TIM HOLTZ

Well, it has been a whirlwind of a week.  So much going on and so little time.

Although my time in Melbourne was extremely brief, I would do it all again in a heartbeat.  Tim, is the most humble, friendly and warm man I have met in a long time.  His workshop was a fast paced information overload, that had my head swimming with ideas.  Love new inspiration.  I also met some lovely consultants and wonderful staff from HQ.

Due to family reasons and budget I made the decision to fly out at the crack of dawn and flew home about 10pm.  3.5 hours of productive shopping first thing after landing and finding out where I needed to be.  An amazing lunch at the Trust Melbourne. And then a short walk across the road, to the Oaks on Market to start the workshop.  As soon as we sat down there was no stopping.  I have some groovy tags full of techniques to share with you all (later). And a note pad full of tips, tricks and other useful information.

Remember to have fun creating, and Enjoy the journey

Male Layout

Created for this fortnights challenge. Male inspired layout or card. Stamp collage technique used, inspired by the famous Heidi Swapp. Vintage clock large, cogs, barcode, and background stamps used. Distress inks black soot, brushed corduroy, pumice stone and walnut stain. New metal embellishments cogs and clock hands. Twine yellow and lace

Two more Sleeps

That is right...... two more sleeps and then I will be in Melbourne meeting one of my biggest idols.  The all mighty TIM HOLTZ.  I cannot tell you how extremely excited I am.  I am feeling a little overwhelmed and nervous.  I am sure I will be fine once I get to Melbourne and get to where I need to be.

This is definatley a once in a life time opportunity and I am extremely honoured to be have this opportunity.  I am sure once I get back I will have lots of exciting news to share.

I also have a little achievement coming up tomorrow.  I will be celebrating 5 years with Kaszazz.  I seriously never thought I would be around this long.

I joined for the love of creating and the fact I truly wanted products as cheap as I could get them, as I was a stay at home mum with two little boys and a husband who was at work all the time.  I signed without even having a party and only meeting my upline once.  Within the first 4 months of joining I had my first downline member (who has unfortunately left my team for other adventures).  Shortly after, she joined, we were doing markets together.  And before long I was doing regular workshops from home on a Friday evening.

Needless to say the rest is history.  Without a doubt, joining has been awesome for my self esteem, and confidence.  Although the journey has not always been up hill and I could never say it has been easy, I would definatley do it all over again.

For without joining, i surely would not have met alot of you.  I would not have had nearly as much fun.  And I am not sure I would have learnt as many lessons or techniques.

Thank you to all that have helped me along the way.

Here is to celebrating where my creative journey has been and where it is going to go from here (starting with meeting the man himself  - MR TIM HOLTZ).  Creating is not something I will be giving up anytime soon.  So, remember its about having fun and enjoying the journey

Until next time stay creative

2H 1112 Cherish your Soul Page and vertical Pockets

This workshop is a joy to make.  Lots of rub ons, plastic and bling.  It is also featured in our new catalogue.  I love the simple white space design.  Very creative and fun.  Not sure what photos I am going to put on it yet.  

I will be running this workshop on Saturday 26th May 2012 7:30pm.  Cost is $30 per person.  For more information please leave a comment or contact me.

Inside Goody Bags

Well, a few days ago, I said I would show you what was inside the goody bags.  The lovely ladies found one of  these beautiful bright candy striped twines and a NEW (unused, the stamp here is mine and it has been used) vintage butterfly stamp and a mini fun sized mars bar.   It was great to see the surprise on their faces when they opened their little bags and found new products in them.  I also, got a great response for the new packaging. The packaging will soon be found on most of our products.  I think it is cute.  I love it alot more than the old branding.

The twine is wrapped around these really cute tiny cotton wheels.  I have lots of ideas for them.  Just need to use up some more twine so I can put the ideas into play.  SO SO SO cute.  I will be back with more to show you really soon.

Have fun crafting
Alicia

TTD Make and Take and Demonstration Cards

Ok, here are the three cards that all the wonderful ladies that attended my TTD, got to see.  I demonstrated, the girl on a swing sunset card and the happy butterfly card. Then the ladies, got to make the bird on a wire card, using the beautiful new masking tape.  You could make this card for free by booking your own demonstration/get together.  So easy and a great use of the masking tape.  I am sure you will see lots of masking tape used on many projects coming up.  It is self adhesive. Sticks beautifully and looks amazing.  It comes in some great designs.

Here I Come!!! Watch out Melbourne

YEP, I am going!!! Confirmation just came through.   I cannot believe it!!  My little white fluffy cloud just got enormous.  lol... Now to organise the rest of the details.   THANKS KASZAZZ, you are about to rock my little world.