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Little Yellow Bicycle's Valentine line "Sweet Love" came into the store today. The papers in this line are all glittery and double sided.

Also, the full line of Basic Grey's "Sugar Rush" line came in.



In addition to these lines, we have Making Memories "Love Struck", Bo Bunny "Persuasion", Bo Bunny "Love Bandit", My Mind's Eye "Be-Loved", My Mind's Eye "Love Me Do", Nikki Sivils "U R My Favorite", American Crafts "I Heart You" and other lines. Of course, there are books and other projects perfect for these papers like Heart of Texas Cherub books, Maya Road hearts and others. To top these off, there are ribbons, Maya Road trinket pins and all sorts of glitter in the store.

We have placed the lines near the front of the store to make it easy for you to locate.

Later.

Tim's New Alterations

Alterations is the new line of dies created by Tim Holtz. There are several of these dies. The Vintage Marketplace dies pictured above are made to cut thin materials like paper. Other sets like these Movers and Shapers will cut grungeboard.
More of the dies can be seen on his blog here.



Of course, any of these may also be pre-ordered through us. More to come... Later

Tim's New Inks

NEW FOR 2010!! PRE-ORDER your Tim Holtz's new colors of ink pads and re-inkers now! Be among the first to own these amazing new colors!

The new colors are:

RUSTY HINGE rust
WILD HONEY orange
BARN DOOR red
VICTORIA VELVET red
SPUN SUGAR pink
FOREST MOSS green
BUNDLED SAGE green
CRUSHED OLIVE green
CHIPPED SAPPHIRE blue
STORMY SKY blue
TUMBLED GLASS blue
PRUMICE STONE gray


These new ink pads and re-inkers will be ready or ship to you as fast as we possibly can get them into our store. We are anticipating an EARLY February 2010 Ship date! Pre-order all 12 colors and receive 10% off. For online customers you can order HERE or call the store to order.

Oh So Yummy

This is a paper from the newest Graphic 45 release. The Le Romantique line is full of romantic images, soft roses and wonderful patterns. The full line is in the store. All of it can be viewed here.

Also newly arrived in the store from it's release just last week is the Proper Gentleman line. Very stately, wonderful for many projects including father's day and heritage pages.



The full line can be seen here and of course in the store!

And the third line is one called On the Boardwalk. In perfect time to get your summer projects started early. (full line is here)



Great vintage pics of bathing beauties and wonderful background papers. Do you agree? Are all three "oh so yummy"?

We get way more in each week than we can post here, so ask when you get to the store, if you want to know what is new. We will try to show it all to you.

Whew!

Inventory is done for another year. Counting each sheet of paper, each embellishment, each pen, each flower, each...well, you get the idea. Good thing we had the big sales at the end of the year. Our fingers would have worn out for sure.

I know you are anxiously waiting to see how many man hours it took to complete this task. We had about 10 people each day helping us. Some worked a couple hours, some worked over 20 hours. As it turned out, the total amount of hours were 145. Amazing huh?

Looks like Shawna W was the closest to this number. Your packet of goodies is waiting at the store for you. Remind us when you come in to give it to you!

Thanks to all of you who came out of lurkdom and guessed.

PS: Making Memories, Nikki Sivils and Pink Paislee Valentine lines are in the store. Hoping for more deliveries tomorrow!

Design Challenges

As we start this new year, I'm curious. What sort of things challenge you? Color matching, titles, perfect embellishments....etc.

Maybe challenge is too strong of a word, but I think you know what I mean. What part of the page or project do you focus on, and fixate on until it is "right"?

Anxiously awaiting your responses. Later!

Soldering Class

It is with extreme sadness that we give you this news. Our friend and teacher, Tina Wright passed away early this morning. As you know, she was diagnosed with colon cancer in the fall. She had made great progress and the prognosis was very positive. She felt like she was going to be able to do classes again and we had scheduled a soldering class with her for January. Then, this week she had some complications which could not be reversed.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family as they deal with this loss. Our lives have been changed by her and we will not be the same without her. I know that many of you have also been encouraged through the classes with her.

If you were signed up for her latest class, we will call you this week to let you know more information once we can get it figured out. Thank you for your patience in this tough time.

12 Tags Continued....

well, it has been more than a few days, but here they are...



Instead of using the crying child, this picture is of Carolyn's son as a child. Since she did not have access to the metal numbers, she used chipboard, metal tape and the cuttlebug to make the numbers. Worked fine!

Here are the roses made for the last tag. Did you do them too? We used a diecut approximately the same in size as the one he used on the flower. We made our flowers green and red vs. the aqua-blue color he used. Tricky to make, but pretty overall.



11 of the 12 are on display at the store. We'd love to know if you did any of them and to see them if you did. Enjoy!

A Guessing Game

So, this seems like a good time to play another guessing game. We will be closed on Sunday the 3rd and Monday the 4th, opening back up Tuesday for regular hours. Inventory will be going on Sunday and Monday.

So, the question is: How many man hours will it take to complete the inventory count? (if three people work four hours each, that would be 12 man-hours)

Anyone can play, there is no way to know ahead of time how many people there will be or how many hours it will take, so any guess is a good guess :) You already know it will be during two days, so........

I will find a special prize for the winner!( Thanks for playing.

(winner to be announced Wed morning)

Edited to add: The winner will receive a nice little packet of product perfect for this time of year. It includes paper, ribbon, stickers and key chain-- approximately $20 worth of product. It is on display at the store, but I couldn't get a picture of it for the blog.

Starting tomorrow...

We all hope you had a wonderful Christmas day!

Starting tomorrow, December 26th thru January 2nd, the entire store will be 40% off, that also includes already marked down items, yes that’s right 40% off and then 50% off. We will be closed January 3rd and 4th for inventory. On January 5th we will open with all the new Valentine lines, new classes, wonderful creative new ideas and love in the air.

Call and sign up for our New Years No Frills-No Frills Crop January 2nd 10am-midnight $15. This is 14 hr. crop time only, no supper or other special activities. We have received several calls about people wanting a crop this weekend, so sign up quick!

Merry Christmas!

Most of you received the daily emails on the 12 days of Christmas sale. Some never received the emails but wanted us to post the Santa story.......

Day1…..

On the first day of Christmas
Santa thought he'd make a book,
so he sent out his elves
to have them take a look

They came back all excited from our crafty little store
All the albums in the store are 40% off
no need to look for more...

Day2……

On the second day of Christmas
Old Santa started scrapping
"I need some special papers"
and not the kind for wrapping"....

The elves headed back to Carolyn's store
and as luck would have it,the paper now was 40 - off...
a bit of Christmas magic?

Day 3…..

When scrapbook fever hits, it can be lots of fun.
Santa couldn't think of toys until his book was done.

With pages looking empty, Santa was getting sicker
"If only I could find a place with lots and lots of stickers."
"We know just the place, boss. The walls are lined with packs.
Just grab that empty toy bag and put it out our backs"

Day 4…..

"What now, what now" said Old Saint Nick. "I want to do some more"
"Go to Crafty Scrapper, be the first one in the door"
"Pick up some inks and pens and paint.
The fourth day of Christmas will be so great!"

Day 5….

The elves woke up early and completed all their chores.
They knew that all they'd need that day, would be at their favorite store.

They would wait outside the wooden doors until they were unlocked.
but, coming on to College street, they had quite a shock.

Parked outside of 308, they saw the sleigh they knew.
It was loaded up with packs of glass, memory frames and capsules too.

Day 6….

On the sixth day of Christmas, the elves squealed with delight
"Chipboard is on sale today" They yelled with all their might.
With many things to choose from, they stopped to make a call.
"I just got off the phone with Santa, he said to buy them all"

Day 7….

Mrs Claus asked Santa "What else does Carolyn sell?
Does she have the Ten Seconds metals that cover things so well?"
"She does" Said Mr Claus. "It's made by Cheryl D. and Megan"
"Better hurry!... and take the station wagon"

Day 8……

On the 8th day of Christmas, Santa was a wreck.
"What to do, what to do, Oh..I've forgotten glue!"
Of course, the elves were sent to town to pick up what he'd need.
They went as fast as elves could go, but they didn't want to speed.

Day 9……..

The elves were oh so tired. "We've been busy day and night,
While Santa plays with all the things we pick up at the shop."
We'll make lots of cards and tags- That will be our play
We'll use all the stamps we bought at the big sale today

Day 10….

Even Santa has a list of things he wants each year.
The elves went to town again along with eight reindeer.
Ruler, scissors, sanding block, and a fancy paper folder
were all on Santa's wish list.... a special, special order

Day 11……

Metal corners, frames and keys were perfect for the cover.
He needed other goodies too. This book was like no other.
Some eyelets and some brads would be perfect on his pages.

Day 12…..

Santa had to make another trip to finish up his gift.
Some flowers, leaves and sparkly bling would give it such a lift.
He'd worked so hard, just one more day to make it oh so right
He'd have to finish up before tomorrow night

Christmas day, he couldn't wait
It was a such a special date.
He had made this gift in just 12 days, he kept up quite a pace.
In his mind he saw the look upon her face.

She opened up the gift from him and memories flooded in.
She looked up into Santa's face and saw his great big grin!
The book he made gave her pause...
This scrapbook made for Mrs Claus.


Remember this at Christmas time and at year's end
The best gifts in this world are our family and friends.

Merry Christmas from the Crafty girls,
Carolyn, Sherri, Marylou, Annette and Keri

12 Tags of T!m - In Review

We thought we would share some of our tags and other information regarding the 12 tags of Christmas done by Tim Holtz this year. We found that we didn't have all the supplies and imagine that is how it was for most people.

Day 1:
We thought we'd try doing similar techniques on a non-tag surface.



FUN!

Day 3:
Making plaids was a lot of FUN too. We made both cards he showed on his blog. We also did blue and other color backgrounds.



Day 4:
We didn't have the German scrap, so took glittered cardstock and a border punch to make an edge for the tags.



Day 5:
Slight adjustments on this tag included the Snow Marker on the tree and stamping on a scrabble tile. One of our favorite tags. Carolyn is going to put it on the front of her December daily book.


Day 7:
Carolyn was home with sick child, and no keys at home, so she adapted and used the letter "R" with her family name hanging from it. Very cute huh?

Well, I don't want to get too far ahead of you....I will post more in a day or so. In the meantime, all of them are on display at the store.

12 Tags - Done

Finished the 12 tags, working on the December daily and other projects. We thought you might enjoy seeing the tags we did and maybe some of the adjustments if we didn't have all of the items Tim used. Check them out HERE.




It is still busy in downtown Waxahachie. If you didn't get to the home tour, you need to be sure to come this summer and/or next Christmas season. The skating rink, Bethlehem Revisited and other activities are still going on.

And...perhaps you have received the emails about Santa making a scrapbook this year. If not, sign up on the website. If so, stay tuned and keep your fingers crossed that he figures it all out. (smile)

Reminders

Sunday (the 13th) the store is open 1 to 5 pm. Also, all of the postbound albums, d-ring albums, refill pages and extenders are on sale. 40% OFF. I know many of you are planning your day around that right now! The album sale is Sunday only.

Also, there are still many items on the 50% off table....actually, we should say that more keeps being added to this area each day.


This is a great time of year to pick up those albums too--time to get them all ready for photos and pages from your year.


PS: If you didn't get an email announcing the sale, please go to the website and sign up for our newsletter.

Thanks.

We Have A Winner....& oops

Here is the post I did at 9 this morning.....unfortunately, I put it on the wrong blog (blush).

SOO.....sorry it is late on this blog:

"The Clock on the wall says about 9am and the list on the computer says 174.....ALISA guessed 175. VERY close. Wonder if she came in and counted around the store!

Congratulations Alisa. The packet of Little Yellow Bicycle goodies is ready for you at the store.

Stay tuned for another contest....Hint: it will involve "followers" of the blog."

Sherri