by Gregory Smallwood | Dec 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
I love the holiday season. For some, it begins when the Christmas tree goes up. For others, it begins when the first Advent candle or the first candle in the Menorah is lighted. For me, it begins on the night that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer airs...
by Gregory Smallwood | Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have been absent from this space for 2½ weeks. The excuse is an easy one – we have been swamped. The sale we had over the Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Cyber Monday Weekend was more than we ever imagined. When that happens in a small company, you say a...
by Gregory Smallwood | Dec 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
I stopped by to check on Mom and Dad yesterday after church. When I walked in the door, I had to laugh at Dad – my first thought was that he was wearing a sympathy cap so Mom didn’t feel bad about her lack of follicles. But he has been wearing driving caps...
by Gregory Smallwood | Dec 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
A package came in the mail today – it caught my eye initially because it was addressed to “Marco’s Paper – Attn: Man at Conventions”. That was enough to qualify for my laugh for the day. But I wasn’t expecting a package and had no idea what was inside. So...
by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Debbie Cosenza is one of the newest instructors at our store. Like many of you, she has an interest in all things Tim Holtz. So she designed a class inspired by this year’s version of Tim’s 12 Tags of Christmas, and I posted it online last night and in the...
by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Friday and Saturday, we had our second annual Black Friday “Make Your Own Coupon” event in our store. I went there this morning to take pictures. Amazing how creative folks will become to get 30% off in-stock items . . . These were some of the best...
