Sorry it has taken me so long to update the blog with the photos.

Hi Everyone,

Things are busy as usual around here and I am very happy about that. We had our first middle of the week Demo Day and had an amazing turn out. Of course, we were showing off the Cuttlebug and had great projects. We will be having more events during the week in the future.

PERSONAL NOTES - just skip if you are not interested

I actually took a day off for my birthday. Luckily, the kids were off too. Of course, I made Shon take the day off. We went down to Baltimore which we hardly ever do. First stop was the Broadway Dinner. Kirstin and I had seen the dinner featured on DInners Drivins and Dives on the Food Network. That was fun (long drive, but the food was good).

Then, we took the Duck Tour of Blatimore. I had always seen these tours in DC and Boston. I didn't even know they had them in Baltimore until Shon brought home a brouchure. The tour guide was a cheesy comic at heart with some good Baltimore history thrown in. We had a perfect day for the combo land bay tour. I would definately recommend the tour to others.



After the tour, we decided on the Aquarium for our next stop. If you have never been to a 4-D theater, this is a good one to try. There are 3-D glasses and things "happen" during the movie. We always see something different and learn a few things at the Aquarium.
One last thing I want to mention on a personal note. I feel the need to brag on my child. Kirstin was awarded the Good Sports Player of the Year award in Howard County this week. She has been playing flag football in Howard County for 3 years. (Carroll does not have a coed flag league that I'm aware of.) There was a huge awards banquet on Monday evening. The point of this award was not that she is the best player but that she has a great attitude about the game and treats others kindly. We are so proud of her.

On to store News!
The November Calendar is here. Click here to go to a link for printing out the calendar.

Current Layout of the Week - We have these layouts available behind the front counter.



We still have a few left of last week's layout.




Here is this week's Creative Cafe layout.




We still have a few left of Last week's Creative Cafe layout .



Classes Galore

Friday October 24th 12-2 PM & New Date Sunday October 26th 1-3 PM

Intro to PhotoShop Elements - First digital page.
Tracy will guide you thru all the steps you need to know in order to create your first digital page from scratch. Please bring your photos in digital form. You will leave with your finished page. Fee $20


Saturday October 25th 1-3 PM

All Mixed Up Album
Tracy will be using Fancy Pants Daily Grind papers, an overlay, paint, ink and lots of ribbons to decorate this fun mixed up album. you will learn how to incorperate overlays as pages in your mini books and how to use paint and ink to give your projects that finished look. Fee $27

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Monday October 27th & Monday November 17th 6-8 PM

Intro to Scrapbooking- Fee $12

Join Gina A for a fun informative how to scrapbook class. Gina will guide you thru color selection and help you create your first page.

Tuesday October 28th 6-8 PM
Basic Grey Recess Vacation Album -
You will make a fun 6x12 vacation chipboard album . Fee $28





Wednesday October 29th 6-8 PMClear Acetate Coaster Wall Hanging-This adorable wall haning makes a perfect present. You will learn techniques for decorating clear acetate. Please bring some photos for this project.Fee $24



Thursday October 30th 6-8 PM
Beau Jardin layouts
Join us for these dreammy layouts using Bo Bunny Beau Jardin Paper Line. Fee $24



Saturday November 1st 1-3 PM
Dreamy 2 Layout class
Join Tracy for these great layotus using My Mind's Eye Dreamy 2 Line. Fee $19


Sunday November 2nd 2-4PM
Glittery Spiderweb Mini Album
Join Gina for this spooky Halloween mini book using SEI's new Halloween Line and a bit of extra sparkle. Fee $26

Monday November 3rd 6-8 PM
Gingerbread House Album Gina mixed a bit of gorgeous paper, some bling and lots of stickles to make this yummy album worthy of displaying proudly. We are including 1 bottle of Stickles in the class fee because of the extra drying time needed. Fee $27

Tuesday November 4th 6-8PM & Tuesday November 18th 6-8 PM

Join Tracy and learn some basic PhotoShop photo editing techniques. We will be covering; turning your photos to black and white or sepia; red eye reduction; cutting your focal point out of the frame; and coloring over background distractions. Fee $20

Wednesday November 5th

Mini Christmas flip book in a decorated gift tin -

Join Lisa Hetrick for this great mini album prefect for gift giving. Fee $20 6-8 PM

Thursday November 6th 6- 8 PM

Join Chrissy for this adorable Snowman Chipboard album. Please bring your Paper Trimmer, exacto knife and cutting mat and a strong adhesive or glue. You will tear and layer this snowman paper and use some stamps along the way. Fee $27

Saturday November 8th 1-3 PM

Adventures in Alcohol Ink

Do you like to learn new techniques? Cindy will teach you how to use Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks to make your own marbled papers and cards. This class can get messy so wear clothes that you would not mind getting ink on.

Sunday November 16th 2-4 PM

Bo Bunny Holiday Agenda - Join Gina for this adorable holiday planner just in time for the holidays.

Monday November 10th 6-8PM
All Ready for Christmas Album with Gina A.
Gina will guide you thru this 20 page 8 x 8 mini album that will be all ready for your fabulous Christmas photos. Fee $27

Tuesday November 11th 6-8 PM

My Mind's Eye Confetti Boy Mini Book - Join Gina for this fast pace class using one of the most popular lines in the store. This 8 x 8 mini book has 20 pages ready for your cherished photos. Fee $ 31

Wednesday November 12th 12-2 PM

Basic Grey Wassail Gift Giving Card Class
Join Lisa for this fast paced card and tag class using the newest Basic Grey line Wassail.Fee $27


Thursday November 13th 6-8 PM
Figgy Pudding Round Christmas Album Class
Join Tracy for this fun album in the round using Figgy Pudding. Fee $26

Tuesday November 18th 12-2 PM
"Manly" cards with Linda - Fee $23
Join Linda and learn her creative card making with paper techniques. Linda created these 5 cards that are perfect to give the men in your life. You will need a sharp pair of scissors and your adhesive for this class.

Wednesday November 19th 6-8 PM and Saturday November 29th 12-2 PM
Susan's Card of the Month Class This Month Susan will be using some of the adorable A*Muse stamps along with Stickles, coloring and the Cuttlebug. Fee $20

The new We R Memory Keepers White Out Christmas line is here.

New Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas Magic.

Bo Bunny Frosty Days and Flirty.

New Copic Sets

Here is my version of the Maya Road house. Each of these albums comes with a mini album inside. Maya Road is having a Home for the Holidays contest. All you have to do is decorate one of the three houses and submit your photos to maya Road online. They are giving away some great prizes and even making a donation to Habitat for Humanity. I have flyers with the contest rules available next to the houses.

Click here to go to a print out page for the flyer or go to www.mayaroad.com

Hi Everyone,

To say that is has been crazy is an understatement. Busy is good, right? We have been getting lots of new products in like Black out Halloween and

Never been to a Demo Day? Just stop in between 11-4PM. We sell tickets for $2 each for each project that you want to do. No advance sign up necessary. If you buy 6 tickets, you will receive a coupon for 10% off your entire purchase.
Saturday October 18th Demo Day 11:00 to 4:00 PM We are having six great demos this month including 2 scrapbook pages, 2 gift card holders and a lovely embossed Christmas card and a fun Halloween goodie bag.




Wednesday October 22nd 11-2 PM We are so excited about all the cool things that can be done with the Cuttlebug, we decided to have a Cuttlebug Demo Day. Everyone will receive one free card to make. If you would like to make the other 3 cards, tickets will be just $1. Between 11-2, Cuttlebug demonstators will be showing how to use the Cuttlebug dies and how to cut and emboss with Spellbinders.The cards will be availabe all day until 8 PM, while supplies last.
We are even having a special sale on our Cuttlebug Machines. On the Cuttlebug Demo day, we will be selling them for 40% off their retail price. Regular price $90, Sale price $54. We will be taking prepaid special orders at the sale price on that day in case we run out of machines on hand.

Current Layout of the Week - We have these layouts available behind the front counter.



We still have a few left of last week's layout.


Here is this week's Creative Cafe layout.


Classes Galore

Friday October 24th 12-2 PM & New Date Sunday October 29th Intro to PhotoShop Elements - First digital page. Tracy will guide you thru all the steps you need to know in order to create your first digital page from scratch. Please bring your photos in digital form. You will leave with your finished page. Fee $20
Sunday October 12th SEI Back to School Album 2-4PM
You will love how quick an easy this 8x8 - 20 page album is to complete. The pieces are precut so this is a perfect project for a beginning scrapper or your teenager. Just bring adhesive to the class. Fee $20
Tuesday October 14th 6-8 PMGlittery Spiderweb Mini AlbumJoin Gina for this spooky Halloween mini book using SEI's new Halloween Line and a bit of extra sparkle. Fee $26


Wednesday October 15th 6-8 PMClearly Cards with Copic, Amuse & Cuttlebug- Lisa Hetrick will show you fun ways to stamp, color and decorate clear cards. Fee $23Thursday

October 16th 12-2 PMHalloween Goodies with Cuttlebug -
Jill will show you how easy it is to use the Cuttlebug to decorate your Halloween goodies. Fee $16

Thursday October 16th 6-8 PM Laundry Line layouts class using the brand new My Mind's Eye Collection. $19


Tuesday October 21 12-2 PMNonsense White Out Mini Album-Join Lisa Halstead for this amazing mini book using the Nonsense line. This will be a fast paced album class. Please bring a stong adhesive and your basic tool kit. Fee $29
Tuesday October 21st 6-8 PMThru the Year 6x6 12 page mini album. Join Gina for this perfect mini album to capture a photo a month for the year. This album would make a great Christmas present. Fee $29

Saturday October 25th 1-3 PMAll Mixed Up Album Tracy will be using Fancy Pants Daily Grind papers, an overlay, paint, ink and lots of ribbons to decorate this fun mixed up album. you will learn how to incorperate overlays as pages in your mini books and how to use paint and ink to give your projects that finished look. Fee $27


Sunday October 19th 2-4 PM

Confetti mini book classes - Make a fun 20 page 8x8 mini album (complete with album) ready for all your fun boy photos. $31

Tuesday October 28th 6-8 PMBasic Grey Recess Vacation Album - You will make a fun 6x12 vacation chipboard album Fee $28


Wednesday October 29th 6-8 PMClear Acetate Coaster Wall Hanging-This adorable wall haning makes a perfect present. You will learn techniques for decorating clear acetate. Please bring some photos for this project.Fee $24


Thursday November 6th 6- 8 PM
Join Chrissy for this adorable Snowman Chipboard album. Please bring your Paper Trimmer, exacto knife and cutting mat and a strong adhesive or glue. You will tear and layer this snowman paper and use some stamps along the way. Fee $27



Monday November 10th 6-8PM

All Ready for Christmas Album with Gina A. Gina will guide you thru this 20 page 8 x 8 mini album that will be all ready for your fabulous Christmas photos. Fee $27






Wednesday November 19th 6-8 PM and Saturday November 29th 12-2 PM
Susan's Card of the Month Class

This Month Susan will be using some of the adorable A*Muse stamps along with Stickles, coloring and the Cuttlebug. Fee $20


This month's Special order stamp catalog is Hero Arts. You will receive 10% off of all pre-paid orders for Hero Art stamps this month. Click here for their website - Hero ArtsOffer Expires: October 30th

Scrap Pink event was a sucess.

Hi Everyone,

Our Scrap Pink All Day Crop was also a lot of fun and a great way to top off the weekend. Lisa Halstead is headed up gathering home made scrap goodies for a silent auction. Between the crop attendance and the Silent Auction, we raised a total of $942 for the Susan G Komen Fund. Thank you to everyone who made the gifts for the Silent Auction, everyone who bid on the wonderful items, Lisa Halstead for all the work she put into the auction, and Lisa Castaneda for organizing the crop.

KC's visit couldn't have been more fun...

Hi Everyone,

Well, if you missed our big events this weekend you missed out on a lot of fun. KC from My Mind's Eye was so much fun to have in the store. He taught 3 fun filled classes and showed us some new tricks with new tools. KC has been working for My Mind's Eye for over 5 years and had lots of great stories to tell, including one about Martha Stewart. His suitcase was filled with lots of great prizes for the ladies in the classes and at the Friday night crop. Who says men and cropping don't mix? KC was a blast to have at the crop. Hopefully, we didn't scare him away with our silliness and I can try to get him to visit us again next year.

I used the mini album we made in KC's class to showcase his visit in our store. It's at the front counter if you would like to see the album.