ON THE ROAD.....AGAIN

I can't believe it's April. I have been so busy with STUFF.
I had the best week!! I left for North Carolina on Monday, April 13th. Drove from Cleveland,Oh to Knoxville, TN. Next morning had a lovely breakfast and got ready to finish my trip to Murphy, N.C. As I got in my car and checked my portable GPS it said 3hours to go 113 miles.
I thought for sure that was incorrect..haha the joke was on me! It took even longer on Rte129,
talk about a snake road over several mountains. Getting up to 25 miles per hour was SPEEDING!!!
Finally got to BEAR PAGES-Paper Crafts in Murphy N.C. and I must say it was definately worth the trip. The owners of the shop,Weldon and Nancy, opened their home for me to stay in and provided me with great food, good conversation and 6 FULL! classes. I have to say that Y'ALL
were wonderful. We laughed, told stories, got to know each other, oh yes, and we even managed to stamp and color. Weldon almost sold out of the twinkling H2O's he got and of course they bought bunches of StacyStamps...YEAH!!
We had classes on Tues. night, 3 on Weds and 2 on Thurs.
I got up Friday morning and started east to Boiling Springs, N.C. to DOROTHY'S STAMPS-N-SCRAPS. The owners are Mary Ruth and Keith(Keith is a pastor, so I had to behave!!)
You want to talk about delightful people..these are the best! On my way to their shop I made a little detour to a Cheeroke Casino...(they were not nice to me!!financially that is!). When I got to Dorothy's(named after Mary Ruth's Momma), we had our first class around 6:30P.M.
Mary Ruth bakes this wonderful sourdough bread and brings it to the shop and sells it to customer..OMG is it delicious!(2 loaves found their way into my car). On Saturday we had 2 more classes and had the best time with some real southern ladies..actually we even had another Yankee there other than me. We used COPIC Markers and did a colored pencils class too!
I laughed so hard at Sarah Ann's jokes...wish I could remember them all!
I started home Staurday evening and got home on Sunday afternoon...And took a NAP!
I hope to make the trip again in the fall. The drive this spring was lovely and the people I met fantastic..I look forward to another visit.

I will be in Hartville,Oh on May 23rd for 2 classes: one featuring my FLOWERS and the other GUY CARDS. Please check out their web site for more info...hope to see you there!

The picture with this post is of Weldon, me and Nancy at BEAR PAGES-Paper Crafts.

Camp Crosley Art Retreat

One of the things I looked forward to this February was the Art Retreat at Camp Crosley YMCA,
in North Webster, IN.
This event is sponsored by Jan from Stamp-N-Toys(N. Webster,IN) and Renee' from the camp.
We had 40 people attend and we had the best time. #1 the food is the best ever!!! Renee and her staff are top notch. The classes were fun and the projects the girls were working on were SUPER.
We had a shopping trip to Jan's shop and of course found lots of goodies! Check out her website.
jan@stamp-n-toys.com
We slept in the cabins and even though we were on the lake, in the woods ,on Friday the 13th, we all escapes with all our body parts in tack.
If you want to start of next year at a cool retreat, this is it!

ah...January

Oh! I am so glad the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over. Of course, I'm not too excited about the bills!
I've been busy with getting NEW stamps released(see What's New on my website.. http://www.stacystamps.com/.
We had our largest Winterfest ever, 42 attended the winter stamp and scrapbook retreat sponsored by Stacy Rich (me) and Mindy Naylor(BFF), at the Oberlin in Oberlin, OH.
We had 12 classes,visiting teachers from NY, MI and OR.,plus our great teachers from Stamplistic.
This past weekend I was in Troy MI., at MY CRAFT ROOM, a lovely store that has tons of stuff for all crafters. If you stamp. scrap, knit, or bead this is the place to be!!!!
We had 2 classes and a make-n-take session. It was fun. Oh yes, and we sold lots of StacyStamps!
This Friday I head to Washington State to visit my daughter,Kimberly and her family.
I do plan a side trip to Portland, Or to visit Agi Werner, the owner and designer of the fabulous Paper Parachute line of stamps and papers.I'll also be visiting Cyn-sational Memories in Aberdeen, Wa.
I hope you have started your Valentines..it's around the corner.
Happy Stamping

Ah...the Holidays

TOO MUCH TURKEY!!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.Now it is time to buckle down and get those Holiday cards made. I spent the last couple of hours making tags for our tag exchange at Stamplistic and even managed to make a dozen Christmas cards.
New stamps coming before the end of the year! I will post them if I can figure it out..

Home Again...
Just got back from my daughters in Hoquiam Washington. Had a great week...we did lots of fun stuff including making 50 breast cancer ribbon cards for Dr. Lloyd at Gray's Harbor Hospital. My daughter, Kimberly is very active in the Breast Cancer Alliance of Gray's Harbor.
Also my grandaughter, Cassie and I did start and finish scrapping her freshman year of High School. Marching Band, Youth and Government, Jazz Band, Home Coming, a Prom and more.
I stopped at a great stamping and scrapping store in Aberdeen, Washington...
Cyn-Sational Memories. Cyndi is delightful and has a shop filled with great stamps and beautiful papers. If you are out toward the Pacific Ocean, do stop in!
Off again this week to Papertrix in Nashville,In..Make and takes and classes, another great little treasure of a shop.

I'm Back

I have been a BAD blogger and I apologize.
As they say LIFE HAPPENS!! and it has been too!
First of all on a sad note..my ex-husband Frank has passed away from brain cancer.
It was thank goodness for him only a 5 month battle. His wonderful sister,Jane, cared for him with the help of HOSPICE. I visited often and hopefully brought him some pleasure. We talked about the old times, the grandchildren and resolved our own personal issues.
May God bless him.
Now for everything else...Tim Holtz was at Stamplistic and WOW!! what a great guy.
He's funny and inspiring and encouraging..everyone LOVED him. His set up partner, Mario, was also a HOOT. I can't tell you what a great teaching team they make.
If you ever get a chance to take a class from "the Man", do so!
I have been traveling and teaching also..just returned from New York. Two days at The Crafting Cottage in Corning and 2 days at Dragonfly Rubber Stamps & Gifts in Adams.
Great people,fun classes and they feed me well too!
I leave again Thursday to visit my daughter Kimberly's family in Hoquiam, WA.
Then I will go to Nashville, In. Papertrix, for 2 days(see my website for more info).
WHEN TIM WAS VISITING HE SAID THAT IF YOU HAVE A BLOG, YOU MUST BE COMMITED TO IT. So I will give it my best shot!
Have a fun and safe Halloween.

Tim Holtz is COMING!!

Save the DATE!!

October 17,18,19,2008

Tim Holtz will be at my home store STAMPLISTIC!
If you need the info check out the website at www.stamplistic.com.
Registration begins on tuesday August 5th at 10:00AM.
Tim will be teaching 6 classes and will be available for a meet and greet on
Friday from 4-6PM. Hope to see you there!!