THE PARTY WAS EVERYTHING I DREAMED OF....

Vicki's party was everything and more. Vicki is such a special person and very tallented. (so is her sister Jan) Her house was beautiful and her craft room was heaven on earth. I will get my pictures uploaded when I get back to the store. But for now check out Vicki's blog for some highlights from the day. There were so many tallented people there from musicians, artist, photographers, authors, designers and more. I had to leave a little early as we had a large crop last night at the store and we cropped until 2am and boy am I dragging today. Toyja worked the store today but I did not get to take a nap as I was still running trying to get shorts for Zach for school and shoes for Ruth and Liz and I went to Paradise Cafe for yummy soup and had a nice talk.

Below is a photo that Vicki took from the party and click on the link to see the rest of her photos from the day.

http://vickichrisman.blogspot.com/2008/08/hightlights-from-saturdays-gathering.html

MIDNIGHT AGAIN

Well.. here it is midnight again. I just got home from work and we were so busy today and I got to work at *;15 and my legs are killing me. Now I cannot sleep. Menopause is sooo... much fun...NOT!

I am so excited about going to Vicki Chrismans tomorrow. She is one of the nicest people in the world. Cat will be there and she also has written many scrapbooking idea books including "sewing on paper" and "Art from the Heart". Cats full name is Catherine Matthews-Scanlon I am so excited to meet her. (camera is packed)

I wanted to find something special to take Vicki for inviting me. I thought about shoes as she seems to love shoes as much as I love purses. But I do not know her size. I have to go get a haircut and get that gray taken out in the morning at 9am so I am hoping I have time to get to Fremont to find a gift. I am going back to work after Vicki's party as we have a crop tomorrow night and I plan on scrapbooking. The kids went to South Dakota with grandma and grandpa while we were at CHA and they brought back tons of pictures.

Oh I forgot to tell you there is an adult consignment sale at the mall tomorrow just a couple doors down from us. Check it out while you are at the store.

Until tomorrow...nighty night

CALENDAR HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH CLASSES, ROAD TRIPS, CROPS AND EVEN KIDS CAMP!

See www.ptdiva.com and click on calendar. Lots of new classes and Liz has announcd the dates for this years Scrap Camp during the kids Christmas Break. Sign up early as this fills up fast. If you need care before or after Scrap Camp times the charge is $3.00 per hour. Call store to sign up 402-763-9675.

ADVENT CALENDAR CLASS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

Due to popular demand we are adding the tin advent calendar class again this fall. Check calendar on www.ptdiva.com for available times and bring your friends as there has to be at least three people to hold the class. If you want to come to the class we need to know by 48 hours before scheduled class time so Tiffany has enough kits for everyone as some of the work she has to do before class on them as it is about a 2-3 hour class.

cost is $40.00

$5.00 discount if you you are registered

Extra $5.00 each if you bring 2 friends (you each get the extra $5.00 off) That ends up a $10.00 savings for each of you!!!

Bring to class: distressing ink pad, scissors, trimmer, black pen, tape runner, glue dots or a stron liquid glue.

NEW ITEMS IN TODAY American Crafts D ring albums

We got in 32 American Crafts D-Ring albums. If you do three ring binders come see them as you will switch. They are the best on the market. Not the normal "Z" clamp on the rings but one fits inside the other so no pages slipping out and the covers are very heavy duty. We even got ones with the cut out in the front for a photo, others are a heavy board that you can paint, alter etc. Come see some I have done at the store.

SENDING ANOTHER A MUSE STAMP ORDER AT 3:00 IF ANYONE WANTS ANYTHING ELSE

As always special orders are 25% off an no shipping. Call the store to order. If you are not local and we have to ship from our store to you, there is a small shipping charge. 402-763-9675 t order. We special order daily but A Muse is about once every couple weeks so if you miss this order day it will go on the next order. Their stamps are adorable!!! www.amuseartstamps.com We carry them in the store also just no room to carry them all until we get a bigger store.

*YAWN* I STAYED UP WAY TOO LATE WATCHING THE OLYMPICS AND WE HAVE AN OPEN CROP TONIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT

I hope I am not alone in yawning all day. I stayed up way too late watching the Olympics last night and playing on the internet. We have crop tonight until midnight. Bring on the caffeine.

We have open cropping tonight if anyone wants to join us. We hold 18 people with each person having their own table. We do not have TV tonight as something is wrong with the satelite. We do have a DVD player for movies and music though. Better yet LOTS of conversation!

I am so excited as I was invited to one of Vicki Chrismans girly foo-foo parties tomorrow. I always drool over the pictures of the parties the girls have that she posts on her blog which is http://www.vickichrisman.blogspot.com/ . (awesome blog) Ruthy was begging to go but I told her it was just for adults. Ruth is a Vicki-wanna-be. hee hee :) Vicki lives outside Fremont so I will have to buzz by the Junktion indoor flea market as I just love that place. You have to check it out. If you know where the court house is in Fremont and are facing the front of it, it is just to the left on the next street down. It is all booths and you never know what "precious treasures" you will find there. Other favorite stops is the Bead shop and the quilt shop on Main Street in the old downtown.

THE CRICUT CLASS

The ladies are having a blast in the Cricut class and I just went back there and they said they have learned so many new things their Cricut can do. Veronica is an excellent teacher! Check out the calendar on http://www.ptdiva.com/ for the next Cricut class and more classes from Veronica. Bring a friend and get a surprise!

ALL MAKINS AIR DRY CLAY AND ACCESSORRIES ALL WENT HALF PRICE TODAY!!!

MORE NEW ITEMS IN TODAY glow in the dark 12x12 paper and more

We got in some of the holographic papers and they flew out the door. So we got in the whole line of the holographics, foils and even GLOW IN THE DARK paper. Most are sticker paper so cut things out with your accucut and cricut etc. All are 12x12.

Tip: The glow in the dark paper would be neat to cut out items for your childrens ceilings. Not just stars but you could do thier names, sayings and so much more.