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Have you heard of Karen Russell, who teaches photography to scrapbookers? Her website is www.snapshotsofagoodlife.com. I'm trying to guage whether or not we'd have enough participants to invite her to fly out and teach at our store in 2011. I'd like to know if you would consider participating in an all-day, full-fledged photography class for $135 (it would probably be on a Saturday). I'd love to hear your response. You can either respond here or email me at chris@scrappychiclivonia.com. Her website offers a lot of information on the photography end of things...

New Tattered Angels

Before I forget, I wanted to write a quick entry to let you know we now have the new Tattered Angels Chalkboard colors, which add (you guessed it) a chalk/glimmer finish. We also have (drumroll, please) the new Glimmer Glaze paints! It's been quite some time since we ordered them, but Tattered Angels finally has them in production! Check out the new display next time you're in.

It's only August...

And we are already getting Christmas orders in! We have a large assortment of beautiful Christmas products from K & Company. Last year their line similar to this was hard to keep on the shelf. Hopefully you all get a chance to choose yours before they sell out.

We'll be updating our seasonal aisle soon since we need to make room for the new Fall & Winter products we have coming in, so keep an eye on that area (and the clearance section) for some great products and deals.

In with the New...

We have a bunch of new ribbon spools from May Arts... absolutely beautiful! We also received an enourmous shipment from Reminisce. Talk about filling in some themes.... there's Autumn Forest, Gingerbread Lane, Making the Grade, Real Magic (think Disney), the Moon Shine Crew (Halloween), Wave Crashers and a ton (I mean a ton) of themed stickers and dimensional embellishments to match the papers.

Speaking of themes, we also received a huge order from Karen Foster, including a new little boy & girl line, Pregnancy, tons of baby's first items, school, dogs & cats and more. Plus, there's a very cool 3D Peek-a-Box that would look super cool altered! It's pretty large and has removeable drawers.

Signs of Spring and Fall???

Even though we're deep in Summer, we have the new Birds & Bees dies from QuicKutz. There's also an amazing new collector's set called Special Delivery. This new limited-edition gift set includes 26 shapes and one mini alphabet, including a variety of card dies, borders & mats, labels, tabs, and exclusive stitching dies. Everything you need to create delightful handmade cards! You can find images of all of the new dies, as well as product ideas, at http://www.quickutz.com/.

We also have an adorable new Fall line from Imaginisce called Apple Cider. These cute new papers have some varnish on them, giving them a leg up on the others... super-fun embellishments! Stop in to see the new line and a sample made with them.

New Cricut Cartridges

I forgot to mention... while we were at CHA, we got a few new Cricut cartridges in. We now have Winter Frolic, Happy Hauntings, Rock Princess and Country Life. A few are still available for purchase. Hopefully we'll be getting the Toy Story 3 cartridge soon... we'll keep you posted on that!

CHA follow-up

You're probably all wondering why you haven't heard from us since the last blog post. I'll tell you why... we procrastinated and took longer than necessary to wrap up the show on Thursday (not that we weren't working hard). So, we left there late, had to wait a while for our shuttle back to the hotel to get the car, where I left my wallet (but didn't realize it until later on). We had to stop at Giardano's for pizza (of course), then had to head back to the hotel, when it had now turned into rush hour (plus construction everywhere). Add the 2-hour trip, from the north end of Chicago to the south end, to the semi rollover accident that shut down I-94 both directions in Kalamazoo, and you've got our reason for getting home at 2-3am Friday morning.

In the midst of all of this, I was trying to wrap up plans for my husband's 40th surprise birthday party, which was yesterday. I almost managed to make it a complete surprise... He told me the fact that I was weeding the day before got him wondering. Anyhow, you now have my undivided attention. The girls and I are working on getting the rest of our pictures together so we can share some with you. We're also working on our CHA arrival list so we can give you some idea as to when to expect your favorite new products in the store. Keep an eye on the blog as we get going on these awesome new arrivals!