~ Birthday Week! ~

Just popping in quickly to post about a special offer at the shop this week.

It's my birthday next week, and No I'm not saying how old I will be except it's the Big One next year!!!

To celebrate I am running a special discount from today up to and including next Thursday (15th Oct). Spend £15 or more and get 10% discount, Spend £25 or more and get a whopping 15% off!!

So why not pop along to the shop, based in Bournemouth (let me know if you need directions!) and stock up!

Loads of new stock has arrived this week, I seem to have spent all week unpacking boxes!!

Thanks for looking!

~ Rain, rain go away! ~

I think it has rained non-stop for the last 3 days, I got drenched on the school run today but good news is that we have had our central heating boiler fixed today so at least we have heating now and I love being warm and toasty indoors when it's chucking it down outside!

The other day I told you about the new Dancing Girl papers from Fancy Pants that have just come in at the shop, this layout is made using them.

It's a really girly pages with lots of pink and lilac and gorgeous glitter chipboard letters!

Just a quick post for now as it's almost tea time in our house!

~ Lazy Sunday ~

Tonight's blog is mainly just chat so if you are looking for some crafty inspiration, I'm sorry!

Yesterday we had a much needed lazy, family Sunday! We have had a run of busy weekends which saw us dashing half way round the country meeting up with friends, going to weddings and Ally Pally so yesterday it was great to just relax, just the 3 of us!

We popped to a local shopping centre in the morning to get a few bits and pieces and had lunch in Marks and Spencer where Hannah's 2nd tooth fell out just as she was tucking in to her cheese toastie. She now has a lovely, cute "gappy" smile.

The afternoon was spent pottering about in the garden. We have been growing a few veggies this year and for the last few weeks we have been enjoying home grown carrots. Yesterday D and H pulled a few from the ground to have for dinner and one of them was huge! This must be the biggest carrot I have ever seen!I did manage to fit in some crafting. I took this photo mid crafting session to show how untidy I get, this was after only about 15 minutes so you can imagine what it looked like an hour later. The floor was covered in stuff too!!

Does anyone else make a mess, surrounded with stash and end up with a tiny space to work in just big enough for a 12 X 12 layout??!!

Okay, shop stuff ~ I've been busy today placing lots of orders including an initial order for Little Claire stamps. I know lots of you have been waiting for me to get these in so as soon as they arrive I will let you know via this blog and the website.

Thanks for popping by and don't forget to leave a comment, to say Hi!!

Sarah

~ Ally Pally And Fancy Pants!! ~

I don't think The Big Stamp And Scrapbook Show quite knew what had hit it when our coach arrived at Ally Pally! We really did have a great, if tiring day.

At around 7.30am on Sunday 34 very excited ladies and one token gentleman boarded the coach, many had never been to AP before and didn't quite know what to expect. Excited chatter filled the coach as we made our way up to London. We arrived around 11am and 34 ladies descended from the coach and climbed the steps ready for some serious stash shopping. In between numerous stops for coffee we watched demos, browsed the stands, "oohed" and "Aahed" over the papers, rubber stamps, craft tools and everything in bewteen!! At 4.15pm the coach set off for home. Bags were emptied out to show our newly bought goodies to the rest of the coach and there was endless chat (amidst laughter!) about demos and new techniques seen. A "craft swap" was great fun, where participants put an item they had bought (worth approx £2) into a bag and then pulled something out in exchange! A truely wonderful day!! Thank you everyone who made it such fun!

Onto other stuff.......Look what has arrived in the shop today....... New papers from Fancy Pants "Little Sprout" range! Beautiful colours and everything from flowers, to stripes, to swirls....And "Rough and Tough" Perfect papers for layouts featuring boys! All are double sided and there is a co ordinating sticker sheet!
And, my favourite of all the new papers, the gorgeous "Dancing Girl" papers. Designed with little girls in mind but many are adaptable for a variety of themes. Again, double sided and a co ordinating sticker sheet.
That's it for tonight, I'm off to choose photos to match new papers!! Hope to be back in a day or 2 to show you some layouts using these new Fancy Pants Papers.

~ SALE NOW ON! ~

If you are looking for a bargain (or two!) pop along to the shop next week as we are having a SALE to make room for some new stock! Lots of 12 x 12 papers reduced, prices starting at just 20p! Rubber stamps, flowersoft, Christmas embellies, flowers all reduced and much, much more...!

Also, keep an eye out for our special promotions and offers over the next few weeks...you will not want to miss them!

~ DEMONSTRATION DAY ~

Just a quick post....Next Demo day in the shop is on Saturday 17th October!!!!
The very talented Maggie will be with us from 10.30am-3.00pm.

Everyone is welcome!! If you have never visited us before and need some directions just pop a comment on here and we will get back to you.

Look forward to seeing lots of you there!

~ Finally.... ~

...Finally I can upload pictures from my camera to the pc, so we can have photos on the blog again!! How gorgeous are these Christmas papers from My Mind's Eye? They are just flying off the shelf so grab some while you can.

I know many of you are loving the Creative Cardmaking Magazine which Maisie May Crafts are a stockist for. This is their first Special Editon magazine. Due to the huge success of the magazine since it launched earlier this year, they have decided to publish 4 special editions each year. This first one focuses on Christmas and wintery cards and is packed with gorgeous free papers and ideas and inspiration. At £4.99 it's great value!

The new issue arrived at the shop today, the normal monthly one, it's on sale date isn't until Friday 25th but we've got it in already.

Thought I'd share a few cards with you as well...the first is from the black and white class last week. I love the shape of this card, started as a square card blank and we sliced the corners off, you will notice I used my beloved inverted corner rounder from Woodware again. This next card is using the Snow Village stamp and My Minds Eye papers. The stamp should hopefully be back in stock later this week as I placed an order today for it (as so many of you have been asking for one) and some lovely new wooden stamps as well.

Hope everyone is having a good evening and fitting in some crafting time!

I hope to have news of our next Demonstration day in the shop soon so watch this space!