A Knoxville Scrapbooking Blog

Today we are busy, busy preparing for our family night at Chick-fil-a on Chapman Hwy.  We will be doing the craft time with the children and their parents to encourage family time together. : )  What better way to have family fun than to eat together and craft?!?!!  Since the end of the school year is practically here, we are all in need of teacher gifts to show our appreciation.  The children will get to make their teachers a cute & fun gift while learning to stamp :) 

 

Join the family fun celebration at Family Night, Chick-fil-a on Chapman in South Knoxville from 5-8pm tonight!! 5/15/12  There will be inflatables for the kiddos to use up some of that energy too!!

Don't forget our Mother & Daughter crop this Saturday, May 19th 11am-11pm.  We will be serving Chicken Salad with Croissants and fresh fruit for a late lunch.  Use this chance to scrapbook with your daughter or just general crafting.  Share your love for the craft and watch them smile from ear-to-ear :)  You don't have to have a daughter with you to join us.  Its open for all!!
Daughters ages 5-10 can crop with their mommies from 10am-1pm for $5 per mom/daughter.  We will have a small flower project for you to work on together too!  Older daughters can stay & crop all day for $5 with their mom's paid crop fee of $15.  Our older daughters will be able to make the flower make-n-take also but can bring their own projects and crop along side their moms.

In the spirit of family time, please be in prayer for our dear friend, Kim Bloomfield and her son Tyler.  You probably remember her from our Design Team in the past or you've probably cropped with her at a crop!  She's always so bubbly you can't miss her smile!!  Kim lost her husband Sunday night to a long battle of brain cancer. :(  We are so deeply saddened for her and admire her strength as a wife & mother & friend.  Watch for a fundraising crop to come in the next few weeks to help Kim & Tyler get back on their feet.

If you haven't done it yet today, tell your loved ones you love them and hug them tight!!  Make sure to make time for Family Time in your crazy & hectic worlds.  Plus, be sure to capture those moments on camera and scrapbook them!! :)

Have a great day and hope to see you this week sometime!
Toodles,
Sara

Just a quick update...I'm at a Show.  Retreat last weekend was awesome.  Crop at store tomorrow and I'm at the Croptopia Getaways show in downtown Knoxville.  Retreat next weekend.... shew!  Exhaustion canNOT set in on me :)  I have too much croppin to do!!

New product in the store: Hampton Arts DITTO.  Its similar to the popular Smash Books...binders, calendars, journal pages, tags, envelopes & pockets.  Fun stuff!!
Restocks are in for the oh-so-popular Viva Decor Pearl Pens & Creative Imaginations Twinkling H2O's and Daubers.  Also, restock on the old plus new colors from The Twinery. 

Have a great Scrappin' weekend!! :)
Sara

We're celebrating Leap Year with some great savings!
Wednesday Feb.29th ONLY
29% off all Clearance
29% off all Ribbon
29% off all Cardstock
Also, spend $29 in the store and receive a free pack of Adhesive foam dots!
Even more...the 29th customer in the store tomorrow will receive a free goody from us :)

Don't miss out!!

New line in the store from Glitz, Happy Travels

fun papers that are great for boys too :)

We're back from one retreat and getting ready for another this coming weekend.  Croptopia Getaways will be here this weekend at the Holiday Inn hosting a big crop.  They are offering a 'no frills' option for the locals for $50.  We will be the on-site vendor catering to the croppers all weekend :)  I'm getting my Scrap on ...are you?
visit their website: www.croptopiagetaways.com and click on Tennessee Spring Fling for registration details.

More new products & unique items from Basic Grey

Adorable memory matching game for our little ones.  Very cute Basic Grey illustrations.  Great for teaching memory skills, colors & more.  I had to have a set for Gracie :)

ABC Cards Alphabet Art... these 26 friendly, funky, petite posters are a stack of clever flash cards for any little person to learn their ABC's & other laughable pearls of wisdom.  They also make cute wall decor.  Cute illustrations like C - Cowboy on a cow dangling a carrot with a cat & a cupcake :)

New canvas wall art ready for embellishing!!  Basic Grey has taken their signature style and put it in wall art form.  Their chipboard letters are great for embellishing and creating that perfect saying for your walls of your craft room or nursery or playroom.  The Canvases are ready to embellish...can't wait to play with one of these!

More new goodies on the way too...
Have a great Leap Day,
Sara

Authentique shipments are here!!

The talk is definitely the new Free Bird
6x6 size double-sided patterned papers from Authentique...not in a pad!!!
They are loose :)
Card makers are doing the happy dance when they see this!
 
These aren't your regular 12x12 papers..they are individual 6x6 sheets ....woohoo!

 Also... 3 new lines from Authentique:

Gathering (loving the oranges)

Genuine (very popular for the denim)

Celebrate (love the bolder reds & blacks)

Also, new in the store today & requested by you:
Viva Decor Pearl Pens
(comparable to Ranger Liquid Pearls)
Here's the lowdown on the Viva pens...

Viva Decor’s Pearl Pen is a dimensional gel pen that is known for its versatility and amazing quality. Pearl Pen is specially formulated to create perfectly round, non-settling pearls. With it’s fine control applicator tip, making a wide range of different sized pearls is a snap! Pearl Pen can be used on virtually all surfaces, excellent for fabric, paper crafting and home decor accents. Pearl pen is water-based and non-toxic.

Features and benefits:

• Easy to use applicator, no clogging or air build up
• Specially designed tip for small pearls and fine lines
• Non- settling, no pointed tips, perfectly round pearls
• Pearls stay 3 dimensional, permanent, no deflating, or flaking
• Pearls stay shimmering and pearlescent and do not fade with time
• Water resistant and weatherproof
• Machine washable
• One 25 ml bottle can produce up to 720 1/4’’ Diameter sized pearl drop.
• Available in 24 colors

​Surfaces:

• Fabric
• Wood
• Paper
• Foam
• Plastic
• Glass
• Canvas and much more

Step by Step Perlen-Pen:

​1. Hold the pen top in an upright position and slowly squeeze the color out of the pen top until the pearl drop is the desired size.    

2. Within seconds the drop of color develops the shape of a half pearl.

 

Don't forget our City Chicks Yard Sale... Friday 2/10 and Saturday 2/11...
We've been working very hard for you to be able to snatch up the best deals in town!!!  Over 50 consignors have brought in their Scrappin, Paper Craftin, and Stampin goodies.  Both days 10-6...early birds get the worms :)!!!!  (and I'm sooo not a morning person, lol)
xoxo,
Sara

Last call for all you crafty City Chicks....The deadline for submitting those great paper craft projects is January 31st.  So for all you procrastinators, like me, who work better under pressure you have 6 days to gather and submit 3 projects.  These projects can be scrapbook pages or cards and they do not need to be paper or products from our store.  If chosen you will crop for FREE, get a 20% shopping discount, and get an awesome Scrappin in the City Design Team t-shirt. We look for many different styles when choosing our design team to try to meet all of our costumers interest.  So your style will perfect!!! Our fearless leader, Sara, will choose the new Design Team and a make the announcement when she returns from CHA.  Speaking of Sara and CHA she leaves for sunny California on Saturday and returns January 31st.  She will be at the show for 3 full days  looking at all the new must haves from all the different companies.  As always she will come back with new product, new techniques, and thousands upon thousands of pictures. 

I say while Sara's away lets let the City Chicks Play!!!! FOR FREE!!!!  We will be having a FREE crop this Saturday from 10 til 6... All you need to do is call ahead and reserve a spot or spots for you and your girlfriends.  A FREE girls day sounds awesome!!

Also, if you haven't been in the store in the last couple of days we have several new must have lines by echo park. So come in a check them out.  Tish and Sara have also been hard at work on new classes.  Trish's stamp a stack is filling up so call soon and Sara has finished the new Scrap Club designs and they are awesome.  Jesselyn is offering a Christmas Layout class this Saturday at 11 during the free crop so you could take advantage of this opportunity also. 

I feel like I have gone on and on but there is so much going on here at the City I want to make sure everyone knows about them and can take advantage of them.

Have a Great Rainy Thursday

Amanda

 

Good Day Sunshine is the new line from We R Memory Keepers, not the weather here at the City.  (man it's cold).  This line screams spring and warmth to me.  We have 7 papers with great floral print, 2 stamp options, chipboard stickers, and fabulous coordinating ribbon to offer with this line.

                                                                                                                                                                    We have added many new classes to our class/events tab...so make sure to check them out.  We also have a couple spots still available for Saturday's crop.  If  you call and prepay by tomorrow you will save 5 dollars.  We will gladly take your payment over the phone. 

You may also want to check out our Scrappin Club that will meet next Tuesday at 6.  You will bring only your basic craft kit and leave with 6 completed pages and the knowledge of many new techniques.  

A friendly reminder that deadline for design team submissions is the end of the month.  We just ask that you turn in 3 projects none of which need to be current papers or even papers from our store.  Your projects will be returned to and the new design team will be announced the first week of February.

Happy Scrappin

Amanda

Calling all super crafty ladies.....it's time again to pick our new Design Team members for the store.  It's hard to believe it's already been six months that we've had the awesome designs hanging in our store from our current designers.  If you love to scrap, make cards, create mini books, alter items to make them crafty, (really, anything in the way of designing things with paper and embellishments), this is your chance to show off your work and get a great discount on some fabulous supplies!  We are looking for a few creative people to design projects for our store.  These can be anything crafty made with our current products, not just scrapbook pages.  In exchange for you letting us borrow three projects per month over the next six months, we will give you a 20% discount on everything you buy, FREE crops and an exclusive SITC Design Team t-shirt.  Pretty sweet deal, huh?  To submit your designs, just bring a few things that represent your style (these submissions do not necessarily have to be with our current products)  in to the store before Saturday, Jan. 28.  We will check out all of the submissions and announce the the Design Team on Feb. 2, with your commitment beginning Feb. 3.  What are you waiting for?  What a great opportunity to share your talent with others!

I can't wait to see your designs!

Have a great rainy Wednesday...

Trish

Man Oh Man did I miss this place. Today is my first day back since Christmas break and I arrived to a  new/must have paper line.  (so YES I was my first costumer)  Winter Park by Echo Park is a fun "winter adventure" line.  It has many designer pages including sledding, skiing, and many other "snowy day" activities.  So now we need to pray for snow so we can capture great pictures and use this awesome line..

Also, I had yet to sign up for the yard sale but don't you worry cause that can be marked off my "to do" list today. (That was the 2nd thing I did after buying the new echo park line) Did I mention I love my job :)         

To register for the yard sale all you need to do is stop by, sign up, pay $5 bucks, and get your tags.  This can easily be done on a lunch break. You do not have to consign to shop the sale but it does allow you to shop early and score all the must have deals before anyone else has the chance to snag it.

Come by and see us at The City this week,

Amanda

It's time to clean out those scrappin bags & bins and get organized for the new year!!  Mark your calendars for our next Yard Sale: Friday Feb. 10th & Saturday Feb. 11th

Here's the details:

•  Consignor Registration Fee is $5 and includes 50 price tags
• Only tags purchased from SITC may be used!! Additional tags are available $2 for 25
• You must come into the store to Register and get your consignor # and tags
• Drop offs are Feb.2-Feb.4
• Consignors receive a SITC gift card for the value of their items sold less a 20% consignment fee
• Unwanted items will be donated to Loudon High School Scrapbooking Club
• Past consignors will keep their same number, but must come in to store to re-register

So, stop on by next week and grab your tags and start cleaning out those stashes...Turn your old & unused stash into NEW stash!!  (& it couldn't have come at a better time, because all the new will be arriving from CHA )

I've got tons & tons of plans I'm working on for the new year for The City.  Keep watching for updates and big announcements to come.  2012 is going to be the best year yet at Scrappin' In The City!!!

Happy New Year to you & yours,
Sara & the City Chicks

 

Hubby Night is here!  Did you put it in your man's calendar for him? :)
Send him to the City between 4-8 for manly food and gift wrapping and the shopping expertise of the City Chicks.  Here are a few of our favorite things for your list:

Got ribbon?  Here's your best way to store it! We love these...

Hot items from Cosmo Cricket... Make your own flowers from fabric, paper & more.  These are super duper mega glue dots!

 

Have you tried the new Twinkling H2O Spritzers? or Daubers?  They are amazingly shimmery and no clogging!  New masks, craftable flowers and more ready to be misted.

  Been wanting to try that new Sew Easy gadget or Sew Ribbon?  We have them in the store with fun twine and ribbon in stock.  These are great tools to add to your loot

Are you a Cricut guru?  or a wannabe?  These new Cricut magazines and idea books are very inspiring!  We've got the basic tools in stock and classes on the calendar for 2012!!

 

I'm really liking these pagemaps idea books.  They work great when your creative juices aren't flowing and you need a boost!

 

Calling all card makers!!!  This Martha Stewart scoring board is a must-have.  I don't make cards much but I've really enjoyed using this new gadget.  Makes it much easier!!!

 

 Mixed Media peeps... these Donna Salazar chalk inks are new and in fun colors.  The City Chicks favorite thing in the store right now is the Fairy Dust....  Aside from the adorable salt shaker dispenser, the glitter is amazingly fine and coats so well.  3 fun colors.  (and the glue gloss is a must!)

 

 All Stickles colors and Liquid Pearls are fully stocked and begging to be the perfect stocking stuffer.  If you've used Stickles before, you know they are addicting and can add that perfect touch to any project.  Make sure you try the Liquid Pearls... they are just as addicting and come in yummy colors!

 

Wanna make your own albums and projects at home?  The Cinch is one of the best tools to have in your craft room... super easy to use!!  And its pink :)

 

 Tim Holtz Distress Stains are the new version of his ever popular ink pads.  If you like TH or anything distress, I'm sure you'll love these :)

 

 

Well, ladies... I think that's just a FEW of our favorite things.  If you haven't had a chance to make your wish list, no worries!  Just show your hubbies this blog post and send them our way.
Toodles,
Sara