Product Favourites Evening: Painless Journaling. REPORT!

Hi all,
Photo time! Our new event evening Product Favourites which we held on Tuesday was a blast.

Some common comments we hear in store are about how challenging journaling can be. "I'll do the journaling later"... "I have an album of pages still to journal" and so on. So we thought this would be a great chance to share some tips and techniques to get your words down on paper as well as photos.

Here is how the evening went down...

Our enthusiastic participants wait patiently for the classroom to come open.

7pm...

and this was the sight waiting for everyone upstairs! It took some time to set up 70 easels, packs and handouts. According to Liam (Staff member Michelle's son, age 4 - turning 5!) I only set up a couple and that he had it sorted .... hehehe (he did do a good job)

The first part of the evening was spent discussing journaling tricks, tips and recommendations. The whole evening was centered around the idea that journaling can be easy AND fun!

Participants with their handouts that they could take home for reference. Including a laminated journaling checklist - handy for those stumped moments.


Next part of the evening was working on our main layout project for the night.
Lots of journaling? Well, it looks that way but really it was some fun 'about me' questions.

Lots of thinking and laughing... questions like "5 essential things to take on holiday" yielded
all kinds of answers!

Writing all done, onto the creative page assembling.

A room full of the same page kit and not one turned out alike! Lots of creative fun.

Marion with her completed page.

As always, we had some fabulous prizes and very happy prize winners!
Congratulations
Jo S.
Sharrell
Julie S.
Lindsey
Kerry-Sue
Tracy B
Steph
Enjoy your prizes!

Everyone got this cute card kit - speedy scrapbookers made it in class.

Plus everyone recieved the Library Pocket Take Home Project AND got to keep their wooden easel.

Afterwards I got this email:

Hi Kathleen,

Just a quick note, to say thank you for last night.  It was just what I
needed to get motivated.  I come home and managed to finish my page (for my
mum) and them I started and finished my mums birthday present (which is on
friday). I have enclosed a photo for you.

Thanks again

Katrina Dixson

Katrina's pages.

Didn't she do a great job! Thanks for your email Katrina.

A superb night and it was a PLEASURE to teach!

If you missed out on coming Tuesday, don't forget we have scheduled another Product Favourites Evening: Painless Journaling for Wednesday 4th February at 7pm.
Phone 09 912 0665 to book your space.

Thanks fab scrapbookers for coming!!!