September 2007  #2 / Early October!!

Hi Friends, 

The Convention has come and gone and it was great to see everyone again!  We hope you had a good time while you were here.  It was heartwarming to hear from many of you about your experiences here and about our marvelous staff.  It really is hard to spoil you when there are 60 or 70 people in the store at one time but we all tried.  Be sure to mark your calendars for next year.  Heirloom has scheduled the convention for September 6 and 7 of 2008.  Stay tuned for more details as the dates get closer.

FIRST, let us congratulate Pam Shoemaker from Greensboro, NC for winning the BEST FURNITURE double mini unit on the last drawing of our convention weekend.  She was very excited and is planning another road trip here soon to pick it up. 

We have a SIGNATURE BOARD on display in the shop signed by ALL of the other happy WINNERS of the hourly door prizes that were given away during the convention weekend.  Door prizes and giveaways were graciously donated by our vendors, and we appreciate all of them too! 

SECOND CHANCE DRAWING…this Saturday at NOON,  for all of the people who came in during the convention! 

ALL OF THE NAMES FROM THE CONVENTION DOORPRIZE DRAWINGS still are entered in our end of the month drawing coming up this SATURDAY at noon.  So plan to be here if you can.  If you are the first name drawn and PRESENT you will win a $100.00 gift certificate.  If you are not present you will still win a $50.00 gift certificate and we will keep on drawing names till someone is present and THEY will win the other $50.00 gift certificate.  Remember to register every time you visit the shop!

Marilyn Shipe won the card contest in August and we will be announcing the September winner following the Noon drawing.  The entries get better every month!  Please remember to cast your vote for your favorite card.  The winner will get a $20.00 gift certificate.  The packages for the October contest are ready now!  Entries are due back by October 15th.

Every day is a cardmaking day here at Stamps and More by Eleanor, but the official NATIONAL CARDMAKING DAY is Saturday, October 6th.  In honor of the official holiday we invite you to join us and celebrate. We will be having our famous CARD WORKSHOPS all day long on that day so please sign up to reserve your seat.  Pick the morning session (10:00–12:00) or afternoon session (1:00–3:00) or BOTH.  Just let us know.  Come and celebrate with us.  If you have another card making project, for example your Christmas cards…. call and reserve a seat and join in for a day celebrating what we all love to do.

The raffle for the Storage Furniture that we gave away during the convention generated a lot of excitement even though it was a last minute thought and only ran for three days. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  We have gotten a lot of comments from folks who could not get by here during that time and be a part of the contest.  They were really disappointed.  So to give everyone a fair chance to register for these great prizes, we are announcing a NEW RAFFLE DRAWING to be held on SATURDAY, December 15th. 

Starting immediately, we will be selling tickets and will be RAFFLING away over $700.00 worth of BEST STORAGE FURNITURE for your craft studio.

Drawing will be held at NOON on December 15th, 2007.

FIRST PRIZE - First name drawn, whether they are PRESENT OR NOT will win the big prize.  The DOUBLE MINI is valued at around $400.00 complete with shelves and INCLUDES tax.  Winner may pick up the unit anytime at their convenience.

The next TWO prizes will only be awarded to people who are present.  So we will continue to draw names until someone shouts “I’m here!”

SECOND PRIZE is a SINGLE MINI maple cabinet complete with an assortment of white 1 inch and 2 inch drawers.

THIRD PRIZE is a CUBE CABINET for desktop use and holds four 1 inch and two 2 inch drawers.

As a BONUS… to anyone who purchases a raffle ticket we will also extend 10% OFF the total price of any furniture ordered between now and Christmas. (Discount does not apply to the freight charged on the order.)

We have the Raffle Furniture ordered.  As soon as the pieces arrive, they will be on display here in the shop for taking orders for the holidays. Be sure to tell Santa to come by and see what you need to get organized for the New Year.  We have lots of extra brochures if you need to leave a visual HINT for SANTA! Ask for one when you come in or take a peek at this furniture online.

Raffle tickets will be $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 or 12 for $10.00.  

NEW ITEMS

OCT / NOV Stamper’s Sampler
OCT / NOV Somerset Memories
VOL 3 Autumn Somerset Workshop
Winter 07 SEW Somerset (this is a brand new publication!)
OCTOBER issue of CARDS

THE NEW CHRISTMAS DESIGNS FOR THE STAMP OF THE MONTH ARRIVED!  Featuring snowmen…penguins and cute Christmas designs.  Come in soon for the best selection.

New shipment of Cuttlebug folders and dies just came in. 

Be sure to ask about the brand new Cuttlebug items already on order. Make out your wish list and we will call you the minute the new designs arrive.  In fact, you can even go to www.provocraft.com and see the newest designs that will be arriving soon.  Give us your wish list and we will reserve those for you on the first two orders.

The overdue BIG shipment of MINI SCOR IT’S is still scheduled for arrival here by MID OCTOBER and we have numerous names on the list.  We have extra coming and have one on the DEMO area and in the classroom for you to see and try for yourself.  It sells for $29.99.  Let us know if you want to reserve one.  If you have bought a SCOR IT recently, we have added two SCOR IT workshops in October so check out the CLASS SCHEDULE for more details.  Remember the SCOR IT workshops are a bonus if you bought it from us.  

Just want to remind you about the HERO ARTS CHRISTMAS CLASSES WITH DIANA, on Oct. 26 and 27.   The Saturday class is almost filled and but there is still plenty of room in the Friday class.  Don’t delay, her students always give us rave reviews of her class and this last class was no exception.  Her FALL cards class was terrific. 

We still have some of the HERO ARTS CHRISTMAS IDEA BOOKS, valued at $3.00 and we will give one to you FREE with the purchase of any new HERO ARTS stamp!  But hurry!

Coming Soon!

Bind-It-All™ personal book binding system.  This portable machine punches and binds projects of any size or length. Punch and bind Cardstock, Chipboard, CDs and more!  We will be selling the machine and several sizes and colors of the wire binding material.  We expect these to arrive in the next week or two.  I'm sure Linda is excited to get her hands on one of these.  Look for a Class or Demo coming soon...

Thanks for reading this and we hope you can stop in soon.

Eleanor and Rabon and all of your friends at Stamps and More by Eleanor!


September 2007

NEW STORE HOURS  We are now closed on Sundays and Mondays as well as Major Holidays.  

Convention Time is HERE!! 

We still a few advance tickets to the Heirloom Show which will be in Greenville, SC on Saturday, Sept 15th and Sunday, Sept 16th.  Advance tickets are $6.00 for a two-day admission, but if you wait and buy one at the door on Saturday morning the ticket will cost you $8.00. More Convention Info...  

This newsletter has been in the making for a few days and is finally going out.  We have gotten tons of merchandise in the last few days and just now had a minute to sit and type this for you! (16 cases of freight came in on Tuesday. 12 yesterday and a bunch more this morning. Whew!)

NEW PAPERS, PUNCHES, PRODUCTS, ALBUMS, STAMPS AND TOOLS. 

3-D Floral punch outs to make elegant cards. 

HERO ARTS Christmas is here and much, much more

MAGENTA PEEL OFF MARKERS to color all of your gold and silver stickers.

See the note about the MINI SCOR IT at the end of this newsletter.

We are getting ready for your visit and will be OPEN till 10 PM on Friday and Saturday night.  Lots of new merchandise has been arriving and we can hardly wait to show it to you. Our staff can’t wait to SPOIL all of you. 

Be sure to get your Marvy SCALLOPED CIRCLE AND OVAL PUNCHES first…we have lots right now and extra in the back, but they are going fast! 

We have some exciting NEWS!

We will be giving away some great DOOR PRIZES every hour on the hour starting at NOON on Friday and Saturday until 9:00 PM.  Winners must be present to win the Door prizes.  The Door prizes were donated by our generous vendors!

For a Grand Finale we will be selling RAFFLE TICKETS starting on Thursday for a…(Drum roll……please……….) this is exciting!

BEST FURNITURE DOUBLE MINI ASSEMBLED STORAGE UNIT

complete with 20 - 1 inch drawers and 9 - 2 inch drawers.  This assembled unit is valued at over $400.00.  You can see this STORAGE UNIT now at Stamps and More by Eleanor.

Raffle tickets are on sale NOW in the shop for $1.00 each or SIX for $5.00.

DRAWING FOR THE DOUBLE MINI FURNITURE unit will be at 9:30 PM on Saturday night. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT to win this prize.  If you do win, and are not present, just remember we will be closed on Sunday and Monday and you can pick it up at your convenience anytime in the future.

We have reworked our INSPIRATION STATION and want you to be sure and take a look at all of the design samples on the walls.   Many of our past STAMP OF THE MONTH sample boards are on display and we have a great selection of the stamps used on them available.  We order twice a month and will be glad to order what we don’t have.  

MINI SCOR-IT

There is a delay in the arrival of the new MINI SCOR-ITS.  Because we have sold so many in the past we were able to get ONE to DEMO and 17 more to sell.  We had 65 names on the RESERVE list, so we are still taking names for the next BIG order.  We will also be taking names for the Original larger Scor-it.

Linda is playing with the Mini right now and getting used to it as I type and we will be showing it off all weekend.  Please let us know if you want one and we will be numbering the requests and calling people as soon we get them in.  It sells for $29.99 and remember you can come to our FREE* SCOR-IT workshops as many times as you like when you buy one from us. (*FREE with a $10 purchase.)

CONSIGNMENT

Many of you are familiar with our Sale and Consignment area of the store.  We originally started the consignment to help get a variety of new and different items to help get our shelves stocked.  Now, we are frequently trying to find room for all the new items we are trying to stock.  At this time we will no longer be accepting any New consignment and Angie is in the process of pulling old consignment and contacting their proper owners.  If you currently have items on consignment, please contact Angie before you come in so she can have your items ready.

Gotta go now… people have been coming in already traveling in for the convention this morning and we still have a lot to do.  See you soon. 

Eleanor and Rabon and ALL of your friends at Stamps and More by Eleanor

PS...

Don’t forget that we are OPEN late on Tuesday nights for Shopping and for Playing.  The new format for our CARD WORK-SHOPS has been a huge hit.  In fact, many of our Tuesday night and Wednesday morning classes have been almost full.  Be sure to call and get a seat reserved for any one of the WEEKLY CARD WORKSHOPS.  Linda is doing a great job and her sample cards are on display in the shop, on the INSPIRATION STATION so you can see what you’ll be making in the upcoming classes.  Remember….please CALL us to reserve a seat.  864-295-2929

Tuesday Nights 6:00 - 8:00pm

Wednesdays 10:00 - 12:00 or  1:00 - 3:00

Or you can do what some folks did this week… come to ALL three!!

**Although, calling ahead will reserve your seat, you can drop in anytime during the Scheduled Card Work-Shop provided there is an open seat and you have your tool kit.  

CUTTLEBUG We got in more embossing folders and dies and have lots of new ideas to inspire you.  For a peek at the latest new CUTTLEBUG products that are coming soon, go to Provo Craft’s website to see them.  There is a combo product that cuts and embosses your designs.  Also, see the new storage bags for all of your supplies.   NEW STUFF FOR YOUR CUTTLEBUG.  In fact, why not make a wish list and send it to us and we will be sure to have it when you visit.

You must come in and see the new TIM HOLTZ STORAGE CASES.  We have received 4 orders already… we finally have some extra in stock and more on the way.  Take a peek at them on www.papercraftsource.com and make up a wish list, print it out and bring to the store on your next visit or email it to us at eleanor@stampsandmorebyeleanor.com.

Take a look at all of the upcoming classes. 


 

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