July's First Joy of Crafting Show

For the start of July, we have more from our favorite craft companies! Our first guest is a friend I've known for about 9 years! Let me introduce to you...

Kelli Taylor from Tierracast! The people at Tierracast are great and very passionate about their products. So, Kelli is a perfect fit with them and we were so happy she was able to come here to Hawaii in April.

On the show, Kelli shows how easy it is to  make those wonderful bracelet kits!

 

Next, I made a new friend, Darcy Christensen from American Crafts! I feel like I've known this amazing lady for a long time, she is so full of energy!

 

Darcy showed us how to use the Heidi Swapp Minc machine. It takes any black toner image and adds your choice of foiling to make it Shine! As Heidi Swapp always says, Make Pretty Stuff, and the Minc helps you do that!Oooh, the possibilities!

 

Another new friend is this wonderfully creative lady, Vickie Bentley from Bo Bunny!

 

Using a card as her project, Vickie sowed us some new crafty products from Bo Bunny, like the Pearlescents paints and Glitter pastes and re-usable stencils, plus more!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you had a fun Holiday weekend! Hope you can find time to catch this episode with so many new crafts to learn!

 



Mixed Media Weekend is here!

Mixed Media weekend started early for our employees. We had a product training session yesterday and there was so much creativeness flowing!

 We had some great project using Bella Boulevard's Star Student Collection. A really fun piece using a great wood surface.

We got to play with the Big Shot Plus and the new Ink Sheets, So, many things you can do with these!

Bo Bunny showed us their new sticky stencils and glitter paste! Love that bling!

We got to play with the amazing Minc foiling machine. It's so cool, the possibilities are endless!

We also got to make some jewelry with Wyatt from Beadalon. He is so fun and a really great teacher.

We even got to craft with a celebrity, the super cool Kelly Purkey!
So, don't forget, you can have fun like us by joining us for the free make and takes and signing up for one of the available classes. Check out the schedule here

Have an awesome weekend at Ben Franklin Crafts!

If You're a Crafter, Clear Your Weekend Calendar!

I hope you saved Friday and Saturday for crafting! Just in case you didn't see today's Star Advertiser, here's the schedule for our Free* Make it and Love It craft projects on Oahu (* Free while supplies last) Plus, Beadalon will have the same Make It & Love Its in Hilo on Monday, April 27 and in Kahului on Tuesday, April 28, both days from 9:30 - 11:30 am!

Don't forget we also have some awesome classes that you can sign up for with some really cool projects!

Friday night is Kelly Purkey's Good Stuff Mini Book from 6 - 7:30 pm or

Beadalon's Glamour Bracelet, also from 6 - 7:30pm

Saturday is Sizzix's Deena Ziegler's On the Cutting Edge class

from 5 - 7 pm

 

And on Sunday we have Bo Bunny's Garden Journal Card Box and cards class from 9 - 11am or your last chance at Beadalon's Glamour Bracelet from 12 - 1:30 pm

All of the classes will be held at Mapunapuna Ben Franklin Crafts.

Thanks for stopping buy today and hope you can make it to our exciting Mixed Media craft weekend!

Don't Miss Out!

There's still time to sign up for our classes during the Mixed Media 2015 event this weekend! Here's the line up:

Friday night,  4/24 Beadalon's Glamour Bracelet with Wyatt White from 6 - 7:30 pm at the Mapunapuna Bead Shoppe. The class is just $25 and you are going to leave with a beautiful bracelet and tools worth over $60! (Wyatt's Sunday class is sold out, waiting list only.)

Also, on Friday night is Kelly Purkey's Good Stuff Mini Book! Kelly will be using good stuff from her new Clearly Kelly line for this awesome project. Class is from 6 - 7:30 pm inside the Joy of Crafting Studio next to Mapunapuna BFC, class is $40.

Sign up for Saturday night's the Cutting Edge with Deena Ziegler! For $25, you'll make some awesome projects and learn all about the new great stuff Sizzix has come out with. The class is from 5 -7 pm at the JOC studio next to Mapunapuna BFC.

Then, wrap up the weekend with  Bo Bunny's beautiful Garden Journal collection project. For $25, you'll make four gorgeous cards and a beautifully decorated box to put them in. This class is from 9 - 11 am at the JOC studio next to Mapunapuna BFC.

All class sign ups are at Mapunapuna Ben Franklin Crafts. I'm taking some, hope to see you  in class!