On the First Day of Christmas

On the First Day of Christmas

Fountain of Memories 

had on Sale

Albums at 20% off.

Including all Album Kits and Page Protectors!

In case of bad weather on Saturday, December 11th, we will be closed. Please call the store to see if we are open.  If closed we will have the albums on sale on Monday along with the second day of Christmas sale.

Thank YOU!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our open house last weekend.  It was fun to see everyone.  Next Friday, December 10th we are having our Free Holiday Crop.  We are having a Potluck Supper so bring a dish to share with the group.  We will provide beverages, plates, silverware, etc. Join us from 5 to 10 PM, to finish up a Christmas gift, cards or just to work on your scrapbook. To sign up call the store at 373-1996.

The 12 Days of Christmas

Starting the evening of December 10th announce what 

will be on sale the next day for the 12 days of Christmas Sale. 

We will send out emails each night to 

 everyone on our email list and announce it here.  Be sure to see if what you are looking for is on Sale each evening.

Bazzill On Sale

The 12x12 Bazzill Cardstock and the 

8.5X11 Bazzill Cardstock will be on

Sale from Dec 1 to Dec 15

12x12 - 2 for $1.00 and 8.5x11 3 for $1.00

The Bake Up Some Memories

class that was scheduled for Satuday Dec. 4

has been canceled due to a conflict for the instructor.

It will be rescheduled for January.

Merry Christmas

Only 7 weeks until Christmas

It's time to start thinking about Christmas.  We had a beautiful fall and it doesn't seem time to start to wonder where in the world we moved the Christmas things when everything got rearranged after the tornado.  We have some great papers to make cards with.  The BoBunny's Winter Joy line in purple and green is a fun variation of the normal red and green.  I made a card using the Winter Joy Stripe paper, cut out a Christmas Tree with the Sizzix Tree, Christmas Star & Stand #656738 out of Best Creation Glitter Paper Light Purple. I added garland to the tree with Stampendous flock,
We have gotten in some great products in the last few weeks. From Sugar Tree we now have some great wildlife paper, One has moose, dear, big horn sheep or goats and elk. Another is a fall farm scene with a barn and 2 deer running across the field with a green tractor.  If you like loons we have a pair of loons with a baby in a wooded lake with a cabin in the distance. We have a log cabin on the lake, and a cream colored background with Wilderness campgound, Wilderness lodge saying and fish, bears and canoes. We also have one paper with elephants, tigers,  lions etc. that says ZOO.

For sports fans we have new baseball paper, and for the Albert Lea fans we have a tiger stripe paper and some tiger stickers.  From Scrapbook Customs, formally Stamping Station we have Albert Lea High School paper back in stock.  We also have a gold and maroon words that says gophers; blue and red words that says twins; and gold and purple paper that say vikings. We have also done some cut outs in those colors with the same words.
If you have a die cut machine we have gotten new diecuts and embossing envelopes from Sizzix and from Cuddlebug. We also have some Spellbinders die cuts.  We recently got our order in from Stampendous with lots of fun new stamps, 5 packs of heat embossing powders, glitter or flock and glitter in lots of fun colors.


Cricut Class
On Saturday, November 13th, we are having a Cricut Class. From 10AM to 12 Noon will be the beginners class.  During the class you will go over what the buttons are for and how to use the basic functions of the machine.  This is a great class for those thinking about getting a machine or for those who have a machine but have not learned the basic funtions yet.  In the advanced class from 1PM to 3PM you will go over how the gypsy works and using the machine to its fullest abilities.  Renee Thorson will teach the class and the fee is $18 per class.  You can sign up for both classes if there is space.  There  is a limit of 6 per class.  You will need to bring your cricut to class if you have one.


Bake up Some Special Memories Class
On Saturday, December 4th, we will have a class using the stampendous pail, and Bake up Some Special Memories Stamp included with the class. We have a display at the store if you want to see what we will be making.  The cost of the class is $25.00.  We will include some recipes so you can go home and fill your pail.


Only 2 more Crop Nights before Christmas
There are only 2 Crop nights before Christmas.  On November 12th you can crop for $5 if you bring 3 cans of food to donate to the Salvation Army Food Shelf.  In December we will have a bring your favorite Christmas snack to share for our meal.  There will be no charge for the December Crop Night.

The Ink Spots
The Ink Spots will Meet November 9th to make Christmas Cards. On December 14th they will have their Christmas Party.  If you would like to join them call the store to reserve your spot.  The cost for the evening is $3 or 3 cards for the Food Shelf.

Back To School

 2 for 1 Crop Night
Bring a friend on Sept 24th

You each pay $5

 It's time to get your summer vacations and other activities in albums and what better way to do it then with friends.  Join us on Sept 24th for Crop night.  If you sign up with a friend it is $10 for both of you.  Enjoy supper together, get some scrapbooking done and have fun.  Please sign up by Thursday the 23rd of Sept.

Tattered Angels Album Class

 

  On Saturday Sept. 24th we are having a Tattered Angels Album Class.  We will be using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist to create a fun Chipboard Album.  Learn new techniques and how to use tools to make your album.  The cost of the class is $25 and includes an album and glimmer mist.

 Winter Make N Take

  Nicole Langer of Erickson & Associates will be here on Wednesday afternoon Sept. 29th for a Make N Take.  She will be using Stampendous Stamps to make a winter card.  It could be used as a Christmas Card or just a fun card to give to a friend.  Join us between 1 to 5 PM to make your card and meet Nicole.

What's New

It's hard to believe that summer is almost over. We have had a very interesting summer. The tornado destroyed most of our property, with 3 out buildings gone, alot of the trees destroyed, and the outside of the house needing total replacement, and inside lots of cleaning, scrubbing, painting, and furniture replaced. Thankfully the house is done except for a few little projects, the garage will be started in the near future so that by winter we will have returned to normal, whatever that is.
At the Store, Dayna decided it was time to do some rearranging. We have been having fun moving shelving and product around, and then trying to remember where we put some of it. We have been getting in a lot of new products. From Moxxie we have their new line of Breast Cancer/Cancer papers to go with our Melissa Frances papers and all of our stickers and rubons. Moxxie also has a new Dance line "Luv 2 Dance" for the tap, ballet, jazz and hip hop. Noteworthy is their new line for theater and music paper and stickers. The Robins Nest now has diamond shaped Dew Drops, we have 4 different color combinations.
Just a reminder that we will be closed on Labor Day and we wish a all a great Labor Day weekend to enjoy your last days of Summer.

Crop this Friday

This Friday night July 23rd, we are having a crop starting at 5PM and going until 10PM. The cost is $10 and includes food (supper), fun and fellowship (sharing ideas and lots of talking and laughing).

We have new product in. From Sizzix we have the Hot Shot die cut machine and diecuts and embossing folders some of them are Tim Holtz designs. Our Creative Imagination order is finally here. The Luminart paints are fun to try and the colors are great. We should have some new colors of Bazzill paper in the next few days. If you haven't been in lately we have other fun new papers from BoBunny, my favorite is the Peacock Lane papers. Moxxie has some great new summer papers. If your kids like to have squirt gun fights there is even a paper for that. From Stampendous we have some great stamps - one has pinwheels, and I found a pinwheel paper that you can use with it that is great for a summer card.

The Freeborn County Fair will soon be here. We will close at 3PM during the fair from Monday through Friday and on Saturday we will close at 12 Noon. We hope this does not inconvenience anyone. Have a great time at the fair.

We think that the leak is finally fixed at the store so the school and sports paper should be back up in the next few days. At home we have most of the new windows in and one side of our house is resided. We have repainted all the inside of the house except our bedroom because I just decided on the paint color (our bedroom needed the ceiling scraped and the sheet rock re-screwed because a branch had broken though the roof and hit the top of sheet rock and pushed it down. The walls were full of marks where things had hit, both of the windows had broken so there was glass everywhere in the room. The carpet had to be removed because of all the glass and will be replaced with a hardwood look laminate or something. I am staying away from carpet it's not fun to clean up after a storm not that I ever plan to take part in a tornado again.

Happy 4th!

Happy Birthday America!
We will be closed on Saturday, July 3rd and Monday, July 5th to celebrate the 4th (and clean up at home)

We have had a very interesting and very busy last 2 weeks on June 17th about 6:40PM we had a tornado blew through our acreage. In just a few moments 3 out buildings were gone. 4 cars were destroyed most of the trees in our 100 plus years old grove, and 9 windows, siding, shingles etc. were all damaged on our home. Inside 6 of us survived unharmed. God is a great protector.
Wonderful people came and helped pick up our yard of broken buildings, fallen trees, tin from the neighbors and other debris. The Salvation Army was there to help with anything we needed from water, food, snacks, generators if needed. They were great.

Life is slowly getting back to normal, soon the house will have new windows, the siding will be on, the roof re shingled and other repairs done as needed. We are very thankful to everyone who came and helped us in any way, you helped make our burden bearable.

At the Store, when I came to work last Monday after the storms of the weekend, there were two ceiling tiles ready to fall - full of water, I moved the school papers out of harms way. I hope to get them back in place in the next week when the ceiling tiles dry up, we are sorry for any inconvenience it may cause you.

While I have been out of the store we have gotten alot of new merchandise in, I am in the process of getting it in the computer and hope to get it out on the shelves next week. The new Justrite stamps and acrylic blocks are here. New paper lines from Moxxie and BoBunny, stamps and stickers from Stampedeous. We are now carrying the Big Shot by Sizzix, embossing folders and die-cuts, we have the tea-cup, flip-flop and cake 12in die-cuts. 2 different Tim Holtz embossing folders and some other products from them.

Our next crop night is Friday, July 9th. We will donate all of the crop fees $10 a person to the Salvation Army. We will also have other specials with proceeds going to the Salvation Army. They have been a great help to those who were affected by the storms of the last few weeks and we would like to help them out. The evening runs from 5PM to 10PM. We will also accept donations for the Salvation Army Disaster Relief fund.

Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July Weekend