Adjustments to the Spring Spectacular Schedule – And “How I Spent My Friday”

There have been adjustments – and a few additions – to the schedule for the Spring Spectacular in our store (Monday, April 26 through Sunday, May 2). The revised schedule, without all the pictures from the last post, follows . . .

Monday, April 26 – Store Open 8:30-7:00
10 a.m. – 12 noon -- “Burst of Spring Watering Can” Class with Leslie Rogers -- $25
1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. -- “Book Assemblage” Class with Guest Artist Linda Malcom from Lost Coast Designs -- $40
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Hands-On Demo -- “Embossing on Vellum” with Libby Friel – FREE
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Hands-On Demo -- “Artlenz” with Sandy Livingston -- FREE

Tuesday, April 27 – Store Open 8:30-8:00
9 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Make It/Take It with Maureen & Barry Payne – FREE
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. -- “Coloring with Copics” Class with Guest Artist Linda Malcom from Lost Coast Designs -- $25
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. -- “Leap into Spring” Class with Pat Adams -- $28
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Hands-On Demo -- “Cosmic Dreams” with Sandy Livingston -- FREE

Wednesday, April 28 – Store Open 8:30-7:00
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Make It/Take It with Donna Weibel – FREE (30 Minute Project -- Signups Required)
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Make It/Take it with Donna Sheetz – FREE
2 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Hands-On Demo -- “Evolving Images” with Sandy Livingston -- FREE

Thursday, April 29 – Store Open 8:30-7:00
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. -- “Domino Spring Surprise” Class with Ginger Deaton -- $28
2 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Make It/Take It with Libby Friel -- “Metal” – FREE
2 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Hands-On Demo -- “Zutter’s New Distrezz-It-All” with Sandy Livingston -- FREE

Friday, April 30 – Store Open 8:30-7:00
9 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Make It/Take It with Jackie Schmidt – FREE
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. -- “Get Your Creative License Here!” Demo with Guest Artist Jill Haglund from TJ Designs – FREE
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Make It/Take It with Connie Vogt – FREE
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. -- “Tag Art” Class with Guest Artist Jill Haglund from TJ Designs – Only $10 (Limit 30 Students)

Saturday, May 1 – Store Open 9:00-5:00
9 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Make It/Take It with Judy Davidson – FREE
10 a.m. – 12 noon -- “Favorite Bird Postcards” Demo with Guest Artist Jill Haglund from TJ Designs – FREE
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. – Hands-On Demo -- “Artlenz” with Sandy Livingston -- FREE
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. -- “ATC Madness” Class with Guest Artist Jill Haglund from TJ Designs – Only $10 (Limit 30 Students)

Sunday, May 2 – Store Open 10:00-5:00
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Hands-On Demo with Libby Friel -- “Embossing on Vellum or Metal” – FREE
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. -- “Something to Crow About” Demo with Guest Artist Jill Haglund from TJ Designs – FREE
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Make It/Take It “Bookmark” with Ginger Deaton – FREE
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. -- “Bird Lovers Journal” Class with Guest Artist Jill Haglund of TJ Designs – Only $10 (Limit 30 Students)

And that’s it (until it changes on Monday!). The classes and make it/take its require signups, so call the store at 937-433-7030 to reserve your spot!

And the “How I Spent My Friday” part of this narrative will also affect the Spring Spectacular. A big commercial printing company in Dayton is going out of business, and Gary bought a bunch of their surplus paper – Gary is the best paper scrounge I have ever seen. So I spent Friday bringing it “home” – and will probably spend most of Monday and Tuesday doing the same!

This is a look at just a small part of what we got – you can see about half a dozen skids full of paper and envelopes here, but there are at least 25!

Then it went onto the truck – some of it a box at a time, some a skidload at a time . . .

Some of it took up residence in the back room at the store, and Gary and I just finished unloading more at the mail center. Monday, we’ll do it again. By the time the Spring Spectacular starts, a lot of this will have magically transformed into packs of sale paper and envelopes, thanks to Helen and Walter behind the scenes at the store!