Blog Hopping!

I've finally had some time to go "blog hopping". I am amazed at all the beautiful blogs, and amazing works of art I happened to stumble across. What can I say, I'm in awe! I was so amazed that I went to CVS tonight and had some photos printed. I'm scrapping tonight (for myself that is). :)

Christmas in July!

We are celebrating Christmas in July with a Crop 'til ya drop event!

Crop all day from 12:00pm to 10:00pm for $25.00
Crop Half day from either 12:00pm to 5:00pm or 5:00pm to 10:00pm. $15.00
Light Lunch (for 12:00pm to 5:00pm), Dinner (for 5:00 to 10:00), snacks, beverages all day included.

We only have room for 8 croppers at a time... possibly 9. Please call the shop to check on half day availability. This will be determined by the number of "All Day" Croppers we have.

Keep watch on our blog for updates, coupons, sale items that you'll want to stock up on, and more. I have a funny feeling we may have some delicious "blog candy" posted in the next few days too. You won't want to miss out on this give-a-way!

Have a wonderful day!

New Tear Beary Listed on EBAY!

3 Days only on Girly Sets

Thanks for stopping by. :)

Updating Website - Better shopping experience

Besides being able to spend more time with the children, there is one other good thing about having the shop closed 2 extra days a week. I get to update and play around with the website. Today, I was a busy little web developer - LOL.

I was browsing around the website the other night and realized that there is way too much clicking that goes on when shopping. Our hits have more than tripled this month and we've gained several new customers. With this in mind, I decided to go shopping myself to check out the "experience". I even added stuff to my cart. I found myself scratching my head a few time when I came across products that I forgot we had. My first thought... "gee, I could use that for for something."

In my evaluation, I decided that this website needed LESS CLICKING!

Today I spent the day resizing images, revising descriptions and revamping categories. I'm not quite done, but our most frequented categories are now user friendly. Here is a screen shot of our Mulberry Paper Category:

I'm not sure how visible it is with this screen shot. You can click on the link above to check it out. We sell mulberry by single sheets and 5 sheet packs. I always had separate categories for them. Now, everything is lumped together with attributes applied so that you can choose singles, 5's and 10's. How neat is that? I was so excited by my accomplishment today! I even made a new "Add to Cart" graphic. Now if I can just find the time to finish the graphics for our website makeover I'll be set!

I'm also trying to decide on an mailing provider. I'm trying iContact, but I'm not sure if I like it yet. I'll be testing Constant Contact next. If you have any suggestions, post me a comment.

If you get a chance to check out the website, be sure to leave me a comment. I would love to hear your feedback.

Have a wonderful evening everyone!

Kimm

Listing on Ebay tonight!

Here it is... launching in about 1 hour. I'm so excited to be back making pages. I thought listing bears 2 weeks ago was an accomplishment 2 weeks ago, but this is the icing on the cake. The feeling I experienced after completing this layout last night was euphoric. I suppoes it would be since it took me over 3 weeks - LOL.

I thought I'd have time to finish the other one I had mentioned, but I didn't. Hopefully this week.

Changing Store Hours

We regret to inform all of our loyal customers a change to our store hours. New store hours will take effect this week.

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 12-5
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: Closed
Friday: 10-5
Saturday: 10-5 (open late on crop nights)
Sunday: 1-4 (closed first Sunday of the months)

We apologize for any inconvenience. Appointments are available. Please call or email us to make arrangements.

OMG... I finished a layout!

It seems like forever since I've done a layout to list on ebay! I've done quite a few of my own layouts the past few months. I'm still not even close to being caught up.

So I actually have one layout completed and another one almost done. Mind if you will, the strawberry one I started right after we received our Doodlebug shipment. That was well over a month ago. The "clover" one was started.... can you guess? Yep, around St. Patricks Day. I hope to have both listed tomorrow night.

Here's a peek.

Scrapbook Trends ON SALE

All publications from Scrapbook Trends, Cards, & Idea Books are now on sale in our store and website.

30% off original price.

New Tear Bears

I've got some new bears ready. I think they turned out cute. The bubble bears were inspired by Lindsay. We've spent a great deal of time outside blowing bubbles this summer. Of course with Dougie playing T-Ball, he claims the inspiration for our baseball bear. Abby's been jumping rope like it's going out of style. Although she's my "jeans & t-shirt" girl, the dress doesn't suit her image, but it suits mine - LOL. When she was a toddler, she wouldn't wear anything but dresses.

I'm working on a few others, but they won't be ready until tomorrow.

Mocha Mulberry Paper being Discontinued...

We received notice from our mulberry paper manufacturer informing us that they will be discontinuing the production of their MOCHA mulberry paper. Apparently, there have been several problems with controlling the consistency in color, texture and thickness. (Honestly, I must say "NO Kidding" - LOL). Because of these factors, their production line will no longer be making this color.

Once our stock is sold out, we will no longer be carrying MOCHA. This change will effect other sellers that are supplied by this manufacturer as well.

If you are a MOCHA bear artist, you will need to switch to CARAMEL. This color was generally 1 shade darker than MOCHA. Honestly, from our last order, I see no difference in either color. We just know the difference becauase we label every package that comes in with the color and product number.

If you are worried about switching colors, relax. It's okay. CARAMEL is the color I have always used in making my bear for the past several years, and is the color that I recommend to all of our clients. It's our best selling tear bear color. If you are making the switch, you'll be delighted with the color, feel, texture and ease of tearing this paper. It's my favorite.