Tis The Season...

We at the Crafting Cottage are busy decorating for Christmas. Yesterday Georgiana, Georgia, Cheryl and myself put up our new nine foot Christmas tree and started to redecorate our store windows. Today Cheryl and I trimmed the tree and moved our lady into the wind0w. It takes a lot of time to get those windows just how you want them. The work will continue tomorrow.

We've got some new Christmas papers from Graphic 45 and Magenta due to arrive very soon. Along with some new Peel Offs from Magenta!

The holiday Flower Soft items have arrived! Get them while they last!

Stop by and see the new lay out of the store. Last week I had the urge to move EVERYTHING around and soooooo we did. Cheryl and Georgia were very good sports about it.

Corning's Holidazzle is this Friday-Monday. We are having 15% off during the celebration

September's Card Contest winner was Peggy Jo Smith from Corning. Congratulations Peggy!

Busy week...

We have a busy week ahead of us on Market Street at The Crafting Cottage.

Georgia had her Iris Folding class this evening. They made two beautiful Christmas cards.

Thursday night Barb's Bella Babes Club meet to have an evening of creating using Stamping Bella products. There are 13 Bella's total who meet once a month and have a great time.

Friday we have our CCC's(Crazy Crafter's Crop) from 6-12 midnight. Come join us and use all of our fun tools, stamps, punches and more while you work on your projects that you bring with you. Call and reserve your seat. Price is $10 for the evening.

Sat. Cheryl has her intro to card making class and her letterboxing class. Both are sure to get you excited to start crafting.

Later Sat. afternoon I am doing the patchwork pumpkin class. There are still a few openings for these classes.

I spent the weekend in Pittsburgh at my sister's home. After traveling through snow, rain and fog I arrived in Centre County PA and met up with two of my sisters and we continued are journey to Pittsburgh. We had a great weekend. We stayed up until 2:00am Sunday evening crafting. I took along the Wizard Die Cut Machine and some of the dies. They loved the cards we made. I am excited to say that my three sister's are coming to Corning to visit the last weekend of October and we will be crafting up a storm making our Christmas cards.

Our Christmas Tag Exchange now has 26 signed up. Oh 27, I forgot to add my sister Trish to the list. There is still time to sign up and join us on Friday, Nov. 20 at 6:00 for an evening of holiday fun. Exchange handmade Christmas tags, enjoy Christmas music, food and fellowship with other crafters!

Hurry and don't miss...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that we are having an open book order for MAGENTA. Stop in and look at our catalog or go online and call with the stamps or peel offs that you would like and I will order them for you. I am having my Celebrate the Holiday Magenta Style class next Tuesday and I thought it would be nice if they could browse through the catalog and pick out what they would like. The open book order will run through Oct. 17th.

We already have 18 ladies signed up for our Third Annual Christmas Tag Exchange! Within a few days I will post a couple samples from our previous tag exchanges. The cut off date to register for our tag exchange is Friday, November 6th. I will then call and let everyone know how many tags they are to make.

The winner is...

The August card contest winner is Fernelle Rodriguez from Rochester. Congratulations Fernelle.
The other pictures posted are the view of the lake from the cottage and the two shades of paint that we surprised Georgiana with. The adorable dog is Jasper, she was also along for the girls weekend.

Georgiana and I leave for Boston on Wednesday for our special training for our Inscribe Printing System. The invitations and cards are endless that you can create with Inscribe. Then you can always add other embellishments to make these beautiful cards even more personalized. We can't wait to get trained and get the printing started. Perfect timing with the holiday season on its way.

Info you don't want to miss...

Lots of information you will want to remember!

Sat. October 3rd, World Card Making Day 10:00 and 4:00
We are celebrating with a Card-a-thon Workshop. You will be making 10 cards, lunch is included. You choose which session to attend. Call the store to register and for more info.
Price $30

The 3rd Annual Christmas Tag exchange is going to be held Friday, Nov.20 @ 6:00. Join the Crafting Cottage family as we jump start the holiday season. It will be an evening of fellowship, food and fun! The sign up sheet is in the store just waiting for you! Stop in for registration and more info.

Christmas Wish List
We are offering a Christmas Wish List that you can fill out and we keep on file. We will then mail a letter to whomever you choose letting them know you would love to have some items from our store for Christmas! We will even gift wrap their purchase for free and include a handmade gift card. Stop in today and fill out your Wish List!

Remember, card entries for the Card Makers Contest are due Oct. 5th. The theme for October is Make It Pop! Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Last but not least the new order of Zutters Bind it All have arrived. They won't last long so stop in today and get yours. Just in time for making handmade journals for terrific Christmas gifts.

Rest, Relax, Enjoy...

Women hard at work!!!!!

Oh yes... last Saturday I was at the Crafting Cottage lake house with Georgiana and my sister Trish. We were having a girls weekend. We had a wonderful time! The fun started Thursday evening as we arrived and continued until Sunday afternoon.

Above are pictures from our dinner at the Dresden Hotel Thursday evening. As you can see we are having a great time. Georgiana is rock n' to the music and enjoying her favorite chicken wings. My sister Trish is was laughing at the size of our drinks.

Friday we did some fun work around the lake house. But first Georgiana prepared breakfast for Trish and I. She loves cooking breakfast and I must say it was delicious. Then the fun began! Georgiana cut down some brush and trees outside while Trish and I stripped some wallpaper from one one of the bedroom walls.

Hey time is going by fast, I have to get to Market St. I will post more at the store.

A few pictures to share...

Here are a few samples from some upcoming classes at the Crafting Cottage. They are the Paper Quilted Pumpkin (Sat., Oct. 17 @ 1:00) and the Vintage Gift Card Set (Wed., Sept. 23 @ 6:00).

Above are a few pictures to share with all of you. Apples-N-Bananas Summer Program came for a crafting afternoon in Aug. and created some beautiful 6x6 Rollabind Scrapbooks! Here are a few pictures of some very busy crofter's having fun. They were a wonderful group of children that Cindy and her assistants brought with them. I look forward to crafting with them again real soon.

I will be sharing some other fun things a little later today.