the imagination factory

CLASS NEWS

Just popping in to let you know about classes for the remainder of March and all of April.

 

MARCH CLASSES

CHILDREN'S CLASS

- This FRI 22nd Mar

- 4.30 until 6pm

- Easter themed bits and bobs with Bernie

- $20 per child

- Bookings essential

 

CARD CLASS

 - This Sat 23rd March

- 11am until 1pm

- Make 3 different cards with julie using different scrapbooking techniques.

- $25 per person

- Bookings essential.

 

 APRIL CLASSES

 

4th and 11th April-  Kids school holiday classes (10.30-12)

5th April- Crop night  (5-10)

13th April-  Julies card class  (11-1)

17th April-  Copic class  (11-1)

23rd April-  Prima framed layout class  (7-9)

26th April-  Project Life scrapbooking class 

 

* BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL CLASSES AND CROPS

Please phone the store for further details about specific  classes or to  book your spot on 53316108. You can also email us or pop in to the store to see class samples.

 

OTHER NEWS

STORE HOURS

The store will be closed over Easter from Good Friday until Easter Monday inclusive. We WILL NOT be open Easter Saturday. We hope you and your families all have a lovely Easter.

Our Saturday store trading hours will be changing soon. Following The Easter break, please note that our new Saturday trading hours will be

******9am until 1pm EVERY SATURDAY*******

The new Saturday trading hours will commence on Saturday the 6th of April.

 

NEW STOCK

We have lots of new stock arriving in the store. Our latest arrivals are Echo Park, My Mind's Eye and Authentique. October Afternoon, Prima and Simple Stories aren't too far away.

We now stock the Silhouette electronic diecut machine. It's a fabulous machine which connects to your computer to cut many types of files. The silhouette online store has over 30,000 images available for purchase as well.

We will be running a Silhouette demonstration soon. Register your interest to attend at the store.

That's about all for now.

If you have any questions or a request for certain stock then let either Bernie, Fiona or myself know and we will do our best to source it for you.

 

Happy Scrapping,

 

Tracey and the team.

 

 

 

 

 

LOTS TO SHARE

Hi everyone,

I know it's been an incredibly long time since our last blog post but I can assure you all is well at The Imagination Factory.We have lots of news to share, 5 months worth in fact.

Number one on our news list, is that we have farewelled our lovely, amazingly talented  store manager Sue. She has embarked on a new, exciting life adventure and we will miss her very much. We wish Sue every success and happiness and will most certainly keep in touch.

We would also  like to extend a very warm welcome to Bernie, who is doing a wonderful job of filling Sue's position. Please make Bernie feel welcome when you're in the store and introduce yourself if you're a regular.

"RETREAT"

This year we ran a different kind of retreat, where we spent 12 hours Saturday and 6 hrs Sunday scrapping the weekend away at the store instead of going away. A fun weekend was had by all with lots of scrapping, chatting, eating and prizes. We will definitely consider doing this again next year. Stay tuned for details.

CHRISTMAS CROP

On Friday 7th December we are holding our Christmas crop from 5 til 10pm. We ask everyone to bring a plate of food to share for dinner, and also run a Kris Kringle. Some customers have requested  that the gifts be scrapbooking themed this year, as we are all scrappers, so we have decided to go with the scrapping theme. However, please don't feel as though you must purchase your gift from The Imagination Factory, although you are of course most welcome to if you wish.

CHILDRENS PARTIES

It is with regret that we announce that we  no longer run children's Birthday parties. We do still run children's craft classes, but for the time being, only during school holidays. Check out our class calendar in this post or in store or on facebook for details.

FACEBOOK

 Some of you may have already found us on facebook. If not, then please look us up and like us (if you do), using the following link  HERE

 Our facebook name is THE IMAGINATION FACTORY SCRAPBOOKING STORE.

We're hoping to post lots of store info on facebook, in particular, pics of new stock as it arrives, and some exclusive facebook specials.

CALENDARS

Please find our lastest calendar  Download November 2012 

There are limited places available for the Christmas count down mini album and the Christmas card class. Pop in  to the store to view the samples and make your bookings.

 

 

Happy Scrapping,

Tracey & the Team

 

FREE DEMO DAY

Just a quick post to let you know about our COPIC MARKER & DIECUT MACHINE demo day.

This Saturday the 23 June, from 1pm until 3pm, Sue will be demonstrating how to get the most out of your cuttlebug/sizzix machine, and Tracey will be demonstrating how to color stamped images with copic markers.

So, if you're thinking of buying markers, or a diecut machine, or would like some useful ideas on how to use your own markers or machine, then come along.

There is no charge, and 10% discount will apply to all copic markers and sizzix big shots purchased on Saturday afternoon only, for those who attend the demo.

 

UPCOMING TIM HOLTZ CLASS

Save the date. Tim Holtz tags class, straight from CHA. Limited places available.

Sat 30th June. PH 53316108 to book.

Trisha Ladouceur Update

Trisha Ladouceur Teaching at The Imagination Factory -  Ballarat

As you may have heard, we are thrilled and excited to have the talented Trisha Ladouceur coming to visit Ballarat as part of her Artsy Adventure Tour of Australia this coming May.

For those of you who don’t know Trisha, she toured Australia last year and taught at many Australia stores as part of the Prima Tour.  Well, Tricia loved Australia so much that she is returning in may on her very own Artsy Adventure Tour.

Trisha is an educator and ambassador for several scrapbooking companies, including Prima, Authentique, and Pink Paislee to name a few, and we are delighted to announce the following two classes:-

The Authentique class will be a scrapbooking layout here is a sneek peak!!

Lots of yummy layers and Trisha has incorporated a little mini album into the layout!!!

The Pink Paislee class will be a beautiful album. View image below.

Each class will cost $100 including product, instructions and expert tuition by Trisha. 

Don’t delay in booking (a $50 non refundable deposit is required upon booking).

Class sizes are limited.  Phone 5331 6108 to book in now!

TRISHA LADOUCEUR TEACHING IN BALLARAT

Trisha Ladouceur Teaching in Ballarat

As you may have heard, we are thrilled and excited to have the talented Trisha Ladouceur coming to visit Ballarat as part of her Australian tour this coming May.

 

For those of you who don’t know Trisha, she toured Australia last year and taught at many Australia stores as part of the Prima Tour.  Well, Tricia loved Australia so much that she is returning in may on her very own ARTSY ADVENTURE TOUR

 

Trisha is an educator and ambassador for several scrapbooking companies, including Prima, Authentique, and Pink Paislee to name a few, and we are delighted to announce the following two classes:-

 

The Authentique class will be a scrapbooking layout and the Pink Paislee class will be an album.  Each class will cost $100 including product, instructions and expert tuition by Trisha.  Project photos will be available shortly, both on the Artsy Adventure blog HERE  and on the Imagination Factory blog also. 

Don’t delay in booking as class sizes are limited. 

Phone 5331 6108 to book in.

 

GENERAL NEWS!

• Our regular class calendar is also availbe to view / print online now Download MARCH 2012 Download APRIL 2012

• Make sure you pop into the store to see all the gorgeous new product arriving daily.

• You also won’t want to miss the bargains on the clearance table too!! Most are priced at 50% off.

 

Happy Scrapping!

Tracey and the team.

 

TRISHA LADOUCEUR TEACHING IN STORE

Hi there everyone,

We've just arrived back from CHA, having spent a jam-packed week sourcing new and exciting products, ideas and techniques. We have discovered some brand new companies, and also ordered from lots of the old favorites too. A highlight of our trip was a 6hr class with the amazing Tim Holtz, where we made an assortment of tags to bring back to our store to teach you, our customers lots of great techniques using mainly Ranger products.

So, we'll keep you posted as new product arrives in store, with the first shipment including new company AUTHENTIQUE due to arrive in a fortnight.

INTERNATIONAL TUTOR

We are delighted to announce that the super-talented Trisha Ladouceur is teaching at The Imagination Factory as part of her ARTSY ADVENTURE TOUR. You can visit her blog here for more information.

Trisha is an educator with 3 different scrapbooking companies, namely Prima, Pink Paislee and Authentique. She will be teaching two classes at our store on May the 24th. More details available in store.

You can also follow Trisha's ARTSY ADVENTURE facebook page here . She has lots of great giveaways for those who follow her blog and sign up for classes.

More info coming soon.

Happy scrapping,

Tracey and the team.

smash & other stuff

Classes

Finally we have our February class calander ready! You can down load it here: Download Febuary 2012.

We are welcoming back the New Year with our first crop night on the Friday the 3rd February from 5-10pm, cost $13 & supper is provided.

For those of you who have been enjoying the art of copic colouring we have introduced a colouring night! come along for a night of colouring & fun! our first night will be Friday the 17th of February, from 6-10pm, cost$10, BYO markers. Tracey will also be taking a Copic class for all levels, on Tuesday the 28th February, from 11am-1pm, cost $25.

Sue is taking one of her fabulous card classes on Wednesday 22nd of February, from 6-8pm, cost $25.

Lastly our first children's class for the year is on Friday the 24th February, from 4:30-6pm.

New Stock

Smash is taking off in store we can barely keep it on the shelves, it's a fun new way of memory keeping, for adults, teenagers & children alike, you can view their blog here.

Basic Grey have released a range of love type papers just in time for Valentines Day or could also used to make great Anniversary cards.

Simple Stories two new ranges are in store, they too have a new concept of scrapbooking. These papers are designed for the We r memory Keepers photo sleeves and are a fast and time affective way to finish off projects. You can also see their blog here.

Until next time..

Tracey & the team

GIRL'S NIGHT IN

For those of you that haven't heard on the grapevine, we are hosting a GIRL'S NIGHT IN to raise funds for breast cancer research.

The night is sponsored by Xpress Graphix who have kindly donated some fabulous giveaways for the evening, including a 12-pack of copic markers.

Although the event is officially a copic marker event, you don't neeed to have any copic experience, or even own any copic markers. It will run in a similar fashion to a crop, and we will have the class set of Ciao markers available for you to "try before you buy" and i will be coloring too, so feel free to just come and watch/learn/play.

So why not come along and enjoy a great night in with friends.

DATE; Friday 23rd Sept

TIME 5-10 pm

COST $10 donation

Supper provided 

BYO dinner and "scrapping supplies"

Hope to see you there. Please phone the store to book in. If you've been wondering about this new product and want to know more, then now's the time to come along and learn.

 

Happy scrapping,

Tracey and the team.

August News

Here's a look at some of the classes coming up at The Imagination Factory over the next couple of months.

September is full of Copic classes for beginners to advanced, as requested by so many!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Copics Markers Tracey is having a free demonstration day, where she will be at the store colouring. This a great fun way of learning new techniques as well answer any question you may have.

You can view or download September's calendar here; Download SEPTEMBER 2011

October classes are centred around school holidays and our annual retreat.

Please see our early post for information regarding the retreat or contact us at the store. Places are filling fast, as this is always a great time had by everyone.

You can view or download October's calender here; Download OCTOBER 2011

Until next time..

Happy Scrapping!

Tracey & the team

RETREAT

 
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to The 4th annual Imagination Factory Retreat.

WHEN: Friday 14th October to Sunday 16th October.

WHERE: Cave Hill Creek. Approx 40 min from Ballarat.

COST: $190 per person, inclusive of all meals from Friday dinner to Sunday lunch.

HOW TO BOOK: Either in person or over the phone. $50 non-refundable deposit required to secure your booking. Please ensure you leave your email address so that we can forward information to you as it arrives.

 

Look how much fun last years retreat was.......

There are plenty of copies of the above photo in store for those of you who attended and haven't yet received a copy, or just let us know your email address and we will happily send it to you.

Back soon with more retreat info.

Save the date....

Tracey and the team.