Busy, Busy Busy

We have been so busy at The Artfull Hand that I haven't been able to update the blog....Last Saturday was the Valentine Workshop. It was very successfull. Everyone enjoyed the projects and had a great time. My camera batteries died so I didn't get to take any pictures.
Late last week we got a huge Hero Arts order in. Today we got a whole bunch of See-D's from Sugarloaf. And tomorrow I am expecting another order from Viva Las Vegas. This coming Saturday is our ATC Swap. Also we are starting a new Altered Book Swap. The theme is 7 Deadly Sins. Then on Sunday is our Super Bowl Sunday Stamp Out from 11 to 3:30. The cost is $8.00. We'll have snacks, play games, have door prizes and may be watch a video.
Well I better get back to checking in the latest order from Product Performers, Scor-it Bords are back in stock! (Note to self: Self remember to buy batteries for camera)

3 for $3

Today was Carol's 3 for $3. She had a very good turn out for the morning session. She is so organized. I wish some of that would rub off on me. We also hit the jack pot with the UPS man today. He brought us Rubberstamp Tapestry order and the new Stampers Sampler and Art Doll Quarterly. What I am really excited about is a new stamp company called Stamp Inks. They have some really wonderfull coffee and tea related stamps. My favorite that I saw today while unpacking was a teapot and teacup with the Blue Willow design. I can't wait to use those.

I will be doing a 3 for $3 on Friday the 26th. I have one of my samples done. I'm thinking that I will use one of the Blue Willow designs as my second card... Who knows what I will do for the third one.

Valentine Workshop

Our Valentine Workshop is coming up on Saturday, January 27th. It is an incredible bargain. For only $20
you will learn to stamp on candles, make a treat cone and make a Valentine card using Outline Stamps. Also on the schedule is to learn to fold a heart from a dollar bill, make another card from Fun Foam and a card using Art Institute Glitter. Any one of these projects would be worth a single $20 class. The workshop starts at 10:30 a.m. and will go to 3:30 p.m. or until completion with a short lunch break. We'll have various teachers, Bev C., Sue P. and me, Dorothy. Spaces are limited. Call the shop - 636-239-5995 or stop by to sign up. Your spot must be reserved and paid for 24 hours in advance. Hope to see you there.

And let there be light!

Hurray!!! The power was restored this morning. I could take a shower in my own bathroom before coming to work!!! The house is still cold but it will be warming all day and it should be cozy by this evening.....

Now back to the serious business of rubber stamping and creating art.!

The Ice Storm

Even though the ice storm did not directly impact the Artfull Hand it did do some damage around my house. Many trees lost branches and we lost power for a good part of the week-end. We lost power Saturday night about ten. We do ok because we heat with wood. And DH and I like a coolish house. We got part power back around 1-ish Sunday afternoon. I say part power because a limb from a tree from the woods next to our house had pulled and stretched the wire that runs from our house to the transformer. It didn't totally disconnect so some power is coming into the house. Dh went around and unplugged or turned off all major appliances and well pump, fearing that they were trying to run and might burn out the motors.... We can watch TV and flip on a light. We have no water. Had to go to the in-laws to shower and do a load of laundry. Was going to eat supper with them but then it started to rain and DH was afraid that it might ice us in . So we left after showering and laundry was done. The only good thing is that the roads never got bad. Some people like my mother in St. Charles are still without power.
Combine the ice storm with what the news media is calling, "The Miracle in Missouri", it has been a very intense few days. The return of Ben Ownsby and Shawn Hornbeck is truly amazing. The population of this whole area was elated and estatic. The talk in the grocery store Friday night was not of the impending ice storm but the locating of not one but TWO lost boys!!!
Hopefully those boys will heal enough in the coming months and years to appreciate the beauty of an ice storm.
This was not my first ice storm and we were somewhat prepared for it. After walking around the yard taking pictures we got down to the job of moving the downed limbs from the driveway and the house. It is amazing how heavy a little branch can be with 3/4 of an inch of ice coating it.
A nice hot soak in the bathtub would have been nice......

New Stuff

Hello everyone. Just wanted to tell you that the Outlines Order has arrived with new Valentines Stamp. We're expecting Art Impressions, Hero Arts, Product Performers and a new company called Artistic Stamping. They have some of the coolest coffee and tea related stamps.
The month is looking like it will be a lot of fun with the 3 for $3s, the classes and the Valentine Workshop at the end of the month. So stop by and check out what is new. Or go by the web site www.theartfullhand.com and check out the schedule for the month.
Hope to see you soon.
Dorothy

The New Year

The New Year has arrived!

The Artfull Hand wishes you the very best in health, wealth and stamping supplies in 2007.

We are hoping to have more classes. Expand our stamp lines. And to have more inventory for you to chose. My New Year's Resolution for the Artfull Hand is to search out and stock the newest and coolest stamp related items that the market has to offer. There has even been talk of establishing our own line of rubber.(That is in the most preliminary stages - a mere glimmer of an idea.)

I invite you to visit often. As I am hoping that there will be new things for you to view every time.