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July 09, 2009

Six Great Classes this Weekend!

See the Class Calendar in the upper right corner of this blog for all the details!

Friday, July 10 - 8 am: A Muse A Palooza begins! Shop early and enjoy complimentary coffee and scones. our class cards/projects will be on display. Free make and take all day.

Friday, July 10 - 5-7 pm: "Let Them Eat Cake" with Michelle

Saturday, July 11 - 10:30 am-1 pm: "Cupcake Box" with Val Stangle

Saturday, July 11 - 2-4 pm: "Needle Felt Birds" with Valerie Hebert

Saturday, July 11 - 5-8 pm: "The Places you'll Go" travel album with Debby Schuh

Sunday, July 12 - 10 am-1 pm: "Just Be" mini album with Debby Schuh

Sunday, July 12 - 2-5 pm "These Are the Days" ATC holder with Debby Schuh

 

July 06, 2009

Weekly Specials and SD Examiner Articles

We will offer a "Weekly Special" each week starting tomorrow! The special will run Tuesday through Sunday.WeeklyspecialmlsThis week's special is 20% off My Little Shoebox.SD Examiner Button 2Other big news...Shannon Fralish has written a feature article on Paper Tales and a separate feature on Helle in the San Diego Scrapbook Examiner.com! This is a great on line publication that you'll want to keep up with. Thanks again Shannon! (Shannon will be attending our "Twilight Crop")

July 04, 2009

Happy Independence Day!

Enjoy your day. We are  lucky to live in a country where we are able to enjoy so many freedoms. Many thanks (always) to our great military members and their families!

Here are a few snippets of some of our fun new findings!!7-3-09-4Vintage party favors and toys.7-3-09Velvets leaves and corsage pins.7-3-09-2Vintage (really!) millinery flowers.7-3-09-3The cutest headbands *ever* made in the USA by Dainty!7-3-09-5Assorted cake toppers and other goodies!7-3-09-6Find an old mason jar, sand and photos to create your own Independence Day memory!

July 02, 2009

Classes with Debby Schuh

Debby has just added one more class! She will now be teaching her "The Places You'll Go Travel Album" on Saturday, July 11, 5-8 pm. Please check our class calendar in the upper right hand corner for ALL the details! (We've also added a bunch of new classes!)

This is a big treat for us to have Debby come all the way from New York to teach at our store!

Debby schuh travel bookThe Places You'll Go Travel Album  July 11, Saturday 5-8 pm $45Debby schuh travel book 2
Where have you been? Where do you want to go? Whether our travels take us to an exotic locale or just down the road, we need someplace to keep all the treasures we collect along the way. In this handmade 11x9" album we’ll find a home for the photos and memorabilia you already have or be ready for the next trip! This album would also be a perfect gift for someone starting out on a new venture.
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Just BE Album   July 12, Sunday 10-1 pm $48Just be pages_1
What do you want to be? Sometimes we are so busy DOing that we need to be reminded to just BE: be strong, be real, be happy...the list can go on and on...but just BE YOU! This 5x7" album will not only be filled with lots of the paper engineering ideas you love but will be a place for the reminders you need to just BE. Maybe you know someone who needs this reminder as a encouraging gift. There's a girl who's going on from high school or college who needs the encouragement to follow her heart. Maybe a friend needs encouragement as she goes through a difficult time. Maybe that someone is you! I plan to make this album as a treasury of the statements of affirmation and reminders I say to myself regularly and hope to pass on to others.

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These are the Days ATC Holder July 12, Sunday 2-5 pm $48
ATC samples pagesBack by popular demand but remodeled with all new products, we'll transform a 7gypsies ATC card holder into a fanciful home for your treasured memories of yesterday, TODAY, and tomorrow. Sometimes we think that "those" were the good old days, but TODAY is the day to make good memories!

This little holder will display your everyday memories on little layouts and pockets in a nostalgic way, but with a fresh burst of color.

We'll learn new techniques and have fun playing with paper and making something lovely. You'll be getting enough product to make many more projects at your leisure.

You may bring your own ATC holder or purchase one for $15. (Supplies limited)

July 01, 2009

Look What We Have...

Rouge de Garance...from France!!! it's amazing, double-sided paper.

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June 30, 2009

Can I Vent?

I just sent an email to Making Memories...not that they'll care. We are "just" a small independent store. They create their best products for large "supermarket-like" stores that don't offer classes or great customer service. Those stores serve their purpose, don't get me wrong. I shop the big stores for certain thing too. But what I don't understand is why Making Memories would offer these stores the better products and the sub-standard to the LSS? Because of their idea of what "good" business is, we will no longer carry Making Memories products in our store.

The email: 
I guess our store made the right decision not to carry MM products any longer. You create products that are better than what you offer at CHA and make it available only to a large discount store with no classes or any idea with what to do with the product. Amazing.I am so disappointed in what has become of the ethics of your company.

June 25, 2009

Fun New Arrivals & More Sales!

The remaining "sale" items are now 40% off!!!

We've added some new items as well. 
All our clear stamps are 20% off through the end of June. 
A Muse square note cards are 20% off as well. 
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Shipped from Japan...fun tape for cards and other crafts!
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Hand-carved stamps...so cute and from Japan as well!
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Stickers from Japan.
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Diane and Michelle use theirs for needle felt supplies. 
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Christine bought one for her daughter...only one left!
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Kristina, our favorite silhouette artist, made these "art sheets" especially for Paper Tales! Perfect for collage, punching and more!
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We have several original silhouette pieces in the store. Kristina also does custom work.
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Journals, notepads and brads.
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More maps...
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and old music sheets.
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All the newest Stampington publications arrived today. Always 10% off.
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All the new enamel arrived today as well! Brand new colors in bins, trays and magnet boards.
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Some of the enamel trays.
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Some of the wire baskets.

June 19, 2009

Friday Delivery!

Here's the latest!

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We thought these gates were gone forever...and now we have them again!
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Great jewelry holders. The middle bar is for your rings.
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The "Tiny Attacher" from Tim Holtz...FINALLY!!!
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Karin has these fabulous kits in the store. The best part is that you get a password with the kit that gives you on-line access to the detailed, full color directions!

Clearance Sale!

We are making room for new papers and other fun things!

Bigsale1Come shop our clearance table...everything is 30% off.Bigsale2Lots of good stuff including October Afternoon, Heidi Swapp, Jenni Bowlin, Making Memories and much more.Bigsale3For every 10 pieces of paper you purchase from the clearance table , you get five pieces of paper free!Bigsale4

June 18, 2009

Look What FedEx Delivered!

October Afternoon's "Road Maps" arrived this afternoon!

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ALL of it!
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Come and get it!!!