A Thankful Heart

Sometimes you have to go back to your 4th grade art class ... primary colors never get old together.

This card is all cut up and ready for you to put together the next time the Pretty Pieces Café is open. That's October 23rd and 24th. We have a lot of time to get some new cards added to the mix.

Happy & Wonderful

Two more cards are ready for you to create the next time the Pretty Pieces Café is open. I REALLY enjoy making these cards for you. It's delightful!!!

You can make these on August 21st from 1pm-5pm OR August 29th from 10am-3pm. To see more cards available click on the Al A Carte tab above OR you can always follow my Pinterest Board ...http://www.pinterest.com/shellynemitz/pretty-pieces-cafe/

PML Card Banquet

One of the goals in the Pretty Pieces Café is to have a Banquet at least once a month. What's a Banquet?? It's just a fancy name for a class. The event has a start time and an end time. Everyone who attends will be making the same thing at the same time.  I will be the "teacher". You might even learn something.

Guess how long it took me to make this card? Did you guess under 10 minutes? CTMH Picture My Life (PML) cards make it fun and easy to create something adorable at a record speed. AND of course if you want to get all fussy you can do that too. I fought the urge to go further with this. It's important to know that you can make cute things fast.

Here are the Banquet details...

     WHO - YOU and nine other people. There are enough supplies for 10 people.   

     WHAT - make six different cards using PML products and a whole lot more!     

     WHEN - Thursday, August 21st at 10am or 6pm (two hours class)

     WHERE - my house in Shoreview

     WHY - it's fun AND productive all at the same time

     

The cost for 6 cards is $10 per person. You will need to bring adhesive & scissors. All kinds of other tools will be available for you to use. A buffet of embellishments will also be available in colors that match these cards. It's going to be a lot of creative fun. There are no pre-designed cards in this class. You will have to add in your own creativity. BUT if you look at the card above all I did was adhere the floral card to card stock, tie a ribbon around it and add some bling. EVERYONE can do this.

Here's another card. Of course you can stamp on these too. It's a great way to use a stamp set you purchased because you love it but you don't know want to design something from scratch. Please feel free to bring your own stamp sets to add to your cards. All of the inks & blocks you need will be here.

I made this so you can see that it's not always about pre-decorated PML cards. Here's what these two cards looked like before I got out my washi tape and stamps.

Can you see what I did??

Contact me starting NOW!! Remember that there's limited space. Feel free to bring a friend. Send an email to shellynemitz@gmail.com to register or ask questions.

More Delicious Cards

The Pretty Pieces Café will be open tomorrow from 10am until 8pm. AND you are definitely invited! Here are two more cards that will be available to make. As always they're way better in person. Plus if you want to add your own personal touches than of course you can!!

There are 16 different designs available ... over 100 cards!!

Read about the pricing and see other cards under the "Al A Carte" tab above. You will need to bring some things. Please contact me with ANY kinds of questions about this at shellynemitz@gmail.com. 

Hi!

Just in case you're wondering ... YES, there will be new cards in the Pretty Pieces Café on Wednesday, June 18th. 

Last month there were 7 cards that needed to be retired. Thank You to everyone who came and made a card or two ... or ten!! I'm working hard to replenish the supply. It's hard to say how many more new cards there will be. BUT there will be more. Keep an eye on this blog to see them.

Congrats!!

There will be a graduation card available in the Pretty Pieces Café on May 30th!!! Woo! Hoo!

Why is this so exciting? For some reason I like it when a grad card is the "right" color. So to make one that suits every potential school is really tricky. Well, it used to be before I created this. It's simple and all you need to make it just right for your graduate is to change up the color strip.

Better with Friends

I love this sentiment ... It's hard to imagine life without friends.

If you guessed that this is being added to the Al A Carte section you'd be absolutely right. If you're wondering if these colors are accurate you'll have to come to the Pretty Pieces Café on May 30th to see what they really look like. 

(sometimes the instant fix tool in photo correcting just doesn't get it right!!)

Enjoy the Ride

In case you wondering ... I'm still creating cards to put into the Al A Carte section. There's always a request for masculine cards so here you go. 

I would use this for a graduation, retirement or birthday. What about you?

Mark your calendar for May 30th when you can come to make this card and a whole lot more at the Pretty Pieces Café. You can be here any time between 10am and 8pm.

Thank You for Everything

Things are coming together for our first opening on May 2nd from 10am until 8pm.  You've seen a whole bunch of cards that will be available. Here's one more!!!

I believe that if you pay attention in your life you can probably send a thank you note to someone every day. There's just so much to be thankful for and most of it comes through the people in our lives. Start thinking about someone you want to thank NOT because you're obligated by social tradition but because you're truly thankful for the people in your life.

Got questions about the Cafe??? Contact me through shellynemitz@gmail.com.

Thinking of YOU

Yes ... I AM thinking of you when I make these cards. As I stock up the Al A Carte section above I'm aiming at some variety. It's trickier than you think because I love flowery cards. AND I love this paper, don't you?

I'm putting 11 of these into the Al A Carte section above for you to come and make on May 2nd. Please mark your calendar. There's someone in your life right now that wants to know you're thinking about her. 

Have a Nice Day

Are you having a better day just by seeing this adorableness?? This is going into the Al A Carte section above. The first day these cards will be available to make is Friday May 2nd. I really hope you're planning to come to the Pretty Pieces Cafe that day.

Blog Hop Heads Up

This is just a heads up to those who follow only the Pretty Pieces Café blog. Over at Just One Pretty Piece there's a Blog Hop going on. Click right HERE to jump right in and see a whole lot of Skylark awesomeness. I love this "Live In The Moment" stamp so you'll probably see something using that sentiment sooner or later.

When you go through the hop check out the lip balm holders on Kristine's Blog. I'm thinking about adding a couple of easy teacher gifts to the Al A Carte section to make at the end of May. What do you think???

Altered "Recipe"

Do you ever get a recipe from someone and change it up? Maybe it has an ingredient your family doesn't like. OR you have something in your refrigerator that you could use up? 

This week I received the card below in the mail. Isn't it adorable??? I love everything about it except the labor!! That beautiful "patterned" paper is hand stamped. I don't do that! So ... Close To My Heart paper to the rescue. Same idea only a whole lot easier. 

Thank you to Anne Rukke for letting me copy her card. It's only fitting that I show you here because Anne is on the Pretty Pieces team. I'm hoping to show you what the other girls cook up in the future.

Look What I Found

Close To My Heart paper is on trend and timeless all at once!! I love that. 

Here's a little blast from the past I found stashed away in a box. 

Inside it says, "You Are My Sunshine".

This happy card is going into the Al A Carte section, which means you can come to the Pretty Pieces Cafe (my house) and make this card and many more on May 2nd from 10am to 8pm.

Thank You

Here's the next card going on the Al A Carte "menu". 

Isn't it delicious?

You didn't think I'd leave you without Thank You notes did you??

Oh Baby

I have LOOOOOVED this Close To My Heart Stamp Of The Month (CTMH SOTM LOL!!!) since I got it in December 2013!! Some people say they don't like all of the"collecting" that we do as paper crafters. I'm happy to add things to my "stash" because I never know when it's something I'll need or be inspired by. I love this baby card. There are lots of color options when you come to the cafe. I'm a big fan of choices.

There are lots of color options when you come to the cafe to make this.  You'll definitely have to apply a little creativity.

Send Some Love

Here's a little something that's just good to have on hand for a lot of different occasions. I could see myself sending this card over and over again for a whole variety of occasions. I gave it lots of labels because I just couldn't choose.

It's simple, because the sentiment says everything.

Al A Carte EASY!!

Sometimes there will be items in Al A Carte that require very little effort or creativity on your part!! THIS is one of those items. This is a creative use of leftovers so everything is already stamped.

This is the only way I'll be serving cupcakes in the Pretty Pieces Cafe.

And So It Begins ...

It's time to start putting some items on the Al A Carte menu!! At this point everything in Al A Carte will be cards.

Make sure you check the Al A Carte section above on a regular basis to see what will be available when the Pretty Pieces Cafe is open for business. The first time you can make these cards will be Friday, May 2nd from 10am - 8pm.

Here's the first item. Come back tomorrow for another. I know ... it's a little bit of a tease. You can start following my blog and have info emailed to you!

The paper and color choices on this card will vary.