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TODAY, through October 15, 2013

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Have you checked out our class calendar lately???

 

 

We have a GREAT card class coming up that you will LOVE!!!

 

 

Clean & Simple Card Making with Kristen

 

Using stamps by The Sweet Stamp Shop

Tuesday 10/8 at 5:30pm

 

Only $25

   

 

 

 

 

Techniques: Trendy, Timeless, and Tons of Fun!!!

 

Work with well over 30 different products to learn SO many techniques and play with lots of items you have always wanted to know how to use!!

 

Conveniently timed on Friday evening, 10/11/13 at 5:30pm

 

When you see how much you get to play with, you will be SHOCKED that this class is ONLY $28!!

 

Halloween Wreath with Tori
Come and make this SUPER cute Halloween Wreath with Tori!

Saturday, October 12
10am
$25

 

Silhouette 101 PLUS Print & Cut!!!

 

This is a Beginner Class and BEYOND!!!

And Dayle is holding it TWICE
on Columbus Day...

Monday, 10/14

at both 10am

and again at 5:30pm
$25



And then, LINDA BRADBURY!!!!
Yes!! The nationally known teacher will be at Cool Scrapbook Stuff on
Sunday, October 20th and Monday, October 21st.

 

 

Other classes we have coming up:

• A Layout Class with Lisa Hampton-Callies

• A Copic Class focusing on skin tone and air brushing

• A Watercolor Art class both with Nicole Rixon from Sweet Stamp Shop

• A Thanksgiving Table Setting set class with Danni

• And Nancy Evans' "Home For The Holidays" Vintage Truck Class on Sat, 11/2

 

 

 

 

Only a few more days...

Sorry that I didn't post yesterday... I was just WAYYYY too tired to formulate a coherent sentence!!
 

YESTERDAY

Yesterday, Mandy and I got to the store at 10am. We were the only ones there yesterday so, although we were giving it our all, we didn't get as far as we did on Monday when we had 5 more sets of hands like yesterday :( We would have had one more, and Tom did join us for a while, but he had to be back at home to wait for Sears to install our new dishwasher.

BUT, we did get several things accomplished.  Of course, there was still a LOT more to do....

I entered back in more product into the system. Mandy put out craft punches and tools. She also put out a BUNCH more Wellspring gift items.

I took some breaks and checked in some new product! We haven't received much yet, but we did get a bunch of washi, some cute mustache things, and some basics. I also checked in some new 7 Gypsie's and some Wellspring reorder. I still have to check in the brand new Sweet Stamp Shop order.

Mandy and I spent the last maybe 45 minutes or an hour just cleaning up... we took out all of the trash, broke down boxes and took those out, plus we took out recycle, and just straightened. Having less "stuff" around made things look SO much better! Less clutter is better.

These were boxes that we emptied and broke down last night:

TODAY

Today, I got in at 8:15am. One of our reps came around 9am or so and helped until about 4pm. He put out scrapbooks, refills, greeting cards, SRM Tubes and things, and generally helped out. Mandy joined me at 10am and got a BUNCH of things put out like sprays, embossing powder, beads, Mudd Puddles, embossing paste, and items like that. Plus, lots of paper and embellishments.

I checked in BOXES AND BOXES of product!! (My feet and back are *KILLING* me!) And I had the back counter wired for electric and internet. Yup... another expense {sigh}.

The mail brought our first CLASS SAMPLE for the new location!!! I didn't have time to open it but it's an Elizabeth Crafts Design class with Jenny Griffiths. More to follow!

Mary joined us later in the afternoon and helped sort product into their areas. I left around 6pm and Mary stayed to greet Danni and Bonnie who are there this evening to continue the progress.

After leaving, I returned the piece of furniture that I bought for the bathroom. Once I put it in the bathroom, I wasn't in love with it and I found one that I liked more. So, I picked that up this evening and will put it in there tomorrow and see what I think. I also visited the clock I was looking at and decided I didn't like it enough, so I'll continue my search for that.

NEW PRODUCT

So... new stuff.....

Well, I mentioned that I checked in some mustache items, etc. And some new 7 Gypsies and Wellspring reorder. And I still have The Sweet Stamp Shop order to enter.

Today we got a bunch of Tonic scissors that I still need to enter.

But what else is coming???

Shipped today:

• A bunch of Tim Holtz - two different orders actually - one of his Idea-Ology items and one of his ink pads and a couple of other items. These will probably not be here until the middle of next week.
• Best Creations - their glitter papers plus some of their new lines. (More will be shipped later.) These will arrive tomorrow.
• SRM - a reorder. These will arrive tomorrow.
• Paper - some Cosmo Cricket and some Teresa Collins shipped today.

Other orders en route:

• Yesterday, I ordered Bazzill cardstock. The Bazzill order will fill in our cardstock supply, plus will bring in those 4 new paper lines I showed you a few days ago. Of course, I just found out that those 4 lines aren't going to be available until the end of the month.
• I received notice yesterday that our GIANT custom high school paper order will arrive Monday (a small portion of it will arrive on Tuesday). BTW, it also has several "So Cal Shop Hop" papers... :)
• This morning, I placed a Scrapbook order. YAY! 

OVERALL

We have about 50% or so of the product-entered.

There are several things that we have decided we will do last.

• One is the ribbon-by-the-yard. We aren't going to unroll and recount every spool!  I did a backup and export of our inventory counts before wiping our inventory levels, so we'll look up the count and enter that and call it done. But that will be time consuming.
• Also, we have lots of NFL and MLB officially licensed embellishments. As a matter of fact, we believe that we are the ONLY store who has these items for sale! But we have so much of it, that we are going to wait to enter that until last.
• Additionally, rolled stickers, items with TONS of pieces, etc... yeah - those will also wait!! Lol!

ETA

Well, I had hoped to open on Friday. A "soft" opening - when stuff is "mostly" in place but not totally and no fanfare, but open. Well, that might push a day. Or maybe until Monday...

What do you guys think? If we are mostly ready, is that enough? I hate to do that, but our phone rings off of the hook every day with people asking for stuff. And we get so many emails, too. And that doesn't even count our Facebook comments...

I hate to open "half-assed"... (It's always "whole-assed or none" in my book!) but we have been planning on this weekend for such a long time...

So, I guess I'm saying that our reopening date is not set at this point.... It will (hopefully) be some day between Friday and Monday.... We'll see....

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!

:)

New Orders Are Being Placed!!!

We have already received a few items while we have been closed, but I'm working on placing more orders for new product....

We received an order of basics: Adhesives, Cutterpede Blades, White Pens, Inks, some washi's, etc.

I placed an order with the Sweet Stamp Shop for their newest, hottest stamps.

Our Bazzill rep comes on Tuesday to do a cardstock order; plus, Bazzill came out with some CUTE new paper lines!

   

 

 

I've got a TON of Distress Inks on order, plus white pens, a TON of washi, school embellishments, Perfect Pearls Mists, and more.

 

An SRM order is en route. We sold out of SO much before we closed!

 

I'm also working on a Teresa Collins order, Echo Park, and Carta Bella.

 

Plus, a GIANT order for Custom Papers!!! Here is a list of High Schools we ordered: Canyon Crest, Cathedral Catholic, Del Norte, El Capitan, Escondido, Francis Parker, Granite Hills, La Jolla, Madison High, Mt Carmel, Mission Bay, OLP, Ramona, RB, San Pasqual, Santa Fe Christian, Scripps Ranch, Serra, St Augustine's, Torrey Pines, University City, and Westview.

We also ordered Aztecs, Toreros, Tritons, and So Cal Shop Hop paper. It should be in the week of the 15th.

That's about as far as I've gotten (along with still putting the store back together!!)

Which new lines would you like us to order?

 

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!