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The First of Three CHA Winter Workshops Announced!

Ok, first of all, I know that you may be a little taken aback.  Candy is NOT doing vintage, you ask? That is right, I am revealing a little known secret! I have loved Bella Blvd since the first CHA I went to.  They were one of my top 3 and I think most of you know who the other two are! lol

So here is the official announcement:

I have been working hard on upcoming CHA Winter Workshops!   The first one I have to share is our Basically Bare, Bella Blvd and GlueArts sponsored workshop, along with co-sponsor May Arts!

 

 

This will be a fun class that includes the CHA Launch of the baby version of the "Timeless Tabs" album, appropriately called "Tiny Tabs" from Basically Bare.

Registration is not yet open, so keep an eye out on the CHA Website to be one of the 50 spots in this class!  And keep an eye out for the other two workshops, they are coming!!!  I am working these fingers to the bone, here!!!

Houston, Texas here we come....Collins Group Trade Show!

October 14-17th, 2011. Collins Group Trade Show

Store Owners: Come on out to the Collins Group Fall Workshop in Houston next month.  I will be doing a fun workshop using Basically Bare's mixed media album and embellishments along with the "Magic of Oz" collection from Graphic 45, May Arts, The Rubber Cafe, Ranger and Glue Arts.

We will be helping dorothy follow the yellow brick road....and get her home with this fun mixed media album, sunshine and clouds embellishments along with hot air balloon and heart locket from Basically Bare.  

This is an exclusive workshop built for craft store owners for use as classes.  We look forward to meeting those that are attending.  We have special "goodie" bags for our attendees.

Living The Altered Life,

Candy 

More from Australia...

My crafting tour has been a blur and whirlwind of great people and places...I am beyond exhausted but so happy to have gone to so many great places and meet some of the most fabulous people along the way!

You have all inspired me far more than anything I did for you!  So I finally got a little down time to work on some photos and post here on the blog...so sorry it has taken so long.  I have one more day of back to back workshops and then I am heading back to the US!

This last week we had workshops in Victoria, with the first stop being HobbySew in Echuca.  Karen and Helen came to pick us up at the airport and the poor girls had to hang out waiting for over 5 hours for us, our flight was cancelled and rescheduled.  These ladies had already driven nearly 3 hours to pick us up.  Then they finally got us at 9:30pm and still had the 3 hour drive to their house.  Thank you so very much you two for your infinite patience!

While I was at the workshops my husband got a chance to boat down the Murray river (spelled wrong I am sure):

Here are the fabulous girls from HobbySew:

 

Karen and Helen took us back to St. Kilda to spend the rest of the week there with the other stores.  However, on the way out they were kind enough to stop in the little historical town so we can take photos:

Then off to St. Kilda and we hit our hotel room and literally threw all our luggage in the room and turned around to head down to the ocean and pier:

This one is for my oldest daughter, a mini cooper with the steering on the right side of the car:


and a few more for Chelsea, we love to snap photos of grafitti and there was plenty to choose from:

Then the window shopping, lol!

and I got my sushi finally!


That is it for now, more photos coming...gotta hit the hay to get some sleep to teach tomorrow and then get ready for home.

Living the altered life,
Candy 

CHA Recap...Projects, People and Basically Bare

Sorry for the delay in sharing the FEW photos that I took at CHA.  You just get so busy that you forget to take the camera out, however, I did catch a few photos that highlight projects that I created for booths, some people I got to hang with and our rockin' Basically Bare booth!

Let's get started....

First of all, we decided to make a 7ft corrugated cardboard dress form, dubbed "Basically Betty" that matched the Basically Bare dress form embellishment and covered it in papers and foil from Vintage Street Market.  VSM has paper that is 48" x 24" and was a life saver in this case.  This is the blank version and then me covering it in layers of VSM papers in our hotel room.  The completed dress form is the photos of the booth.

 

 

The front of the finished booth.  The few photos we took of setting up were quite blurry.

 

Here are views all the way around the booth:

A shot of the NEW ARRIVAL prototypes.

And Miss Jamie handling the miniature "Dorothy" dress forms using Graphic45, Magic of Oz papers, Craftworks Cards Candi's and Scrapbook Adhesives.  Thank you to our wonderful sponsors and to Jamie for taking the time to help out!



A few visitors came by the booth:

Angel, co-owner of Basically Bare with Tiare, Kim and Melissa from The Rubber Cafe.  Melissa stopped by so I can see the new stamps that I designed.  How exciting is that?  

Then we headed over to the Spellbinders booth to check out Melissa doing her awesome Make n' Take using her awesome glue and new stamps!!

Look at this hot mama!  She is a rockin' teacher!

Ok, now for the projects that were featured at the show.  I did a mixed media canvas for Scrapbook Adhesives using photo corners to make the flowers and other adhesives to make the different effects.  Sorry I did not get any close up photos! Arrggh.  I used an awesome alpha from Imaginarium Designs for the words:  Create. Inspire. Teach.

Then there is the Westcott Designer Display where we were shipped an assortment of cool duct tape, velcro and scissors in which we could use an additional three products to create whatever we wanted.  Hmmm....wonder what I was going to do.  
I used May Arts ribbon for the lace of the corset, the back has a velcro fastener, the entire corset is made from duck tape with a scissor holder built in.  I also used small gears from Imaginarium Designs and large heavy duty gears from Basically Bare.

There were 20 designers that were included in this display, here is a shot of the case I was in.  Check out the other cool projects that were made.

Last but certainly not least, the Dorothy Mannequin at the Graphic45 booth with her little ruby slippers.  She was quite a bit of work but I love how she turned out!  She also has the "No Place Like Home" album that I will be teaching in Australia in just a week and a half.

Here are some more detailed photos that I took before I left:

 

 and I got to see Teresa, she has been working out like a mad fiend and it shows.  
You are beautiful, darling!

Well, that is it.  I got a chance to talk to some great people, make new friends and spend time with old friends.  What a fantastic show, cant wait to share some of the awesome opportunities that came about for me.  Life is good, thank you for sharing!

Living the Altered Life,

Candy 

Passports in Hand....check. Product Ordered...check. Australian Tour...check!

Got our passports today for my Australia Tour!  Yay...now I can relax and get ready. 

So first let me tell you how excited I am to be going to Australia to teach two fun mixed media workshops using Basically Bare's "Funky Findings" album, Graphic45's new paper collection, "The Magic of Oz" and "Steampunk Debutante" along with adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (tm), May Arts Ribbon, The Rubber Cafe, Imaginarium Designs chipboard, bling from Flourish with a Bling and more from Ranger!

Thank you to all the Aussies that have been messaging me, looking forward to meeting everyone and hanging out with Sherry Mendoza, who is responsible for bringing me over there.  Thank you Sherry! Hugs!

Visit YOUR CREATIVE JOURNEY for more information.

 

Living the altered life,
Candy 

A Winner and some class photos to share!

First of all, we have a winner for the Free Copy of "Creative Spaces" that features my space along with some other fabulous designers in the industry and chock full of great storage ideas for your area whether it is a small corner of your dining room or a large studio.

 

Drum roll please................
Cathy B. of Il said...

The fact that I have my own space is terrific. It may be a little messy and not that well organized but I love every inch of that room - that fact that I can leave whatever I am working on out on the table and that no one will bother with it. A space that i can "get lost" in...Love it!!

Cathy email me at netcandy@gmail.com with your address so I can forward it to Creating Keepsakes and they will send it right out to you!
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And now for some photos of my classes from last weekend.  I cannot tell you how wonderful my students were it was a true pleasure to teach at Papertrix in Nashville, Indiana and I cant wait to go back there soon!  If you have the latest issues of Cardmaker or Rubber Stamp Madness they were featured in both publication.  It truly is a special store!

Here are the ladies and my man crafter, Russell from our Steampunk mini album class.  Thank you so much for sharing the afternoon with me!

 
Then there are "My Creative Circus" gals.  A big hug to Carol for sharing your story with me about your grandfather working at Ringling Bros. many years ago.  I cannot wait to see your finished album, so please hurry!

I will be putting together an album of my visit to the beautiful Nashville, Indiana area shortly to share more class photos and fun!

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:  Graphic45, Basically Bare, The Rubber Cafe, Imaginarium Designs and May Arts!  This is possible because of our sponsors that really worked hard to make sure we got all the supplies that we needed!

Thank you for stopping by,

Candy 
 

 

 

Have you received your May/June Issue of Creating Keepsakes yet?

I got mine in the mail today and this time I did not pass up my project.   This was such a fun project to make as a gift.  Pick up the latest issue and see the inside!

 
“As seen in the May/June 2011 of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
Copyright Creative Crafts Group. Posted with prior permission from the publisher.” 

Keep an eye out also for some shots of my studio in the upcoming Creating Keepsakes special issue titled "Creative Spaces" on sale May 10, 2011.  Can't wait to see all the easy and inexpensive do-it-yourself craft space solutions.  So thrilled to be a part of it all.

Thanks for stopping by,

Living The Altered Life,
Candy

Upcoming Classes, Updates, a winner and another prize giveaway!!!

One of the best parts of working in this industry is teaching.  I dont get to do it quite as often as I would like to due to the fact that I own a brick and mortar shipping store that turns 11 years old and often takes up 6 days  of my week.  This in addition to several other ventures that I am a part of.

I am grateful for the time that I do have to teach and want to be sure that all the information is available in case you are close by one of these locations as I would love to not only meet you, but teach you!

APRIL
Ranger University Tinton Falls, New Jersey
April 29-May 1, 2011    Ranger Certification
No teaching.....I get to be a student!

MAY
Papertrix   Nashville, Indiana
May 13, 2011 
Meet and Greet for 2 hours prior to workshop.  
2 Hour Workshop- "Dress It Up" Steampunk inspired policy envelope album   

May 14, 2011
4 Hour Workshop- "My Creative Circus" a complete mixed media album using Graphic45's "Le Cirque" paper collection.

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Krop, Paper, Scissors   Grants Pass, Oregon
May 21, 2011   3-7pm   Dream Journal Workshop

Sugar n' Spice Paper Company   Central Point, Oregon
May 21, 2011   9-1pm Dream Journal Workshop

JULY

CHA- Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show   Rosemont, Illinois
July 19-21, 2011   Mixed Media Album "My Creative Circus" with Graphic45.  Charee Filimoehala of Graphic45 will be assisting me for this class.

SPONSORS: Graphic45 and May Arts

AUGUST

Your Creative Journey   Australia/New Zealand
August 20-September 4
A teaching tour of Australia with a variety of stores.  We will be teaching two seperate classes, more information will be posted as available.

UPDATES, WINNERS & MORE PRIZES
We will be launching my new mixed media album and some great bare embellishments the first of May, so keep an eye out.  Just wanted to tease you!!

Winner of Prima Goody Package:  MAXINE HODGES! 
Maxine, be sure to email me your mailing address so I can get this lovely package to you!

And a new Prize Giveaway:
Just comment here on this post and you could win a prize package that includes products from the following sponsors:  Imaginarium Designs (Australia), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L(tm), Vintage Street Market and Graphic45!  

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Candy

Upcoming Class...My Dream Journal with Graphic45

Good morning,

I wanted to remind you of upcoming classses, just in case you did not have it on your calendar yet!  We have a few spots open for My Dream Journal at Sugar n' Spice in Central Point, Oregon and registration is open for Krop, Paper, Scissors in Grants Pass, Oregon.

We will make this three dimensional journal that explores the dreams and goals that you have for the next year, we will document these thoughts with notes, envelopes and pictures...and my favorite part is creating a bucket list!  Lets explore our dreams together in this class!

 

 
 

This big beautiful custom designed tabbed *album features Graphic 45's "Once Upon A Springtime" paper collection, die cuts from Imaginarium Designs and fun textiles including acrylic, canvas, cork, burlap and corrugated cardboard and so much more.   This 3.5+ hour workshop allows us to complete the album, and play with fun materials and techniques. 

Sugar and Spice Paper Company   April 23, 2011   3-7pm  541-665-7131
Krop, Paper, Scissors  May 21, 2011  3-7pm  541-476-9300

Keep an eye out for my mixed media canvas covered album class in Indiana at Papertrix in May 2011, I will have pictures soon, just waiting for the albums to arrive!  Very excited!

*This album was personally created for these classes and not manufactured.

 

"My Dream Journal" WORKSHOP is now scheduled!

It is that time...WORKSHOP TIME!  Introducing "My Dream Journal" inspired by a dear friend to help document your dreams, goals and in creating a bucket list for yourself.  This 3+ hour workshop will be filled with plenty of creative play and fun techniques.

In this workshop we will build a 8.5" x 11" mixed media album using a tab folder album design that sports corrugated cardboard and acrylic, then we will be playing with some fun textiles; canvas, cork and burlap to make flowers, corsets and so much more!

 
We will be using Graphic 45's "Once Upon A Springtime" paper collection,  stamps by Candy Rosenberg from The Rubber Cafe,  spray mists, album and textiles custom designed for the class, die cuts from Imaginarium Designs, Ranger products and so much more!

 

I am looking forward to introducing this workshop at the following locations and dates:

Sugar n' Spice Paper Company   Central Point, Oregon April 23th  3-7pm

Krop, Paper, Scissors.  Grants Pass, Oregon    TBA

Papertrix  in Nashville, Indiana in May

Your Creative Journey in AUSTRALIA in August/September!


Thank you for stopping by and I hope to see you in my workshop! 

Candy