I know that quite a few of you have been waiting for a report on Walter’s 100th birthday celebration.  I intended to get a couple of pictures when I got back from last weekend’s show in Texas – but I spent all day Monday at an International Trucks depot in...

One of the best perks of traveling as much as I do is the acquaintances I have made along the way.  Every time I return to an area, there are faces I look forward to seeing again – and the show is not complete until I see all of them.  Over the years, some...

Twice a year – every year – the New Product Waltz begins.  January and July, centered around the CHA show which is usually held in California.  This year appeared that it might be different – there was only the one “big” CHA show in January with a smaller...

I have received several e-mails from friends and customers who have noticed that we are not on the vendor list for the show in Collinsville, IL on July 26-27.  It’s true – we won’t be there this year.  But I hope you’ll agree that I have a good excuse . . ....

I have been planning this post for almost a year – actually, I have been planning it off and on ever since I started writing this blog more than five years ago.  But because of a suggestion made by a customer at last weekend’s Orlando show, I am writing it two...

I found out last night (and thanks to Connie Riley for catching it) that I misread the MSRP on some of the 27 new Spellbinders dies that were released earlier this month.  All of the new S2 series dies have an MSRP of $9.99, so our price on them should have been...

Spellbinders released a new line of dies, folders, stamp sets, die and stamp set combinations, ink pads, silk luster inks, linen thread, and paper packs (try to say all of that without stumbling) today.  It’s called “Celebra’tions” – I don’t know why they...

I could probably tell wedding stories for a month – which judging from the reaction would make some of you very happy, and (to paraphrase the vows) would creep some of you out.  So I’ll finish off the week with a grab bag of pictures and such, and then we’ll...

At this point, I have only two pictures taken during the ceremony.  I asked Jodee for them so I could work on a project while Ryan and Emily are on their honeymoon – because what they said when they made their vows to one another was what made the wedding...

I should have known better – each time I “tease” what I’m going to post the next day, something better comes up.  As it did last night . . . This is my cousin Jodee Ball with her teenage daughter Ally.  Jodee is a person of many talents – mother of three,...