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Red Tricycle's Totally Awesome Awards...We're a Top Ten Finalist! Click here to vote and a BIG THANK YOU to you! AND... Announcing our Register Receipt Drawing! Save your receipts during November to enter to win prizes! Drop by for details and to enter! Bellevue Art & Frame, The Toy Place, and Bellevue Invites 13131 NE 20th Street Bellevue, WA 98005 425.453.8959 800.843.6348 BAFTOY.com info@bellevueartandframe.com facebook.com/bellevueartandframe Open Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 12-5pm

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UNPRECEDENTED PRICES for our BACK to School SALE!

Fall class enrollment is OPEN! CLICK HERE! Bellevue Art & Frame, The Toy Place, and Bellevue Invites 13131 NE 20th Street Bellevue, WA 98005 425.453.8959 800.843.6348 BAFTOY.com info@bellevueartandframe.com facebook.com/bellevueartandframe Open Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 12-5pm

We'll give you $5, you make it $10!

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BAF at BAM! Stop by and see us at the Bellevue Art Museum Kids Fair this weekend! We are giving away $5 in "BAF BUCKS" . Find out how to turn your $5 into $10 with just a click! Say Hi to Gretchen as she guides the kids through monoprinting. It's all FREE! The sun finally came out and so has our sidewalk clearance sale, all at 50-75% off! There is even a .99 table, seriously! We are marking the clearance down every week until its gone. We need to make room for all the new product arriving! Items from every department: Toys, Art Materials, Gifts and Frames Adult Art in Aug! Plein Air Painting with Larine Chung Learn the joys of painting while surrounded by nature during this four week course. Designed to take the beginning oil painter out and about. We will meet on location each week and learn about the materials and techniques used to create beautiful outdoor scenes. 1 session, 4 weeks. Tuesdays Aug 7-28. 6-8 pm $125 plus supplies Mixed Media Mondays with Nan Goss The Art of Collage During this 3 week class learn how to layer colors and textures using paint and paper to create a one of a kind 12x12 paper image! 1 session, 3 weeks. Mondays Aug 13, 20, and 27. 10-12 pm $60, some supplies included. Feel free to bring materials that inspire you! Exploring Watercolor with Jill Jueling In this class designed for the beginner, explore the process of watercolor painting while you learn about color mixing, sketching, and composition. Learn basic techniques as they apply to landscape, still life, and non-object painting. 1 session, 3 weeks. Wednesdays Aug 8, 15, and 22. 10-12 pm $60 plus supplies Make n Take Tuesday with Nan Goss Have fun creating your own abstract art with this easy to use complete watercolor canvas art kit! Color, paint, display! Your friends and family will be so impressed! 1 session. Tuesday Aug 28 10-12 pm $20 supplies included August Camps for Kids! Explorations in Math Camps! August Create it, Make it, Take its! Click here to sign up at our NEW website baftoy.com! Bellevue Art & Frame, The Toy Place, and Bellevue Invites 13131 NE 20th Street Bellevue, WA 98005 425.453.8959 800.843.6348 baftoy.com thetoyplacetoys.com info@bellevueartandframe.com facebook.com/bellevueartandframe join our email list! like us on facebook! Open Monday-Saturday 10am- 6pm Sunday 12-5pm

New Adult Classes!

Stop thinking about it... JUST PAINT!! July Art Classes for Adults! Oil Pastels and Acrylics with Jessica Lambert Learn to use oil pastels focusing on blending methods to achieve optimal color combinations and drawing methods using oil pastels and acrylics with acrylic mediums. Learn to use linseed oil to mix color and create a soft look as if you are painting with oil pastel. Call for more info and supply list! 1 session, 2 weeks. Fridays July 13 and 20. 10-12:30 pm $75 plus supplies & bring any other supplies you would like! Mixed Media Mondays with Nan Goss Whether you are a beginning artist who wants to learn the fundamentals of mixed media or an experienced artist who is eager to learn new approaches to the medium, this class has something for you. Learn unique approaches to surface design. Nan will share her mixed media painting techniques for creating many different textures, multiple layers ,and will guide you to experiment with various water based mediums. 1 session, 3 weeks. Mondays July 16, 23, and 30. 10-12 pm $60, some supplies included. Feel free to bring materials that inspire you! Exploring Watercolor with Jill Jueling In this class designed for the beginner, explore the process of watercolor painting while you learn about color mixing, sketching, and composition. Learn basic techniques as they apply to landscape, still life, and non-object painting. 2 sessions, 3 weeks. Wednesdays July 18, 25, and Aug 1 or Aug 8, 15, and 22. 10-12 pm $60 plus supplies Art Escapes with Gretchen Crossley Escape the kids, work, your to do list... and come create a mixed media art piece using book pages and images on canvas! Take home your matted art work! Art supplies and refreshments will be provided. July 19 & every third Thursday of the month! 6:30-8:30 pm $35 supplies included, registration required Itty Bitty Canvases with Nan Goss Make n Take Tuesday! Come create a mini masterpiece on canvas! Let's explore the possibilities. Supplies are included, just bring your imagination! Tuesday July 3110-12 pm $20 supplies included Click here to sign up! You know you wanna! JULY SPECIAL: 20% OFF ALL SUMI PRODUCTS! F-A-M-I-L-Y FRIDAYS SUMMER FAMILY WORKSHOPS! ALL AGES WELCOME! The Art of Paper with Yael Zahavy-Mittleman Come and make art out of paper! From collage to origami and more! July 6. 10-1pm $45 supplies included The Art of Masks with Yael Zahavy-Mittleman Come and make masks out of lots of different materials! July 13. 10-1pm $45 supplies included Collage Journaling with Yael Zahavy-Mittleman Come and explore the art of collage and learn how to use it in your own journaling! July 27. 10-1pm $45 supplies included And mark your calendars for Saturday July 14th 12-4... BE A TOY TESTER at FUN in the SUN! Bellevue Art & Frame, The Toy Place, and Bellevue Invites 13131 NE 20th Street Bellevue, WA 98005 425.453.8959 800.843.6348 baftoy.com thetoyplacetoys.com info@bellevueartandframe.com facebook.com/bellevueartandframe join our email list! like us on facebook! Open Monday-Saturday 10am- 6pm Sunday 12-5pm

Color your summer happy!

What's happening?  Here's the latest SCOOP... Create it, Make it, Take it!  Sign up today! Canvas Creations: Sea Life! Dive into this underwater painting activity with a sea of beautiful colored paints, a preprinted canvas and your imagination! Make a place on the wall for this summer masterpiece! Ages 5+ 5 sessions: Tuesday 7/3 11-11:45 or 2-2:45 or Thursday 7/5 11-11:45 or 2-2:45 or Sunday 7/8 2-2:45 $5 per session, supplies included Art Camps start July 10th, there's still some room. Click here to sign up online on our NEW WEBSITE! fyi...We'll be closed July 4th so our staff can enjoy the day with friends and family. Happy 4th! POGO HOP is in! No slow summer days here! Get the kids hopping and popping and challenging their friends with a "how long can I keep going?" contest! Improves balance and coordination and gets the heart going too! $22.99 This my friends, is KENDAMA and we've got 'em! An extremely addictive wooden skill toy that comes from Japan, it strengthens hand eye coordination, balance and reflex. Endless trick possibilities! $22.99 Kendama USA DamaFest 2011 The Perfect Bag = True Love Pack for your summer travels with these amazing bags. Order is beautiful. $17.99-$189.99 Baggallini - Order is Beautiful Wishy washy wishy washy wishy washy WEE! MR. BUBBLE! Mr. Bubble Bubbles are Back! Two great sets will make bath time a riot of bubbles and help clean up after a hard day of outdoor play! Kits contain one 8 oz can of bubble foam soap and lots of other goodies. Ages 3-7 years $19.99 each NEW CLASS! Nan's Mixed Media Mondays for Adults! Mixed Media Mondays with Nan Goss Whether you are a beginning artist who wants to learn the fundamentals of mixed media or an experienced artist who is eager to learn new approaches to the medium, this class has something for you. Learn unique approaches to surface design. Nan will share her mixed media painting techniques for creating many different textures, multiple layers ,and will guide you to experiment with various water based mediums. 1 session, 3 weeks. July 16, 23, and 30. 10-12pm $60, some supplies included. Feel free to bring materials that inspire you! FRIDAYS SUMMER WORKSHOPS! ALL AGES WELCOME! The Art of Paper with Yael Zahavy-Mittleman Come and make art out of paper! From collage to origami and more! 1 session, 1 week. July 6. 10-1pm $45 supplies included The Art of Masks with Yael Zahavy-Mittleman Come and make masks out of lots of different materials! 1 session, 1 week. July 13. 10-1pm $45 supplies included Collage Journaling with Yael Zahavy-Mittleman Come and explore the art of collage and learn how to use it in your own journaling! 1 session, 1 week. July 27. 10-1pm $45 supplies included Upcoming Special Series for Adults!! Oil Pastels and Acrylics Workshop with Jessica Lambert Learn to use oil pastels in a way that raises the bar from your elementary school days! We will focus on blending methods to achieve optimal color combinations as well as drawing methods using oil pastels and acrylics with acrylic mediums. Learn to use linseed oil to mix color and create a soft look, as if you are painting with oil pastel. Use your sketchbook to create images now that reflect the past but reveal all of your current skill. Call for more info and supply list! 1 session, 2 weeks. July 13 and 20. 10-12:30pm $75, plus supplies, & bring any other supplies you would like! NEXT Saturday's (JULY 7TH) Shenanigans: Adventures in Art! Unleash your child's creativity! Let your child discover their inner artiste and have a ball. Every child leaves with an 11x14 painting. A new project each week. Space is limited, preregistration required. Ages 6-10 Saturday July 7th 10:30-12 $20 supplies included

And mark your calendars for Saturday July 14th 12-4... BE A TOY TESTER at FUN in the SUN! Bellevue Art & Frame, The Toy Place, and Bellevue Invites 13131 NE 20th Street Bellevue, WA 98005 425.453.8959 800.843.6348 baftoy.com thetoyplacetoys.com info@bellevueartandframe.com facebook.com/bellevueartandframe join our email list! like us on facebook! Open Monday-Saturday 10am- 6pm Sunday 12-5pm