Happy Halloween

A day early I know but it will soon be the witching hour!- Halloween is quite big in the crafting world it would seem - lots of you have been busy making cards for friends and supplies for making treat boxes have been snapped up - we still have a selection of things available but all the kits have now gone i'm afraid. We don't get any Trick or Treaters calling at home but we have decorated a Haloween Tree and have some spooky candles to light, and in the shop there will be a gruesome sweet treat in each shopping bag tomorrow!.

On Monday the Halloween display will be coming down, the place is going to look very underdressed without the cobwebs and all the plastic spiders - I think the window will have an autumnal feel to it next week and it means I can recycle the pumpkins!, and of course it won't be too long until the christmas tree makes an appearance.

We have received our Sugar Nellie stamps today- they are fantastic just shouting out to be made into cards.

Matches?

our advent class is proving popular with places filling fast almost faster than I can unfill the matchboxes- so far I have emptied over two hundred boxes and we still need more - I did manage to pass through the till area of a well know shop with a basket full without the lady on the till batting an eye lid - I wonder what she thought I could possibly need them all for!.

You can email to book a seat or give us ring, I will be back behind the counter tomorrow with my two helpers in tow due to the autumn break - we did take a trip out to the seaside today it was so windy we nearly fell over, I must admit i am now looking forward to the x-factor elimination while colouring a few stamped images with my copics- we have a new range of stamps due to arrive this week from a small scottish company- clue the first word is a sweetner often used in tea and coffee and the second rhymes with telly!- they are very cute stamps and will be great for colouring- don't forget we have a few anya's left but they are now limited- they have proved to be very popular.

Look what we ordered today!

Couldn't resist the new Bo Bunny Papers - they are gorgeous and they are on there way to us! hopefully by mid november they will be settled into the paper trays before going off to new homes.

Bling It On!

we are all sparkly today, a huge delivery of gorgeous Basic Grey Bling has arrived, these little packets of crystals and pearls are gorgeous, you can use them as they are perfect for your cards or scrapbook pages as a complete embellishment, a few of these I am sure will find there way into my stash, they retail at just £1.99 - great value for a whole pack of prettiness.We had a great day at the crop yesterday, for the first time we ventured across our courtyard into our other building , I was going to take pictures but the camera battery

was dead!, one of our ladies provided us with homemade scones, homemade raspberry jam, butter & jersey cream- we had a fantastic cream tea although I think our waistlines may disagree! - the next one is November 15th - bookings are being taken now.

Flying By

another week nearly over, the sun is shining again today which is good as the shop window needed a rejig - by the time it had been cleaned, all of the last display removed and the new display in, it was nearly lunch time , it is a tiny window but I had a bag of fake cobwebs to contend with as we have a very spooky window for the next couple of weeks! at least the plastic spiders are behaving themselves!.

Sunday is Crop day- we only have two spaces left so if you want to crop 'n' shop on Sunday between 10am & 4pm for only £5 including refreshments give us a ring, the shop is open tomorrow 9.30am - 4.30pm for bookings. I have listed the new classes at the side, we have a special offer on these classes £9 each or book any two for just £15. choose from two different card classes, matchbox advent or the christmas star book- they are all lovely.

going, going

gone- that is this weeks delivery of copics - if you were pondering on them or thinking that maybe Santa would like to bring you a set! do not despair, we can order more pleae email us if you want a set.

I spent a little while last night stamping the anya stamps, they stamp beautifully, the impression is really crisp , clear and perfect.

So today between ironing and packing the school kits for tomorrow I am going to sit by the woodburner with a dvd on - not sure I can persuade the men of the house they really would like to watch mamma mia again!.

Lots

of nice new things!-

first we have Copic Ciao markers- these are fantastic for colouring in your stamped images- we have just one full set left of both the pack a & b- it gives you the full range of 144 pens which includes the blender- we have a special offer available at just £225 for the the full set including the cases.

Then we have the most gorgeous funky stamps from 'The Greeting Farm'- the single stamps are just £4.99 and the trio is just £11.99- they are red rubber and mounted on easy mount ready to stick to your block and stamp.