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Bargains Available...

There are just a few days left for the Spring Sale in my store.  All of my exclusive image collections and classes are 25% off, through the end of March!

So, each of the exclusive image sets in the calendar collections  is just $3.75 with the discount...

...or, you can learn everything there is to know about gluebook-ing (and lots more) with the Your Vintage Gluebook Class , just $26.25...

...If you like one of my most popular collections, the Logomachy cards, you could get one original set on eBay these days for $75.00... or $500.00 . Maybe you'd rather grab the Logomachy cards collection and get all 4 styles, to print again and again, for only $13.50...

...and you might like the technique-and-example filled Collage Basics class at just $33.75...

Whatever you choose, it's easy to apply the discount:

To take advantage of the 25% discount, visit the store, HERE.

Add anything and everything to your cart

Put the word springfever into the discount code box.

Please let me know if you have any questions or want to learn more about any of the items in the store. I love to talk about my collections and classes, so ask away!

March Collage Challenge...and Everything on Sale!

Just a reminder that all of my exclusive image collections and classes are 25% off, through March!

• To take advantage of the 25% discount, visit the store, HERE.
• Add anything and everything to your cart
• Put the word springfever into the discount code box.

The sale prices are good on everything in the store, including the retiring images and Collage Club.

And, don't forget the monthly Collage Challenge! It ends on the 8th, so you still have plenty of time to download the images and join in. 

Classes on Sale...

My year-end sale has started. Everything in the store is 25% off - including each of the classes and the Collage Club!

The entire year of the Green Paper Collage Club is $70.00 - now $52.50

Collage Basics was $45.00 and is now $33.75

Your Vintage Gluebook is regularly $35.00, now just $26.25

My Christmas Gluebook was $23.00, and now $17.25

And all of the image collections are 25% off too!

Visit the store HERE and use the discount code decemberspecial on the shopping cart page.

Year End Sale Begins Now!

It's almost Thanksgiving  - can you believe it? 

And it's time once again for the year end sale in my e-store. This time it's not just images - everything is on sale! The classes, the images, even the 2011 Collage Club! 

You'll save 25% off anything and everything in the e-store from now until December 31st. 

You might pick up some new images. All of them are exclusive to me, created from ephemera in my own collection.

You might decide to take that class you've been thinking about. Each of my classes is complete and ready to begin on your schedule. And each of them provides loads of  images to get you started.

• How to save? You need to order through the e-store HERE. 
• Click ADD TO CART when you've made a selection
• Enter the discount code: decemberspecial on the shopping cart screen

That's it! The store calculates the discount for you and then emails you a link to the material as soon as you pay - no waiting!

I hope you'll visit the store to see everything available. And, please contact me if you have questions about any of the classes or image collections. Thanks!

Your Gluebook Opinion, Please...

I'll be doing a video version of the Your Vintage Gluebook online class next Summer at Artful Gathering 2012. It's a long time from now, but it's on my mind a lot lately...

So I decided to ask all of you (especially those who have taken the online class): What would you like to see me demonstrate in the video version? 

Each video class be a total of around 90 minutes for the entire class, in 15-20 minute short videos. I'm worried about condensing the 9 sections of the class in it's entirety into one and one half hours.

So...what should I be sure to include? What was your favorite part of class, or the most valuable, or just the most fun?  

If you haven't taken the class, you can go HERE to check it out. 

If you have taken the class, you can go back and review it - the log on page is HERE.

Thank you so much for your opinions, suggestions and feedback!

Vintage Gluebook Pages

I haven't posted in a week! How does this happen? But I have been art-ing...in fact, here are some Vintage Gluebook pages from the last few weeks. I hope you like them...

 
 
 
 
 
By the way, if you've been thinking about the Vintage Gluebook Page Swap, there's still time to join us. Just click HERE for the details.

And if you'd like a chance to win some of my antique magazine images, enter Karla's Craft Day Giveaway. I donated some of my magazine pictures to the stash (the originals of course), so check it out HERE.  

Storing Your Vintage Books and Paper...

I had a couple different questions recently about how I store my vintage books and paper.

So, today I'm opening the door to my non-glamourous methods for storing my supplies. Please be kind, I will never be in Where Women Create.

First, book shelves. I have some cheap industrial shelving in the closet of my craft room. These were supposed to be a temporary measure but they've actually worked out pretty well, so I still haven't replaced them. 

I have very few 'complete' books on these shelves. I go through each of them as I buy them and take out pages that I particularly like, or those I know I want right away. The books are then put on the shelves, and they're loosely sorted so that all of the foreign language is stacked together, all of the children's books, etc. So it's really not too hard to find what I need when I get into them. I do go through the stacks periodically and resort, and it helps to remind me of what I have.

Loose paper I pulled out too much of, or I'm not using right away, goes into file folders in a big plastic tub. It's sorted by what type of paper it is. I also use these files to build the 30 page paper assortment I sell on Etsy. So, you can actually buy the paper I use myself.

Lastly, I keep the paper I am currently working with in an office in-basket. As you can see, it's overflowing right now, it's time to go through and put some back in the folders. I have a bad tendency to over-estimate my needs and add too much from each book.

If you've taken the Your Vintage Gluebook class, you've already heard about this in more detail. I keep three baskets on my desk - small, medium and large, they stack up in each other. When I need a little accent of something, I go to the small basket first and look through the little pieces of papers and images. It helps me use up what I have. 

In the past I sorted all of my images by style or subject, but now I sort them in these baskets by size. May be odd, but it really works for me.

Thanks for following along. How do YOU store your papers?  

 

Sale Reminder...

Here's a little reminder that EVERYTHING in my e-store is on sale through the end of the month.

Everything in the store is discounted: Online Classes, Downloadable Image Collections, even the Collage Club in both the monthly and yearly versions.

To get the discount, purchase through the e-store HERE and put the discount code latesummer into the discount code box on the order form. Thanks!

A Swap!

I'm doing my first-ever Vintage Gluebook Page Swap!

That's right - create 6 vintage style gluebook pages, send them to me and I'll swap them out and send 6 back to you.

 There are loads of extras in this swap, like your own vintage book cover (!) from my collection, binder rings and genuine vintage pages from my stash! You even get a couple downloadable collage sheets just for signing up.

Your 6 pages should be 7" X 5"; you decorate one side and put your info on the back.

The deadline to have them to me is September 30th, so you still have lots of time to make your pages.

There are only enough spaces as I have book covers, and I'm still counting those. So sign up soon, just in case I have to close the swap!

Go HERE for all of the details and to register your space!

 
This is a little peek at what your swap package might look like. Each will be different, of course!

Classes and Images On Sale!

It seems like I do a 20% off sale in my e-store, usually on images, in August or September of each year. This year, I'm doing it again, but bigger! I'm discounting 25% off on anything...and everything...that includes classes, images, even the Collage Club.

Just go to the e-store HERE and use the discount code latesummer. That will give you 25% off everything in your cart. The sale is just through August, so I hope you can stop by soon.

 
Now is the best time to grab the images you've been thinking about, finally take that class you've been eyeing, or jump into the Collage Club...this is the time.

Thanks for visiting the store!