I’m not asking for sympathy, but last week was a lot to deal with.  And when it was over, I really needed some R & R.  Some of it I have already described (trips back and forth to downtown Dayton to pick up surplus paper, Ryan’s new Jeep, the truck...

Every time someone at the store mentions “Tweety Jill”, I can’t help myself – what keeps running through my head is “I taught I taw a Puddy Tat” from those Warner Bros. cartoons about Sylvester and the Tweety Bird.  So that has been running through my head a lot...

A lot of people in Akron owe Ted Cutts after this weekend – I was only one of them (read the post before this one if you don’t know why).  But for everyone else, it was because he brought Tim Holtz along for the ride.  Ted has an arrangement with Tim and a...

Most of the stories and such from our visit to Akron for Adventures in Stamping will occupy a single post, but this one deserves a space of its own.  Most of you never see the behind the scenes interaction between the vendors at a show.  There are...

There have been adjustments – and a few additions – to the schedule for the Spring Spectacular in our store (Monday, April 26 through Sunday, May 2). The revised schedule, without all the pictures from the last post, follows . . .Monday, April 26 – Store Open...

Bunk beds?  What is this nut talking about?  Well, this – the 4th Annual Marco’s Paper Spring Spectacular is coming . . . soon!  And when you learn what we’re doing from Monday, April 26 through Sunday, May 2, it may be easier for you to just take up...

Usually when I travel, the only changes I notice at home when I get back are a pile of mail and a lawn that needs to be mowed. But springtime is different – four days on the road and it’s a whole new world . . . I love red dogwoods – this one is called a Cherokee...

I enjoy Setup Day when we’re on the road at shows.  It’s hard work, but it’s laid back and I can let my mind wander while we go through the motions of building a booth.  And sometimes, we see things from a kid’s perspective . . . This is a look at The Paper...

We are in Allentown, Pennsylvania this weekend – hence the Billy Joel reference.  And if you are, too (or anyplace else nearby), plan to come out and see us at the Allentown Fairgrounds this weekend (Saturday 10:00-5:00, Sunday 11:00-4:00).  And bring along...

We took four really nice hikes while Blake and I were in Arizona visiting our parents. I went through all of the pictures we took and really thought I did a good job cutting them down to about 50. After that, it got harder, because each of them is a special memory....