Happy New Year

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

A new layout

I just wanted to show off the layout I did of my kitty.

Out with the old in with the new

As we wind down the final days of 2009 and look forward to a bright new year; we have been busily clearing out old product from the shelves. To be honest, some is not even THAT old, just slow moving, and others - well.... Let's just say they've worn out their welcome.

This is a great time for you to come in and take home some of these bargains.

One of the things I was extremely brutal with was the books and magazines. It was time for them to go. And with the cold weather and possibly another Nor'easter on the way, its perfect timing. Curl up in front of the fireplace while the kids are playing with their new toys from Santa and catch up on your reading!

I also started pulling many of the Christmas stamps for clearance, buy them now and save a ton of money next holiday season.


Don't forget- we have an all day crop planned for New Year's Day and there are still openings. Call us today to register.

Merry Christmas!

To all of my dear friends- May you have a joyous and peaceful holiday with your family!

2 days only- SALE

Time is running out for your holiday shopping! We know you are busy so we are giving you a great reason to shop with us for the next two days; A HUGE SALE!

For 2 Days Only- Monday, Dec. 21 and Tuesday, Dec. 22

EVERYTHING in the store is 25% off!

That's right! EVERYTHING (excluding Gift Certificates, class fees and prior purchases)! It's our Pre-Christmas Clearance Sale. Come in now for best selection because it's all going to sell quickly. Stock up on your holiday stamps for next year's Christmas Cards (or maybe this year's if you are a procrastinator!).

We still have a great selection on Halloween and Fall items, if you haven't scrapped those photos yet; seasonal items will not be re-ordered so get it while you can.

What else can you get? How about those fabulous Copic Markers? Nestabilities Dies? NEW 2010 Hero Arts stamps? Cardstock? Pattern papers? Oh yeah- all of it! Don't wait; sale is on in stock merchandise only.

Facebook Fan Friday is here!

Facebook Fan Friday is here! If you are not a fan on Facebook, get over there and find out what today's awesome deal is!

Pink Paislee layout

You would think with a name like "Pink Paislee" I would not be using it for a boy's page, right? Not so. I found this layout on 2 Peas and loved it so I had to scraplift it. Mine is slightly different, but the basics are the same. Hopefully this will get you thinking of ways to take the layouts you see and change them up to make them your own.

Facebook Fan Friday

Starting this week- Watch for Facebook Fan Friday at The Inspiration Station; a special deal only available to our fans on Facebook! Spread the word to all of your friends who need a little inspiration!

Crafting with Cricut

It sounds like many people are getting a new Cricut machine for the holidays this year; I have been getting lots of calls about when the next Crafting with Cricut class will be. So the January schedule is up and the first Cricut class of 2010 will be Tuesday, January 5th at 6pm. If you've recently purchased a machine you may want to ask someone to purchase the class for you as a Christmas gift!

This class is open to all levels whether you have the original Cricut or the Cricut Expression. You will bring your machine, cutting mat and a font cartridge (preferably Plantin Schoolbook or George) and I will walk you through the basics of getting started, the special features of your machine and teach you how to get the most out of your machine. A three page handout is included so you don't forget all of the info you've learned in class!

Call to reserve your seat today- (860) 684-2641

Finally made another tag

This one is inspired by Tim's tag on Dec 7th. Yes, I know I'm missing a few days...I'll get to them eventually.

Samples are in

Donna got her sample cards in for December Card Club :



And More Holiday cards - New date added Monday Dec 14th:

For your Inspiration

Are you playing along at home with Tim? I am. Here's my tag from Day One:I did not have the same stamps as he used but I used something similar from Inkadinkado.

And here's what I did for Day 2:

Day 3- A very cool Alcohol Ink Technique:




Since I was in my craft room I decided to do something much simpler as well:



This was done with stamps from the Memory Box. We have these in stock.

Ok, back to creating...

Day one at Tim Holtz Blog

Ok, this got me-

"listen, i know how busy the holiday time is, so i'll give you an extra week to keep up with the tags. if you create all "12 Tags" from this years blog, and by that i mean 12 tags inspired by this year's tags - they don't have to be the same as mine - take a picture of them and email it to me by 12/19/09. i will choose 1 grand prize winner at random and trust me, you'll want this prize package! the winner will be posted on 12/20/09 on the blog along with your tag photo and a photo of your prize package. oh the excitement!"

Yes Tim Holtz is giving away a ton of stuff in the next 12 day- I sure hope some of my friends will be among the winners. Go here every day!