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News was last updated Saturday,
August 21st, 2010:
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Saturday, August 21, 2010:
• Just Arrived:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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7Gypsie’s- their summer release – lots of great papers
and embellishments!
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We-R Memory Keepers – their
latest “Independent store” release – it’s a fall line called “Maple Grove”
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Cosmo Cricket – a reorder including reorder of the newest lines
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Lasting Impressions – Most of the brass stencils for the upcoming
class plus lots of papers
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Orders that have arrived, but we are still working on…
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Nothing! I’m all caught up!! WOOT! WOOT!
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Orders that we know are on the way… (alphabetical)
o American Crafts – I have already
seen and preordered their summer CHA releases. LOTS of cool things! Plus,
we will be bringing in their ink pads. Full sized ink pads that are only
$4.99!
o Bazzill - a large
order!
o Beanpod – a reorder
of those GREAT Soy candles that we burn at the store.
o Karen Foster - We have
preordered her summer release.
o Our Craft Lounge – their
summer release is shipping soon!
o Petaloo – reorder of
their flowers
Remember –
we receive multiple orders EVERY week! And every single week, we put
hundreds of items out on the floor for you!
If you want more information about those companies and what their
lines are, you can check out their websites. I’ve provided as many links to
them as possible.
• Check out our Calendar(s)!:
We have added a
bunch of new teachers and some amazing new classes…. Here are some quick
links:
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Narrative
Calendar
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This version has all of the
details of the classes, date, time, price, teacher, picture of the sample
(if we have it), description, list of what to bring with you (remember
there is ALWAYS something that you need to bring with you!), etc.
o
It is chronological (of
course) with the most current date at the top.
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Includes Holidays, short days,
Make-n-Take events, Trunk Shows and crops
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Calendar-at-a-Glance
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if you are available only
specific weekends and want to see what is being offered just those days,
this view might be better for you.
o
Has limited information – date,
time, class name, price, teacher’s name, thumbnail picture.
o
Includes Holidays, short days,
Make-n-Take events, Trunk Shows and crops
o
This view tends to have more
months out into the future than the Narrative Version.
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Crop Information
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We have a new Crop Room and
LOTS of dates scheduled!
o
This link shows you more
information including dates, prices and details.
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010:
• JUST
ARRIVED!
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Checked in and ready for you:
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Reminisce – OY! All of
their new lines! 6 GIANT boxes!
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Autumn Forest 2010 (outdoors and critters)
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Making the Grade (school)
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Real Magic (Disney)
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Gingerbread Lane (Christmas)
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Wave Crashers
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The Moon Shine Crew (Halloween)
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Reminisce Signature Series 3D Designs (lots of GREAT topics: family,
military, horses, and SO much more!)
Tuesday, August 17, 2010:
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First of all…
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I would like to wish my sister, Elisa, a VERY happy birthday! I
don’t know if she will read this or not…. ???? (don’t
worry – I spoke with her on the phone last night and said it “in person”) J
• JUST
ARRIVED!
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Checked in and ready for you:
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Best Creations their newest releases! Includes some great Halloween
and fall items.
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7Gypsie’s – their summer release plus some reorder.
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Scrapbook Trends – their three
latest issues: Cards, Scrapbook Trends, and “Holiday”
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Stampington & Company – the August/September Stampers’ Sampler – it’s the book for this
series’ Scrapbook Club!
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Earth Art Stamps – this is a
new stamping company for us. VERY unique and intricate stamps.
JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you:
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My Mind’s Eye- their new release and OMG! the staff is
DROOLING over it!!!!
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McGill their new punches
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CK Media – new issues of their magazines
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Gift Wrap Company – new baby books
Friday, August 13, 2010, 7:30am:
• JUST
ARRIVED:
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Checked in and Ready for you:
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We-R Memory Keepers – their
latest “Independent store” release – it’s a Halloween release called
“Heebie Jeebie’s”
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Cosmo Cricket – ALL of their latest releases
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Quickutz – their summer Limited Edition release – GREAT
for cardmakers – called “Special Delivery”.
o Copic – a reorder
– the offer that we had a few emails ago really cleared us out so we placed
a large reorder to replenish our supplies
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Wellspring – the new summer styles of Flip Notes note
pads.
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SRM – a reorder
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Unity – their special edition stamps where a portion
of the profits go to Scrapbook Royalty.
Monday, August 2nd, 2010 am:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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ICU – reorder of “readers” (eyeglasses), plus some
new styles – including “Pink Ribbon” ones!
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Creative Impressions – a reorder of ribbons, flowers and brads.
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Freund Mayer – more was and seals. LOTS of new colors of
flexible wax.
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American Crafts – a few new thickers.
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Flip Notes – new styles of flip notes, including a whole
display of “Pink Ribbon” items.
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Punch Studios – stickers and note pads.
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K&Company – new Halloween and a new birthday line called
Confetti.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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SRM Press – their
newest release of stickers, plus a BUNCH more reorder.
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Molly West –
scrapbooks, photo books, and “School Days” books
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Scrapbook Trends – The most recent issues of Cards, Scrapbook
Trends, Handmade – we have a former employee and at least two customers published in these
books!
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Orders that have arrived, but we are still working on…
o
We-R Memory Keepers – their
latest “Independent store” release
o
ICU – reorder of “readers” (eyeglasses), plus some
new styles
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Creative Impressions
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Freund Mayer
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American Crafts
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Flip Notes
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Punch Studios
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Orders that we know are on the way… (alphabetical)
o 7Gypsie’s – I ordered their summer release yesterday! And
it is REALLY awesome!
o American Crafts – I have
already seen and preordered their summer CHA releases. LOTS of cool things!
Plus, we will be bringing in their ink pads. Full sized ink pads that are
only $4.99!
o Bazzill - a large
order!
o Beanpod – a reorder
of those GREAT Soy candles that we burn at the store.
o Copic – a reorder
– the offer that we had in our last email expired a few days ago so we
placed a large reorder to replenish our supplies
o CR Gibson – Recipe
and Baby book reorder and new items. Plus, new “Scrap Complete” Books –
scrapbooks that are done and ready for photos to be added.
o Karen Foster - We have
preordered her summer release.
o Our Craft Lounge – their
summer release is shipping soon!
o Petaloo – reorder of
their flowers
Remember –
we receive boxes EVERY day! And every single week, we put hundreds of items
out on the floor for you! If you
want more information about those companies and what their lines are, you
can check out their websites. I’ve provided as many links to them as
possible.
• Check out our Calendar(s)!:
We have added a
bunch of new teachers and some amazing new classes…. Here are some quick
links:
¨
Narrative
Calendar
o
This version has all of the
details of the classes, date, time, price, teacher, picture of the sample
(if we have it), description, list of what to bring with you (remember
there is ALWAYS something that you need to bring with you!), etc.
o
It is chronological (of
course) with the most current date at the top.
o
Includes Holidays, short days,
Make-n-Take events, Trunk Shows and crops
¨
Calendar-at-a-Glance
o
if you are available only
specific weekends and want to see what is being offered just those days,
this view might be better for you.
o
Has limited information –
date, time, class name, price, teacher’s name, thumbnail picture.
o
Includes Holidays, short days,
Make-n-Take events, Trunk Shows and crops
o
This view tends to have more
months out into the future than the Narrative Version.
¨
Crop Information
o
We have a new Crop Room and
LOTS of dates scheduled!
o
This link shows you more
information including dates, prices and details.
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Checked in and ready for you!
o
Bo Bunny – FOUR brand new lines from them! Plus, some
great reorer items!
o Paper Wizard – a
reorder of custom die cuts and Varsity Jackets for the local schools. We
also added new items for Maranatha, St.
Augustine, Canyon Crest, and Del Norte!
o Petticoat Parlour – a
reorder of their AWESOME laser die cuts
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SRM – a reorder of her amazing stickers that we were
out of.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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Karen Foster – Her new mini “STATE-ments”.
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Adhesive – lots of reorder.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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Pioneer – a LARGE scrapbook reorder!
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Maya Road – a large reorder including several items that
they were out of last time that we reordered. And YES, we have the 4x4
Chipboard Binders in stock!
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Karen Foster – she has discontinued
her mini state license plates – we reordered but did not get all of them –
and what we have is basically what we have… We also received a reorder
papers and their flat and dimensional stickers…
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Making Memories – their eclectic metal series – SO pretty!
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Making Memories – the Slice tool Drawing tips
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Lasting Impressions- stencils and papers for the most recent class
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Card Styles – a new magazine
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Silly Bands – YES! We now carry the HOTTEST craze… the ORIGINAL
SILLY BANDS! We have 8 styles currently in stock at only $4.50 per 24 piece
container!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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Copic – we got
another display rack and more pens! We now have 3 Sketch racks and 1 regular
rack CHOCKED FULL of Copics!
And if you are a Copic fan, we sent out an email today that you’ll
want to read!!
We have put a copy on our website:
go to the front page and then “Most Recent Newsletter”
Monday, July 5, 2010 8am:
• General Info:
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Spencer – that is the name of our Soda Machine (b/c he is
a soda dis-SPENCER J ). Anyway, he has a new drink flavor. He
now has Snapple Red Tea in Pomegranate Raspberry. Check it out! Tea and
Sodas are just a $1 and water is 80¢.
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Music – we are “commercial free” and have been since
November – no more annoying commercials, just a fabulous mix of music that
spans generations! AND, in the last week, we have added almost 400 more
songs! Songs from the 50’s and 60’s, plus yesterday I added more music by
Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, The Police, The Beatles, John
Mellencamp, The Moody Blues, Steve Miller, Jimmy Buffet, Paul McCartney
(& Wings), Huey Lewis, Neil Young, CSN, Beastie Boys, the Who, music
from Easy Rider, Violent Femmes, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Cream,
Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed and more. Plus a few current hits.
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Shopping Carts – Yesterday, I bought 5 shopping carts off of a
former store owner from Temecula. They are similar to ours. They have some
pros and cons from ours… but now we shouldn’t run out of carts on a regular
basis.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Graphic 45 – on Friday, we checked in their latest line:
Hallowe’en in Wonderland.
o Creative Imaginations– reorder
of their wood products, plus their new camping line and their new Patriotic
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:30am:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Jolee’s – new
Jolee’s from EK – lots of travel.
o SRM Press – a reorder of their great stickers!!!
o Making
Memories – two new
slice cartridge: Happy Trails and Funkadelic. Plus, the new PINK Hands Free tool and their
foam sheets for the slice.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:30am:
Sorry to not update you guys sooner but I was
out of town visiting my sister… J So, I’m still trying to get caught up but
all-but-one of the boxes are entered at the store and everything is out on
the floor waiting for you! Here are
a few items that we received while I was gone… I know that I’m missing some
on this list but you’ll get the idea!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Creative Imaginations - a reorder of Star Wars and Sea World
o Lawn Fawn – their latest releases, plus a reorder of their
sold out stamps.
o Copic – we received a HUGE order of Copics – both
regular and sketch. Plus LOTS of new colors for us! lots of the “0000”’s.
o American Crafts – new rose ribbons and a bunch of new “Thickers”
– they are all numbers! J
o Little Yellow Bicycle – their
new Boardwalk line.
o Tim Holtz – his
brand new tissue tape plus a reorder of his embossing folders.
o Scrapbook Trends – their
latest edition, plus their newest card book and latest specialty book.
o Martha Stewart – all of her microbeads, plus some of her
glitter tinsels, and lots of punches,
o Delight In The
Details – a reorder
of this book – we sold the first 24 SO fast, so we got another order in.
Come in and check out this beautiful book!
o Tsukineko – the
reinkers for their new metallic ink pads.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:15pm:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o CR Gibson – recipe
book items plus some premade scrapbook sets
o EK Success
– more brand new items from CHA – mostly Jolee’s
o Imaginisce
– more of their Winter CHA release – their i-Rock tool plus
accessories, more accessories for the i-Top tool, plus their summer line:
Splash dance.
o Maya Road
– This is their newest release plus some other items we were out of…
Although I ordered inside of an hour of them releasing these items, several
were still backordered. But we got a lot of the new products and they are
COOL!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 7:15am:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o My Mind’s
Eye - their newest releases!
Sunday, June 13, 2010 – 8:30am:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Making
Memories – the panorama collection. A really cool travel
line.
o Making
Memories – their newest release of “Design Shop” Stickers.
o Memory
Box – their newest release: In the Garden. Plus card packs, envelopes,
and reorder stamps.
o Moxxie – their
latest release: Eastern & Western Horseback Riding; a Faith Based line:
Baptism, Confirmation, 1st Communion, Blessing, etc; And a
Graduation/Prom/Homecoming line. Plus a reorder of wrestling.
o Pioneer – more
newly released scrapbooks. New fabric scrapbooks and new embroidered
scrapbooks.
o Shimmer Papers – we
finally found a new provider for light weight shimmer paper. It’s only 8.5x11 but we got it in 22
colors!
o Tim Holtz – embossing Folders – 7
different images. All just $10.99 each! Plus reorder of other Tim Holtz
items.
o Sea World & Lego – TONS of
reorder items, and LOTS of them!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Amuse
– Lots! It’s been a while since we ordered and they have CUTE new papers
plus some really great new stamp, plus pretty new half pearls… so I ordered
a TON. Plus some reorder items. A pretty big order! One of the largest of
theirs we have ever placed.
o Jenni
Bowlin - her latest release: “Playdate”, plus a few reorder items.
o Lasting Impressions – new
brass stencils and a paper reorder.
o American
Crafts – more brand new adhesives from them!
o Creating Keepsakes – the
July/August issues of CK and Paper Crafts.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Cosmo
Cricket – their latest release: Delovely!
o Making
Memories – a BUNCH of newly released Slice Cartridges:
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Remember This
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Summer
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Parties
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Paws&Claws
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Hodge Podge
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Bon Appetit
Remember, we order ALL of the cartridges and usually
have every one in stock.
o Webster’s
Pages – reorder items, plus more of the amazing bloomers ribbons.
o The rest of the HUGE 15 box
order from a distributor (so LOTS of manufacturers).
o Tattered
Angels – their NEW Chalk Collection, plus a bunch of
their new trinkets, glimmer glass, glimmer chips, and other newly released
items, plus reorder.
o Stampendous - a small reorder
o Creative
Impressions – we got in ribbons, velvets, twills, twine,
and other “by the yard” items. Plus some felt items and mini clothespins.
o Upsy
Daisy – a reorder of their super cute and sold out (SO FAST!) papers!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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Copic– about a
dozen more colors arrived. We have placed yet ANOTHER order for the other
colors that we are out of… I’m DETERMINED to get these racks full – I just
hope that Copic will SHIP what we order in less than 2months! Lol!!
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Pioneer – a few of
their new scrapbooks. REALLY nice!
o Plus, a HUGE order from a distributor (so LOTS
of manufacturers). It was 15 GIANT boxes of new and reorder
items! We have about half of it done and out on the floor. We are working
on the rest…
• HOURS today:
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We are open Monday, 5/31 – Memorial Day from 10am
to 6pm.
• East Coast Trip:
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I believe the Marshal
Middle School project
is due on Friday and I just wanted to remind you guys that we
received a special order of Laser Cut Titles for just about every place
that you went and everything that you did while on your trip. We have a
full section set up just based on you trip. Except for today, we are open
until 9pm on weekdays. Today we are open until 6pm.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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American
Crafts – brand new thickers and scrapbooks.
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Creative Imaginations new
specialty papers including corrugated 12x12 sheets in several colors.
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SRM – a reorder
of some state and country stickers, plus family, school, teacher and some others
that we were out of.
• HOURS this weekend:
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We are open Monday, 5/31 – Memorial Day from 10am
to 6pm.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Karen Foster Designs – her new
release… includes camping, tooth fairy, zoo, baseball/softball, and more.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Karen Foster Designs – her new
release… includes camping, tooth fairy and more.
o Bazzill – lots of cardstock and bling reorder!
o Laserline – custom laser cuts for the
East Coast Trip!
o EK Success – TONS of reorder: Mickey,
Disney princesses, travel, sports, and tons more!
o Martha Stewart – all of
her microbeads – lots of colours! More to come!
I went in on
my day off yesterday and checked this order in for you! J
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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Maya Road – 4 boxes
of Maya – some of it is brand new CHA product! Plus, reorder items!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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Girls’ Paperie – by
Margie Romney-Aslett. More of this release came in… it was on backorder,
but several more elements from Girls’ Paperie are in stock now!
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Copic – another
10 pounds of Copics! We still have a few empty slots, but the racks are
more full than they have been in a long time! Plus we have about a dozen
Sketch colors that are new for us.
Copic is VERY slow to ship their orders (these orders were placed
MONTHS ago!) but the rep will come by this week and do an order to fill in
our empties!
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Basic Grey – 6 boxes
of Basic Grey came in: Capella, Max & Whiskers, and part of the Basics
line – the paper packs and the 6x6 paper stacks.
o Little Yellow
Bicycle – their new boy and girl lines.
o Creative Imaginations – brand
new items.
o Webster’s – the next
portion of our CHA order including their bloomer ribbons in 3 colors.
o Quickutz
– several new embossing folders.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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Girls’
Paperie – by Margie Romney-Aslett. This went out last weekend and some is
already sold out, but we will reorder it.
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Creative
Imaginations – we got a LARGE reorder including Rock-a-bye
Baby, Sea World, Lego, travel, recipe and so much more!
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F&W – the book
for our Scrapbook Club
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Copic – 10
pounds of Copic loveliness! They are not the “fastest” in shipping their
orders… This order was placed over two months ago! But it FINALLY arrived
AND they are shipping another order that we placed since then! They
“promise” it will ship by today (not holding my breath!) but our racks are
fuller than they have been in a LONG time! And the other order that they
should be shipping is larger! So, then we should really be full!!
• Moving stuff around…
Yes, we do it all
of the time… and no, it’s not just to confuse you! Lol! But
we moved some stamp items around and we think that they are SO MUCH better
displayed now!
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Almost all of the Hero Clear Stamps are on the
same wall, and the rest of them are right near there.
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And the Stampendous are all together now and
WAY easier to see! That one spinner that they wee on – while it held them
all, it was so hard to see the designs!
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And Our Craft Lounge – who did our free
Make-n-Take last weekend – THANKS KIMBERLY!!!! – they are all together and
really well organized!!
Danni did a
GREAT job on it and it looks fantastic! I’ll try to remember to take some
pictures today!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o American Crafts –
everything is ready and working its way to the floor. It was 18 boxes so it
took a while. There are line extensions for Dear Lizzy and Boutanique.
Plus, Heatwave, Letterbox, their new glitter papers, their new adhesive
runner and refills, and tons of Thickers. Plus reorders of their cardstock
packs, scrapbooks, refills, “I Do” and “Abode” and I’m sure much more that
I’m missing here…
o Crate paper – a reorder plus their Pink
Plum line… it is new for us.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o Doodlebug – peace
and travel paper; brads and stickers.
o Stamping Station – SOOOO
much for travel, plus lots of custom high school stuff. The travel stuff
includes a bunch of items that are appropriate for the East Coast Trip.
o American Crafts – most of
it is ready… we are still entering a few items and trying to tie out the
invoice…
Silly me! I
took two days off this week (you know, like most people do), but while *I*
was off, 18 boxes of American Crafts, 2 boxes of Ranger, 1 box of
Doodlebug, 2 boxes of Girls’ Paperie, 6 boxes of Stamping Station, and
many, MANY more boxes came in!!! We are BURIED! But we’re getting it
checked in as FAST as possible!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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7Gypsie’s – their new
Letterblock trays, Vintage Receipt holder in Black, new binding rings, book
knobs, chipboard books, Gypsy Hardware, Printers Tray Label Holders, and
more.
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American Crafts – We’re
still working on this… like I said, it was 18 boxes! GEEZ! UPS must have
been cursing our name that day! But, so far, a bunch of the cardstock packs
are checked in and ready. (yes, this is separate from the stuff that
updated you about on 5/4 – that was a separate 4 boxes… CRAZY!)
o
Bazzill – another
LARGE reorder – it was so large that my rep split it into two shipments!
This is the 2nd half… This was all of the specialty papers like
the scalloped cardstocks, plus flowers, borders, “In Stitches”, envelopes,
tulle, etc
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Bo Bunny – their
“Roughin’ It’ paper line.
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Hambly – new
cupcake papers, plus birdcages, music, and animal prints. Plus this great
disco ball paper!
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October Afternoon – a
reorder of the Report Card line.
o Tim
Holtz/Ranger – more of our backorder of new products
including: Curiod Knobs, Ruler Ribbon, Lost & Found paper stack, new
Black&White Enamel Accents, plus reorder of dies, stickles, memory
frames, distress ink pads and more
Sorry! I a little
“technical difficulty” and I couldn’t update the website for the last
several days… Our website server was migrated to a new server but
everything is back to working again! (PHEW!)
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o American Crafts – the latest
add-on to the Dear Lizzy line – the adhesive fabric papers, plus their new
adhesive! YAY! New Pebbles items including these GREAT “photo” stickers.
Plus two new paper lines: May Bouquet and Twitterpated.
o Anna
Griffin – they finally shipped their new papers – they had sent them all
but they were damaged… so FINALLY we have a new shipment of them in stock…
o Magazines –
Card Creations Volume 8 and Fast & Fresh Scrapbooks
o Ranger –
more reorder of the new Tim Holtz dies. We had sold out of a bunch
but got them back in stock quickly! J
o SRM Press – another
reorder!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
I went in on my day off and checked these great
products in for you!
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Donna
Salazar – new paper lines (Trunk in the Attic, Grandma’s Garden, and
Mosaics), her new Distrezz-it-All, the Crafty Chronicles and MORE!
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More Tim Holtz/Sizzix dies! Most of the ones
that we were out of are back in stock.
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More Tim Holtz – distressed ink pads,
foundations, and other items.
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“Twilight” die cuts.
Plus, the girls checked this in today and are
working on putting it out now!
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Bazzill
– a LARGE reorder of 12x12 cardstock, dotted swiss, and 8½x11 cardstocks.
More is on the way!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
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Fiskars -
Craft punches in all sizes of circles!
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We-R
Memory Keepers – their new “Americana”
release called “Old Glory”. This line can only be found in Independently
owned stores – not in large chains like Michael’s.
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8.5x11 sold papers – in Kraft, solids and
shimmers
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Memory
Box – their new enchanted butterflies line. And of course, they have
sent us the most BEAUTIFUL samples to go with their amazing stamps!
Sorry
for taking so long to update! I had a good friend in town who I hadn’t seen
in 3 years, so we spent a bunch of time together! J
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o
Quickutz
– their newest release is in! Three new fonts, plus new frames, borders and
more!
o Flower Soft – a reorder. We now
have all of the colors back in stock! Including every color of Ultrafine
Flower Soft!
o My Little Shoebox – their
backordered chipboard alphabets
o Petticoat
Parlour – TONS of new laser cuts!!! GREAT topics! Travel, military, school
projects, birthdays and MORE!
o Stampendous – another LARGE reorder
of stamps and stickers!
o Tsukineko – new metallic inks.
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o
Scrapbook Trends – the newest editions of
Cards, Scrapbook Trends Magazine, and their latest Idea Book: Home Made
o
New ribbons-by-the-yard – sparkle ribbons,
sports, and animal prints
o
Free Spirit – I noticed that I forgot to post
that we got in the Free Spirit line by Little
Yellow Bicycle… we got it in a while ago… OOOPS! It’s a “peace” sign
based line… pretty nice!
o
Bind It
Alls – Just in time for our Sunday Class, we received a shipment of
BIA’s. Plus, their new Display-It-All.
o
Sei – a
reorder of suede papers, plus items from their newest releases which we had
already sold out of!
o Therm-o-web - brand new adhesives –
two different ones!
o Miscellaneous
Reorder Items:
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Tiny Attacher refills
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Alcohol Ink
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Cats Eyes
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Scrap-ma-Bobs
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Crop-A-Diles
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Memory Glass Frames
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Paper piercers
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ALL KINDS of scissors!!
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Distress Crackle Paint
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Smooches
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Long-reach punches
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And more!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o
Crafty
Secrets – a bunch of her clear stamps – many that we have never had
before!
o
Nunn
Designs – this is a little off from what we normally carry but I was
just SO amazed by her CHA release! It’s more for altered arts and jewelry,
but I could NOT help myself! LOVE THEM!
o Lasting Impressions –
the stencils for our next class.
o
Ranger
– lots of Distress Ink pads that we were out of; distress crackle paint,
and more!
o
Sakura – Glaze pens, Souffle and more!
o
Spellbinders – a decent sized reorder.
o
Other:
§
Craft Punches – a TON of punches! Borders,
circles of all sizes, and more!
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Jolee’s – dimensional embellishments for “Alice
In Wonderland”
• KATIE!!!!:
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Katie Watson is designing her next class for us!!!
o
EXCITING, eh? So SAVE THE DATE! It will be
Sunday, 5/23 at 1pm. It will be a Cupcake Banner class – I have pictures
that I will be posting soon, and the class is $49. You can sign up now for
a class or a kit.
§
Need it shipped to you? No problem. Shipping is
$12 to anywhere in the US.
§
We are doing something new this time! Katie
will be bringing in kits PRIOR to the class! So, if you sign up for a “Kit
Only” (Instead of a class seat), as soon as we have them, we will start
shipping them out!
¨
Katie is
on Maya Road
and October Afternoon’s design teams and we are her exclusive local
teaching venue! YAY US!
Sa,
4/10:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o
Copic
– a backorder from them of some Sketch and Regular markers. We have a Copic
101 class scheduled for June 5th at 10am. Check out the Calendar.
o
Creative
Imaginations – new items from Oceana; for national parks, two new paper
lines, and more.
o
Making
Memories – reorder of some of their newer items, including scrapbooks,
Pitter Patter, and more.
o
Punch
Studios – reorder of the monogram notepads we were out of, plus some
new layered stickers.
• Class Updates:
¨
WOW! We have a TON of new teachers and classes!
o
Check out our calendar for
classes, crops, and events coming up!
F,
4/9am:
I
sent out a quick email about this yesterday b/c we have been waiting SO
long!
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o The Slice
Hand’s Free Tool – by Making
Memories is IN STOCK! We actually got in 27 of them, but by the time I
left for the day, 5 were on hold… and I was in such a hurry to send out the
email to let everyone know that we got them, that I forgot to tell you the
deal with the girls on the Vespa’s! Each Hands Free has an opportunity to
WIN A VESPA IN IT! See Making Memories for full details, but HOW COOL WOULD
THAT BE?!!!
o Adhesives –
BIG reorder of lots of adhesives. We have an ENTIRE rack of Adhesives of
all brands and styles!
o Bella Blvd –Their backordered
Alpha+Bits and Badda Bings
o Crafter’s
Workshop – new stencils – very cool! Two sizes. The girls were REALLY
impressed!
o Maya Road – a small reorder including
the UBER POPULAR Cupcake Book! Plus, they have a container arriving this
month (April) and we have a LARGE backorder with them for items in that
container.
o Memory Box- a small order of stamps
and card packs.
o Ranger – a small backorder which
included new Tim Holtz paper pads and his Clock faces.
o Sakura – a
couple of weeks ago, we got in the Metallic Gelly Roller Pens, and now we
have the full display of regular Gelly Rollers for you too!
M,
4/5pm:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o
Basic Grey
– they have only shipped the two new lines so far, but we have them! Kioshi
and Green at Heart. And they are BEAUTIFUL!
Su,
4/4:
Yes,
we are closed on 4/4 for Easter, but will reopen on Monday, 4/5 and resume
our normal hours.
• Music
Many of you
know that we have switched to playing an iPod at the store… no more
ANNOYING commercials or static… We have a HUGE variety of music! And
yesterday, Danni gave me some of her CDs and Liz from Scrapbook Your Life gave me a
few of hers, plus, I went through a few others I had… so now we have an
additional 122 songs added to the mix (for a full 44 hours of music!).
We’ve added songs from the following artists: (alphabetical order)
Amy Winehouse, Black Eye Peas, Blake Lewis,
Carol King, Carrie Underwood,
Chicago, Crowded House, Dido, Eagles, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Fats
Domino, Flo Rida, Foreigner, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Kayne West, Kelly
Clarkson, Kings of Leon, KT Tunstall, Jack Johnson, James Taylor, Lady
Gaga, Lisa Loeb, Lynyd Skynard, Maroon 5, Marvin Gaye, Nickelback, Norah Jones,
Paul McCartney, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rob Thomas, Santana, Squeeze, The
Calling, The Pointer Sisters, Tower of Power, U2, Wyclef Jean, and more!
Several of
these artists, we already had a few of their songs, but we have added
additional songs.
So, I’ve
got all of them uploaded… now I’m just trying to listen to every song to
make sure that we don’t accidentally drop the “f-bomb”… J Fingers crossed that I catch them all! (Rhianna, some Lady Gaga, and
a few others have already been cut!)
Sa,
4/3:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o
American Crafts – this is scrapbooks, new paper
lines (including Boutanique, I Do, and Abode), plus TONS of Thickers,
refill pages, Carstock packs, and more!
• Classes:
¨
I have just updated the website to add all of the class information
that I have been given. We have AMAZING teachers offering a wide variety of
classes.
o
Check out our Narrative Calendar
and our Calendar-At-A-Glance
for more information.
F,
4/2pm:
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Checked in and ready for you!
o Glitz Designs – we finally received
our CHA order of Vintage Love and Distressed Couture. Plus a few other
items!
o Making Memories – their brand new
scrapbooks.
o October Afternoon – FINALLY,
FINALLY, FINALLY!!! Of course, they have not shipped everything – several
items were missing from the order, but I’ve already contacted them to try
to get an ETA on the rest of it! Anyway, MOST of the elements from their
new releases are in. Plus, Farm Fresh and a few other pieces.
o We R Memory Keepers – new product
from them including their magnetic board, the brand new CINCH, and some
great other items! LOVE IT!
• Pictures:
We received our
Tim Holtz and Prima stuff last week, but I wanted to show you some
pictures… just in case you didn’t think we got much in… lol! Plus, the
girls did amazing jobs at merchandising everything!!!
¨ This is the new
Tim Holtz section. We couldn’t put every one of his products that
we carry over here b/c the rack would need to be MUCH larger. But these are
the new ink colors (yes, we also have the original ones), plus the new
Sizzix dies and a few of his metal elements. We also have the grunge board,
paints, stickles, scissors and a BUNCH of other TH products!
 
 
¨ Prima is “In Da
House!” Oh my gosh! It felt like “death by flowers” when I was checking this
order in! It was a little overwhelming! (and it’s only about half of what I
ordered!). This is not the entire order… we also received their new
“e-line” which is REALLY affordable flowers. Plus, we received some papers
(yes, I’ll be reordering them – they are almost gone!) and some new
GORGEOUS ribbons.
But these flowers are right up front and
GORGEOUS!
Are
you enjoying the links and the pictures? It’s hard to take pictures of
everything that is new b/c we get SOOOO much! But upon the suggestion of a customer,
I’m trying to add more pictures and/or at least give you the links to the
manufacturers’ websites so you can browse through there…. I hope you like
it!
Th,
4/1pm:
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Checked in and ready for you!
o Anna Griffin- her brand new tote
bags.
o Queen & Company – their new
Magic (Disney) line
o Lawn Fawn – a new company for us! Here are
images of her Photopolymer stamps! (the best type of Clear Stamp!)
 
 
o Ten Seconds Studio – LOTS of
new stuff, plus a few reorder items! New Molds: Big Daddys
($13.99), Big Mammas ($7.50) and Kabukas ($16.99). More tools, plus we now
have some of the metal sheets in open stock! This section has been moved
over by the brass stencils so that we could properly merchandise the metal
sheets…
Here are pictures from their booth at CHA:
 
 
 
See our
Facebook Fan Page for more images of samples…
Th,
4/1am:
I
was off Tuesday and Wednesday (although I went in yesterday to cover
someone for an hour…) so today we should be able to check in and approve a BUNCH
more items! I’ll update you guys again tonight!
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Checked in and ready for you!
o
Making
Memories – reorder from them, including some Slice Cartridges that we
were out of (Vintage Findings, Mistletoe, Think Pink), plus wordfetti,
scrapbooks and refill pages, and more!
• Pink Paislee:
¨
Here are some pictures that I took at CHA to show you just why I
fell in love with this line there! Aren’t these
samples just GORGEOUS? See our Facebook page for more pictures of this line
from CHA.
 
 
 
 
These are their artisan tapes that fit in
regular tape dispensers:
Tu,
3/30:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Checked in and ready for you!
o
Making
Memories – brand new Slice Cartridges!
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Baby
§
Nursery Rhymes
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Sock Hop Fonts
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Words & Expressions: Family
M,
3/29pm:
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Checked in and ready for you!
o Prima – OMG!!!! It felt like
“death by Prima” today – I was BURIED in it!!! There was SOOOOOO much of
it! (and, ironically, only about half of what I ordered arrived! Lol!!!).
TONS and TONS of flowers, plus ribbons and papers…. CAH-YUTE!!! WOW!
o Martha
Stewart Punches – LOTS of new border punches! Some SUPER CUTE ones for
Easter/Spring!
o Clip It Up – reorder of the base and
top tier
o Tonic – some new items
for us… retractrable knives and piercers
o Alice In
Wonderland – yes, we have some embellishments back in stock for this Disney
movie that has been resurrected via Tim Burton!
o Scrapbooks
– a reorder of a few sports scrapbooks that we were out of. Plus the school
scrapbooks that we were out of.
• Class Samples Have Arrived:
The Glitz
Girls will be at Cool Scrapbook Stuff
on Saturday 5/1 for 3 amazing classes!
Check out
our calendar
for more information.
Our Buy 1, Get 1 Free Glitter offer ends TOMORROW!
M,
3/29am:
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Checked in and ready for you!
o Jillibean Soup (a new
vendor for us!) – oh my gosh! The CUTEST papers! Egg Drop Soup is an
ADORABLE Easter line; Chicken Noodle Soup – a farm line; and Old World
Cabbage Stew – cute bird houses, cherries, and some other papers. We all
LOVE it! These are pics of Egg Drop Soup:
These are little chicks in egg shell halves on
the top left… CUTE!
These are little blue bunnies on the top left:
o Pink Paislee – Queen Bee and Bayberry
Cottage are in and BEAUTIFUL! Plus their Expressions Alphabets, their Clear
Impressions, and a few items from the Artisan Collection including one of
the books, one of the elements and several of the tapes – the tapes fit in
any regular tape dispenser!
o Ranger/Tim Holtz - checked in and WONDERFUL! All of the
Distress Inks – every color is now in stock/back in stock; several of the
new Tim Holtz metal embellishments; the Tim Holtz Sizzix dies; plus reorder
of: Wondertape; perfect pearls; alcohol ink; applicators; stickles…
o Reminisce –
a small reorder of Mini Maps.
Sa,
3/27am:
• Don’t forget:
We have a
Make-n-Take (free) and a Trunk Show tomorrow (Saturday at 10am) with Unity, Petaloo, Magenta and Earth Art Stamps!
(some samples made with those brandsJ
   
   
First come, first
served. Not sure how long we will run it, but it will need to be packed up
and gone by 1pm.
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Checked in and ready for you!
o Bo Bunny –Jazmyne, Mama-razzi, Sophie, Paradise and a few other brand new goodies. Plus, a
reorder of Love Bandit and their Double Dots – both new colors and reorder.
o Hero Arts – we carry almost everything
that they release! This order was a TON of reorder, but also their new
Easter release.
o Martha
Stewart – we received in a reorder of the border punches used in Suzie Q’s
class last Saturday.
o ScraPerfect
– First, if you ever have trouble printing on difficult surfaces, you NEED
the Perfect Printing Pouch. But we also received in her new “Best Ever
Glue”.
I know that they were able to put out Bo Bunny
yesterday, but everything else, we will be working on in between customers
today…
F,
3/26am:
Well,
it’s a little after 6am and I’m up and trying to get the day started early
b/c HOLY COW we have a ton of boxes to check in!
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Checked in and ready for you! (now we just need to find a home for
them… YIKES!)
o
Bella
Blvd (a new vendor for us!) – “Man of the House”, “All Inclusive” and
“Blooms a Bella” (their flowers)
o Crate Paper (a new vendor
for us!) – I ordered their two new collections: Paper Doll and Brook.
o Memory Box – a reorder of stamps and
papers.
o My Little Shoebox – their new
releases are SOOOOOOO cute!
o Paper House – more travel
and sports. A few new destinations for them: Los
Angeles, Florida, Venice and others. A
whole new birthday line. Plus animals including a bunch of various horse
items… and a bunch more!
o Ranger there are another I think 6
boxes, but I checked in the new colors of distressed ink pad reinkers (now
I just need to find the box with the ink pads in them!). and some reorder
of Stickles and other items.
o We R Memory Keepers - Sunny
& 72 – this is a limited edition release which is only available to
independent stores which signed up for their monthly program.
o Sakura – new pens for us – their
Metallic Gelly Roll pens.
W,
3/24:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Petaloo – LOTS of new flowers!!!
Su,
3/21am:
• Today’s Dry Embossing Card Class:
¨
“Springtime Beauty” – we are holding this class twice today: once
at 11am and again at 2:30pm. Several people changed to the morning class, so
the 11am class is sold out, however there are 4 spaces available in the
2:30pm class. Please call the store in advance to sign up: 858-679-9100
Check out our online calendar
for more info!
F,
3/19pm:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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SRM – another reorder – their
stuff is just SO popular!!! AND their blog hop started TODAY! Check out their blog!
¨
Stampendous - New
wood mounted, cling and clear stamps.
Plus embossing powder, stickers and other great items!
¨
Quickutz - more
of their super popular Quickstiks.
¨
Mrs. Grossman’s -new
sticker sets from them.
¨
Shimmer papers – 12x12 and 8.5x11 shimmer papers in several
colours
F,
3/19am:
I’m
sure that we will have more boxes in by the end of the day and we’ll have
hopefully have checked in a bunch more, too, but as of this morning, this
is what we’ve been working on…
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Colobok – new scrapbooks
plus a new baby
boy (Sailor) and baby girl (Bella) line of paper, stickers and rubons
¨
Sugartree – LOTS of new papers and laser die cuts for
travel, history, outdoors, and more. Lots of “Photo” style papers. Jelly
beans and Easter Eggs just in time for Easter!
¨
Cosmo Cricket – their
coordinating paper packs by Core’dinations are finally in!
¨
Our Craft Lounge – new stamps
from them (VERY cute! And GREAT SAYINGS!) plus reorder of some that we were
out of and more Sparkly Fluff!
¨
Lasting Impressions – all of the brass stencils for
this weekends classes.
There is still time for you to sign up! Check
out our online
calendar for more info!
M,
3/15:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Magazines/Books – the latest issue of Creating
Keepsakes magazine is in. Plus a new book: “Go To Sketches”.
¨
Cutterpedes – are back in stock
¨
Flower Soft – we received our reorder and now have the glue
back in stock plus Fuchsia (which was sold out). (We also carry the complete line of Ultra
Fine)
Su,
3/14:
Well,
Saturday was just TOO CRAZY to check anything in! We had the crop going on
all day plus Donna’s BEAUTIFUL card class, which was sold out (encore
class in April – check it out and call to sign up today!).
Plus TONS of customers and LOTS of product to try to get out in between all
of that… but yesterday I was able to work on some stuff…
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
7 Gypsie’s – eight big boxes of new and reorder items!
Several items are still to come, so not everything is complete… but
7Gypsies is good about backordering things and getting them to us when they
are available.
Anyway, we received in the Artist Printer’s
Trays and Photo Trays, which are new for us. Both are $17.99 each.
  
Plus, the Avignon and Venice lines of paper;
Gypsy Market is back in; lots of ATC reorder; the Binderie AC Adapter punch; some board
books; mini keys; ring dangles; ephemera cards; and lots more! I don’t have
the complete list in front of me… but EIGHT boxes! J
¨
Cookbookin’ – we also received our CHA order from them, along with some reorder papers.
Everything is about food and cooking and is GREAT!
F,
3/12:
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
VARSITY JACKETS! – we got in both the large and small Varsity
Jackets for Westview and Mount Carmel.
Plus a few other custom school items that we were out of.
o We are
ordering a new varsity style (not in yet) for St. Augustine.
o We also
were approached by enough people that we will do Canyon Crest if someone can email me a picture of what their
varsity jacket looks like???
¨
Copic – was checked in yesterday. All of the Spica pens were
reordered. Plus lots of colours that we were sold out of in both the Regular and Sketch, and a
few new “E” colours in Sketch.
¨
Maya Road – FIVE BIG
BOXES are all checked in! They backordered over half of our order, but we
got in a BUNCH of the new
stuff and tons of reorder! Including lots of chipboard books, coaster,
and keychains; Maya Mist; canvas books and tags; Karft Envelopes; clear
stamps, Vintage trims, the Clear Acrylic ATC Stand, the Super Mega Bottle
Caps, and lots more!
¨
Memory Box – the papers that we were out of from the Gossamer
line and a few missing stamps.
¨
SEI – ALL SIX BOXES of brand new SEI are checked in and ready! We
ordered all of Claire
- a bright and sunny line; Happy
Day – a birthday line (lots of people released birthday lines –
FINALLY!); Juliette
– a gorgeous and elegant line that they feel is “love”, but I think it
could be anything..; plus a huge order of their Preservation series
scrapbooks (very inexpensive books – great for gifts or school projects);
and TONS of velvet
papers!
¨
Place Cards – we often get requests for them, so we
brought in a few styles…
¨
Decocolor Acrylic Paint Markers – I had a request for these Paint Markers
and I looked into them, and I thought they seemed pretty cool, so we are
going to try them out…. I didn’t get all of the colors, but I ordered 10 of
them to start…
¨
Acrylic Sheets – we FINALLY received in some 12x12 acrylic
sheets…
¨
April editions of Scrapbook Trends, Cards, and Handmade are
in!
¨
Silhouette – we FINALLY got in our order! it was tiny but
GOSH there was such a hold up! But Black and White Vinyl are back in stock,
and so are blade replacements and mats. A Note on these… the prices have
gone up DRAMATICALLY! Sorry guys!
¨
Crafty Secrets – lots of her Homespun Cotton Scraps.
OBVIOUSLY, we were
REALLY busy yesterday! I had extra staff on hand to make sure that
we could get through as many boxes as possible b/c they were REALLY piling
up!
• A NOTE:
¨
To our customers with a Revolution die cutting tool by Quickutz - if you
need any Revolution supplies like mats, etc, they have ALL been
discontinued. We still have a few of most items, but if you need something,
you better buy it now!
Th,
3/11:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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My Mind’s Eye – Their new Quite Contrary
line… it is GEORGEOUS!
¨
Memory Box – their Easter release
of stamps.
¨
Orders that have arrived, but we are still working on…
o Colorbok/Heidi
Grace
o Cookbookin’
o Copic
o Maya Road
o Memory Box
(yes, MORE!)
o SEI
o Silhouette
o Stampendous
¨
Orders that are on the way…
o 7Gypsie’s
o Flower Soft
reorder
o Hero Arts
o Our Craft
Lounge
o Ranger/Tim
Holtz
o Paper
Wizard – the custom school jackets that we were out of for Westview and Mt
Carmel should be here TODAY!
o October
Afternoon (they were SUPPOSED to have shipped on Monday, but I’m not sure
if they did or not)
o And those
are just the ones that I know have charged my credit card… There are over a
dozen more companies who SHOULD be shipping soon!
Remember – we receive boxes EVERY day! And
every single week, we put hundreds of new items out on the floor for you!
Su,
3/7:
• JUST ARRIVED:
¨
Reminisce – 8 boxes of Reminisce are ready!
o BRAND NEW – Real Sports (lots of
different sport items), Glitter Papers, Unwritten (including some GREAT
Peace items), Happy Easter, Lucky Me, Graduation Celebration, The Great
Outdoors, 2010…
o New for us – Under the Sea (water, ocean
animals, bubbles, etc)
o Reorder – travel (Epoxy Mini Maps and
Jet Setters layered stickers); School papers and stickers, Wedding, Thank
You.
¨
Beanpod by Soy
Basics - we have been burning these GREAT smelling candles at the store and
we have a few for sale... It’s a limited selection, but the prices are
great and the scents are AMAZING! Plus, they burn clean!
Sa,
3/6:
• JUST ARRIVED:
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Creative Options – Their Craftician Bags in the new Vineyard
color scheme.
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