just a little note to say hi. Halloween is here and I can't believe it!! Where is the time going??? It's almost christmas. Speaking of Christmas, those of you hoping for a silhouette for christmas should tell santaabout the site silhouettemachine.com. They are selling the silhouette in an infomercial and you really get a lot of great stuff. I won't even try to compete. This is all because quickutz sold the silhouette and now the new owners are trying to market this in their own special way. Anyways anyone looking for this product... get it now as I heard that some of the bonuses may change.
Good luck.

Well more boxes arrived today!!! We are busy emptying them. As usual Kaisercraft has a great assortment of new papers. We got a few collection packs of websters pages and I have to say that their sticker sheets are great 1 large alpha and 3 small ones all on the same sheet!!! These will fly fast so I am already ordering more. We also received so more new Martha Stewart punches.

We just announced our annual Halloween Crop. Friday October 30th from 6:30pm - 11:30pm. Potluck, so everyone brings a little something, $5 and wear a costume to get 10% off all night.

WE have a big weekend this weekend. Kelley Grace is in town and will be offering to great card making classes. There is still a little room since she informed me she brought a few extra kits. We still hav a few spots in this weeks christmas card classes. Also on Sunday JJ will be teaching an acrylic album class and due to popular demand we are opening up another class or 2. She will also be offering a mixed media class album class as well.

If you've been by the store then you may have seen the 5 adorable "kids " cards that we are displaying behind the ash. These will be taught in an adults card class on how to make cute jids cards. As wll, we have the samples of next months 3 page layout class. So as you can see there is a lot happening at the store so stop on by and have a look for yourself.

so, the Greeting Farm stamps have arrived!!! They are very cute. They look like they will be a lot of fun to color. New sizzix pop-up dies have arrived as well. These make some real great cards. Today we received some October Afternoon. The farm animals paper is absoloutely adorable. Companies are releasing new lines again. We got the new Kaisercraft, the new Bo-Bunny is shipping soon. American Crafts has also released a new line. WE should be preview that any day now.
we are sending out the announcement for our annual Halloween Crop by tomorrow. This usually fills up fast. Don't forget our liquidation items are still 50% off.

Guess what just arrived today!!! OK I'll tell you.......Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry line and it is very yummy. Cupcakes,strawberries and chocolate oh my. Come see for yourself how delicious this line is!!

So the coloring with Copic classes are full and have wait lists. The Copic Certification has also been confirmed to be full. Montreal is going Copic Crazy. We are planning to be well stocked on copics for these classes. It should be a fun (and tiring) weekend.
Have you had a chance to look at how full our class schedule is for this month. We have so many wonderful classes that you may as well just bring a sleeping bag and camp out with us for the month. Our christmas card classes have been filling up very quickly. Then we have a great mail organizer and noteblock holder class in the project field. We have a stamp class all about background stamps, a 3 page layout class using The Crafters' Workshop templates. We have a guest designer coming to teach 2 stamping classes,embossing boot camp and creative coloring, and then we have a gorgeous acrylic album done in very earthy, natural tones. with all of this we also have an all day crop, friday night crops and I will soon be opening our annual Halloween crop. Phew!!! what a month!!
By the way we are expecting crate paper at the end of the week. We have the collection packs, rub ons, stickers, chipboard. Limited quantities so get yours early. New Bell Stamps arrived today. I have to say that the journaling stamps are some of my favorites.
Wow I am tired already and it's only the beginning of the month. I need a vacation!
See you all soon!

So today was the day we opened up registration for the Copic Coloring Class. Wow we got quite a response. We still have some room, but spots are going fast.
Our October calendar is full of great classes. We have our usual card classes and 3 page layout class but we have so much more, like our mail organizer class, our note block class, recipe book class, stamping classes ( with special guest teacher Kelley Grace) and our newest teacher to join us is JJ and she will be offering a very beautiful acrylic album class. Our month is full of classes!!!
If you'd like to find out more about our guest teacher please feel free to visit her website at http://www.kelleygracedesigns.com/. She will be offering 2 classes on Saturday October 24th. One will be Embossing Boot Camp and the other will be The Joy of Confident Colouring. This class will be using coloured pencils and chalks.
We have had a chance to catch up on some of the new stock and we have Bella Blvd out on the shelves as of 5:30pm today. We got some beautiful Stampendous velvet scroll stickers and diamond dots are back in stock.
Scrapbook and Cards today has arrived and we've been handing them out. I love this magazine, it's full of ideas and it;s free with a purchase of $25 before taxes.
Well I hope to see everyone soon.
'night