Sponsor Announcement - Quick Snippers

Special thanks to Quick Snippers for donating these handy little tools for a project table at our Craft Social on September 24th, we can't wait to test them out on a great project!

Quick Snippers is an innovative, new product from LIMRI LLC that transforms and combines 6 popular design scissors into 1 tool for the on-the-go artist. Offering convenience, portability, organization, storage and ease, Quick Snippers is a valuable inclusion in every craft kit. Plus, it's fun and easy to use. Creative cutting combinations are quickly at the tips of your fingers...or, more accurately, thumbs! Quick Snippers will allow every scrapbooker, card maker, crafter, designer and stylist to take art making to a new level.
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Project - Fabric Scrap Flowers with Fabrics Etc 2

Learn how to stitch strips of scrap fabric, ribbon, or trim into flowers of all shapes and sizes! Use your finished flower to embellish your wardrobe, a bag or pillow, or add a wire stem and start a bouquet. You don’t need to bring a thing to make a flower; all materials will be provided for you. Or, bring some of your own fabrics to create your one-of-a-kind bloom!

Thanks to Fabrics Etc 2 for sponsoring this great project!

Fabrics Etc. 2 is your complete quilting, sewing and embroidery resource.  The store, located in suburban Bensenville, IL, has a helpful, friendly, and knowledgable staff of quilters and sewers ready to assist you with your next project or answer any of your sewing related questions.

Select from more than 4,500 bolts of fine quality cotton fabrics, with new fabrics added regularly!  Fabrics Etc. 2 also caries a variety of Rayon Batiks, top quality T-shirt knits and more.

Come & try out the latest machines from the world's best manufacturers, including Baby Lock, Bernina, and Elna Sewing Machines.

Browse their large notions wall to find all the notions and tools you'll need to make your project a snap! You'll find a large selection of rulers, threads, ribbons and more.

The store also features all the latest books and patterns as well as the best of the tried and true ones.

Choose from the largest number of sewing classes in the Chicago area!  Fabrics Etc. 2 has two spacious, new state of the art classrooms with great lighting, multiple ironing & cutting stations, and plenty of room for your sewing comfort.

Don't forget to bring your machine into their award winning service department for a thorough checkup to get it back to like-new operation!
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Project: Collograph Prints with Fiori Falsi

Collographs are a fun and easy way to create hand printed fabric without expensive equipment.  Using cardboard, Mod Podge, paint, and a variety of interesting textures, each crafter will make a unique stamp that can be used over and over again to compose infinite patterns and designs.
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Project: Beaded Candelstick with Ayla's Originals

Another cool project at tomorrow night's big event is this Beaded Candlestick  brought to you by Ayla's Originals.  Learn to create this classy and sophisticated adornment that would be great during the holiday season or even make a great gift!

 Thanks to Ayla's Originals for joining us as a sponsor for this event!

In 1996, Ayla was taking stock of her life when an opportunity presented itself: the bead shop where she had been purchasing materials closed. She thought, "How cool would it be to play with beads all day? and decided to take a big, crazy chance. Within months of its closing, she reopened the shop as Ayla's Originals. The store is now a teasure trove of beads, gemstones, and jewelry for scores of designers. As a result, Ayla's has become one of the top bead stores in the nation."
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Sponsor Announcement - Art Glitter

We are so excited to annnounce a brand new sponsor for the next Craft Social tomorrow night, Friday, September 24th... Art Glitter.  Everyone will be happy to see a little gift from Art Glitter in your goodie bags upon arrival at the event.

For 20 years, founder of Art Glitter, Barbara Trombley created her own Christmas cards, each year in a different medium. She used chunky, metallic glitter and school glue from the dime store on the card. After developing her own glitter colors, industrial-strength adhesives, and metal writing tips that are a part of The Art Glittering System, she became known as the “Glitter Queen.”

Trombley started Art Institute Glitter, Inc. in 1982 and now supplies artists and artisans, crafters and craftsmen with more than 400 brilliant cosmetic quality glitter colors and industrial-strength adhesives. Art Glitter products have been featured on the Martha Stewart Show, the Carol Duvall Show, HGTV, Home Shopping Network and several times in Martha Stewart Living magazine including the December, 2009 issue. Thousands of retail stores throughout the world carry Art Glitter products. Barbara’s first book, Glitter Artistry: Bags, Tags & Cards, (Sterling Publishing, Inc.) was warmly received by artists in 2006 and is still a big hit today.  Art Glitter’s retail showroom is located in Historic Old Town Cottonwood, Arizona.

Art Glitter is the largest manufacturer of artist quality glitter colors in the world with over 400 colors to choose from! We have an excellent on-line gallery, projects, blog and first-rate customer service. Products include: Ultrafine and Microfine Polyester Glitter, Vintage Glass Glitter, Fantasy Film and Fiber, Glass Beads, Gala Glitz, Faux Snow, and Elements Earth Textures. Art Glitter industrial strength adhesives include: Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, Fabric Dries Clear Adhesive, Designer Dries White, 3-D Embossit, Leafing Adhesive as well as glitter related tools and accessories like our Ultrafine Metal Tip for precision adhesive application. Art Glitter also carries stamps by Barbara, Sticky Paper, Transparency Sheets and Double Sided Sticky Tape.

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Project: Mini Album with Stampin Up!

Mini Scrapbook: Beautiful paper, embellishments, ribbon and ephemera combine with chipboard to create a beautiful keepsake to remember a special moment, event or person. Crafters of any skill level will enjoy putting together a mini scrapbook using their talents and some new techniques with a focus on the Sizzix BigShot Die Cut Machine, and Mod Podge!

Thank you so much to Dee Tollaksen for sponsoring this cute project, I just know that people are going to love it and Dee too.

Dee Tollaksen is a life-long crafter, currently teaching scrapbooking for EKSuccess at Michael’s stores in Palatine and Mt. Prospect; representing Stampin’ Up! through workshops, classes and catalog sales.

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Project:: Pomp-a-Doodle Scarf with Coats and Clark

Students will learn how to create this elegant and warm "Pomp-a-Doodle" scarf with just the simple single crochet stitch. Designed by Darla Sims, Coats and Clark has generously provided kits with the original design pattern as well as two hooks, and a yarn needle. You'll be in "good hands" with Gwen and go home with your scarf almost done!

Gwen Blakley Kinsler has been crocheting for 39 years. She is the founder of the Crochet Guild of America (CGOA), is a Certified Craft Yarn Council of America (CYCA) Instructor and recipient of the “Diploma in Crochet, Part I” from England. She feels her talents lie in her ability to reach and unite stitchers to sing the praises of needlecraft.  She is committed to the importance of sharing her passion for crochet with anyone, especially children. Her book, Kids Can Do It Crocheting, was co-authored with Jackie Young and published by Kids Can Press in 2003. A “Crock Star” (Crochet = Rock = Crock), Gwen is a widely published crochet designer and author of articles on needlework, and she is currently at work on her latest book, The Fine Art of Crochet. (Voyageur Press, Fall 2011) A nationally known teacher, she has taught at numerous venues ranging from local yarn shops to Convergence and Stitches East and Midwest, as well as the Knit & Crochet Show sponsored by CGOA and The National Needle Arts Association (TNNA) trade show.

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Project: Polyform Premo Clay Pendant

Lisa Cline, a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will teach you how to use Premo Sulpey clay from Polyform to create beautiful pendants using texture and the surprising technique of mica shifting.  At the end of the night you will leave with a completed necklace and pendant.

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Project:: Halloween Treats with Scor-Pal

Come learn how to use the Scor-Pal and create this cute little treat basket and card just in time for Halloween.  You will put the tool in action and see how it can make creating boxes, cards and other projects in a snap.
All supplies provided.

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Project: Simply Screen Tank Tops with Plaid

Make a super cute tank in minutes with Plaid’s Simply Screen.  Simply Screen is an easy way to screen print T’s with a quick-drying fabric paint.  Later you can embellish with crystals or embroidery stitches.  If you’ve ever wanted to try screen printing, this project is for you!

Project Leader

Candie Cooper is a jewelry designer with a passion for combining unique materials and color combinations, inspired by extensive travel and her years living in China. Candie is the author of Metalworking 101 for Beaders (Lark Books 2009), Felted Jewelry (Lark Books 2007) and Designer Needle Felting (Lark Books 2007). Currently she’s creating designs for a variety of companies in the craft industry as well as for craft and jewelry-making publications. Candie teaches workshops both nationally and internationally and has appeared on the Public Television series Beads, Baubles and Jewels and Hands-On Crafts for Kids. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education and Fine Arts from Purdue University. 

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Project - Wire Wrapped Jewelry with RAC

Learn how to make wire wrapped nest egg rings, pendants, earrings, brooches and more with wire and beads. Materials will be provided but feel free to bring beads you’d like to use.





Project Leader:
Tamera Gagne is a crafty domestic engineer who moonlights as an art instructor and the financial director for the Riverside Arts Center. She loves sewing, baking and selling her handmade and vintage goods at http://crankheartpony.com. You can find her blog at http://crankheartpony1.blogspot.com/ .

Since 1993, the Riverside Arts Center (RAC) has been providing Riverside, its surrounding suburbs and the city of Chicago with art classes, free art exhibitions, and special events. The RAC includes the Freeark Contemporary Art Gallery and artist studio space. We offer a variety of art classes each term (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall) for children and adults in mediums ranging from clay, printmaking, oil painting, sewing, jewelry as well as giving people the option to create their own class in the medium of their choice. The RAC also offers tours, field trips, and curricula-based workshops for public and private schools as well as professional development opportunities for teachers. Find the RAC at http://riversideartscenter.com/.

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Project - Duck Tape Cuff Bracelets with Westcott

We are so happy to once again have Westcott as a major sponsor for this event and they will once again have a project table at the upcoming Craft Social.

Modern Surrealist, Marisa Pawelko will lead participants in making some wonderful Duck Tape Cuff Bracelets with Westcott Titanium Bonded NonStick Scissors!  These are not only fun to make but also make a fashion statement.

Meet celebrity crafter Marisa Pawelko winner of the CHA Indie Craft Contest and host of America’s Next Top Crafter™ . Armed with a formal education in furniture design, Marisa used her talents to design products for the gift, toy, fashion and accessories markets before turning her focus to the craft industry. In 2005, sparked with an idea to create a recycled baby memento-keeper out of one of her son’s baby food jars, she founded Modern Surrealist, which quickly developed an international following. Marisa enjoys inspiring crafters on her “Memoirs of a Modern Surrealist” blog with thrifty project ideas for “upcycling” ordinary objects, into extraordinary custom creations! Her work has been featured by PBS, HGTV, Illinois State Museum and in countless exhibitions and high end boutiques around the world.

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Project - Braided Fabric Headband with Earth Cadet

One of the great projects at the next Craft Social is this Braided Fabric Headband from Earth Cadet.  Be sure to register so that you can get a chance to make this fabulous project!

Earth Cadets is a company committed to recycling, reducing and reusing. Our mission is to provide every Earth Cadet with their own uniquely designed and hand screenprinted tote bag made entirely out of recycled materials. In addition to 100% recycled totes, Earth Cadets offers 100% certified Organic Cotton clothing for you and the ones you love as well as hand screenprinted fabric pillows to put some sass in your sofa.

All designs are one-of-a-kind, hand screenprinted and/or dyed with love by me, Krissy Callahan, in my Chicago studio. Also, if you want to learn how to screenprint, come take a class with me at The Needle Shop in Bucktown!
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Sponsor Announcement - Scor-Pal

We are excited to have a new sponsor for the upcoming Craft Social, Scor-Pal.  This handy scoring tool is going to be a hit next Friday because they have also sponsored a table so you can get some hands on experience making a great project!

Scor-Pal Products have an array of outstanding products for Card Making and Scrapbooking. The most popular scoring tablet on the market today is the Scor-Pal. The grooves are deep, the scor-tool is formulated and shaped to fit in place giving you outstanding crisp, deep exact scores for professional folds each and every time. Multiple scores, boxes for example or for accordion fold can be done all at one time as you don't have to move the paper and the score measurements are perfect. You can make boxes, envelopes, cards etc. and on the Scor-Pal web site there are over 160 full tutorials on how to make different projects. You can print out these tutorials.

Strictly for Cardmakers is the new Scor-Buddy. It is smaller in size, has grooves at every 1/4" and some 1/8" grooves and comes with its own tote bag. It is great for taking to classes. retreats or your friend' house s for a fun afternoon of card making.

Scor-Tape is the best double sided adhesive available due to its superior holding power. The smallest width 1/8" is perfect for ribbons or wider sizes to hold beads, sand and glitter. The 1/2" size is great for boxes.
Finally our glitter Clean Up Cloth is a must have if you like to work with glitter but not have it all over yourself and the house. It wipes up all the remaining residue and everything sticks to the cloth. It does not shake off.

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Sponsor Announcement - Jacquard

Special thanks goes out to Jacquard for sponsoring a table at the upcoming Craft Social.

For 25 years Jacquard Products has been producing the finest colors at the best value for surface designers, textile artists, fine artists, hobbyists, and crafters. We have almost 20 color lines, available in standard and bulk sizes, sets, and in our fun, easy to use, and award winning kits.

There will be a table with a project sponsored by Jacquard called Funky Cats and will feature their Tee Juice Fabric Markers.

More information about the projects at the next Craft Social are coming up as well as more sponsor information but be sure to get your tickets early as this event will sell out!

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Project List - September 24th Event

This is the list of projects you have to choose from for the Chicago Craft Social that will be held on Friday, September 24th.

Attendees are allowed to pick two projects to participate in the night of the event and we encourage you to take a look at this list before the big event to make the decision process easier.

Pomp-a-Doodle Crocheted Scarf
Coats and Clark
Students will learn how to create this elegant and warm "Pomp-a-Doodle" scarf with just the simple single crochet stitch. Designed by Darla Sims, Coats and Clark has generously provided kits with the original design pattern as well as two hooks, and a yarn needle. You'll be in "good hands" with Gwen and go home with your scarf almost done!

Premo Clay Pendant
Polyform
Use Premo Sulpey clay from Polyform to create beautiful pendants using texture and the surprising technique of mica shifting.  At the end of the night you will leave with a completed necklace and pendant.

Halloween Treats
Scor-Pal
Come learn how to use the Scor-Pal and create this cute little treat basket and card just in time for Halloween.  You will put the tool in action and see how it can make creating boxes, cards and other projects in a snap.

Simply Screen Tank Tops
Plaid
Make a super cute tank in minutes with Plaid’s Simply Screen.  Simply Screen is an easy way to screen print T’s with a quick-drying fabric paint.  Later you can embellish with crystals or embroidery stitches.  If you’ve ever wanted to try screen printing, this project is for you!

Wire Wrapped Jewelry
Riverside Arts Center
Learn how to make wire wrapped nest egg rings, pendants, earrings, brooches and more with wire and beads. Materials will be provided but feel free to bring beads you’d like to use.

Duck Tape Bracelets
Westcott
Modern Surrealist, Marisa Pawelko will lead participants in making some wonderful Duck Tape Cuff Bracelets with Westcott Titanium Bonded NonStick Scissors!  These are not only fun to make but also make a fashion statement.

Braided Fabric Headband
Earth Cadets
Use pieces of fabric to create this stylish and cool braided headband.  You choose the fabrics and you will be shown step by step how to make your very own.

Fabric Scrap Flowers
Fabrics Etc 2
Learn how to stitch strips of scrap fabric, ribbon, or trim into flowers of all shapes and sizes! Use your finished flower to embellish your wardrobe, a bag or pillow, or add a wire stem and start a bouquet. You don’t need to bring a thing to make a flower; all materials will be provided for you. Or, bring some of your own fabrics to create your one-of-a-kind bloom!

Collograph Prints
Fiori Falsi
Collographs are a fun and easy way to create hand printed fabric without expensive equipment.  Using cardboard, Mod Podge, paint, and a variety of interesting textures, each crafter will make a unique stamp that can be used over and over again to compose infinite patterns and designs.


More projects will be added soon!!

Sponsor Announcement - Westcott

We are so happy that Westcott has again signed on to be an official sponsor for the upcoming Chicago Craft Social on September 24th.

Westcott has been around for over 140 years. Westcott began as a scissors and ruler company selling into offices and schools around the world, and because of its quality and innovation, is now the leading scissors and ruler brand in the USA and the first choice for teachers, professionals and students. Westcott’s award-winning products can be found in nearly every fine retailer in the U.S. and Canada.

Westcott has kindly donated a special gift for all attendees of the Chicago Craft Social on Friday, September 24th.

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