MIA

Did you think I had gone MIA? I think I've been missing under the mounds have stuff that keeps piling up on my desk. It's the 24th and I haven't even started the May/June newsletter yet...YIKES! We've been pretty crazy busy around here with a little of this and a little of that. Karen Lockhart of Lockhart Stamps was here over the weekend. She taught 2 fabulous classes, we had 30 people attend and they reported back to me that the classes were incredible. Thanks Karen! I attended the Eagle Point crop on Saturday and did a fun little mini book make 'n' take using the new Zutter Dream Cutter and Bind It All. If you haven't seen these tools yet, you really should stop by and ask for a demo. Sunday we got some new shelving units delivered to organize our albums and page refills in. Robyn, bless her heart came in and helped me get it all set-up. Look I took a picture just to show you how nice it looks. We also have some great classes coming up. Tomorrow Tiffany is teaching this great book dedicated to mom and all the reason you appreciate her. Give us a call to sign-up, your mom will be so touched by this heartfelt gift. Another gift idea for mom is this home decor item "XO" for mom. They are large foam core letters that have been embellished with papers, sentiments, ribbons and more. I'll be teaching that class next Monday night.

We're still receiving new products from the CHA Winter show. We got a nice assortment of products from Creative Imaginations today, we got more Girl Scout papers and embellishments, American Crafts papers and ribbons, and beautiful fishing papers from Paper Adventures. These are just a few from this week, Gloria and Kristen are at a mini trade show right now and I have no doubt that they are finding lots more goodies we just simply can't live without.

Don't forget the Used Stamps Sale starts right at 10 this Saturday. Be here early to get in line for the best selection.

National Scrapbook Day is upon us soon. We will be a having a storewide sale, so everyone even you stampers get the chance to SAVE. Friday May 4th and Saturday May 5th save 15% off everything in the store and 75% on all clearance merchandise.

It's Friday night at 6:40 and I'm about ready to leave for a whole week. Yep, I'm taking next week off. Pretty funny, I told Gloria the other day that I was gonna take next week off, she chuckled, and I said "No seriously, I'm taking the week off." Once she got over the initial shock, it was all good (I hope.) So I'm excited to be taking some time off just to catch up around my house. I've got some serious cleaning to do, especially my scrappin' desk. What a disaster! Just wanted to tell you of a few fun things that have arrived in the store recently. We just got the Disney Cricut cartridges in. There are 2 to choose from, the Characters and the Alphabet. Autumn Leaves has some really awesome clear stamps. We got quite a selection in, flourishes, journaling shapes, flowers, sayings, and alphabets. I own a few sets of stamps from Autumn Leaves and I'm very impressed with the nice crisp image you get from them. We are on our second shipment of the Quickutz Revolution cutting tool. It's great because of the ease in which you can cut your shapes and alphabets. You can use the new larger size dies, or you can cut with 4 of the smaller dies at once. Pretty handy! We have several of the new larger fonts, they are really pretty and have great names also (Spicy Chicken, Beauty Queen, Finale Grand etc.) The Quickutz Silhouette just arrived yesterday. This is the new electronic cutter that hooks up directly to your computer. You can cut any true type font that is on your computer. So basically, once you have the machine you have access to tons of fonts. We've just added more to our already large selection of Disney products. We've got new albums, 3D embellishments, papers and titles. I know many of you probably went to Disneyland on Spring break, so what are you waiting for, come on in and get those albums started. I hope everyone has a lovely Easter. Enjoy this beautiful weather while it lasts. I'll post again when I return in 9 days. Doesn't that sound heavenly...9 whole days at home. Stacey

Gardner's Journal Class

This Saturday afternoon, Tiffany is teaching a very cute Gardner's Journal class. She'll be showing you how to use the Zutter machine to make your own book, she's compiled many notes about the growing and planting season is Oregon, and she's created a sample book using a variety of techniques and pretty floral papers. This is a class scrappers, stampers, and paper crafters alike will enjoy.

Weekend Retreat

We returned Sunday from our 2nd Annual Weekend Scrapbook Retreat in Shady Cove. Fifteen fabulous and talented ladies joined us for 48 fun-filled hours of scrapping, laughing, singing, eating, drinking and not much sleeping! Between all of us we completed a grand total of 279 pages and 5 mini books. These were not your average pages either, they were amazingly beautiful. The product of the event...Stickles and more Stickles. Next year we decided there must be a dedicated Stickle drying area. The entertainment of the weekend: the singing and dancing on Saturday night. Yep, those girls that stayed up until the WEE hours thought they had become ROCK STARS. Might I add that I discovered I really, really like Cheryl Crowe's music. Thanks again Ali for bringing your IPod and the awesome Scrapbook Playlist of music. Thank you to everyone that joined us, we really had a great time spending the weekend with you! Stacey and Gloria