What's been going on this week??? OH SO MUCH!!!

WE WON!

First of all, yesterday, on my birthday, I found out that WE WON the A-List competition! YAY!!! Happy Birthday to me!!! Thanks so much to everyone who voted for us! We promise to live up to the honor!

We also wanted to give a big shout out to our friends at Stamping Details for their 2nd place win!!!

Poway is your crafting Mecca!!! You don't need to go anywhere but Poway for the best Scrapbook Store, the best Stamp Store and soon, a brand new and modern Michael's will be directly across the street from us! You will have all three of us within a ½ mile of each other!!

Poway also has: Paradise Sewing right on Poway Road for your sewing needs, Bits & Pieces Quilt Shop on Danielson for your quilting needs, Jo-Ann's Fabrics, and also on Poway Road is Poway Vacuum & Sewing for service and sale of sewing machines and supplies. If you are into crafts, Poway has it all!!



WHAT'S NEW??




We received some great gifty things.

These are BRAND NEW and not even on the manufacturer's website yet!

Great notepads for the teacher in your life!!

Only $3.99 each and they come with the pencil are magnetic to go on the fridge.

Also, Wellspring expanded their SUPER POPULAR "Keep Calm" line. Now they have the Flip Note (which we've had) for only $7.50 - in this sturdy metal case, the pen locks the note pad closed. The pad inside and pen are replaceable. But now, they added the Flip Case - great for holding your credit cards, gift cards, business cards and more. And they expanded the line to the Mini Screen Cleaners also! These cleaners cling to the back of your mobile device. Pull it off to clean the screen and then put it back. They last for months!

Plus lots of other treasures from Wellspring! Their items are modern, popular, and appropriately priced.

Coming in this week:

• Elizabeth Crafts - stickers, glitter, some of her dies and a few other goodies. This is the Christmas tree one, but we are getting a great pumpkin one too and maybe a few others. This order should be here tomorrow or Friday.

• Artbin Glitter Glue Storage Case - we only are getting one to start - we want to be sure we like it. But if you have a lot of glitter glue and you've been wanting a way to organize them, this bin is probably for you!
• Adhesives! Photo Corners, 3-in-1, Photo splits, and more!
• WASHI!!!! SO MUCH WASHI! By "Love My Tapes" - many designs!!!
• Halloween embellishments - some spidery things.
• Free Kaiser Workshop Magazines - you guys CLEANED US OUT of the ones that we had, so we reordered and have MANY issues on the way! And yes, they are COMPLETELY FREE!! (One per issue per person, please). Come in and grab a few! We have the last 15 issues coming back into stock and they should be here tomorrow.
• And, a few other miscellaneous items...

AN UPDATE ON CLASSES:

New Classes Posted:
Our class schedule is really filling up! We have something practically EVERY WEEKEND for you guys!


Weekday classes:
We have several weekday morning classes scheduled for those who want to take classes while the kiddos are at school.

Plus, we recently did a poll on our Facebook page and found that many people would like weekday evening (5:30pm) classes so we will start asking teachers to schedule them periodically too. What do you think? What times and days do YOU want classes? If we were to add weeknight classes, which night is the best?


New samples have arrived:
Several new samples are at the store right now! While we post pictures of upcoming classes on our website, pictures seldom do a sample justice! Seeing the class sample in person is the best way to know if you like it, so I really suggest coming in to see samples live and in person.

Just arrived... Linda Bradbury's samples have arrived, Nicole Rixon has her September samples and one of her October samples at the store, Tori has two samples at the store, Jenny brought in her Graphic 45 Halloween book sample, and Danni brought in two Halloween class samples. Come in to see what we have!

Tori's Beach Book and Halloween Wreath:

Linda Bradbury's 4 Boards:

 

 

Nicole's 3 new samples:

Jenny's Graphic 45 Halloween Book:

And two of Danni's Halloween samples are at the store:

And more!!!

See our Full Narrative Calendar for complete details.

Or our Calendar-at-a-Glance for an overview.

SOME REMINDERS!!

We still have our free stickles promotion going!! For every product purchase over $25*, get a free stickles from the jars!

*See store for details. Only on full priced in-store product purchases.

And, we still have a couple of spaces left in Jenny's Glittery Floral Cards class this weekend using Elizabeth Crafts Designs stickers and glitter:

Call to sign up today!

(858) 679-9100

We hope to see you soon!!

So much to tell you!!!!

Well, it's been a few days since we posted... And we've been open again since Monday now...

It's been SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Oh my gosh!!! Seeing everyone again... and everyone just *LOVING* the new space!!!! Oh my gosh... just fun!!! And still, the number of people who truly believe that the new space is LARGER than the old space, but it's more than 1,000 square feet smaller! It just solidifies the idea that we made the right decision in moving!!

And we've started receiving new products!!!

 

Lots of school papers!!!

(alphabetically)

· Canyon Crest · Cathedral Catholic · Del Norte · Escondido · Francis Parker (new)

· Granite Hills (new) · La Jolla High · Madison (new) · Maranatha · Mission Bay · Mt. Carmel

· Orange Glen · Our Lady of Peace · Poway · Ramona · Rancho Bernardo · San Pasqual

· Santa Fe Christian · Scripps Ranch  · Serra · St. Augustine's · Torrey Pines · University City

· Westview

(I think that is everyone. We are out of Mira Mesa currently)

 

 

We got in new styles for almost every school (plus some reorder).

These are the ones for Poway. Not every school has the same styles.

Here are some closeups:

 

 

And, with the So Cal Shop Hop coming up, we ordered several different paper styles for the event.

And some lovely Ranger items arrived!!!

Look at all of these pretty colors of Tim Holtz' Distress Ink!!

And Perfect Pearls - including new colors!

And I forgot to take a picture of the Tim Holtz Idea-Ology items that we have received...

 

 

We got in some Teresa Collins and Glitz papers, plus Cosmo Cricket (no picture)

 

 

Plus washi

And we have more coming!!! We have a HUGE backorder of "Love My Tapes" brand washi, plus we just ordered Queen & Co's "Trendy Tape - should arrive this week.

Until then, we have some Prima, some Echo, some Bella, a few Love My Tapes, and a popular mustache one:

 

 

So, speaking of mustaches, we have LOTS of mustache items in stock! 

 and I missed this one in that picture:

and I missed a picture of the Kaisercraft Wood Mustaches.

 

We also (finally) received our Envelope Punch Boards by We-R

 

 

We also received some brand new Best Creations that you guys have been LOVING!!

 

Their Christmas line (including a 6x6 pad)

 A beautiful Paris line (including a 6x6 pad)

 

And I didn't get pictures of the music line.

 

So, Tom and I are currently in Las Vegas for the summer trade show #CHASUMMER.

We drove over today.

We'll be seeking out new products, new lines, new vendors, and seeing all of the latest and greatest.

 

I love The Strip! The classics!!! Bellagio, Caesar's, The Monte Carlo, The TI, The Mirage, Wynn, The Stratosphere.

  

But we opted for the original downtown area and a piece of nostalgia... The El Cortez.

Built in 1941 and once owned by Bugsy Siegel.

We are staying in one of the original rooms. We didn't know what to expect, but we were a little worried about the noise because we are on the 2nd floor DIRECTLY above the casino, but it's as quiet as could be!

I assumed that because the room was older that it would be larger, and oh my gosh, I was right!

We have a living area, a writing/work area, TWO walk in closets, the bedroom area, and the bathroom. The room comes with a mini fridge and coffee maker (most Las Vegas hotel rooms do not because they want you to leave the room to buy stuff, and hopefully gamble).

 

And the furniture is made of ACTUAL wood instead of a laminate or whatever. Look at this room!!

This is the hallway to the bathroom and one of the walk in closets, our writing area/desk, and the front walk in closet: 

And these period window locks!! The windows are screwed shut, but otherwise, the pane is a louver and would "drop towards you" when opened.

And these are not original, but a nice period effect:

But don't worry!!! We didn't blow our "shopping" budget with this room.... for 4 nights, including tax, it was $72!! :)

Tomorrow, we are going to go to the Mob Museum. It's just a few blocks away!

Tomorrow afternoon, we are going to an "invite only" event by several vendors to get a preview of their products, instructional information, and do a meet-n-greet with the company representatives. Tuesday, the show officially starts.... I'll post lots of pics of what I see!!!

We'll be back Thursday in time to start the Shop Hop on Friday ---- aggghhh!!! I can't believe it's coming up so quickly!

Lots more to follow!