Look Where We've Been!

Our journeys have taken us South... way south to Houston, Texas. We experienced a bit of Southern hospitality and lots of cajun cooking.  Our friends at A Scrapbook Junkie, hosted our very own, Janelle Smith, for a weekend of gypsy classes, sneak peaks and gypsy inspired goodies. We hear the classes were action packed and everyone left with new ideas and lots of love for the gypsies. Check out some of the great projects from her classes designed by our fabulous artists.

The Gypsy Board Book:

This cute little album was created using our naked 4x4 Board Book, 97% Complete Stickers, Gaffer's tape, Photo Turns, and papers from our brand new Savannah collection!

Here we transformed one of the naked portfolios using family flashcards, chipboard tags, metal page edges, family ink rubbings, and our infamous book belt.

And finally, a mini book was bound into a cd holder and embellished with papers from our Nottinghill collection, ATC stickers, and ink travel rubbings. A clever little closure was created from ATC transparencies, textured rubbings and 6" elastic. Too fun!

Thanks again to all of you who joined us for a great weekend of classes!  We can't wait to see where our travels take us next. If you're interested in hosting a gypsy at your store email us for more information!

Hunter or Gatherer

There are two kinds of people in this world: hunters and gatherers. The hunter goes in, gets what they need, brings it home and uses it up. On the other hand, the gatherer searches high and low, gathering many treasures to add to their already full stash of ...................(fill in blank). And even though the piles grow bigger there just might be the day when one will need something in one of the piles/boxes/drawers.
Does any of this sound familiar? Are you a gatherer? Here's a test...you know when you get a new scrapbook product and it comes in a pack of 6 and your already down to 3, you start getting that little twinge of anxiety...thoughts of, what if I can't get any more? or, I might need this later.
That's when the hoarding starts.
Not the kooky kind of hoarding like you see on the Oprah show, but hoarding just the same (for some of us it's the 97% cards that are now discontinued).
Well, at CHA in July we met a lovely girl, Krissy from Greenville, South Carolina who had the same love of the 97% cards. In fact she professed her love of all things Gypsie and said she just couldn't get enough. We asked her to take a picture of her stash and send it to us.
She was right, she does have a lot! We think she's definitely a gatherer.
Someone after our own heart.

This is the page from Krissy's album, "25 Things that make me Happy".
We made her list!

More Details.....

We thought we would show you a few more details from CHA.  Many of these details have to do with the fabulous finished project samples that we show.  We think we have the best artists helping us to make our booth look great.  The amazing creativity and attention to detail, all in a very short time frame.  Here are just a few.....THANK YOU ladies!!

The new Savannah album box and Savannah journal - journal done by Ann Mabee

The new flocked paper.....to die for!!

The new vacation journal - Use our new binderie punch to make a vertical accordion as shown or a horizontal accordion.  You can also punch holes vertical or horizontal to make it into a traditional book with rings - project by Donna SmylieSeveral pages from our new Savannah journal pack - this one by Allison Kimball
page from "write it" journal pack -  by Renee Camacho
page from new Savannah journal pack - by Allison Kimball
page from Savannah journal pack - by Allison Kimball
gaffer tape
page using our new LARGE journal clear stamps - they are FABULOUS!! - page by Paula Cheney
New 5x7 journal with black book board pages inside.  It is covered with the new flocked paper - by Janelle Smith
Projects made with the binderie punch.  It is so easy and quick, with the push of a button the 2-hole punch goes through book board or 8 sheets of cardstock at a time.  The Home Sweet Home journal kit - by Ann Mabee.  The large wall page done by Katie Watson.
Purse made with the binderie punch - by Donna Smylie

We're Back!!

We're back from CHA, a little rested and glad to be home.  We thought you might like to see what we have been working on for the past few months.  Our old booth just didn't look quite gypsy enough so we have been busy working on a new one.  The main items we ended up using were:  lots of assorted wallpaper, yards and yards of burlap, coffee grounds, glaze, upholstery tacks, several coats of paint and a lot of hard work in an unairconditioned factory during a heat wave in LA....let us know what you think!!

Here are a few "before" pictures - 

The walls are painted, we are ready to wallpaper.  

We had a good system Paula cut the wall paper, Deb put the paste on and Janelle would put it on the wall.
This is Jorge, we think he is amazing.  he built our booth and got it to the show with our beautiful walls all intact.  He is very clever and figured out any dilemma we had.  THANKS JORGE!!
And now the "after" pictures -

The booth is sort of an I shape with a small walkway between two sections.  The center section of this wall, under the awning is our new make and take area.  The awning is made from ticking and the table skirt from burlap.
We used several different wallpapers and burlap to cover the walls.  One of the burlap walls is shown on the left.  The patches were our favorite thing!!  If you were wondering from the last post what we were doing with the coffee grounds from Starbucks, this is it, lot's of burlap now has a little more character.
In between the booth sections is a small cozy walkway with a very gypsy chandelier hanging above.
A close-up....it's better IRL, lots of fun things hanging among all the beads and prisms.
This is the paper wall, we made 6x12" tags to show all of our paper.  They were hung on vintage yardsticks.
Our savannah sign is made from a page from a vintage ledger.  We sewed it onto cardboard and added grommets in the corners to tie it onto the silver tray.  Also notice the cute frame in the top right corner.....very cute board with lots of 7g details by Ann Mabee.
More views of the booth -

The new Savannah collection wall - you will love the collection!!
Inspire on ledge by renee Camacho - using the new binderie punch.  The journals shown were done by Katie Watson, Sande Krieger and Janelle Smith.
Naked purse kit - done by Katie Watson
4x6 carousel by Sande Krieger - it is a recipe holder.  She not only included the recipes but with each recipe was a photo of the person who gave her the recipe and a little about the person.  Also notice the drawer that it is sitting on, Paula found them on the side of the road!!  She is a true gypsy!!
A few of the ledges in the booth
Paula Cheney and Jamie Waters did these pages.
We had a great time at the show, thanks to all of you who came and saw us!!