Hello Again.....

Things have been more hectic than usual around the store since the end of October.  A lot has been going on (for more of an explanation see the end of this post).  We have been very busy taking in new products almost weekly.

More Silhouette CAMEO's are arriving.....  We sold the initial 15 Cameo's within the first 2 weeks and we received 12 more and sold those rather quickly as well.  We have 10 more arriving around the 15th of January.  Hurry in or call and reserve yours today, they are going fast. We still have 2 Silhouette SD's in stock for $249 but I don't expect these to last long either.

We have another Silhouette Class scheduled with Wanda for Saturday, January 21 at 6:30 pm, $10 fee.  She will be reviewing the Silhouette SD and Cameo and teaching from Beginner to Advanced steps with each.  I will give a brief demonstration with the vinyl and print-n-cut.  If you have a Silhouette or you are thinking of purchasing one, please come to this class.  I promise you will leave with at least one tip you didn't know.
We had a GREAT class with Angela and Jamie from Basically Bare and have a good supply of products in the store that you will love.  Basically Bare products are alterable, which means they can be customized by you to meet the artistic needs of your current project. Each pack of {Basically Embellies} comes in a variety of fun materials, including:

• Premium heavy-weight chipboard
• Flexible, embossable acrylic
• Natural 100% cotton unbleached canvas
• Double-Sided Corrugated Cardboard
• Premium stiffened felt

Each of these versatile materials can be distressed and altered, inked and dyed, misted and painted to your heart's content. The possibilities are only as endless as your creativity!  We hope to have these ladies back sometime in the spring. See Tanisha's instruction for the card above here using the DressForm Embellies Set

We have a terrific class set up for Saturday, January 14th with Sabrina from the Collins Group.  Many of you may remember her coming to demo the Luminarte products from Creative Imaginations.  This time she will be showing us how to use the Microfine Glitter Glitz from Elizabeth Crafts.  This stuff is amazing.  If you know anything about me, you know I dislike glitter because of the mess it leaves behind and it is constantly falling off your project, not this.  This feels like velvet after it is applied and will stay in place, no more worries.  And, you are going to go gaga over all of the color choices.  There is also a glitter clean up cloth that you have to try.  I am so excited about this product.  We have already had to place a reorder 3 times and we haven't even "officially" demo'd it yet.  Schedule your spot for the 10:30 or 3:30 class on the 14th of January and get a hands on feel for glitter.  The cost of the class is only $10 and you will make 4 card fronts using the glitter, shimmer sheets and more. I promise it will make you re-think your use of glitter.

Don't forget you still have a little time to sign up for the Basic Grey Page of the Month Class for 2012.  The new class with start in March.  This class is always the 4th Sunday of the month at 2:30 pm, unless there is a holiday conflict.  You have until January 24th to get your name on the list to receive the kit.  Unless there is a price increase that I have not been made aware of yet, class kits will remain $20 per kit.

We've moved our Card Classes from Tuesday evenings to Sundays to hopefully accommodate more people with scheduling conflicts through the week.  Card classes are $12 for 5 cards, inside and out and includes envelopes.  I hope you will decide to join us and get stocked up on those cards you always need but never have.

Please feel free to check out other classes scheduled at the left sidebar and pick one that suits you and join us. 

Now, on to new items in the store:

 

Just arrived are the Sew Stampers from We R Memory Keepers added to the already in stock Sew Ribbons and Sew Easy.  We also have received the WRMK Sweetheart Inkers.

 We've updated and expanded our Glitter Ritz Glitters and Shimmer Sheetz from Elizabeth Crafts as well as Glimmer Glaze and Glimmer Glam from Tattered Angels.

New lines just in time for Valentines include:

Basic Grey Kissing Booth

 Kaiser Craft Sweet Nothings

SEI Promise Me

JilliBean Hearty Barley Soup

 Echo Park Victoria Garden

Echo Park Yours Truly (Collection Kits only)

and MME Love Me (Collection Kit Only)

Also new to the store is:

Authentique Gatherings

Fab Scraps Timeless Travel

 Paper House Little Girl 

 and Little Man 

 

Tim Holtz Toolbox and Trinket Case

Grant Studio Taggles Stickers

We have a variety of these great for our "younger" scrapper group to add to

pages, cards or just to play dressup

October Afternoon Farmhouse Collection

Coming Soon: 12 New Colors from COPIC Markers; New Hero Arts Stamps and Custom Paper for Rossview Schools in Clarksville.  This is just a few of the many items arriving over the next few months.

For those not aware of our Custom Papers we currently carry all of Stewart County Schools: Stewart County High, Middle School, Dover Elementary and North Stewart Elementary; Henry County Schools: Henry Co. Patriots, Lakewood Eagles, Harrelson Hawks; Houston County Irish, Montgomery County Schools: Montgomery Central Indians, Northeast Eagles, Northwest Vikings, Clarksville High Wildcats and Clarksville Academy Cougars.  Please stop in and take a look at these custom papers and pick some up while supplies left.

Thank you for stopping in to see whats going on around Precious Scraps, I appreciate you. 

For those interested on more of a personal update, here goes:  Denise is still hanging in there.  She was finally diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer after going through two months of testing and being told several different diagnosis.  The cancer has already spread to her lymph nodes, bladder and bones.  She has begun Chemo treatments once a week at Vanderbilt Hospital.  They told her it would be 8 to 12 weeks and she could expect to start seeing hair lose.  She was by a few minutes earlier and unfortunately it has already started at week 3.  But Denise is taking it in stride trying to determine if she wants to be a blond or firary redhead.  Her oldest daughter Alecia had a beautiful baby girl, Zoey Elyse Powers, on November 22nd for which I got the honor of being a part of.  Denise called me on Monday morning and ask if I could do her a favor, she had been admitted that very morning to a different hospital than Alecia and couldn't be there for her.  Would I "mind"  stepping in for her was her request.  I so enjoyed helping Denise out and being there with Alecia and her younger sister Tina and will always have a special place in my heart for little Zoey. We've missed having Denise around the store but enjoy her impromptu visits when she feels up to it.

With Denise being gone from the store we have found the perfect person to step in.  It was definitely fate that brought Lois to us.  She happened in on two very "special" days that made her aware we were in need of help.  She found out we were hiring and quickly emailed me here resume.  After speaking to her on the phone and setting up a meeting I felt in my heart that she was going to be the answer to a prayer.  We met with Lois and spoke with her and decided to offer her the position on the spot and have her start right away.  She began training with Jessi and myself and within a week was left on her own.  She has been a blessing and fits right in to our little Precious Scraps family.  I hope that if you are in the area you have a chance to stop in and say hello to her and welcome her to the store.  Lois is married and is a mother and grandmother.  She has the most gorgeous grandson's that you will definitely be spotting in some of the samples around the store very soon.  She is from Indiana but has been living in Clarksville for a brief time.  She and her husband Ernie will be moving to Stewart County before long as they begin building a home on their land in the Indian Mound area.

I have decided to finally take that leap of faith and step away from my full time position at the dental office and only work part time there so I could devote more time to my family and to the store.  I am looking forward to only working 2 days at the office and having two complete days off from the office and the store.  Well, almost; until things get caught up at the store I will be spending my spare time there.  There have always been things that I've wanted to change about the store, such as the organization, more blog updates and newsletters.  I will be devoting more time to these projects over the next few months and hopefully will in turn make more time for family in the process.  As many of you know, we started a home renovation project back in July and have complete finished all the projects but I still have several boxes to unpack and have to re-organize my home crafting space since this became the "kitchen/storage room" during the reno.  I hope to post some pictures of the before and after very soon.  I hope as well to be able to spend more time with my husband Larry who has been a trooper through the building and growth of the store.  We have sacrificed all of our spare time to the store and hope to carve out a little time for us this summer for a short vacation, the first since the beginning of Precious Scraps.

As you can see the past couple of months have been very full and I truly appreciate your patience during this transition time and apologize for my lack of post and communication with everyone.  I have new goals set forth for the new year and look forward to checking each one off my list as they change from resolution to reality.  Again thank you for your support and friendship over the past year and I look forward to new and brighter things to come.  Beverly

LOOK WHATS HERE ...

Silhouette CAMEO is here!  15 Cameo's were waiting just inside my back door when I came in Monday evening.  It was like Santa Clause had arrived early....I wasn't, just Richard our UPS Delivery guy. I have had so much fun playing with the new version of the silhouette, I can't stop myself.  This new edition has a wider 12" cutting area, is quieter, and has a new blade system as well as much more.  I love being able to cut my own die cut designs out of scrapbook paper of my choosing, and border options are endless.  We have already sold over 1/2 of our initial shipment.  Hurry in and get yours before they are gone or give us a call and we will be happy to reserve yours with a credit card account.

Yes, that's right.  For all of you who keep up with the latest and greatest from Tim Holtz and Ranger, we still have a few sets of this limited edition Fall Series set of Distress Inks from Tim.  This will not be released again, once this last production is all sold out, there will be no more.  We will be receiving the limited Winter Series as well.  Be sure to call and reserve your set today.  These are even limited to Retail stores.

This is a class you don't want to miss.  Coming Saturday, November 4 at 4:00 pm is Basically Bare.  An instructor from Basically Bare will be here to teach a class creating this beautiful album using Graphic 45 papers. This album has everything from corrugated cardboard, chipboard, acrylic, and canvas.  To sign up be sure to call the store right away, class registration is limited to 30.  Basically Bare will also be having a Trunk Show while here, so any of their products that you absolutely love and can't live without (which for me is all of them) you will have the opportunity to purchase from them.  Call the store for further details and a supply list as well as to sign up.

We have so much more in the store that it is too much to detail so I am going to give you a list and them will share some photos.  I hope to be back later with more details.  Oh, and be sure to checkout the sidebar for the November Schedule.

Christmas Lines; Webster's Pages "Sweet Season", SEI "Silver Valley", Kaiser Craft "December 25th", Bo Bunny "Blitzen", Echo Park "Season's Greetings", Making Memories "Twinkle", WRMK "Peppermint Twist", Fancy Pants "Saint Nick", Melissa Frances "Deck the Halls", Creative Imaginations "Winter Song", My Little Yellow Bicycle "Wonder and Wishes"  and  Simple Stories "25 Days of Christmas", .

Other Simple Stories: Year-O-Graphy, Generations, Baby Steps, and Happy Day.

We have started carrying several Webster's Pages lines of paper and embellishments.  There are also so incredible Fall lines from SEI, Fancy Pants, Imaginisce, WRMK and Little Yellow Bicycle, which has a beautiful mini album kit.

We've just receive 2 new lines from Basic Grey, "Little Black Dress" and Piccadilly".  Both of these are beautiful lines.  We have almost sold out of Little Black Dress with 5 days.  We have another beautiful Black and White line from Doodlebug.  Many, Many paper lines cover the walls in the store and sit there waiting for you to stop in for a visit. 

We have several new "tools" in the store as well.  The new Ribbon Punch from We R Memory Keepers has arrived and is going fast.  We have recently restocked out Luminarte Line, Radiant Rain, Daubers and H2O's,  from Creative Imaginations.  We are now carrying Tattered Angels Glitter Glaze and Glitter Glam.  These products are so much fun to play with, you just HAVE to stop in and join us for some fun.  We love showing customers how to use these latest additions to the store.  We now have "Devine Twine" by the yard and the colors are endless.

New stamps are arriving Weekly from your favorite companies, Hero Arts, Heartfelt Creations, Memory Box, Tim Holtz, Darice, My Favorite Things, Penny Black and Impression Obsession and much more. 

Wait until you see the new glitter and peel offs coming from Elizabeth Craft, you will flip.  We are planning a workshop with Sabrina in January to showcase these products.  It's one of those "you have to see it, to believe it" products.  It is NOT just your ordinary glitter.

New Sizzix dies, and Die/Stamp combinations are here and still arriving.  We are receiving Spellbinds as they are released as well as new Cuttlebug Embossing Folders.

Oh, I am exhausted..... but here are a few photos of some of the items mentioned above.  Sit back, relax and enjoy.  And, as always, thank you for stopping by Precious Scraps.

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY at Precious Scraps

Good Morning everyone and Happy World Card Making Day!  Don't forget to come out today for out FREE Luminarte Demonstration featuring Radiant Rain Mist, Daubers and H2O's.  Stop in between 10:30 and 1:00 for a free demo and get your hands on the latest products to adorn the shelves at Precious Scraps.  You can make a card or tag using Creative Imaginations Luminarte Products.  Sabrina from the Collins Group will be giving away prizes and having make-in-takes and more.  This is something you will not want to miss.  I absolutely love these products and can't get enough of them.

  

Be sure to stop by the blog tomorrow for more information on more new products. 

Hint **  Fall and Christmas

We're Back....

Thank you to everyone for your kind thoughts and comforting words during the hospitalization and passing of my sister-in-law.  We continue to pray for my brother and his daughters for peace and understanding. 

With illnesses and life in general I have been absent from the blog for way too long.  Larry and I have finally finished the renovations on our home.  What started out as simply replacing the carpet with hardwood floors turned into a complete house reno.  We completely gutted the kitchen and both bathrooms, replaced all light fixtures, painted the entire house and much much more.  I hope to show photos soon.  I am waiting for my son Kyle to come home and see it first before I spoil the suprise.  We live very simply but our house is our HOME and we are very proud of it.

Now on to greater things.  We recently returned from the CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) Trade Show. We were lucky enough to be able to participate in some amazing workshops and events. There was not much time to site see or even relax,  four days of nonstop action. We got to meet some amazing people in the industry and speak with other retail store owners and enjoy a special dinner at Harry Carey's with our great hostess, Kristen from Notions Marketing.  Below is only a small sampling of what is coming to Precious Scraps.  Hope you enjoy our selections and stop in to get your favorites, some are going quickly and have already been re-ordered.

In the store now:

AUTHENTIQUE

GLOWING

BLISSFUL

UNCOMMON

SPLENDID



HEARTFELT CREATIONS STAMPS AND DIE CUTS

These amazing stamps are coordinated to work with Spellbinders or Heatfelt Creations own designed diecuts to make to most flowers, birds, snowflakes and much more.  You have to see them to truly enjoy their beauty.



Here are a couple of card samples taken from Authentics Gallery (with permission) showing some of the flower stamps and dies in use.

BO BUNNY ET CETERA

EPIPHANY CRAFTS ~ BUTTON STUDIO

We have the sntire line from the Button Studio Collection, including charms.
Stop in and check out some of the samples in the store

MY LITTLE SHOE BOX ~ PLAYTIME COLLECTION

I was fortunate enough to take a workshop with this group and had an amazing time creating the cutest acrytic scrapbook.  I have the album on display in the store and would be happy to show you what you need to make your own.

IMAGINISCE ~ HAPPY HARVEST

  PETALOO ~ MANY NEW EXCITING STYLES AND COLORS

UNIFORMED SCRAPBOOKS

Actual Uniforms are used to fashion these 12x12 Scrapbooks.  We have Army, Navy, Marines,
Airforce, Fire Department and  Emergency Medical Technicians

Just one of the paper kits from Uniform Scrapbooks that coordinate with all of the scrapbooks on hand

 WE ARE MEMORY KEEPERS ~ AUTUMN SPLENDOR

This line is already going fast and has been re-ordered, so hurry in.

I will leave off here and return on Tuesday evening with more new, in store now, previews.  At the end of the week I will be posting what is "coming soon" which will include a preview of the 6 Christmas Lines.  Be sure to check back because you won't want to miss anything.

Thanks again for stopping by Precious Scraps and for your patience

with me as life revolves around in circles at times.