Tuesday, January 27, 2009

CHA News

Good morning, all!

Greetings from Anaheim California! Kathy & I are attending the Craft & Hobby Association show here. We have seen lots of great new products.

Day 1:

Our first stop was the Spellbinders booth. We ordered lots of the new dies! We also saw the new Impressabilities. (see more info on their blog) These die cut metal sheets make a great embossed image on paper or craft metal. They also can be cut apart to use pieces of them. I'm excited to work with them. We plan to use them at the Spring workshop on April 4th.

We're excited about Flower-Soft, a product from the United Kingdom. This product adds texture and color to anything you can use glue on. It's especially cute for little flowers on cards. Come to the Spring workshop to try it out!

Day 2:

We placed many orders for paper. We found lines we liked at Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye and Imaginisce. We placed orders at all of them! Fun, fun, fun papers!

We found cute stamps at Hero Arts......yes, we ordered there, too!

Obsession Impressions has some great stamps by a new artist. We ordered them!

We also ordered new stamps from Technique Tuesday, Northwoods, and Crafty Secrets. It will be hard to wait until these shipments come in!

Day 3:

We have an early appointment with American Craft. Who knows what we'll find there to order!

Last night, we made a long list for Penny Black. We'll be placing an order today.

We have a list of several other places to visit including Tattered Angels, Ranger, Crate, Cosmo Cricket, Fiskars, Primo and more......

.......having fun at CHA!
-judy

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Valentine Party Sneak Peak

Hello Everyone!
I hope you are enjoying this beautiful old fashioned Minnesota winter. Sorry.....I'm a snow lover.
This is a sneak peak of one of the cards that we will be making at the Valentine Card Party.
The hours for this event are as follows:
Thursday, January 15th from 12:00pm to 7:00pm
Friday, January 16th from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday, January 17th from 10:00am to 5:00pm
If you have any questions, just give us a call.
I hope to see you there,
Doreen

Monday, January 5, 2009

Spellbinders Sneak Peak

Today starts Spellbinders 16 days of revealing new dies to be released at CHA at the end of January! Be sure to check their blog post for details. They are giving away new dies everyday! Check out the details to be entered for the drawings.
If you see any dies that you "just gotta have", leave a comment on this post or email the store. We'd love to know which ones are your favorites. We'll be ordering the new dies as soon as they're released & available to order.
I'm looking forward to seeing the new dies........wow, 16 days! I may have to get up early tomorrow just to check out the first die reveal!

Happy Monday!
-judy

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Winter Store Hours

Just a reminder.....winter store hours start Monday.
Fond Memories is open Wednesday-Saturday 10:00-5:00 (closed on Monday & Tuesday) through January.
Hope you're all enjoying this snowy weekend!
.....a great time to be stamping!
-judy