NEWSLETTERmarch 2017

OCTOBER 12-14, 2017 | MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

IN THIS ISSUE

Updates | Meet Educator Paige Evans | Behind the Scenes | Around Milwaukee

SHE LOVES COLOR COUNTDOWN7 months to go!

F R O M T H E S H E L O V E S C O L O R T E A M

H A V E A C O L O R F U L B I R T H D A Y !

ENGLISH

4 Lyndiana Santiago 17 Patricia Horn 19 Marisol Gomez 19 Saren Stevens 26 Jane Kaminski 26 Linda Bitner 30 Debbie Ganzel 30 Margee Wilson

Nilmarie Jiménez

Have you sent in your birthday? If not, please email Nilmarie at Nilmarie@bellablvd.net

A NOTE FROM NILMARIE

Hola my friends,

I wanted to share with all of you a quote I read today and I loved it.

“There is always something to be thankful for. Think positive!”

What are you thankful for? Go to our Facebook page and let us know. In this issue you can find a Fun Q&A from one of our amazing educators, Paige Evans. I’m sure you are going to love getting to know this lady better. I sure did! Also we will continue to share some favorite local restaurants and fun things to do in Milwaukee in every newsletter. Don’t forget to check out our social media section, we have some important information about our Facebook Group.

Remember like Stephanie says, live life in color!

Un beso,

[ MARCH ]

Nilmy

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BONUS EVENT | DESIGNER DAYThe event team is working on coordinat-

ing a bonus event to be held on Thursday, October 12th, 2017.

The bonus event is separate from She Loves Color and has been named Designer Day! This one-day mini event will offer additional oppor-

tunities to attend workshops with some of Bella Blvd’s favorite

designers including Shanna Noel of Illustrated Faith. Class sizes will be limited and seats will be available for not only you, but also the public. If you’re looking ahead at travel arrange-ments, keep this in mind in case you’d like to attend Designer Day! More information to come…we will be sure to tell you first before anyone else!

PAYMENT INFORMATIONShe Loves Color is happy to offer a simple pay-as-you-go plan. You can now make payments to your account

online here! You can make as many payments as you would

like and as often as you would like. Or if you pre-

fer you can call Becky or Christine at the Bella Blvd office at (414)-259-1800. Mini-mum payment to be processed is $50 per transaction. Payment in full must be

received by June 30, 2017.

AIRPORT INFORMATIONArrive and depart from MKE (Mitchell International Airport). The Hilton Milwaukee City Center is 9 miles from Mitchell International Airport. Taxi costs are ap-proximately $25-$30 each way. Go Rite-way is a ser-vice departing regularly from the airport and the cost is $14 per person each way. View more info at www.goriteway.com

HOTEL INFORMATIONThe Hilton Milwaukee City Center is the pre-ferred hotel for She Loves Color. A block of rooms for the attendees of She Loves Color is reserved until September 15, 2017. The special rate is $149 +tax. Rooms after this date will be on a space and rate available basis. When booking, call (414) 935-5940 and mention you are with Bella Blvd.

UPDATES

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I have been scrap-booking for 15 years

and love this special hobby of documenting

memories along with a way of creating art. Most recently I teamed up with Pink Paislee to cre-ate my own scrapbooking lines and it’s been a dream come true! I’ve been married to my better half Chris for 10 years and we have a son named Fox and a daughter named Jane. We love to travel and visit new places! In addi-tion to scrapbooking I also love bookbinding and painting - anything that uses my hands to make something really!

Blog | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | Pinterest | Etsy

paige evans

stephanie smokovich

Hello friends :) I’m so excited to be your

hostess at She Loves Color, and humbled to be

in such amazing company this year with our Educator line-up. I’m a small-town girl from Wisconsin living a big dream as the Owner and Creative Director (designer) at Bella Blvd. I love color so, so much that my dining room is turquoise, but my favor-ite favorite favorite color is pink--any shade will do! I’m on the cusp of delivering “Baby Smokey No. 2” (due Feb. 2) and soon will be a momma to little “Hunter Boy” (2) and Ruby, along with our 14lb pupster, Mio. I’ve been scrapbooking since sophomore year of high school, designing industry products since 2006 and established Bella Blvd in 2008. I love love love patterned paper and do my best to scrapbook chronologically. In my free time I love watching reality TV including Survivor and the Amazing Race, in addition to my guilty pleasure soap opera, Days of Our Lives and Grey’s Anatomy. I’m a huge sports fan, love running and cheering on our beloved Green Bay Packers. Go Pack Go!

Website | Blog | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest

jill yegerlehner

Jill Yegerlehner is the owner and creative director for Jillibean

Soup. Since starting Jillibean, Jill has enjoyed

product development for thousands of products including papers, stickers, stamps, dies, party supplies, planner products, wood surfaces, galvanized pieces and so much more. Jill has a love for “vin-tage” items as well and up cycles products for Country Living fairs in her “spare time”. Jill is excited to be teaching at She Loves Color!!! Website | Blog | Facebook

jen gallacher

Jen has worked in the paper crafting

industry for over 18 years. Currently she

serves as the Marketing Coordinator for Echo Park and Carta Bella Paper, which includes teach-ing, marketing, social media management and much, much more.Jen has served in a variety of positions in the publishing industry including Assistant Editor for “Cricut Magazine”, Creative Editor for “Create Idea Books,” writer for “Scrapbook Trends Magazine,” and contributing designer for “Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine.” Jen’s work has been published over 100 times and has been featured on seven covers. Cur-rently Jen uses her writing and editing skills as the Editor for Echo Park Paper’s “Craft & Create” Idea Books.Jen enjoys all types of creative outlets includ-ing scrapbooking, card making, and paper crafting. You can find more inspiration from Jen at www.jengallacher.com including self-paced workshops, videos, printables, and instructional Ebooks. Jen also offers a monthly newsletter for subscribers titled “Making It Meaningful,” which offers tips for making crafting more meaningful.As the mother of three children, she finds she has a lot to keep her occupied. When she isn’t busy designing, writing, teaching, or editing, she’s hanging out with her family because making memories is even sweeter than docu-menting them! Blog | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Website | Store

céline navarro

EDUCATORSmeet our 2017 main event educators

BONJOUR! MY NAME IS CÉLINE

NAVARRO. I’M A 35-YEAR-OLD FRENCH

CRAFTER | BLOGGER | GLOBE-TROTTER | PHO-

TOGRAPHER | MAMA TO SALOME | LIVING IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. I started blogging back in 2005, mainly be-cause I wanted to share my passions for Arts & Crafts, especially Scrapbooking et le Mixed Media, but also about the music I like, travel-ing (I do travel a lot), fashion. Yep. Girl stuff.Today, I’m a full time Scrapbook + Mixed Me-dia artist / Social Media Expert / Essential oil lover and business owner, with several (lots!) areas I work on. Did I mention full-time mom to Salomé, 13-month old, too?I teach Scrapbook/Mixed Media/Photography workshops in France and everywhere in the world. I’ve been lucky to teach classes every-where in Europe (Italy, Spain, Germany, Eng-land, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Holland), in Israel, South Africa, Brazil, Panama, United Stated, Canada, La Réunion, New Caledonia, Singapore and Australia.I’ve been a design team member for lots of big companies in the crafts industry, such as Studio Calico, American Crafts, Prima Market-ing, Two Peas in a Bucket, Fancy Pants De-signs, Pink Paislee, Sizzix, Ali Edwards Digital, One Little Bird Designs, Blitsy and more.I also collaborated with Nokia, through their Nokia Connects program and was an MVC Judge, and I have been a Pinterest Influencer for Hello Society and Instagram influencer.I’m the author of the Scrapbooking : Inspira-tion et Techniques book published by Le Temps Apprivoisé.I also teach online workshops at Studio Calico & Big Picture Classes, and on my website.I’m SO SO SO excited to get to teach at the She Loves Color event, like, SO MUCH! Can’t wait to meet you all!And don’t be scared of my photo : you won’t ALL end up like this by the end of my work-shop ;) Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | LinkedIn | YouTube

march 2017EDUCATOR Q&Agetting to know paige evans

1. My favorite color is . . . PINK! 2. My least favorite color to wear is . . . orange

3. I am in love with . . . My husband, my family, traveling, animals, and of course, SCRAPBOOKING!

4. Favorite place to travel . . . London.

5 Favorite food . . . Thai curry.

6 My favorite place to shop is . . . Target! 7. I am not . . . Patient ;)

8. One of my proudest moments was when . . I attended the January 2016 CHA show to launch my very own scrapbooking collection with Pink Paislee!

9. One of my worst habits is . . . Overthinking things.

10. If I could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional, with whom would it be and why? Kate Middleton (Catherine, Duchess of Cam- bridge) because I want to be a real princess for a day and see what it’s really like!

10 random facts about paige

Check in each month for more in-depthfeatures on each of our She Loves Color

main event educators!

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Are you part of the She Loves Color PRIVATE Facebook group for attendees, volunteers and educators?

If you have not yet received an invitation please email nilmarie@bellablvd.net

The Grand Avenue Mall Do some shopping or grab a bite to eat at The Grand Avenue Mall across the street from the Wisconsin Center. The food court has Rocky Rococo’s, Potbelly Sandwiches (a Bella Blvd favorite!), Qdoba, and Stonecreek Coffee to name a few. Mall hours are M-F 10-7, Sat 10-6 and Sun 11-5. http://www.grandavenueshops.com/

VISITING MILWAUKEE

EVENT SOCIAL MEDIA

SPONSORS

Did you know She Loves Color is on Instagram? Follow the event @shelovescolorevent for updates. Be sure to use the official hashtag #shelovescolorevent whenever

you can so we can all share each other’s images!

go . see . do . milwaukee

Do you have specific questions about the Milwaukee area or is there something you would like to see us feature in a future newsletter? Contact Becky via email at becky@bellablvd.net

Sobelmans Pub and GrillYou won’t want to miss this place! Sobleman’s Pub and Grill! Home of the award winning Bloody Mary and burgers! www.sobelmanspubandgrill.com

PLEASE NOTE: We have invited all attendees to our Facebook Group to date. If you have not received an invite please check the little globe in the right top corner of your Facebook page. If the email that you gave us is not the same as the one for your Facebook page the

invite will not work. Please contact nilmarie@bellablvd.net if this is the case and you would like us to invite you with your correct Facebook email.

The Harley Davidson MuseumThe Harley Davidson Museum is one of Milwaukee’s top tourist destinations! This isn’t just for motorcycle enthusiasts! This a fun piece of history to learn about and even some hands on activities for all! And when you are done with the tour don’t forget to grab bite to eat at the family friendly Motor Bar directly across the street. Harley Davidson Museum