WOW..

It was a very busy day at the Crafting Cottage on Market St. I started the morning out with a wonderful customer named Melinda. I believe she was from New Jersey. Melinda and I bonded for probably an hour or more. She was so much fun and she loves to craft. She left with giving me a hug and her two large bags of new product. She purchased some of our terrific Bare
Elements products, tons of BasicGrey, Keiser and some great stamps! Melinda is probably home this evening playing with her new items.

Next we had some lovely ladies from Canada. They were a lot of fun also. They discovered our Stamps By Judith line of rubber stamps. Until they left they had their Christmas Cards all planned out and ready to start production.

Penny Black stamps flew out the door with the gals from Rochester. Our JustRite Stamp sets have been a big hit also. I see a re-order in the near future.

All of our lucky winners of our Grand Opening door prizes have dropped by to pick up their gift bags filled with crafting goodies. Have fun ladies!

Tomorrow evening I will be baking Christmas Cookies for our Saturday's National Card Making Holiday Event. There is still time to register and join in the fun. Just give me a call at 607 937-3103 by Friday afternoon.

I just love being on Market St. with all of our friends, customers and tourists. Stop by and see me.

Classes, Classes, Classes...

I have so many ideas for fun exciting classes for Market St. October's classes are going over well. November's will be just as interesting!

I have set the date for the Second Annual Christmas Tag Exchange. Friday, November 21st, 6:30, at our Market St. Store we will kick your holiday spirit into high gear with fun, fellowship, Christmas music and refreshments. Not to mention the beautiful, creative Christmas Tags we all will take home with us.

We already have 5 people signed up for the enchanted evening. The deadline for signing up is Friday, November 7th. I will then call everyone with our total # of participants. You can call me at the store (607 962-2274) or stop in at 38East Market St., Corning, NY and sign up in person.

It arrived...

The rest of my Zutter order arrived today. I am so excited to get the classes and projects planned. But we were so busy today that I didn't get a chance to play with it yet. Maybe tomorrow.

I will be calling all of the winners of our door prizes from our grand opening tomorrow. Don't worry, if you aren't home I will let a message for you.

We are having a great response to our class schedule for Oct. so please don't delay in registering for your classes. They will fill up quickly.

Just a reminder that I will be posting a registration form in the store for our Second Annual Christmas Tag Exchange. It was a huge success last year. The tags we received were beautiful.
If you are interested in joining the exchange all you need to do is register. I will call you when the registration cut off is over and let you know how many tags you will need to make. Then just bring them to the store the night of the exchange and enjoy the fun, fellowship, refreshments and creative inspiration. It is a great way to start the holiday season.

Still Recovering. and Oct. ..

It has been a full week since our grand opening of our new store and I am still recovering from all of the excitement and work. The past week has been so wonderful. It has been terrific seeing all of you who have stopped in.

I have been busy this week getting classes ready for October. We have some great classes being offered and some wonderful guest teachers teaching next month. The schedule so far is as follows:

Oct. 4, Sat. 11-4, National Card Making Day
Join our Holiday Creation Station fun! Travel from different stations making holiday cards. Come celebrate the day with seasonal music, gifts, refreshments and fun.
Price: $15

Oct. 10, Friday, 6:00 Clearly Versa Mark
Learn as Cheryl teaches you some of the many techniques you can use this clear stamp pad on. Whether you are new to stamping or have been stamping for a while, come join ghe fun as we play with this versatile ink!
Price: $20

Oct. 23, Thursday.6:30, Celebrate the Holiday's
Join Stacey from Stacey Stamps as she rings in the holiday season with her beautiful cards and coloring techniques.
Price: $25

Oct. 24, Friday, 10:00 am, Gift Box of Cards
Stacey from Stacey Stamps will be delighting you with her triangle gift box and card set. Perfect to give for a holiday gift.
Price: $25

Oct. 28, Tuesday, 6:00, Alcohol Inks with Dee
Join Dee Richardson for a creative evening of alcohol ink techniques. Come enjoy the fun as Dee dazzles you with her talents.
Price: $25

Oct.29, Wednesday, 6:00, Penny Black Magic
Dee is doing it again! She will be making beautiful cards using Penny Black Stamps. Come learn her techniques and share her style of stamping.
Price: $25

Pre-Registration is required. Classes will fill up fast, register early!

I'll try and get some samples on my blog for the classes. I do have some samples at the store if you are in town, stop by and see them. Got to go for now.

What A Night!

I am finally home from what was a fantastic evening. Our GRAND OPENING of The Crafting Cottage on Market St. Corning, NY was a huge success!

Where do I begin...the friends, the flowers, Georgiana, the balloons, the refreshments, the media, Dee and Dennis, the laughter, and the work are just a few things running through my mind. It was just soooo terrific seeing all of you this evening. I have missed you all. It is wonderful to be open again!

Dee, our special friend who demonstrated Alcohole Inks this evening was remarkable! The samples she made are stunning!

Tomorrow is our first official day of being open to the public. I am so excited! Dee will be joining us again to share more of her creative stamping talents. I can't wait to see what she will be doing.

Stop by and help us celebrate. See you on Thursday!

I'm Back....

Sorry for the down time everyone. I have been so busy unpacking NEW products from NEW companies at the NEW Crafting Cottage on Market St. in downtown Corning that I slipped on keeping you all updated. We have some really terrific new lines of products to introduce to you. There are Stamps By Judith, Kaiser Kraft, Webster's Pages, Just Right, Penny Black and more!
Plus we have NEW Basicgrey that arrived last week that you are going to love. We also have new beautiful lines of Creative Imaginations. Their Halloween and Holiday papers are so cute, I can't wait until I get time to start making samples.

I will be holding tons of classes on Market St. during the fall and winter months. If you have anything in mind that you would like to learn or have a class on please just write back on my blog or you can reach me at hennfriends@hotmail.com and we will get something set up for you.

Don't forget about signing up for the Inchies Club. I've got to run, we are revamping the East Corning Store today and they are probably wondering where I am.