the snow is so bad!

Hey! Hannah here. I finally got here at 10:45 after about 20 attempts to get up my hill. My hill isn't some namsy pamsy hill, its a REAL hill and with Omaha's plowers my street still isn't plowed. So my neighbor had to literally tow me up the street and onto Skyline. But I'm here and sorry I'm late!!
-Hannah-

NEW CUSTOMS IN: NEBRASKAS, UNO, MILLARD SOUTH, ELKHORN, GRETNA, ASHLAND, GREENWOOD

Well you all know how darn picky I am and I keep looking for better products. I found an even better laser cutting company and you HAVE to come in and see them. All customs and some are even three layer. We added 2 more schools so we now have Millard South papers and embellishments as well as University of Nebraska Omaha. We carry Elkhorn, Gretna, UNO, UNL, Creighton, Ashland - Greenwood, Millard and Millard South. The overlays from this company are amazing!!!

Here is a sample:

Baby Card for My Sister

Hi, Veronica here! I just wanted to show off my recent little project. Now, I am not normally a card maker. But my sister is having her first child in July, so one day while I was playing with the Cricut machine -- I decided to make a handmade card for her. I used the baby head off the Doodlecharms cartridge and cut it out of think chipboard and then cut another head out of regular paper.

It came out so cute! But as I suspected, my sister (who has a masters in math and is an aerospace engineer, but has no creative bone in her body) didn't even say anything about the card until I asked her about it. Oh well! I had fun doing it and now showing it off to you! ~ Veronica Rosman

TONS NEW COMING IN DAILY

Stop by the store as boxes are coming in every day from CHA. ALL the coordinations papers came in today which are like Bazzill but have a different color inside. NEW at CHA was the already sanded line of papers and we got ALL of those also! Come check them out. We have the best price on them also!

SLOW TO BLOG (moving)

Sorry posts have been fewer as I have been getting hundreds of emails to see if I am alive. hee hee I am moving this weekend (not the store) and just had a lot of preparation and not much time to do it in. Hope to get back on the swing of things quick as possible. :) If you have photos to post of your projects I would really appreciate them right now. You never know what company may see them and you could be the next Vicki Chrisman! www.vickichrisman.blogspot.com

TIP / IDEA ORGANIZATION

Love thios wine rack idea for pens as pens should be kept stored on their sides. Also the CD rack holds CD cases to store the acrylic stamps.

A FUNNY

A customer from Grand Island was in today and said I hope I can take my scrapbook stuff with me when I die so I can finish up my pages! hahahahahahaha

Life.....

I got this email and thought I would share it. Please pass it on to your friends and loved ones.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon, before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60's & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.


I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.



I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.




As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!




MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER! FRIENDS FOREVER!

SANT PATRICKS DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!

NEW ITEMS IN TODAY lots of custom items

We got a new supplier for Custom Laser cuts again as I was so impressed with their designer! We got in lots of Elkhorn and Gretna high school scrapbook items and even the overlays. They are doing a LOT more and will be in soon. If you have a special request call the store 402-763-9675 or email ptdiva@ptdiva.com so we can add it to the order. We will also have them here for our National Scrapbook Day weekend doing custom lasers on the spot! If you have not signed up, do so soon as you do not want to miss this weekend! Vicki Chrisman is our special guest teacher!!! www.vickichrisman.blogspot.com

TIM HOLTZ'S NEW STAMP ARE HERE

We got them all in today as well as Teresa Collins new stuff. Come check it out. New products arriving daily from CHA!

JENNI BOWLIN'S NEW PRODUCTS ARE HERE

We got everything that is new from Jenni Bowlin! We are a full line Jenni Bowlin retailer and she has outdone herself with the new line! There are pearl flowers, rhinestone buttons, chipboard buttons and milk cas, lots of adorable papers and much more!!!! Come see it all!

ANY INTEREST IN KIDS SCRAPBOOKING CLUB?

Hi everyone, Veronica here! When Amy and I were in California for CHA, one of the big movements in scrapbooking is getting more kids into the hobby and offering scrapbooking classes and clubs for kids.

I love teaching kids how to do crafts, including scrapbooking and until recently I spent my Saturday mornings doing kids' crafts at a major chain craft store. But they aren't doing that anymore, so I wanted to know if anyone would be interested if I started a kids' monthly scrapbooking club at Precious Treasures.

I don't have all the details worked out in my mind or with Amy yet, but I figured that it would be targeted at kids ages 8 and above. We'd meet once a month on a Saturday morning and work on their scrapbooks while mom or dad shopped Amy's store or the rest of Nebraska Crossing Mall. But first, I need to know if there is any interest in something like this.

If you would be interested in having your child join something like this, please email me at Veronica@ptdiva.com. ~ Veronica

NO CROPS THIS WEEKEND

There will be no crops this weekend as I will be out of town. We will do extended crops the weekend of the 28th so watch for details. Have a great Valentines weekend!!

NEW STORE COMING TO NEBRASKA CROSSING!!!

I know you all have seen "The Rock Guy's" work somewere. He is the one who does rocks with about any design but the most common ones are the Husker rocks. Anyway he is moving in and will be open in a week. Even more good news, the Mishi bag lady from Oak View mall will also be moving in. I love these handbags and Veronica got me one for Christmas! (I love it) It is a purse and there are magnetic covers you can change to match your outfits. I know I will be shopping there!!

TATTOO'S ARE A FORM OF ART

Tattoo's are so in style anymore and there are more and more Tattoo shops opening all the time. They are a form of art you can carry with you all of the time. Many are tributes to lost loved ones, to children and many other life changing events. I love to hear stories of why people get a tattoo.

Last night we went to Big Brain in the Old Market and Tawnya got a beautiful tribute tattoo for her daughter Tarynn. It is hard to see in the photo but Tarynn's name is the part on the bottom left. (Done by Joshua) I just went in to get one fixed that I already had. Smitty the owner of Big Brain goes to church with Tawnya and is a really nice guy. It is a very clean place and voted "best of Omaha" for many years. If you decide to get one, go to a reputable shop, do not out names on your body other than children as you never know what life will bring. Nothing trendy, music groups, things that will pass in time. They are permanent and if you do want it removed it is very expensive and painful and takes many treatments. Also be careful where you have one placed on your body. Put it where it can be concealed when needed as you never know about companies you work for whether they will frown on it. And yes, they do hurt. You will forget about the pain though once you see the finished tattoo. Take pain killers 20 minutes before and when you are getting a tattoo get a focal point and keep breathing. If you get tense it will hurt worse. Whatever you do, do NOT move. LOL

When we were there last night there were a couple girls getting piercings in some very ...umm..weird spots. That I do NOT get. LOL OUCH! I will leave the piercings for just my ears.

CLEAR ACRYLIC ALBUM PROJECT

VALENTINES PROJECT

NEW ITEMS IN TODAY clear bags and boxes

I have a lot of requests for clear boxes to hold like a dozen handmade cards and I finally found them at CHA. We got in LOTS and also various clear envelope sizes.

GARAGE SALE A HUGE SUCCESS

ALmost everything sold again and it was a huge success. You cam pick up your sales on Friday. Thank you to everyone who participated and who shopped. There were some awesome deals. Our next sale will be in June so get a number now to participate. Email ptdiva@ptdiva.com for a number

NO MORE CRICUT CARTRIDGES????

Hi gals!
This is Ashley, Ive got a great class coming up! It is the Sure Cuts a lot class. If you have a cricut, and a computer this could be just what you were waiting for. I "heard" about this machine that can cut lettering about a year ago and without even looking into it, went out and bought myself the bug. To my dismay, I was only cutting one font, and I would need to buy another cart PER font to cut! My problem was I couldnt even muster 70$ (then) a cart just for one font I would burn myself out on it 2-6 pages max!
I used the cricut for a week maybe, ten it sat in dust for about a month until I stumbled upon SCAL (sure cuts alot)! Again with the understanding of what I did I bought it up for the price of a cart and never looked back. I spent the first week just downloading any font I would THINK I could use! Then the next week, when I realized I could cut dingbats (A character or image within a font), downloading dingbats. Needless to say the third week I found out I could cut anything I wanted with a couple other things and just spent y time learning and cutting and learning, and well cutting!
If you can find it on the net, you can cut it on the cricut. With this program. After going to crops everyone wanted to know more, I found my time at crops showing other ladies the great thing about this program. I figured I would see about teaching a class and showing people this wonderful progam. Amy offered me the room, the tools, and even the hosting capabilities.
Teaching the basics on the program, how to install font, where to find your fonts, how to cut dingbats and more! I have some more description on the calendar about the class, if your not sure about it, comming just to see would be a great idea too! I have a email Ashley@ptdiva.com amy hooked me up with! Just call her to sign up for this class!
Ive posted some pictures with things Ive done that I think might show you "some" of the many possibilities with this program. Everything I have posted is either a font or a dingbat, there are other things you can do to make your "own" cuts (which we can dabble in at the class). and well cutting! If you can find it on the net, you can cut it on the cricut. With this program. After going to crops everyone wanted to know more, I found my time at crops showing other ladies the great thing about this program. I figured I would see about teaching a class and showing people this wonderful progam. Amy offered me the room, the tools, and even the hosting capabilities. Teaching the basics on the program, how to install font, where to find your fonts, how to cut dingbats and more! I have some more description on the calendar about the class, if your not sure about it, comming just to see would be a great idea too! I have a email Ashley@ptdiva.com amy hooked me up with! Just call her to sign up for this class! Ive posted some pictures with things Ive done that I think might show you "some" of the many possibilities with this program. Everything I have posted is either a font or a dingbat, there are other things you can do to make your "own" cuts (which we can dabble in at the class).

Get your friends together as we need three people to hold the classs.

CRICUT VINYL CLASS by Veronica

Hi, Veronica here! When I was at CHA, I saw some amazing things that you can do with the Cricut machine and wall vinyl. So, yesterday, I borrowed a piece of Amy's wall and put up a cute Mickey Mouse with vinyl and cardstock. You can do this with most Cricut images, so your possiblities are nearly endless. I keep visioning Cinderella and the princesses for girls and dinosaurs for boys.
If you'd like to learn how to do this, I am teaching a vinyl class twice this month at Amy's store. The class costs $20, and you'll get a roll of Cricut vinyl (2 sheets of 12x24) and I will show you how to cut just about anything you'd like. Then we will cut the paper and adhere it to the vinyl so you can take it home and put it on the wall. We can do words as well.
The wall images are better when cut in big sizes, so they need to be cut on the Cricut Expressions. If you don't have one, you can still take the class -- The store has an Expressions machine in the crop room we can use. Bring your own cartridges, or you can select from the ones that the store has available for checkout.
Check the calendar at ptdiva.com for dates and times. Any questions, please email me at veronica@ptdiva.com

TIP / IDEA VALENTINES TAG BY SHERRY

SCRAPBOOK, STAMP AND CRAFT GARAGE SALE IS THIS WEEKEND!!!

You do not want to miss this event! There are bargains galore!

We gave out 50 numbers for the sale so this will be HUGE!!! Sale is Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 1-6. No early sales. If you have stuff to drop off please do so by 8pm Friday. This will be advertised in the local papers and online.

Next sale is in June, start pricing now with the same umber you had or email ptdiva@ptdiva.com for a number.

JUST A FEW MORE DAYS TO SIGN UP!

Stop by and sign up today. For the I-Pod Touch drawings over Christmas it was one of our customers who won!!! Lets do it again. There is a drawing for the Mahoney weekend which is from all the stores combined but the Valentines dinner each store will pick two winners.

NEBRASKA CROSSING STORES ARE GIVING ONE LUCKY COUPLE A CHANCE TO WIN A ROMANTIC WEEKEND STAY IN A CABIN AT EUGENE MAHONEY STATE PARK 30 LUCKY COUPLES WILL WIN A ROMANTIC DINNER FOR TWO AT THE ATRIUM AT NEBRASKA CROSSING.ALL THIS COURTESY OF THE PARTICIPATING NEBRASKA CROSSING FACTORY STORES BUSINESSES.

STICKY ASS GLUE, NOW SOLD AT PRECIOUS TREASURES

This is better than Gorilla Glue and just AMAZING!!! Also it is made in the USA. Stop by the store and grab a bottle today at a low introductory price!!!

Valentine Project by Kaylee

Project from our stamp club. Very easy to make for school valentines swaps. If interested in stamp club email ptdiva@ptdiva.com

Also check out the store for a huge selection of handmade one of a kind Valentines!

CLASS BY KAYLEE

Kaylee here with a new Valantines class showing you the versatility of the Staz On Inks. You will make the project shown with an acrylic tag in class on February 10th at 6:30 pm. Call the store to sign up at 402-763-9675. Cost is ONLY $15.00!!! Need more than one? Additional can be purchased at only $10.00! If youwant to add a photo to yours bring the photo to the class that night.

OPENINGS IN TONIGHTS CRICUT CLASS

There are some openings in tonights level 1 Cricut class. This is for the regular sized Cricut and a must for any user as you learn soooooo.... much. Call the store to sign up 402-763-9675, Time is 6:30-8:00 and cost is only $15.00.

BLOGGERS CHALLENGE! NEW TRIMS FROM CALIFORNIA ~L@¿@K~

Check out these trims I found at the market in California! I just love the white one with hooks and I can see letters, charms or ribbons dangling from it. I cannot wait to try it! You can use staz on ink, alcohol ink, chalks, glimmer mist or color washes to make it any color you can imagine.

Bloggers challenge: Come in and buy the white hook ribbon and if you participate in the bloggers challenge and send us a photo of your project we ill give you the ribbon at 50% off. You do not need to be local to participate.

CRAFT AND SCRAPBOOK GARAGE SALE IS THIS WEEKEND!! DO NOT MISS IT!

We have made some changes to ease your shopping that day and also have a LOT more vendors this time. You do not want to miss it. Sorry there are no early sales and the sale will start at 10am sharp on Saturday!

GARDEN AND RECIPE BOOKS BY LOCAL ARTIST

COme support a local Gretna Artist! She has made these wonderful garden journal books and recipe albums. You should see the insides of them!! And they are only $15.00. She will also do custom orders. VERY professionally done!