Have you been following the Copic pen craze! People everywhere have been caught up by this new craze and Di will be running some technique classes on these popular pens at the Retreat so make sure you put your name down to join in the fun. I'm sure places will fill fast!!!

Hi there,

Just wanted to advise everyone that we will be open Saturday morning from 10.00 till 1.00pm ...ish and then we will be closed until Wednesday April 27th. We hope you all have a fabulous Easter with lots of chocolate (apparently it is very good for you!! that's lucky isn't it!!). I know you don't need to twist my arm when it comes to Easter eggs and all things chocolate!

For those of you who are contemplating attending our upcoming retreat perhaps we can entice you with the fact that everyone who registers and pays their deposit by the end of April will go into our draw to win a $100 shopping voucher at Florewen or with Di at A time to create with me in Mildura. So make sure you get you registration form completed and forward it to us asap together with your $50 deposit.

All retreat participants will be entitled to receive 20% off all purchases during May 2011 at Florewen Arts and Crafts. This will give you the perfect opportunity to stock up with lots of goodies for your extra long weekend of scrapbooking, cardmaking or whatever activity you like really. We welcome all crafts so if there are some quilters,embroiderers, knitters, artists or anyone else who would like to spoil themselves with a lovely indulgent long weekend (3 days & nights) with no cooking and doing as you please for the whole time contact us for further details!

We do have a shorter weekend option for the Retreat if you are unable take Friday off. Please contact us for further details and cost on 5367 5839.

Hi everyone, Just a quick update to let you know that our specials on offer during Paperific will be continuing for the next few weeks until the Thursday prior to Good Friday. Specials include

• :- Print Blocks 3 ring scrapbook albums plus a set of 10 inserts $30


• :- Glimmers mists 2 for $20 :-Alcohol inks 2 for $11


• :-Tim Holtz Distress Inks 3 for $24


• :-Making Memories - Slice cartridges between 40-50% off


• :-Dark Room Door Stamps 2 for $50 (includes Rachel's new releases!)


• :-Kaiser clear stamp sets 2 for $25

Our Thursday night scrapbooking class unfortunately did not go ahead due to family reasons, however, we have rescheduled to Thursday 28th April which is after the school holidays. For more information please gives us a call on 5367 5839.

Our next monthly card making class will be on Tuesday 12th April at 7.30pm. We are creating some very elegant cards using the latest release papers from Alison Ellis. Please phone us for further details as there a couple of vacancies in the class. Cost of the class is $25 and you will create 5 or 6 classy cards suitable for a variety of occasions.