The rest of our time in Vegas.....

was spent partying with other Kings fans before the Frozen Fury game on Saturday. I love the fact that Memory Trends was the same week so we only had to make one trip.

We missed this last year when we were in Europe and were supposed to miss it this year to be in Hawaii. With the business and the new baby, we stayed home.

So, what do the cool Kings fans look like?

Thats my friend Mandy in her Avs Suck jersey. She's been wearing that every year now. The Avs fans hate it.

And of course, there were about 3 Duck fans that felt the need to show up. Not sure why. We made them feel welcome. :) Actually, we didn't. :0

You can see more pictures HERE.

We took Nicholas to the Shark Reef at Mandalay. He made friends with the alligator.

And we had dinner at Hofbrauhaus - the annual get together for the Kings fans on Friday night. This year, the celebrity beer tapper was Neil Diamond. Yes, THE Neil Diamond. I thought he was an impersonator but this was the real thing. He had the entire place singing Sweet Caroline and standing on the tables with beer steins in hand.

Speaking of beer steins, my husband HAD to get the 34 oz Stein. This is German Beer so the alcohol content was just a tad bit higher than the American Beer. 6.5% to be exact. I had to drive back to the hotel.

Oh yeah..... WE WON!!!!!!!!!!

Dustin Brown scored the winning goal in the shootout. It was great to start the season with friends we've made at the games in the past. Frozen Fury is always the annual start of the season for us, even if it is a pre-season game. It has a playoff game atmosphere.

New stuff!

Ordered lots of new stuff at the show today.

Rusty Pickle has new acrylic albums out. Very cute. These look awesome with their new lines of papers.

Making Memories has several new diecut papers coming out. They added scalloped journaling books too!

Hambly Studios turned their popular Journaling bits into rubons. So there are now 2 different styles. These ship in Mid-October so look for those. We picked up some of their new transparencies and reordered some of the popular ones that are out of stock in the store. Being one of the first companies to really work with transparencies, they came out with a 12x12 sheet of acrylic that can be trimmed using your paper trimmer, decut machines or a pair of scissors. These can be made into ANY shape you want to use. Yes, we ordered some!

Ranger - Tim Holtz was there today demonstrating his cool new diecuts. They're fabric, their chipboard - they're awesome! You can distress these any way you want to. And because they're designed by Tim, you know they will accept any kind of ink! He was doing some amazing things with these! The best part is, the apha and number packs come with many different fonts in each pack for only $20.00!! I'll post more pictures of these later!

Glitz Designs - A new company this year. We placed our order for some of their 'frosting' and papers. These girls did an amazing job on their banner for the booth. They took strips of their 'frosting' and outlined their logo! The strips are flexible and can be adhered in any pattern. Also ordered some of their plastic mesh. Lots of cute stuff from this company!

More updates later! For now, we're enjoying the lions at MGM!

Vegas BABY!! {EDITED}

We're off to Memory Trends in Las Vegas.

Remember to enter coupon code MT07 during checkout to save 20% off your order.

We'll be updating from Vegas with pictures of new product from the show!

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Here is the King of Vegas on his very own Queen bed. He's ready for Memory Trends and the hockey game this weekend.

Getting ready for Memory Trends

Heading off to Vegas next week. Will be taking loads of pictures of new product to come back and share with you.

Until then, build your stash up in the store with another 20% off coupon. Enter MT07 during checkout (in the promotions area) and save 20% off your entire order. This coupon is good until 9/23/07.

*** Please note, all orders from 9/18-9/21 will be mailed out when we return from the show.***

Our September kit is almost sold out. If you didn't get one, hurry! The kit features Piggy Tales paper, Bazzill cardstock and lots of embellishments. Our Design Team did a lot of fun things with these papers. To see their ideas, check out the GALLERY.

And I can't forget my boys. The Los Angeles Kings BEAT the 'Mighty' Ducks of Anaheim tonight. And Pronger FINALLY got caught for diving. How nice. I know its preseason, but a win is a win. Our rookies beat their rookies. Its going to be a good season of hockey in LA this year. Can't wait!

American Crafts is HERE!

New papers, rubons and Thickers!

WOW!! {EDITED}

What a sale! All orders have been pulled. Some have shipped, others are scheduled to ship in the next 24 hours.

Thank you for your support of the store!

We have one customer who set a record for online shopping. Awesome!

We received a few new things today. We'll update this post as soon as they're in the store.

Just a reminder that the September Kit is up for sale! Our Design Team went over the top this month. You can see their Galleries HERE.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.

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We received some of our Bazzill order today. They came out with the cutest new scalloped cardstock. Eyelet scalloped cardstock. So cute! We also ordered some new scalloped cardstock colors.

Petaloo Holiday line is now available. We also ordered some of their additions to the popular Retro Rage line.

Creative Imaginations Aubrey papers and embellishments are now in stock.

September Kit

The September kit is now up for sale!
Get one before it sells out!

We also received a few items from Scenic Route and Imaginisce that were on backorder. We have the pearl brads and the jeweled rubons from Imaginisce.

Don't forget to check out the new sale items.

Sale items added, Labor Day Sale and new product!

We received our Love, Elsie Jack & Abby order today! Lots of cute stuff!

Also, we added more sale items:

Lil Davis Designs
Rusty Pickle
Sassafras Lass
Bam POP!
Fancy Pants
Heidi Swapp
SEI
Tinkering Ink

And we're having another promotion this weekend. Save 20% off your entire order this weekend. Sale dates are 8/30/07-9/3/07. Enter code LABOR07 during checkout to save.

Now in stock *{Edited}*

Two of the new Sassafrass Lass lines and more 7 Gypsies stamps!

7 Gypsies now offers more range in their stamps. You can buy the base with seals, just the base or just the seals. You choose what you want.

If you purchase a base with seals, you can also purchase other sets of seals that will fit in the base.

And they now offer colored ink pads. We carry the Reef Collection which offers red, blue and green ink pads.

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We also received 2 new Basic Grey lines (Mellow and Periphery) and rubons.
Check out the new Prima additions - Night Shades, Felt Flowers and Whispers Wings.

We now carry Catslife Press unmounted rubber stamps. These are just as easy to use as the acrylic stamps. Use some removeable adhesive on the back, adhere to your clear blocks and stamp away! Unmounted stamps cost less than the mounted ones and take upless space.

Lots of new things....

coming to the store.

We're placing orders all the time trying to fill the store with new products.

One of our favorite items right now are the crocheted blossoms by Imaginisce.

We've also been searching Etsy for some great products to add to our monthly kits. There are some talented people out there. Here is just a sample of the fun things to look for in our kits in the coming months......

And I have to share some personal stories as well. Took my son for his first skate a few weeks ago. (We're hoping he ends up a hockey player like his great-grandpa.) My grandfather took him out on the ice for the first time, wrapped in a Kings blanket. Hopefully this kid will be the Kings draft pick in 2026. If not, I'd settle for a die-hard fan just like me.

He also met our dog, Rascal. This was interesting to say the least. Rascal wasn't quite sure what to make of the new addition, but has quickly taken to him. He likes to curl up next to him now and is very concerned when Nicholas cries. I can see the two of them getting into a lot of trouble in the next few years......

And a perfect shot of the pouty-face.

New Imaginisce!

We have some of the new Imaginisce bling and crocheted flowers in stock. The Bling Blossoms match the Bazzill Bling papers!

Catching up...

Catching up on the new product that came in this week. It will all be entered into the store as soon as possible and a newsletter will go out this week with more details. We have another contest coming up, so look for that announcement.

And I'm still catching up on old photos that I need to scrap and get in books. Or sent out to people as gifts. Here are some of the layouts - some still need finishing touches. These will be posted in the Gallery tonight.

Speaking of the Gallery, have you checked out the recent additions by the Design Team? Awesome stuff. More to come this month! They used products from this months Kit - Basic Grey Phoebe.

Aimee

Emeline

Heidi

Mandy

Christy used the Playlist papers from Imagination Project for her kit this month.

More Technique Tuesday

has just arrived!

For every $75 you spend on TT products, you'll receive a free Limited Edition stamp set.

New 7 Gypsies....

is in the store. We received some of our CHA order from them today.

Check out their new stamps, textured rubbings and rubons. We're expecting another shipment from them soon.

Catching up...

I found that since I opened my own store, I have less time to scrapbook. Actually, I don't make enough time anymore.

That is a downside to this, but I love having the store. I made time to scrapbook this week. I'm getting caught up on the baby's album. I haven't scrapped much but I have all of the pages laid out and ready to go with the pictures, I just haven't put anything together yet. I need to catch up.

I also finished up the announcements so I can get those mailed out. How bad is that? 3 weeks after he's born, I finally get the announcements out.

Here is the picture I used for them. Isn't he just the sweetest thing?

New Product

We received the new Prima 'Say It In Crystals' Swirls today. Very nice. Can't wait to use these on a layout.

We also received our order from Luxe Designs. Check out the Hoodie and Sarong collections.
We stocked up on their awesome rubon alphas, words and some of the borders. Luxe came out with their own Journaling Spots which we also have. They're called Jotters. Very cute and they come in Black and White so they'll match any layout!

Technique Tuesday Contest Winner

Congratulations Gabrielle P.

Her winning layout - Its How I Roll - won the stores TT Contest. Gabrielle won a Gift Certificate to the store, some Limited Edition TT Stamps and some NEW TT products released at CHA.

There are just a few of this months Kits available in the store. Get yours before they're gone!