Basic Grey Monday !!!

NEW BASIC GREY IS HERE !!  I just got a call from Miss Jodie that the new Basic Grey is here and is fabulous !!!  Here are a few pictures - enjoy !!! We have both Green at Heart and Kioshi - what will you create !!!

New papers from Paper Loft

Paper Loft Paper is HERE - when we were in Portland at the CKC Convention we hooked up with Marsha from  Paper Loft - we ordered three of her lines and are so excited to have them in our store.....we have heard from many of you that you like the papers so we listened and brought them in !!!  Here is one line
" Moring Rain " which is perfect for our rainy Washington weather ........look at that cute bird some of the other papers have the bird with the umbrella - too cute !!!!

Northwest Shop Hop Make and Take

Here is our make and take for those who did not take pictures today - we had a fabulous day ...... many old friends came by the store , many ladies whom we met last year and some new friends !!!   Tonya had a cricut class downstairs - the upstairs was full of customers -Sharon brought in her new puppy Sophie -  the parking lot could have used a parking attendant - the sun was out - we had primroses for the morning guests - water all day and flower packages - totally a GREAT DAY !!!

Finally Friday !!!

Okay I know I said this last week but really Finally Friday !!!  I get so excited when I get to work at the store on the weekends - this weekend is the first one with the NW Paperchase Shop Hop - cant' wait to see all the ladies from last years "hop".....we look forward to sharing our store with you !!! This is my precious Maggie Mae - who will have to be home tomorrow with Miss Miley while I work and Mackenzie is at her friends....they will enjoy the sunshine outside in the kennel !!!

Prima all over the store

Friends we have Prima flowers all over the store - Amie brought in this darling cupcake stand and we filled it with flowers !!! Don't forget we are the signature store for Simply Swank - Nanette has some fabulous classes up on the web site = check them out !!!
Paper Chase Shop Hop starts tomorrow - are you coming in ?????

Prima Flowers and Papers

NEW Prima Flowers and papers are on the shelves - oooohhhh sooooo pretty !!! We have every color that Prima makes - lavendar, pink, purple, blue, peach..........Jodie has made a darling Maya Road Album into a pretty book and also made a fantastic album with chipboard - check them out when you come to the store !!

USA Hockey - Silver medal but what a game !!

We went to Seattle yesterday to celebrate two friends birthdays Happy Birthday Sue and Patty - totally great lunch and visit time at Dukes @ Southcenter.  Then to my Moms' where we watched the hockey game between Canada and USA !!! What a game - Canada came in as the favorite, Canada was predicted to win but we , as in us~ USA~ tied the game @ the 24 second mark of the third period - Canada did win in over time but what a game and the games MVP was OUR GOALIE !!!

Finally Friday !!!

Finally Friday - time for a hot cup of Starbucks coffee !!!  Enjoy your weekend everyone - see you at the store !!!

Cherry Delicious Sassafras Lass Paper

Cherry Delicious Paper will be availablefor you to buy next week - we LOVE Sassafras Lass Papers and have this entire line ordered for the store - so CUTE

HOCKEY, PAPER & so much NEW !!!

USA HOCKEY - can you believe it - USA dominated the game and beat Canada - who by the way were favored to win GOLD ....... The picture below says it all !!!  Found it on the web and just had to add it to my post today !!! I LOVE HOCKEY  - Mackenzie does too !!!  I remember when Sue, LeAnne, Patty and I all had season tickets and went to every game - even driving to Portland and up to Vancouver to watch games (that was a LONG time ago !!)
The STORE  is sparkly clean and ready for all the new product from CHA - this week we will be getting so much more - glues, papers, stickles, inks, embellishments ....... come on in and check it out !  We have a TIM HOLTZ wall that is full of his fabulous products - Bazzill Flowers have been ordered in every color they have and will be on the Bazzill wall too this week ~~~  so springtime !
ALL of the PRIMA paper and flowers have been re-ordered ( we sold out in 3 days ) and are on the shelf ~~~~Samples of fabulous page designs are all over the store ~~ New Jenni Bowlin, Sassafrass Lass & Graphic 45 will be here tis week too !!! Cosmo Cricket is at the store ohhh so cute !!!
Three new classes - Amies Children's book, Karen's Alcohol ink class and Nanettes soldering has an entire spring line up !!  Dont' forget my page of the month club - you may join at any time we would love to have you !!!  Tonya's Cricut Classes are a hit, Jodie is working on new classes, Suzanne is working on some fabulous card classes and I have some new tag classes that I am working on !!!

Just a bit about the Olympics ~~

OLYMPICS !!!  I have been a fan since we were kids - my Mom and Dad , brother and I used to watch from start to finish just like I still do with my daughter - did you see how fast the downhill skiiers were going last night - ohh my goodness.  My heart goes out to the girls who crashed - so many years of dedication and hard work.....Shawn White - that guy flew about 30 feet over the half pipe wall - fabulous !!!  Love the long red hair and his smile - the fast track skaters - Apollo and JC such tremendous concentration ........
I remember that my brother and I used to pretend we were skiiers - we even made gold medals from paper plates !!!

Cosmo Cricket "Garden Variety" - coming soon

Heard from Cosmo Cricket that our order of new paper is on the big brown truck making it's way to the store - 2 new lines - Material Girl and Garden Variety - so spring !!!  Fabulous colors , darling just darling ~ we hope you will like it !!! Here is Garden Girl - see what I mean about the great spring bright colors !!!

Make and Take Saturday February 13th

Saturday is make and take day - Patti created a darling card which is free for you to make ( w/ minimum purchase ) and I have a 2010 Vintage Calendar for only $5.00......Amie and I are making cupcakes to share and we would love to have you join us !! Joide is hard at work planning dinner and dessert for her crop - which is sold out but we will have others so keep checking the web site !!

GCD Studios Paper is on the way to the store

We have fallen in love with GCD Studios papers - we have lots on order and it should be at the store later next week ~~~

Homespun Chic

Artsy Urban

CKC Portland - what a blast !!

We had such a successful trip to Portland !!  We taught the fabulous exploding box class to over 90 ladies - we had such a great time , everyone finished the class project in class and we received great reviews ~~  Here are some pictures that I had to post - Thank you Kim, Suzanne, Jill and Karen for all of your help before the class an in class..Thank you Amie and Shelley for the help before our trip ..Thank you CK for a great experience and Thank you everyone for taking our class !!

Love PRIMA

We love PRIMA - Jodie ordered all the new CHA Winter papers and we have ALREADY RE ORDERED IT !!  It sold out over the weekend after only being in the store for 3 days!! Flowers , bling, butterflies and paper are all on re-order ------

Happy LOVE Month

I found this cute photo on the Becky Higgins web site today and had to share it with you. I thought about our upcoming make and take DAY and fantastic CROP on February 13th - Join us for make and takes Saturday Feb 13th 10 am to 2 pm and join Jodie for her CROP from 2 to 10 pm !!!

I also got my 365 Project Life Kit from Becky Higgins - where you document an entire year in photos and jounaling.  I was introduced to this from our friend Julile Woods - so I am late starting but do have a photo for each day in January already printed so I am ready for a late night getting January into my album - maybe I will wait until after CKC Portland - my Mom is coming down and I have to clean up my scrap space which is now my dining table and kitchen table ( and a room you cannot even go into !)

Happy LOVE month ~~~

SHopping SHopping and more SHopping

Okay girls - Jodie and I are going crazy with all the new from CHA - we have been staying up late, texting each other and on the phone for hours choosing the right things for the store..........3 bugs in a rug just came in today ,one full box of Prima, American Crafts came yesterday and the new Little Yellow Bicycle Generation Z is HERE !!!!

More CHA pictures to share

Pink Paislee - see the little Bay Berry on the wreath?  We have ALL of it ordered - should ship soon !
New ZVA bling - Jodie has all of it ordered !!

Cosmo Cricket - all ordered just waiting for shipping & check out these shoes  - done with Kaiser bling !!

Graphic 45 - check out this cool picture

Searching the internet for some cool new CHA findings and found this cool picture of a dress form at my favorite Graphic 45 !!!  So creative ~~~

Used Product Sale is this weekend January 29 to 31

Used Product Sale is this weekend - come in for some fantastic prices on scrapbook and stamping items - you will love what you will find!!!

New Little Yellow Bicycle coming soon "Generation Z"

New Little Yellow Bicycle is on the way - Generation Z - perfect for teens, WII players and all extreme sports - we know you will love it !!!

"Extreme fun and high energy set the stage for playing hard. For those with that Zoom through life with passion and attitude… Bold colors, patters and sharp metallic accents will put the wings on fun".

It's Friday

Getting final things together for the Super Crop tomorrow - we are all ready to have a day of fun and friendship......can't wait to see all of you !!
Two different soups, salad and bread for lunch , potato bar for dinner, Carole Ann's fabulous cookies and desert ......Perfect !!
( found this image on the internet - too cute !)

Prima flower centers

We have a huge variety of flower centers from our guy Adam @ Prima --- he and Jodie have spent hours pouring over the new CHA catalog and have a HUGE box in the hands of UPS - we are hoping that it will be here by this weekend ( crop ladies we are trying to get it all here for you )

We took the centers out of the Prima flowers, misted them with Maya Mist ( love it Jodie) and added the fantastic Prima flower centers - wanted to use both red and cream flowers to compliment the Jenni Bowlin Papers and Maya Road trim and am so happy with the result - you can make flowers any way you want !!

If you look close the butterflies have a coating of diamond glaze on them , love the way they dried !!

New Scrapbook Page Kits available

Our designer , Suzanne, has taken the darling papers from Basic Grey and made a simple kit with everything you need to complete the page....color picture and instructions included !!! How easy is this and what fun as a gift for a friend !!! Please come in and check it out - you will love it and soooo easy !! 

Cosmo Cricket new CHA papers

Material Girl and Garden Variety are ordered - totally cute ~~~~ should arrive late January - I will post when they get to the store !!

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist = in the store !!!

We have received a very over the top ~ large ~ fabulous shipment of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - I could not limit my choices so I ordered several in each color INCLUDING Heidi Swapp's new colors that she designed for Tattered Angels !!! Patti has them out on the shelves today and I am sure that Jodie will be spraying flowers in every color we have ....... the possibilities are endless with this great product !

May Arts RIbbons -

Just received my box full of May Arts ribbons I won in an on line contest a few weeks ago - they sent some awesome new Disney ribbons that we for sure will bring to the store , a vintage trim that you can weave colored ribbon through, some to die for brown satin ribbon and a darling yellow fringe.....keep checking out the ribbons at the store and look for these new additions !!

Le' Romantique Graphic 45 Paper - it is on the way !!!

This has to be the most beautiful paper I have ever seen - thinking of romance , pictures of my Grandparents wedding pictures, glamour shots of my Aunts, jus oh so nice.....I am sure that Kim McDonald our fabulous card maker will come up with some great classes !!!

Basic Grey Sugar Rush - Cute Valentines papers.....

Sugar Rush from Basic Grey is on the truck to the store !! The UPS man will be bringing boxes all week - check for updates daily !!!

Graphic 45 new paper line - A Proper Gentleman

Graphic 45 has to have the most creative design team on the planet - check out this new line that I ordered today - A Proper Gentleman..............can you see it with pictures of your Dad or Grandfather .... I have a fabulous picture of my Grandfather riding his old motorcycle and cannot wait to get my hands on this paper line......tribute to my Grandpa Rod !!! My Dad and his old cars .......just loving this paper ~~~ we will let you know when it is here !!

Accu Cut Blog post - we are thier cover store !!!

Ladies go to accucut.typepad.com and see our store on the Accu Cut blog !!!

Fancy Pants Valentines Papers - oh so lovely

The vintage Valentines papers are so lovely - I am seeing cards, mini books and scrapbook pages in our futures !!!  I just love the vintage - seems to be what I keep turning to when I am ordering papers.......

Pink Paislee "Cupid" is SO beautiful

We have the beautiful CUPID line from Pink Paislee and it is SO wonderful - Jodie has a great layout made at the store with all the papers and ribbons you will need to re-create it !!! I have made a cute coupon book that you also can make - using the bind it all and chipboard and of course ribbons !!!

Please bring in your projects and pages so we can see them too , we love seeing your creations.......

Valentines Papers are HERE

We have fabulous Valentine's papers from Pink Paislee, Fancy Pants, SEI and both lines from Bo Bunny....Great heart shaped books and embellishments from Maya Road, of course Jenni Bowlin Bingo Valentine cards.....Beautiful new ribbons from May Arts.......and new classes on the class schedule !!!

We have new signs !!!

Same great staff, same great store - just new fresh signs for 2010 !!!!  Here is a peak ~~~