Café Hours

OK ... some of you have been waiting for this and there's finally an answer. There are TWO days in August when you can come to make Al A Carte cards and layouts.

Here are the upcoming dates ...
... Thursday, August 21st (1-5pm)
... Friday, August 29th (10am - 3pm)

Mark your calendar and come. I'd love to know you're planning on it but you actually don't even have to tell me. This is an open house style event. You come and go the hours you decide based on your own schedule. Keep coming back to this blog (or follow) to see the new items being added to Al A Carte. You can also follow my Pinterest Board where I keep a list of what's available. It may take a few days after any day the café is open to get the numbers updated.

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.

August Take Out Kit

It's time to pre-order the August Scrapbook Take Out Kit, made with the bright and colorful Confetti Wishes Paper. All of the designs are courtesy of Make It From Your Heart Volume One.

Before we go further here's the most important part ... you must contact me by August 18th to have this kit made for you by Friday, August 29th (which is Pretty Pieces Café date).

I will cut all of the pieces you need to make these three layouts. All you have to do is apply adhesive and attach the Confetti Wishes Complements. There are two ways to purchase the kit. The Appetizer option includes just the paper pack and the coordinating stickers for $23. If you want the Complete Meal it will add the Purple Glitter Gems and Thistle Diagonal Striped Ribbon the price is $32. No matter which you choose all of the leftover scraps are yours to keep.

I thought it would be fun this time around for you to see what the layouts look like with pictures on them. So I'm showing you the "after" version. Here I've added photos AND the embellishments that come with the full kit.

Have you decided which Take Out kit to get yet? Once you know you can contact me by email at  shellynemitz@gmail.com. We can I'll get you signed up and we can work out the payment.

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. 

Freshly Made Sketches #144

A girl needs help sometimes. We all have a box we like to stay in if we're honest enough to admit it. In order to appeal to everyone who comes to the Pretty Pieces Café I like to offer things that may not be my "style".  It helps to try a little sketch challenge now and then.

This is Sketch #144 from Freshly Made Sketches. They're aiming at "clean" over there, something that I need to work on!!! This card will join all of the other cards under the Al A Carte tab above!! You can come make this and many more at my house on July 22nd from 10am until 8pm. Read further details when you're looking at all of the other pretty cards.

NEW!!

If you haven't already marked your calendar for July 22nd maybe this will help you remember. The Pretty Pieces Café will be open on that Tuesday from 10am until 8pm. Here are two new cards that are being added to the Al A Carte section. Aren't they bright and cheerful???

If you're new to the whole Al A Carte concept, click on the tab above with that name. You will see all of the cards that are cut up and ready for you to assemble when the Pretty Pieces Café is open. These cards change each time. New cards are being added and others are eventually used up. You never know exactly what's available until you come here. 

Mark Your Calendar

The Pretty Pieces Café will be open on Tuesday, July 22nd from 10am until 8pm. I'm so excited to offer you new cards to make in the Al A Carte part of this event. The cash and carry store will be open. AND I'll have the jewelry bar set up. You will probably see a few sneak peeks of the new products. PLUS the August Take Out kit will be available to start pre-ordering.

As if that's not enough ... I'll be introducing a smorgasboard of mini clubs that you can join starting in August. If you sign up for one you'll be able to take home a BRAND new Annual Inspirations!

Look under the Al A Carte tab to see the cards that are currently available to make. Then keep an eye on this blog to see what gets added between now and July 22nd.

Check out how much fun it was the last time!!!