Holiday Classes

Hi Friends,

Hope everyone is doing fantastic!! My husband and I just got back late late late last night, like 3am late,  eeek, from picking up our two boys in Northern Cali. We met my parents about halfway between our place and theirs and it was such a short but very sweet trip. We did do a couple little touristy things, like seeing Shasta Dam (Fun Fact: Shasta Dam is the 2nd largest dam in the US. The largest dam is the Grand Coulee in Washington State.) and the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a great experience for all of us and so happy we could do it as a family.

Phoenix at Shasta Dam

Kris and Ryuu at Shasta Dam

Me and Kris just arriving in Redding

Just a couple pictures that I played around with. I took so many pictures, and then on our way home I kept asking my husband to take pictures of everything lol, so he has a TON too! Well at least when we are old we won't forget because we have so many pictures to remind us.

Upcoming Classes

Well anyways enough about that and a little more about crafty business. :) The holidays are my favorite time of year. I love to decorate and feel so festive. I also love to teach, which most of you may know about me. So to kick off the holiday season I have a couple classes coming up. 

Up first is my Thanksgiving Table Decorating Class

Join me on Sunday, November 3rd from 3-6

Encore class Monday, November 11th 11-2

$35

 For a fun filled and festive table decorating class. 

We will learn how to do two gold leafing techniques on the super popular mason jars, plus, we will make a table marker, plate decoration, and learn how to really make those little pumpkins you can find at the grocery store say HELLO. This class is sure to make a statement at your Thanksgiving gathering or just for a fun center piece that will surely get your friends attention. 

***Can't make it to class??? No problem, kits are available (with instructions and pictures)

**shipping available

I am also doing a Christmas Banner Class

Sunday, November 24th 1pm

Encore Class Thursday, December 5th 1pm

$35

Create an elegant "Noel" banner.

This class is perfect for anyone, no matter what your color theme or style is for Christmas decorating. Designed with you in mind, this banners is full of neutral colors to fit anywhere in your home. Jazz up your fireplace or wall with this banner and pair it with some reindeer and some woodsy christmas trees for a rustic styled christmas or add some gold and red christmas balls and some snowflakes for more of an elegant feel, the ideas are endless with this banner! You will learn layering techniques, distress glittering and have fun with glitter spray, plus much much more.

***Can't make it to class??? No problem, kits are available (with instructions and pictures)

**shipping available

To sign up for either/both of these classes please call Cool Scrapbook Stuff at 858-679-9100.

Look forward to seeing you at class. 

Happy crafting,

xoxo

Danni

Family Is...

Well, my family is:

Awesome
Wonderful
Amazing
Annoying 
Caring
Loving
Supportive
CRAZY
Silly
Weird
Beautiful
Big


But most of all I wouldn't trade them for  nothing. They are simply the best for me. Do you feel that way about your family? If so, you will LOVE the new mini book I created using the Family Is" line from Bo Bunny. Not only are the colors amazing but, it is perfect place to stick all those wonderful or not so wonderful family pictures... you know the ones where you kid is sticking his tongue or won't stop scrunching his face up lol, ya those would even work for this book.

(So, the photography, is not bad but it is not good. I am LEARNING!!! Already I have learned so much, like,  best time by far is early morning light and thanks to my good friend Connie, not only is she super crafty and has the best Tim Holtz collection of ink but her photography is AMAZING. Don't just take my word for it, you should check it out for yourself and tell her I sent you over :) She will Love it!!!)

 Don't forget to check out my Flickr where I posted A BUNCH of pictures of this book. Some that I think are AWESOME and some not so good. But it will give you a sense of what my mini book class will look like. Also, once I figure out how to create a gallery in Flickr I will be able to separate the pictures for you.

I just love all the texture and dimension in this book and am truly satisfied with the results, now to proudly put on display and wait for the world to see it :)

Have a wonderfully good crafting day

xoxo

Danni

Life Is Good

I had my FIRST all day class...whew....that was exhausting!!!!! I also had my FIRST teacher gift....awe soooo sweet, it was from a little 7 year old girl who came to class with her mom. I gave her some of my extra supplies I brought and she made me a cute little picture.

Even though class was long and exhausting everyone left with finished little mini books and happy as clams.

 And here is a little glimpse into what we made today...

                                                
 Aren't these glassine bags from SRM just the cutest??? They have been embossed using the Lifestyle Crafts embossing folders and it adds just the perfect touch of character. We also used the Life Is Good stickers (hence the name of the book) through out the whole book and the sentiments are a great way to caption pictures whenever they get added in.

 We even used some Dylusions Ink Sprays AND to add a little shimmer we used Kiwi Perfect Pearls.

 The whole book features October Afternoon papers. Oh, I LOVE, pretty much every paper line they put out :)

 We made fun little pull out tabs for the big pockets.

 This page was a lot of fun, stamping and cutting out these fun hexagon shapes from the Sweet Stamp Shop. Plus, Sweet Stamps are a local San Diego company. What a way to support local businesses, huh???  :)

And... something else cool we did, but might be a little confusing to explain, but, the side pockets are actually the BIG glassine bags (the largest ones they sell) folded three inches from the bottom and then when we put all of our bags together the three inches that were folded became an extra page, which you see in the picture above, covered in paper. Hope that makes sense.

 Here is another little pull out page

 The back of course is decorated too :)

Here is what all the little tags look like. I used the Forest Moss distress ink pad and Bottle Adirondack ink pad. I think that the tags are one of my favorite pieces of the whole book. The colors are so rich and beautiful.

Well, that pretty much wraps up my day making a little mini pocket book. And don't forget to check out the links for more fun and cool products from some of my favorite companies. Some of which you may already know :)

Lots Of Love,
Danni

Long Nights Happy Results

After a VERY VERY long night of balancing sick kid, sick husband, my oldest sons school project (George Washington puppet which looks awesome), and my prep work for my Valentines banner class that I taught today everything went smashing :)

here are some of the fun pieces that we used in class that I prepped last night

painted wood pieces

 Baggies full of lots and lots of goodies

 Micro beading the first coat of the love script. So fun and bouncy :)

AND... traced out chipboard heart templates to use as the base in the banner.

And for some reason I do not have a picture of the finished banner but here is pretty much what it looks like

So, even after falling asleep on the couch at almost 2 in the morning and being woken up numerous times for various reasons, and leaving an hour too early to go and teach the class...ooops at least I only got as far as the stop sign down the end of my street...the class was a HIT!!!!!! The ladies were so amazing and so kind and it was full of laughs. I even got the privilege of having my friend Nicole from  Sweet Stamp Shop come. I can't wait to see the finishing touches she put on her banner once she got home.