Today is Zoe’s 4th birthday.  We don’t know much about the first four months of her life – just the note tacked to the cage at the pound that said her name was originally “Daffodil” (seriously?) and that she “plays too rough with older smaller dogs” (no kidding –...

I was at the store on Thursday, loading for the show in Southfield, Michigan this weekend, when everything seemed to come to a complete stop.  The baby was in the house … Karen & David’s new grandson Bryden is now three weeks old.  And several of you...

Today, I yield the floor for a special request from Joanne at our retail store here in Dayton . . . Hi Everyone! I have a very special request for you.  My nephew, Tony, is finishing up his second deployment in Iraq.  He has approximately 30 days left. ...

I walked out of the dentist’s office Friday afternoon (cracked tooth – ouch) and glanced at the e-mail function on my cell phone.  Imagine my surprise when I saw an e-mail titled “Marco’s Paper Blog Post” – that I did not send.  Then I opened it, wondering...

Since early February, we have been waiting patiently (as have many of you) for the new Tim Holtz dies and folders that were unveiled at CHA in January.  I was a little frustrated (as were many of you) that the “expected in …” dates were staggered – some in March,...

Sorry about that – apparently the link to the Virtual Convention e-mail only worked on my computer because I was already logged into the system and it’s asking for a login and password from everyone else.  So here is everything that you should have found when you...

I spent most of yesterday putting together an e-mail to send out to our list announcing our annual “Virtual Convention” – complete with pictures, links to video demos, sale items, and such. The e-mail also included a last minute announcement that we have added a show...

We received an e-mail from Copic yesterday that the price of Copic Ciao and Sketch Markers will be going up 50 cents effective August 1 (Ciao $4.79, Sketch $6.99). In typical Marco's tradition (we do everything backwards), we put them on sale again for a few weeks --...

It always seems to get really busy just before I leave for a trip – and it doesn’t make any difference whether it’s a business trip or a pleasure trip.  This time it was pleasure, but there was business to tend to beforehand . . . Gary was adamant that his new...

Welcome to Karen & David’s second grandson, Bryden Michael Ihle, born about 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 28.  6 lbs. 14 oz. and 20” long.  As I hear it, mother and child (and grandparents) are doing nicely.