August 16th, 2010  12:42 am: We have been incredibly busy at the shoppe and we love to be busy!  Thank you to all our customers for your patronage!  We will be at the Great Darke County Fair with a booth in the Coliseum from August 20th - 28th!  I can't believe it!  We are so excited to share our shoppe with local and out of town fair goers!  We will have lots of new product out, make-n-takes, a big drawing and more!  So, be sure to stop by and see us.  Since we will have lots of product out and our time will be spent at the fairgrounds 12 hours per day for 9 days - the shoppe will be closed in town.  If there is something you need, please call us and we will try to accomodate.  September class lists are out as well!  See you soon!!!

June 13, 2010  12:35 pm:  Today is our 1 Year Anniversary!  I cannot believe how fast 1 year has went by!  It has been exciting and rewarding serving our customers this past year!  Today also is the day that we are launching our Online Shoppe.  We will be carrying some of the products that we have in the West Main Street shop but also a few other items that are only available online.  Our specialty will be Vintage Inspired Gift Items and Ephemera packs.  At this time, payment is received only through a Paypal account so if you do not have one, set one up today!  It is really easy and a secure way to purchase online.  Thank you all for a fabulous year!  Our sales will continue all month to celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary.  Hope to see you in the store soon and check out our online Shoppe! 

March 27, 2010 9:42 am:  Wow!  Just got back from the Memories Expo in Columbus yesterday.  Wish I could be there today too!  I brought back a product new to me, Mudd Puddles!  They are these great littel jars of thick sand-like material with the adhesive already in it!  You just smooth this over any chipboard, grungeboard, paper, glass, acrylic, whatever, and let it dry!  It comes in many colors, some very limited at this time.  The texture and look is amazing!  I cannot wait to make samples for you!  It will be great for your summer and vacation scrapbooking!  I also "discovered" a lot more new products that we will be carrying in the shop soon so be sure to check back often.  We are having our first daytime crop today!  There are still a few more spots so it is not too late to get signed up.  It is from 12 noon - 6 pm. 

November 24, 2009: 6:50 am:  SALE! SALE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH STARTING AT 8:00 am!  See Classes, Crops & Sales for details!  We will be closed Thanksgiving Day - Have a great Turkey Day!  I am certainly thankful for the wonderful support from my customers since June 13th when I opened.  I have a lot to be thankful for including my wonderful Mother, Delores, and Daughter, Betsy, who help in my shop.  I am thankful for 3 wonderful children, a great husband, a beautiful home, great family, meaningful work, health, and a for a loving God who is always there for me.  Happy Thanksgiving! 

October 20, 2009:  12:39 am:  If you haven't been in the shop lately, we have lots of new items!  Christmas papers and embellishments, New Slice design cards, designer brads, Faith based items, new Glimmer Mist colors that were just released and LOTS more!  Check out the Early Bird or Dayton Daily News (10/15 and 10/22) for a coupon for the shop as well.  On November 4th, we will be changing our shop hours to be able to add an additional full day.   The new hours beginning November 4th will be:  Wed, Fri, and Sat 10 - 6 and Thurs 10 - 8.  These hours were revised based on customer shopping patterns.  They may change again as needed from time to time so check the website before coming to the shop especially if you are traveling from very far.  We will be handing out candy on Thursday, Oct 22nd at 7 pm for beggars night so come by and see us!  November classes have been posted.  We will be having just one crop this month due to the holidays so sign up early as they have been full the last several times.  Check out a class if you have never taken one.   We always try to meet the needs of every level of scrapper and teach some special techniques, tip and tricks to everyone!  Is there a class you would like us to do sometime?  Please email me and let me know: artifacts.203wm@yahoo.com  See you soon!

September 30, 2009:  10:37 pm:  Be sure to check out the October classes!  There are 15 classes offered and 2 crops!  We have only 1 more spot for the Exploding Box class Thursday night.  Christmas papers are now in the shop - some brights and lots of vintage Christmas designs.  There are also new Fall papers including cute Woodland animals - owls, squirrels, etc.  So cute.  See a mini journal I designed below using a page of journaling squares, fall paper, tea dye, twine and artificial leaves cut from a Fall garland.  It turned out so cute.  Come in and see it at the shop and I will show you how to make one for yourself!  Hope to see you this weekend!

    This cute journal is so easy to make!  Stop in and we will show you how.  Document Homecoming, Fall fun & activities and Halloween memories!

September 20, 2009:  11:37 pm:  Thank you for a great weekend at the shop!  The alcohol ink class was well attended and everyone seemed excited about what they created!  Our Friday night crop was well attended also & I am very thankful for getting to know such nice women in our community.  Saturday's lunchbag album turned out with a Fall theme.  We decided to take a lot of Fall pictures including the leaves turning, kids/pets in the piles of leaves and other seasonal pictures.  We also decided to collect some beautiful red, yellow, orange leaves to put in the album and in the pockets we created.  This class will be repeated.  Then today, Sunday, was sewing embellishments.  My sewing machine worked perfectly (always worry a bit about that) and the ladies made an embellishment and a tag from material, toulle, paper, twine, and buttons.  I was glad to get the October classes posted tonight on the website.  October will be packed full of Fall/Autumn themed classes.  I plan a few Thanksgiving classes for November and begin a whole month or more of Christmas themed classes.  If you have any suggestions for November and December, please send me an email and let me know!  I am looking for ideas!  Check out the October class list and hope to see you in the shop next Thursday to Sunday! 

September 13, 2009:  12 Noon:  Getting ready to finish up some laundry, make lunch and then head into the shop at 2pm.  Last night there was a huge Car Show downtown!  They had over 400 cars registered and with the great weather, it appeared to be a great turnout.  We had a recipe book class yesterday with 4 participants.  They did a great job with their vintage recipe books.  More Fall papers will be in this week as well as Christmas papers.  It is not too early to begin thinking about making your Christmas cards.  In the Alcohol ink class we will be showing you how to easily make beautiful stamped and inked Christmas cards.  I will be posting October classes soon which will include some repeats of previous classes by request as well as some new techniques and a cute mini album.  Come in soon for a visit!

September 2, 2009:  11:12 pm:  Wow! What a busy week!  I got the Cricut Cartridge Rental policy and forms put together this past week.  There are about 9 different cartridges available at this time but we will be adding more each week if the program is going well.  We also added an Artist Trading Card corkboard to the shop for those artists who like to create ART on a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" card.  This may start off slow but I think it will grow and I am anxious to see your creations.  For more information, stop in and we will help you.  Since school is back in session, my Mother, Delores, will be helping out in the shop on Thursdays and Fridays 10 am - 3 pm.  Good 'ol Mom!   What would we do without our Mothers?  I have a great one!  There is a crop on Friday night and it looks like it is going to be fun!  Call if you are interested in coming -  only 2 spots left.  I am going to be planning the October classes this coming week.  If you have a request, please email me so I can try to get your request scheduled.  We have new Fall and Halloween papers & embellishments in and Christmas paper & goodies are on order!  Where has this year gone?  Exactly why we need to scrapbook the moments because they are so fleeting and time just continues to speed by quicker every day!  Hope to see you this weekend!

August 24, 2009:  11:07 pm:  I just got done marking some beautiful Fall papers and Halloween papers.  The die cut pumpkin paper and black/orange glitter paper is my favorite!  I also got in today lots more flowers, Mica sheets, and nice Fall journaling boxes.  I rearranged the shop quite a bit Sunday to get it ready for Autumn/Fall.  Where did this summer go?  I was at Hobby Lobby 2 weeks ago and they had all the Christmas decorations out!  Wow!  I am not ready to think about that at all.  I want to just enjoy one season at a time.  The leaves are really falling especially since it is so dry.  I am going to experiment in September with making cards and embellishments using items from nature such as leaves, feathers, flowers and ink on paper and material. 

We took our daughter to the University of Akron this past weekend.  Of course, I miss her already.  With our oldest son at Wright State and now her in Akron, we will have to get used to less busy-ness and noise in the house.  A lot less laundry, too!  Our youngest daughter has some adjusting to do as she has never been with just her parents and no brother/sister.  She seems to be doing just fine.  :) 

I have so much scrapbooking to do!  How about you?  I love to journal but it can be time consuming.  Do you have any tips for putting a scrapbook together efficiently?  Email me and I will post your ideas here to share!  artifacts.203wm@yahoo.com   Happy Scrappin!  Tammy

August 19, 2009: 7:29 pm:  This is my first posting to my first blog!  Tonight, (even with Tornadoes spinnning), I am sorting buttons, updating my website and looking for ideas for upcoming card classes in September.  I also placed an order tonight for new product.  I had a request from a customer for Metallic Rub-Ons which will be in soon.  They are little pots of colored metallic cream.  They are dry enough to rub on with your finger tip on your project.  It really brings shine and bling to any project!  I also ordered more stitched paper that is really beautiful and new gorgeous 3D flowers.  I love new stuff - so many possibilities!

I am also working on the forms to put together the rental of Cricut cartridges from the shop.  We will start those rentals around September 1st.  I hope to have a really nice selection for everyone. 
Fall and Halloween papers and embellishments will be in soon. 

I cannot believe how incredibly fast this summer has went!  I have been so busy with work and the shop, that time has flown by quickly.  Any ideas how I can slooowwww time down?  I wish there were a lot more hours in a day! 

On a personal note, I will be taking my 2nd child, Amanda to college in Akron on Friday, learning the meaning of "bittersweet".  I am sure I will be taking lots of pictures of her first move from home to dorm.  I wonder what kind of scrapbook I will do for this event?  Maybe a special smaller book that I can Zutter.  I love mini-album projects.  But putting this together will not make it any easier to let her go...

What projects are you working on right now?  Send an email to artifacts.203wm@yahoo.com with your current project(s) and I will post  your first name and your response on my blog - maybe we can share ideas this way with each other!

Keep on Scrappin'!   Tammy