Doris' Blog

Memorial Day Sale

Hello Bloggers!! 

 

 

Many thanks to all of you who came to our 2-year anniversary celebration.  It was loads of fun and I believe everyone had a great time.  All of our demonstrators were fabulous and presented some great demos.   Super duper thanks to Diane Walter, Emily Cates, Susan Holton, Sarah Brighton, Rita Noble and Yvonne Grimes. 

You are some of the best!! 

 

 

We'd love to do it again, however, we've got to wait another year.  Boo Hoo.  Don't worry, however, we've got lots planned for the rest of the year so stay tuned.

 

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I had a conversation today that went something like this. 

 

"What's your sale for the weekend? "

 

"Ah, what do you mean?  What sale?"

 

"Well, you know, it's Memorial Day on Monday and lots of retailers conduct sales on a weekend like this. "

 

"Oh, right.  I guess I know that but still had not planned a sale." 

 

"Well, you still can."

 

"Yep, your right.  Let me think about that and I'll let you know via email if it is to happen."

 

Well peoples, it's happening!!

 

  Stop in anytime on Saturday, Sunday, and/or Monday,

 28 May - 30 May 2011

 

and enjoy a whopping

 20% off on your entire purchase

of regularly priced merchandise.

 

That includes EVERYTHING by just mentioning this email!!

 

Please don't grouse at me for sending this out so late.  It is truly a last minute "thought".  I look forward to seeing many of you. 

 Have  a GREAT weekeend,

 

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 Karen Lockhart Classes

 

Two classes are planned on Sunday, 12 June featuring Karen Lockhart as the instructor.  Classes are just over half full so openings are still available.  Register soon to be sure to get into these RARE classes.  We are looking forward to Karen's visit from her home in California.  It's a GREAT opportunity for everyone!!  Call the shop for more information!!

 

Until later, Hugs to All - Doris

 

 

My Oh My!!

Hello Bloggers!!  My oh my, its been a busy time.  Not sure why exactly but it seems that each day passes and there is always way more to do than time allows. 

Many thanks to those of you who attended our 2-year anniversary celebration in Issaquah, WA, this past Saturday.  We had a GREAT day and totally appreciated all the support extended.  The demos were some of the best.  We are just going to have to repeat some of them.  I was so excited that I just wanted everyone to see all the demo artists at work.  Our thanks and appreciation to Rita Noble, Diane Walter, Yvonne Grimes, Sarah Brighton, Susan Holton, and Emily Cates.  These individuals gave their time and expertise to all of us so that we could benefit from them as we continue to grow in each of our own creative journey.  A GREAT day and lots of fun for everyone!!

We have actually been in business for 13+ years now.  I miss West Seattle and love to see some of those familiar faces visit us in Issaquah.  Friends and Company maintained a presence in West Seattle for 13 years.  Darn that old economy - otherwise we would likely still be there.  We are definitely a destination location now but it really is a pleasant ride out on I-90.  It takes only about 25 minutes from West Seattle.  I never travel during the rush hours.  Once in a while I get caught in traffic but its been rare so that makes me happy.

Besides thanking everyone, I also wanted to give a quick hello and announce the winner in our Jelly Bean Count Contest.  Congratulations to Cathy O'Day who came the closest at guessing the amount of jelly beans in our informal contest.  Cathy was awarded a $25.00 gift certificate from Friends and Company just for guessing.  You also can win.  Stop in and take a guess at our count of Tootsie Pops.  This contest runs until the end of June and you can take a guess with each visit so do stop in.  No purchase is necessary.  That's a good photo Cathy.  Thanks to our photographer, Alice Louie, for taking the photo.  Seems that my own camera is on sabbitical.  One of these days, I hope to find it.  Good night to all.  Hugs - Doris

 

 

E-Gads - It's Mid-May Already

Hello Bloggers!!  I can hardly believe how long it has been since I've done any blogging.  Thank you all for your patience.  I find that for myself I do not visit a blog if I continually go to read it and it's months old.  So, although I do try to keep the blog up, I am sometimes forgetful as time passes.  My sister is always great at reminding me but sometimes it goes in one ear and out the other.  I'm thinking that many of you can relate to that experience!

Not to forget, however, today.  It was a GRAND day as I spent the whole day at the annual Puyallup Rubber Stamp Convention hosted by Heirloom Productions.  What an absolutely fun day.  I was able to connect with so many of you as you perused the aisles and saw all the wonderful demos and products being offered.  We gave out a boatload of chocolate so I hope you were the recipient of at least one piece.  It was yummy!!  We made several connections with new rubber stamp manufactures so we are excited about that.  We also saw many of our existing ones and were able to chat up a storm with many of them.  You know me well enough by now to know that the chatting was total fun.  We are also excited that we will be offering cling mounted rubber stamps in the very near future.  You've been asking and we've been listening so stay tuned on that one.

I got home excited and energized and quickly worked on our upcoming anniversary celebration this coming Saturday, 21 May 2011.  With all this energy and excitement flowing through my viens, I knew it was a good time to get some of the logistics taken care of.  We are planning a very full day of make-n-takes, demos, food, and fun so be sure to mark your calendars.  We'd love to see you stop in anytime.  I'll be posting the details later this week.

If you were at the convention, I would love to hear from your.  Let me know what your "hottest" find was and what it was that made you want to purchase it.  I can recall years ago that after countless dollars spent and with only about $7.00 left, I bought a "baloony".  What a riot.  I thought then that it was hot but soon found out that it was indeed a gadget and did not really work very well.  It was simply a balloon filled with soft goop to resize designs.  I kept it for years but it since has bitten the dust.  It was at that convention that I discovered Stampscapes - one of my favorite companies because of all the scenic stamping they offer.  It was a blast then and it was a blast today.  I'm tired but still wound up.  Gotta close it down for the now or I'll be less than useful tomorrow.

Goodnight and happy stamping - Until later....... hugs - Doris