April Pages from Lesley and May Peaks!

Where has April gone?  I think they cut a few days out at some point because it just flew by.

I wanted to share some pages from Lesley (made with the sold out "Handsome Fella" kit) ...

I love how Lesley took the throwaway strip from between the border stickers to use as and extra border ...

And a few peaks of May's kits ...

Just a reminder that the April Promotion is still going on ... spend $50.00 (before taxes) on scrapbooking product and receive a 20% off coupon for your next visit!

A Fish Net Bin, a Sweater and a Card

Happy Wednesday :)
One of the comments I often receive when a customer who has never visited the store comes in for the first time is, "I didn't know you had so many different things in here!"  I think, for the most part, people assume they'll find only scrapbooking items.  Not so :)
I've been recently adding some of the vintage, one-of-kind and handmade items to the website and onto Facebook to give people a little better idea of what they would find if they came by.
One of my favorite pieces is this Vintage Fish Net Bin with Original Swish ($199.00).  It measures 38" x 28.5" and would look wonderful in front of a fireplace or window, filled with books, blankets or throw pillows.

 Right now, I`ve loaded it up with some fabulous hand-knit items ...

Adorable for spring :)  All of the knit items can be easily thrown in the washing machine (cool, gentle cycle).

And because this IS a scrapbook store, I thought I`d better include at least one papercraft today ;)  A little card made with the Handsome Fella kit by Laura.

One more quick thing ... I had a few customers in this morning that had heard I was going to be closing. 

Not true.

My good friends over at Under the Moon announced this week that they will be closing their doors at the end of the month.  Up The Street was mentioned in their announcement as we will be using my store as a pick up for orders placed on line.  We will also be selling some of the Under The Moon items here in the store at that time.

I am so sad that losing their storefront is necessary at this time, but know that it is only temporary.  I look forward to the time when they can re-open and hope that it is not too far off.

More projects ...

Another bright sunny day :)  I hope it's not as windy as it was yesterday.  Holy smokes!  The hydro even pooped out for a little bit in Strathroy.
I did manage to get photos taken of a few layouts yesterday though.
The first is from the "Handsome Fella" kit.

The only addition would be some Twinery twine and the "money" in the title was cut on my Silhouette.

The next two layouts are made with the "Graceful Gal" kit.  I literally snatched these photos from a customer.  I only have boys, so when I see a pink tutu, I sort of lose myself :)

I die cut the large white doily on the Silhoette and made the huge pink flower accents with the new Donna Downey/Unity stamps.
The centers of the flowers were accented with Glossy Accents and some of the new American Crafts WOW! Chunky Glitter.  I'm now sold out of the white (after people have seen it in action, they had to have it) but more is coming.

The colours in this layout are waaaaay off.  I'm not sure what is up.  It's definately much prettier IRL.

 Again, just a thin line of Glossy Accents and some AC glitter across the edge of the border sticker.

And one of the Bazzill buttons (available in the store) with an alcohol ink coloured gem to accent the center of the flower.

That's it for now.  I'm hoping to maybe get to a few cards today, but you just never know ;)