Upcoming Classes you don't want to miss!

Look what Danielle has come up with this time! In her Irresistible Valentine Mini Album class on Saturday January 3rd at 10:30 am, you will create this mini book using My Mind's Eye coordinating papers. How cool is that- to leave class with a completely finished mini book ready for photos or to be given as a *wonderful* gift to someone you love? Below is a peek inside the book too so you can see just how totally wonderful it is!


And don't forget, that evening from 4-8pm, Saturday Night Layouts is going on! The pages from this class have been phenomenal! I look at them, and even though i don't have kids, there are a million ways i can change the papers or the titles to make them work for all kinds of stuff for my book. The ideas that Kathy and Danielle come up with are just great. There's just so much you get out of this class beyond the 8 pages you make.

If you've been needing some 'grown-up' time or maybe just a break from being in the house, grab a friend and make a day of it. Come to the mini album class in the morning, go have a leisurely lunch at one of the many area restaurants, and come back for layouts in the afternoon! It's a one-day retreat!

New We R Memory Keepers!

Look what arrived today! It is super cute and great colors! And what's wonderful about it, most of it doesn't have to be just for Valentine's Day! There's sunny yellows, bright blues and that ADORABLE bunny rabbit on the paper that says "Some Bunny Loves You!" The backs of many of the papers are divided up into 6x6 squares that are shrunken versions of the prints on the fronts! Instant Mini Book!

BasicGrey Bittersweet & Imaginisce Twitterpated

we've been anxiously awaiting both these lines and apparently Santa heard our pleas! They both arrived today- bringing smiles to all our faces despite the cold, grey and rainy yuckiness that is outside.

BasicGrey's Bittersweet line is just luscious with rich browns and beautiful pinks. I got a serious craving for chocolate while i was entering it all into the system! Click on the image to see a larger photo.
Imaginisce's Twitterpated is absolutely adorable! The little foxes, rabbits, deer and birds are just TOO CUTE! we all went AWWW! when we saw it. The line also has 4 Snag 'em Stamps that are a steal at only $1 and there are matching rub-ons and chipboard. It's embossed with some slick shine that really makes it pop too!

The Winner of our Blog Post Contest....

Is Joanne/tojoco! We chose her by numbering the comments from 1 - 14 and pulling a number. Joanne- please come by the store and ask for your prize! :)

Watch for our next blog give away to begin soon after the Holiday! It's a *signed* copy of Stacy Julian's book "The Big Picture".

And, in case you're one of those last minute shoppers (I finished my shopping this morning!) and you're a little stressed, here's something that should make you at least smile. (we all laughed out loud and got funny looks)

New Goodies- Heidi Grace Valentines and MORE!

It has been an interesting week here- with all the expected inclement weather and such, but we have gotten in some great new stuff. The Monogram Stamp sets have all kinds of brand new expansion options- such as dual color ink pads, new fonts, specialty rings and a smaller monogram stamper for even more options (think of how great it would be on the back of your handmade cards!)We got in some really great deals from Imaginisce- a Glitter Paper Pad with 300 pieces for only $9.99, a card stack that uses their hottest papers for $9.99 and an amazing pack with stamps, stamp pads, papers, cards and envelopes also for only $9.99! You have to see these to believe them!
Heidi Grace's Valentine's line has arrived and, of course, being the Heidi Grace fan that i am, i squeed in delight! It is SO CUTE! And the flocked and foiled papers are just gorgeous. It's hard to get a good photo of paper that shimmers so wonderfully, but i tried my best to make sure you could see just how precious this line is! Be sure to come in and see it in person- i promise it's even better!

Revolution Love Update

You may have heard through the grapevine that the Love is gone... yep, that's right- QuicKutz has switched gears due to the feedback of many users and retailers and has gone in the direction that most of you have requested- BIGGER!

As a result of this, they will be launching a machine with a 12 inch wide platform! We don't have all the details yet, but it is to be priced the same, if not less than the Love Machine. The idea now is that it will be a manual machine with the option to upgrade to an electric motor.

For those of you that have placed deposits on the Love Machine, we are offering two options-
1. You can roll your deposit over to the new machine (which is currently un-named) or
2. You may receive store credit for the amount of your deposit.

It's wonderful that QuicKutz has responded to the overwhelming demand for a larger die cut area. We can't wait to see what kind of options this opens up for the types of dies they will be able to create and we are very excited about what we've heard about the new machine. As more details become available, we will pass them along.

Thank you for your continued support of QuicKutz and Eclectica. :)

Eclectica Winter Garage Sale

Eclectica will be having a garage sale, Saturday and Sunday, January 24^th & 25th. Any paper craft item or storage of paper craft items will be accepted. If you are selling multiple items together, they must be packaged together in a clear bag. (2.5 gallon Ziploc’s work great for 12x12 paper-one bag counts as one item). All items not sold on Saturday, will go half-price on Sunday, unless otherwise noted.

The number of items submitted is limited to 30 items per person, and you are limited to 2 spaces. Only the first 50 people who pay the $5.00 fee to participate will be allowed to enter items for sale. Everyone is welcomed to come and shop! You will NOT receive stamps on your Eclectica Stamp Card for Garage Sale purchases. In accordance with Tennessee State Law, Tennessee sales tax will be collected on items purchased at the Garage Sale.

Eclectica will accept items starting January 19th through January 23rd. NO ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JANUARY 23^RD. All items not sold on Sunday, January 25th, must be picked up by February 8th or they will be donated to March of Dimes. As a seller you will receive a store credit to Eclectica equal to the selling price of your items that sold. Gift Cards (Store Credit) will be available for pick-up on Monday, February 2nd.

In order to participate as a seller, please pickup, sign and return the terms and conditions of participating at the Eclectica Garage Sale. We can not allow telephone sign ups because we do require a signature. We will begin taking sign ups on December 17th and sign ups will close on January 22nd or when spots run out.

Eclectica reserves the right to refuse to sell any items. Items not meeting our packaging guidelines will not be put out for sale.

All items must have a label with the following information:
*Item description and quantity
*NOT half-price must be written on the label if you do not wish your items to be sold for half-off on Sunday.

We will provide you with a sheet of 30 bar code labels that MUST BE on your items. Failure to use the bar codes will result in your item(s) not being put out for sale. Please do not write anything other than the price on the bar code stickers. Any additional information must be provided on another label.

Eclectica is not responsible for the items sold at the garage sale. All sales are final. No returns or exchanges.

Scenic Route's newest line- Garland just in!

Scenic Route's holiday line- Garland- has just arrived and is all the wonderfulness we expect from Scenic Route. The colors are cozy and warm, just what we all need when it's in the 30's outside! As always, the papers are double sided, cardstock weight and there are six in the line, plus the Scrap Strip. The collection pack is a great deal at $18.99 because you get all the print papers, coordinating papers, arrows, letters, plus the Scrap Strip and accent stickers. Below is a shot of the whole line.

Upcoming Free with Purchase Goodies!

We're doing TWO free gift with purchase days in December to help you stuff your stocking during this tight economic time!

Come in on Saturday, December 13th and with your $25 or more purchase, you'll receive a free 13 piece Scrapworks paper pack! Please limit one per household, adults only. $25 must be pre-tax and after discounts (including stampcards)
Also, don't forget Guy's Night Out on Monday, December 15th-

Send your loved one in to purchase a gift card for you and you get a 10% bonus! That means a $50 gift card becomes a $55 gift card, a $100 gift card becomes a $110, etc!

Also, enjoy free gift wrap for any purchases made on this day! Shop your friends' and family members' wish lists and don't worry about the surprise being spoiled by them spying the goodies in your bag!

Come in on Saturday, December 20th and with your $20 or more purchase, you'll receive a free American Craft "Details" embellishment! Please limit one per household, adults only. $20 must be pre-tax and after discounts (including stampcards)

Blog Give Away! My wish for this season is....

We're feeling the spirit of the season and as such, we'd like to give something to our loyal readers. :)

Comment on this blog between now and December 21st with what your wish for this season is and one lucky commenter, chosen at random, will win this awesome scrapbook kit! (please excuse the photo- it's so hard to take pictures of things that have shiny clear wrapping and i didn't want to open it and risk wanting to keep it for myself anymore than i already want to!)

The album has velvety flocking on the covers and there are tons of papers, embellishments and letters inside!

The back of the package shows what all comes in the box. click on the photo to enlarge it to a readable size. :)

New Goodies in this week

So, we have been getting in all sorts of great new Valentine's papers - Cosmo Cricket, K&Co, American Craft, Doodlebug, My Mind's Eye.... doesn't seem like it should be time for all that yet, but it'll be here before you know it! And these great papers will be gone.

We also got in a reorder of the immensely popular "Good Cheer' line by October Afternoon. It FLEW off our shelves and we're actually getting low on this order too, so if you want it, better get it soon.

American Craft also came out with a "Teen" line that is very 80's inspired from the designs to the colors. The 80's seems to be all the rage these days- I still remember what they were like the first time around! As long as huge bangs don't come back, I think we'll all be safe.

The Great Impressions stamp board this month is a cooking/friendship theme. If i can get a decent photo that doesn't have crazy glare in it, I'll post a peek for everyone.

Don't forget our Holiday Open House tomorrow from 2-6pm. We'll have hot apple cider and cookies for you to enjoy why you make our adorable make-n-takes and shop.

Look what's coming up for SNL!

SNL (Saturday Night Layouts) has been wildly popular and with designers Kathy and Danielle at the helm, walking you though 8 - that's right, eight!- layouts, it's not a wonder everyone loves it!

This Saturday, our SNL has been pushed to 6 to 10pm because of our Holiday Open House, which is from 2-6pm and showcases 4 Make-n-Takes by Danielle (2 free, 2 paid). There are still spaces available for class though, so grab a friend, come for make-n-takes, Cider and cookies at 2 and stay all day with Saturday Night Layouts! What a fun escape from all the holiday bustle to just take time and be creative! (Plus, won't it be great to have photo ready pages for all those photos you take this time of year?)

Here's a sneak peek at one of the layouts you'll create in class this week.

Holiday Open House - December 6th

Join us for our 2008 Holiday Open House!

From 2-6pm, we will have make-n-takes in our comfy class/crop area and specials through the store! Two of our make-n-takes are free, two are $5 and are perfect for gift giving!

Make a mini book with Imaginisce Snowy Jo paper and embellishments and a trio of ornaments/gift tags with Sandylion 3-D stickers and Maya Road Chipboard elements. (see photos below!) These are perfect gifts for teachers, secret Santas, or to tie on packages for extra special gifts for family and friends!

There will also be cookies and hot apple cider for you to enjoy while you shop, fill out your Wish List, or while you're waiting to have your purchase gift wrapped for free! If you're shopping for others, be sure to check their Wish Lists and make sure they get exactly what they have been hoping for this year (gift receipts are available).

This year's Holiday Open House is Saturday only, so mark your calendars now so you don't miss out. Danielle has created four wonderful make-n-takes that are sure to please and are easy to reproduce for those last minute gifts you may need.

12 Days of Christmas Sales

Watch your inbox December 1st through the 12th for our 12 Days of Christmas specials.

Our gift to you! Twelve days of specials! Look for December 1st's to be in your inbox Sunday night. You've got to check your mail daily to know what the surprise is for the next day and each day will be a different special!

If you don't subscribe to our newsletter, you can easily sign up from our webpage. The subscription box is at the bottom on the left side.

Turkey Bucks- Wednesday

Shop Wednesday, November 26th and get Turkey Bucks!

For every $25 you spend (pre-tax and after discounts) on November 26th, you'll receive $5 in Turkey Bucks that will be redeemable December 1st through the 15th!

This is a special one day only Promotion, so be sure to stop in and get some Turkey Bucks to help with your Holiday Shopping!

Turkey Bucks cannot be transferred, combined with any other offer, used on gift cards, special orders, classes or crops. No cash back available- entire Turkey Bucks amount must be spent or forfeited. Eclectica reserves the right to amend, refuse or retract this offer at any time for any reason.

Also- Don't forget we're offering DOUBLE STAMPS from 7am to 10am on Friday, November 28th. There will be amazing specials throughout the entire day. Watch for details this week!

Ho-Ho-Holiday Pages - only a couple of spaces left!

Kathy's class is almost FULL and taking a look at these pages, it's not a wonder! Join us on November 21st at 6:30pm and let Kathy help you create these 4 fabulous pages using a formula that you will find yourself turning to again and again!

Once December gets here, you know you'll be short on time, so get your pages ready for those awesome photos before hand! This class also comes with a holiday photo reminder list that will make completing these pages a snap!

Both page layouts use the newest from Doodlebug- one of everyone's favorite companies! With luxe touches like the velvet flocked and glitter embossed papers, these will be layouts that you and your family will treasure for years to come.

Embossing Folder Techniques- 11/17

Look at what Kimm has whipped up for this class! Using embossing folders to dry emboss, she will teach you multiple techniques to make the most of your tools! Learn the secrets of both QuicKutz embossing dies and Cuttlebug embossing folders! You'll leave class with 3 completed cards and one tag and the know-how to make more!

Join us Monday evening at 6:30pm for this great class! Sign up in the store, or over the phone- 901-377-0730.

New Products - This week!

We also received in the Spica pens from Copic- they have flakes in them that make them sparkle like crazy! Two new Slice Cartridges- Noteworthy and Fall Back to School- arrived yesterday.
Today, we received the Doodlebug Flocked Velvet alphabet stickers and their Easter and Valentine lines.
Quickutz' Holly and Jolly gift sets are selling briskly- if you want to make sure there's one under your tree this holiday, better send your Santa in soon! The $1 dies, stamps and embellishments make perfect stocking stuffers too!

Don't Miss these great classes! Just Because and SNL!

Look what we have going on this Saturday! You can make an entire day of it with Kathy's Just Because Cards at 10:30, then Danielle's Thankful Explosion Box at 12:30 and then wrap up your day of classes with Saturday Night Layouts with both Kathy and Danielle.


Kathy's Just Because class uses the latest and greatest papers from companies like BasicGrey and combines them with great stamps to make wonderfully unique papercrafted cards. It begins at 10:30 am and runs about an hour and a half.
Here is a peek of four of the eight great layouts you'll make at SNL this Saturday night - Danielle and Kathy trade off as you work your way through two double page layouts and 4 single page layouts. You go home with 8 photo ready pages and the inspiration to make more!

Spooktacular Sale 10/31-11/2 plus free Bo Bunny Design Pack

Be one of the first 14 people to spend $30 or more (pre-tax and after discounts) and receive a free Bo Bunny Design pack with over $20 worth of paper, stickers and embellishments! (Adults only- limit one per household)

ALSO-

Join us this weekend for our Spooktacular Sale! It's not just Halloween goodies on sale, but great deals through the entire store!

Just some of the sales this weekend- there are MANY MORE!

Bazzill Cut Edge Cardstock - 30% off All other Bazzill 20% off.

Halloween papers and embellishments - 30% off

Rolling Totes- 50% off

Punches 20-50% off

Select stamps 20-40% off

Countdown to Christmas- New Cards 10/28

Join Kathy at 6:30pm on Tuesday, October 28th for Countdown to Christmas! Look at the adorable cards you'll make! For only $17 you will complete these 4 cards and learn all the techniques used to make them!

Christmas will be here before you know it! And everyone wants to be able to give out beautiful handmade cards that the recipients will cherish for years to come. Let Kathy help you get a jump start and inspire you to create warm wishes for all the people on your "nice" list this year!

Weekly Update- New products too!

Wow- this is a busy week!

We have the St Jude 24 Hour crop going on this weekend, beginning at 5pm on Friday. It's not too late to sign up! We still have spots available for this amazing cause.
There's a Silent Auction going on this weekend too, beginning on Friday and ending on Sunday where **100%** of the money collected goes straight to St Jude! I've received several items for auction and if you were planning on dropping something off but forgot, I've extended the deadline for drop-offs to 11am on Friday Morning (October 24th)
Here's a small peek at some of the items that will be going up for auction:

We received in a lot of new stuff from K & Company- two Lotus by Amy Butler lines with paper pads, two Christmas lines with paper pads, 8x8 Baby pack, albums, Life's Journey papers and embellishments and reorders on some of the very popular paper pads we had before from them.


Basic Grey Wassail arrived this week and is absolutely breath-taking.. beautiful double sided papers and matching embellishments. It has to be their best Holiday line yet! There are three sets of clear stamps, a card kit, chipboard, 6x6 pads and more! And so many of the papers can be used all year long for all sorts of cards and pages.

New in this week- Crate Paper!

This paper is YUMMY! It has a subtle linen texture, is double sided and has a great look to it. It's not as heavy as previous Crate Paper releases- this reminds me more of Chatterbox or KI Memories as far as paper weight goes. They have some great glittered Die Cut embellishments and borders to go with the three lines as well as paper packs that are an amazing deal! You get a TON of stuff for only $17.99!

The lines go across- the first two shelves are Lemon Grass, the second 2 are Mia and the bottom 2 are Prudence.

Our VIDEO is OUT! :)

Halloween and Fall Pages - Friday Oct 17th! Don't Miss

Check out these great layouts in Kathy's upcoming class! It's not to late to register!!!

Join us Friday at 6:30pm to create four 12x12 Photo Ready layouts for all those great Halloween and Fall pictures you'll be snapping! Holiday crunch season is right around the corner so give yourself a creative break and have these pages on hand, ready for those perfect photos so your precious pictures make it into your book and not a box!

These are hot new papers, great embellishments and some really wonderful layout ideas that can be easily modified for Christmas, New Years, Birthdays and more! Just $18!

Freebie this Saturday! October 18th!

Stop in on Saturday, October 18th and spend $30 or more (pre-tax and after discounts) and receive a Scrapworks Halloween Paper pack! We only have 36 packs - so be sure to get in here early!

Offer is limited to adults only- limit one per household.

DoodleBug and We R memory Keepers- NEW!

A new board program of stamps from Inkadinkado arrived today! They're holiday stamps that are very classy without being fussy- swirls that aren't frilly, you get the idea!

QuicKutz Love Update

{from QuicKutz}

Dear QuicKutz Retailer,

We are sorry to inform you that the Revolution Love Tool has been delayed in its production due to necessary improvements to meet our quality standards. Because of these delays, we unfortunately won't be able to release this tool in time for the Christmas season. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause to both our devoted retailers as well as the many eager customers who have been looking forward to this tool.

Sincerely,
The QuicKutz Family

We are pleased that they are working so diligently to provide us all with a product worthy of the QuicKutz quality name. They have tenatively said that the Love will be available for first Quarter 2009. We will keep everyone updated as they provide us with additional information.

Thank you to you all for your continued support of us, Eclectica, and of QuicKutz.

Accucut Cards - October 13th

This is just a taste of what Skye has created for you in her Accucut Cards on Monday, October 13th. Our AccuCut die-cut center is an amazing resource that many people don't know about and Skye will teach you how to make the most of it! Since it's free for customer use with any papers bought from Eclectica, it's a great way to make your crafting dollar go farther in this economy, too!

Join Skye at 10:30 am for a great class that will certainly get those creative juices flowing!

New Product - October 7th

We also received in some new papers from Sandylion, new stamps from Fiskars, Swiss dot Bazzill cardstock and the chipboard embellishments to match Sassafras Lass's adorable papers.