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Hi,

it's been a week since the show and I have to thank all the people who came - it was brilliant! Thanks so much for your support. We are looking forward to another great show in September.

Enough of that for the minute.

I want to repost some stuff about the classes that Christi Friesen is doing here at my studio in June.

Christi is an award-winning polymer clay artist who will be visiting our shores in June for 2 weeks of classes. I will be having her on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th June in my Mt. Evelyn studio.

She is a great and relaxed teacher and all the classes are suitable for any skill level.Class duration is 3 hours so -

Monday morning June 29th, 10am - 1pm: steampunk fish. I have 9 in this one so consider it full and you'd be on a waiting list for this.

Monday afternoon 2pm - 5pm: phoenix. I have 3 in this one so plenty of room still.

Monday evening 7.15pm - 10.15pm: steampunk bird. I have 8 so consider it full and you'd be on a waiting list for this.

Tuesday evening 7.15pm - 10.15pm: steampunk chameleon and I have 3 in this one so plenty of room still.

Each animal is one class. The cost for each class is $60.00 per person which includes the clay and tea/coffee (if you'd like to bring a cake or something to share for the break that would be good), but not the clock pieces. We will have these available for you to purchase (about $5.00 per bag) I would think that the finished pieces are around maybe 2-3inches or so, given what most of her work is like, but you can of course make them smaller. If you are interested please get in touch with me with which class and the times you prefer.

shirley.dougan@bigpond.com

Hi I thought I'd post just a last minute thing for those who are looking for the info:

The “From Picture to Page” papercrafters show on THIS Saturday 16th & this Sunday 17th May 2009 at the Whitehorse Club on Burwood Hwy in East Burwood. Mel ref 62 C7.

The Whitehorse Club is at the East Burwood Reserve and is the big building to the right of the property (the other big one is a basketball stadium I believe)We will also be holding another show on the 19th & 20th September.

We will again be running the “lucky tickets” raffle - for every $40.00 you spends at a stand, you'll receive one “lucky ticket”. Tickets are drawn every hour and prizes are donated by traders and anyone else I can find who’s willing to give something.

Traders, product demonstrations, make-and-takes, FREE raffle, FREE parking,  FREE kids card-making area, drinks, snacks, light lunches, bar available.
Why do people love this show?
Our traders and customers all mention:
* show specials
* the friendly atmosphere
* fantastic demonstrations - many of our traders do demonstrations of products and these are always interesting. You'll find demonstrations at: Heaven Scent, Creative Dreams, Little Bits, Arty Pants, Eclectic Images, Skat Katz, My Stamps and there are some other traders offering demos and make-n-takes too.

* helpful knowledgeable traders * value-for-money tasty lunches & snacks* traders with unique products that you will not see at other shows
* the free area for the kids to have fun while you enjoy yourself shopping - supervised by Janita who is terrific with the kids and will help them with cutting out, glueing etc.Entry fee $8.50 adultsKids under 12 free entry

I have an updated trader list for you:

Hi,

just a few quick words.

Unfortunately Creative Memories and Urban Driftwood will not be attending the show. They have had to pull out due to health issues. Hopefully we will see them at the September show.

We have a few new traders at the show - Dragonfly Crafts, Debling in Design, Fern Gully Stamps, Kaszazz, L'Art Du Scrap, Liz Zed Creations and Keepsakes Wholesale Crafts. It will be interesting to see what goodies they have to offer as well as their demonstrations and samples.

 ARTYPANTS

CINNAMON COUNTRY

CREATIVE DREAMS

DEBLING IN DESIGN
DRAGONFLY CRAFTS
ECLECTIC IMAGES
FERNGULLY STAMPS
HANDPRINT
HEAVEN SCENT
JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAGES
KASZAZZ
KEEPSAKES WHOLESALE CRAFTS
L’ART DU SCRAP
LITTLE BITS
LIZ ZED CREATIONS
MY STAMPS
PICTURE 2 PAGE
RIBBON PALACE
ROBYN’S SCRAPBOOK
SCRAPBOOK MAGIC
SCRAPBOOK MEGA STORE VIC
SCRAPBOOK VILLAGE
SCRAPPY HOLLOW
SCRAPSADAISY
SKAT KATZ
STAMPIN’ UP
TG AUSTRALIA
THE SCRAPBOOK SCENE

Lyn Dwyer is going to be demoing FISKARS TOOLS on

Creative Dreams Stand on Saturday and Sunday for 4 

hours each day.

So although FISKARS don't have a Stand this year at 

Picture To Page...Lyn will still be there but working for 

Creative Dreams. 

She will be demoing some NEW TOOLS.....Border 

Punches, Scallop Squeeze Punches,Stamp Factory 

and all the FISKARS favourites.

Kaszazz will be offering free make and takes as well as

a joining special with a free gift.

Hi from a cold Mt. Evelyn this morning.

More info about who's doing what at the pic to page show:

Creative Dreams joined us last year and had a terrific show. They are back again and will be running an email competition. Drop in your email address and go in the draw to win 1 of 3 prizes: 1st prize - craft hamper to the value of $500; 2nd prize  craft hamper to the value of $250; 3rd prize craft hamper to the value of $125. Drawn Wed 20/5/09.

Little Bits will be doing demos all day using their stamps and many special techniques they have perfected over the years. Always a pleasure to see Lesley and the girls.

Heaven's Scent will be at the show. Deb and her staff are always friendly and helpful and will be offering lots of show specials.

I'm waiting on the other traders giving me the heads-up on what they plan to do at the show and will let you all know as soon as I do.