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Highlights from the Bendigo Papercrafts Show

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What a fantastic weekend we had at the 2019 Bendigo From Picture to Page and Beyond – Scrapbooking, Mixed Media Art and Papercrafts show. We had a fantastic range of papercraft and wellness retailers, plus record numbers of crafters through the door, ready to SEE the latest crafting supplies and watch the demonstrations by our talented crafters, PLAY with mini craft classes and Make and Takes and BUY their craft supplies!

Plus a HUGE thank you to Cathy Daulman, who donated at TONNE of her lovely books “An Introduction to Fun Rubber Stamping” to share with our crafters – they were most appreciated!

There was a few new retailers who were attending their first From Picture to Page craft expo, a few who were back after a time away and, of course, all of our favourites headed back to the Kangaroo Flat Primary School. They offered a brilliant array of Mini Classes and Make and Takes.
You can see the full list of Bendigo Retailers here.

Here are a few of the highlights from our Papercraft show

A huge THANK YOU to all of you who came along to support our boutique paper crafts show and we hope you had a lovely weekend, filled with crafting inspiration and meeting up with like minded crafters. I often feel “thank you” doesn’t seem like enough words to express how truly grateful we are to have you as part of our community.

I must also thank our wonderful retailers, some of who come quite a way to spend the weekend with us, plus Enzo, Maria and Olivia, from the Just Sweets team, who provided the wonderful catering across the weekend, keeping us hydrated, caffeinated and full of good food.

We Asked – You Answered – We Listened

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2018 Crafters Survey

Every so often we send out a survey to get a feel for what you, as crafters and part of our From Picture to Page community, get out of our shows so we can learn about what we are doing right. We also want to know where we can improve. And here we are excited to bring you there results of the 2018 Crafter From Picture to Page Survey.

Facilitating papercraft shows across Victoria brings craft supplies, demonstrations and hands-on activities, with Make and Takes and mini classes, to crafters and give our retailers an opportunity to meet you in real life. This is even more important as many craft stores are retreating from their store fronts; some are moving online and attending shows, some are closing for good.

So at From Picture to Page, we are very conscious that we need to have craft shows that meet the needs of both our crafters and our retailers.

Q1 Where did you hear about the From Picture to Page show for 2018?
Most crafters tell us you have visited the show before, plus our emailed flyers and posted postcards and Facebook are reaching you. The “Other” category included hearing about us through your local stores or from friends.

We want every paper crafter to know about our shows! It’s important for us know how best to spread the word about our papercraft expo and make sure we spend our limited advertising budget in the most effective way.

Q2 Which From Picture to Page shows did you attend in 2018?
As expected, the Pakenham and Sandown shows rated highly; both the Pakenham and Sandown show have a similar number of crafters attending. Bendigo and Geelong are our smaller, regional shows and hence less people attend.

The regional shows each have their own special atmosphere about them; they are a great chance to get hands on with a make and take or mini class as they are less busy. Plus you have more time to watch demonstrations and ask questions with our talented crafters and feature artists.

Q3 How do you rate the following aspects:
Each category was rated from
1.Ho Hum – Okay – Good – Great – 5.Outstanding

Overall, you told us you are are pretty happy with most aspects of the shows but there is always room for improvement; there is still some work to do with the make and takes and mini classes, as these categories rated lower than the others. Our retailers are listening and are putting a lot of thought into our programme for 2019.

Q4 Why do you come to the Picture to Page Craft show?
We love to find out WHY you come along to our papercraft show, and it’s to see the latest products, because you need craft supplies, to see our retailers and to watch demonstrations. These stand out as the top reasons.

Q5 What type of crafts to you do?
With papercrafting covering so many subcategories of crafts, it’s always interesting to get an understanding what type of crafts you engage in. Cardmaking tops the list, with stamping and scrapbooking a close second and third.

Others in comments included calligraphy; that will need to be added into future surveys.

Q6 In a few words, why do you craft?

The word cloud speaks for itself: Love – making – relaxing are just a few of the words that stand out from your answers.

Here is a small selection from your answers:

“It is a break from my normal stressful life, I can step away and indulge my love of crafting”

“It is something I really enjoy and it is some me time. Takes my mind off everything else.”

“I enjoy being creative. I find it relaxing. I just love making cards & friends love receiving them.”

“It’s my passion, therapy & good for my sanity. I’ve made some some friendships through art & craft 😀”

Q7 Anything else you’d like to share with the From Picture to Page team?
It’s so lovely to read your supportive comments, as well as the opportunity to provide detailed feedback for the areas we aren’t getting right.

And here is what we are getting right:

“Love to see the show continue to broaden the types of craft media …. ie; not just paper. In the past have also really enjoyed resin, fabric dying and other mixed media.”

“I absolutely love the From Picture to Page shows. The team are fantastic and the retailers so helpful. A bargain or two doesn’t go astray either. :)”

Areas to improve:

“I love the classes but there could be more as they are often hard to book into if you don’t get there early in the day.”

“Try to make sure that you source new businesses so that it’s not always the same old, same old like (other shows).”

“Spread out the door prize draw like it used to be. Need more free make & takes. Most shows you cannot get to do the make & takes. It’s a good way for retailers to show and sell their products. More tables for lunch break.”

Thanks to all of you who completed the survey – we had a total of 210 replies. This helps us to get a greater understanding about what YOU are looking for with a paper craft show, and helps us as organisers and retailers with how we can best help and support your craft endeavours.

Look forward to catching up with you across Victoria in 2019.

#P2PCrafts Sandown Classes and Mini-Classes

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This year we have a fantastic offering of classes and mini-classes across the Sandown show weekend! There are FOUR classes and FIVE mini-classes. So there are many opportunities to PLAY

What’s the difference between a class and a mini-class?

At From Picture to Page and Beyond Papercrafts Show, a class is an hour long workshop, set in one of the two light-filled classrooms. Some classes can be booked online before the show or with the retailers at their stand when you arrive at the show. See below for details.

A mini-class is a smaller project, for a small fee and is held on the retailers site on the main show floor. Some mini-classes can be booked online before the show or with the retailers at their stand when you arrive at the show. More information below.

Classes at Sandown – 13 & 14 October 2018

Creative Splendour Card or Tag Class

Val Young is bringing the unique range of Creative Splendour stamps to us in October, plus she is offering a class or two – click here for details. You can book online, ahead of the show!

Creative Memories Scrapbooking Class

Rae and Megan are sharing the Creative Memories scrapbooking supplies, albums and tools with us at Sandown. They are running two scrapbooking layout classes this year – click here for details.

JCraft Flowers Class

We are thrilled to have Jannette and JCraft coming along to Sandown. They specialised in all supplies for card makers, scrapbookers and all paper crafts. Jannette is holding classes this year so you can create your own Foamiran flowers – click here for details.

Stampin’ Up! Card Classes

Stampin’ Up! is being represented by Janine and her team. They will be holding two handmade card classes at the Sandown expo this year (details HERE)

Mini Classes at Sandown Papercrafts Show

The Craft Emporium Card Mini-Classes

Sonia is crafting up a storm over at The Craft Emporium and will be offering a range of mini classes over the craft show weekend. . Click here for mini class details. Bookings taken at The Craft Emporium stand during the show.

Eclectic Images Card Mini-Class

Cathy and her team at Eclectic Images will be along with their unique range of craft supplies. They will be offering a mini class at this year’s show, featuring the new Eclectic Images Emu stamp – Details here. Online booking available before the show.

Little Bits Card Mini-Class

Lesley and the Little Bits team are back with their amazing demonstrations and mini class. The Little Bits Mini Class is another stunning creation from the team – click here for details

Close to My Heart Card Mini-Classes

Close to my Heart are represented by Paula and Danielle, who are coming along with a fun mini-class. Visit their page for details.

Bellbird Paperarts Card Mini-Class

Cathy and the Bellbird Paperarts team are coming to share their collection of craft supplies, along with fantastic demonstrations. Again the Bellbirds team are offering a delightful a mini class, featuring the Nuance Watercolour Powders  – click here for details

All of the details for the Sandown Papercrafts Show – 13 & 14 October 2018 – click here

Details of all of the retailers at the Sandown craft show – click here

Looking for a Make and Take project – click here

Traders for #P2PCrafts Pakenham

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Calling craft lovers! We are excited to announce our traders for our Picture to Page Papercrafts Show and Scrapbooking Expo in Pakenham (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). While many of our favourites are returning, there are a few new faces! And we are excited to welcome them!

New Traders to Picture to Page Pakenham

A Paper Experience

Kerri and her team offer a range of papercraft supplies – beautiful papers, card, amazing ribbons, embellishments and bling, washi tape, etc. They will also be offering a free ‘make and take’ with a small washi tape card which features a mini envelope created by a punch, together with a kit which has all the makings for the card. See their entire range on the A Paper Experience website.

papercrafts expo

Create-a-Memory 4u

Heading to Melbourne from South Australia, Mandy offers a range of scrapbooking papers, embellishments, card making products, ribbon charms, metal embellishments, stickers (including gold silver, words and borders), dies for the cuttlebug/Bigshot machines, embossing folders and stamps. They will be doing demonstrations at their stand.

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Creative Memories

Creative Memories has returned to Australia with a range of their own products including tools, albums, papers and decorations. Rae Dowie will be representing them at Pakenham. Creative Memories  is also teaching scrapbooking classes.

Rae Dowie and creative Memories

Paperstop

Steve and his team are bringing a fantastic range of paper, card, envelopes, pre scored cards, patterned paper and seals; perfect for all of your cardmaking needs.

Returning Traders

Bellbird Paperarts

Cathy at Bellbird Papercrafts

Specialising in all things for cards and multi media projects, Bellbirds carry a great range of stamps, metal dies, Tim Holtz ink pads and markers, pan pastels and Australian designed range of stencils and stamps . They specialise in watercolours, carry our own exclusive Diamond Glitter and a new stamp design (just released Feb 2016).

rubber stamping supplies

The Craft Emporium

The Craft Emporium SoniaThe family owned Craft Emporium offers individually designed monthly scrapbooking and papercraft kits, along with loads of inspiration and examples to make your crafting quick, enjoyable and easy. They also run classes in Macedon, Victoria and have a huge variety of scrapbooking papers, cardstock and beautiful embellishments to choose from. Their Facebook page shows this month’s class layout.

Sonia will be doing  range of demonstrations across the Picture to Page weekend.

Craft Emporium scrapbooking supplies

Little Bits

Lesley and Little Bits cardmakingLesley and the Little Bits team are the stamps and card making specialists, stocking a range of unique cardmaking products, including:
– Gelatos
– Pan Pastels
– Crafty Individuals stamps
– Storage supplies
– Quality card and envelope packs
– A heap of bargain packs
– Quality and brand new general and Christmas stamps
– Journalling and mixed media products and journals
– And of course glitter!

We are holding make n takes , as well as mini classes, which we will be holding on our stand over the weekend. The cost for the mini class is $5.00 and each participant will receive a $5.00 voucher to be redeemed back off the stand. All materials and equipment is included so all you has to do is pop your name down and turn up at the appropriate time…..easy.

Little Bits mini class

Scrap 2 Relax

Scrap 2 Relax is a shop front and online store located in Drouin, West Gippsland. They stock a wide range of papers, cardstock, chipboard, embellishments, mixed media products, card making, stamps, dies, embossing folders, tools, albums, storage items, and lots more.
Free make and take project

Creative Dreams

Creative Dream Marion & Brian Boronia

Papercrafts retail store The Creative Dream team are regulars at Picture to Page shows. They have a retail Papercrafts store in Boronia.

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Paperzonpaperzone Bill & Mary cutting diese Company

The Paperzone team stock a large range of dies, including Tattered Lace, Nellie’s Choice, Embossing Folders and a large range of 3D die-cut decoupage range. They also stock a range of craft kits and a largest range of Stickers. A very large range of Cardstock and Papers, scrapbooking materials, Adhesives, Machines  and tools are also available.

 

paperzone

Scrap Everything

As their name suggests, no project should be complete without an element of scrap somewhere! Katherine and her team will lug along their extensive range of stamps, dies, markers and everything else you will need! They are returning to Pakenham after missing last year’s show. For more lovely scrap goodness, visit the Scrap Everything website.

sassy picture to page for Scrap Everything

Flourish with a Bling

The Flourished team

Bling, pearls, rhinestones, flourishes, embellishments – all their own designs. Flourish with a Bling aim is to provide their customers with quality scrapbook embellishments at very competitive prices. With their brand new designs and unique materials they’re putting the Bling into Scrapbooking! See Flourish with a Bling online store for their sparkling product range.

scrapbooking expo store

Mixed Media Art

mixed media art studio melbourneThe Mixed Media Art team brings you a range of stencils, stamps, ephemera, inks and paints to inspire your scrapbooking, paper craft or mixed media project. They will be demonstrating the GelliArts Gelli plate all weekend and have a special “Gelli Plate Starter Kit” with everything you need to get started with Gelli plate printing. All you need to add is some paper and inspiration! You can join the global community with their Facebook page. They are also excited to announce their new studio and Store in Melbourne. Details of classes will be available at the show.Michelle Brown

 

Stampin’ Up

Janine Rawlins in our Pakenham Stampin’ Up! rep. Stampin’ Up! makes papercrafting easy by offering a complete range of co-ordinated stamping and scrapbooking products. Everything rubber stamps and matching craft suppliesis designed to work together at an affordable price to make papercrafting creative and fun. As individual Stampin’Up! Demonstrators we offer one to one advice on your papercrafting needs. Plus we conduct stamping and scrapbooking classes and workshops in your home or our own homes at times that suit you and your friends. Janine shows off her latest creations on her Facebook page.

 

Close to My Heart

Close to My Heart is the “show you how” company. From stamping to card making, scrapbooking and all manners of paper crafts we’ve got you covered. Helping you find creative quick and easy ways to document and preserve the important moments in your growing family’s life. We offer pocket and traditional scrapbooking solutions, along with cards for all occasions, fun decor and gift ideas. Pop in and speak with Danielle and the team, we offer products as well as classes, workshops, and retreats.

Catch up with Danielle on Facebook or her website. They will be offering a *surprise* Make & Take at the show!

Handmade greeting Cards

Manor House Creations

Irene prosser scrapbooking suppliesIrene Prosser is such an enthusiastic crafter who enjoys sharing her knowledge and her love of the papers and embellishments she has. She stocks a range of beautiful scrapbooking and craft flowers, papers and embellishments, including the wonderful range by Beautiful Maja, Pion, Cocoa Vanilla, 7 Dots Scrapping Papers Plus Dusty Attic Chippy, Colour Burst Products Dutch Doobaddoo stencils and lots more. You can see more of their stock on the Manor House Creations online store.

 

Eclectic Images

Cathy and her team at Eclectic Images will be along with their unique range of Stamps, Ink Pads, Embossing Powders, Scrapbook papers, Gloss and Cotton Blend A4 cardstock. See their range on the Eclectic Images website.

Cathy Heenan and Eclectic Images

Kazmos Kreationz

kasmoz Kreationz teamKazmos Kreationz are coming back to Pakenham with their mixed media art brilliance! They are an online business specializing in mixed media and art supplies. They have a workshop in Cranbourne where locals can shop in person and where they hold classes in art journaling and mixed media techniques. You can find out more about their classes at Kazmos Kreationz website and Facebook page. The Kazmos team will be demonstrating over the weekend.

 

art supplies in Melbourne

Lyndel 3D Cardmaking

Julie and her team of helpers at LynDel 3D Cardmaking have a retail and online store. They specialise in providing new ideas and products for cardmakers and stock a huge variety of 3D sheets, nesting and cutting dies from companies like Cheerylynn, Tattered Lace and Marianne Design to name a few. Their charming little retail store is tucked at the back of their home in country Terang and is brimming with cardmaking products. Their online store features a new workshop weekly that deals with new products and cardmaking techniques and is a great site to visit for ideas as well as to shop. LynDel’s website shows their latest products

julie and her boys from Lyndel 3D Cardmaking

Kaszazz

Natalie Pecovnik iKaszazz team pakenhams representing Kaszazz in Pakenham. They have their unique range of scrapbooking, cardmaking and papercraft classes as well as selling a great range of products. See Natalie’s Facebook page for her latest projects.

 

Hobby Hoppers

We are happy tmixed media embellishments and found objects and ephemerao welcome back Barb and Trish from Hobby Hoppers to Picture to Page, with their unique range of embellishments. They specialise in craft supplies including Washi Tape, Hemptique Twine, Stickers, Craft Kits, Motex Labellers and tapes and the Craftabout desk organiser. You can see the full range of products on their Etsy store or read more about them on Facebook.

The Hobby Hoppers team are excited to be offering their lollipop card as their Make & Take.

make and take

 

Cherished Frames

Belinda Cherished Frames Belindaand her team sell a wide range of scrapbooking products. They specialise in beyond the page and offer classes run in Chirnside Park. They have a large range of wood in stock so if you are after anything in particular at Pakenham please just send Belinda a message. Cherished Frames also offer a wide range of invitations for all occasions as well as all the products to make your own. You can follow them on their Facebook page.

 

Alison Ellis Designs

Alison Ellis is an Australian designer and popping back in to Pakenham for one last show (or so she tells us!) They  have a lovely range of patterned, decorative scrapbooking papers and rubber stamps. Join them on Facebook.

Alison Ellis scrapbooking papers

Kids Crafting Corner

We will fit the kids crafting corner in somewhere!

Smiling faces at pakenham

 

What can you expect from our Papercrafts Show?

picture to page papercraft show and scrapbook expoDedicated paper crafters love our boutique papercrafts show and scrapbook expo because you can find 24 retailers and traders all under the one roof. And that roof is the lovely Cardinia Cultural Centre, with lots of natural light! You don’t need to race from one side of Melbourne across to the other to find what you are looking for. You will be able to find your scrapbooking supplies here, as well as the latest products from Ranger, including the Tim Holtz Distress range, Dyan Reaveleys Dylusions range, the Dina Wakely brushes, stamps and paints.

 

#P2PCrafts Bendigo – Traders

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Papercraft show traders

We are heading to Bendigo again and are very excited to announce our traders for 2016!

LYNDEL 3D CARDMAKING stock lots of products to make your own 3D projects. They also hold classes at their country store in Terang and will be doing a make-n-take at the show.

Lyndel 3D Cardmaking

KASZAZZ Card making/scrapbooking products available through our catalogue. We offer home demos and workshops to our customers. Come along and say “Hi” to Julie and her team.

Kaszazz Bendigo Julie Sorti

CLOSE TO MY HEART is the “Let Me Show You How™” company. From easy-to-follow patterns in our how-to books to co-ordinated embellishments for fast and gorgeous pages, we can show you how to discover your creativity and celebrate relationships—with handmade projects from the heart!
Free make ‘n’ takes hourly (book your place at the stand), demonstrations & prize draws throughout the show. Keron will be your host for the weekend.

close to my Heart Keron Lee

PAPERMAZE SCRAPBOOKING SUPPLIES, with Sharron and the team, are dropping into Bendigo and will have their wonderful range of scrapbooking and papercraft materials and embellishments. You can see more of their range at the Papermaze website.

Papermaze

A PAPER EXPERIENCE – please welcome Kerri to her first P2P show! She sells papercraft supplies – paper, card, ribbons, embellishments, washi tape, etc. and will commence to offer card making classes in Caulfield, Melbourne from March.

At the Craft Show, they will be offering a free ‘make and take’ with a small washi tape card which features a mini envelope created by a punch, together with a kit which has all the makings for the card. See the team at the stand for details.

papercrafts expo

STAMPIN’ UP! is well known for it’s beautiful detailed stamp sets plus their co-ordinating range of inkpads, card stock, punches and embellishments. Every product is designed to work with many other components of the Stampin’Up! range. The aim is to make creative crafting easier for beginner stampers through to experienced cardmakers and scrapbookers.

The Stampin’ Up! team have created a series of mini-classes. Each project will take around 1 hour and there will be a cost of $10, and limited to 5 per class.
Saturday’s line up is: an Easter Basket at 10am, Floral Frames Card at 12 noon, and Puppy Punch Art card at 2pm.

from picture to page bendigo
And Sunday’s line up is: Window Box card at 10.30am, Slider Card at 12.30pm, and Monkey Punch Art card at 2.30pm.

picture to page bendigo card class

BELLBIRD PAPERARTS and Cathy has been coming to our show for a number of years now. We all look forward to her demos which are informative and easy to understand. Her card designs are beautiful and she always has a “gallery” to showcase her papercraft arts. See more on their Facebook page.

Bellbird Paperarts is a brick and mortar shop, open Tuesdays to Saturdays, at 138 Canterbury Road Blackburn South. You can pick up a discount entry flyer from their store.

Bellbird Paperarts

MANOR HOUSE CREATIONS are an Australian company with beautiful scrapbooking and craft flowers, papers and embellishments. You can see more on their Facebook page.

Irene at Manor House

BONNIE DOON CREATIVE RETREATS  weekends are all about CREATING!

We place no restriction on specific brand or company use of products, or limitations on what genre of craft – whether it be SCRAPBOOKING, CARD MAKING, MIXED MEDIA, STAMPING, OFF THE PAGE, BEADING, SEWING, PATCHWORK, EMBROIDERY, KNITTING, CROCHET… all sharing ideas and inspiration and having a wonderful weekend away! You can read more here, and talk with Lyndelle and Rita at the show.

Vintage Chics

MIXED MEDIA ART brings you a range of stencils, stamps, ephemera, inks and paints to inspire your scrapbooking, paper craft or mixed media project.
We will be demonstrating the GelliArts Gelli plate all weekend and have a special “Gelli Plate Starter Kit” with everything you need to get started with Gelli plate printing. All you need to add is some paper and inspiration! You can join the global community with their Facebook page.

Mixed Media Art Gelli plates

THE CRAFT EMPORIUM offers individually designed monthly scrapbooking and papercraft kits, along with loads of inspiration and examples to make your crafting quick, enjoyable and easy.

They also run classes in Macedon, Victoria and have a huge variety of scrapbooking papers, cardstock and beautiful embellishments to choose from. Their Facebook page shows this month’s class layout.

The Craft Emporium Sonia

LITTLE BITS stocks a range of unique cardmaking products, including:
– Gelatos
– Pan Pastels
– Crafty Individuals stamps
– Storage supplies
– Quality card and envelope packs
– A heap of bargain packs
– Quality and brand new general and Christmas stamps
– Journalling and mixed media products and journals
– And of course glitter!
We are holding make n takes , as well as mini classes, which we will be holding on our stand over the weekend. The cost for the mini class is $5.00 and each participant will receive a $5.00 voucher to be redeemed back off the stand. All materials and equipment is included so all you has to do is pop your name down and turn up at the appropriate time…..easy. See the team at the stand for details!

Little Bits mini class

Mini class

You can pick up a discount entry flyer from the Little Bits shop, at 389 Chandler Road, Keysborough.

Little Bits with Lesley

CHERISHED FRAMES sells a wide range of scrapbooking products. We specialise in beyond the page and offer classes run in Chirnside Park. We have a large range of wood in stock so if you are after anything in particular at Sandown please just send me a message. We also offer a wide range of invitations for all occasions as well as all the products to make your own. You can follow them on their Facebook page.

Cherished Frames

PAPERZONE COMPANY stock a large range of dies, including Tattered Lace, Nellie’s Choice, Embossing Folders and a large range of 3D die-cut decoupage range. We also stock a range of craft kits and a largest range of Stickers. We also have a very large range of Cardstock and Papers, scrapbooking materials, Adhesives, Machines & tools.
You can follow them on their Facebook page

Craft Zone dies

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For all the Bendigo Show Details click here!