Next Santa's Workshop: Wed, Nov 21!

  In November, we invite you to CRAFT LIKE AN ELF in our Santa's Workshops! Each Wednesday afternoon, I'll be introducing you to a different tool and, for only $1-2 each time, you'll make a holiday card using lots of fun techniques.

 On Wednesday, November 21, 1-6pm, take a break from your Thanksgiving preparations and come learn about the super-fun Stamping Gear! This innovative and easy-to-use tool allows you to stamp in a circle to create all kinds of artistic designs. 

Come learn about this great tool and make a special holiday card! See you on Wednesday afternoon!
Janet

Last Chance to Make Christmas Cards with Katie & Janet!

  Hello, Memory Bound friends!

If you haven't started making your Christmas cards yet, We have a perfect class for you on Sunday: Our annual Christmas Card Extravaganza! You'll make 20 Christmas cards, and I promise you'll have a wonderful afternoon! Katie and I worked together to create this card set and we've had a great time with our customers in class. Just a few spots remain in our final class on Sunday, November 18, so give us a call right away if you'd like to sign up or purchase a kit to make the cards on your own. You'll find all the details below. We hope to see you on Sunday!
Janet

Here are 8 of the 20 cards we'll be making in class:

Christmas Card Extravaganza 

Sunday, November 18, 12:30-4:30pm

 Instructors: Katie Belding & Janet Petersma

Fee: $35 / Skill Level: Any (very fast-paced)

Bring Basic Class Kit, corner rounder, glue dots, pop dots, ¼” Tacky Tape or Scor-Tape, small hole punch, brown fine-tipped marker, ½” circle punch, brown stamping ink, medium acrylic block, & Cat’s Eye Chalk (Chestnut Roan).  

 Our annual Christmas card class is back! This year, Janet and Katie have joined forces to create 20 festive cards that will be perfect for holiday giving! With these 2 teaching together, it is sure to be a fun-filled holiday class! This year’s cards feature our favorite Handmade Holiday line by Simple Stories. As a bonus, you’ll also take home 4 holiday mini-stamp sets!

Get Crafty at our Santa's Workshops!

Hello, Memory Bound friends! 
Well, it's certainly beginning to feel more like Christmas outside today! If you ask me, it's a perfect day to start your holiday crafting. Put on a Christmas movie (like my favorite Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) and get to work on those holiday cards and gifts!

At Memory Bound, the Christmas season is already upon us! I hope you'll join me to CRAFT LIKE AN ELF in our Wednesday Santa's Workshops in November! Each Wednesday afternoon, I'll be introducing you to a different tool and, for only $1-2 each time, you'll make a holiday card using lots of fun techniques.  

Thanks to everyone who stopped by last week for our first Santa's Workshop! We had a great time using the Mini-8 Punch. In fact, here's a photo of us! :)

 This Wednesday, November 14, 1-6pm, I'll introduce you to one of my favorite tools, the Sizzix Stamp and Die sets. These sets allows you to stamp and cut around the image perfectly. We'll also do some dry embossing and use Copic Markers to color Rudolph's outfit! You can read more about these great stamp and die sets in this blog post.

 Plan now to channel your inner elf and stop by next Wednesday afternoon for our Santa's Workshop! I'm excited to show you how our great tools make it fun and easy to
 CRAFT LIKE AN ELF!

Janet   
 

Learn Artistic Techniques with Heather!

Hello, Memory Bound friends! 
I saw this quote recently and was reminded how hard it can be to try something new. We often stick to what we know because it's safe and certain -- and miss out on a lot of fun! Have you ever wanted to try a new product or technique but told yourself, "I could never do that!"? I certainly have!

If you'd like to start "coloring outside the lines" more often, we've got some great opportunities next week for you to do just that. Plan to join local artist Heather Kindt for her classes and Meet the Artist trunk show! 

All you need is curiosity -- not artistic skills! -- to learn the trendy new techniques that are taking over the craft world. In her next Curious Crafter class, Make Sense of Sprays, Heather will teach you the difference between all the wonderful sprays on the market -- the ones you may have been afraid to try! Give us a call to register.

Make Sense of Sprays

Tuesday, November 13, 6-7:30pm

Instructor: Heather Kindt  / Fee: $12

Skill Level:  Any

Bring Basic Class Kit, previously gessoed pages from Gesso-U-Know class (or request pages to be provided), and any sprays including Colorwash, Dylusions, Perfect Pearls, Tattered Angels, Mr. Huey, Maya Road or others. There are so many spray inks! Learn all about how they are different from each other and make beautiful pages for your artsy reference book.


 Meet the Artist - November 17

Heather is this month's featured artist in our "Meet the Artist" events scheduled for Saturday, November 17. Heather is excited to bring mixed media art to Memory Bound. She recently published an article in Somerset’s Art Journaling magazine.

Trunk Show 9-10am -- Stop by to see Heather's projects and chat with her informally about any questions you may have.

Christmas Shadowbox Treasure Class - 10:30am-1:30pm 

Don't miss this wonderful class in which you'll use a host of fun techniques to make a beautiful home decor piece for the holidays. Give us a call to register!

Christmas Shadowbox Treasure 

Saturday, November 17, 10:30am-1:30pm

Instructor: Heather Kindt

Fee: $39 / Skill Level: Intermediate-Advanced

Bring Basic Class Kit, Vintage Photo Distress Ink pad + blending tool, Mod Podge (matte), medium size paintbrush, hole punch, and distressing tools.

This fun mixed media project is an album, a shadow box, and home décor in one. We’ll use 2 canvases and the charming colors of “All is Bright” paper line by My Mind’s Eye. This project will easily become one of your Christmas treasures that you decorate with year after year.

 We hope you'll take full advantage of the opportunities at Memory Bound to "color outside the lines"! Life is more fun with messy fingers! :)

Janet

Saturday Class: Game On! Mini-Album

 

Hello, Memory Bound friends!
If there's someone in your life who loves sports, we've got a fun class coming up on Saturday just for you! My Game On! mini-album is packed with pages and pockets, and pull-outs which provide LOTS of room for your favorite sports pictures. If you're looking for a great gift for the athlete in your family, I hope you'll join me on Saturday! Check out the details below, then give us a call right away to sign up at (515) 965-1102! 
Janet
 
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Game On! Mini-Album

Saturday, November 10, 9:30am-12pm

Instructor: Janet Petersma   

Fee: $24  / Skill Level: Any (fast-paced)

Bring Basic Class Kit, Crop-A-Dile, 1/4" Tacky Tape, pop dots, and large corner rounder. 
 Make a fun sports-themed mini-album suitable for any sport! This mini-album will be a great place to showcase your favorite photos from the season. Makes a perfect gift for your favorite player or coach!

 Additional pages from the album:

 

Craft Like an Elf in our Santa's Workshops!

 Hello, Memory Bound friends!  
Christmas is now in full gear at Memory Bound! I hope you had a chance to visit our Crafty Christmas Open House over the past few days. If not, the open house is still set up TODAY, Sunday, November 4, so drop in 12pm-5pm to get tons of creative ideas for your holiday crafting!

 Now that the holiday season is upon us, it's time for me to pull out one of my all-time favorite movies, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I can watch this movie over and over and never tire of it! I adore Clarice with her beautiful eyes and cute little bow...

 ...but I've always loved the elves who manage to put together all kinds of toys while they sing, dance, and play in a band. When I was a little girl, I loved arts and crafts and was fascinated that the elves could transform gray, generic-looking materials into the colorful and beautiful toys which I found under the tree on Christmas morning!

In November, we invite you to CRAFT LIKE AN ELF in our Santa's Workshops! Each Wednesday afternoon, I'll be introducing you to a different tool and, for only $1-2 each time, you'll make a holiday card using lots of fun techniques.

Our first workshop on Wednesday, November 7, 1-6pm, will feature the new WRMK Mini-8 punch. Just like the popular Lucky 8 punch but smaller, this tool is perfect for making cards and small mats for scrapbook pages.

 

On Wednesday, November 14, 1-6pm, I'll introduce you to one of my favorite tools, the Sizzix Stamp and Die sets. These sets allows you to stamp and cut around the image perfectly. 

On Wednesday, November 21, 1-6pm, take a break from your Thanksgiving preparations and come learn about the super-fun Stamping Gear! This innovative and easy-to-use tool allows you to stamp in a circle to create all kinds of artistic designs.

We'll wrap up our Santa's Workshops on Wednesday, November 28, 1-6pm, by learning about the WRMK tab punch. This great tool is perfect for making tabs for mini-books and scrapbook pages -- and it comes with plastic sleeves to adhere the tabs to the page. We'll use the tab punch to make a unique gift-card holder!


I hope you'll channel your inner elf and join me on Wednesday afternoons in November! I can't promise any singing or dancing, but I can promise you'll have fun learning about the latest and greatest tools!
Janet

Sneak Peek: Crafty Christmas Open House!

 Hello, Memory Bound friends! 
I want to be sure that everyone knows about the wonderful holiday event we have coming up at Memory Bound this weekend: Our Crafty Christmas Open House! Stop by anytime on Friday, November 2, 9am-9pm or Saturday, November 3, 9am-5pm, to plan your holiday crafting! In this post, I'll give you a sneak peek of just a few things you'll see!

The Memory Bound elves have been busy setting up for the Open House all week. I stopped by on Thursday afternoon and was amazed at all the beautiful projects gathered in one spot! You'll find over 100 samples of projects made by the very talented Memory Bound elves -- and the materials to make them. We also have many kits for cards, mini-albums, Advent calendars and more which will make your holiday crafting a breeze.

 We have holiday class kits available for sale, including kits for our current Christmas Card Extravaganza which include all the materials for 20 beautifully detailed Christmas cards.

 

We have lots of paper mache pieces which are easy to decorate with paper or paint. These snowflakes make wonderful hanging decorations!

And these Santa boots would look adorable on your hearth with a bit of greenery tucked inside.
 

We have many examples of home decor pieces for your own holiday decorating or gift-giving. Maggie made this beautiful piece based on an idea she saw at the trade show last summer. You'll find all the materials you need to make your own right next to Maggie's project. How easy is that? And this is just one of many fantastic ideas!

Diane made garlands for the tree using one of the fonts from our Accu Cut die cut center. She cut her letters from chipboard, colored them with ink, applied Glossy Accents, then sprinkled them with Diamond Dust. The end result is a garland that looks like sparkly sugar. You must see this in person!

  Did you know that Memory Bound has popcorn? We have all different flavors!

The Memory Bound elves have made all kinds of Advent Calendars to share with you! Diana made this adorable calendar from a muffin tin pan. This is just one of the cute ideas you'll see for counting down the days until Christmas! 

As you can see, you'll want to make Memory Bound your first stop for inspiration this holiday season! We hope to see you all at our Crafty Christmas Open House on Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3!
Janet