Regular Hours Begin Next Week

Just a reminder that the store will return to the regular hours after Labor Day:


M, T, Th and F 12-6
W 10-4
Sat 10-3
Open later during crop or class so just give us a call.  616-642-6062.


We will be closed for Labor Day.

Fun Double - Princess Training Gone Wrong

I sometimes forget to capture the everyday moments with the camera.  My kids love to dress up and then play in the dress up clothes.  I decided that, even though this is a common occurrence (maybe not with a bare bum), I needed to memorialize a few select moments.  I love these photos!  

My advice is to take pictures of "normal" stuff your kids do.  A friend of mine once told me one of his family family videos is a night they set the camera on a tri-pod and just let it run.  

Captions read:  Up-do, Accessories, and Poise and Grace.  

I realized when I took the photo that "Grace" fell off...how appropriate :)

To be more modest (I don't know if it worked ;) I made the photo in black and white and highlighted the princess dress up clothes in color using free Picnik software.

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Super Simple Single

Simple background, long photo to mix it up and a title at the bottom for fun.  Just that simple!

New Cards

Need a late graduation gift card or Father's Day card?

Only $2 each or 3/$5 for any handmade cards in the store.  

Buy them to send or for the great ideas!

June Challenge Kit

Here is the new challenge kit for this month.  Cost is $6.  Pick any other item for $2 or less and there's your kit!


Take the kit and make a card, layout, or any other project and turn it in by June 30th.  Then, customers will vote on all projects turned in and the winner wins a $10 gift certificate to the store.  All others will be put in a drawing to receive the next month's kit for FREE!  So fun.  Here's one that was turned in last using last month's awesome kit...

Weekend Inspiration

OK, this layout was totally playing.  I used a black paint dabber to cover the lamp post with gold stickles behind it to make it look lit.  I also used the paint as an adhesive for the thin pink paper.  Photo doesn't show it well but the "Grandma's Featherbed" sign is completely covered in Glossy Accents and it came out great.  The biggest problem I had was adhering my photos to the blue glitter paper.  I finally ended up using the Glossy Accents again!


Anyway, I had to have a good time doing the layout.  Just look at the fun the girls were having when I took the pictures!

Racks Available

This double 12 x12 wire rack is only $60 and has 30 slots.  Single racks also available for only $30.  This is a great way to organize your papers in color groups, by child, by holiday or any other way you can imagine.

These gorgeous racks just came in from Ohio.  They are a maple finish and fit 44 paper trays comfortably with 88 different slot choices using pegs for easy arrangement options. There are also embellishment bins available as shown by the 2 on the right.  Racks come with any combination of 44 paper or embellishment trays.  These double racks are no longer available from the manufacturer but their single racks retail for over $300 plus s/h.  This is a great opportunity for the beautiful craft room you've always wanted at an affordable price.  There are limited numbers so don't wait too long to rearrange your dream craft room!!