Stampaway Costumes 2025
The Stampaway Preview Party in Cincinnati is always so much fun. This year's theme was "Once Upon a Stampaway" and I took lots of pictures of the vendor and customer costumes. Here are some of my favorites . . .
Happy New Year — Save 30% Through Monday, January 6!
It's that time of year! Save 30% Off the MSRP on practically everything on our site! Six days only -- now through Monday, January 6. Use the code "Happy2025!" at checkout. Not valid on gift certificates, retail store classes, or previous purchases. Take some time...
An End-of-the-Year Gift
Our thanks to Sarah Caudill for offering an end-of-the-year gift to you, our customers and friends! Join Sarah in our classroom at Marco's for a FREE Creative Carryout on Saturday, December 28 or Tuesday, December 31! No Sign-Ups Required! Just Show Up Between Noon...
A December Surprise . . . from August!
An e-mail arrived this morning -- it was the paperwork for Stampaway USA in Cincinnati in August 2025. Mark your calendars -- Preview Party August 1, Show on August 2! And that e-mail contained a pleasant surprise . . . We won the Stampaway Bay costume contest...
Thanksgiving Weekend Coupon Contest Winners!
Thanksgiving Weekend is a big one in our retail store in Dayton -- our annual "Create Your Own Coupon Contest" drew entries from several states! Congratulations to the winners -- they all won gift certificates and will be contacted by the store. ...
Happy Birthday to You . . .
What a special birthday for Karen yesterday -- her son Scott and his family came from Georgia to surprise her, then her son Michael and his family joined in and they all surprised her daughter Ashley at work. This is probably the first picture I have seen of Karen's...
The New Site Is Live (and the Tension Mounts) . . .
I woke up this morning and everything looks different when I click on marcopaper.com -- the new site is finally live. This has been a work in progress for nearly five years -- our site was ancient in "computer years" and difficult to navigate for some. And I was...
It Has Been Five Years . . .
Five years. The world has changed a lot since last time I wrote a blog post. It was before the pandemic . . . I was talking with someone recently about why I stopped writing. There was a glitch in the program that I used to post them -- it wouldn't let me post...
For Your Viewing Pleasure . . .
Our store sent me a link to a new Jennifer McGuire video on Distress Oxide Sprays -- said it's very well done (no surprise -- everything Jennifer does is very well done), and has turned some customers on to Distress Oxide Sprays who had never considered them before ....
An Audience With Royalty . . .
While I was in Sevierville, Tennessee a couple of weeks ago, I got to spend a few minutes with my dear friends Picasso Gaglione, Darlene Domel, and Fred the Wonder Bear -- they came to visit from their retirement villa in Knoxville. How they got from San Francisco to...