Nancy Wethington

Changes to May 9 workshop at Checkered Cottage . . .

Hi Everyone!

A slight alteration from the list of *to bring*.

You will not need to bring your

WeR Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

I have those pre-done for you.

The rest of the list can be found below.

 

Thank you to all who signed up sight-unseen!

Finally received most of the shipments I was waiting for

and could finish the mini.

We're going to use some awesome products including

Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst

and

Goosebumps Clear Texture Spray

If you're signed up for this workshop, please bring:

Black Distress Stain for book edges

One small paint brush for globe and one medium paint brush for wood postcard

(see cover)

Spritzer with water & old rag

Brown Distress Ink (I used Vintage Photo)

Corner Rounder or Chomper

Crafty Foam Tape

Crop-a-Dile

Scissors, Paper Trimmer, Adhesives (wet & dry), Paper Piercer

Mini stapler

See you at 10:30 and we'll work all day!

It's the start of something good . . .

UPDATE: Only 2 spots left and it's not even designed yet.

You gals are awesome. Thank you so much.

I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date.

 It's been a crazy travel month and it's still not over.

So I am very late with my sample for the

once-a-month bookbinding workshop

@

Checkered Cottage - Kirkwood MO

Hoping you trust me with the design of this book

and join me

Saturday, May 9

10:30 - 4:30

I'm waiting for deliveries of wonderful things

that will be included with this mini.

Think vintage-look items,

chipboard travel pieces

and lots of other goodies.

The book is 6.75" x 6.25" with 8 chipboard interactive pages.

$45

Hope to see you there!

It's in the works . . .

So much fun planning the next mini-book workshop at Checkered Cottage.

It's a mini in a box using

Graphic 45's Come Away With Me.

Love this collection, its colors and theme.

Stay tuned for details, price, what to bring, etc

but in the meantime

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, March 14

For Keeps Sake Events is going to Springfield MO . . .

Join Timi & Nancy W

for a 2 day

Graphic 45 Weekend of Workshops

and the

Scrapbook Generation

staff

as well as talented instructor Lindsey Amschler.

Lindsey will teach a Graphic 45 card class

and

I will be teaching 2 workshops:

a two-page 12x12 layout using the beautiful new

Artisan Style.

The layout will hold 6 photos up front

and then look for hidden pockets for

added photos or journaling.

The 2nd workshop is using Graphic 45's

Home Sweet Home

along with their new

Mixed Media Box.

We'll create hinges to string the included cards together

and create an accordion mini book

Lots of pockets, flips and pull-outs included!

Join us for a 2 day Graphic 45 extravaganza.

More information here:

For Keeps Sake Events Newsletter

and pay for the workshop here:

For Keeps Sake is now accepting Pay Pal

Hope to see you there!

 

Now accepting credit cards . . .

For Keeps Sake Events

is now accepting credit cards

via

Pay Pal.

Get all the info on our 2015 events

and payments

here:

For Keeps Sake Events & Pay Pal Info

We have a few more spots open for our

February 28 One Day Crop

@

Holiday Inn SW - Route 66

St. Louis MO

Pack up and join the fun!

Our next event . . .

For Keeps Sake Events

One Day Crop

February 28 - 7 am - 1 am

Holiday Inn Southwest - Route 66

Check out our newsletter

for information and registration

about this and all other 2015 events:

For Keeps Sake 2015 Event Catalogue

 

Saturday, October 11 Garage Sale . . .

 

There's a few spots left for

the amazing & most popular

paper & altered arts Garage Sale in town . . .

For Keeps Sake Garage Sale

St. Louis MO

Saturday, October 11

Follow this link to get the full scoop here:

For Keeps Sake Garage Sale

 

Sellers Note: We are advertising to over

5000

paper & altered artists

just for you!

Crops, Trips and more from For Keeps Sake Events . . .

Crops, Trips & more from For Keeps Sake Events . . .

As you may have heard Timi Taylor and Nancy Wethington will still be coordinating Girlfriends Getaways, One Day Crops & Scrapbook Trips throughout the Midwest area. We love to travel and scrapbook and thought many of you may want to join us. 

Timi has (along with Nancy N) successfully run For Keeps Sake Scrapbook for 13 years. Nancy W spent over 30 years in the travel industry planning and coordinating group trips all over the world. Together they have created their newest venture, For Keeps Sake Events.

Attached you will find our first newsletter highlighting the crops, getaways and weekend trips for the Fall, Winter and Spring Season 2014-2015. Space is based on first available and weekend trips require a minimum of 30 people.

Hope you enjoy our For Keeps Sake Events Newsletter and can join us on our scrapbooking journey.

Download FKS Newsletter

A Book of Memories - Revised Edition . . .

I cannot say enough good things about Laura Denison's A Book of Memories. This one I revised a bit:

• It is 8.5" tall x 6.25" wide. (The original pattern was 10" tall x 8" wide.)
• The binding on this one is 2.75" compared to the original 4.5".
• I used a Laura Denison's perfect hinge binding for the inside pages.
• Broke up (?) the outside/inside bindings and used bookbinding tape to secure the hinges.

Here's what I ended up with:

Most of the papers and embellishments were from

Prima's Time Traveler.

You can see in the photo above that I used 3 separate pieces

for the inside hinges.  In Laura's instructions, she had these

3 pieces all joined together. I left mine separate.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking.

Finis . . .

In my quest to finish the insides of the mini books I've started, this week's book brought to you by . . . 

Crossing California

That was the title of the original book.

I took out the innerds and put in a binding that Laura Denison made famous called

Stack The Deck.

You might remember this cover created for a guest spot on

Stencil Girl Stencils.

Here's a few of the inside pages:

I added envelopes, tags and what-not between the stack-the-deck pages.

 

These pages flip and fold-out:

 

I'm (back) into transparencies:

 

On to the next mini: