Keeping you in the loop......

Hey Bloggerettes,

We received a few new things this week such as:

Tim Holtz Lights/Brights Alcohol Ink Trio Packs
Tim Holtz Idea-ology products such as Mini Paper Clips, Mini Pins, Ornate Plates, Foliage, Corners, Bead Chain, Link Chain
12x12 Grungeboard Sheets
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
Simply Renee Clip-it-up Mini (great for card makers or mini ephemera storage)
Fancy Pants embellishments including pompom ribbons
More metal charms and embellishments for the tall table
Ranger Perfect Medium in pens! Works with Perfect Pearls™ Pigments and more! Perfect Pens work great as a resist ink, embossing ink and watermark, too! Set includes 1 bullet and 1 brush tip. Great for scrapbooking and paper crafting!
Prima bulk flowers and a re-stock of the most popular crystal and studs

Coming Soon to "The YARD"
We should have the newest Basic Grey "Lime Rickey" and "Wisteria" by the end of next week.
Graphic 45 new line called "TransAtlantique" is on it's way.
Stampers Anonymous newest stamps from Tim Holtz are hopefully in the shipment that is en route.

Personal Items:
Would the Lethbridge customer with long, red hair who bought some of the lime green Creative Cafe felt ribbon to use as frog eyes last weekend please email me. I have a surprise for you.
I hope the "Friday Night Scrappers" are having a blast at the retreat this weekend. Remember all of valuable tips we gave you!
Some people missed the latest emergency board meeting!!!!!

That's a wrap!

Lori

Things you need to know.............

Hey Bloggerettes,

We will be observing the following hours Easter weekend:

Good Friday: 10am - 9pm (our Friday night gals want the workshop)
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Easter Sunday: CLOSED
Easter Monday: 12pm - 5pm

The "7 Gypsy Photo Carousel Class" last Sunday was amazing. I didn't know what to expect in a 7 hour class but all of the participants were experienced scrapbookers' so we just zipped along. Everyone got 19 photo layouts done with time to spare. Thanks to my 2 assistants, Maureen and Diane. Your presence was greatly appreciated by myself and the whole class. Photos of the class are above.

The APRIL class schedule is posted on the website. We are using a new Google calendar so you may have to "refresh" your site. You know how important being "fresh" is (ha, ha, ha),

Robin is back this week. I can hardly wait! Tag - you're it! By the way, Robin has been a scrapbooking maniac lately. She's put up about a dozen layouts in the store.

CAIO
Lori

A picture is worth...........

Not much to say (how unlike me) but photos to share.

Title Challenged Again!!!

Hey Bloggerettes,

Here's the latest from the "Yard"......................

New product on the shelves:

Pink Paislee lines "Fetching" and "Fascinating" are in-store. There are tasteful embellishment stickers, rub-ons, glossy chipboard elements and letters, alpha stickers, and brads of course. I also ordered one paper from another line just because it's a wood-grain print. Very hot this season.

Pewter charms in many shapes (frames that are square, rectangle, round, domed at the back), angel wings, large ornate keys, key holes, sewing machines, telephones, latches, phone dials, scrapbook related pieces, flowers, etc.........

Shabby Chic Studios journaling tags in many sizes and formats. There is even one that is similar to a Monopoly card - my fav!! Can't you picture your own family game on a layout????

Paper Wizard has arrived. They are the vendor that supplies the thick, shiny, embossed Lego paper and embellishments. We also get many high-end die cut embellishments from them. We have the following titles/shapes: Lacrosse, Ringette, New York, Class of 2009, Gotta Love the Mouse, Feel the Magic, Universal Studios, Anaheim (castle), Figure Skating, Calgary Stampeders, Calgary Stampede belt buckle, Las Vegas, porthole with ship emerging, Splash Zone, Rodeo and a Limo.

We are still waiting for the new Tim Holtz stamps,inks and new idea-ology. An order has been shipped from the wholesaler - lets hope the goods are inside!! Glitz Girls has been shipped - it should arive this week. Another big order from 7 Gypsies has been shipped. Get out your tambourine!!!

I'll post my pics tomorrow. I went on a photo frenzy in the store.

Robin did a layout of me doing something I shouldn't have been doing while we were in Chicago this summer. She put it up at the store for all to see. All I can say is "GAME ON!!!"

Thanks to everyone who has been concerned about my brother. :) He is recovering at home now. We keep a close eye on him because everyday is a new hurtle. Luv ya bro!

CIAO
Lori

I was on a BH (Blog Hiatus)!

Hey Bloggerettes,

Okay the new stuff in our store includes:

-3 lines from Sassafrass Lass (Anthem, Bungle Jungle & Vintage Yummy). We have the papers, stickers and Paper Whimsies - the hard embellishments don't ship til April-what up with that????
http://www.sassafraslass.com/largeimage.cfm?product=694

-My Little Yellow Bicycle Baby lines called "Baby Safari". You know how cute all of MLYB embellishments are from their previous lines!

-our front counter has several new containers of "scrap metal" (ornate frames, scrapbook notions, shoes, glasses, cameras, cutlery, vintage paraphernalia, birds, dragonflies, corners, tags etc).

-we bagged the vintage product that we received from an on-line antique store and it is displayed in our new "Junque" area. There is a clear sample bag showing the type of goodies that are in the bags. Also, there are new vials of German Glass Glitter available in great colors.

-the Karen Foster 3D Countdown Calendars are back in stock. Can't you visualize one done up for Easter??????

-Mickey/Disney/Vegas/New York product is building up in the travel area from different vendors.

Newsflash: Robin has been scrapbooking at home in the evenings - she did some fabulous layouts and has put them up around the store. Check it out!

The results of how Daylight Savings Time affected the store owners:

Lori set her AUTOMATIC DST alarm clock ahead one hour last night and showed up at the store ONE hour early (never happens) and Robin was unaware that DST even happened and showed up one hour late (never happens). Could the planets be un-aligned or something?????

CIAO
Lori

The best box ever!!!

Robin and I were in ecstasy opening the 3 huge boxes that were delivered from Prima Marketing. They have outdone themselves with beautiful, high-end product. Our store will look like "spring" when we get all of the "flora & fauna" (a phrase I like to use) displayed. Amy actually drooled when she came in - she tried to blame it on the candy in her mouth!!!

These are some of the products you'll see:

-Paper Collections (Flirty Little Secret, Signs of Spring, Mommy & Me, Life in Colors)
-matching glitter transparencies and flocked transparencies
-stitched mulberry paper in beautiful colors 12x12
-"Artful Cardboard" in 12x12 that match some of the lines
-pebbles to match the spring paper lines
-botanical paper (cut out your own flowers and trims)
-floral burlap sheets
-ephemera (galaxy stars, Say It In Pearls, Say It In Studs, tins of artistry flowers, crystal swirl corners, vines, alpha sticker with matching chipboard letters in same package)
-fluttering butterflies (Each butterfly is made of the highest quality soft plastic mixed with wire, glitter, pearl-like embellishments, rhinestones, leaves, and beads. 2 pieces per package. Approximately 1.5” x 2”)

Donna Downey canvas products are being released through Prima at a later date so we will look forward to another great box of product to arrive,

Apparently our motto when placing this order was "GO BIG OR STAY HOME"!!!

We also received prodct from Fancy Pants, Paper House, Scrap Your Trip, and 7 Gypsies.

The 7 Gypsies Class on Sunday was well received. I think everyone loved their journal and appreciated how much work goes into something so fabulous. Thanks for hanging in all day! Next time we'll have a nutrition break and maybe a "side-show"!!! ha, ha, ha.

CAIO
lor!

Oops, I made a folks pass (faux pas)!

Hey Bloggerettes,

When I dug deep into the Basic Grey boxes I found that it was "Porcelain" not "Wisteria" that we received yesterday. My apologies.

"7 Gypsies" newest stuff is in. Maureen went ga-ga over it. It came just in time for my big 7 Gypsies album class on Sunday. Thank goodness I don't have to wear all my gypsy garb for the class like I did in Huntington Beach - it slows me down. These are a few shots of the album we'll be making.

"Jenni Bowlin" product is here. The line is called "Farmers Wife". Pretty darn cute. She came out with some new embellishments too. Very vintage like.

Random thought: Did you know that the barrels of the Copic, Sketch and Wide markers are flat/square so they won't roll off the table/desk. Cool eh!

Ciao
Lor!

Whoo hoooo!!

Hey Bloggerettes,

The 2 newest releases from Basic Grey,"Wisteria" and "Marrakech", arrived today - there are a ton of boxes so I hope we can get it all into our INVENTORY (sorry, was that my outside voice) and out on the shelves in the next few days - it's always fun to snoop at the new stuff stacked up in the back should you happen to be in and want a sneak peak.

The website for Basic Grey is:
www.basicgrey.com
They have an amazing gallery to look at and "scraplift" from.

Ciao
Lor!

Canada Post Delivered Today - Go Figure!!!

Hey Bloggerettes,

Canada Post delivered 2 of the newest lines of Bisous (bZOO) today. We now have "Rad" and "Hot". The little yellow Volkswagon chip shapes and design on some of the papers captured our hearts.

We are open holiday/Sunday hours tomorrow: 12-5pm

Happy Family Day Weekend :)

lor!