Foil Class at the Tricks and Treats Crop

You can pay for classes here!  (this link will take you to Michelle James Designs)  If you would like to finish reading this post about the class there is another link at the bottom!

Well, I said this Foil class would be up on the blog and Sunday.  I am just making it under the wire.  

This class is a technique based class.  I will be showing you a couple of foil techniques for cards and fabric.

Believe Card

For this card we will be using the We R Memory Keepers Heat Pen tool.  

The pen is a new tool designed to be used with stencils and the foil.  I created the gold swirls on the background of the card using this tool.  The product shown in the photo above is the starter kit that comes with 20 4x6 sheets of the foil in several colors.  It really is a nifty tool.

Snowflake Decor Pillow

This technique uses the foil and an iron and you won't want to miss it.  The pillow form is not included but the outer "envelope" pillow case will be.  I know... exciting right?

Don't miss out on this great class.  It will be held on Saturday, October 31st at 1:30 pm at the Emmetsburg Catholic Parish Hall.  

As with all of the classes, you do not need to be registered for the crop in order to attend the classes.  They are for everyone.  

This class will be $15.  

In case you missed the other two classes you can read about them by clicking on the name of each class below. 

Happy Hour Fall Wine Bottle Home Decor

Beginning Project Life Scrapbooking

If you would like to sign up and pay with your debit or credit card you can click on the class link below.  (I have all of them set up for debit/credit card if you would like to pay that way for any of the classes.)  When you click this link you will be sent to the Michelle James Designs website/blog.  It is a happy place and you will like it.  

Pay for Classes

or

send a check made payable to Peggy Stolley at 1609 10th St.  Emmetsburg, IA 50536

Don't forget that we are also having a craft garage sale complete with some amazing grab bags.  You can shop on Friday, Oct 30th from 6:oo pm - 9:00 pm and/or Saturday, Oct 31st from 9:30 am - 6:00 pm. 

Grab bags and for sale items include:

paper

stickers

stamps

beads

ribbon

organizational items and more!

You don't want to miss the fun.  Even if you can't attend the crop...we will miss you but you can still come shop our great vendors and our sale.  You will not be disappointed!

See you at the crop!  

Beginning Project Life Class

Register and pay for classes here (this link will take you to Michelle James Designs)  If you would like to finish reading this post first there is another link at the bottom of this post.

The next class we are offering at the Tricks and Treats Crop is a Beginning Project Life Class.  Have you heard of the Project Life way of scrapbooking?  Well, you will definitely want to join in and learn about or learn more about this method of scrapbooking.

Project Life is the creation of Becky Higgins and was designed to make the scrapbooking process as easy as possible.  You will be surprised about how great this system works.

Photos from Susan Weinroth

In this class you will learn:

The basics of Project Life
The supplies needed to get started
How to create great pages with cards, photos and journaling
Storage options for supplies

You will create a double page layout in class to take home with you.  You can bring 4x6 and/or 3x4 photos if you like.  If not, you can create the page with the provided Project Life Kit then add your photos at home.

This class will be offered on Saturday, October 31st at 10:00 am.  The cost is $10.

To sign up for this class send a check made payable to Peggy Stolley to 1609 10th Street Emmetsburg, IA  50536

Remember that you do not need to be attending the crop to sign up for classes.  

The other classes being offered are:
Happy Hour Fall Wine Bottle Home Decor - Friday, October 30th 7- 8pm

Using Foil on Cards and Home Decor - Saturday, October 31st - 1:30 - 3pm

Classes will be held at the Emmetsburg Catholic Church Parish Center on Hwy4/Broadway Street.

Pay for classes here!

We hope to see you there and stay tuned for the details on the next class, Using Foil on Cards and Home Decor.

Classes at the Tricks and Treats Crop

You can pay for classes here (this link will take you to Michelle James Designs)  If you would like to finish reading this post there is another link at the bottom!

Did you hear?  We are offering classes this year at our Tricks and Treats Crop.  Yay!  We will be rolling out the classes over the next several days and feature them one by one.  

It is important to know that you do NOT need to be attending the crop in order to attend the classes.  They will be separate!

Today we are featuring Happy Hour Fall Wine Bottle Home Decor class.  Whew!  That is a long title but it all has meaning!

pumpkins and gourds not included

This class will be offered on Friday evening October 30th from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm.  (A glass of wine will be served) Hence the happy hour.  The cost is $15.

We know you are busy so everything will be pre-painted and pre cut.  You will be putting it all together and making the bottles look pretty.  We scheduled an hour for the class but you may not need that much time. 

Create something fun and festive for your Thanksgiving centerpiece or mantel this year. 

To sign up please send a check made payable to Peggy Stolley to 1609 10th Street Emmetsburg, IA 50536.  

You can send one check for all of the classes if you like.  They will be:

Beginning Project Life Scrapbooking - $10 - Saturday, October 31st @ 10:00 am

Using Foil on Cards and Home Decor - $15 - Saturday, October 31st @ 1:30 pm

The classes and crop will be held at the Emmetsburg Catholic Church Parish Center on Hwy 4/Broadway Street.

We will be featuring posts about each of the classes over the next few days and into next week.  Be sure to check back or check our Micheggy Facebook page so you don't miss the details.  

Pay for classes here

Happy scrapping!

Tricks & Treats Crop This Halloween!

Are you ready for another "fang-tastic" Micheggy event? Michelle and Peggy are putting together a delighfully spooky, ghoulishly fun scrapbooking event on October 30th AND 31st! That's right. Friday night and all day Saturday to get your craft on! Here are the details:

Those of you who have attended our events in the past will see a few new things on this list! We are giving you the option of Friday, Saturday, or BOTH, whatever fits your scheduling needs! We are also adding in some goofy stuff like a costume contest on Friday, and Michelle and Peggy are both clearing out their craft rooms and will have LOTS of garage sale items and everyone's favorites...Trick or Treat Grab Bags! We are hoping our friend Debbie from Outlet Store in Estherville will be able to set up a booth as well, and as soon as we get word from her, we will let you know!

We are hosting the event at the Catholic Church's Parish Center, located at 2003 Broadway at the south end of Emmetsburg. Lots of wonderful space, easy entry, and convenient location! 

We have more surprises (and lots of prizes!) up our witchy sleeves, so check back for more details, but get your registrations in soon. We do have limited space!

Hope to see you there!

Micheggy

National Scrapbooking Day 2015 Crop

We like these crop things...a lot. Apparently. We keep doing them, anyway.
THIS time around, we are lucky enough to have space in the cropping room at The OUTLET Store in Estherville! Details can be found in our super-cute themed flyer, but if you want to just read the low-down, here's what you need to know:

Saturday, May 2nd
8am-10pm
OUTLET Store cropping room
$50 per person includes:

• 14 Hours of uninterrupted cropping time (OK, minor interruptions like prizes and stuff.)
• Lunch and dinner
• $20 value attendance prize (It's good!)
• Games, prizes, and FUN! 

In addition to all this fun-having, The OUTLET Store has "shopportunities" galore. They carry lots of staple items such as 100+ colors of cardstock, many varieties of adhesives, storage options, lots of themed collections, Memory Box Dies, and tons of Project Life supplies. If you have any special requests for products, let us know, and we will see if Debbie can order them in for you.

Rumor has it that there will be more than this included, but I guess you'll just have to sign up and attend to see! 

If you have any questions, please call Peggy at 712-298-0105, or email her at peggyschad@msn.com.

We. Can't. Wait. 

See you soon,

Micheggy

Micheggy Reclaimed on November 1st!

We are super excited about our upcoming Scrapbook/Crafting Crop on November 1st, which is exactly one month away! If you've signed up, thank you! We look forward to seeing you and catching up. If you haven't signed up yet, we do still have space available, so please send in your payments asap. We would like to have our numbers finalized by Oct. 14th so we have time to order FABULOUS prizes and DELICIOUS food for you, and we want to make sure we get the right amount.

We've also been planning a cool (FREE) make and take, silly fun games with PRIZES, and we are recruiting vendors for you to stock up on your scrappy needs. We will have more info coming shortly with a list of vendors who will be there. If you know you're needing some specific supplies, let us know, and we will tell the vendors to bring some for you to purchase that day. (Maybe time to think ahead for holiday gifts too? Just a thought!)

All the info you need should be in this flyer. If you need more, please call one of us, or email one of us, and we will be happy to help you. This is going to be great fun!

We're Baaaaaaaaack!

Hello? Are you there? Wow, did this blog take a break! Much life happened in the past couple of years, and unfortunately, we were unable to keep up with it all. Anyway, we are happy to bring back Micheggy, and we're doing it by hosting one of our famous crops!

The crop is limited to only 60 participants due to table space, so sign up early. We have invited store vendors, and of COURSE, Jennifer from Moxxie to sell at the crop, and as you can see, the theme is going to be a lot of fun.

Looking forward to connecting with you all again! Also, if you're on Facebook, go give our new page a Like.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Micheggy/540596719396868

OK! Off to post to the Facebook page! Talk soon, partners!

Moxxie Sneak Peeks

I can't even begin to tell you how awful I feel for my serious lack of participation in the Micheggy blog!  I'll forgive myself and move on, but I just thought I should communicate to you, our faithful readers, that I felt bad.

With that said, let me tell you what I've been doing instead. Aside from pinning a ridiculous amount of stuff on Pinterest, (cough cough---time sucker!) I've also been working at my new job.  Last September, I started my full-time position working for Moxxie as Sales Manager.  I absolutely love it, but it has had quite the learning curve, and I'm now in the midst of the first release time since I took the job, and I'm a bit overwhelmed!  THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO!!!  My list of tasks to complete is large, but manageable, and some things are even kind of fun, so at least it's happy work. :)  We are just now reaching one of the most fun parts, sharing the product.  This is where we get to finally release the images to the consumers and see what you have to say.  I have been posting to the Moxxie blog and Facebook page, but I'm going to post them here for you as well, just in case, for some STRANGE reason, you don't already follow us on our blog or Facebook.  (Btw, feel free to just click those links and start following us.  That would be great!)
The first line we released was called "Child's Play." It has lots of fun, bright colors and designs that focus on outdoor play.  I find it fun and whimsical, but very useful!  What do you think?

 I really want a nice, sunny day to go out and play and take lots of pictures so I can use this line.  Lucky for me, we are having an EXTREMELY mild winter, and I can!  Yahoo!!

The next line we released has a very different look to it.  It's much more subdued, with natural colors and elements to give an organic take on spring.  The line is called "Spring Has Sprung," and would be perfect for lots of altered art projects and home decor.  Take a look:

See what I mean?  It's like a chocolately, natural take on Easter and spring, and I hope to make lots of cute projects with it to give away to friends and family.

The third line we released is called "Showstopper." It is so bright and fun I almost can't stand it!  For those of you who know me, I LOVE bright pink. Michelle loves bright green.  This line is perfect for us, so I'll have to get some pictures of Micheggy dancing so we can scrapbook on this!  OMG, now I'm even MORE excited to get my hands on the actual papers!  Here.  This is what I'm talking about:

 I'm positively giddy with excitement.  Did I mention the swirls and flourishes?  YUMMY!  I'm sure we'll do some projects with this line, so be on the lookout for it.  :)

Day 3, and 3 releases.  We have 4 more to go, so be sure to check the Facebook page and blog every day to see what's new.  Hopefully, you'll be as excited as I am!

Happy New Year all!  Enjoy!
Peggy

2012

There are three things that I would like to try for 2012. I found a lot of inspiration for these on Pinterest. If you do not belong to Pinterest and would like an invite let me know!

1. First is a blog post organization sheet. I really need this. I am not sure how long I will stick with it but will give it a good try. I have heard that it takes 30 days to create a habit so, I will try to make filling out this form a habit.

My favorite is "My Blog Topics" printable from perideaudesigns.com. If you search Pinterest for Blog Organization there are several to choose from but this is my favorite because you can enter your title, thoughts and inspiration including websites that inspired the post and Search Engine keywords that you would like to include. There is room for three post ideas on a page. I just wish it would print a little darker.



2. Organizing all of the papers, etc that I need for our home. I know...I am an adult and should have done this a long time ago. I am telling you I need help. Better late than never right? We have them in strange places and I just need to get them all together. I would feel so much better about it. So, again from Pinterest I found this fun little blog, The Nest Effect. She has all sorts of files going. This one is a mail station. So, I want to use the look of hers and just label the files for my use. I thought it would be pretty simple and effective for us.



3. The third thing I would love, love to do is a Project 52 or something similar. One of the digital scrapbooking websites I love to visit is Design House Digital has a challenge called Project 365 (366) for this year. Anyway, the challenge is to take a photo every day then scrap a page each week or month. Now, this is a little ambitious for me. I think taking a couple of pics each week then making a couple of layouts each month would be a good goal. The purpose is to scrap everyday life instead of just major events. Doesn't that sound fun? I thought so. Here is an great, active blog I found. This lady really inspired me to try this. dwquiltart.blogspot.com Check it out! Wow!


What are your goals for 2012? Let's see if we can stick with them together.

Michelle