Mid-Month Releases - tonight!

Beginning at 8:00 p.m. central time this evening (Thursday, March 18th) the following products will be in stock!!

All New JBS product from CHA (including Embellished Butterflies, Stick Pins, Vintage Buttons, Banner Stickers, Mini Bingo Cards and the Homespun Collection. . .

3 new styles of Vintage Blue Horse Notebooks. . .

A new Vintage Baby Crafting Kit (very limited). . .

A new Vintage Easter Crafting Kit (very limited). . .

New German Gold Foil Bunnies. . .

New White 7gypsies Printer's Trays (which work beautifully with our new Mini Spring Bingo Cards). . .

See you then!

Vintagefest Registration is Open!

You can sign up here, right now, at the site (in the General Store under Classes and Events in case the link doesn't work for you)!!

Below is the Schedule of Events (posted as well at the site here). As you can see, the little surprise up my sleeve this time was a trip to the TN State Fairgrounds Flea Market on Friday!! There are also 3 classes this time instead of 2, as well as a bonus project during the crop on Saturday night.

Schedule of Events

Friday, April 23rd – (Friday events are for full weekend attendees only)

8:30 a.m. – Vintagefest full-weekend attendees meet in the lobby of hotel to catch the bus to flea market.
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Shop TN State Fairgrounds Flea Market (lunch is not provided on this day, but stands will be open at the Flea Market)
3:30 p.m. – Return to Hotel
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Crop and Shop for full-weekend attendees only

Saturday, April 24th -

9:00a.m. – On-Site store opens to the public (the store will remain open for come-and-go shopping until 9:00 p.m.)
10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m. - Mother’s Day Box Book Class
12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m. - Lunch (provided for full-weekend attendees)
1:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. – Altered Memo Brag Book Class
3:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. – Vintage Home Décor: Class 1
6:00p.m. – 11:00p.m. – Crop (Dinner will be provided for full-weekend attendees). BONUS PROJECT (for full weekend attendees) – Create a one-of-a-kind Vintage Pin during crop!

• Registration is now available for the full weekend event only. Individual class tickets may be available if the event does not sell out.

• The On-Site Store will open at 9:00a.m. and close at 9:00p.m. on Saturday. Anyone can come and shop at anytime (there is no fee to enter). We will have great discounts on past kits as well as misc. papers and embellishments. However, our “store” has become famous for our unique vintage and antique finds including old ledger and music papers, salt and pepper shakers full of glass glitter, ephemera, old rhinestone jewelry pieces, display pieces for your home studio, vintage cards, bits and baubles and SO MUCH MORE! New this year – Jenni’s one-of-a-kind jewelry made from vintage and antique materials. We will of course also have the full line of Jenni Bowlin Studio products.

• Every purchase at the store will enter you into the drawing for several door prizes throughout the day (you do not have to be present to win).

• Southwest Airlines offers inexpensive flights to Nashville. The Mt. Juliet Hampton Inn is approximately 11 miles from Nashville International Airport off of Interstate 40. If you would like to book a room, please contact us as we are attempting to block out rooms for the best rate. Breakfast is included with your stay at Hampton Inn.

Here are some photos from each of the 3 classes (details are on the registration page). . .

Mother's Day Box Book

Vintage Home Decor: Class 1

Altered Memo Brag Book

We are only offering registration for the full event this time. Should we not sell out by the beginning of April we may possibly offer individual class/crop registration but that is not anticipated at this point.

Any questions/comments?? Leave a note here and I will try to address them in a later post.

And. . . stay tuned as we will be having a mid-month release at Mercantile with some fun vintage crafting kits, new individual JBS products, new vintage items and more!! I will announce the exact day and time next week, but the plan is for Thursday March 18th.

Oh. . .we also added back just a few of this month's sold out kits. Get them while you still can!!

Happy weekend!

Vintagefest is coming!!!

I have some fun ideas up my sleeve this time, including a hosted trip to the Flea Market!!

More info. on registration early next week but hold the dates:

Friday April 23rd and Saturday April 24th 2010, Mt. Juliet, TN

As always, this is a very intimate event. I like to learn everyone's name and hug them goodbye when they leave! Although we may try to expand the venue in the future, it will never be a "100's+" event. I can't wait to share everything with you. We are going to have a great time!

(P.S. - if you attended the event in December you will be getting a direct e-mail from me, hopefully this weekend).

March kit's are here!

And as you may have expected, they are full of new JBS products and vintage goodies. . .

A quick peek at the Papercrafting Kit (including the new gallery. Layout by Lisa Dickinson).

A spring mini-banner highlighting new JBS Spring Mini Bingo Cards as the Project Kit. . .

And a new Add-On Kit including tons of vintage finds (including 2 awesome vintage letterheads).

I am also putting up a few St. Patty's Day Crafting Kits (under Limited Edition Kits). I only have a handful so if you really love it, it might be a good idea to get on tonight!

We will also have some mid-month March release special kits (and all new JBS product will be up individually then as well). More info on that soon!

See you tonight (midnight central time)!

I've had a little secret. . .

I think maybe I didn't share it because I have been pinching myself every since Nancy called me, but I was asked to teach at what I know will be an AMAZING and one-of-a-kind event called CREATIVE CONNECTION. The website (and registration) went live today and now that I see the company I'm in I am truly humbled. How do I fit in that mix?? Still pinching. . .

You can find out all about the event here, but in a nutshell, the event was organized by Nancy Soriano (served as editor of Country Living for many, many years) and Jo Packman (Where Women Create). It will be a crafter's paradise - knitting, papercrafting, jewelry making, felting. You name it, you can make it! AND. . .it is going on in conjunction with Junk Bonanza (need I say more)? What a dream! Create and shop for treasures, all in one place. The event dates are September 16th, 17th and 18th.

They could only show one photo of the class projects on the site so I thought I would share another detail photo of each here just for fun!

This is my Old Book Journal/Scrapbook class where we will be "re-making" an old book into a journal/scrapbook:

And this is my Milk Cap Photo Garland class where we will be creating a one-of-a-kind garland from vintage milk caps (I found these HUGE ones recently - 4") and other fun goodies.

Everything is completely provided in my class kits by the way (you just have a list of tools to bring).

I am only teaching on Thursday and Friday as we are headed to Greece that Saturday (for another event I'm pinching myself over)!

Seems so far away, but I know it will be here before I know it!

Some down time. . .

We are back from Virginia Beach (thanks to all of the great women who so warmly welcomed me!) and ready to settle in for a while. It is unusual for us to be home for more than a month at a time, but it looks like we won't be traveling again until Inspired (here's a little peek at one of my Mini Workshop offerings. . .)

Registration will be open soon so I will keep you posted.

Planning to spend all weekend in my studio getting projects done for Vintagefest (remember, hold the dates: April 23rd and 24th)! I hope to have the details together by early next week, with registration to open in mid-March at the latest.

So much to do, so little time!

Must get off this thing for now though - my favorite two shows are getting ready to start on History Channel - American Pickers and Pawn Stars. I'm sure you are sooooo surprised!!

Some more house photos. . .

This is a peek into what is quickly becoming my favorite room in the house (the kitchen)! I didn't really want to show it until it was finished with all of the pieces and parts I've been collecting in place. Something to look forward to (for all of us)!! These are my open shelves that turned out beautifully I thought however. I can't wait to see it come together - it has been in my head for so long!!

They hung the chandelier I got almost 2 years ago in Phoenix at Melrose Vintage (in my studio). This wonderful vintage green will be a new color for me. Both of my old store counters have this color in them.

The dining room. . . lanterns are from Pottery Barn.

This is the Breakfast Room off of the kitchen. I had the two shelves made from a photo I had of an antique one. Trying to decide how I want to finish them. I have an AWESOME antique Milliner's store table that fits just under the window, the length of the room. I got the chandelier from Overstock.com. I actually had two of them to hang from the beams in the great room but once they were hung we realized they would obstruct Jared's view of the TV over the fireplace when in the kitchen! That TV is one of the few stakes he had in the decor/design of the inside of the house so I couldn't have that! We traded them for ceiling fans and moved one here and one upstairs.

And. . .I have uploaded a project into my gallery at the site! 3 months in a row - I'm on a roll!

I have been shopping all day and have found some AMAZING stuff for some upcoming on-line projects and for our booth when we travel (not to mention Vintagefest). I will share some photos soon. . .


And. . .guess who I saw last night? The amazing John Mayer. However, I must say, we were a bit out of our age demographic. It seems like last time there were more people our age (or older). This time we were surrounded by screaming teenage girls with glitter "I love you John" signs.

Noah is starting guitar lessons on Monday. I told him he had to learn how to play "Gravity" for me. After all, I did drop down the money for the guitar (and the strap, and the case and the amp). It's only fair!!

ScrapHD is LIVE!!!

After many months of anticipation, the SCRAPHD website if officially live! You can now sign up for a monthly membership.

As a Club Member you will get unlimited access to all of the JBS products currently loaded (and all other sponsors of course)! You will also be able to Print from Home, upload .png files from your current digital collection, upload multiple photos at a time, and more! All for only $9.99 per month.

And its easy to use (if I can do it, so can you)!

Hop over there and take a look (you can create a free account to see how you like it first - you just don't have access to everything).

Post a link in the comment section to something you created with at least one JBS digi product and in one week we will pick at random from those posts a winner for a free month membership!

Such a great idea for creating gifts for family members, particularly when you are short on time. Just create some base layouts, print out in multiple, and add some coordinating embellishments to still give it that handmade feel!

I can't wait to see what you guys create!

February 2010 Kits - On sale tonight!!

Vintage Brights - that's how I would describe this kit (with a bit of black thrown in for drama). This layout was created by Danielle (our newest Design Team member) with a mix of the main kit and add-on kit.

A little hint at all of the goodies in the Main Kit - including a small jar of ultra fine Art Institute Glitter in "Mint Julep".

This month's Project Kit can fit in the palm of your hand! I found a big lot of these wonderful old Aspirin Tins last summer and filed them away for a special project. Love this one!! Several other vintage goodies also included.

And finally, an Add-On kit filled mostly with vintage items, including a couple full sized vintage dictionary pages, a collectible Arm and Hammer Bird Card, and a medium sized chipboard flower - (in between the two sizes in the JBS Chipboard flower pack).

All on sale tonight - 12:00 midnight central.

From Southern CA to this. . .

We are at about 2" right now, and counting! Of course school was cancelled yesterday, before it even started. I so love to see it though - and of course snow is nature's perfect light reflector.

So much to do now that we are back. We had a great show and loved seeing everyone as usual. There is always talk between manufacturers over whether or not you are going to do this show or that show - but for us it is never a question. We will be there for whoever shows up - there is nothing like that one-on-one face time. It is so personal to me and I love getting to know our vendors. Each show is truly a reunion of sorts!!

I have updated my side bar with some of my upcoming events and classes (with more to come). Coming very soon is Scrap-a-ganza in Virginia Beach, VA. We will be there to teach 3 classes and we will set up our vintage vendor booth as well. The crop has been sold out for a while, but you do NOT have to be attending the crop to take the classes. I know one of them was getting close to selling out (the layout class) so if you think you would like to attend, you may want to call soon. Just click on the link to the left to see the 3 classes I am offering.

And. . . we are doing Vintagefest here in Mt. Juliet again the weekend of April 24th. More information on that in the next couple of weeks, but I can tell you that attendees from December's event will have the option to sign up first. More to come - promise. I just wanted to get you a "save the date".

More house photos soon too - I can't wait to get over there and see what they did last week. Likely about 8 weeks until move in!!

Banners, Banners, Banners!

Our new Banner Alpha Stickers. . .

They work wonderfully with a 1/2" circle punch to make a medallion. Just punch a circle out of coordinating cardstock, add your alpha sticker and then use small scissors to cut "slashes" in towards the alpha sticker. Run your fingers around the edges to fan a bit. Love, love, love these!!!! (hope you do to)!

(oh- and the background cardstock is one of our new open-stock sheets from Coredinations, available mid-late February)!!

Now off to show. . .!

Mid-Month Valentine Release at Mercantile!!

On sale tomorrow, Wednesday January 20th at 10:00a.m. central time. . .

2010 Vintage Valentines Crafting Kit . . .

2010 Valentine Necklace Kit featuring an antique Victorian Calling Card. . .

and. . .a few custom Valentine-themed necklaces made by me!

Also, Junque Boxes have been restocked again (and of course include some different junk)!

(P.S.- If you were waiting to purchase this month's Papercrafting and Project Kits, they are each within 10 of being gone - just a heads up)!

One more CHA peek coming Thursday!!!

another sneak. . .

New Bingo Alpha Tiles! I really made these for me because I was forever cutting out numbers from my bingo cards and crying because I didn't have letters. Well now I do (and so do you)!! Love the altered look you get from just cutting and pasting "raw", you know?? 4 colors to choose from.

Look for another post tomorrow on the mid-month releases at Mercantile Wednesday!!

(thanks for all of the great comments by the way!!)

I spy with my little eye. . .

A new Jenni Bowlin Studio CHA product! What could it be?!?!?

Introducing our new self-adhesive Embellished Butterflies with clear rhinestones and ever-so-slightly creased wings. Available in Red, Black, Navy, Orange, Pink and Brown.

They make me so very happy!

I will post more "peeks" this weekend. We hope to get out the wholesale newsletter tomorrow (once we get everything loaded for pre-sale on the site), so if you are a retailer stay tuned!!! Of course, as always, everything will be in stock and ready to ship at showtime next week.

We are gearing up for a mid-month release at Mercantile (on January 20th). I will post about that early next week. Several fun Valentine projects including a necklace kit!

And. . . we have decided to host another "Vintagfest" here in Mt. Juliet in April. I will post the date next week with more information to follow at the end of February.

I'm dreaming of spring. . .

and of the time when I can actually use these beautiful porches. It is so bitterly cold here now that it's hard to imagine. From this side of the house you stare into the woods for as far as the eye can see and there are always deer grazing or bunnies hopping. Of course there's a train on the other side only about 4 acres away. We don't have porches on that side! Jared grew up with a train in his backyard that shook the house and everything in it when it came by so it is no bother to him. This one you can't feel and thanks to a new noise ordinance we can't much hear it either.

This is a look from inside of my studio (the two door openings on either side lead out of the room). The wonderful worn door you see is one of two that are already hanging in those openings as we speak. You may remember them from almost 2 years ago now when I first bought them for this purpose. It sure is wonderful to see something you imagined for so long come to life. More photos to share soon - just need to get over there with the camera!

This sweet table is sitting at my father-in-laws right now getting a bit cleaned up. We cut the legs down so we can use it for a coffee table. In the upper right hand corner of it you can see a tiny plaque. It came from the Ohio State University Library. Jared's uncle was shearing his dog on it in the barn. He knows how much I love this stuff and he graciously handed it over.

So we are finalizing lighting, reading up on how best to fence in goats AND preparing for CHA!!

CHA previews soon and info. on a mid-month Mercantile valentine goodie release. It's going to be a great month!

Happy New Year!

I am having some issues getting images transferred from one place to the other tonight, but I did manage to get a few things loaded below that will hopefully get you excited about the new kits that just went up for sale at the site! And although the home page photos haven't changed (another temporary tech glitch), the new kits are available for sale as expected.

Lisa created this fun layout with January's Papercrafting Kit - its full of fun colors and a few vintage surprises!

The Project Kit is based off a super cool Tim Holtz frame I saw hanging in his booth at CHA. My version is a Valentine collage created on an 8" wood frame from Kaisercraft (I provide the reproduction class photo but you can use your own special photo)!

Finally the Add-On Kit has oodles of vintage finds and my favorite flowers from Prima in the softest of pinks!

We have so much planned for 2010! It's going to be a great year!

Merry Christmas!

"For unto us a child is born. . .and his name should be called Wonderful Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince Of Peace. . "

Can you believe it??

I have something in the gallery!

Tis the season for miracles!!!