October 2015 - Crop N Time

 Come Spend Time with us…
October 2015 ~ Volume 78
Are you gearing up for the holiday season?
Fall is a beautiful season, but also a busy one. It’s filled with back to school
schedules, baking those Fall treats and getting in those activities like apple
picking, hikes through the colorful foliage, football/soccer games, and trips to
the pumpkin patch. It’s also that time of the year when we start thinking about
getting ready for the entire holiday season.
In the midst of holiday prep, don’t forget to take time out for you and treat
yourself to a day of your own. Check out the info below to register for our next
crop event and get a jump on your holiday papercrafting gifts or just keeping
up with your own albums. Whatever you choose, we’d love to see you.
Upcoming Crop Event
INSIDETHISISSUE
Announcements1
OwnersNotes2
Tips&Techniques3
Connie’sChallenge4
LayoutIdea/Sketch5
VendorNotes6
Tealightful7
WrappedwithaKiss8
Our next Fall scrapbook event will be on Saturday, November 21, 2015 from
9am to 9pm. We had such a great time with everyone at our Crop in September
and are looking forward to doing it all again in November. What will you be working on……your own album
pages, an album to give away as a gift, holiday cards? Whatever is next on your to-do list, we’d love to have you
join us for a day of cropping and help you cross some of those things off of your list!
Our wonderful group of vendors will be with us again, Close to My
Heart, Stampin’ Up!, Tastefully Simple and Kara our wonderful
Masseuse. They will have some supplies for cash and carry, but you can
If you are looking for the perfect gift
always place an order with them ahead of time and they can have it
for a scrapbooker / papercrafter, we
waiting at your seat when you arrive. There will be a sign up sheet for
do offer gift cards. You can purchase
one
by
contacting
us
at
the massages (remember there is an extra fee for massages) so please
[email protected]. We will send you
plan accordingly. We will be at our usual spot, Luther Memorial
a card that you can address to
Lutheran Church. It’s located at 435 South Main Street in North
whomever you like. It’s a great way to
Syracuse, NY. At each crop event we give you table space, yummy food,
have a friend join you for a future
lots of chances to earn raffles tickets for the fabulous prizes and of
crop event. Any questions, stop by the
website www.cropntime.net, leave us a
course our favorite vendors will be there offering Make N Take classes to
message on our facebook page or send
learn a little something new. Registration will be $65 and includes all
us an email.
the above mentioned items along with smiles, laughs and pampering
from Karen and Rene. Head over to www.cropntime.net to get yourself
registered for our next event. Directions are also posted on the website to
help you find your way to our events. We look forward to making more memories with you!
!!!!GIFT CARDS!!!!
Crop N Time Scrapbook Events Newsletter Page 2 October 2015 ~ Volume 78 Message from the Owner:
October, probably one of my favorite months …
… the changing of the leaves; watching my daycare kids play in the leaf piles
with giggles of pure joy (ok, I play too). Funny part lately is that I look at
things in scrapbook form. I have felt for a while now that I just don’t have
much to put in my scrapbooks, making it very difficult to be creative. SO,
I’ve recently started thinking about what it is that I want to scrap. What
colors do I have or want to use in my pages. Now I am starting to create the occasions to scrap.
Yes, I’ve started looking at activities with the thought “Oh, that would be a fun few pages” and
then we go do that activity. One thing I’ve learned with this is that I had really not been making
great memories with and for my family in the last year or so. Now, I am starting to get myself
moving and make those memories again. Sounds a little backwards I know, but it’s been a great
way to get myself back out and making sure we have fun times! I’m really starting to look
forward to crafting again!
Hope to see you all at our November 21 Crop!!!
Rene
Co-Owner
Crop N Time Scrapbooking Events
Crop N Time Scrapbook Events Newsletter Page 3 October 2015 ~ Volume 78 Tips & Techniques ~ The Power of 3 in scrapbook page design
Courtesy of Suzy at www.suzyqscraps.com
Three is a powerful number, visually and in writing. Let’s take a closer look at the
three power players in scrapbook page
design.
1. Rule of Thirds: A simple tool that
suggests where to place your focal
point. Read more about the rule of thirds.
2. Visual Triangle: Using 3 similar (or
exactly the same) objects, colors, or shapes
to focus the viewer’s eye with an
“invisible” triangle. Read more about how
to create a visual triangle on your
scrapbook layout.
3. Repeating Threes: Repetition is a
design principle we’ve covered in the past,
but now let’s take it a step further and look at how we can repeat in threes.
3 in a row (or column)
3 pictures varied in size
3 shapes in a set
3 lines of text
3 clusters
3 pieces of a title
Crop N Time Scrapbook Events Newsletter Page 4 October 2015 ~ Volume 78 Connie’s Challenge Corner
Challenge:AreyouScared?
This is a month for scaring! This month’s challenge is inspired by Halloween. I created a
layout about my daughter’s first visit to the dentist (she added journaling about how scary it
was for her later).
Challenge: Create a
layout about
something scary. It
can be terrifying,
frightening or simply
a bit scary. To add
to the theme of the
layout, use orange!
Go for it, use a page map from this newsletter and double up!
I can’t wait to see what you create!
Connie
http://scrapsstories.blogspot.com/
Layout/Sketch ideas
Crop N Time Scrapbook Events Newsletter Page 5 October 2015 ~ Volume 78 Do you ever find yourself in a design slump? It’s so easy to use the same layouts over and over as they seem to fit
your pictures. Why not make your pictures fit a new layout? Here are some ideas for new layout ideas that can
help bring some life back into your albums!!
If you complete these layouts before or during our next crop event and show us, you will earn raffle tickets for
each new layout to do! Isn’t that just fabulous? Don’t forget to bring those layouts you complete before the crop
with you to get the credit for them as well. They could just win you a fantastic prize from one of our preferred
vendors or even that Grand prize basket at the next crop!
Even if you don’t use this size album, you can always scraplift ideas that will work for your own project!
We love seeing how each one of you interprets these sketch ideas into your own pages!
Happy Creating 
Sketches courtesy of www.pagemaps.com
Crop N Time Scrapbook Events Newsletter Page 6 October 2015 ~ Volume 78 Vendor Notes: This month we feature our Close to My Heart Rep Connie !
October is the perfect time to get into the holiday spirit!
Come Craft with Connie! This month’s
workshops are all about holiday cheer!
Layout club - We’ll be creating a fun layout with
the White Pines holiday paper.
Thursday, October 15 at 6:30 PM.
Workshop fee $10 or $25 order. RSVP by Friday,
10/11.
Christmas Cards - We’ll create 6 holiday cards to
help get you in the holiday spirit!
Monday, October 26 at 7 PM
Workshop fee $15. RSVP by Monday 10/19.
Check out the Stamp of the Month: Twinkle It’s perfect
for getting ready for the holidays!
Need more holiday cheer? Invite some friends to
join you in November!
Choose your date and lets make a plan!
Monday, 11/2
Friday, 11/6
Sunday, 11/8
Saturday 11/14
Sunday 11/15
Monday 11/30
Need more money for your holidays? Now is the perfect time to join CTMH and start earning
money!
Ask me what you can earn besides money!
Connie Myers-Kelly
conniemyerskelly.ctmh.com
[email protected]
315.345.8382
Crop N Time Scrapbook Events Newsletter Page 7 October 2015 ~ Volume 78 Tealightful Notes: Take a look at our tea!
Do you have some teabags in your cupboard? I have a challenge for you. Take one and cut it, emptying out the
contents. What do you see? Chances are, it looks like dust. Now I’d like you to take a look at our teas from Tealightful.
Here are two of them, pictured in the palm of a hand:
Instead of gray and black dust particles, you see real bits and pieces of everything that goes into our blends here at
Tealightful. Of course, I have to mention some of our other fall treats here at Tealightful. What goes better with a hot cup
of tea than a decadent scone? We have several varieties, including the quintessential fall favorite: Pumpkin.
Our Pumpkin Chai Scone mix is all-natural and contains real pumpkin, wholesome oats, white chocolate and brown
sugar. Our scones are a great alternative to the pre-packaged snacks and desserts in the grocery store, which tend to
be full of hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup.
What’s your favorite fall treat? Is it your mom’s homemade apple crisp? Your aunt’s pumpkin pie? Happy Fall!
If you would like to host a tea party of your own, please contact Rene Schulz at:
www.tealightfultreasures.net/reneschulz
[email protected]
315.278.7799
Crop N Time Scrapbook Events Newsletter Page 8 October 2015 ~ Volume 78 Wrapped with a Kiss
What can I create for you?
Do you love those handmade
hats,
blankets,
scarfs
and
more, but not much of a hook
and
yarn
person
yourself?
Wrapped with a Kiss makes
custom
handmade
items
just for you! Stop by my shop on
facebook to see samples of items
that can be made to order. Some
of the items you can choose
from are hats, scarves, blankets,
snuggle buddies and baby
Monster Hats!
bouquets. There are lots of
Specialty hats are custom orders. Contact me to place your order.
styles and colors to customize to
your liking.
Karen
will
have
some
samples and items for sale at
Stop by the Central Square
Community Church Craft
Fair on October 24th from
9am – 3pm to see what other
items I have for sale.
find that perfect item to give as
Of course I will have a table
of goodies ready to purchase
at the next Crop N Time
Event on November 21st!
a gift or even treat yourself 
To place an order, stop by my facebook page or send me an email.
the next crop event. Stop by and
check them out! You may just
www.facebook.com/wrappedwithakiss
I
would
love
to
something just for you!
Karen
create
[email protected]