Melissa Frances - Don't Miss This Product

Good morning -

I am so excited this morning I could just........ well, you get the idea.

Back in August of last year, I placed an order with one of my favorite scrapbook companies, Melissa Frances. You should take a minute sometime and visit the blog at www.melissafrances.typepad.com Lots of good inspiration there.

Anyway, I got my shipment, listed the Bingo Books on etsy and they were sold out in under 24 hours. Truly amazing. So I placed another order and they are finally here. Just amazing product came in two boxes yesterday.

I love Melissa Frances product, very shabby chic and always excellent quality. I am listing many fine things from Melissa Frances on the etsy site at www.itsalwaysfabulous.etsy.com today. Especially cute is the new Postcard Album - heavy chipboard pages printed like the front and back of a postcard. Very very cute. Also very cute are the chandelier dangles (moon shaped are shown). They are excellent quality plastic (because of the weight) and are about the size of a quarter and, best yet, are $1.50 for 4. Can't beat that with a stick......

Don't miss out on this fabulous product. You never know how long it may take to get them in again.

I leave you with pictures of the pages of the postcard album and my wishes for a great weekend for everyone.

NEW 7gypsies in the House - The wait is over

for some of the product, anyway.

The 7gypsies items that everyone has been waiting for since February are finally shipping and my first order arrives today.

Because you are fabulous blog followers, I am able to offer each of you a gift with a 7gypsies purchase this weekend.

Purchase any (old or new) 7gypsies item this weekend and I will include in your package a 6 page 5x5 inch blank album. The kit includes two bookboard covers (one printed with a polka dot and label design, two binding rings, and 6 cream colored cardstock pages. This offer is only good to blog followers so please put in the notes at checkout that you follow the blog. If you forward to friends, would be happy to include them also, as long as they follow the blog. One gift per customer so there is lots of love to go around.

Not all the 7gypsies is in but there are new stamps, 8x8 and 6x6 Avignon paper packs, Avignon tags, Mini Label Stickers (6 varieties), Paris and Roma book covers, Ancienne Ephemera and Gypsy Tags.

Most are listed on the site, but if there is something from the new stuff that you don't see, drop me a line at sue.stoughton@gmail.com and I'll tell you what's up.

So don't miss out. See great stuff at www.itsalwaysfabulous.etsy.com

Have a great weekend. I leave you with vintage Paris graphics.....

2000 Sales = 1 Great Sale

Good morning -

Happy After-Tax day. I have to tell you......being done with the IRS for another 12 months brings a certain serenity. Now for the tough part - waiting for the REFUND!

So, I need to apologize for not having this sale sooner, but I promised my husband (who is a very fabulous and patient man) that I would not get all caught up in the sale until the taxes were done. Ok, so enough of that. I want to thank you all for helping me to reach 2000 sales. You guys are the best!

I have 25 (was going to stop at 20, but why) things that I have put on sale at incredible pricing. You will have to look through the listings, they are not all right at the top but here is a sampling of what to expect -

• Graphic45 Domestic Goddess Paper Kits - 14 6x6 papers, complete sets of tags and alphabets and more $2.50 - why the tags and alphas alone are more than that.
• Jenni Bowlin Butterflies in 5 colors - Just released - On sale for $2.75
• 7gypsies vacation books - excellent chipboard books - $1.50
• 7gypsies wax and seal sets - two styles - $1.50
• Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Buttons - two styles - $2.00
• Cosmo Cricket Everafter Papercrafting Kit - $7.50
• Clear Scraps Heart Shaped Acrylic Album - $2.50
• 7gypsies clear Calais stamp set - $3.50
• Smooch inks - Buy a Smooch - get three yards of ribbon free
• Chatterbox Ribbon Sets - 6 colors/styles - $3.00
• Chatterbox Velvet embossed albums - $3.00
• 7gypsies gaffer tape - several styles of three roll packs - $3.00

I am adding more as we speak. Have a long list of things to offer. Shop with confidence that your shipping will be adjusted to actual and if you create more than one order, I will combine them to get you the best shipping.

Questions? Let me know.

Happy shopping and thanks for being the best customers a girl could ask for.

The Sale with come out - tomorrow

You know that song from Annie - The Sun Will Come Out ----- so here at this fabulous place, it's all about the sale. I promised my husband I would not run the special sale until I finished the taxes and now that is done. Because I have the most wonderful customers anywhere, I am thanking them for helping me to reach 2000 sales with - what else - a sale.

There will be new things, and old friends and surprises.....there will be 20 different specially priced offerings. Some of them are hiding on the site now and will have their prices changed before tomorrow's start of the sale, and some of them are ready to list, but all will be fabulous.

Teasing now:

Graphic 45 paper packs including tags.....
Chatterbox albums - velvet embossed covers.....
Jenni Bowlin Butterflies.........special pricing
Free with purchase items........
7gypsies paper tape.....special pricing

You are not going to believe what will be there. And it will all be there starting tomorrow....

In the mean time, check out the new Distrezz It tool from Donna Salazar and Ruler Ribbon from Tim Holtz, new and just listed today. www.itsalwaysfabulous.etsy.com

Happy peeking. It is 80 here today, so beautiful, I leave you with a vintage picture of a Chicago landmark and a picture of our foster dog Brandy. She is available for adoption from the National Brittany Rescue and Adoption Network.

See you tomorrow....

All Free Graphics All The Time

You all know that I love free stuff. I just think that it's like a gift I wasn't expecting. There are free ideas, free templates, free samples, free thinking, and in the 70s there was free love......

One of my favorite places to celebrate free is a website called the Vintage Moth. Abbie has this incredible site where she posts - you guessed it - free graphics. I have loved this site for a long time and yesterday I made my love official by becoming a site sponsor. When you visit the vintage moth at http://www.percyandbloom.com/ you will see a sponsor button that will take their visitors to my etsy site. How excellent is that?

To celebrate this event, I am giving away something. Comment here about your favorite free thing between now and Friday and I will draw a name. Winner gets a bottle of Tim Holtz Distress Stickles, one of the new colors of Distress Ink and a Tim stamp. How excellent is that.

You must be a blog follower to win. Stop over and see my friend Abbie at the Vintage Moth and enjoy her generosity. Have a great week.

And The Winner Is.........

n8tvtexan who said...

oohhhhh I would LOVE to get my hands on one of those!!! As far as what else you should sell....hhhhmmmmm thats a tough one.Maybe more Glimmer Mists or maybe Bombshell Stamps.

I so appreciate all who posted and said so many sweet and thoughtful things about my stuff.

Congratulations, Michelle. Send my your address and I will send you your prize.

So, I have now topped 2000 sales....Planning an excellent sale........20 deals too excellent to pass up. What are you hoping I put on sale?

Watch this space and read your email to see the sale announcement.....You never know when I will be ready.

I leave you with spring images...