I already knew that my Saturday was going to be full – but it got even “fuller” when the high school football game I was announcing on Friday evening was suspended by lightning.  The athletic directors, coaches, and officials met and determined that the game...

I was out of the office yesterday.  For once (rare this summer), I am not away at a show.  But when I turned on my computer this morning, many of the messages that I read asked the same question – “Why aren’t the new Tim Holtz Crayons on your site yet?”...

You get the best of our weekend when you go to our booth at a show.  But I hope you realize that for us it is a working weekend – we spend a lot of time on Friday getting our booths ready for you, and often our evenings involve much more than dining out and...

What started as a weak attempt at humor – in what has become an ugly political season – has started to gather a bit of steam.  And it has truly been fun . . . I had this great picture of Zoe looking regal, and saw a banner at the YMCA soliciting donations for...

Here’s a sampling of Stampaway fun that wasn’t tiara-related . . . This was one of the coolest things I saw all weekend – and at first I thought it was just a nostalgic sign.  Laura from Creative Vision Stamps is actually able to make a stamp for you while you’re...

Since 2000, one of the highlights of Stampaway has been the costume theme of the Friday Night Preview Party.  XVII (that’s seventeen, folks) years of costumes – thankfully (from the perspective of someone who spent several of those Friday nights in drag) the...

Children are our future – in business and in life.  And the highlight of my day yesterday came when I walked into our store and saw a mom shopping with her daughter.  So many times, Mom is doing the shopping and the child would rather be anyplace else – but...

There is always a crowd in the store during the Stamping Gala – and yesterday was only Monday!  By Thursday, it will be wall-to-wall – and we even have events scheduled on Saturday if you’re only planning to spend part of the day at Stampaway.  Then Sunday...

It’s the biggest week at our retail store every year, leading up to the Cincinnati convention this weekend – and this year it started a day early, with the first of two days of classes during Ken Oliver’s first visit.  So my Sunday After-Church  Grocery List...

If you’re on our e-mail list, you’ll see these in your inbox over the next few days.  But just in case you’re not . . . Halloween Fun!  Bones, Spiders, Ephemera, Keys, and much much more -- it's all in this link with the other new Tim Holtz releases. ...