Scrap Etc.

Man, there is so much going through my head...if I don't start getting some of it out....I'm gonna forget it!!!

 We are planning a crop for January 23rd and January 24th......Have pictures? Come crop!  Friday you can come in anytime and Amy Steenwyk will be there until Midnight..... Saturday the crop will resume AFTER Katie's class. Cost $15

Saturday, January 24th at 10:00am, Katie is teaching a "Use your Stash" class.  cost $10

You will leave with 3 layouts and 2 cards all using your own stuff! AND you will learn 6 new techniques? Sounds like something we all need to do....USE WHAT WE HAVE! Hang on, am I promoting not making purchases in the store? hehe

Maybe this will entice you....if you just need that one piece of paper....from now on........this might need a drum rolll.....anyone?

All Crop and Class attendees will get 10% off all purchases for that day!

and not just in January.....ALL YEAR!!!!!!

Can I get a woo hoo?

Have you seen how Elizabeth Bailey and Amy Nabors take pictures? Gorgeous, right? They are going to teach classes at the store!!! We are working on the curriculum and hopefully, there will be at least one class each month! We all need to polish those photoHave you seen how Elizabeth Bailey and Amy Nabors take pictures? Gorgeous, rg skills, right? I'll let you know more details, as soon as I do!

So many other things are floating in this head of mine....I think they are making me sea sick....seriously, I feel like I could need to put two feet on the ground and stare straight ahead...or eat some saltines.....NO, I know what you are thinking and there is no way....NOT PG - I promise!! Just something crazy with my head.....haha....quit laughing now....

Back to those ideas...You know how I like to paint? I opened a canvas today and painted some flowers and a vase on it...then took scrapbook paper and made flowers to put on top...I left it at the store to dry. If it's cute...I may teach you how! Anyone interested? Maybe even put your "2009 WORD" on it and it can be a cute reminder all year!! We'll see.  Like I said.....floating ideas!

Ok, I think that is all for now. I have to get in bed early tonight..I'm struggling to get up each morning!!! Peace

The Design Team girls are hosting fun challenges for the next two months.  Come on over to the message board and check it out.  We are making a resolution to help you with your scrapbooking.  Challenges always help us out if we get stuck in a rut.  This time of year, that's easy to do.  We just spent lots of our creative juices on decorations, making fun gifts and surviving the holiday chaos, right?  So - join us as we RESOLVE to start the New Year on a good creative vibe!! 

Each Sunday we'll post a Challenge for you.  You'll have all week to play along and share your creation.  The following Sunday, your hostess will announce their winner and a new challenge will be posted. 

Since the New Year starts today - we've already got a challenge up.  So go check it out!!  You've got until NEXT Sunday to finish this one up - I'm giving you some extra time since it's the first challenge.  Keep your eye on the message boards for more information about each challenge, to check out everyone's submission and have FUN!!

See ya there,

lisa 

Good Morning! I hope you are all ready for Christmas! It's here!!! We started celebrating last night with Connor's family. We were at his grandparents house with his 11 cousins thier spouses and their 13 kids! Can you say house fullll!!!

We also found out there will be 2 more kids next year! Can you do the math? This will give Momba and Papa 15 GREAT grandkids......can you believe that? AND there are at least 4 cousins who aren't quite old enough to have kids! So, there is no telling how many there will be in the coming years! I took a picture of the table of greats eating yesterday.....they were so cute in their Christmas attire! The ages range from 11yrs -5 weeks old! Such a beautiful thing. I just love his big family!

Oh...did you want to know who the winners are? Sorry, I got sidetracked! haha

Michelle McRae

Lori Locke

Honey Lee Walker

Patricia Moore

Jamie Harper

Jessica Smith

Mona Robbins

Lizzie Thorn

Linh Chin-Lai

Laura Keogh

Elaine Noble

Rebecca Holmes

Congrats to the winners. We had sooo much fun with this. Lots of fun sales and fun prizes for the winners. I'm thinking we will try and do this again. Maybe even before next Christmas! Whatcha think?

Holiday hours 

Christmas Eve 10:00am - 3:00pm

Christmas Day - closed

December 26th - Closed

December 17th - Back to regular schedule!

10:00am - 6:00pm

New Year's Eve - 10:00am - 3:00pm

New Year's Day - Closed

January 2nd - Back to regular schedule!

10:00am - 6:00pm

Come do that adorable gift card holder today. I love it! I want several to keep for future gifts. Happy Hour is at 12:00, but you can come by and make it anytime today!

I know if you are like me - you still have a few things to check off the list.  Either presents you have to wrap, gift cards you forgot to purchase, presents to wrap, things to bake, and oh - presents to wrap.  Well, I usually forget a few people each year - like I'm not sure I'll see them to swap a gift, or maybe I forgot what they wanted and haven't made it back to the mall to get that perfect gift.  Well, my last minute go to gift is usually a gift card.  It's easy, let's face it - we all love to get gift cards, but don't always like to give them.  So, we can make it a little prettier by sliding that little gift card into this super cute gift card holder.  It's been featured on the Creative Cafe blog previously but I decided to make it more Christmasy and use it this time of year.  It's also a great little gift card holder for any other time of year - just change the colors a bit (think about pink and blue - how cute) and you've got a great gift card holder for any time.  You can make these up in just a few minutes and have them on hand for any gift card - any time!!