rock! Service, support, the room and the food was superb. I will always recommend you to the world. A fabulous venue in the heart of Pretoria. If you would like to know more about our charity, click here. Just to make it more affordable!We are happy to announce that we have changed the date of our event to the 10th of September. Why did we change the date, you may ask? Well, we had so many other great events in July close by, that ticket bookings were affected. We had so many inquiries and interest, that instead of just cancelling, we sourced a new date for you all and just to motivate you a little more, we reduced the price a bit from R1280 to R1150. We have a little longer payment plan in place with three installments. Please RSVP ([email protected]) this week before the 20th of July so we know if the event will go forward. You make the difference! We need our members to pitch in, so this event can happen. This is your event, Pretoria! You don't have to go far to participate in something great. I really want to emphasize that this event is not just about what we can each get from it (and let's be real, it's always great to receive stuff!), but it is also about what we can give. Let's get together on this, and help these little lives survive an thrive. This past week I visited our charity for the event: TPOSA. I met lovely Jeanette who is heading this charity and has been working hard at saving little lives for the past 13 years. Hubby and I spent a full afternoon getting to know her, listening to the stories of the little ones in her care. The charity has touch hundreds of lives thus far and at the moment they are looking after more than 300 children. Jeanette has 5 babies in her care, at her own home, with all the extra responsibilities of running the charity. Incredible! We held and hugged and changed the 5 little beauties and my left arm ached by the evening from all the cuddling and picking up and holding. I will be posting more on this soon. So, get going and invite your friends to come join us on this occasion. We will be posting images of the projects you will be doing on the day, so watch out for those in the next week or so. I can however guarantee that our three teachers will once again wow you and it will be worth your while. Ivytree Studio will be sponsoring some of the paper you will receive on the day and just to show you what you can do with it, here is a couple of images: If you are a retailer (no matter how big or small) and you would like to be interviewed in a blogpost like this one, email Ansu at [email protected] to become a member. Your first year is free! The same goes for teachers! Join us and make this Society the place to go for information on scrapbooking in our area!
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blog AuthorHi, my name is Ansu and I am a memory keeper. I was born and raised in Pretoria and have lived here all my life. I love my city, I love memory keeping, scrapbooking and pretty paper. I am the owner of Pretoria Scrapbooking and aim to help grow our local network of scrapbookers and paper artists through this venture. We are people with heart and so we also support local charities. Pretoria Scrapbooking also aim to support and promote local business and the scrapbook and paper craft industry in South Africa. Join us as we grow our network! Archives
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