VintageFest Registration is open!!

Check out the schedule of events below and class information. Links are provided to take you right to the site where you need to go (but you can find the products under "Classes and Events" in the General Store).

Schedule of Events

9:00 a.m - On Site Store Opens

10:00a.m. - 12:00p.m. - Shabby Framed Collage Class

12:00p.m. - 1:00p.m. - Lunch provided (for those who have signed up for both classes)

1:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. – Shuttle service provided to The Antique Mall in Hermitage with over 40 booths (including Jenni’s). Shuttle service/shopping with Jenni is provided for those who have signed up for at both classes. Room will be open for cropping during this time as well as an alternative.

3:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. – Vintage Bookplate Ornament Class

5:00p.m. – 10:00p.m. – Crop and Shop (drinks and snacks will be provided)

• Registration is now available for individual classes, all day event (both classes, lunch, shuttle and cropping) or the evening crop under “Classes and Events” in the General Store.

• The On-Site Store will open at 9:00a.m. and close at 10:00p.m. Anyone can come and shop at anytime (there is no fee to enter). We will have great discounts on past kits as well as misc. papers and embellishments. However, our “store” has become famous for our unique vintage and antique finds including old ledger and music papers, salt and pepper shakers full of glass glitter, vintage Christmas garlands and ornaments, old rhinestone jewelry pieces, display pieces for your home studio, vintage cards and bits and baubles and SO MUCH MORE! New this year – Jenni’s one-of-a-kind jewelry made from vintage and antique materials. Perfect for gift giving! We will of course also have the full line of Jenni Bowlin Studio products.

• Every purchase at the store will enter you into the drawing for several door prizes throughout the day (you do not have to be present to win).

• Rooms are available at the brand new Hampton Inn at $99 per night. Call them at 553-5900. (p.s. – Southwest is flying pretty cheap to Nashville right now! The Mt. Juliet Hampton Inn is approx. 12 miles from the Nashville International Airport).

• Door prizes will also be drawn in each class!

Shabby Framed Collage –
It’s all in the details! Tiny squares make up a detailed collage full of vintage papers, stamped images and “mini” versions of JBS products, all neatly presented in a die cut wood frame ready for display. Keep for yourself or give as a gift! Bring your own photo (black and white works best sized to 2 ¼” wide by 3 ½” tall) or add it later (or use the “adopted relative” shown here and included in your kit)!

Vintage Bookplate Ornaments –
Classic bookplates meet vintage papers, ephemera and embellishments to create one classy set of ornaments! Learn how to make a sweet fluffy wreath from vintage pipe cleaners and create dangles with vintage feather tree ornaments. Everything is provided to create 3 ornaments as shown. Bring 1 small (approx. 2.5” with room for cropping) photo. Please bring a set of jewelry pliers and wire cutters should you have them (several will be provided for use however).

For those of you who aren't in our neck of the woods, we will be having a special "Holiday Open House" at the site beginning November 20th. More information on those offerings soon!

And the winner is. . .

Ginny!

yes, "just Ginny"! I don't know anything else about you Ginny as your profile didn't go anywhere (other than you posted that you you were in my BPS class) so please send us a note at jennibowlin@gmail.com and we will get you registered for May's class! Thanks to everyone that played!!

Tomorrow. . . info. on registration for our 2nd annual JBS VintageFest!!!

Not just a night for candy - new kits are here!!

After you've had your share of Reese's and Dum Dum's, come on over to the site at midnight (central) to check out the new kits in store for November! The Papercrafting Kit this month is just beautiful and full of new products, including the new JBS Red/Black Extension Line and Coredinations embossed cardstock!!

Did you know that JBS Mini Bingo Cards fit perfectly inside the ATC Artist Tray from 7gypsies?? Check out this month's cute Project Kit above, featuring the tray (super simple to create and great for gift giving)! We also have a few trays to sell individually available in the Supply section of the General Store. Purchase the tray separately along with your choice of color/style JBS Mini Bingo Cards (you will need 2 sets) and make a unique project specific to any home decor.


Finally the Add-On Kit - this is just a peek but it includes some great embellishments (including an extra large beautiful label I have been holding on tight to)!

Check back mid-week as I will be posting about the classes for the 2nd Annual JBS VintageFest including registration information.

Happy Halloween!!

**EDITED ** Whoa- that was fast - the Project Kits flew out the door but I am working on getting more! I will post here once I have a date set. We are planning a fun release on November 20th with more vintage Christmas projects so stay tuned!!

This and That. . .

First of all, I forgot to post specifically about an upcoming class I have scheduled for next weekend (Saturday November 7th at 4:00) in Clarksville, TN at Memories In Bloom. I will be teaching the 2009 Year in Review Mini Album below:

If you are considering signing up, please do so by this weekend (November 1st). Keep in mind you get the 3 hour class full of techniques with a completed project (gift?) to take home, but you also go home with enough product to use on several more projects!

Also, my friend May Flaum is getting ready to launch "Adventures In Scrapbooking Using Kits" over at Big Picture and I am going to give a seat away for her class! Just leave a comment on this post between now and November 1st (thats this Sunday!) and I will pick a winner randomly on Monday the 2nd.

And in other news, as a professional shopper (that's what my husband calls me anyway) I have been very busy lately! Our big flea market was last weekend and I filled my granny basket twice to the brim! Here are a few of my finds (not spectacular photos, but you get the idea. . .)

Victorian trade cards. . .

Some old graters to display my earrings at Silver Bella, some tins for our CHA booth and some Double Cola bottles for my new farmhouse kitchen (the cabinet guy thinks I'm crazy I know for wiping out all of the upper cabinets for farmhouse shelving). . .
Some more Silver Bella goodies - gotta love these velvet Japan reindeer with just a touch of glitter. Yummy!

And finally, this is a little vignette of things waiting for my new studio. I got the chandelier at Melrose Vintage in Phoenix last year when I was teaching and the store display and Arm and Hammer full size ad (for their bird card series) were recent flea market finds.

New kits coming this weekend! Check back for peeks on Saturday!

Registration for the Greece event. . .

opens tonight (for Cocoa Daisy members) and tomorrow for everyone. Midnight CDT. Find out more here.

This is going to be one amazing adventure!!