New Occasions Mini Catalog starts today!!!

Check out the new, amazing Occasions Mini Catalog!  If you don't have one yet, you can click here to view an online copy.

New Year Resolution #3:  Try to keep my stamping room a little more organized!  John and the girls bought me two wall cabinets for Christmas so I now have a little more storage.  I'm going to clean out some areas today and get myself organized!!

Here are some final photos from the Hostess Tea:

Sale Table!!

Mini craft show sale.

Kat and Janet making JOY banners.

Jan and Kathy - check out those yummy Italian Cream Sodas!

Tabitha and Dalynn making angel ornaments.  

Dalynn and Deanna.  Cannolis - yum!

Sherry and Tabatha.  

Pam and Sue - working on a starburst card.  

Amy and Sherry.  Amy came to the Tea even though she had a party scheduled at her house later that evening.  YAY!!

Christal working on one of the 5 projects we made.  

Looks like fun, doesn't it?  Plan a workshop soon to get YOUR invitation to the 2014 Hostess Tea!!!

Last day to order from the Holiday Mini Catalog and weekly specials!

 Today is the final day to order from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  Make sure to stock up on banners and other supplies that will be retiring.  I sent out the carry over list with my newsletter yesterday, but there are a few items that will be available for the next several months.  I will have a copy of the list at the workshops this month.  To make a final order, click here for my online store.
We also have some new weekly specials which are good until Tuesday:

A YEAR IN REVIEW PHOTOBOOK TEMPLATE - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: $24.95 $14.97	BERMUDA BAY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD Price: $5.95 $4.46	BLUE 3/8 INCH DENIM JEAN RIBBON Price: $6.95 $5.21	CIRCLES COLLECTION FRAMELITS DIES Price: $26.95 $20.21
FANCY FAN TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER Price: $7.95 $5.96	REGALS CORE'DINATIONS Price: $23.95 $17.96	SILVER GLIMMER PAPER Price: $4.95 $3.71	SILVER SPARKLE DAZZLING DETAILS Price: $2.50 $1.88

New Year Resolution #2 - Start on the Lit'l Bita Christmas Craft Show earlier this year!  Working on embossed tiles and post-it-note holders for January.  I've already bought the tiles, now I have to get John to drill the holes.....

Here are a few more photos from the Hostess Tea last month.  As you can tell, food is one of my favorite parts of the Tea.

Door prize table!!!

Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Bread sticks, Caprese Salad, Broccoli Salad, Olive and Garlic Ciabatta bread.

Anti-pasta skewers, dates stuffed with different cheeses and wrapped in prosciutto, sliced meats wrapped around mozzarella.

Lots of olives!

Terrible photos, but we had lasagna and baked ziti with eggplant and Italian sausage.

Italian stuffed mushrooms and roasted red peppers au gratin.

Italian green beans, tortellini with alfredo sauce and meatballs in marinara sauce.  Pickled veggies for snacking.

New Valentine Products!

Happy New Year Stampers!!!!  I can't believe it's been a month since I last posted, but a lot has been happening.  I've been dealing with some tendinitis which has been extremely annoying, but it's getting a bit better.  Still not able to type for long, so posts will be short and sweet for a while.  The girls are all home and we've had a wonderful time together, playing games and goofing off. Two are headed out tomorrow for the GoDaddy.Com Bowl game with the Arkansas State Band, and my oldest is going back to Tallahassee this weekend.  My sister also came for Christmas so we've had lots of family time.  

I've decided to commit to a month of New Year resolutions, so here is the first one:

1.  Post on my blog 20-30 days each month.  I will try daily, but don't kill me if I miss a day here and there.

We have a fun Valentine special going on until January 27th, so here are the details:

Item	Description	Price
131850	Love You More Stamp Set (Wood)	$21.95
131853	Love You More Stamp Set (Clear)	$16.95
134611	Follow My Heart Stamp Set (Wood)	$15.95
134614	Follow My Heart Stamp Set (Clear)	$11.95
134617	Flowerfull Heart Stamp (Wood)	$9.95

Item	Description	Price	Includes
134610	Sweetheart Treat Bags	$4.95	12 heart sacks, 12 die-cut labels, 12 pre-cut pieces of  Pool Party Baker's Twine
132162	Monster Hugs Boy	$5.95	18 boy monsters, 18 googly eyes, 18 adhesive hearts
132163	Monster Hugs Girl	$5.95	18 girl monsters, 18 googly eyes, 18 adhesive hearts
134609	Sweet Sayings Cards and Envelopes	$5.95	12 printed card bases, 12 envelopes (four Real Red, four Pool Party, four Crisp Cantaloupe)

You can see all these wonderful products by clicking here.  We'll be using some of these in our workshops this month.  I can't wait!!

I also had my annual Hostess Tea in December.  We had to postpone a week due to the ice storm which was a pain and not everyone was able to attend.  I wanted to share a few photos over the next couple of days.  If you'd like to attend next year, all you have to do is host a qualifying workshop and you'll receive a special invitation.  It's always the 2nd Sunday of December, unless we have another storm of course.  

The theme was an Italian Christmas.

Place settings included a button, project instructions and a cracker filled with a coupon, candy & embellishments. 

The Dessert Table:  Candied orange peel, Nana Vi's homemade biscotti dipped in chocolate and individual tiramisu's topped with a dark chocolate Christmas tree. 

Other desserts were homemade cannoli with different toppings, almond cookies and grapes with cheese.  

Beverages included tea, coffee, sangria and Italian sodas.  

Katie made us all Italian Cream Sodas - choice of Raspberry, Blackberry or Pomegranate 

Check back tomorrow for more photos of the Hostess Tea.