TPBP Weekly Round-Up

Dear Friends,

Last week marked another first for TPBP.  We hosted ourfirst public crop!  We had a full house and we had a wonderful time cropping into late hours of the evening.  Thanks to all of the croppers who came out to get crafty.  It sure was my pleasure to host each of you at TPBP.  We will be announcing our next crop date very soon.

New Classes

Another first over the weekend was Terri Kolte's inaugural class.  The students had a great time making their oh so precious slippers designed by Terri and it was unanimous, Terri must come back to teach at TPBP.  

And since I'm here to make my customers happy, Terri will be back with a new banner class every month. HerPatriotic Banner class is scheduled for June 22 and you won't want to miss it.  Check out this beauty:

Patriotic Banner Class by Terri Kolte

Also new to the class offerings is my Lyric Drawer classbeing taught on July 13.

Lyric Drawer by Beverly Ybarra

And Veronic Legget will be teaching her Clock Assemblage class on July 10.

Assemblage Clock by Veronica Legget

I hope you are as excited about these classes as I am. I really am honored to work with so many creative ladies. If you are interested in signing up for any of our upcoming classes, you will find details for each class on our blog.

The full list of classes looks like this:

1. *Sat, June 22, Patriotic Banner with Terri Kolte
2. Sat, June 29, Shabby Chic Configuration  Box with Veronica Legget
3. *Wed, July 10, Assemblage Clock with Veronica Legget
4. *Sat, July 13, Lyric Drawer with Beverly Ybarra
5. Sat, July 20, Technique Filled 3 Layout Class, with Suzy West

*New class added to the schedule this week.

New Products 

If you know me, or if you've been in the shop, you know that I'm Graphic 45's biggest fan.  So, as you might imagine, I was very excited to receive Graphic 45's newest collections, Steampunk Spells and Bohemian Bazaar, in the shop.  Your really want to scoop these up before I hord them all!

I'm going to CHA

And, speaking of new products, I'll be attending the Craft and Hobby Association trade show next month.  While I'm there I'll be shopping for the hotest new products on the market so that I may bring them to TPBP for you.  Let me know what interests you so I can keep my eyes open for the things that make you do the happy dance.

New Phone Number

Speaking of new, we have a new phone number at the store, 510 894-2488.  If you have us programmed into your phone, please update your records.

Closed this Sunday

As a reminder, in honor of Father's Day, the shop will beclosed this Sunday, June, 16.  I hope you enjoy this day with your loved ones, that's exactly what I will be doing.

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...

Tussie Mussie  by Char Gibson

Beautiful laces from TPBP, Lyric collection of paper from Prima and mixed-media techniques make for a lovely result. Char's tussie mussie and altered balsa box are both adorable beauties. As fun as they look like they were to make, we are sure they will be fun to put to use.

See Char's video & blog for images of the balsa boxx and more details for both projects:   Video |   Blog

Patchwork Banner by Gina Ortiz

Gina created a beautiful patchwork of fabric, paper, resin pieces, lace, ribbon and more! You will fall in "love" and feel the "bliss" evoked in this lovely banner. 

Gina presents the details of her project here:  Video  

Weekly Reminders...

Upcoming Crop Dates...

TBD

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

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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,

Last weekend was so much fun in the store.  We had our first card class taught by Tammy Ozuna, so the store was filled with creative minds at play - and that's just the way I like things to be.  We look forward to having Tammy back with another card class soon.

Also fun over the weekend was seeing people dressed in their 1920s attire for the Charlie Chaplin Days in Niles event.  I went for the flapper look myself, but I sure did get my fill of Charlies over the weekend.   Of all the Charlies, this little guy pictured below was my favorite. He was such good Charlie that he took second place in the Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Cutest Charlie Ever!

If you missed Chaplin Days, no worries, there are more events in Niles to look forward to: June 28 - 30, 16th Annual Bronco Billy's Silent Film Festival July 4, 4th of July Parade If you make it to any of these events, please stop by the shop, I'd love to see you. New Products  You've been asking for them and we now have the NEW Julie Nutting doll stamps from Prima available in the store.  In addition to that, we also now have colored card stock in 12x12 and 8.5x11 sizes.  As the store grows so does our product selection! As my shoppers know, I'm always buying new products for the store, but each quarter I make a pretty large purchase and release those products to my customers and design team.  The new quarter is approaching so i am shopping like a mad woman and will have a critical mass of new products on the floor in early July.   My design team will take these products and create projects that I hope you will find inspiring.  We will continue to share their project on Facebook and here in our newsletter. Up-comin Store Closure For your convenience, we are now listing  any up-coming changes to our store hours at the end of the newsletter in the Weekly Reminder section.  Please take a moment to review this information. 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: Sun, June 9, Fairy Slipper Class with Terri Kolte (We still have open spots)   Sun, June 9, The Bird Collection with Terri Kolte (We still have open spots)  Sat, June 29, Shabby Chic Configuration  Box with Veronica Legget Sat, July 20, Technique Filled 3 Layout Class, with Suzy West 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 Vintage Box by Juliana Montoya Juliana has created a pretty box to hold pretty things!  The floral arrangement has a beautiful layered lace backdrop that makes this box top a pretty display for any room in your home. Check out Juliana's video & blog post for the details:  Video |  Blog Altered Doll Box by Brigitte Yeranossian-Ozanian

From magnetic doll box to altered art piece! Brigitte created a lovely transformation filled with our laces, trims and numerous embellishments.  We especially love how she framed the resin piece with the leaf trim - nice move! The details involved in this project can be found 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,

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