Tarisota Talk 2010

Welcome

Welcome to our latest installment of Tari Talk.

It's been a long time between  talks :) but I'm so pleased to be getting back into the swing of them again. 

We are in between collections at the moment -  Our Send Me a Letter gallery has been up almost two weeks and tonight I just loaded our newest collection Paper Treasures. We are still operating from our interim site but during August we will move fully back to our Tarisota domain name. Thank you for being so patient.

This month saw the start of our new month long style studios.

We worked with fabric and paper ( of course! )  for 4 weeks  :)

Here is what our lovely ladies had to say :-)

Linda said:

Great month of projects, need this month to get everything done, look forward to August.

Michelle said:

Thank you all for the most amazing projects, I have had a great time with Style Studio and will definitely be back for the August Studio. You girls have shared so much with us and I am so excited by each and every project here. Thank you all so much.

Georgie said :

Loving the projects. I look forward to checking what's new each morning... 

Deanne said:

This is a great class. The mix of different types of projects is just right!

 One lucky student also won a signed copy of Janelle Wind's new book - Pieces of Me. You can grab a copy before they sell out here

  

Our new ship straight away policy was a bit hit and received lots of happy emails that collections had arrived so quickly. We are as thrilled with our new format as you are and with this final part- our Talk back in place all seems back to normal.

I have had a number of emails about subscribing to Tari Talk but that will into be fully functional until next month when we return to our now site properly.

In the interim just a little reminder that you can keep up to date by keeping an eye on my blog or following me on twitter. I post about family life but also about any new happenings with Tari and often put sneaks of info there for my blog and twitter followers.

Happy July  - enjoy the read!

Technique

This month Nic walks us through how to make her gorgeous glimmer mist flowers on this layout

 

Supplies

    * Flower Punch
    * GlimmerMist
    * Scraps of paper
    * Gems, buttons or pearls to embellish.
 

   

Step 1:

Punch three flowers using a flower punch and scraps of paper.  Alternatively you could cut flower shapes.

 

Step 2: Use your choice of GlimmerMists to colour your flowers.  I have used Tutti frutti and Tuscan sun.

 

Step 3: While your flower shapes are still damp, curl the petals inwards. 

 

Step 4:
Layer them on top of each other.

Step 5:

Add gems, stickles, or any other embellishments to finish.  Add extra glimmermist if you like.

Digi Downloads - Notebooks

I'm sharing with you my new obsession these little notebooks. I have four on the go at the moment - One tucked into my handbag, another for notes about my postcrossing lists, another for ideas for my blog, and my last one is a list of project ideas for our style blog :)

The girls have been hassling me to make some for them I really must.

Supplies

• One sheet of 12 x 12  cardstock per book trimmed back to 8 x 12 inches
• A4 Size grid paper ( or blank paper ) ( or lined paper ) or a mix :)
• Embroidery thread and needle
• Wide Packing Tape
• Fabric

Tools

• Bone folder
• Corner Rounder
• Awl
• Craft glue

Fold the cover in half 

 

and round your corners

I use grid paper for my inserts - this book was from the newsagent for under $2

Take some pages from the middle - and then trim the edge off so that your width is 19cm 

 

Fold in half width ways and round the corners

Poke some holes in the fold  - top and bottom two sets do the same in the cover and run some thread though. To put your book together.

These next steps are not my invention.I first saw the idea here and have since seen it popping up in all manner of places. I do mine a little differently but it works well for these books and uses your favourite fabrics ;)

Run a piece of packing tape down the wrong side of your favourite fabric.  Make sure it is at least 8 inches long a little longer is better. Use your bone score to make sure it adheres properly.

 Trim the fabric back to the tape

Add some  craft glue to the tape side  it kind of polls togaed but thats ok work fast moving it around.

Adhere to the spine of your book. I use little clamps to keep it together while the glue  dries - just for a few minutes.

Here is a little download for you - labels to print straight onto sticky paper. It's a PDF file so you will need a free reader if you don't already have one. Simply open and print.

Download Notebook label

and there you have it

Write in your title

 

and go create some more :-)

Fonts

Sharing some favourite fonts  - free online  for download

While I wait in hope of ever finding an old typewriter instead I just keep adding  typewriter style fonts

Here is a new one I have found and am loving

 

Font -  1942 Report  - Source

I am not a huge fan of my own handwriting  though I do make the effort to hand journal  so I love fonts that look like handwriting - like this one

Font - Journal- Source

In The Kitchen

 Mel shares with us a family favourite recipe 

Grandma Ivy's Tea Cake:

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 cups Self Raising flour

3/4 cup milk

2 ozs butter

Topping:

Melted butter - about a tablespoon

Cinnamon sugar (or mix cinnamon and caster sugar together to make your own)

Melt the butter and mix all the ingredients together.  

Pour into a small sized cake tin. Bake in a moderate oven for about 30-35 minutes.

Once the cake is nearly cool, melt the butter and brush thickly over the cake.  Sprinkle the cake with cinnamon sugar - we like to put a nice thick coating on, but perhaps you prefer just a little :)

This would be fabulous with a dollop of whipped cream on the side. Serve with a nice hot drink and enjoy!

P.S. I made this the other night quickly after dinner when I needed something for a morning  tea the next day - its really fast and totally delicious. I know Bella whipped up this one- Thanks Miss Bella!

Up Close

 Have you spent some time in our gallery this month?

One of the favourite items from the Send Me A Letter Collection was the Melissa Francis Tags and Envelope Mini album.

 

 Nic used hers as the base for a series of frames

  Deb borrowed the tags for journalling 

 

I was incredibly inventive and used mine as a Mini book LOL  to show the needful wants I have right now :)

 

Mel used joined some  of the tags together to create room for her journalling about Bella's love of letter writing that she is recurrently fostering.

and Jill created a matt for her photo and a space for hidden journalling for documenting her stories with her boys

see more here

What's Next?

Our latest collection Paper Treasures is on line and shipping now

 

We have a fabulous stamp set by Tim Holtz on site too. If you'd like to win yourself a set  just head over to Inkurable Stampers and enter Sarah's challenge for this month.

Tarisota is proud to be a permanent sponsor of the Inkurable challenges.

  image source

All the details are available here

Registration for our next style studio starts on July 25th  and begins August 1st. Theme to be announced on the 25th but here is a little sneak peek at a project by Mel. 

And finally in our next lot of big news we have a fabulous new Guest Designer

joining us with our Paper Treasure gallery ... stay tuned for who.

Happy Creating!