Boutique Night in Farmington

The Farmington Area Mom's Club (a group I belong to) is hosting a Boutique Night at the Maxfield Training Center in Farmington on Thursday, 12/3 from 6:30-8:30pm. It's an opportunity for those with home-based businesses to sell, for people to shop and relax (enjoy finger foods, hot chocolate, coffee, pop, etc.). The proceeds of the event will go toward the Club's annual holiday family adoption.

In addition, the FAMC is looking for a vendor who makes handmade greeting cards (for sale) to participate. The cost to rent a 5' table is $10 plus a $10 raffle prize donation. If you are interested, please contact Peggy at pwilke1@twmi.rr.com. I know there are many talented card-makers in our mix!

The Farmington Area Mom's Club is a non-profit organization supporting local moms. You can find more information about the group at www.FarmingtonAreaMomsClub.org. The Maxfield Training Center is located at 33000 Thomas St., Farmington, MI (a couple miles from the store).

Donna Downey's First Class a hit!

The participants left with so many great things to say about Donna's first class tonight! They're filled with creativity, and those coming back to take more classes are so excited! Donna will be at the store throughout the day Saturday teaching classes.

Plus, be sure to stop in after 10am to pick up your specially wrapped treat to see if you've won FREE Scrapbooking for a year! Visit www.ScrappyChicLivonia.com/golden_ticket_09.htm for more info... See you then!

Andrea Deer's Birthday Bash Album = Adorable!

Andrea was here yesterday teaching her Birthday Bash album class, which was adorable. She also brought a bunch of her other work - also adorable. She has other stops in the area planned for the rest of the weekend, http://www.talkingincircles.typepad.com/.

Inkssentials Craft Buckets are in from Ranger!

Perfect timing, since Ranger is our featured manufacturer! Their new Craft Buckets are the coolest thing! Here's what Ranger has to say about it:

The Inkssentials Craft Bucket is a fun and funky tote that can be used as a carry-all for craft tools and supplies or filled with water to clean brushes while painting. It's ready for crops and classes and folds flat for storage. Use several to organize your studio table or shelf. As a paint bucket, utilize one for clean water and one for cleaning brushes.

Yes, it has a waterproof lining! It does fold flat, and has 6 outer pockets. It's about 5" wide x5" deep x 7"high. Small, fun & functional!

We now carry Unity Stamps!

I had a few nudges, and decided to carry Unity Stamps. They arrived, just in time for Donna's class! She uses these stamps, and even has a few of her own designs (which we have exclusively as a store she's teaching at). Be sure to check them out when you stop in this weekend to visit with Donna!

New Thickers, Making Memories

I almost forgot - we have 2 new series of Thickers from American Crafts! These things are adorable (evidence: they're in my tote bag here at home). There are a few new embellishments to match as well.

We are also busy getting the new lines from Making Memories in the computer. Wow - there were more items than I remember ordering at CHA! The new Design Shop series is a new thing for MM - dimensional embellishments for tons of occasions and themes. There are some new Slice MS+ Design Cards, a bunch of blingy stickers and alphas (also adorable) and more! We'll work on having these all on the shelves for this weekend.

Monthly Challenge Correction

Ok folks, apparently I missed an important tidbit in the latest newsletter. In my haste, I forgot to finish the Monthly Challenge section! This month's challenge is to create a project, of any kind, using Ranger products (not bicycles - how funny would that be). Be creative and challenge yourself!