Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season!

Things have been a snowstorm of activity here at the store with Christmas fast approaching, and I’m sorry to say I have been neglecting the newsletter during December! (Thanks to Susie for shooting out a quick email to everyone last week about our current sale specials!)  Well I guess it’s better late than never, so here’s what we have going on for the rest of the month and early January.

NEWS

Please be aware of our upcoming holiday hours:

Christmas Eve (Wed. 12/24)- 11am-6pm

Christmas Day (Thurs. 12/25)- closed

New Year’s Eve (Wed. 12/31)- 11am-6pm

New Year’s Day (Thurs. 1/1)- 11am-11pm

(all other days we will be open during our regularly scheduled times of Mon.-Sat. 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays)

As the end of the year approaches, for us that means INVENTORY.  And let’s face it, when it comes to doing inventory, I prefer to be lazy- I really don’t want to spend weeks counting stuff.  So for you that means STOREWIDE SALES and great savings on last minute Christmas gifts!

From now through Christmas Eve (Wed. 12/24):

* Regular priced items are 20% off (excludes Cricut Cartridges and Silhouette)

* Sticker Roll Stickers are 80% off

* Discount items are an additional 10% off (excludes Cricut Expression and Sticker Roll Stickers)

* In stock Cricut Expression Machines w/Plantin Schoolbook & Home Decor Cartridges- $299.99 (while supplies last)

* In stock Silhouette Electronic Diecut Machines- $149.99 (while supplies last)

* For every $100.00 you spend, receive a $20.00 off gift voucher toward a future    qualifying purchase

* For every $20.00 you spend each time you shop between now and the end of the year, your name will go into the drawing to win our Scrapbook Gift Basket (a $60.00 value)

* Super cool Jewelry Make-N-Take throughout the rest of the month- come in and create a necklace with the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line of hardware for only $1.25 or $2.50 depending on the style you choose (3 styles to choose from).  These necklaces take less than 5 minutes to create, and similar necklaces are selling for between $60.00-$80.00 at local boutiques!  These make great stocking stuffers, or perfect gifts for all of your friends.  (And I can tell you that teenagers absolutely love these necklaces!)  And at this price, you could even afford to splurge and make one or all three for yourself!

You’ll also want to be sure and join us for our Day After Christmas Sales Event, with select items marked down as much as 40% off throughout the day.  We will also be offering a free all day crop the day after Christmas 12/26 and on Saturday 12/27, so come on in and bring some friends and enjoy a day or two of scrapbooking fun and take advantage of our great deals while you’re here!

Or, join us on New Year’s Day from 11am-11pm for our all day crop.  What better way to start the year off right than to get a jump start on scrapbooking your memories from years past and the year to come.  For only $20.00, you can spend a full 12 hours of uninterrupted cropping and we’ll supply the drinks, snacks and even a yummy lunch so that you don’t even have to go out for food!

PRODUCTS

We have received in a lot of new stuff that you’ll want to come in and check out:

*Beautiful Christmas and Winter Papers and Embellishments from Basic Grey, Cloud 9, Best Creation, KI Memories, Little Yellow Bicycle, Kaisercraft, Bobunny, Tim Holtz and more

*New Cricut Cartridges- Sesame Street, Hello Kitty Greetings, Hello Kitty Font, Tinkerbell, Cars, Sports Mania, Calligraphy Collection, Wild Card, Graphically Speaking, Storybook, Blackletter, Sans Serif and Christmas Solutions.

*Silhouette Electronic Die Cut Machine

*Glimmer Mist- 13 New Seasonal Limited Edition Colors

*Ranger Embossing Powders

*Core’Dinations Cardstock- entire line of their color core cardstock sold by the sheet, as well as the vintage collection paper pads, black magic collection paper pads, and chocolate box collection paper pads.  (This cardstock has a different core color than the surface color, so that when you tear, sand, or dry emboss and sand, the core color shows through!)

*Now taking orders for all Slice Diecut Products

*We-are-Memory-Keepers Leather Post-bound Albums in various colors

*American Crafts Leather D-ring Albums

*Tim Holtz Idea-ology Hardware

CLASSES & CROPS

(Preregistration required for all classes and paid crops.  For details and pricing on classes and crops, check out our calendar link at the top of the page.)

Scrapbook Inspirations– Here we go a Wassailing Christmas Layout (Monday 12/22 6-8pm) Create this gorgeous Christmas layout using the Wassail collection from Basic Grey (to view a photo of the sample, visit Susie’s Blog

For December, we also still have kits available from the following classes:

Quick & Simple Scrapbooking Whimsical Christmas– 1 kit

That’s My Baby Club Holiday Vintage baby pages– 4 kits (view photos of this project on Susie’s Blog.)

Project of the Month– J-O-Y Wood Canvas Wallhanging– 1 kit (view photos of this project on Susie’s Blog.)

Day after Christmas Crop– Friday 12/26  11am-8pm  FREE

Open Crop– Saturday 12/27  11am-8pm  FREE

New Year’s Day Crop– Thursday 1/1  11am-11pm (includes lunch, snacks and drinks) $20.00

Friday Night Crop– Friday 1/2  5pm-2am (includes snacks and drinks) $10.00, and as always it’s free to crop weekdays from 11am-5pm, so come in earlier at no extra charge!

Open Crop– Saturday 1/3  11am-8pm  FREE

We wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Scrap-Happy New Year!

Melissa