Extreme Boy by Junkitz

is here!

Love, Elsie is here. It will be loaded into the store as soon as I take inventory of the box.

ETA:

Love, Elsie Roxie and Toby are in stock!!!

Memorable moments....

An old friend of the family got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today. If anyone knows Stu Nahan, you know he's a total celebrity out here. For those of you who don't know him, he's been on the sports scene forever. He's a huge hockey fan (Kings fan), baseball fan etc. He's done radio and TV for so many years that he just knows EVERYONE! He's done movies (he's the announcer in the Rocky movies, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and more).

I love to read his little one page update in the Kings programs 'Stu Says' just to see what Stu will say about my team. He pretty much calls it like it is.

So, today, he got a star. We hiked up to Hollywood to see the ceremony which was very well done. Luc Robitaille was there. Pat Sajak was there. A lot of people were there to honor Stu.

I took this opportunity to get some contract negotiations in for the kid. Flash forward to 2026, I can hear it now......

"With their first round pick in the 2026 draft, the Los Angeles Kings chose..... (first name???) Weinstock." Thats right. My little hockey player drafted in 2026. :) I couldn't help myself.

Lots of funny stories and good memories.

Petaloo....

Here is just one idea of what you can do with the Petaloo Flowers. Love these things! They sell matching window cards and more that you can decorate with their flowers.

I used the Sunken Treasure line and rubons to personalize this card. Added some HS bling and sent it off! Took about 5 minutes to make. Not bad for a quick card!

Love, Elsie is still MIA but should be here any day. I'm stalking the UPS guy every day.

We also have another raffle winner, but I will wait to annouce who it is until the Love, Elsie lines arrive. Who could it be this time? have you placed an order with the store? Then it might be you!

Design Team Kits for May

are now available for purchase. Both use the new lines from Autumn Leaves.

French Twist:

Winter Garden:

Love, Elsie

HAS SHIPPED!
Should be here this week! If you haven't seen these papers and embellishments, you're going to love them!

Very cute and different.

Design Team kits

are now available in the store. Under Stash Kits on the left sidebar menu. The kit retails at 10% off the retail value of the items in the kit.

The April kits have been added already and the May kits will be available in another week. I need to give the girls time to add their layouts to the Gallery.

There are already some really neat ideas up so make sure you check it out! I was scanning through some of the layouts for May and found THIS little gem by Mandy. How cute is that? If you wait to buy the May kit, you receive 4 snowflakes in 4 different sizes. You can also buy the complete pack of snowflakes and you receive 16 showflakes. 4 sizes in 4 colors.

Here are some pictures of the April kits:

Almost ready....

For the new addition.

I added a few more clothes to his closet this week. I've been shopping. Love to buy little clothes for the little boy. And one of the Design Team girls sent me a package with a cute sleeper, hat and more! Too cute. Thank you Emeline!

So, the furniture is now done. My FIL is in town and helped my husband put the last piece together this morning. Finally nice to have the room almost ready. I washed the sheets and made the bed this morning. Everything is put away from the shower. Now we just need to get some of those last minute things on the registry and we play the waiting game until July.

Mothers Day

I celebrated my first Mothers Day. Not technically. Next year will be my first REAL Mothers Day. Can't wait.

I threw together some last minute cards using the new Amy Butler line from K&Co. Love these papers.

Because we're feeling generous....

We picked a second raffle winner today.

If your name is Lynda S. - you've won!

Look for your prize pack in the mail!

Petaloo Pink Poodle

Say that 10 times fast!
Petaloo's newest line arrived today. Pink Poodle. Very cute! Lots of pink and black polka dots!
















And a few more items from Creative Imaginations to alter. The Brooke Peek-a-book looks like any regular chipboard book, but there are pages that slip out so there is more space to decorate. And the Emily tissue box cover is a perfect gift for anyone. Alter to coordinate with any room in the home! 5x5x5 box covers standard square tissue boxes.













Another Drawing winner! Patricia E.
Patricia, look for your box in the mail this week! Enjoy! You never know when we'll draw another name. For every order you place in the store, you receive a raffle ticket. We'll draw a name at random times throughout the month and send that winner a box of goodies from the store! We'll help you build your 'Stash'.

Design Team Kits will be on sale this week for the month of April. The girls were given new papers from Sassafrass Lass Blue Boutique and Scrumptious lines. Check out the Gallery to see what they did with the papers. For the month of May, they were given new papers from Autumn Leaves. May kits will be on sale later this month. Keep checking the Kits section of the store to see any new kits. DT kits will be available to you at a 10% discount!

Gift Certificates make a great gift. It not too late to order one for Mothers Day. Once you purchase a Gift Certificate, the codes will be emailed to you. For no extra cost, we will provide an envelope with a special coupon for you to present to the person, just let us know with your order.

FREE SHIPPING! Thats right, free shipping. Any order over $50.00 will receive free shipping now through the end of the month. All other orders will pay the old shipping charges. We won't raise the rates until June 1st, so shop away.

Clearance Section - check out the Sale section to see whats on sale. Save 30-40% on items. We need to make room for the new items coming in.

National Scrapbook Day

In case you missed it, I missed it as well. Instead of hunkering down and scrapbooking like the rest of the world, I was braving the long drive to Las Vegas for a friends wedding. yes, she got married on NSD. And she's a scrapper. Of course, Vegas was FULL of the fight fans waiting for the Oscar de la Hoya fight and so getting around wasn't easy. But the wedding and reception went off without a hitch. And now, after the long drive home, I'm ready to settle in with my scrap stuff and start creating. I have a lot of pictures that need to get done so I'm on a quest to get at least 2 trips done this month.
A few more new products should be in this week. We're expecting the Extreme Boy and Love Elsie lines this month (along with a million other vendors who also ordered them) so be on the lookout for those.
Because of the vacation, I haven't updated the Home Page of the site yet. This will be done this week and Rascal has a special promotion for month in Rascals Corner - so keep checking back!

A few more items

have been added to the sale area. Keep checking back. This area will be updated weekly!