Paw Points

How many did you earn during June and July?  

Redemption Day is August 7th from 10-4. 

Bring in your Paw Points for your shopping spree in the back room.

We'll be cooking up hot dogs and have other delicious treats too.

OPERATION Write Home

We have a HUGE pile of cards ready to be shipped to the Operation We R Grateful/ Operation Write Home project!!  

THANKS to ALL OF YOU for your donations of beautiful handmade cards.  Because of our customers generous hearts, we are shipping over 300 cards to the Operation Write Home project.  Those cards will go to the deserving troops in all the military branches.  

You have today and tomorrow to drop off any cards you wish to be included in this wonderful project.

Thank you again for all who have given cards and envelopes.

Your generosity is overwhelming.

New arrivals

 NEW flower punches from EK SUCCESS

that DRESS FORM DIE is HERE!!!!!!!  

The "Sewing Room" is in the house....everyone who was waiting for them have been called and we still have some left!! 

A small allotment of Galopy was also delivered.......

NEW ARRIVALS

...do I sound like a broken record yet??  NEW ARRIVALS!! We love them.  These actually arrived from Stampavie while we were gone to the CHA show last week...I am still playing catch up on product arrivals.....ECHO PARK goodies also were in the NEW ARRIVALS box last week...some cute stuff from their Summer line....come and check it out.

New arrivals....

New arrival and a new company.....Sharon Louise is the latest company we have brought into the store.  Handdrawn and printed on acetate, these sheets of beautiful new designs will be a treat to create with for your card making days.

New Arrivals!!

The new papers from McRice are already here!!  They got into the store before we even got back from our trip to the CHA trade show in Chicago......fast and delightfully fun new papers for your paper crafting needs.

Check it out....

This is something that many of you have seen but for those who don't follow the "Tim" blog...but follow ours...see if you find someone you might know in this video....somewhere around the 3:59 to 4:05 minute mark....

see the video here

Where in the world is COSMO?

Have you been watching the updates on Cosmo's travels?  He has been a busy little guy.  He was hanging out with all the designers and manufacturers at the show. We were able to do Facebook updates, but had a little trouble with the blogger account while we were in Chicago, so I will do some photo updates when I get more uploaded to the host account.  Meanwhile, stay tuned to Facebook (watch the link to the right) and see where he was.

We're back....

Our vehicle was fully loaded going both ways!!

We did have a lot more stuff in the back coming home though.....

The  convention center in Rosemont

We had a great time and I will be posting a few more photos of our trip over the next few days. 

Great displays, people we met and more.  

Stay tuned.

CHA fun

We have been having a great time at show so far. It is all amazing and exciting but extremely exhausting too.  But we will do anything to bring you the lastest and greatest back to the store.  Stay tuned to FACEBOOK for updates with our Where in the world is COSMO.....blogger is not cooperating with the photos so we will update you this way for our BLOGGING friends. 

Today COSMO was hanging out with the gang from McRice so mention you saw Cosmo with McRice onFacebook and save 10% on all McRice papers!

When we get back I will do a photo update for those who miss out on the facebook fun.

CHA SUMMER....live from the preshow

Live from CHA!

We are here at the pre-show having a lot of fun and learning a lot with some of the vendors who will be hanging out at the big show on Tuesday.  Watch FACEBOOK for updates as we can give them and a fun feature we will have while we are gone.  We have been busy all day with classes and demos with Spellbinders, Heartfelt Creations, Just Rite and Want2Scrap.....let me say, the new stuff is amazing!!! 

I can't wait to see this new stuff in the store....plus we have more exclusives on the way from Spellbinders!!

Ok, gotta run...more classes today...more fun tomorrow....stay tuned!

Winner Winner

We ended our Dog to Staff guessing game for Paw Points 

and we had two winners!!

Jeanne M and Andrea S 

tied for the most correct guesses and get one point for each correct guess plus a bonus 10 for having the most right.

Congrats Ladies!!

If you participated in the guessing game come by the store and check if you got any correct, you get a point for each correct guess too!


Our next guessing game is already up and ready to go....

Keep collecting those PAW POINTS for

August 7th.  

Points are non-transferable and only redeemable on August 7, 2011.


The Customer Challenge project is also ready for the next contest period.  The current projects are up for voting and your next challenge has been issued!
Current challenge is due back at the store on July 24, 2011

Last Day

One more day to get some deals 

on the product in the backroom

Don't miss this chance.

We need to make room for

the new product that will be arriving 

after our trade show trip

PLUS:

today is MAKE &TAKE day!

from 11-1pm you can

stop by for the Make & Take

BACKROOM BLOWOUT SALE

Starts WEDNESDAY July 6

Ends THURSDAY July 7

We are making room for the new product coming in when we head to the Summer CHA trade show in Chicago.

Discounted deals on stamps, stickers, rub-ons, ribbon and more.....

The backroom is filled up "thrift-sale" style with all sorts of deals...but once they are gone, they are gone.

Happy 4th of July

We are closed today to observe the 4th of July with our families.

We open again on Tuesday at 10am.  If you shopped this past week, you have a coupon on the bottom of your receipt that is good Tuesday.

The Back Room Blow Out sale starts Wednesday.....lots of deals...we need to make room for all the goodies coming in when we head to Chicago for the CHA Summer show in just a few weeks.