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Holiday FUN around The Doodle!

Hello and HO HO HO!

The store is all decorated for Christmas, the holiday music is playing and we are all in a festive mood!  As usual the Doodle Divas have TONS of great stuff planned for all of our scrapbooking family and friends!  Please allow me to share it all with you!

This Saturday, December 1st will be the last crop of the year 2007!  So if you want to get some "you time" in before all the crazies break loose, then call to get yourself a seat!  It will be 12 hours of time you can work on holiday projects! 

This Sunday, December 2nd is the second and last chance to take the Christmas Card Camp with me and Stacey.  In this class you will be making 8 fun and easy cards to either give to 8 lucky people or to take home and make bunches for all of those on your list.  Cost is only $22!  Sign up quick since there are only a few days left before class!

EVERY SATURDAY in the month of December will be DEMO DAYS!  We love to demonstrate great products and teach you quick tricks.  If you like learning the drop in any Saturday to pick up a few new tips!  There are different ones going on, some are make-n-takes and others are demos.  Some are free, some are for a small fee.  No registration is required and they go on all day long, so all you have to do is pop on in!  Here is the Saturday line ups: 

-December 1st will be Dry Embossing with Jo! Make a cute holiday card in this make-n-take.

-December 8th will be a make-n-take with me and Stacey.  We will be walking you through making those cool photo tiles.  The cost is $2 for this one and you need to bring a photograph to be photocopied to fit.

-December 15th is a demo of basic stamping and heat embossing.  This is perfect for the beginner or someone who wants to learn how to use embossing powders!  Also we will demonstrate the Making Memories Tag Curler.

December 22nd will be our "Technique Tag" full of very useful tips for holiday project making!  You will leave with a very cute holiday tag too!

-December 29 will be amazing!!  Join Kristen as she shows you all the wonders of the Silhouette!  She will show you how to cut, sketch and more on this amazing machine.  And you will leave with a cute holiday shape!

There are 2 One Hit Wonders this month.  One is on Monday the 3rd and the other is Wednesday the 12th.  We are doing a beautiful Christmas layout that will perfect for Christmas past, present or future!

I am doing both Supper and Cocktail Clubs this month.  Check the calendar for dates and menus! 

Stacey is doing the ONLY Christmas album this month and let me tell you it is so cute!  It is a house shaped mini album decorated with Cosmo Cricket papers and done with lots of pages in crackle paint!  It is the perfect little table top book that will look great sitting out over the holidays.  It is on Saturday, December 8th.

The QuicKutz Klub meeting/holiday party will be on Wednesday the 19th and from what I am hearing....you will not want to miss out on one bit of the fun!

Men's Night will be held on Thursday the 13th from 6-8 pm.  We will have a special section for the guys to hang out while the Doodle Divas Elves will do all their personal shopping.  There will be men-inspired goodies to munch on while we do all the wrapping too!  Honestly...how can you keep your men away when we do the shopping and the wrapping while they eat chicken wings?!!

The event not to be missed will be our Holiday Open House on Tuesday the 11th!  We will have yummies to munch on, goodies for all, door prizes, carols (maybe singing!!) and demo stations set up around so that you will learn great tricks and leave with a cute Christmas mini book!  The hours for the party are from 6:30-8:30 so set out your fanciest party dress and put the date in your calendar!

Lastly I want to tell you about a very fun thing we are doing this year-A HOLIDAY PASSPORT.  Starting this Friday you can pick up your passport from the store and there are 8 items on the passport that you have all month to accomplish.  When you get them all accomplished and your card punched to prove it, you are going get a FREE CLASS!!  Cool, right?!  We think so!

Here are the 8 things to be done:

1. Fill out a WISH LIST

2. Attend a CLASS in December

3. Get an AUTOGRAPH from 6 Doodle Divas

4. Attend one SATURDAY DEMO

5. Find the CHRISTMAS PUG on our website and print it out

6. Attend the HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

7. Spend $25 in merchandise (not classes, crops or memberships)

8. MAKE one Christmas card to donate to a person in Hospice care

Hear are some specifics...

-The contest starts on Saturday, December 1st and ends December 31st.

-You must have all 8 punches for eligibility and the filled card must be returned by January 15th.

-Free class must be taken from January 1st through March 31st and is valued at $40.

-Punches must be given at time of purchase or present at the event. 

-You and your passport must be present to get a punch. 

-One passport per customer.

-$25 purchase must be made on merchandise only (not classes, crops or membership).

-You must print out the on line page with the Christmas Pug and bring it in.

This is going to be a wonderful holiday season!  We hope that you will have time to spend with us and your scrapbooking friends!

See you soon!

Jen

New QuicKutz have arrived!

The newest shapes are here and boy are they eclectic!

There is a television, vines, two kinds of photo corners, an antique frame and much more.  This month each member of the QK sales team got to design their own "perfect" shape thus the reason for so many different styles.  Here are just a few:

Theses shapes are all ready for sale and don't forget that if you buy them today, you get 40% off.  Tomorrow they go back to the regular price!  This price is good for everyone!

You can also vote for your favorite die if you follow this link:  http://www.quickutz.com/qk2/news/contests/2007/perfectShape/  You will get to see the shape and the designer and read a bit on what they think of their die AND see the current ranking of each die!  This is gonna be so much fun!!  When you vote (get this!) your name get put in the hat and one extremely lucky winner will get to DESIGN THEIR OWN DIE!  How cool is that!  So scoot on over and get voting!

To get today's release you can scoot on over to the Doodle too!  If you cannot scoot today, you can ring us up on the phone!  But to get the discount you have got to have your credit card number ready!

I predict that Chris' butterfly will be a winner, 'tho I personally LOVE Spencer's die! 

Later girlies!

Jen

Announcing some GRAND winners!

I know....I know....some of you are saying, "It's about time that you announced the winners of the Halloween Can for a Cause Contest."  But I can assure that things have been just a tad bit crazy around here and with all the stuff crammed into my feeble mind, this just kept slipping by!  I apologize to all the contestants for making you wait so long!   Without further ado....the winners are!

4th place goes to Tammy Nelson with her really original design of the Cauldron & Broom!

3rd place goes to Christina Kaddis with the "out of the box" design of the 3-D Pumpkin diorama!

2nd place goes to Leeca Bragg for the Monster Mash design with all the kids done from the QuicKutz doll!

and....

1st place goes to Amanda Berens for the very popular and totally cute, glow-in-the-dark Halloween Wooded Scene!

Big congratulations to all our winners!!  You all have goodies waiting here at the store for you, just ask at the register!  And remember that the REAL winners were all those kids at All Children's Hospital that got those really amazing cans filled with stickers, pens, crayons and lots more! 

Thanks again for all who participated!

Jen 

What a weekend!

Hello all!

I have to tell you that this weekend whooped my bottom!  Today I am exhausted...but in a good kind-of a way!  The reason...?  Santa Sittings began on Saturday and we had a full docket of babies, kids and pets!  Santa arrived in is beautiful red suit with his bells jingling and his "ho-ho's" very merry!  Now as I sit here thinking what can I tell you next about our weekend my mind is a whirl with finding just the right words to describe all that happened.  So I think I will share with you some memorable moments and random quotes from the weekend.

"Well, I've just about cried all my make-up off today!", Shirley said at the end of watching the sessions throughout Saturday.

Brad, Leisa's spectacular Scrubby (S'Bookers Hubby), came in on Sunday to help us "tweak" the window drapes early in the morning, but was having so much fun just watching that he stayed almost all day long!  He kept saying that he was having such a great time especially when he was flirting with one of the little doll-babies that was having her photos taken!

After telling my husband a few of my favorite moments and showing him some of the photos, hearing him say, "That Santa is a mac-daddy!"

"Thank you, Santa for last year's pajamas.  They were really cute and you got just the right size!  This year can I get some snowman ones?", one of the little girls while chatting with the Big Guy.

Watching as one of our older guys was really giving Santa the once over making sure it was the real guy.  Then personally "loosing it" when I could see the exact moment in his expression when he realized he was sitting with the real Santa!  (Just thinking about it makes me get all teary again!)

"Have you been naughty or nice this year?", Santa asked Henry.  Henry decidedly pointed to "naughty".  Laughing, Santa said, "Well, what would your mama say?"  With wide eyes, Henry giggled, "Naughty!"

Lastly, after the last group left, and Kristen had downloaded all the photos from each day Leisa and I sat around the computer and took a quick peek at some of the photos and the two of us sniffling and crying at the amazing photos!  As most of you know Leisa is an amazing photographer and from looking at just the unedited photos there are going to be some truly happy parents!  If you got to come last weekend I have got to tell you that you have something really spectacular to look forward to!  And if you are coming this weekend, you are also in for a treat!  Leisa will get me for saying this, 'cause she will feel like she has to live up to the hype, but who-boy does she ever live up to it!!  I wish I could be there when each of you pop the CD into your computer and see just what I am talking about!

Now, just to give you a little sneak peek, here is a photo of Henry!  (Enjoy Stacey!)

 

Sit by those phones!

Jen

PS-If you do have an appointment this weekend, one bit of advice....'cause Santa's suit is red, a contrast color works great.  Black, green, tan/cream all were great colors.  White also blends with gloves and trim.  Just some suggestions!

Grand fun at the 2nd Annual Fall Festival

We had such a great time at the Fall Festival this year!  There were over a dozen creative booths for shoppers to browse set up both in front of the store on our sidewalk and in the back of the store in our pretty courtyard.  The weather was so perfect with a nice, cool breeze and not a cloud in a sky.  Our designers had created projects like recipe boxes, photo transfers on tiles, advent calendar, fun & pretty frames, Christmas ornaments and so much more!  We had over 200 shoppers through our doors that day and we were keeping everyone happy and buzzing about all the cool ideas!  Cafe Doodle was open and our kitchen girls were serving up favorites like corn dogs, fondue samplers, popcorn and a huge favorite, funnel cake.  We also welcomed Dippin' Dots (oh boy did I love them!!) and the good folks at Hooker Tea who had some super yummy hot tea samples.  There were three different tables with make-n-takes and there were lots of happy gals who waited patiently for their turn to stamp, ink, glitter and cut!  I must say, we did have some cute m&Ts!  Leisa did one using the new Merry & Bright limited edition Christmas set from QuicKutz and we sold out of that set right away!  Maria was showing all the basics needed to "paper" chipboard and wood.  Hers was a popular table 'cause she was teaching so many techniques.  And then Pat from Technique Tuesday showed so many techniques that I cannot remember them all!  I do know that she ran out of some stamp sets and had many people getting hooked on the Glimmer Mists!  Way fun!

If you missed the fun you can check out the photos in the Photo Album and also check the store for all the Fall Festival projects.  We do have some things left (some of the sold out items are already on re-order!) and soon the photos and design notes will be on-line for all to see!

See you all soon!

Jen