Saturday thoughts. . .

We had a great time at the FREE crop last night. There were 7 of us, but we had tons of great conversation, good scrapbook ideas, and good food! They all had Mexican - I had chicken fingers. This sinus rot I have has temporarily ruined my taste buds!
On Tuesday of next week, Fiskars will ship our latest order. It will be for about 8 different border punches (6 of each). We are getting the new ones and also several other fairly new ones that we didn't get in the summer of 08.
We don't know for sure when our other orders will come, but I will be sure to let you know when they get here.
On March 5, our second shipment of the BOGO Free alphabets from QK will be here. Yeah!!! We already sold out of the first batch.
On Saturday, March 28, 2009, Beth Thomas of Amuse Stamp Co. will be in our store to teach a class. For $20.00, you will make 4 cute cards, and (more importantly) learn quite a bit about stamping. This will include some instruction with Copic markers and blending pens. Call to sign as soon as you can.
Also in March - Look for us at the Northeast Alabama Home and Garden Show. Come by our booth to say "Hi" and register for a gift certificate to be given away. More on this later.

BIG Quickutz Sale...

Our order from Quickutz will be here on Wednesday. We ordered 23 4 x 8 alphabets (7 different fonts) and will offer them "buy one at regular price (39.99), get one free!" That means you will pay 20.00 each for 2 complete alphabets. These are the ones on one die. We ordered Banana Split, Chemistry, Chocolate, Dragonfly, Jacqueline, Moonlight, and Rollerskate. We also will have 5 sets of University for 64.99, and two Blossom Classics for 49.99. Check them out online at www.quickutz.com and call to reserve yours! They'll go fast at these prices.
Are you a Stampin' Up fan and can't find a place to order it locally? I am now a consultant, so just let me know what you need.
Notions came today, and so did Heart of Texas Studio. The new word books are here! We got Porcelain and Marrakesh from Basic Grey.

Working for a living. . .

Enjoyed my day at the store. Ordered "A Year in Review"mini album kit from Basic Grey, plus some individual papers from the Bittersweet line (Got yours, Teresa)!
Heart of Texas wordbooks will be here Monday (according to an e-mail from them today), Notions order will be here Monday, and Quickutz will be here Wednesday. I tried several times today to call QK, but I never got to speak to a person! I wanted to find out what is and is not coming in the order. They have a great sale on the 4 x 8 alphabets that we will pass along to you. We ordered 7 different ones - a total of 23 alphabets! Watch this blog for details on the sale. If I talk to them Monday, I will post details and ask you to call to reserve yours! It's a good deal, I promise!
The order from Notions should have packs of the new Basic Grey paper- Porcelain and another of the new ones (I have forgotten the name), plus matching buttons.
Things should start getting busy with new stuff coming in weekly! I'll let you know. Have a great weekend!

Hump day. . .

Another week almost over! So much to do! I ordered yesterday from Heart of Texas Studio. They do the word book (similar to Bo Bunny). I ordered PaPa, Hornets, Baby Shower, Daddy, Sisters, Son, Daughter, re-ordered Auburn, Bama,Football, Mother, Tigers, Eagles, Rams, Recipe, Prom, Cruise- I think that's all. Their things usually come fairly soon. I'll let you know when they do!
Thanks to the ladies from the retreat at Maranatha last weekend! We appreciate you visiting us! I also found a retreat at www.grandoakretreat.com Check this place out! The owner called me yesterday and is super nice. We will gladly open after hours (or help you during our regular hours) to accommodate your schedule!
We have a huge order coming the end of this week or the beginning of next from Notions! Lots of neat things! We will order soon from Bazzill and Pink Paislee.

Storewide sale this week . . .

Visit us on Friday or Saturday of this week (2/13-2/14), and enjoy a sweetheart of a deal! In honor of Valentine's Day, we will have everything discounted 25% (exclusions: Morgan & Co. monogrammed items and current class kits). If your pre-tax total is $60.00 or more, your discount will be 35%!!! The more you spend, the more you save! Help us make room for the new items we have ordered from the Winter Tradeshow!
Don't forget this Friday is the FREE Crop night! Call to reserve your place!

Week's almost gone...

Just a quick post before this entire week gets away from me. Thanks so much to the 10 or so "Mentone Retreaters" who shopped with us today. Thanks, we needed it. You all made my day!
Looking forward to the rest of you tomorrow.
I forgot to bring my list home with me, but I remember that we did order from Bo Bunny, Melissa Frances, Creative Imaginations, Graphics 45, SEI, and Karen Foster on Thursday. We're not finished yet, by any means. Lots more companies to go!
The cards and recipes are ready for this month. Come pick yours up! Also the Grade book is complete and some of the Christmas Books. We are waiting for paper packs for some of them.

Christmas book. . .

We now have a price for the Christmas book - $35.00. We have 9 folks signed up and will do 11 or 12. Let us know if you are interested. I knew they would go fast. It's gorgeous!
Thanks to all of you for a great week at the store. Our customers are the best ever!
Special "hello" to those of you attending the Notorious Scrapaholics Retreat in Mentone, AL, this weekend! We look forward to your visits Saturday morning & evening. Hope you will enjoy our scrapping haven.
Enjoyed the crop on Friday night. We had a nice group as usual.
One of our sales reps is coming Thursday morning, complete with samples. We can't wait to begin ordering new products to fill our store. Look for info next week on a big sale to help make room for the new things.
Hope your week is filled with great things!