Absence Excuse . . .

I have been absent from this space for 2½ weeks.  The excuse is an easy one – we have been swamped.  The sale we had over the Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Cyber Monday Weekend was more than we ever imagined.  When that happens in a small company, you say a...

Sympathy Cap?

I stopped by to check on Mom and Dad yesterday after church.  When I walked in the door, I had to laugh at Dad – my first thought was that he was wearing a sympathy cap so Mom didn’t feel bad about her lack of follicles.  But he has been wearing driving caps...

Reaffirming My Faith in Our Customers . . .

A package came in the mail today – it caught my eye initially because it was addressed to “Marco’s Paper – Attn: Man at Conventions”.  That was enough to qualify for my laugh for the day.  But I wasn’t expecting a package and had no idea what was inside. So...

Class Content to be Determined . . .

Debbie Cosenza is one of the newest instructors at our store.  Like many of you, she has an interest in all things Tim Holtz.  So she designed a class inspired by this year’s version of Tim’s 12 Tags of Christmas, and I posted it online last night and in the...

Black Friday Winners . . .

Friday and Saturday, we had our second annual Black Friday “Make Your Own Coupon” event in our store.  I went there this morning to take pictures.  Amazing how creative folks will become to get 30% off in-stock items . . . These were some of the best...