What a December!!

Wow, did we get snow or what? I don't think we ever had this much snow in one winter since I moved here in "89" let alone one week. I know a lot of folks are stuck at home and not able to venture out and those of you that do I pray for your safety. I have four wheel drive and have been at the store, it has been very quiet here, but the few that I have seen are happy to be able to stop in. My Husband and I tried to make it to Portland this weekend for a Christmas party for one of his offices and to see my twin grandsons but it was like whiteout conditions and we had to turn around just south of Olympia. Took us about 4 1/2 hours to get that far, and would have been very late for that party anyway.
Just a note to let you know we will be closed between Christmas and New Years and are moving across the parking lot. I have been getting ready since it has been so quiet. Lots of new items will be out and am very excited. We will be open again January 2.
Remember that if you are able to get out we are having our last gift wrap day at the store on Dec. 24th. Bring your wrapping and ribbon and we have the tape and goodies and I will help you with those packages. well goodbye for now and will write again.
Lila

Friday's Quickie Page

This weeks Quickie page is a little bit different than my usual. Lots of pink .... and lime green. Some of this years colors of Christmas. Come on in and make yours today as we have a very limited amount of these sweet pages loaded with lots of places put your photo's. 1st page is $5.00 and the add on page is only $2 more with plenty of felt stickers left for other projects.

MOVING SALE!!

We are growing and moving to space "T" across the parking lot. We are going to have 14 work tables with space for 28 people. I will finally have an office again and be able to clear the clutter from the front counter area. With that we are having a big moving sale and we need your help to clear supplies so that we have less to move and can make room for new items arriving. Every day we will have a different special until Christmas.

The specials below are one day only, but other items will be posted in the store for the entire time.
Mon. Dec. 15th--All stamps 20% off
Tues. Dec. 16th--All baby 20% off
Wed. Dec. 17th-- All tool organizers 25% off
Thu. Dec. 18th-- All school 20% off
Fri. Dec. 19th--All Tinkering Ink 30% off
Sat. Dec. 20th--All Teresa Collins 20% off
Mon. Dec. 22nd--All Daisy Bucket 30% off
Tues. Dec. 23rd-- All Kaiser albums and paints 20% off
Wed. Dec. 24th--ALL CHRISTMAS 25% off

Don't forget our gift wrapping days. Come use the tables to wrap your gifts and learn to make bows with wired ribbon. I will supply the tape, cider and cookies. See calendar for dates.

New Brads

Come and see our new brads and eyelets that do not require a setter, example are mouse ears, eyes, skulls, guitars, moose, riffles, and jelly beans. there are more than I can mention like new dog bones, so come on in and see what we have. They are great on cards and pages.

Friday's Quickie Page

The holiday's are here and what a perfect time to start thinking about those Christmas time pictures. this layout would be a great one for like photo's of decorating the tree or maybe you have kids in school programs. This would be great for me also for my sleigh ride as there were bells on the horses and the sleigh and we sang songs on our journey. Do you have another idea for this page write a post below and let all our viewers know of your idea. What a great way to share. Do you have photo's on previous layouts add them to let us all see what you did with your pages. 1st page is $5 and the add on page is only $2 more.

Gift Wrapping

Come on in on Thursday from 1-7pm and I will be happy to help with your gift wrapping and show you how to make beautiful bows for your packages. Bring in your own wrapping paper and ribbons ( wired works best) and I will supply the tape, cider and cookies. Come with family and friends for a great time. There will be 2 other times we will be doing this here at the store. The other 2 days are Dec. 20, from 10-4 and Dec. 24 from 10-5. WE WILL BE CLOSING AT 5pm ON DEC. 24th and will reopen on Jan. 2nd.

This weeks 20% off item is All Halloween, we need to make room for the rest of the Christmas items as well as New Years papers.
here also is the Tuesday card of the week which is a Thank-You. Remember all those loved ones who will be giving presents this year with a handmade Thank-you card made just for them. Need more than two please call and let me know so I can have them ready for you upon your arrival. The cards are only $1 ea. with an envelope.

Friday's Quickie Page

Today's quickie page can be for fall colors or for the pumpkin patch. Got another idea? How about raking leaves or playing in a pile of leaves.
Come on in and put this great little page together. Want one saved for you to make tomarrow, call me and I will save it for you. Limited quantities available. The first page is $5.00 and the add on page is only $2.00 more.

Gift Wrapping

Good morning everyone, I want to let you all know of something we are doing for you this holiday season. It is on the calendar and many of you may not have seen the calendar. We are opening our tables 3 times this month for you to come and wrap your gifts, we will be here to help and also show you how to add beautiful bows to your packages. Bring your gift wrap and ribbons (wired works best for great bows) I will supply tape, Holiday music, punch and treats. Come and join for fun and friendship. Below are the dates and times
Dec. 11th, from 1pm - 8pm
Dec. 20th, from 10 am -4pm
Dec. 24th, from 10am - 5pm
We will be closing Dec 24th at 5pm
Have a great day! Lila

Well it is now December and all the Holiday lights are beginning to shine. My husband and I went to Seattle after we closed on Saturday and saw the Nutcracker. It was delightful. On Sunday we walked all over downtown. We could see Macy's Star and the Carousel from the window of our hotel. We walked down to the waterfront, up to Pike Street market and over to the Space Needle and took the tram back to our Hotel. The weather was great for this time of year, but I love all the lights and sounds of Christmas. We saw Santa, rode the carousel, and did some shopping. today it is back to work as usual. So here we go:

Tuesday's make a Card is Celebrate for Hanukkah. Know someone special to make this card for. All items are here and for only $1 you can make a handmade card for that special someone.

Hello Everyone, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I know I did, I even snuck out and my husband finished the cooking so I could run to Micheals for Cricut cartridges for the die cut center. I bought several more. Remember the die cut center is only $15 for the year, to use the Cricut tho you will need to have your own 12 x12 mat and we have those here for sale if you need one.

STASH BASH: this is on Saturday, along with great deals from customers old stash, There will be some specials in the store such as All Halloween 20% off, Clear Stamps 20% off, Albums 20% off.
Many of the gifty items will be 50% off.

Wednesday Make A Tag

Today we are decorating the tags from the Teressa Collins line. Many different things can be added to give these great little gift tags depth and personalization. Here I used our new Sparkle Fibers, glitter and crackle medium. Come on in and play.



We will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving but will be open on Friday from 9:30 am -6:30 pm

SATURDAY WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FIRST EVER STASH BASH. GREAT BARGAINS FOR YOU FROM CUSTOMERS CLEANING OUT THEIR STASH.

Today's Make a Card

STASH BASH

Saturday from 10-4 our tables will be full of great bargains for you. Customers are cleaning out their craft rooms for items they no longer use to a great savings for you. Interested in clearing out some of your stash you no longer use let Lila know and we can put you on the list for the next one. Great bargains from stickers, papers and rubber stamps, and who knows what else. Come early for best selection.

Friday's Quickie Page

Friday's quickie page is all about sisters. With soft colors and flourish swirls this layout would make a great addition to your albums. Come on in on Friday any time during open hours and put this page together. Everything you need is here at the store. The first page is $5 and the add on page is $2 more.

CKC Oh What fun!!

Oh What fun it is to see familiar faces and play, making fun projects and learning new techniques and ideas at the same time. Bev and I went to CKC in Bellevue this past weekend and look who we saw there. Many other familiar faces were seen but the camera was not around. I sure hope you had as much fun as I did. There were so many people there all for the love of paper crafting. Some even came from far distances like Lynn above with Bev and I from the mid west.

Now that we are back we will be starting to work on some holiday projects. Keep watching for some ideas at the store and on the blog. The Christmas papers and embelishments are arriving at the store and we will be getting them out as soon as possible. In the mean time we still have plenty of Halloween and fall papers and embelishments to capture those great pumpkin and fall leaves pictures in your pages. Come see what we have.

Just a note that all Graduation is our 20% off special of the week so come on in and get yours today. Have a great day!!!
Lila

Tuesday's Card

Merry Christmas is the theme for Tuesday's card of the week. Celebrating or know someone celebrating Hanukkah? that card will be coming soon. The first Tuesday in Dec. You will be using clear stamps and gold embossing powder, as well as green ink. Come join us in making a card for someone special, or to just add to your collection for future ideas.

Project Idea

Easy to make and fun too. This great little gift bag is the perfect size for friends or co-workers. It can even be made larger with a larger bag size for the inside. Come on in and I will be glad to show you how we made this great little bag.

Tuesday's Card

This is this weeks card for Tuesday. They are only $1 each. All items included to make it.

Friday's Quickie Page

The great outdoors is this weeks theme. Papers are all the fall colors for pics of fall activities like hiking, fall leaves, hunting, etc. The single page is $5 everything included, the add on page only $2 more. Take home the remainder of the stickers for other pages. Next weeks theme will be "SISTERS".

What a successful day!!

I just have to say Congratulations to Lila for a wonderfully successful event today!

I just got home! I am exhausted, but so exhilarated by the day at Lila's store. How exciting it was to see all the activity there. I didn't get to arrive til about noon. The store was already busy with a demo by Elisa, a designer from Clear Scraps. She brought samples of Clear Scraps acrylics and showed us how to emboss them and then use alcohol inks on them. The samples turned out beautifully. We now have them hanging in the front window where the sun catches the colors. Everyone was excited to watch her work.

Gwen showed everyone a different way to use alcohol inks by blending them on glossy papers. She also brought the new metallic inks to use. They were quite a hit. The samples she left are so beautiful. All the colors together are pretty amazing.

Margaret demo'd a tree punch and showed customers how to make a luminary. Everyone got quite creative with it, and each one was just a bit different. It was a beautiful item for everyone to take home.

There were times the aisles were so crowded it was hard to get thru. It really was a fun day. Lila planned it out very well. There was always something to see or do. Plus there seemed to be a drawing going on all the time. note: Make sure you check back in this week to see if you won something.

Overall, I just want to say what a great day it was. What great activities there. What a great first year it's been! Let's hope for lots more!

Congrats Lila!!!

Bev

Today's Make a Card

Here is Tuesday's make a card. Happy Thanksgiving. Below are also the following weeks cards. Get Well, Christmas and New Years. Cards are only $1 to make includes an envelope. All supplies are here just pop on in and make a card. Most cards only take a few minutes perfect for that break at work. Want to make more than 1or 2 please let me know ahead so I can have them ready for you.

ONLY ONE MORE DAY TILL OUR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY.

1 year Anniversary Coming!!

Hello Everyone, we are all getting excited. It is hard to believe we have been here for 1 year already. Thank-you all for your support to helping keep our little store here. Without you there is no us. I have really enjoyed meeting all of you and even becoming friends with some. It has become an extended family for me. Well below is a schedule of things we have planned for you on Wednesday.

Demo's:
10-12 A clearscrap designer(Elisa) will be here to demo techniques using clear acrylic and various things that can be used on it.

12:15-1pm: Someone will be demonstrating how to use crackle paint on grungeboard and chipboard.

1-3pm: A rep from Millsrepco (Gwen) Will be demoing ways to use the Ranger Alcohol Inks.

4-5:30pm: Someone (maybe Bev)will be showing you how to use Punches from Fiscar and Tonic

6-7pm: A Tsukeneko Demonstrator will be here to show the differences between inks and how they can be used.

Make -N- Takes:

10:30- 11:30: Make a tag with the coordinations paper with sanding, crinkling and stamping.

12-1pm: Make recipie cards from the Karen Foster line.

1:30 -2:50pm: Make a mini card using stencils and glitter.

3- 5pm: Come make a luminary with Margarett using punches and vellum.

5:15 -6pm: make a card using rub-ons.

DOOR PRIZES EVERY 15 MINS.

Spend $20 and get your name in the drawing for a goodie bag. Drawing at end of day.

When you are ready to check out you can get additional savings by picking fromthe discount jar. Discounts from 10% -40% off a single item plus there will be some chances to get 10 -40% off your total purchase.

Need not be present to win, but prizes must be picked up by Saturday Nov. 8th 4pm.

Join us for some fun on Wednesday November 5th. Looking forward to seeing you.

Thank-you, Lila

HALLOWEEN WE HAVE IT

Halloween is over but now it's time to get those loved ones in their costumes and pics from parties into your albums. We have those great Halloween items you are looking for. We have several different lines available for you to choose from. come on in and get those pages done.

WE HAVE SPACE AT THE TABLES FOR OUR CROPS THIS WEEKEND. ONE THIS EVENING FROM 4-11 PM AND SUNDAY FROM 10:30 AM -6 PM Thay are $25 and that includes your meal, door prizes and goodie bags for everyone. Call for your spot 425-355-2500

Friday's Quickie Page

This is our quickie page for Friday. We somewhat stayed with some fall colors and added the gray to make it visually appealing. The word home at the top can mean several things and one could be a picture of a new home or one you are moving from, perhaps it is where you grew up. 2nd could mean that family is where your home is and family is what you make your page into. Maybe it has another reason to you, send back a posting letting me know what home means to you. Everyone who sends me a posting will go into a drawing for a free page layout. Just click on the comment now and leave your comments and name. Looking forward to hearing from you!! Remember that the quickie page is only $5 and the additional page is $2 more below is page two for those who do 2 page spreads.

Wednesday Make A Tag

Come on in today and make this tag for FREE. This ia a great little tag to put on those Christmas gifts. I have plenty of the items for you if you want to make more. They are very inexpensive to make and everyone loves hand made.
We are getting finalized with details for our 1 year Anniversary day on November 5th. Look for the schedule on Monday to see if there is a time when you want to come in to learn a specific technique. We have a designer from Clearscraps coming and someone from Millsrepco to do a demo and also Tsukeneko. We will also have make-n-takes and door prizes every 15 mins. Please tell all your friends about our little store and encourage them to come with you. If you bring someone new in with you I will have a special gift here for you. There will also be a jar with special discounts that you can pick one of when you are ready to check out. Join in the fun!!! Lila

Tuesday's Card

Every Tuesday we have a different card of the week that you can make at any time of the day between 10am and 7pm for only $1. Want more than 1 card please let meknow so that I can prep extra's. We are working on next month's cards and will show them all as soon as they are ready. remember all materials are included just pop on in and leave with a beautiful card.

Grandma

I am a grandma again!!! This is little Ethan, He weighed almost 7 lbs, so tiny. We were able to see him on Saturday. He was born on Thursday late evening. It's great having grandchildren so close, Dylan (behind me) recently moved back from Alaska and is living with us, he is 10 and then we also have twin grandsons that live in Oregon and they are 6. That makes four grandsons, 0 granddaughters maybe someday.

Halloween Paper Dolls

Check out our new paper dolls great for those Halloween pages of your little one. More characters will be made. prices range from $1 to $2.50. We also have a lot of other die cuts that are only $.25 for those Halloween pages.

I am a grandmother again. Our son Aaron and his wife Katrina had their 1st son last night. That makes four grandsons for me, no no granddaughters, yet

Halloween Mini Book

I created this little Halloween jem using the Teresa Collins paper and book cover. I used inks, ribbon and some glitter glue to really bring it to life. To see it more closely it is here at the store and make your own, just sit and copy or use for some ideas incorporating your own ideas into it.

1 year Anniversary Coming!!

Hello Everyone, I know I have not been faithful at my posts, and I apologize, I will do my best to make a post every day. With that I want to let everyone know that we are having our 1 year Anniversary November 5th. There will be lots of things going on that day such as demo's from reps of companies and make n takes, door prizes during the day, food and special discounts. Keep watch as we post what will be done and approximately what time during the day. We are working on schedules now and confirmations from the reps and companies.
Thank-you for all your patience this last month as a lot has happened this month at home.
LILA

Friday's Quickie Page

This great fall page will be ready for you to put together Friday. This will make a great page for raking or playing in the leaves, for the pumpkin patch or maybe even a cornstalk maze page. It would also do well for Thanks-giving. The nice thing about these great pages are that they can be put together in a few mins., great for a lunch break or maybe before and after work. All needed items are supplied just pop on in. This weeks page comes with a set of rub-ons, and what is not used you get to take with you for other projects. Quantities are limited. Everyone loved last weeks quickie page. Remember that the 1st page is $5 and the add on page is only $2 more.

Today' Make a Card

Today's card is Birthday. Make a few to have on hand when you need a card. This is a great card for anyone at any age.

Friday's Quickie Page

This Friday join us for our first quickie page. Stop in during a break or on your way to or from work because this page can be done in about 5 mins. All items are supplied to create a 1 page layout for $5. Purchase the add-on page for only $2 more

Store Friends

It's almost a year ago that Lila opened her store. It's been less than that since I found it. Tracy found it before me (lucky gal!). In that time we've both stopped by the store, hung out at times, come for crops, come for coffee, chatted, shared, and made friends. After multiple crops together at the store where we spent the evening sharing and laughing and just enjoying each others company, Tracy invited us to her family's cabin. It was months ago that we set the weekend. Last weekend was it. The 3 of us packed our cropping bags and traveled over to the peninsula to spend a couple nights.

It was so fun!! Well, I have to say the drive over wasn't so fun. It was dark and rainy and traffic was thick. But along the way we stopped for dinner and finally made it to the cabin in time to collapse into bed. The nest day we scrapped adn then went out to enjoy the sights. The trees were turning beautiful fall colors. There was open water everywhere. We stopped at the winery for a few tastes. We got some souvenirs and headed back to scrap some more for the evening. The next morning we kept scrapping while we ate some breakfast and then packed up to head home.

What fun we had. Three friends who met at the scrapbook store. Who would have thought!! So the point of my post???? Come join us at Lila's. You just never know. Maybe you'll get to be friends with some other scrappers and get to have your own weekend of scrapping somewhere fun. Maybe you'll get to join us next time!

Bev

PS I haven't even shared this pic with Lila or Tracy yet, so enjoy!

New from Kaiser Craft

DROPLETS: They come in 9 delicious colors and are epoxy like stickers to add to your cards and layouts. There is a variety of sizes on each card and they sell for only $1.69 pkg. Get a variety of colors while you're here at that price.