Classes!!!! -- We have something for EVERYONE!

And I've just added some new classes and one new teacher to our lineup!

I can't tell you how excited I've been about all of the classes and events that we have set up for you guys! WOW! I am just simply overwhelmed with joy because we have had SO many former teachers decide to teach again. YAY!!!!

Just in the last few days, I booked two new Silhouette classes with Dayle, and set up dates with a brand new teacher for us - Lisa! Lisa is AH-MAY-ZING! She is super high energy and so excited about teaching again after a several year hiatus.

A couple of updates....

Connie still has spaces in her class

tomorrow morning at 10am.

Call now to sign up! (858) 679-9100:

 

Our Sunday, 9/22 Copic classes have been cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience.

 

 

Since those two classes both were cancelled,

we will be offering our

ALL DAY CROP that day instead!!

 

Same deal: $10 for a half a table, $20 for a full table.

And get that amount off of your purchases that day!

Call now to reserve! These have ALL sold out so far!

 

 

Also, our Tuesday morning 9/24 Halloween Tray class has been cancelled, but Danni still has her encore class on Saturday 9/28, so you still have an opportunity to sign up!

 

 

Danni also has her Halloween Banner class on Saturday 9/28, so you don't want to miss that either!

 

 

And we are welcoming back Jennifer Priest with her first set of classes at CSS in over a year!

Sunday, September 29th she is offering a Halloween mini book in the morning for only $34

 

And her Pencil Art class in the afternoon:

 

And we have SOOOOO many more classes scheduled for October!!

 

I'll be updating the full online calendar shortly, but...

 

In October alone, we have the following teachers scheduled so far:

• Our very own Danni

• Kristen Foreman-Murdock

• Connie Hanks

• Our very ownTori

• Our very own Dayle

• Linda Bradbury

• Lisa Hampton Callies

• Nicole Rixon

 

Class Topics include:

• Halloween Banner

• Clean & Simple card making (stamping)

• Technique-a-Palooza

• Halloween Wreath

• Advent Calendar

• Silhouette classes

• Card Making with Linda Bradbury (4 classes)

• Copic

• Watercolor painting

• Thanksgiving Table Settings

• AND MORE!!

 

AND we will be having Denise and Mike

on 10/19 to do scrapbook embossing!

(Drop offs welcomed)

 

 

Our full calendars will both be updated shorty...

  

 

 

Call to sign up for your favorite class today!

(858) 679-9100

 

 

 

 

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!!

Class and Crop Updates....

As a reminder, this weekend is Copic 101 at 10am and The "Art" of Watercolors at 1pm

on Saturday, 8/24 with Nicole. We still have a few spaces in each.

 

 And the following Saturday is Glittery Floral Cards with Jenny.

Our full calendar is here.

 

 

 

But we have to move Tori's Beach book class that was scheduled for the 7th.

 

That is the day of the parade and we just received notice that they will be closing the street all the way from Pomerado to Community (although the parade ends at Bowron) AND that it will remain closed long after the parade.

So, on Saturday, 9/7, you will not be able to drive to the store until after 12 noon. We will, however, be open if you are in the area!

 

 

 

 

And, as a reminder, on Sunday, 9/1 and Monday, 9/2, we have crops scheduled.

 

Both of those days, you can purchase a ½ table for $10 or a full table for $20.

The day of the crop, you get your Crop Fee amount taken off of your purchases,

essentially making the crop free!

Prepayment is required for all events, classes, and crops, so call or come in today!

Spaces are limited.

See store for details and always read the cancellation policy of each event prior to sign up.

 

Thanks!

We look forward to seeing you!

 

CLASSES!!!!!

Yes, I know that I owe you more posts about new products that we found at the trade show and what is in and what is coming and I'll try to get to that before the end of the week, but for now, I want to update you on some upcoming class info!!

We have a BUNCH of teachers creating projects, booking dates, and sending in samples!!!!

We have more info to fill in, but you should mark you calendar for what we have so far...


Saturday, August 24th

• 10am - Nicole Rixon from Sweet Stamp Shop will be holding a Beginner Copic (Alcohol) Marker class. Samples to arrive Friday. More info soon.

• 1pm - Nicole will hold "The Art of Card Making" - a new class offering from her. Samples arrive Friday. More info soon.

Saturday, August 31st

• 10am - Jenny Griffiths will be holding a card class using Elizabeth Crafts Designs products for $25. Samples are at the store. Sorry, no kits.

Saturday, September 7th

• 10am - Our very own Tori will be holding a Beach Book class featuring "The Pier" line by Crate Paper for $35. Sample to arrive soon.

 

• 2pm-4pm - Our very own Dayle, aka Silhouette EXPERT, will be holding a Silhouette Cameo FREE DEMO at the store for anyone considering buying this amazing digital die cutting system!

Sunday, September 8th

• Dayle will be offering Silhouette digital die cutting tool classes:
• 10:30am-1pm - Silhouette 101 - A Beginner Class $20. For owners of the Silhouette Cameo, Original, SD, and the new Portrait electronic die cutting machines who want to learn how to use their new paper crafting tool! Also for those interested in purchasing a Silhouette tool, but do not own one (yet!)

• 2pm-5:30pm - Silhouette 201 - A More Advanced Class $30. For owners of the Silhouette Cameo, Original, SD, and the new Portrait electronic die cutting machines who want to learn more advanced cutting techniques.

Saturday, September 14th

• Jenny Griffiths will be offering a Graphic 45 book class. More to follow. Sorry, no kits.

Wednesday, September 18th

• Danni will be holding her Graphic 45 Calendar page class for September. More to follow.

Saturday, September 28th

• Danni will be offering a Halloween Banner class and a Halloween Tray class. More to follow.

Sunday, September 29th

• Jennifer Priest/Hydrangea Hippo will be offering a Pencil Art Canvas Class and a Mini Book Class. More to follow.

Saturday, October 5th-Sunday, October 6th

• Quick Quotes Trunk Show

Sunday, October 6th

• Danni will be holding a Quick Quotes Card Class 11am-1pm. $29. More to follow.

Saturday, October 12th

• Tori will be offering a Halloween wreath class at 10am. More to follow.

Wedneday, October 16th

• Danni will be holding her Graphic 45 monthly Calendar class. More to follow.

Sunday, October 20th and Monday, October 21st

• Mark your calendars because Linda Bradbury will be in town and teaching 4 classes for us those two days!!! She is a first time teacher for us, but we know that MANY of you have taken and LOVED! LOVED! LOVED! her classes!!! She will be offering four classes unique to Cool Scrapbook Stuff.
• Sunday, they will be at 10:30am and 2:30pm.
• Monday, they will be at 1:30pm and 5pm (we will close 1 hour late to accommodate the class length and afford you time to shop)

Sunday, October 27th

• Danni will be offering a Fall wreath class. More to follow.

Saturday, November 2nd

• Nancy Evans will be holding her "Home for the Holidays" album class. This class is ALL DAY (10am-6pm with a 30 minute lunch break) and requires pre-work. Teaser sample to arrive next week. More to follow.

Wednesday, November 13th

• Danni will be holding her monthly Graphic 45 Calendar class for November. More to follow.

December 8th

• Jennifer Priest/Hydrangea Hippo will be offering a a Very Faux Christmas - how to make cool Christmas/Winter effects with Faux Finish. And "10 Layouts in 4 Hours". More to follow.

Who else is developing classes for us?

• Danni, of course!!! She is working on even more classes for us!
• Jennifer Priest - she is thinking of using Kaisercraft products to develop a class or two for us.
• Monika - she is looking at developing a class using Canvas Corp, Tattered Angels, and 7 Gypsie's items. Should be fun!!!
• Connie Hanks - Connie is developing a techniques class and I'm sure some other amazing projects!!!
• Stephanie Ackerman - we are talking about her coming down to teach at Cool. Any suggestions for what you'd like to see?
• Katie!!! She said she is getting her creative juices back and is hoping to develop a class for us before Christmas.
• Suzie Q!!!! Yes!!! No kidding!! This week, she should get the "all clear" from her doctor and return to teaching for us periodically! YAY!
• Jamie Daugherty of Prima fame!! She is a local and a CSS customer and will be looking at our calendar to see what dates works for her!

Is there someone that YOU love that is missing from our list???
Have them contact me or let me know and I'll contact them!



And what can happen after we set up all of these classes????

We can set up some CROPS!!!! You guys have ALL been asking, and yes, we will offer crops in our new location. They probably won't start until September, but we'll have all day long crops and maybe some special offers.... hummm..... :)

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

We accomplished SOOOOOOOO much today!!!

Mandy, Danni, Bonnie and Chelsea all joined Tom and I to work on the store today....

We were *ALLLLL* so impressed by how much we got done today!!

I got a BUNCH more product reentered... Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fall, New, Wellspring, Bo Bunny Dots, cardstock, shimmers, metallics, Copics, custom embellies, Silhouette, some scrapbooks and refills, magazines, and some others were put out. Sooooo much more tomorrow! Lots of items are checked back in, but just need to be put out.

Tom reassembled racks and fixtures, broke down boxes, and took stuff to and from storage. He took a break from the store stuff to get our cars washed... wow, we needed it!

An important part of our progress today was that our front counter was set in place today!! Craig from Timber Point Construction has been just completely AWESOME!!! He put in the electric in the floor to the front counter. Then the flooring guys installed the floor after him. And today, Craig and his team returned and drilled the hole to drop the counter onto the outlet so that we can use it. This was REALLY IMPORTANT progress because we couldn't set up a front register until the counter was set! And all of the rest of the counters align with it, the new anti-fatigue mats couldn't be ordered until we knew the exact size. Anyway, Craig does general contracting and specializes in a couple of areas. (I need to ask him to remind me what they are). He's probably going to do our promo, so stay tuned!! But he has been just SUPER sweet and accommodating and really just awesome. I *HIGHLY* recommend him!

The mail also brought us a couple of goodies today!! They brought us new product from The Sweet Stamp Shop!! YAY!! I haven't opened it yet but it will be all brand new!! And, have I mentioned that our VERY OWN Danni is now on the Sweet Stamp Shop Design Team!!! CONGRATS DANNI!!!

For lots of Sweet inspiration, check out Danni's blog:
http://www.madeinapt14.blogspot.com/

We also will now be the exclusive store for Nicole's classes!!! Nicole, the owner of The Sweet Stamp Shop, has chosen CSS to be her one and only store where she will teach!!! We are *SOOOO* honored!!

The mail also brought us another exciting item... our new business cards!!

They are a little more "lime" than I had wanted, but the girls REALLY liked them!!

 

Additionally, I have been making lists of things that we need, so after my super long day, I went to Office Depot and Home Goods to see what they had to offer....

I didn't find what I wanted at OD, so I wandered over to HG. I have a "love/hate" relationship with that store!!! I *LOVE* everything that they have and I *HATE* how much money I spend when I'm there!! Lol!!

 

These are a few of the goodies I got...

 

You can't really see them, but I got these glass hurricanes for the counter area for a new promotion we will be offering to our customers... Stay tuned!!! We think you will really like it!

 

These were just a few of the glass items that I had to choose from! It was KILLING me trying to figure out which one(s) to buy!!

Also, I've been looking for a new clock. The layout of the store requires that the clock be in the middle of the side wall so that it can be seen from almost everywhere. So, I want a really big one, and a little rustic.

I had wanted a dark wood (black?) edge with a rustic colored interior.... I found this one... (opposite of my color scheme).  I'm not 100% convinced, but I'm flirting with buying it..

Then, on my drive home tonight, it occurred to me that the City of Poway had never sent me new business license!!!  I applied probably 4 weeks ago with a planned open date of this weekend. Even though we were already a Poway business, we needed to completely reapply with a "new" business fee (ouch$!) and get a brand new license. I knew that, so I applied early (or so I thought). So, I'm really surprised that it isn't ready yet! I contacted them this evening (I didn't get home until after 7pm, so I had to send an email) to inquire about its status... Anyway, this might delay our opening a bit {sigh}. I'll try to call tomorrow to find out more. Fingers crossed!

While at Home Goods I found a few other goodies.... I'm DESPERATE to find them a home in our new store!! OMD they were so awesome!!

Isn't this amazing??

 

and this...

I'm thinking about putting it above the coffee bar... (oh - I also have only painted the drawer of the coffee bar and am considering reversing my plan and doing a dark stain on the piece - btw, it will NOT be done by our reopening!! Keurig still has not even called me back about getting a commercial unit! Grrr!)

And then, I'm reconsidering the furniture in the bathroom... A couple of runner-up's...

   

 

Ohhhh... lots and lots to do!!!

We are working as hard and fast as we can!!!

I would have never imagined that after 15 years that we would have an opportunity to "start fresh" but we are SOOOOOO excited to be able to do this!

:)

Nicole Rixon has scheduled some classes!!!

Nicole has scheduled two Copic classes with us:

• Sunday, July 28th from 10:30am-12:30pm: Copic 101
• Saturday, August 24th from 10am-12noon: Copic Advanced Tips & Techniques

Both classes will be $18 each.

Copic Markers are alcohol based markers and are great for coloring and shading


Nicole will be teaching exclusively for Cool Scrapbook Stuff!! We are so excited and honored to have her all to ourselves!!



Nicole Rixon is the owner of The Sweet Stamp Shop. Here is her website. If we don't have a stamp of hers that you want, JUST ASK US!! We'll order it for you!