ALOTTA BROWNIES OPENS IN DOWNTOWN FREMONT

Alotta Brownies is growing and moved from Arlington to Fremont and just a few doors down from me. (This is not helping my diet) LOL They are unbelievable brownies. YUM! I also tried the honey wheat bread and it is delicious. Stop by and check them out and let me know what you think. You will love the decor!

KAELA'S LAST DAY IS THE 15TH :(

I am really going to miss Kaela but understand. The kids have no medical insurance and they need benefits. She found a full time job that is offering benefits so she needs to take it. She is the best daughter in law anyone could ask for :) Maybe she will be back when Paul gets benefits,

RUSTY PICKLES CLOSING ITS DOORS :(

A note from Lance (the rubber chicken haning in our store came from him)


Feb.3,2010
This past year has been incredibly tough on Rusty Pickle due to the economic situation. We feel that we can no longer survive as a company; consequently we have decided to close Rusty Pickle. We would like to thank all our customers who have supported Rusty Pickle for the last 7 years.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION AND RIBBON CUTTING

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Come join us in celebrating the Grand Opening of Precious Treasures! The ribbon cutting is from 9-10am. The mayor will be here to do our formal ribbon cutting. Coffee and donuts will be provided. (thought that would get ya!)
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Stop in from 10-5 for our open house. There will be specials throughout the store as well as snacks and our famous wine-a-rittas or punch. There is a craft and crop to follow from 6-11 pm.
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DIVA DIET

I started my spring diet yesterday to shed the winter coat. I always just do 1000 calories and it usually goes off pretty quick. After my full hystorectomy it got harder. So if you want some support on your diet or want to give me some on mine email me amy@ptdiva.com.

NEVER GROWING UP!

Thought I would give you somethng to laugh about this morning. I LOVE space mountain and only got to ride it three times the day we were there as there were long lines. But this photo should crack you up.....I refuse to grow up. hahahahaahaha

STORE WINDOWS

If you know me you know I LOVE store windows. I go to Chicago a lot just to look at the amazing windows. Well I about hyperventilated when I see there was a store window display class at CHA and taught by one of my favorite designers Anna Griffin. Stay tuned as I am going to try to put what I learned in class into play. I would show you pictures of what we did in class but I want to surprise you with seeing it in the window. We did three different window displays in class and she gave us about 5 foot long boxes to ship them home in. LOL

This was an AMAZING store window I seen in California.

CROP ROOM

The crop room is coming along great! It is so much more roomy! Stop in and see the progress as we are very excited about it. Also new items are coming in from CHA so stop by and check them out. We are already reordering Tim Holtz's new book! It is awesome, come in and check it out.

CHA PICKS

People keep emailing asking what I thought was great at the show. I would say the Cricut Cake was my overall favorite. (yes we will have one for customers to use) Jewelry was everywhere at this show. Even Making Memories booth was almost all jewelry.

• Tims Holtz new idea book
• Tim Holtz paper pads
• Sand mud
• Crafty Secrets new stamps
• Glimmer Glaze, glam and Chalk
• Vicki's new accucut die
• Snappy Trays
• Anna Griffins new paper
• Going Green (everything they sell was awesome)
• Icey resin
• Teresa Collins new papers
• Ci Laptop skins
• bezels

VERONICA'S CRICUT CLASSES

Veronica had a whole day of cricut classes at the store today. Check out the candle holder she made out of the holygraphic vinyl! Love it!