Sunday, 19 February 2017
February Newsletter - Madges Creations
Madge’s Creations
Newsletter – February 2017
Hi
Everyone,
Well
it is almost the end of February now!! And
what a busy time February has been so far…
As
I said in the last newsletter, I have been part of the “Girls Sheds” and this
was held yesterday – for just over a week Flo and I have been busy little bees
cutting and glue-ing our creations
together ready for “the day”.
Some
lovely gentlemen came round on Saturday afternoon and put up a flag to show
people where we were – some ‘nice’ people came round during the night and took
it away!! – say no more!! Flo and I were
up bright and early to make sure we had everything ready for people to come and
see and buy. The lovely Rotary men came early and replaced our flag – the day
was to start at 9am and shortly after that we had our first car load arrive. It
was wonderful to meet so many people who came to see (and buy) what I do here
and to meet Flo. I hope that everyone
enjoy their day travelling round all the ‘Girls Sheds’ to see what everyone
does. I did wonder what I would do if I retired
– now I am wondering how I ever had time to go to work!!
A
big THANK YOU from me goes out to:
Marilyn
for all her hard work
David
and his helpers who were at our gate for the day
Flo
– the “Cricut Queen” and my sister for all her support and help
Anne,
Ann, Joycelyn and Heather who kept us fed and watered during the day
To
everyone who came to our shed on the day.
Meeting
and making new friends is wonderful.
A
number of you have asked if we can do Cricut nights so following are the dates
for our next Card Classes and Cricut Nights:
March
2017
Wednesday
1st This will be our first
Cricut Night. 6.30pm till 9pm
It is important that you let me know prior that
you will be here so that I can have enough places set up.
Tuesday
7th 10.30am – card class
Wednesday
8th 6.45pm – card class
Thursday
9th 1.30pm and again at
6.45pm
Saturday
11th 10.30pm and again
at 1.30pm
**
the Tue, Wed, and Sat classes do the same card. ($5 each)
The Thur class does a different card. ($10
ea)
CRICUTER’S
– we will be doing a cricut class on the 1st (as above) and also on
15th, after that our regular ‘Cricut night’ will be the Wednesday
night following our card class week.
Don’t
forget to ‘book your seat’ at one of the classes – give me a call or email. As
I need to re-arrange our craft room if you can let me know by 28th
Feb. that would be great.
A
few pic’s from the ‘day’ are on my blog which you will find at:
madgescreations.blogspot.co.nz
I
wish you all happy crafting
Madge
Ph:
353-3880
band Rotunda
basket of flowers in containers
Sewing machine, cake mixer, Mrs Pots, Coffee pot
Saturday, 21 January 2017
January 2017 Newsletter 1.
JANUARY 2017
MADGES CREATIONS
Hi All,
I decided that as we are now almost through January I had better get my
act together and send out our newsletter.
I do hope you all had a
wonderful Christmas and New Year with your family and friends – for most of us
I think the weather was not our usual ‘hot summer sun’ days – however being
with family and special friends it really doesn’t matter what the weather is
like. To those of you who found 2016 a bit of a challenge with life and health
I do hope that 2017 will bring you improved health, no stress, and lots of fun
times.
Some of you know that we have one of our grandsons living with us as
his mum lives overseas and he attends Uni here. Keith and I thought it would be
a nice ‘gift’ to both him and his mum if we sent him over to spend Christmas
with her. So for several weeks prior to Christmas each time I spoke with her on
skype etc I tried to get information as
to when she had holidays and if she was working over Christmas or going away
etc without letting her know that he was coming. So – we ‘invented’ a young
lady and called her ‘Jan’ telling our daughter that ‘Jan’ was coming to Dubai
and would she be able to stay with her for a day or two. Our daughter was
delighted to put up a New Zealander for a few days and agreed to meet her at
the airport (at 5.30am!!).
What a surprise she got when she was standing there with a card that
read “Jan” and Lucas walked up and said “Hi Mum, Merry Christmas”!!! she was
SOOOOOOOOO surprised and we were all so
happy that we had managed to keep the secret for so long. They had a wonderful
3 weeks together.
Keith and I went out to our granddaughters place for Christmas day and
they put on a wonderful bbq for us and we sat outside and watch the little ones
play and just relaxed and enjoyed everyone’s’ company. It was sooo nice (and I
did not have to do a thing!!!).
It was also a special time for me over Christmas as I had the privilege
of having Flo here for about 10 days. She spent Christmas day and New Year Day
with her family and then came back and spent just over a week here with
us.
Then, one of our exchange students, who stayed with us 6 years ago,
came back to New Zealand and stayed a few days with us as she travelled around
to see some of the places that she did not get to see when she was here as a
student. It is so nice to have students at 16 and 17 years old as they attend
our schools and then see them again 6 years later all grown up!!!
Cont:/
Right – on the crafting front – I have been busy almost ‘living’ in the
craft room and creating all sorts of lovely items (great as Flo was here).
I thought that I would give you all a little break though January and
let you get over Christmas and get schooling all sorted before we began again.
I know it is a very busy time for a lot of you. SO, now is the time to start
creating again and our classes will begin in February on the following dates:
Tuesday 7th February 10.30am
Wednesday 8th February 6.45pm
Thursday 9th February 1.30pm
and again at 6.45pm
Saturday 11th February 10.30am
and again at 1.30pm
As a number of us now own (or are interested in owning) Cricuts, please
let me know if you are interested in doing a “Cricut Time” on a Saturday or Sunday on a regular basis. This
would be where you could bring along your Cricut and laptop, work on your own
projects and/or learn & share with others here. Of course there are
purchased SVG files that cannot be ‘shared’ , however when you see something
that someone has done you may like to purchase it – sometimes it is seeing
something finished that encourages you to want to make it yourself. For those new to Cricut we can share
information like how to purchase files, how to up-load them, how to size them
etc and of course making sure we all know how to save them so we don’t loose
them!! For those who are more advanced
it will be great to share more advanced info.
ANYWAY – do let me know if you are interested.
And as always – please let me know which class you will be coming to so
I have enough packs ready. Don’t forget, you can always bring a friend.
This year I have decided to keep the cost of the classes to $5.00 per
pack for Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday
classes and $10 for Thursday classes.
I am still happy to purchase any dies / stamps / cardstock / craft items
/ cut images etc, you may like. (Items ordered this year will need to be paid
for at the time of ordering)
DO NOT MISS THIS
EXCITING FUN DAY OUT!!!
GIRLS SHEDS!!
SUNDAY 19TH FEBRUARY
2017
This is run as a Rotary Club of Takaro Project – guaranteed to be a
great day!!
Read on……….
Tickets can be purchased from: PN I-Site, Caltex Energy Centre (Tremain
Ave), Capers Café, and Bernina Sewing Centre (pays to take cash – those some
have ‘cash-out’ facilities.
The tickets are $30 and INCLUDES
lunch!! How is that for great value!
SO – get your
tickets - grab a map, fill a car with your besties and head out for the day to
see what the Girls of Palmy and
surrounding areas are doing in their special spaces.
The ‘Girls Sheds” will be open from 9am – 4.30pm.
Enjoy!!
Well I am going back to doing some crafting for the day as it has just
started pouring down with rain again!! Good time for crafting.
I look forward to seeing those of you who come to classes and to
hearing from those of you who are a little distance away.
Well the rain is certainly pelting down now so am off for a cup of tea
before crafting for the afternoon.
Happy Crafting to you all,
Madge
Madge’s Creations.
Madgescreations.blogspot.co.nz
(If any of you who are a distance away and would like info on doing a
‘Girls Sheds” in your area do give me a call/email, and I can pass on details
to you.)
flower basket in box (file from Tina Fitch) - BBQ card (The Treasure Box)
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Lucas's trip for Christmas
I do hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas and that 2017 will be a great year. Over the past few weeks I have been keeping a big secret. Our daughter was talking to me and was a little sad that she would be spending Christmas alone as most of her friends were going to their home country's for the holidays and she was unable to come home. SO we decided as a big suprise we would arranged for our grandson (who is 21yr) to go visit with his mum in Abu Dhabi for Christmas.
Firstly we created a 'fictional friend' named 'Jan" who was going to go to Dubai and needed someone to pick her up and take her to her hotel. Our daughter was delighted to be able to pick up a NZ'er and especially as the fictional Jan was from Palmerston North. It was quite hard work asking questions to get information from her so that we would know that she was actually going to be home for Christmas. We spoke often on skype and each time I talked a little more and asked a few more questions. Seems she managed to get several days off over Christmas - that was good. Then she had to work on the day that he was flying in, so she said 'don't worry, tell 'Jan' (our fictional friend) that I will swap a shift and be there to get her. Then she started asking questions like - how long is she staying? would she like to stay with me? is she visiting family here? Oh dear, I did have to dodge some of those questions.
Well the day came and my sister and I took our grandson to Auckland to catch the flight to Dubai. He boarded the flight and was off on his great surprise journey. I stayed up most of the night and all the next day I was on my laptop with fb up waiting for him to let us know how things went. He text me from Brisbane, then again when he landed in Dubai. He headed out to the arrivals and text me to say she was not there. I told him to just wait, all would be well, she was probably parking the car. We waited and 5 minutes later the video came up!!!! he walked along the arrivals isle and saw her holding a sign "JAN" he walked up and said 'hi'!! she was sooooo surprised so with lots of tears and laughter and questions they met again. She asked 'is Jan coming' - he laughed and said 'no, I am 'Jan' she is not real'
Enjoy your Christmas both of you - with all our love.
I will try and find some way of putting the video up on here. not sure how so need to ask an expert for help to do.
I big thank you to my sister for coming with us to the airport, for keeping me calm though the excitement, and also a big thank you to our friend in Hamilton who put us up for a few nights before we went to Auckland and when we came back.
next trip will be going up to Auckland to get him when he returns!!
in the mean time I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and remember it is all about family and the love between you.
Madge
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
some Nov events
My week is getting busy as usual.
Just to let those who read this know that there is a Card sale/making on Nov 7th from 9.30am at the Milson Scout Hall - $5 entry and $2 per card. You can stay and make your chosen cards or take them away and make them at your leisure.
On Thursday 10th Nov. Warehouse Stationery are holding another crafty night from 6 - 8pm. $10 entry.
Our card classes in November are Tue 8th, Wed 9th, Thur 10th, Sat. 12th. Look forward to seeing you here.
well that it from me for now....
Saturday, 15 October 2016
Sunday 16th
Hi all,
have managed to get through this week with all it's drama and had a few laughs along the way.
What wonderful classes I have had this week - everyone is so nice and it is soooo relaxing with us all doing such lovely cards. It is great to have new people along and I do hope that you enjoyed it and come again.
I spent an evening with a good friend and we played with the new MISTI (Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented) - you know when you stamp a stamp and only part of it turns out right - it is soooo frustrating, well now with the MISTI you are able to put your card stock on the misti base, place your un-inked stamp where you want it, close the misti (which will pick up the stamp), open the misti, ink your stamp, close the misti and Wha La you have stamped your stamp exactly where you want it - but oh no - only part of it stamped clearly - no problem, just leave everything where it is, re-ink your stamp and re-stamp it!! because it is attached to the misti it will re-stamp EXACTLY where the first one was - Yeh a perfect stamp!! NOW do you have those stamps that either have several parts to them that overlay each other, or a flower head as one stamp the stem as another stamp and the leaves as yet another stamp - I find it difficult to stamp them all so that they look connected, or so they look great overlayed. With the misti it is soooo easy - once again you put the first stamp on and stamp it, leave your card stock where it is, place the 2nd layer and repeat with the misti, then other layers. it works really well. Oh just in case you are wondering NO I do NOT sell the misti, I am just giving you MY thoughts on it.
the two roses and the leaves were done using the misti. I have to admit that this is the first time I had used this stamp set as I can NEVER line up the layers right by hand. the flower has 3 layers and so does the leaf. I was impressed as the 3rd leaf stamp is so tiny but makes such a difference to the finished product. (yes the stamp set comes with the dies to cut the flower and leaf).
The parcels of cards and tags that I send to Rae are being received with great excitement. She has now received the last parcel that I sent - it does take several weeks to reach her, however there is much pleasure from the recipients when the parcels arrive. I am now continuing to gather for the next one to sent.
On the 29th October Flo and I are off to Wellington to teach Design Space to a group of ladies who have bought the new Cricut machine.
Card classes here in November are on Tue 8th - Wed 9th - Thur 10th - and Sat 12th. If you are interested in coming along to any of these classes just give me a call (3533880, or email: madgeb@xtra.co.nz) love to have you along.
Then on 21st November Flo Joycelyn and I are off to Sydney for some inspiration, new ideas and well yes I guess some shopping.
Then December will be upon us!! whatever happened to 2016 - it seems to have gone soooo fast.
Well I am off to prepare for some more classes so will come back on my blog again soon.
October Newsletter
Madge’s Newsletter
October 2016
Hi All,
Well first of all I must
apologise for not putting this newsletter out sooner!!! Sometimes things ‘just happen’ and not all
goes according to plan. I have to admit some of it was my fault, as some of you
know I met with 6 friends in Hamilton for a weekend ‘cricut-ing’. My weekend
started on the Friday morning at 4am when I went to work, then at 8am off to
Massey, at 11.30am was picked up by a friend and quickly loaded the car and we
were off to meet another friend on the way. Changed cars and we were finally on
the way to Hamilton. Arrived and to cut a long story short by the time I got
home on Sunday evening I had had about 6 hours sleep during the whole
weekend!!! But oh what fun we had. Especially as it was my birthday while I was
away and the girls did an awesome job of surprising me with
tooters/balloons/and singing happy birthday and I had the special luxury of
having TWO birthday cakes. For many years in our family I have had a little
critter that when you press his foot he dances and sings happy birthday. As my
children have gotten older they always try to hide it when it is their birthday
so that I don’t play it, however they never win and I always play it. My
darling husband phoned me the morning of my birthday and when I answered the
phone guess what was playing through the phone!!! Yes the little critter
singing. We laughed soooo much. So a big thank you to everyone who was a part
of setting everything up and to Julia and Heather for my lovely cakes.
Now, once I got home from the
weekend, with very little sleep, I was off to work at 4.30am on the Monday
morning!! Tried hard to catch up on things during the week, to little avail and
then on the Friday a 4wd decided that the side of my car was rather plain and could
do with some definition!! So I am driving a car with much ‘definition’ on the
side and waiting for the panel beater to do some ‘doctoring ‘ to it. With everything that was going on the news
letter did not get written, sorry.
Love to hear from anyone who
has had a more eventful week!!!
Poor car
on the good side these are some of the cards
we made this week
on the good side these are some of the cards
we made this week 
Well
now that week has passed I can go forward and let you know what is coming up:
Design Space Training:
For
any of you who have the Cricut Explore or Cricut Air we are doing a teaching in
Wellington on Saturday October 29th. If you know anyone in the
Wellington area that may be interested please tell them to contact me as spaces
are limited. We will be starting at 9.30am through to 4pm (ish, you know how it
is) and the cost is $60 for the day. We will be going though Design Space and
answering any questions people may have.
If
there are enough Palmerston North people interested we will run a class here in
Palmerston North. So do give me a call or email if you want more information.
August/September Prize
Don’t
forget, when you come two consecutive months you go into the draw to win a
prize pack.
Our winner
is : SHIRLEY!!
Congrats
to you Shirley, you can pick up your ‘pack’ when you come to November class or
give me a call to collect earlier.
Card Classes for November:
Tuesday
8th 10.30am
Wednesday
9th 6.45pm
Thursday
10th 1.30pm
and again at 6.45pm
Saturday
12th 10.30
and again at 1.30pm
These
will be our final card classes for 2016 – but wait, there’s more…
on
December 4th we will be having our final ‘party for the
year’ so do mark this date on your calendar and be prepared to have a great
time with lots of prizes and fun. The day will be from 1.30pm till 4.00 ‘ish.
I
will be in Australia from 21st to 29th November – having
some ‘information gathering’ and of course a little shopping spree.
To
those of you who have been unwell, I do hope that you are recovering and I look
forward to seeing you all at card class in November.
Happy
crafting,
Madge
Sunday, 4 September 2016
tidy up time
Just spent all day tidying up my craft room cupboards and getting things a bit more organised. Amazing how many things I found that I had been looking for or forgotten I had!! I think it pays to have a good sort out once in a while, and as I have such a busy week next week I thought it was a good time to do it. Time for a hot choc break and then come back and finish off.
Saturday, 3 September 2016
news letter hic up
sorry, couldn't get the newsletter on here, then got it on twice!!! cant win!! still at least it is there now so lets hope next month will be better.
August 2016 News letter
Madges Newsletter
August 2016
What
a great weekend we had at Wellington Paper Arts!! Lovely craft stalls, lovely
people!! Congrats to those of you who now have a Cricut buzzing away at your
house. I finally got my voice back after
so much talking!
I
am looking at holding a ‘Cricut day” in Wellington soon, so if you have a
Cricut and are in the Wellington area keep watch for when that will be – soon I
hope!!
As
some of you will have seen Three Little Whimzee’s have finally moved into their
lovely new premises at 50 Devonport Road in Tauranga. If you are not near Tauranga
do check out their website (3littlewhimzee.nz) with the lovely items they have
for sale. Also Cricut supplies. Flo has been cutting like crazy for them and
things are looking really lovely. Congratulation to Juliet and Dion, hope you
do well and prosper in the new premises.
STOP PRESS STOP PRESS: oh no! I have just heard Dion and Juliet had their
truck broken into and heaps of their lovely stuff has been stolen!! What a
horrible thing to happen – however they are on to it and will be up and running
again by Friday 2nd. Lets
hope that the people who did this get caught!!!
Back in the Manawatu – we have had a couple of ‘cricut days’ and are
looking forward to having them at least once a month on a regular basis. Will let everyone know when we have sorted
the dates. I would like these sessions to be for very new to very experienced
people. The idea is to share ideas and knowledge with each other. For those new
to Cricut I would like to be able to have some one-on-one time. If you are interested please let me know so I
can make sure you are kept informed.
Our Card Class Dates for September are:
Tuesday 13th 10.30am
Wednesday 14th 6.45pm
Thursday 15th 1.30pm and 6.45pm
Saturday 17th 10.30 am and 1.30pm
Dare
I say…. It will only be 14 weeks to
Christmas!!! I know that some of you are getting started with Christmas cards
and decorations, especially those that need to be posted overseas. The days do
seem to go by quickly and I often sit here and wonder ‘what happened to 2016”
It seems to have flown by!!
I
decided in all the busy-ness that I needed a ‘time out’ so a couple of weeks
ago I went to see Poi E the movie – I found it very informative, a lovely movie
to watch, and SO enjoyed the music. Then earlier this week I went and saw
Shallows – the one about the shark!! If you enjoy surfing and swimming in the
sea it is probably not the movie you want to see (ha ha) – however I did enjoy
it. I was pleased that I went during the day as I do not think that I would
have slept well if I had gone at night!! And having a surfing grandson – well I
wont think about that!!
Young
Zak came and spent the weekend with us and wanted to do ‘something on the
Cricut’ – so this is what he made… He choose what to make and what to put on
it…a box with ‘happy father’s day’ on it for his dad. He used my Cricut very well!! Naturally we had to fill box with lollies!
New little baby sister is doing very well and
at one month old is sleeping through the night!!
I am trying to keep my blog
up to date – so you may like to follow my blog on madgescreations.blogspot.co.nz
I know that some of you have
been unwell, especially with the cold and wind that we have had here. I do hope
that you are all starting to feel heaps better as we head into the nicer
weather.
Remember, come to card class
for two consecutive months and go in the draw for a goodie bag.
Happy crafting,
Madge
August 2016 News letter
Madges Newsletter
August 2016
What
a great weekend we had at Wellington Paper Arts!! Lovely craft stalls, lovely
people!! Congrats to those of you who now have a Cricut buzzing away at your
house. I finally got my voice back after
so much talking!
I am
looking at holding a ‘Cricut day” in Wellington soon, so if you have a Cricut
and are in the Wellington area keep watch for when that will be – soon I hope!!
As
some of you will have seen Three Little Whimzee’s have finally moved into their
lovely new premises at 50 Devonport Road in Tauranga. If you are not near
Tauranga do check out their website (3littlewhimzee.nz) with the lovely items
they have for sale. Also Cricut
supplies. Flo has been cutting like
crazy for them and things are looking really lovely. Congratulation to Juliet
and Dion, hope you do well and prosper in the new premises.
STOP PRESS STOP PRESS: oh no! I have just heard Dion and Juliet had their
truck broken into and heaps of their lovely stuff has been stolen!! What a
horrible thing to happen – however they are on to it and will be up and running
again by Friday 2nd. Lets
hope that the people who did this get caught!!!
Back in the Manawatu – we have had a couple of ‘cricut days’ and are
looking forward to having them at least once a month on a regular basis. Will let everyone know when we have sorted
the dates. I would like these sessions to be for very new to very experienced
people. The idea is to share ideas and knowledge with each other. For those new
to Cricut I would like to be able to have some one-on-one time. If you are interested please let me know so I
can make sure you are kept informed.
Our Card Class Dates for September are:
Tuesday 13th 10.30am
Wednesday 14th 6.45pm
Thursday 15th 1.30pm and 6.45pm
Saturday 17th 10.30 am and 1.30pm
Dare
I say…. It will only be 14 weeks to
Christmas!!! I know that some of you are getting started with Christmas cards
and decorations, especially those that need to be posted overseas. The days do
seem to go by quickly and I often sit here and wonder ‘what happened to 2016”
It seems to have flown by!!
I
decided in all the busy-ness that I needed a ‘time out’ so a couple of weeks
ago I went to see Poi E the movie – I found it very informative, a lovely movie
to watch, and SO enjoyed the music. Then earlier this week I went and saw
Shallows – the one about the shark!! If you enjoy surfing and swimming in the
sea it is probably not the movie you want to see (ha ha) – however I did enjoy
it. I was pleased that I went during the day as I do not think that I would
have slept well if I had gone at night!! And having a surfing grandson – well I
wont think about that!!
Young
Zak came and spent the weekend with us and wanted to do ‘something on the
Cricut’ – so this is what he made… He choose what to make and what to put on
it…a box with ‘happy father’s day’ on it for his dad. He used my Cricut very well!! Naturally we had to fill box with lollies!
New little baby sister is doing very well and
at one month old is sleeping through the night!!
I am trying to keep my blog
up to date – so you may like to follow my blog on
madgescreations.blogspot.co.nz
I know that some of you have
been unwell, especially with the cold and wind that we have had here. I do hope
that you are all starting to feel heaps better as we head into the nicer
weather.
Remember, come to card class
for two consecutive months and go in the draw for a goodie bag.
Happy crafting,
Madge
2nd and 3rd bendi cards
adding my newsletter????
have written my August newsletter however not sure how to post it onto my blog, maybe someone can let me know how to do that without me writting the whole thing again on here. anyway am off to bed now - should get a few hours sleep in!!
Love You Sew stamp set by Stampin Up
have a very busy week coming up so getting everything organised before it starts.
Friday, 24 June 2016
june 2016 (2nd newsletter)
MADGES NEWSLETTER
JUNE 2016 (2nd
one)
This
is the 2nd newsletter for June – I did say I would get one out last
Sunday, but hey, a week late is not too bad!! After all I did do a newsletter
earlier in June.
Have
been very busy this last week with working and I think I am suffering from
withdrawals from not being out here in the craft room!! One more week of full
on work and then I can get back into it again.
I
do hope that those of you who went to the Feilding Craft Fair enjoyed it,
unfortunately I was unable to make it this year – my wallet was quite
thankfull!!
A
big thank you to Warehouse Stationery Palmerston North who put on an Art and
Craft night, they do a great job and had a number of items being demonstrated
with some make-n-take tables too. The staff are great and I am sure that
everyone that went had a lovely time.
Great for shopping for those bits and pieces that you need, and also for
those things that you were not sure how to use, like the different kinds of
‘boards’. Great to have them demonstrated before you purchase. I saw a number
of young people very proud of their painting/stencilling make-n-takes. Well done Warehouse Stationery.
We
have had our June classes, and once again I have been in awe at your
creations!!
here are some
of the heart cards.
And oh what fun we had making the tunnel cards – well done everyone
Since
my last newsletter I have been busy as a bee……
Well
I know that our household is a busy one even with just 3 or sometimes 4 of us,
however I got to this point in the newsletter last night when I had to go off
to work for a couple of hours. Got home to find no-one home ??? strange. Then,
to cut a long story short, husband arrived to say we need to go to hospital. Our daughter was in her car and had a bit of
a debate with the bank on the side of the road!!! Daughter ok but will be black
and blue in the coming days – car not so well off. All good in the end, cars
can be replaced.
So
you see, I never quite know what is going to happen here.
Now
to continue with the newsletter for a few minutes before I head out to
Massey…..
Cricut news: yes it looks
very promising. Flo has been chatting on skype to Cricut and it is looking good. Flo is working with Three Little Whimzee to get the Cricut
into New Zealand so if you are interested in one please do let me know or
contact Flo. If you are in the Bay of Plenty area do pop into Three Little Whimzee shop (in Tauranga)
and have a chat to them and see the lovely items in their new shop.
Tuition: For those of you who are in the Manawatu area Flo will be here at the end of July so if you want to check out the Cricut or have some tuition
please let me know.
Porirua: The Wellington Paper Arts is on in Porirua 20th and 21st
August so pop those dates in your diary. It is a great day (or 2) out.
Our Craftroom Update: yeh
finally the new chairs have arrived.
They came in a VERY large box and once I had managed to get the chairs
out of it the little kitten thought that it was just a wonderful tunnel to run
and play in!! Anyway the chairs do look nice, and hopefully those of you who
come to class will find them nice and comfortable.
OK,
so now another week has gone by….
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JULY CLASS DATES:
Mark your calendars for:
Tue
12th 10.30am
Wed
13th 6.45pm
Thur
14th 1.30pm and again at
6.45pm
Sat
16th 10.30am and again
at 1.30pm
Don’t
forget – if you are interested in the Cricut or if you have one and want to
learn more about it or about the online programs give me a call.
Take
care of yourself, be kind to one-another,
and remember that ‘family’ extends beyond blood relatives.
Blessings
to you
Madge
madgescreations.blogspot.co.nz (check it out!!)
what next
Well I have had a busy couple of weeks working, so now I want to get onto a couple of files that I want to cut so am off to the Cricut machine now to see which one I will cut next...... such excitement!!!!
cot card and flower card
Have made this cot card for a friend who has a baby due soon, plus the flower card for the 'older sister'. Made from SVG cuts. I am quite pleased with them and a big thanks to two friends who came and chatted and helped for the afternoon. It is good to have someone to chat to and run things past and to make suggestions when crafting.
yes that is my thumb on the left hand side while I take the pic - sorry ha ha.
yes that is my thumb on the left hand side while I take the pic - sorry ha ha.Tuesday, 7 June 2016
8th June 2016
I am still trying to sort a way of storing my inkpads so I can see them clearly - got some ideas that I am working on so will see how I go. All ready and looking forward to class tonight.
Seem to have a few things on the go at the moment so it is good to be busy, especially with our cold mornings, though they do seem to bring pleasant days. Am hoping to get some more cutting done on the cricut over the next couple of days - trouble is people in this house seem to think that they need to eat!!! so have to stop and do meals ha ha.
I love the fact that Flo was able to spend 10 days crafting!!! Looking forward to having her here again in July even if it only for a few days.
Looking forward to class tonight so must fly now, be back with pics from the class.
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