It's a beautiful day..........

Hey Bloggerettes,

It's time to catch you up on what's new at the store.

-Making Memories Christmas Collection "Noel" (tons of unique ephemera)
-Crate Paper collections called "School Spirit" (old school theme), "Snow Day" (collection packs only) and "Restoration" (not everything arrived, some papers still pending - very ecclectic papers)
-Copic Marker 8 1/2 x 11 white paper
-blank 12x12 wall calendars
-brushed metallic dual color specialty paper
-leatherite specialty paper (red, brown, pink)
-May Arts ribbon
-"Embellie Gellie"
-the 3 latest collections of Basic Grey: "Pyrus", "Jovial" and "Wander"

The October Class schedule has been posted on the website.

Announcement:

The Scrap Yard is holding an off-site event at the Nakoda Lodge (not to be confused with the Stoney Nakoda Lodge)on the last weekend of October.
Details:
Oct 29-31
Check in @ 3:00 pm Friday
Check out @ 11:00 am Sunday (possibly some scrapbooking time before you have to head home)
Rate based on Double occupancy (2 queen beds)
Single rooms upon request at an added cost
Continental breakfast Sat & Sun
Lunch Saturday
Supper Saturday
Beverages non-stop (coffee, tea etc)
Late night snack (hot and cold)
BYOB
Huge scrapbook area - you can have your own table if you want
Make-and-takes
Prizes/give-aways (good ones)
Guest Instructor
$300/person

Have a great weekend.

Tales from my recent adventure in Nevada to follow!!!!

CIAO
Lori

Monday Report.......

Hey Bloggerettes,

Just in...........

-the 3 new lines of Basic Grey

Jovial (Christmas) very nice palette - color combos never seen before

Pyrus (Autumn) if you like fall colors then this line is for you (except for the slaughter deer paper)

Wander (Travel) original and cute

On the weekend some Prima flowers arrived. Not many left -Geez they go fast!

A friend and I went on a little road trip today to check out a venue 100.6 kilometers from the store. If the price is right, you can start packing your stuff. It's quite amazing. (Sorry about the spilled coffee - I feel terrible!)

Gotta go - it's quite late.

CIAO
Lori

What and when...........

Hey Bloggerettes,

Just like you, I am wondering when certain products are going to be shipping. I have some info to share.

Ranger products due in September
Perfect Pearl Mists
Craft Scrubbie
Liquid Pearls

Spellbinders products due in October
Grand Caliber
Presto Punch
Templates for Presto

Tim Holtz products due in September
Rubber Stamps
Distress Stickles
Charm Clips
Baubles
Grungebook
Accoutrements#2
Seasonal Mask
Tissue Tape

Late September
Sizzix Dies (Branch Tree, Raven/Scaredy cat, Tattered Leaves, Rickety House, Bewitching Hour, Paper Rosette, Chip Block Alpha, Upon a Time, On the Fence)
Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders (Halloween Words/Cobwebs, Cattails/Pumpkin Patch, Branch Tree/Tall Pines, Halloween Night/Poison)

Tim Holtz products due in October
Seasonal Paper Stack
Trimmings
Facets
Configurations
Salvage Stickers
All other Sizzix Dies

Mid October
All other Texture Fades

Tim Holtz products due in November
Vagabond

Girls' Paperie products
Toil & Trouble (Mid-September)
Tinsel & Twig (October)

CIAO
Lori

Timmy, tim, tim......

Hey Bloggerettes,

ARRIVALS:

Tim Holtz Stamp sets

Graphic 45 - "Steampunk Debutante" collection (pretty darn cool)

Bo Bunny - Halloween collection "Whoo-ligans"

Scotch (not the libation) - Advanced Tape Glider (the new pink one)


That's only box 2 of 3 that arrived today. Don't ya love UPS!

It's sooooo good to get back to the Shabby Chic layout classes. "Miss Lynn" is so inspirational.

In My Humble Opinion:
The count-down is on - I can hardly wait to go to Vegas with my buds! The annual Teresa Collins event is going to be "uber-fab" - the sponsorship has grown 100 fold and the new venue is quite an upgrade. I found out last night that some customers will also be there. YEAH! We won't be able to fit the "schwag" in our luggage this year! Also, I'll be able to send updates through my new birthday iPhone (thanks Mom & Daddy). I love, love, love it. I won't have to haul my laptop anymore. Apparently I bring everything but the kitchen sink - tell me - are 8 pairs of black sandals too many for 7 days?????? (those are just the black ones - there are other colors involved in the wardrobe!) Purses are another story - and the jewelry!!!

CIAO
Lori

TGIF - and my birthday!

Hey Bloggerettes,

It's great to be another year older - the alternative isn't that great!

The store is now operating on regular hours of business:

Mon-Fri 10-9pm
Sat 10-5pm
Sun 12-5pm

Monday,Sept 6 LABOR DAY HOURS: 12-5
(Shabby Chic II Classes start at 6PM on Monday)

Lots of classes are being scheduled. Check the "Stuff We Teach" on the website.

The Basic Grey Calendars are here.
7 Gypsies Shadowbox Tray (12x16) arrived today. Another cool item is their Library Drawer. Susan has already claimed them to do an Advent Calendar Class - stay tuned.
All the Stickles colors are back in stock.


In My Humble Opinion:
Growing old gracefully has its' challenges - I was waiting on a young couple the other day and I'm sure they will have nightmares about me - We were all at the Art Bar and I was showing them something when a rather large heat wave washed over me - beaded sweat on upper lip and brow, bright crimson face, left a sweaty palm print on the Art Bar surface (I had to get a paper towel to mop it up - YUCK!), almost slipped out of my sandals with the sweaty feet. Try to handle all of this and not miss a beat!!! It's quite a feat - I think I'll make up imaginary diseases to explain it like "Shesweatsalotosis" or "Aquabodicockis".

CIAO
Lori

Mid-day Report

Hey Bloggerettes,

I want to touch base with you and fill you in on what's en route/pre-ordered.

Basic Grey Annual Calendar (en route)
7 Gypsies Letterblock Trays (en route)

Pink Paislee (pre-ordered)
Tim Holtz stamps (pre-ordered)
Tim Holtz Sizzix and Ideaology (pre-ordered)
Christmas and Halloween (pre-ordered)

If you would like anything put on hold for you when it arrives, please call the store.

We had a strange day in the store on Tuesday. It was "Manday". More men were in the store than women at one point. One guy wanted to know if we had coin rollers, another guy was looking for spare parts, another guy was picking up his wifes' order (she called from England and did a "store walk-about shop" with Susan) - always a fun day at the "Yard".

In My Humble Opinion:

Okay, I got something terrible in the mail today - the Victoria Secret catalogue. I got the one for tall, skinny, young women with 30" inseam - crap, I'm a 28" inseam!!!!

Another terrible thing - I accidently cleaned Milo's (my dog, not my child) ears with Shiseido Eye-Make-Up Remover instead of his Opti-ear cleanser. Damn those clear bottles! Am I a bad mother or what?????

Hugs to Diane.

CIAO
Lori

Crazy day!

Hey Bloggerettes,

I should be fast asleep after the crazy day I had at the store today. I was the lone employee as well as the designer, prepper and teacher for 300 cards made by 10 women today. Thanks to my pal Maureen who got me through it all today. Thanks to Amy and Diane who helped me immensely Friday night. (I was home by 10:30 p.m. instead of 2:00 a.m. as I thought I would be.) Every year I say that I'll NEVER do it again and somehow the following July or August I have forgotten how painful it is and do it again - kinda like childbirth!

Diane, I hope you are doing okay!

I met all of Valery's family on Friday night. Love "the boy" - he's a character. He should work at the store I think. We could be a tag-team.

Gotta go to bed now - very tired! Looking forward to my day off tomorrow.

CIAO
Lori

It's a Good Day!

Hey Bloggerettes,

Thought I'd better check in with the peeps. No new product in yet so I thought I would just amuse you with some of my "Humble Opinions":

Our lovely UPS guy dumped off some boxes last week and then proceeded to bang on the back door. The rain was pouring down when I opened the door. I bent over and wrestled with the heavy box of paper and tried to get it inside. Low and behold, I slipped with my wet shoes on the concrete floor and crashed to the floor. OMG, there were witnesses - I jumped up and pretend nothing happened. Sadly I had hurt myself when I crashed into the bookshelf but saved the box from harm - DUH!!! All women can identify with this injury - stabbing your fingernail back into your cuticle! I hurt my shoulder, cut my arm, wrenched my neck, jammed my finger, twisted my ankle and bruised my hip BUT NO TEARS WERE SHED.

Prior to the "big fall" I was bothered by tingling in my left hand all the way up my arm. My self-diagnosis thought stroke, MS, diabetes and heart attack. I did the right thing and sought a professional opinion. Turns out I have carpal tunnel in my left wrist - funny thing is, I'm right-handed. Guess what caused it? Too many bracelets!!!!! How can that be??? They are part of my persona!!!! Now I have a lovely big, strappy wrist brace that doesn't look good with bracelets. I am ashamed, so I only wear it at night. I'm down to 2 bracelets and a watch now during the daytime. You won't recognize me.

CIAO
Lori

New Product - YEAH!

Hey Bloggerettes,

The newest "7 Gypsies" product is here.

Paddington paper collection (stamps, chip letters, tags, mini paper pads)
Conservatory paper collection (chip letters, tags, mini paper pads)
Rubbings (Nomenclature, Curiosities, Victoriana, Natural History, Time)
Binding Rings
Hardware(Time Flies, Gears/Gems, Gypsy, Nature, Aviation, Industrial/Gears, Fortune)
ATC Reciept Holder

CIAO
Lori

Seize the day.........

Hey Bloggerettes,

We had quite a few out-of-towners visit the store this past week. It's funny, when you talk to people, you find out what a small world it really is. One lady was from Longlac, Ontario. It's a small northern Ontario town just a few miles down the road from where my parents lived at one time. I love that kind of thing.

We had a few small shipments come in.

• Cornish Heritage Farms stamps (they are closing their business so there won't be any more available - I thought it prudent to get some of the Thomas Kincaid scenery stamps for making Christmas cards with the Glitter Ritz)



• Cricut matts



• corrugated paper (2 colors)



• Cuttlebug embossing folders (Retro Kitchen and Animal Prints)



• Graphic 45 "Hallowe'en in Wonderland" (much sought after) paper called "Wonderland Classifieds"



• Basic Grey 6x6 paper pads from the collection called "Basics" in manilla and kraft colors

A wee, tiny baby visited the store on Friday evening. Lynn's newest granddaughter, Ella, started scrapbooking at 8 days old. She is very sweet and cuddly. Lynn and Sharla were both beaming with pride. Lynn would like to continue with the 6x12 "Shabby Chic" classes the first full week of September. She won't do classes the week of Sept 20 and 27. The plan is to do 2 layouts/night on the following 2 weeks to catch up.

7 Gypsies had an invitational webinar for retailers not attending CHA this summer. It was very cool to be a part of this webinar. Some of the order that I placed that night is being shipped already. "Paddington" is one of the new paper collections-click on the photo to have a better look at it.

Linda Cain, a friend that I made at Ranger U, has just been named to Tim Holtz's design team. She made a comment on my last post after I sent her a congratulations on her blog. Check out her website through Tim's blog. Very talented lady!

Thanks to Mr. & Mrs. McCall for the door repairs on Saturday morning.

In My Humble Opinion:
I talked to my Mommie today. She is doing much better and sounded good. Oh ya, if anybody needs an old air conditioner I had a few calls at the store wondering if we paid cash for them - the scrap yard - people think we collect old metal scrap!!!! We get at least one call a day.

CIAO
Lori