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Lisa Engelbrecht at the Create Mixed Media Retreat this weekend in Irvine, CA

Lisa Engelbrecht at the Create Mixed Media retreat this weekend

If you are in the SoCal area and lookin' to take some awesome classes or do a little shopping, please join Stefanie Girard from the Craftside blog at the Create Mixed Media Retreat at the

Hyatt Regency Irvine May 30-June 3, 2012.

Craftside will be at the Create vendor night from 6-9PM on Friday, June 1 giving away our latest MakeReady journals, which are quite fabulous in their own right.

Lisa demonstrating some of her lettering skills.

Lisa Engelbrecht, author of the most fabulous hand lettering book Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering: will be on hand to show off some of her lettering skills

and offering a great selection of wonderful artwork.

Lisa will also be teaching at Create! Pop on over to Lisa's Letterista site to learn more or the Create site for the class schedule. Here is a great example of her fun "Odd Alphabet" card set.