TPBP Weekly Round-Up...

Dear Friends,

I've scoured my closet and found just the right 1920's outfit for  Charlie Chaplin Days in Niles this weekend. There will be a lot going on, but one of the things I love the most about this weekend is seeing people in their 1920's attire.  So, if you come by the shop dressed for the occasion, I'll have a crafty gift for you.  Follow this link to see all of the activities planned for this family event.

Upcomin Store Closure

Summer's just around the corner and my family insists that I join them for our annual camping trip.  This means that I will close the doors to our Niles store on Fri, Sat & Sun, August 2, 3 & 4.  

Also, for your convenience, we are now listing  changes to our store hours in the left column of the newsletter.

Upcoming Classes

Our roster of classes and teachers continues to grow.  This week, I'm happy to announce that Suzy West will teach a class on July 20!  Suzy is a local teacher who is also known internationally for her energetic and fun filled classes. Keep an eye out for more details about Suzy's class here in our newsletter and on our blog class schedule page.

I'm so fortunate to have a cast of amazing teachers here at the store.  These classes have been designed for TPBP and you can always check our blog for the line-up of classes.

Here's what we have coming up over the next couple of weeks:

1. Sat, June 1, Flip and Fold Fanciful  Cards with Tammy Ozuna (We still have open spots)
2. Sun, June 9, Fairy Slipper Class with Terri Kolte
3. Sun, June 9, The Bird Collection with Terri Kolte
4. Sat, June 29, Shabby Chic Configuration  Box with Veronica Legget

I look forward to seeing you in the shop and hope you enjoy this week's Creative Inspiration from our Design Team.

Beverly

Creative Inspiration

Each week my amazing design team uses The Piece by Piece products to create projects with the hope of providing creative inspiration to our customers.  I hope you take away a little inspiration today...

Altered Paper Trey by Joanne Cheng

Paper treys seem to be the perfect back drop for our laces, trims and embellishments. This beautiful "store warming" gift, created by Joanne, will be forever adorn the walls of TPBP.

  

Joanne shares how she filled every nook and cranny in her video and blog post:  Video |Blog

Fabric Layout by  Van Mai Ha

Van's fabric layout is a stunning piece of collaged laces, trim and numerous embellishments from TPBP.

Hear how Van created this piece in here: Video | Blog

Weekly Reminders...

Upcoming Crop Dates...

 Friday, June 7, 5pm - 12am

Call the store to reserve your spot at the crop table

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Upcoming changes to our store hours...  

We will be closed on the following dates: 

• Sun, June 16 for Father's Day
• Fri, Sat & Sun, August 2, 3, 4 for family vacation

We have made a permanenet change to our Sunday hours.  You will now find us open on Sunday 

from 11am to 5pm.

These changes to our store hours does not effect our online Etsy store where we are open 24x7.

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Services  

We offer a number of services to help make life easy for our customers:

• Private get togethers
• If we don't have what you need in the store, we will place pre-order on your behalf, shipping paid by TPBP
• We have hundreds of dies and will cut to order what you need
•  Gift certificates are available 
• We sell on consignment.  If you are interested in selling, call the store for details.

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Let's Swap!  

TPBP will host an ongoing  Artist Trading Card (ATC) Swap for our in-store shoppers.  ATCs are a fun way to share your art with other artists while also creating a collection of works from other artists.  

Here's how the on-going swap will work:

1.  When you visit the store, let me know that you'd like to swap ATCs and we will, it's that simple!
2. We will limit the swap to once a month per person

If you are wondering what the heck an ATC is, follow this link for a definition, instructions and a video.  

TPBP Weekly Round-Up

Dear Friends,

A big thanks to everyone who participated in last Sunday's get well campaign for Diana (quilt store owner and my neighbor at the Niles). The Wizard of Oz box filled with get well wishes brought sentimental tears of joy to her eyes and a great deal of gratitude to her heart - exactly what the doctor prescribed for healing.

I also want to thank everyone who joined Julie Nutting for her classes last Saturday.  Your participation made her classes a great success.  You also did a great job at encouraging Julie to come back to teach! Once her new collection of girl stamps from Prima hit the market we will book a teaching date for Julie at TPBP.

Now that we've wrapped up some old news, I have a ton of exciting NEW news to share with you.  Hold on for a long ride here:

Memorial Day SALE 

As a thank you to my wonderful loyal customers, we will have a Memorial Day Sale starting Sat, May 25 and ending Mon, May 27 at midnight.  For every $60 purchase you will get $10 off your total purchase. Consignment and class purchases will not be included in the $60 total.  Online customers may use coupon code "MemorialTPBP" in our Etsy shop.  

 

Gift Certificates Now Available

You have asked for it and we now have gift certificatesavailable for purchase in the store.  If you are an online shopper, you may use the gift certificate function provided by Etsy.

Let's Crop

We will host our first public crop on Friday, June 7, 5pm - 12am.  The cost will be $5 per person.  Please call the store to reserve your seat at the crop table.

We will also host day croppers during our open hourswhen we don't have any classes or events going on.  The day crop cost is $5 or free with your $30 purchase the day that you crop.  Please call to reserve a spot.

Let's Swap

TPBP will host an Artist Trading Card (ATC) Swap for our in-store shoppers.  ATCs are a fun way to share your art with other artists while also creating a collection of works from other artists.  

 

Here's how the on-going swap will work:

1.  When you visit the store, let me know that you'd like to swap ATCs and we will, it's that simple!
2. We will limit the swap to once a month per person

If you are wondering what the heck an ATC is, follow thislink for a definition, instructions and a video.  

I'm having fun making my ATCs and can't wait to see what you bring in to swap.

Chipboard Shapes Available in the Store

From hot air balloons to tea cups, we have a number ofchipboard pieces that we sell online and now in our brick & mortar store as well.  Take a look at our online selection, decide what you would like and give the store a call so that we can be sure to cut exactly what you want.

Update to our Store Hours

Now that the dust has settled and we've been open for a couple of months, I have a better idea of the stores hours that work best for my customers.  Because of this I'm making a change to our Sunday hours.  On Sundays we will now be open 11am to 5pm.

In addition, in honor of Father's Day, we will be closed on Sunday June 16.  I hope you enjoy this day with your family,

Upcoming Classes

I'm so fortunate to have a cast of amazing teachers here at the store.  These classes have been designed for TPBP and you can always check our blog for the line-up of classes.Here's what we have coming up over the next couple of weeks:

1. Sat, June 1, Flip and Fold Fanciful  Cards with Tammy Ozuna
2. Sun, June 9, Fairy Slipper Class with Terri Kolte
3. Sun, June 9, The Bird Collection with Terri Kolte

Details about these and our other classes can be found on our blog or just call the store to sign-up.

I know that was a lot of information, but we have a lot going on here at TPBP.  I hope you are as excited as I am about all that is new in the shop.

I look forward to seeing you in the shop and hope you enjoy this week's Creative Inspiration from our Design Team.

Beverly

Creative Inspiration

Each week my amazing design team uses The Piece by Piece products to create projects with the hope of providing creative inspiration to our customers.  I hope you take away a little inspiration today...

Altered Tea Cup by Janet Coulter

Janet's altered tea cup and saucer would be the most adorable center piece at any tea party, we think even Alice would agree to that. Janet's swap partner is in for a big treat! 

The lavender sachet tea bag is ingenious and Janet shares how to make it in her video, take a look:  Video | Blog 

Hand Made Picture Frame by Char Gibson

Today, Char is serving up a tea themed project! Her beautifully embellished picture frame will be a happy place for any picture.

Check out Char's video and blog post to see the bonus coordinating tag that she created to go with this precious gift:  Video | Blog

Trinket Box by Rosanne Carrillo

Can you imagine the recipients joy when she receives Rosanne's handmade trinket box? I can imagine that it would nearly bring tears to her daughter's eyes. It is certainly made with lots of love, and, of course, beautiful embellishments from TPBP.

Rosanne share's how she constructed this box in her video: Video | Blog

TPBP Weekly Round-up

Dear Friends,

I enjoyed visiting with many of you during last week's car show.  It was such a nostalgic and fun event.

This weekend, Sunday, May 19, the Niles will play host to the Wildflower, Art, Garden Tour and Quilt Show. This will be my first show, but I can imagine that there will be many photo opportunities and a little something for everyone in your family.

During show time from 11am - 4pm, The Piece by Piece, will host a note card writing campaign for Diane, my neighbor and owner of the local Quilt shop.  If you are local, stop by, make a card and write your get well wishes to Diane. We will deliver your cards to Diane.

This Saturday we are excited to have Julie Nuttingteaching at the shop.  Julie has two classes scheduled - a tag class and a mixed-media canvas class.  We have a few seats available and the details for each class are on our blog.

I look forward to seeing you in the shop,

Beverly

Creative Inspiration

Each week my amazing design team uses The Piece by Piece products to create projects with the hope of providing creative inspiration to our customers.  I hope you take away a little inspiration today...

Altered Photo Album by Juliana Montoya

What a great idea for customizing a photo album. Juliana used some of our newest products and made this photo album something beautiful to display on any coffee table.

See and hear all of the details in her video and blog post:  Video | Blog 

Burlap gift set by Gina Ortiz

Burlap never looked so good! 

Gina's projects will really make you want to wear burlap. We especially love how she altered the resin pieces to make them work for her projects.

Hear all about this gorgeous trio in her Video.

Home Decor by Linda Oleman

From the altered stand to the details surrounding the heart of the project, Linda's home decor piece is filled with much love and goodies from TPBP, of course!  

Details:  Video | Blog

TPBP Weekly Round-Up

Dear Friends,

I hope you enjoyed National Scrapbook Day with lots of crafting.  NSD at the shop was filled with classes and lots of visitors who enjoyed our special NSD sale.

As we approach Mother's Day this weekend, I want to remind you that our shop is filled with handmade treasures that will make wonderful presents for the mothers in your life.  We also have Mother's Day cards to go with those special gifts.

If you visit the shop on Saturday, May 11, you will also be able to enjoy the live music and other activities that will be part of the Spring Fever Niles Car Show.  It's a family event that can be enjoyed by everyone.

With two mixed-media classes on the schedule for May 18, Julie Nutting is the next instructor on the schedule.  You can find the details for these classes and others on our blog.

I look forward to seeing you in the shop,

Beverly

Creative Inspiration

Each week my amazing design team uses The Piece by Piece products to create projects with the hope of providing creative inspiration to our customers.  I hope you take away a little inspiration today...

Mini Book by Brigitte Anahid Ozanian

What a pretty place Brigitte has created for preserving memories. It will be a family heirloom to be treasured for years to come.

Hear about all of the details in her video and blog post:  Video | Blog

Layout by Tiffany Solorio

Tiffany's layout really takes flight with wings and laces from our shop. We love the idea of adorning a layout with lace and think you will too. 

Tiffany describes all the details of creating this layout in her Video | Blog. 

Mini Book by Beverly Ybarra

What's this?  The boss is getting in on the designing!  

Beverly, owner of TPBP, created a gorgeous mini album for a recent class in the shop and it's a beauty.  She utilized the Prima Devine collection and an assortment of trims and other embellishments from her store.

You can hear about all the details in her Video.

Alice In Wonderland Configuration Tray

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!  I am so excited to have finished this project that I have been wanting to share with you all.  I hope to create more Alice In Wonderland fans by doing so!!  Here are the photo's that I promised!  Also, if you want more details, please check out the video below :).

Video:

I had a wonderful time making this Configuration Tray and I hope that you find something that will inspire you to make one if you haven't!  

TPBP Weekly Round-Up

Dear Friends,

The energy in the Niles at last week's Spring Fling event was fun, refreshing and in full bloom, just like the season.  At TPBP we saw many of our wonderful regular customers as well as a bevy of new faces who were all able to take part in the store special over the weekend.  We hope you will all consider coming  back this weekend because the savings are even greater!

In celebration of National Scrapbook Day (NSD), we will offer a 20% off discount (excluding some consignment items) both in our store and online in our Etsy shop. Online shoppers simply use the code "natlscrap20" and in-store shoppers can just menton that you saw the sale story in the newsletter. 

If you are planning to come in for this weekend's sale, why not consider staying for a while to join one of the two classes on the schedule?  We have two layout classes, one scheduled for Friday while the other will be taught on Saturday.  In addition, we have a super fun mixed-media canvas class on Saturday.  You can find the details for these classes and others on our blog.

I hope you have plenty of crafting fun during NSD and I look forward to seeing you in the shop,

Beverly

Creative Inspiration

Each week my amazing design team uses The Piece by Piece products to create projects with the hope of providing creative inspiration to our customers.  I hope you take away a little inspiration today...

Altered Tray by Joanne Cheng

Featuring some of our newest products in the shop, Joanne's wedding anniversary gift is family heirloom to be treasured for many years to come.

The devil is in the detail and you will want to hear about all of the details highlighted in Joanne's video and blog:  Video | Blog


Mini Book by Char Gibson

Char has used our lace, trim and resin pieces to create a beautiful mini album. This will be a joy to use and a wonderful place to capture memories for many years to come.

Watch her video and visit her blog for the details:  Video |  Blog  


Mini Book by Linda Oleman

Adorned with lace, wings and pretty pastels, Linda's mini book is just heavenly. Her swap partner sure has a sweet treat coming her way.

Watch Linda's video and blog to learn about her lace pocket technique:   Video | Blog