Snow Much Fun - Event on Saturday, July 12 from 10am to 2pm at ALL STORES

Join us for a snow flurry of craftivity this Saturday from 10am-2pm at ALL our stores! Fun Demonstrations and Make-it & Take-its all themed around your Favorite Princesses and Snowman characters! 

Snow Much Fun Event at all stores

Fees vary by project. See stores for more details. You can also view/download the event flyer on our website here. See you Saturday! 

Designer Fans

                   Bud & June Nakama                                                              

                                                    Joelle & Kiana Kawahara

 

There was a lot of creativity going on at our make-n-take Crafting Corner last Saturday!
June had to convince Bud to make one; Bud resisted & said he wasn't an artist but, once he started, his creative side came out!  Joelle & Kiana didn't go for the pink colors & used their favorite colors instead!  If you want to make one of your own, join us this Saturday from 11am-2pm to create your own fan! Alcohol inks & a stamping technique makes it easy to create this floral design. I've added butterflies along with the flowers for you to try this week!  And, we just received die which you can use on our Accucut machine with pictures, designer papers,etc. for your special ocassion (just ask one of associates for help & information)!
There's always something crafty going on at Pearl City!
gloria @ Pearl City

Trees & Blossoms!

Beautiful Trees of Life were created on Thursday's Crafting with Gloria! One crafter created a Sakura tree with pink beads and another crafter made smaller ones to be turned into earrings! If you missed this workshop, there's another one scheduled for Saturday, September 22 or come in to see the demonstration on Tuesday, September 18th. The trees are fairly easy to make and no tree is exactly the same so they are personalized and would be great Christmas gifts!

Tomorrow, join me for our Saturday Adventures in Crafting! We will be creating Paper Blossoms using special paper punches to create pretty flowers. These can be used as embellishments for cards, scrapbook pages or even to wear as a pin or in the hair!
Also, on Saturday, there will be a demonstration on straw leis using our specialty yarns. Create your holiday leis or get ready for graduation (it's never to early)! Another demonstration will feature the Sizzix dies using the Big Shot!
There's always something going on at Pearl City's Ben Franklin!
gloria @ Pearl City

Thursday Crafting & Saturday Adventures

Thursday Crafting with Gloria (that's me!) features this cute Heart Ring! A few twists of wire with round nose pliers and you've created a ring for your pinkie or a special girl!

Two tools that any paper crafter can use will be featured on this week-end's Saturday Crafting Adventures are the Big Shot and the Cinch. Since everyone needs color pens for their projects, we will feature the Le Plume Pens as well! From 10am-12pm, cut a die with the Big Shot, color with some Le Plume Pens and create a cute make-n-take card. In the afternoon, from 2-4pm, we'll be using the Cinch to make a mini-booklet to hold notes or memories! Hope to see you there!

There's always something creative going on at Pearl City's Ben Franklin Crafts!

gloria @ Pearl City

*Don't forget to read today's earlier post on another Burlap project on Crankin' Out Crafts!

Happy Birthday Sister Stamps! Make 'n Takes at Mapunapuna BFC

Happy 4th of July! We had a blast today as we kicked off the start of the Sister Stamps 1st Birthday Bash! Jenny from Sister Stamps visited our Mapunapuna store today from 10am-12pm for a free Make 'n Take. Here are some pictures from the event:

Welcome Jenny, to our BFC stores!

Crafters could make a cute Gift Bag

Jenny made a fantastic display of her samples & products

A closer look at the samples

Check out this incredible Sister Stamps project!

The make 'n take table

Jenny instructing how to make the project

July 1st also marked the release of Sister Stamps Release 8: Mariko, Miyoko, and Takeo. You can purchase these stamps, as well as other designs at our stores.

Release 8 stamps - Get yours today!

The Sister Stamps 1st Birthday Bash continues at Pearl City BFC today (July 4th) from 2-4pm. You can also join Jenny for a free make 'n take (Gift Card Holder) at Enchanted Lake BFC on Friday, July 6th from 10am-12pm and Market City BFC on Saturday, July 7th from 2-4pm. View our flyer on a previous blog post here.

We had a lot of fun crafting with everyone today. A big mahalo to Jenny and lots of birthday wishes to Sister Stamps. We love her designs and are so excited to be a part of this momentous occasion! For more pictures from today and other store events, please visit our Facebook page.

*Don't forget to scroll down and read today's earlier post on our latest episode of Crankin' Out Crafts - Paper Flower 4-Petal.

Sister Stamps 1st Birthday Bash at Ben Franklin Crafts!

We are excited to announce that we will help celebrate Sister Stamps 1st Birthday with free make 'n takes at our Oahu BFC stores! Create the Gift Bag or Gift Card Holder with Jenny Sakamoto of Sister Stamps! Schedule is as follows:

Celebrate Sister Stamps 1st Birthday at BFC!

Wednesday, July 4th (Independence Day)

10am-12noon at Mapunapuna (Gift Bag)

2-4pm at Pearl City (Gift Bag)

Friday, July 6th

10am-12noon at Enchanted Lake (Gift Card Holder)

Saturday, July 7th

2-4pm at Market City (Gift Card Holder)

*Photo courtesy of Sister Stamps

You may Pre-Order Release 8 (Mariko, Miyoko, Takeo) at any of our Oahu stores. Please visit us for more details. Additional info is also posted on the Sister Stamps blog. Hope you can join us!

Summer Family Fun

Join us & Celebrate Summer! Starting this week, our stores will feature 6 weeks of summer family projects on Saturdays from 10am-2pm. This Saturday features PLANT YOUR OWN GARDEN. Color a cute little pot, add soil, & seeds to plant and watch over the Summer.....just don't forget to water so it grows! At Pearl City, we will take this project just a bit further....little mini clay pots to paint & decorate will also be available as a make-n-take.
Whoa!...I just learned that we received more colorful paracord! After all that planting....let's do some knotting! Join me from 2:30pm-4pm & knot a Paracord Bracelet.
gloria @ Pearl City

Macrame Bracelet

Macrame! Knotting! Or just braiding! Easy & quick to make....braid & wear several....use plastic or glass beads for a fun look...crystals can be used to create a more dramatic look...or no beads at all! On Saturday, May 26th, our Keiki Crafters will be creating bracelets like the one in the picture from 11am-12pm! If there's a seat available - Mom, Dad, Auntie, Uncle or Friend, you can join us too! If you can't make it this Saturday, there will be more Macrame bracelet demonstrations & workshops in June.

gloria @ Pearl City

Crankin' Out Crafts Party

It's time for another party hosted by your friendly Enchanted Lake Ben Franklin crafters! (Can you believe it's been a year already?) You may remember our party last year was all about urban style arts.



This was our awesome urban art wall from our 2011 party.

Well this year we're going viral! That's right, we're celebrating our video blog series called Crankin' Out Crafts which was started in this very store. Our Crankin' Out Crafts party is taking place on Saturday, April 28th from 10am to 2pm. We'll have lots of fun doing demonstrations and having hands-on make n' takes featuring some of the awesome projects we've done on Crankin' Out Crafts. Here's a sneak peak at one of the projects:



Pretty marble magnets



Marble rings made on our adjustable ring base

Marble pendant

For this make n' take, you'll have your pick of making a personalized marble magnet, ring, or pendant for a great accessory or gift. These would make beautiful Mother's Day gifts, don't you think?

You can stop in at the store for more information on times and prices for our paper party. We hope to see you there!

Puna @ Enchanted Lake

P.S. Speaking of Crankin' Out Crafts, if you read our previous post for today you can watch the latest episode of our video blog.

Paper Arts Make 'n Takes with Lisa Adams

Join Lisa Adams from Petersen-Arne for a free card Make 'n Take! You can make the Dot Pennant or "It's a Girl" Card with Lisa. She will be visiting the Hilo, Enchanted Lake, Pearl City, Mapunapuna, and Market City BFC stores from April 3-April 7, 2012. See our flyer for her craft schedule.

Join Lisa for a free Paper Arts Make 'n Take in April!

See stores for more info. Have a great day!

Showers to Flowers

We've been having a lot of rain lately and sometimes it can really put a damper on our plans but we need to remember that the rains make our islands lush and beautiful.  Here's a pair of earrings that can help to remind you of that!  It's a fun pair that has a lot of movement and we've been getting a lot of positive feedback from the sample we have in our bead shop.  Wanna make a pair yourself?  Come by our Bead Shop Blast on Saturday March 17 between 11 and 12 for this $15 make 'n take!  Our Bead Shop Blast will be from 10 to 2 and there will be all kinds of demos and make 'n takes going on!  We'll even have prize drawings so please stop by to check it out!

I'll see you at the store!

Lynn H. @ Mapunapuna BFC Bead Shop

Make 'n Take: Kokeshi Doll Lollipop Holder

Come and join us for a Make 'n Take on Girl's Day - Saturday, March 3rd from 11am to 12pm at all stores (Fee $3). We'll teach you how to create a Kokeshi Doll Lollipop Holder with cardstock and Clever Lever Punches. This project was recently featured by Joy on the Joy of Crafting Show.

A project perfect for Girl's Day!

Clever Lever Punches are also Items of the Month for March, so you can save 25% Off Regular Prices all month long! Hope you can join us! See store for more details.

*Don't forget to check out Lynn's previous post today on a cool new bracelet.

Fangtastic Halloween Party

You're invited to join us at Enchanted Lake Ben Franklin this Saturday. We're having a "fangtastic" Halloween party with great ideas and inspiration for your own spooktacular celebration. There will be make 'n takes, demonstrations, and a lot of frightful fun.

For more great ideas don't forget to check out today's previous post, "Crankin' Out Crafts Episode 4: Candy Stick Favor."

See you soon!
Puna @ Enchanted Lake

MAKE 'n TAKE celebration!

Congratulations to our Grand Prize winner from the Market City Ben Franklin Make 'n Take Celebration this past Saturday. Congratulations to Kristie K. Congratulations to Brylin N., Violet M., Kelly T., Tomoko D., and Kanoa A. being our other winners...Thank you for coming and celebrating National Craft month with us. Here's a few pictures of the different things that we had going on...from Favor making with Cheryl M., note pad holder with Joy, glass etching with David, making cute monkeys with Waialae, card making with Violet, familar faces from Ben Franklin with glass blocks and alcohol inks with Jenny, vinyl with Caroline, and the Cinch and Big Shot with Gloria.

But don't forget we do have classes that you can sign up for from crochet and knitting with Huong and Baerbel...or maybe Kumihimo with Kathleen, Bling your thing with Eileen and of course, making lovely FIMO flowers with Luana.

Main thing is all of you had lots of fun this past weekend. Please look for our upcoming events, at our location as well as the other locations (hint hint, Enchanted Lake on April 16th -- Paint Party!)

"It's for the birds!"

Over here at Market City, we're not leaving it all up to the birds. Although we did have lots of fun since Girls Day making mochi with the microwave and making paper dolls.

Here's another great wood project but not just for the birds. You'll need a few supplies: wooden bird house, ceramcoat paints, grass punch, green cardstock, McGill punch, stylus and of course, birds.

Before we forget ... it's National Craft Month and to celebrate, here at Market City we'd like to personally invite you to our Make 'n Take Celebration on Saturday March 26 from 10am-2pm lots of demonstrations and make 'n takes (of course) a fun filled day, celebrating all the different crafts.

See ya 'all then.

Inspired by Coby K.
Posted by Chris