STAMPLICITY NEWSFLASH SEPTEMBER 2009

I know that in a couple days it will be the first day of fall and most of us do not want the summer to end but for me it means things settle down a bit in the store. All conventions are over till the spring and my big event I hold every year on the second weekend in September has passed. The girls can now focus on new classes for Christmas and Halloween cards.
In regards to the Spring & Fall Fling, if the comments from attendees were anything to go by then I think I can say it was a big success. Attendees liked the fact that after their make and takes across the street from our store, they could just come over to shop. 26 ladies were sure taken with Bryan's Stampscapes class; he ended up with 5 different classes in the 2 days. Some ladies came out for supper with the staff and we all had a great evening chatting and enjoying great food.
Products from the retailer's convention are slowly becoming available from the companies that manufacture them. Tough decision to make on what will be good to bring into the store. We keep working on it.
Having said that, we have already filled the store with 240 new scrapbook patterned paper, and obtained the 113 colours of Prism solid colours to replace the discontinued Worldwin line. The Prism papers have lovely colours, with the cardstock having a texture on one side and smooth on the other. Perfect to use no matter what you want them for, cardmaking or scrapbooking.
We now have the Polar White Flower Soft in stock. This will be very popular to use as snow.
Hot off the Press has made another great template. You can make a variety of paper bows with this template. Check out my product page to see pictures of the bows that can be made. They are adorable!
The latest news I have heard regarding the newest Spellbinders, such as the Create a Flake 1 and 2, Fancy Tags, Nesting Pumpkins, Ribbon Tag Trio 2 and Nesting Pine Trees is that they should be ready to ship out to me by the end of Sept. I have been taking pre-orders for all of these so to those of you who placed your order you should have them for the special holidays coming up.
As far as the new Cuttlebug Folders from Provo Craft, that is another story. They still have their lack of communication so I'm not sure just what date to give everyone on when they will come in. One of my distributors is telling me late November which of course to me is a little late to plan your Christmas cards.
Personally the girls at the store and I are far more excited about Spellbinders. They are such a great company to deal with and their products are amazing.
We have a store full of new stamps from different companies, lots of verses, Halloween and Christmas stamps.
We are trying to keep Esctasy Crafts class and peel stickers and the 3D image sheets fully stocked but this is no easy task.
Some lovely new ribbons have come in and some beautiful organza colours. Cute Halloween as well.
Once again Stamplicity will be offering you, the customer, a chance to save some money this Christmas while ensuring that you get the things you are wishing for. Any customer can visit the store and make out their Christmas Wish List. If a friend or a customer comes in and orders or buys something from your wish list for you they will receive a 10% discount. If our customer is a 3 "S" member the purchaser will get 20% discount. It's a win, win, win situation. They shop at our store, get a discount and you, the customer get a product you have been wishing for. Please keep in mind that if we have to order the item, the purchaser will have to do their shopping early to ensure we get the item in, in time for Christmas.
I heard from Provo Craft that Michael's in Canada and the U.S. and Joann Fabrics in the states will have exclusive sales on the Gypsy at least until December, at which time other stores will be able to sell it. You can pre-order it at Michael's for $399.95 so I was told. My advice to anyone who is interested in this product is to research it very thoroughly before you buy it anywhere. There is a lot of information out there on blogs about the pros and cons of this machine. I can't seem to get accurate answers myself from Provo so I am holding off for a bit before I even order one for the store.
The Slice has got some amazing new cartridges out now. I still love this little machine for its portability and their great cartridges.
Below I thought I would display a couple of the new Spellbinders Nestabilities. There are many of these products that have so much potential. Just let your imagination take over and you'll see so many possibilities of cards and scrapbook pages just with these 2 dies.
I guess that's all the news for now. Before you know it I'll be writing up the 4th quarter newsletter.

Enjoy the fall season. The colours are so beautiful.
Pauline and the gang.