New Class Offering

I have a new class to offer which is a bit different from the ones I usually teach. 

I have gotten the supplies I was waiting for so it's time to open up signups. I'm going to be doing some wooden project classes. Hu

The first is a series of four seasonal collage frames for your home(would also be a great gift, but I'm keeping mine)  

The first we will do is the winter one

 Followed by the spring

Eventually going on to summer and fall. 

These pictures are of the company's samples. The ones you do WILL NOT be using the same papers. 

The initial class will be a bit more expensive because it includes your initial frame

Mine is black but it is also a available in white.

The high quality frame has a metal backing allowing each piece to be added with very strong included magnets. Through the year you simply change the pieces. 

The class will include some painting, but much of the work will be done by tracing the design of the pieces and gluing them to the wood. The sets start out like this. 

I am going to teach this class in my home on Wednesday nights beginning with the first class on January 15th at 6pm when we will be making the winter set. 

The price of that first class will be  $55. You will receive the frame in that class. The following classes will be $30.

When signing up you will be committing to four classes over the span of this year. You will be making winter, spring, summer,  and finally fall. 

Throughout the year there will be optional classes offered to include holidays. Such as...

I'm inviting you to join me to create these fun decorative frames throughout the year, but let me know as soon as possible since I need time to order the wood products you will need. 

Come visit me at MyRedHen.blogspot.com


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Crazy Lady!

Well folks, this crazy old lady just got done hanging my own Christmas lights outside. I'm lucky I didn't fall and splat on the concrete. I hope they look okay because they just may stay there forever.
Not a job I think I'll be doing again.

NEW YEAR CROP!!!

          Next up is the New Year crop!
                     Five big days!
I'm really excited about this one ladies. I mean what better way to ring in the new year than scrapping with fun friends?

Contact me at snipnscrap@yahoo.com
                  if you'd like to join us.
Some people are getting a room there.
They have said that if there are enough people interested in doing that, we can get a block of rooms and a better rate, so let me know also if you are interested in doing that.

Hint.....The very first day of the crop is New Year's Eve so we're going to celebrate with a pajama party.

At Last!!!

There is a shed in the yard of my wonderful new home which is available for me to use. It was however, full to the brim with stuff. Everything was crammed in right up to the door. It was too big a job for me since there were several pieces of furniture stuffed in there, but today I got help and it is cleaned out and ready to use. I am so thrilled and forever grateful for Eric's help.

THANK YOU!!!!!

A bunch of furniture was put out on the sidewalk for college kids to grab up

And as you can see there was a lot of junk to get rid of. 

November Crop

Well ladies, my November crop has come and gone and in the new location. I'm really pleased with it and I think all twenty some ladies who attend were too  As usual, I forgot to take pictures while the room was full and everything was in full swing, but I got these at the very end when most everyone was already gone.
We had a great time.

 I simply must get better at remembering to take pictures!!! 😜

Thomas the Turkey

Yesterday in class we made this turkey punch art.
I just love him!!
I haven't taught any punch art in quite some time. Some were thrilled to be doing it (thank you Linda), but some of the ladies thought I was crazy  I hope they weren't too overwhelmed by it cause we're doing some Christmas punch art in next months class.
I can hardly wait to make the sheperd I have planned!

He has legs BTW, 

they just aren't in this picture 

And speaking of turkeys, I saw this on the internet. I got a giggle. Maybe you will too.

Thanksgiving Comes

Thanksgiving is nearly here and you may be in need of place cards for your table, or maybe you've been invited elsewhere and could use a thank you.

I have a few things to offer, shown in this video.

Okay, I obviously messed up with this video, but I'm just too lazy to redo it. Maybe you can just tilt your head a litte  ☺️

Oh no!! Not again!!

Well, I said that last post would be the last Halloween one, but while working with the current Paper Pumpkin I looked down at the negative of the beautiful trees in our kit,  and what did I see? SPOOKY HALLOWEEN TREES!
So...I just had to make one more card.
I took the negative and mounted it in to black cardstock, added some pieces from last month's kit and this is what I came up with. Thought I'd share it in case any of you Paper Pumpkin people out there would want to put it together before you put those supplies away 

Okay, now back to work on Christmas cards with lovely trees  

Final Halloween

This my final post about things I've made for Halloween this year. I promise, but I just had to show you all this last box.
This is one of the boxes from the October Paper Pumpkin . I cut squares out of all four sides and added window sheets.
This picture is of the four candies inside.
They were originally spooky cute suckers, but I cut the sticks off so they could fit.

Then I popped them I the box peeking through the windows. There is a small sucker in the middle to stabilize them. Then I embellished my little box and WAA-LAA!!

I think they're pretty cute. Which is your favorite peeking creature?

I think mine is the ghost, but I really like the little pumpkin too....Hmmmm

Goodbye to Halloween

I finished off a bunch of Halloween cards yesterday now I have to put Halloween away. I've had a lot if fun playing with all my stuff this year, but I must move on. These are those I just finished yesterday, each one different than the other.
I'm willing to sell them for the bargain price if $3.50 each so I don't have to put them away until  next year.
      It's not too late to send out a spooky                                Halloween hello!
               

See any you like?

November Crop

I am holding a crop on November 16th and 17th. I was full but will be using a new location and have room for more. I'm attaching a copy of the original flyer here, but the location is wrong.
We will be meeting at Springhill Suites  at 490 Southmeadows Parkway.

 Crooked image. Sorry.

WINDOW IS CLOSING FAST!
NOT ROOM FOR MUCH MORE!

You are not confirmed to come unless I hear from you. Even if you've told me your interested.

Thank You for Being You

New Goal!
I'm trying to get better about remembering to send out cards. I make so many and don't often send any. I'm gonna work on that.
How about you?
I bet there is someone out there who would love to recieve a litte note from you.
I know that it is special for me when I recieve something in my mailbox besides bills and never ending junk mail.

I have this sweet set of notecards to offer for sale  Each one is 3 1/2 x 5 which is a mailable size  Three are done in a beautiful shade of green and two are pink. They each say "Thank You".
People need to hear that sometimes.

A little thank you for just being themselves.
The set is $8.50

....and by the way. Thank you just for being one of those who are checking out my blog. Especially those of you who post comments. I'm trying to really pay attention to my blog and make it fun and joyful for those who look at it 

Thank you!

Creepy Coffins

I'm back!!
I tried and tried to find a spooky font for this page, but I didn't have any luck. I think I'm going to need some help adding fonts here. ☹
So, instead I'll just add this picture.

Today's the day to reveal my creepy coffins. These are $4.50 each. There is a skeleton in each one. He is sharing his coffin with 5 Hershey kisses and the outside is decorated with a sentiment, some bats and a spooky spider.

Quantities are limited

Coffin Cuties

Anyone in the market for some Halloween treats?
I finished my coffins today and am offering them for sale.
Inside each one has two bags of Sweet Tarts in the shapes of skulls and bones along with a snack size
skeleton Kit Kat bar.
They are only $3.95 each but quantities  are limited so the first to shriek for them gets them.

 Looking for something a bit spookier?
Check back right here tomorrow to see my spooky coffins.

Card Buffet Make Up Class

Yesterday I taught the projects from the last Card Buffet to a few ladies that were unable to make the date before. We had a great time together but I forgot to take a picture of them all working. I've got to start remembering to do that so that I can post on this blog and share.
I'm including two pictures. One was taken completely by accident. My phone had a momentary mind of its own. The other  was taken by one of the ladies and has been shared with me to use 

I promise I'll get better at remembering.
😉

Halloween Card Kit

Okay all, here it is. My first kit offered for sale!
Your kit will include all of the pieces to make four cards along with accompanying envelopes. All pieces will be pre-stamped. All you need to do is put them together.
 Email me at MyRedHen4@yahoo.com amd I will email you an invoice.  Once you purchase the kit, I will email you the link to a video to take you step by step through creating your card.
This first kit is only $10 and will ship to you for free.

I'm Back!!

I'm blogging!!

One of the new things I'm trying is selling card kits. After teaching classes or just creating,  I often end up with extra materials left over. In the past I have been carefully putting them aside, planning to make them up and add to the cards I sell. Well, that hasn't  been working too well. My time has to be switched to designing and kitting the next class and those things I put aside to make get put aside kind of permanently. So my plan is to put all the supplies together and make card kits to sell. I'm trying it out on my blog and if it takes off a lot I may open an etsy shop.

The kits will include all the supplies to make the number of cards included (usually 4 or 5), and a close up picture will be emailed for you to follow along with any special instructions. Some will even have a short video. The first one to order each kit will receive a special surprise as well. All the embossing, stamping,  and die cutting will be predone and the pieces for each card will be placed an envelope to size so that once finished they will need only a stamp to be on their way to someone special.

Bone Appetit Alternatives

Some of my Paper Pumpkin ladies don't do Halloween or just don't need so many Halloween boxes, so I made a couple of mine into fall boxes as an alternative.

Watch for kits coming soon.

Well ladies, as I'm sure you can see, my blog attention has been dismal. I've decided to put my nose to the grindstone and do a better job.

The first new thing I'm going to do is offer card kits. After I teach a class I often end up with all these extra supplies. My plan has always been to make them up and try to sell them. That plan hasn't worked very well and I end up with piles of projects that don't get done, so I'm going to offer the projects to you all. If it begins to work I can possibly open up an etsy shop.

I have the first kits ready to go. I just have to figure out some things with postage so I know what to charge. That first one is a Halloween card. I'll post pictures right away. Those of you who are local to me will be able to take advantage right away since postage is not an issue.

Watch for those pictures coming soon......

Precious Parcels

Hi All

Last night I taught a class in which we made all kinds of fun things with the Precious Parcel kit that was available as a free choice during Sale-A-Bration. 

These are two of my finished projects. The little mailboxes are made from one of the card bases in the kit. Each one holds two decorated note cards with envelope and two ghirardelli chocolate squares. Aren't they sweet?

    All four notecards are different,  but here's a pic of just one. 

It's so much fun to think outside the box and use the pieces that come in the kits into something new and different. I got a whole lot out of this kit and still have bits and pieces to play with. 

Random Acts of Kindness Day

It's Random Acts of Kindness Day today!
I realized it way too late to do something special, so I handed out one of these little treats to each of the gals at the crop I was attending.

 

I'm putting it on my calendar so that I can plan to do something extra special next year.i I challenge each of you to do the same, but most of all, I challenge us all to look for opportunities to be kind in some way each and every day. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just checking in to wish you all a lovely Valentine's Day .

My wish for you all is that you have someone make you feel special and loved.

January Card Buffet

Well Saturday was the January Card Buffet  where we featured items from the new Occasions and Sale a Bration catalogs. We had a great time creating, visiting and enjoying some valentine treats. Thought I would post some pictures of our time together.

The ladies made eight cards in the main room and a playstation was set up in the other area. This time around they got to use some of the Stamp n Blends. In preparing for the event, I used them for the first time and fell in love with them. Now I must have them and will be building a collection of them for myself a little at a time. 

The next Buffet is scheduled for June 15th when we will be introducing the new annual catalog. Save the date and join us!