I've been tagged!!

I have been tagged ... by Jackie! Thanks Jackie - made my day!! I'm now a Rockin' Girl Blogger. The idea originated from Roberta Flanaghan. It works like this ... you have to give her credit, put up the badge and finally, add 5 other rockin' girl bloggers to the list.

Here are my Rockin' Girl Bloggers :

Lainey

Eva

Carrie

Tigger

Karvaloo

I love their blogs and get great entertainment reading them. You should check them out!

Workshops & Scrapbooking Retreats

We thought we'd let you know about our upcoming Workshops & Retreats here at TheScrapbookStore.

As you know, we hold monthly Workshops in Whitehall Parish Centre, The Thatch Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9. Our next two workshops are on Thursday 25th July 2007 and Thursday 23rd August 2007 from 7pm to 10pm. A class kit, tea/coffee and home baking is included in the price of €25.00. If you fancy coming along just drop us an email at workshops@thescrapbookstore.ie and we'll reserve you a place.

"WE'RE GOING ON TOUR" !!!! To celebrate the Summer (not!!) we're holding two Scrapbooking Retreats in the Cavan countryside. If you're feeling a bit stressed and fancy a bit of ME time why not treat yourself to a full day of scrapping in the lovely Silver Bear Centre in Bawnboy (about 20 minutes from Cavan Town on the Ballyconnell side). These all day retreats (10am to 5pm) take place on Saturday 28th July 2007 and Saturday 25th August 2007.

We took a trip up to check out the Centre and it's fantastic. It's bright and airy and set in the middle of beautiful secluded gardens. The scrapping room opens out onto a huge deck area so if we get some good weather it'll be really relaxing and there's some great gardens to walk around too.

The full day package including three classes and tea/coffee all day is just €45.00. If you don't want to do any of the classes but would love the full day to "Crop 'til you drop" then the cost of a crafting space and tea/coffee all day is €15.00.

If you fancy joining in either of the days just email us at workshops@thescrapbookstore.ie and we can give you full details.

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned scrapper we'd love to meet you at any of our classes.

Take care

Loads and loads of new goodies now in stock!

Hi again, it's been a while I know, but I'm making up for it now by showing you all the cool new stuff that just arrived this week.

First the new May Kit, called Totally Monochrome:

This is packed with 9 different designs of patterned papers from the new Doodlebug Black & White Collection, 4 sheets of Bazzill Cardstock, 1 sheet of Icon stickers, 1 pack of Mini Rub-ons, Sequins and Mini Button Brads. The possibilities with this kit are endless and the papers are cleverly designed in such as way that you can colour parts of the paper to create a bit of your own unique style.

Check out this advert from the Doodlebug website and have a look at the kind of thing you can do with the kit (you can also use it for scrapbooking LOL).

Gorgeous pinks, blues and lime greens in abundance in the brand spanking Birthday Collections for boys and girls:

If it's flowers you're looking for then look no further. We have a huge range of Primas in every imaginable shape, colour and size. Click here to see the full list.

From Making Memories we have loads of new brads - Jumbo Pebbles, Circle and Shimmer:

Plus Foam Stamps, Chipboard Shapes and Metal Word Fetti.

For the first time we are also offering preorders on the totally stylish Making Memories Runway Roller and Runway Tote.



We think these are two of the best pieces of storage we've seen in a long time. They're both made of beautiful soft and smooth faux leather which is water, tear and puncture resistant. Inside they're lined with black & white polka dot material and the zippers and closures are made of top quality pewter.



The Roller (above) measures approximately 20"W x 14"H x 12"D and is extremely spacious inside. It comes with 2 plastic paper holders and the sections inside can be made bigger or smaller by simply moving the repositionable dividers. The dividers can be removed to make the inside one large space if you prefer to put your own boxes into it. It has a retractable handle (which stands 37" from the ground when fully extended) and double swivel wheels which make it really easy to move around.



I put 4, 20 page scrapbook albums inside the Roller and it still wasn't packed out!



The Runway Tote (above) could also double as a handbag it looks that good. It measures approximately 16"W x 14"H x 4.5"D. Again the inside is divided by removable, repositionable dividers and it comes with 1 plastic paper holder.

The Runway Roller costs €150.00 and the Runway Tote costs €75.00. If you'd like any more information on either item or if you'd like a shipping quotation for one please email me at info@thescrapbookstore.ie

Many thanks for checking in and I hope to see you online at www.thescrapbookstore.ie very soon.

Annamarie

Only 3 Weeks to Crafteire!!!

Doesn't time just fly? Since the clocks did their spring forward last week I haven't a clue what time it is! Been having really late dinners and heading out to the shops only to find them closed. I will have to get things in order LOL!


There's now only three weeks to the fabulous Crafteire in Tullamore and I'm sure you're really looking forward to it.

Anyway, over the last few days loads of new stuff has been arriving here at TheScrapbookStore.ie. I'm saving some really nice things for Crafteire but most of the other gorgeous stash should be up on the website before the weekend is out.

New Cosmo Cricket Collection Packs:

Dutch Girl:


and Halfway Cafe:

The new Zoo Collection from Karen Foster Design:

The Garden Collection from Karen Foster:

The Wedding Collection from Karen Foster:

There's also new Primas, Chloes Closet papers, Basic Grey Phoebe and Scarlet's Letter papers and loads more still to arrive - like the gorgeous new Crate Collections and beautiful baby papers from Doodlebug.

Take care,

A.

I met Tim Holtz at the weekend !!!

Well, I'm just back from a brilliant weekend at Stitches Trade Show in the Birmingham NEC. This year I was lucky enough to get a place on the much sought after Tim Holtz Workshop and boy was I starstruck (sad I know!!). He did a fantastic class on Saturday using the new Ranger Paint Dabbers and showed everyone six different ways to use the dabbers to create different looks and effects. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even got my picture taken with him after the class. I'll upload it as soon as I get it developed (how last century is that?)

I met up with Mireille and KateG from www.crafteire.com and we had lunch and endless cups of tea between workshops. Thanks for the great company ladies, it really made the day fly by. I also met Beckie who was thoroughly enjoying herself working away for Scrapgenie and I got to see IRL some of the gorgeous designs she has created as part of their design team.

On Sunday the exhibition opened and all of the manufacturers and wholesale companies got a chance to show us all the fab new stuff which was released at CHA 2007 last month. I bought loads of gorgeous stash for the shop including the new paper ranges from Crate Paper:

Samantha

Brunch


Baby Bee


Cosmo Cricket, Doodlebug, Daisy D's, Karen Foster and DCWAV. I also bought some gorgeous new Prima Daisies, Heidi Swapp Bling, Creative Imaginations Chipboard alphabets, Making Memories embellishments and loads more.

As soon as I know when they're arriving I'll upload them to the shop. I think most of the stuff is due to arrive at the end of the month and the rest of it by mid-March. Don't forget, if there's anything you'd like me to stock just drop me an email to info@thescrapbookstore.ie and I'll see if I can get it in for you.

Bye for now.