A BIG THANKS TO ALL THE SHOPPERS...

that came out yesterday for Scrap Shack and Designs by T's inventory reduction sale. Scrap Shack's $1 table was a BIG hit. And every shopper got a surprise??? For every $5 in purchases at the Scrap Shack, each shopper received a free sheet of the NEW Heidi Swapp WINTER line. At the end of the day Designs by T drew for a door prize...and the winner was Tamara Watts from Conway. For those of you that missed out, keep watching our blogs because Teresa and I are already talking about doing it AGAIN!

HUGE INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE

Scrap Shack (Sharon Holmesley) and Designs by T (Teresa Wilkins)

are teaming together for our Day after Christmas Sale

on December 26, 2008 at the little house next to Wilkins Bros Sporting Goods on North Arkansas Ave in Russellville, AR from 1pm until 4pm.

Scrap Shack will have one complete table of $1.00 items and everything else will be 50% off or More.

Teresa will have her famous garage sale room open for GREAT BUYS!

Call me at 479-857-2098 or email sharon_rose_1999@yahoo.com if you need directions, have questions or need to come by after 4pm.

Saturday's Crop a GREAT Success...

Thanks to all that attended our crop on Saturday. And a very special thank you for the surprise Christmas gifts and card. I still am amazed at how you guys pulled it off without me or Vickie finding out.

Can you believe that Joy King won the GRAND PRIZE again??? How lucky can she be?

We announced our National Scrapbook Day Mega Crop and started taking deposits. NSD Mega Crop will be on May 1 and 2, 2009 at the Hughes Community Center in Russellville, AR. We will have two full days of cropping, food, make n takes, games and prizes. Our goal is to have 100 croppers! That's with 2 croppers to a six foot table!

Email me at sharon_rose_1999@yahoo.com to sign up.

And the BLACK FRIDAY WINNER IS...

Brenda Randles won the door prize!!!

Thanks to all who came out to our first ever BLACK FRIDAY SALE. Teresa's classes were GREAT! I finally got to sit down long enough to make the one page Christmas layout. I even had the perfect picture of my son, Justin, all dressed up in Christmas red when he was a little boy.

DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING SALE-NOVEMBER 28, 2008-BLACK FRIDAY

HUGE DISCOUNTS!!!

Free make-n-take to first 20 CUSTOMERS!

Tickets given for every $5 spent to be entered in a drawing at the end of the day for a fabulous DOOR PRIZE (you do not have to be present to win)!

at the "Little House" next to Wilkins Brothers' Sporting Goods in Russellville, AR

from 10am until 4pm (please do not park at Wilkins Bros. Sporting Goods)

hit the other sales early and then come by and spend time with me & Teresa

take Teresa's "Magical Layout Class" from 10am until 2pm

for $12

call Teresa at 479-264-2002 or Sharon at 479-857-2098

email Teresa: wilkinsta@gmail.com

email Sharon: sharon_rose_1999@yahoo.com

Off to Hot Springs EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

Vickie tells me that about 20 of our croppers are going to the EXTRAVAGANZA! We are going to have a blast. And Vickie and I will actually get to crop and take classes. AND I am sure that Vickie will win a prize. It was really hard on her when we started hosting COOL CROPS and I told her that she could not win any of the prizes. She is the luckiest person I know...her girls come in a close second. See ya in Hot Springs....

December crop if FULL!

I can't believe it...Cool Crops' December 13th crop is FULL! There are still a few spots for Teresa's class. You do not have to come to the crop to take Teresa's class. Let me know if you want on the waiting list for our crop or if you want to take Teresa's class. You are going to love her class. It is using the new Bazzill Lickety Slip Album. This is going to fill up FAST!!!

New Products have arrived

I have been busy pricing all the new products. Everyone is going to fall in love with the new Christmas line from the Little Yellow Bicycle! And the Scrap Shack is now stocking a brand new line, KaiserCraft. Several of you have asked me about gift certificates, so I am happy to announce that the Scrap Shack will be offering gifts certificates for Christmas or any other occassion. Just leave your email in the comments and I will contract you for the details.

Back from "Fall Fling"

I just got back from my "Fall Fling" with my Dad, Brother and Sister-in-law. My Mom started the family tradition of having a "Fall Fling". Some people call it a fall foliage tour. My family calls it a "Fall Fling". We went up into northern Missoui to an Old Order Amish community of Jamesport, MO. The countryside was full of beautiful fall leaves, fields of corn ready for harvest, rolling green hills with cattle grazing and the sounds of the clip-clap of the Amish horse and buggies. We also spent a day in Stanberry, MO stomping on the very ground where my Grandmother Hildred Smith Nixon grew up. We were in the very HEARTLAND of AMERICA! I was reminded in my heart of how blessed that I am to have been born an American and to have been born to Christian parents, whose parents were Christians. The song, "America the Beautiful" kept going through my head as we drove the backroads of Missouri...

AMERICA the BEAUTIFUL

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed His grace of thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassion'd stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness.

America! America!

God mend thine ev'ry flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,

Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for heroes prov'd

In liberating strife,

Who more than self their country loved,

And mercy more than life.

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness,

And ev'ry gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears.

America! America!

by Katharine Lee Bates

OCTOBER is here

my favorite time of the year! And it's just a few days until our next COOL CROP (Vickie finally named our crops) at the Russellville, Arkansas Boys and Girls Club on October 18, 2008. The crop is full and Teresa's class is sold out. If you didn't get in, be sure to come SHOP at the Scrap Shack.

I few lucky croppers got to buy some of Scrap Shack's brand new fall emblishments at Teresa's "Dream in Color" class yesterday. All of you are going to want to buy one of everything. Teresa had to have two of each of the Fancy Pants fall glitter cuts.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS SCRAP SHACK?

A BIG THANKS to Debbie Moudy for inviting the Scrap Shack to set up at her crop at the Dardanelle Church of Christ last Friday. There were 30 plus croppers and shoppers. These cropper/shoppers were the first to see the new Queen and Company pearls and rhinestones. Everyone just loved them! And they retail for only $1.49!!! What a deal!!!

The next sighting for the Scrap Shack will be September 30th at Teresa Wilkins' class. Go to Teresa's blog at teresawilkins.blogspot.com to sign up. It's a great class using the new BoBunny double dot paper and emblishments and is priced at only $12. See ya there!

LIBERTY KITS

For those of you who ordered the Scenic Route Liberty Kits, they have arrived. Several of you paid me last Saturday at our GET HAPPY crop. I will have them available to pick up on Tuesday at Teresa's workshop. If you are not taking Teresa's workshop, let me know and I'll deliver or mail them to you. BTW, Teresa does still have a couple of openings for her workshop. Just follow my link to her blog to see an example and leave her a comment to sign up. She's got a wonderful surprise for everyone taking the workshop. It's a secret so I can't tell...but you will love it!

Get Happy Crop a Great Success!

Thanks to all of you "HAPPY" croppers for making our crop soooo much fun. April's class was a great hit. How many of you croppers would like to have her back? I dropped a hint to her for National Scrapbook Day 2009. Yes, we are planning that far in advance. In the mean time, watch your email from Vickie to announce sign ups for the October 18th crop. And save those bucks for the NEW fall items that Teresa and I ordered at CHA.

Get Happy Crop on August 2, 2008

OK, finally, I will no longer have to say "the crop that Vickie and I host" because...Vickie has named our crop. But it is a secret until Saturday. Does anyone out there want to guess? Be sure to come by the Boys and Girls Club Saturday to find out. If you can't come to crop, come to shop. The Scrap Shack is having it's BIGGEST SALE of the year!!! ALL regular priced items are 25% off including paper and cardstock. Each and everyone will receive 40% off one regular priced item with any additional purchase. Some things have already been marked down below cost! Did I tell you about the big basket of ribbon for 10 cents a yard? OK, ok, I could go on and on...you'll just have to come see for yourself. See ya Saturday...

CHA Chicago

I had a BLAST!!! I am totally in love with Little Yellow Bicycle! Girlfriends, I can't wait for you to see their Halloween and Christmas lines. You are going to want to buy ALL of them. Save up your bucks for the Scrap Shack's Fall Crop.

ALMOST the 4th of July

I went to my company picnic at beautiful Cove Lake yesterday. My Son and his family came too...so I got lots of pictures of them. And guess what? They were wearing red, white and blue. These will be perfect pictures for the Liberty page kit by Scenic Route; however, they are not on the 4th of July. Then I remembered Teresa's page "Born almost on the 4th of July" about her son that was born on the 3rd of July and I decided that my pages could be about pictures taken on "Almost the 4th of July". Well it's that or nothing since it stormed on and off on the 4th and I did not take a single picture.

August 2nd Crop

I've been busy getting the Scrap Shack ready for our next crop on August 2nd, 2008. I will be cohosting the crop with Vickie. Teresa is teaching a wonderful class (I got a sneak peek)...it's sold out. We have a guest teacher, April, from out of town. She will be teaching us all about using alcohol ink. This class is a steal at $5!!! I'm signed up for this one! We still have a few spots for the crop and for April's class. Location is the Boy's and Girl's Club in Russellville, Arkansas. OK, I almost forgot...Teresa has taken the new Liberty page kit by Scenic Route and made NINE layouts to display at the crop. Bring your cameras because you will want to scraplift them!!! A limited supply of these kits will be available for purchase at 25% off. The Scrap Shack is having it's biggest sale ever (I just love a sale!). ALL regular priced items will be 25% off. There is a TON of ribbon for 10 cents a yard. And...there's MORE! EVERY cropper will receive 40% off one regular priced item with any additional purchase.

Next Crop

Welcome to my blog. Vickie Ward and I have set the date for our next crop for June 28, 2008 from 9am to 9pm at the Boys and Girls Club in Russellville, AR. Teresa Wilkins will be teaching a wonderful six page layout class at a GREAT price of $20. You may view one of these layouts on her blog at teresawilkins.blogspot.com. I have been busy stocking the Scrap Shack with new scrapbooking supplies for this crop. If you can't CROP, come SHOP. More details to follow.....