Cheryl and I...

We should be very healthy. They say that laughter is the best medicine and is very good for you. Well, we laughed all day long. Picture us painting, moving fixtures, scrubbing and doing more painting. We were exhausted until the afternoon was over. I knew it was time to quit painting when I started to paint a wall the wrong color. Also, Cheryl and I had paint drips and splatters mysteriously appearing out of the clear blue.

We looked at some of the new larger designer papers that have arrived. They are BEAUTIFUL!
They will be perfect for card making, scrapbooking, home decor and so much more. I can't wait to set up our display.

Danny has been bringing fixtures and items we need from the East Corning Store for us. The slat wall should be arriving in a few days. Then the fun will begin. Stocking the shelves and walls with terrific products for all of you. I tried to upload a picture of the "before" the work began at our store. Sorry I couldn't get it to work. I will play around and see if I can do it in a later post.

A Busy Day...

Wow! Time flew by today. Cheryl and I were really busy doing all kinds of things at the new store. Painting, measuring, choosing fixtures, you name it.

Georgiana and Cheryl both loved the items I brought in today to decorate our store. It is so exciting seeing it all come together.

While at the East Corning Store this afternoon I took time to check on the new Crate Paper lines that arrived for my store. They are great! I love this double sided paper for card making. The texture and feel of the paper is wonderful. And the new lines are not just a plain color on one side, they now have a light pattern on them.

I plan on having a class schedule posted with-in a few days. It will be for September. We also will be starting our Inchie's Club in September also.

More catalogs to explore this evening and orders to place.

Catalogs, Catalogs And More Catalogs...

Tiffany has returned from CHA with a ton of new companies for us to check out. Dream Street Papers, Zutter, My Minds Eye are just a few to name. I am going to spend my evening devouring some of them and getting ready to place more orders. I also received in the mail today a new MAGENTA and SERENDIPITY Catalog. I love their fall and holiday products. And Magenta has some terrific new PEEL-OFFS for sale. They will certainly be on my order form.

Speaking of ZUTTER, Tiffany placed my order for the BIND-IT-ALL V2.0. It is a customizable, professional quality double Owire binding system. Used with it's companion products the creative ideas are endless! I used the Bind-It-All in Mass. earlier this year and fell in love with it. Personalized journals, scrapbooks, address books, home decor and more. With the holidays coming the Zutter Bind-it-All will be here just in time. I am already planning classes with the system. I love it. In the picture is the Bird House Journal I made at the Mass. show.

Some of our orders from CHA are arriving already. Georgia entered and priced several of them for me today so I could continue to work on the Market St. Store. It is coming along great. Tomorrow Cheryl is going to be helping me. I see some painting in her future. I also am going to bring some of the items I purchased to use in the store and share them with her. I can't wait to see her reaction.

Well, I must get to those catalogs!

WE ARE SO EXCITED...

The announcement is out. We are opening another Crafting Cottage at 38 East Market St. in downtown Corning. I can't tell you how excited I am to be back on Market St. The new store is double the size of my former store which means double the products and fun!

There is a nice classroom on the first floor and we have plenty of room to hold larger events and classes. I have so many in mind.

I spent the weekend in Pittsburgh with my sister buying items for the stores decor. We had a blast. I can't wait to get it up and running. But... the doors won't open until we have everything just right.

I have been busy doing some painting, cleaning, planning (daydreaming)and more. Cheryl has been a great help and makes the work fun. We want this to be a store that if you are walking on Market St. and look in the window that you feel you just have to check us out! It is going to be terrific and I can't wait to share it with all of you.

I am on my way to Market St. in just a few minutes. Thank you for being patient while waiting for our news. I will write more when I return from another day of excitement!

IT"S COMING...

That is right, probably tomorrow evening the news will be out. I am sooooo excited! Keep checking in. More later.

Next week....

I am excited to say that next week we will be telling our big news. I know, I know you have been hearing this from me, but it is just a few days away.

Other great news is that Tiffany is at the Summer CHA in Chicago and she is purchasing up a storm for us. We will be getting all kinds of new stamps, papers, tools and other fun new items. The class ideas are racing through my head as I am typing! So when the summer fun winds down we can relax and enjoy some creative inspirational classes together.

We were quite busy at the East Corning Crafting Cottage today. It sure makes the day go by fast and I love helping the customers come up with ideas for their next projects. We also love it when you bring your finished projects in to show us. WOW! We had a customer this afternoon choosing some of our new Bazzill Bling Paper for her scrapbooking pages she is working on. It is going to look super! It was also nice to meet Terri and her husband this afternoon. They are staying at an area B&B and she was dying to get to our store. She loved it and she will certainly be back when in the area. Happy 50th Terri!

Well, I have plans to re-vamp my crafting area here at home this weekend. Wish me luck. I don't have much of a plan at the moment but I'll keep you posted.

Boy It's Been Hot!

And the Crafting Cottage has been getting some"HOT" new products in to share with you soon. From papers, stamps, new die-cuts, kits, you name it. Georgia and I have been busy entering items and getting them ready for the shelves.

Georgiana and I have been busy getting ready for our special announcement. But it looks like it won't be until next week that we can let the excitement out of the bag. I know, I know, I keep saying it is coming. Believe me it is hard for me not to tell you!

I am working tomorrow on some of the projects for our HOT HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS Workshop. I will post a date for the fun event as soon as I have it. We will be doing Christmas cards and Holiday themed items to give you a head start for this years celebrations. You won't want to miss it!

Cheryl returned to work today from her vacation. She and her husband had a great time. We are glad to have her back. I will get to hear more of her adventures tomorrow at work.

Happy 4th...

I hope you all enjoyed your 4th of July weekend. I traveled into Centre County, PA to spend the 4th with my family. We celebrated at my sister Susanne's home and had a really nice time. Of course there was no shortage of food. It was all delicious. Steve and I then spent the night with our son and grand-daughter and came home Sat. late afternoon.

I've been doing some planning for our Ice Cream Social at the East Corning Crafting Cottage. Remember you must pre-register. Check our website for times and dates. It's coming fast!

Real soon we should be able to announce our upcoming excitement for the Crafting Cottage. Georgiana and I have been busy trying to get things in order. Keep checking in often.

It was so nice seeing Tarren and Susan on Thursday evening. Tarren made some terrific cards using the Creative Cafe' cards and supplies. Susan was busy matching papers to cover a Bare Elements Caddy and die cutting card frames to make some cards at home. It was great visiting with you girls.

Well I've gotta go. More later.