Friday was a full day during setup for this weekend’s show in Lawrenceville, GA.  It was probably better that way – kept my mind occupied.  Because today, 500 miles from home, I had to say goodbye to an old friend. Tom has been a part of our family since he...

I have said many times over the years that the best suggestions come from our customers – in all honesty, we would still be a small print shop in Centerville, Ohio if two local stampers hadn’t wandered into our little front room where we sold scrap boxes and leftover...

It is rare . . . oh so rare . . . when I have any pictures or video to post that include me – because I am usually pushing the shutter or the record button.  Someday, my son will take possession of a lifetime of pictures and video – with little evidence that he...

I’m running a little behind, but I spent my New Year’s Day working – first on stuff in the house, then on new Spellbinders and Tim Holtz offerings that may be of interest to you in the next couple of weeks (and I won’t kid you – I did get to watch some football while...

In case you haven’t heard, CHA is 2½ weeks early this winter – it starts on January 12, 2013.  And that means the sneak peeks start early, too . . . Spellbinders starts their latest blog frenzy on Wednesday, January 2.  Two to five new dies and/or folders...

Our family Christmas gathering is very informal – usually Mom and Dad are headed back to Arizona within a day or two, so we eat up the leftovers from Christmas Eve Eve, play games, and visit.  This year, I introduced them to two games I first experienced on my...

Last night was Christmas Cookie Night – one of our oldest family traditions.  For the uninitiated, Christmas was very hectic when Blake and I were little – Christmas Eve was spent with our dad’s family, and Christmas Day with our mom’s.  So “Christmas Eve...

Yesterday was “Carry-In Day” at the store – the regulars who frequent our Wednesday/Saturday Make & Takes brought in lots and lots of food and shared it in “Marco’s Too” next door to our store.  Thankfully, they share with us, too . . .   And nobody went...

I had every reason to believe that the news would be good, and honestly not a single reason to believe that it wouldn’t – and still I had trouble sleeping last night.  There is always that tiny bit of doubt.  But it wasn’t just me – Mom’s blood pressure was...

I got a call at the mail center last week from Barry Payne – he is working at our store a couple of days a week (he might as well – he knows the place better than most of us) – and he said he had something he needed to show me if I could stop by on a day when he was...