The French Delivery Truck Reservation kits are up on my website. this Ustream class is scheduled to begin April 19. For those who want to make sure they get a kit, the reservation system seems to be working well. It has been a HUGE help for me as well….no need to scramble for more kit materials! Here is a few photo’s of the G45 French Country version I did for Graphic 45 CHA/Winter booth this past January. This version is almost identical to the one we will make in class. There will also be a mini album in the back. The second version is with G45 Secret Garden. I will post photo’s of it here on the blog when that sample is done.
The truck is about 9″ long and 8″ tall.
All…..I repeat ALL….. of the tags are now OUT OF MY HOUSE!!! (….okay, there is one orphan box…. I will have emails out trying to determine who it belongs to…). Please be patient and allow them time to arrive before you flood me with emails as to when yours shipped. There were 144 sets of tags (that is nearly 1600 tags, peeps!) and they did not all ship at the same time. Delivery times can vary. (If you are in the U.S. and don’t have your tags by the end of March, then we can look into tracking them down).Thank you to all who participated, especially to those who angeled tags. I personally ended up making 5 3/4 sets of tags…..2 that I signed up for, 3 that I had to last minute angel, and 8 individual tags that I had to fill in for batches that came in short of the required 11. It was wonderful to see all of the amazing tags but I am glad it is over!
I have an exciting new project coming up on Thursday!
Many have asked me to do Youtube videos again. I have a new series coming up that will be done entirely on Youtube….one project in the series each month. No Ustream spinning circles and no waiting for uploads on my blog! I have always loved birdhouses…I think it is my architecture background…..so this series will be…..For the BIRDS!!!
I have done 3 or 4 birdhouses over that past few years and they have been some my favorites. Now I am going to have a new one each month!…on Youtube! The Birdhouses will be thematic for each month and will be available quarterly. I hope to show the sample for the April one on Wednesday’s Ustream, with the other two by the weekend. Here is the planned April, May and June themes:
April: April Showers. Fun and Spring-like.
May: May Flowers, Flowers, Flowers everywhere!
June: Hat’s Off to You! A Top Hat Birdhouse. A little bit masculine….with a ‘stache!
There will kits and patterns for each monthly project. The kits will be posted quarterly and the patterns will be available monthly…..this first batch of kits will be available on my website on Thursday, March 21st. The kits can be purchased individually or you can save nearly 20% by buying the entire quarter, you will save on shipping as well cuz all 3 kits will ship together. There will be a set quantity of these kits each quarter, so I won’t be using the reservation system. The monthly videos will be tutorials much like those on Ustream, but without the chat. You can watch at your leisure and stop and start as you need to. The patterns and the videos will be available during the first week of each month. The kits purchased quarterly will be shipped together, individually purchased kits will ship as ordered after they are available. This first batch will ship out and the video will be available around April 10th as I got a late start on getting supplies here.
There will also be “Specialty” birdhouses offered along the way in addition to the monthly ones…..in May, there will be a Baby themed Birdhouse and in June there will be a Wedding themed one, for example. These will be available individually only and I may use the reservation system for these…still working out the details…. I am sooo excited about these! I think they will be so much fun!! I have already started on the next quarter designs….
Laura
Love the delivery truck. I am also happy about the youtube videos. Can’t wait.
Ooohhhhh!!! I just love birds and therefore bird houses! I have a garden window totally devoted to them . . . .i’m so excited Laura! Looking forward to making some houses for the birds!
OH my goodness. I am so excited about the Birdhouses and the Utube videos, so looking forward to a fun quarter making them. . The G45 truck is so cute. Lanna
the truck is adorable, can’t wait to see the birdhouses, the baby and the wedding sound like perfect gifts to give
I am in LOVE with that truck!! I’m so excited about the birdhouses..can’t wait to see the sample.
I am sooooo in love with this truck! I have a thing for chickens and have wanted this kit ever since I first saw it! Great job Laura!
Heather aka momofcody
Hi Laura , you will always amaze me with all you beautiful work. Can’t wait to see your class . I love birds and in know i will buy all the patterns for that. And the truck i want it also lol. Thanks Laura .
France aka medania.
Wow, very cool Laura, and I agree, I have missed your YouTube videos as well.
Love making paper crafted bird houses too and can’t wait to see what you are going to offer. 🙂
Looking forward to the little Truck….let us know when your You Tube’s are on on line…
Thanks
Oh Laura, this is FANTASTIC! I too love birdhouses and am sure I will be purchasing several as my sister-in-law has birds and these will be great bday and Christmas gifts for her and wait, heck me too, lol! C U soon…btw I am very very very proud of you and the way you handle some of the ‘bugger-doodles’ that try and still your joy…I look up to as an example in my own business. Thank you for you joyful spirit and for helping us to fine tune our creativity! Love ya, Ella
Laura, that truck is so cute. I am looking forward to your youtube vidoes as I could not get the vidoes on ustream to load. I love birdhouses and birds this should be fun.
Birdhouses, U tube, French Country Trucks and chickens what more could a girl want! Thanks Laura for being as they would say here in Essex UK “Tote amaze balls” which equals awesome.
Beeep beep I got my kit reserved yay.