A Muse News

Shop News - 11/29/10

Make & Take

It's time to Deck the Halls! Join us this week to make a fun wrapper for our clear box. We've filled ours with meringues, but these boxes would be great for anything - tea lights, candies, toffee, tea, cookies, peppermint bark, sachets... These clear boxes are availble in the shop for only 25 cents each!

Join us anytime between 11:30am - 1:30pm, Wednesday or Saturday, to make this FREE project!

New in the Shop

We've got lots of great gifts in the shop for everyone on your list!

Apple shaped box of note cards. 2 note card designs. Perfect for a teacher! ~ $22

Got a road trip coming up? Bring along the Rubberneckers travel card game! ~ $13

Having a get-together? Here's a fun new game!

Haikubes - Create captivating Haiku with the roll of the dice! 60 word cubes offering thousands of possible poems ~ $25

Upcoming Classes

TGIF Stampin' -Tag, You're it!

Friday, December 3rd, 12-1 pm ~ $10

Our last TGIF class of the year! Join us for this quick, fun lunch time class dedicated to holiday tags! Here are a few of the tags we'll be making - the bottom one holds a gift card!

Copic 201 - $25, with Joyce

Sunday, December 5th, 4pm

In this second class in the series, you will learn more advanced blending techniques along with some special effects with these amazing markers! Please bring a colorless blender and label any personal markers you bring with you. Pre-requisite: Copic 101.

Pre-registration is required for all classes - call the shop at 206-783-4882 or online.

 

Hope to see you in the shop!

Michele

Around Town - December Classes

The A Muse Instructor Team has some fabulous December classes coming up! Instructors who are teaching in December are listed below.  Simply click on their names to hop over to their class schedules for more information on the events offered in your area.  

Alaska
Donna Hitz

Arizona
Lori Barnett

British Columbia
Glenda Wyatt

California
Tracy Falco

Massachusetts
Jenn Shurkus
Liz Ballard

Newfoundland
Meghan Fahey

New Hampshire
Liz Ballard

New York
Cheiron Brandon
Sherry Czarnecki

Virginia
Melinda Matzen

Washington
Joyce Wheeler

 

Black Friday Sale! Shop now and SAVE 30%!

BLACK FRIDAY SALE! Save 30% on your entire order November 24-29! Use Promo Code HAPPY30

Applies to online, retail orders only placed between November 24 - 29. Please remember to use Promo Code during checkout. We regret that we are not able to add Promo Code once an order has been placed. Happy Shopping & Happy Thanksgiving!

Shop News 11/22/10

Make & Take

The weather outside is downright frightful right now - perfect crafting weather!! :)  This week we are going to make a cute and useful project! Using one of our Cowboy Frames stamps and our gingham paper we'll make a matchbook 2011 calendar! Great for your purse or for giving as a gift to a friend or a client. I think it'd be really sweet to give as a party favor, especially on New Year's eve!

 
We sell these mini 'tear a month' paper calendars in the shop in 4 different sizes.  A pack of 10 for $3.

Join us this week anytime between 11:30am - 1:30pm, Wednesday or Saturday, to make this FREE project!

New in the Shop

Paper Pointsettias - so pretty!

 
Assorted sizes, packs of 5-10, $2.50-$3.50.

Upcoming Classes

TGIF Stampin' -Tag, You're it!

Friday, December 3rd, 12-1 pm ~ $10

Our last TGIF class of the year! Join us for this quick, fun lunch time class dedicated to holiday tags! Here are a few of the tags we'll be making - the bottom one holds a gift card!

 

Call the shop at 206-783-4882 to register or online.

Have a great week, a very Happy Thanksgiving holiday, and I hope to see you around here soon!

~Michele

Seattle COPIC 101 class this Sunday

Don't miss this fabulous introductory COPIC class!

COPIC 101
Sunday, November 21
4:00 pm
with Joyce

In this introductory class you'll learn which papers and inks work best with these markers along with some basic shading techniques.  You are welcome to bring your own COPIC markers or use ours.  Please label your personal markers.

Please call the shop to pre-register.  206-783-4882.

Hope to see you in class!

Shop News - 11/15/10

Make & Take

Don't fear, turkey is near:) Join us this week to make a little turkey to give as a gift or to spice up your holiday table. His body is a wrapped chocolate treat!

Stop by anytime between 11:30am - 1:30pm, Wednesday or Saturday, to make this FREE project.  Join us!

Upcoming Classes

Copic 201 - $25, with Joyce

Sunday, December 5th, 4pm

In this second class in the series, you'll learn more advanced blending techniques along with some special effects. Pre-requisite: Copic 101. Please bring a colorless blender and label any personal markers you bring with you.

 

TGIF Stampin' - Tag, You're it! $10

Friday, December 3rd, 12-1 pm

Join us for our last TGIF of the year! A quick, fun 1 hour class dedicated to holiday tags. Leave with a handful of great tags all ready for your gifts and packages.

Call the shop to register for any of our classes ~ 206-783-4882 or register online.

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A Muse Banner Bar!

Do you need a cute banner for the holidays, a birthday, dinner party, your kids room? Step right up to our banner bar ~ we have EVERYTHING you need to make a fantastic banner.

~Choose your sentiment

~Choose your color scheme and paper pack ~shimmer, solid, patterned

~Choose and cut your banner shape with our Accucut machine ~ fancy frame, triangle pennant, tabbed album and more!

~Choose your ribbon for stringing and/or clothespins for embellishing!

~Voila! Custom banner you've made yourself!

 

Here's our banner we whipped up for the holiday party

We're ready for the holidays, are you?! We've made a great holiday area in the store for you to find everything you need!

We have loads of great ideas for your handmade papercraft projects as well as many great gift items for everyone on your list - young or old!

See you in the shop,

Michele

Shop News - 11/8/10

Make & Take

Happy Fall! Join us this week to make a cute mini chocolate bar holder!

 
Stop by on Wednesday anytime between 11:30am - 1:30pm to make this fun project.  We won't be doing the Make & Take on Saturday this week due to our Holiday Open House - details below!

New in the Shop!

Cake Pops cookbook by Bakerella!

New cookbook by the blogger Bakerella. Tips, tricks and recipes for irresistible mini treats!

This book was just featured in Entertainment Weekly on the Must List. ~$20 

Rosie Flo Coloring Books!

Beautifully drawn images that leave openings for your budding artist to fill in the blanks and color.  Just beautiful! 4 different books - Original, Animals, Kitchen and Garden ~ $10

 

Silhouette Art

Have you ever wanted to try your hand a Silhouette Art? This kit has all you need, papers, instructions and patterns for making modern heirlooms ~ $19

 
 

Keep Calm!

Keep Calm Notecards and 2011 Calendar and the new, ever so cute, Keep Calm and Have a Cupcake Journal and Bookmark! So fun!

 

To Do List Notepad  

TODAY I will get some stuff done! 100 page cute, clever and charming fill-in to-do lists! ~ $10

 

Scribble It Postcards! 

A book of 20 postcards from Taro Gomi. Create some doodle art and send them to a friend! ~ $11

 

Upcoming Classes and Events

Intro to Stamping - $15, with Michele

Tomorrow night! Wednesday, November 10th, 7pm

Join Michele as you learn all the basics of hand-making cards.  We'll cover paper types, envelopes, inks, embellishments and design basics. You'll leave with a few cards and lots of information to get you started!

TGIF - Stampin' - Let it snow! - $10
Friday, November 12th, 12-1pm

Join us for a fun lunch hour class where we'll make 3 'snowy' creations and have you out within the hour!

 

Holiday Happiness - $25, with Rhiannon

Saturday, November 13th, 4-6pm

Join Rhiannon and use some fun coloring mediums to make fabulous greetings and gifties for the Holiday season.  You'll be using Smooch, chalks and watercolors to name a few!

Call the shop to register for classes - 206-783-4882 or sign uponline.

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Holiday Open House

Saturday, November 13th

11am - 3pm

Come kick off the holiday season - A Muse style! We'll make 3 fun projects - one of them is the Mrs. Claus box below! The projects are FREE with a minimum $5 donation to the Greenwood Food Bank.  Enjoy a 10% discount in the shop, support our local food bank, make fun crafty projects - Yay!

 
 

See you in the shop,

Michele

Fall Favorites Challenge Round-Up!

Hi there! It's time for another A Muse Lounge Challenge Round-Up! October's challenge was called *Fall Favorites* and the challenge was to create a card inspired by your favorite part of fall! There were so many fabulous cards created!! Members of our Creative Team picked their favorite and here it is, this beauty created by stampinak, aka Cynthia! :)

 

Here are 9 more amazing cards created for the challenge! Click on each card to see the entire design on the artist's blog or gallery. 

 
  

 

Cynthia won a fun prize for being this month's favorite, and we also drew a prize winner randomly from ALL of the participants and the winner was....susiekay!!! Congratulations Susie!
 
I hope that you enjoyed all of these fun fall inspired creations! We have a new challenge for November called *Dashes, Dots and Doodles* and the challenge is to use your A Muse stamps to create a card that has something handwritten on it! Join the fun and play along with us this month! :)

 

Shop News 11/2/2010

Make & Take

Wishing you a Happy Autumn! Join us this week and make a darling little Pilgrim shirt!  You can line the bottom with candy or use as table decor. Kudos to Stephanie at The Paper Garden for the cute and clever design.

 

Stop in anytime between 11:30am and 1:30pm, Wednesday or Saturday, to join us and make this FREE project!

***Don't forget about our Make and Take 10 challenge!***

Bring a friend to our Make & Take (must be new to A Muse and not in our database) and you and your friend will receive 10% off your entire purchase that day!

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New in the Shop

Washington Doodles by John Skewes ~ $12.95.  Kids can draw walkers around Greenlake or sketch fish being thrown at Pike Place Market. Fantastic gift for a local or a great keepsake after visiting the Evergreen State!

Thumbprint Notecard Set ~ Create your own thumbprint characters and add them to scenes on each card! 20 notecards and envelopes, inkpad and stickers $17

School Years Book ~ A family keepsake of school memories. A page and pocket for each year from Kindergarten to 12th Grade!  $16.95

Sock Monkey and Friends Kit ~ 9 different fun-to-make sock animal projects! $18

 

Make your own jewelry!

We've got everything you need to make adorable pendants for everyone on your gift list. Make beautiful necklaces with paper, stamps, punches,  glitter, photos, charms, maps or more. You don't need to be a jewelry maker to make these! We have many sizes of pendants, lockets, ball chains, leather cording and ribbon. They are super easy to make and will wow your friends:) Stop by and let us show you how to do it!

Upcoming Classes

Intro to Stamping - $15, with Michele

Wednesday, November 10th, 7pm

Join Michele as you learn all the basics of hand-making cards.  We'll cover paper types, envelopes, inks, embellishments and design basics. You'll leave with a few cards and lots of information to get you started!

Holiday Happiness - $25, with Rhiannon

Saturday, November 13th, 4-6pm

Join Rhiannon and use some fun coloring mediums to make fabulous greetings and gifties for the Holiday season.  You'll be using Smooch, chalks and watercolors to name a few!

Call the shop to register for classes - 206-783-4882 or sign up online.

Lots of stuff happening around here as we gear up for the Holiday Season!! Hope to see you around the shop.

Michele