Happy Holidays, 2011 Goals, and Year End SALE!

Happy Holidays from The Crop Shop! I hope everyone has had a great holiday! I am looking forward to a great 2011 with many personal goals, including continuing my scrapbooking business, running 4 races (one each quarter), continuing my Avon business (yes, I started selling Avon in November - check out my website at http://www.youravon.com/jlaporte), and continuing to work hard at my day job as well. 2010 has brought some good times, bad times, som soul searching, and personal growth that I am very proud of. I am really looking forward to 2011 and I hope you are too!

P.S. Between now and 12/31/10, you can get 35% off your entire scrapbooking purchase with me - limited to what I have in stock. Please contact me to let me know what you would like to purchase! Thanks!

Paper Packs On Sale! 50% OFF!

As promised, I am putting the following paper packs up for sale - 50% OFF price listed below, while supplies last!

Basic Grey: Figgy Pudding $22 - 2 left
Cosmo Cricket: Earth Love $15 - 6 left
Cosmo Cricket: Early Bird $15 - 6 left
Crate Paper: Blue Hills $15.50 - 6 left
Creative Imaginations: Faith (Cancer Awareness collection) $14.50 - 7 left
Fancy Pants: Crush $9 - 1 left, $7 - 1 left
Fancy Pants: Frou Frou $6 - 3 left, $8 - 1 left
Fancy Pants: Splendid $23 - 2 left
Fancy Pants: Vintage Valentine $12 - 3 left
Prima: Romantica Collection $14 - 3 left
Prima: Urban Cosmos Collection $14 - 1 left
Scenic Route: Lynden $15 - 5 left
We R Memory Keepers: Vintage Brass $10 - 2 left

Please email me your order! Sale ends 11/30/10, so hurry, sinc quantities are limited!!

The Holidays Are Coming!

No matter how many times I try, these holidays creep up on me every single year. And every single year it keeps getting worse! I can't believe we're already seeing Christmas items out - and as early as before Halloween?! That's just crazy!!

However, as much as I complain, I find that there are great deals happening - and this year in particular, they are happening online and with scrapbooking manufacturers! Boy, this could be dangerous!! LOL

So, I want to be able to offer up some of my own specials over the next few weeks....you will have to come back to read my blog though, so you will know what is on special!

I will post at least one special per week, so be sure to come back and check it out! Happy Shopping!!

Updated Events

Hey all. I just updated the events that I'll be at that I know of through 2011! Please note that our Just Scrappin dates could change as the dates near, but I've listed them as we know them today. Hope to see you at some/all of them!!

Fall Class Projects

Hi everyone! I've been busy working on some new class projects for a couple of crops I'll be vending at over the next couple of months. Check them out below! The first 2 are for a card class. Hot chocolate, yum!


And check out this cool snowman card!

Finally, some home decor....you can put this on a mantel or on a coffee table for decoration!

I'll be teaching them definitely at Ready Set Crop in November, which is sold out, and possibly at A Crop to Remember's first all weekend crop in Meriden, CT in a couple of weeks.

Back after time off....

I am getting back into the swing of vendoring after taking a couple of months off over the summer. Please check out the updated list of crops; Siewleng and I finalized our Just Scrappin crop dates for this fall. Hope to see you at some crops soon!

Appreciation

It has been a while since I've posted here and for good reason. We had an unforunate unexpected event occur in our family which threw me off my normal routine/schedule for a few weeks. It has made me appreciate EVERYTHING a lot more; my husband, my family, my dog, my health, my friends....I could go on and on. So, let us pause for a moment and be thankful for everything we have, because it could be gone just like that. Go hug your kids and kiss your spouse or significant other and take some time to reflect on how lucky you are. Anyway, I will get back to normal posting soon....