Cute New Holiday Layouts!

and here is the winning handmade ornament by one Mrs. Sherri Long! Congrats - you did great!!!!!

Inky Divas Gift Exchange

This past Monday one of our two stamping/paper arts clubs (The INKY DIVAS) had their annual holiday gift exchange where each person creates a handmade gift and they draw numbers to exchange. Our clubs meet once a month and have different activities each month - let us know if you would like to take part in the fun!

Black Friday was fun!

Wow did we have fun at our day after Thanksgiving sale! We love our customers - and thank you to those who were there waiting for Mom to show up and open at 7am! Opening that early was hard, but you guys made it a lot easier when she saw your eager faces!! We gave away tons of free totes and free Heidi Grace scrapbook kits, and had a great day getting to work in our comfy pajamas - Mom bought cool new PJ's for herself, Me and Tobi - and they lit up - how cool is that?! I was excited that I got to be there for awhile too - seeing you all was a blessing.....sorry I am slow on getting the pictures of the day up!
Hope everyone ate lots a yummy turkey!

QuicKutz Fairy Idea and Christmas Wishlists...

Our QuicKutz Fairy die just keeps getting better and better....how cute is she has Tinkerbell?! Make sure she is on your Christmas wishlist because she is limited edition! Oh yeah! And don't forget to come into Memories a la Mode and fill out your wishlist and tell your family and friends your wishlist is on file at Memories a la Mode!!!

and another cute Christmas greeting card our friends at Memory Bound made..

Christmas Inspiration!

Lets get those holiday creative juices going! We always want to help to inspire you, and maybe some of these great projects will help you on your way to creating your best gifts yet!

Art Institute has some great Christmas card samples on their pages! These were made by the talented Barbara Trombley

Maya Road offers up these 2 spectacular holiday inspirations.....

Ack! How cute is this little guy - a painted clothes pin holding the sign, "Some of my best friends are flakes"!

These wonderful Little Yellow Bicyle samples make me want to go make Christmas gifts right this minute!!

And this Bare Elements box from Creative Imaginations couldn't be any cuter!

Some great examples of how K&Co chipboard shapes and paper (which are really popular in our store right now!) make great boxes and favor decorations You know how much the Memories a la Mode girls love button trees!!!!

These great trees were made by cutting triangles from Bazzill cardstock, then using the Bazzill Just the Edge pieces on the bottom of each triangle for these little beauties. The finishing touches were made with a white gel pen....if you don't want to adhere them to a dowel, they would also look great on a layout!

And here are some wonderful uses for Imaginisce's Snowy Jo collection...

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas

I just had to share with you the thing that is making my heart go pitter pat extra fast - Tim Holtz is doing 12 new tags in his second annual 12 tags of Christmas complete with step by step instructions, Check them out on his blog www.timholtz.typepad.com , and if you need any of the supplies to recreate these beauties, call us or email us and we will get them to you asap!! Enjoy!