Happy Mother's Day!

We wanted to take a moment to stop and wish all a joyous Mother's Day.

Speaking of which, there are some very special eclectic Mothers out there receiving a beautiful Mother's Day Card from Taylored Expressions today that looks like this:

Some of the eclectic Moms of 2007 are:

• Jackie Marra
• Vivian Peters
• Sheila Freeman
• Crystal Minkler
• Dina Anderson
• Kristina Price
• Susan Jensen
  

Some of our favorite quotes about mothers are posted below. They all make us feel and warm and fuzzy inside.

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan


Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love. ~Mildred B. Vermont


A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. ~Peter De Vries


The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman


The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh


The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Let's celebrate all women in our lives who are our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts and our dear friends, too. The "mothers" in our lives bring that TLC and light up our days in so many ways.

Cheers!
Daisy & Joy

Update on National Scrapbook Day Orders

Happy Wednesday!

WOW! What an incredible response we had to our National Scrapbooking Day promotion. Due to the heavy traffic and the amount of orders placed on Saturday, May 5th and Sunday, May 6th, you may experience a slight delay in receiving your orders. We will try to get all the orders out within the next several days.

You gals went wild and several items and collections sold out. Please know that we are receiving a Stampendous shipment within the next 2 days and we will be replenishing those popular Bees and Flowers by the end of the week. You never know what will show up in Brand Spankin' New this week(wink, wink)...and we have another fun promotion in the works.

We say "THANK YOU!" again for coming to visiting Eclectic Paperie.

With gratitude,
Daisy & Joy

National Scrapbooking Day Offering

Hello Friends!

National Scrapbooking Day is here! If you are like us, this means you have another excuse to have some crafting fun. We are so thankful to our friends and customers that we wanted to celebrate our first National Scrapbooking Day by offering you 15% off your entire purchase.

So when you decide to rest those scissor fingers and wash the ink off your hands stop on by eclectic Paperie and treat yourself. The coupon runs today (May 5) through Sunday (May 6) at 11:59 PST so don't miss out. We have more "Brand Spankin' New" product in the store like K& CO. paper line by Amy Butler, Me& My Big Idea Scrapbooks, My Favorite Things stamps and Cosmo Cricket lacing cards.

You must use Coupon Code NSD07 at checkout in order to receive the promotional offer. This code does not apply to Gift Certificates or the "Spoil Your Mom" Mother's day exclusive.

Please email us if you have questions. (us@eclecticpaperie.com).

"Feed your Creativity" Daisy & Joy

It's in the Bag

Happy May!

Hopefully May will bring lots of flowers and sunshine into your part of the world. May comes along and we also start thinking of all the "moms" in our lives. Whether it's your own mom, your sister, friend or another special woman in your life who is a "mom" for you....let's celebrate them!
I am going to give one of these gorgeous "creativity bags" to my mom for mother's day. She is not a scrapper or stamper but she is always on the go whether it's off to her bible study or showing homes as a realtor. She can put all kinds of literature, her bible, and all kinds of things in this very roomy and pretty bag. It also serves as a great carry-on as we have heard from Jenn Balcer(jbalcer) and Beverly Gerard(texasgrammy). They each got one while they were here in California for StampMania and then used it to put all their things and laptop for a travel carry-on. There are pockets for phone, PDA, computer and magazines. It's meant to be able to carry 12x12 paper and scrapbooks. We only have the Sola pattern available right now as the Amy Butler Belle pattern is on back-order. If I know my mom, she will also sew some Prima flowers and other "bling" to make it her own.

Check out the Alter This section where you also find lots of fun containers, acrylic paint cans and more that can house fun presents. Mother's Day, graduation, end of school teacher gifts....so many cute containers to alter and put things in. I was thinking that even this dress form would be oh-so-cute if you were to modge podge a bunch of photos of your kids and then give it to grandma for Mother's day. You can use either Ranger Adirondack Paint Dabbers or the Dew Drops to put some color on all these alterables. Did you know that the Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks are great on metal tins? Check out this metal tin that was made by Michelle Fischer(SDiegoGal) using the alcohol inks.


We have lots of new tings that came in so give us a couple days to upload them. We have all the new Girl Scout papers, scrapbooks and embellishments. We also received the Boy Scout individual papers and other scrapbook items by K& Co. We will start to carry SEI and also My Mind's Eye. Some of you have the discovered the new Heidi Grace paper lines and we received the embellishments that match. There is even so much more....you'll just have to stay tuned. There are way, too, many new products to talk about.

"Feed you Creativity!"
-Daisy & Joy

Special Mother's Day Offering

We are thrilled to offer eP's first exclusive package.

We are both HUGE fans of the beautiful cards and creation made by Taylor VanBruggen. We are very happy to announce that Taylor has designed and created a special Mother's Day Card exclusively for eclectic Paperie. We've already seen it and it's gorgeous!

You can either Spoil Your Mom with a $75 eP Gift Certificate and Taylor's Card or Spoil Her Rotten with a $150 Gift Certificate, Taylor's Card, and a free Prima Purse (random color). Shipping is free.

This Taylored Expressions Mother's Day card will be published here on Mother's Day. Don't you want one? Tell those dad's and kids out there about it. There are only 30 cards so get yours now before its too late!

Looking for Glue Pads?

Lookie, lookie what's new at Ecelctic Paperie. " The Essential Glue Pad is a clear, heat free adhesive for all your creative needs — without the use of a heat gun! Just stamp, daub or apply a light layer of glue to your project and apply your embellishments. It’s that easy!" The much anticipated arrival of the Essential Glue Pad by Tsukineko is here. We only have 18 left as I write this.

Other hot editions to the "eclectic mix of inks" are the Brilliance Dew Drops and VersaMagic Dew Drops inks. A lot of you have already discovered these fun inks. We've gotten a lot of questions about the difference in these two and here is the information according to the manufacturer(Tsukineko):

Brilliance Dew Drops:
Designed for today’s crafters and scrapbookers, the Brilliance Dew Drop™ inkpads feature enticing shades ranging from primary brights to pearlescent jewel tones and rich metallics. Compactly sized, with both a round end and an elongated tip, the versatile petite inkpads are colorful, collectible and free standing.

VersaMagic Dew Drops:
Popular colors and opaque ink coverage create the ideal ink for stamping, stenciling and direct-to-surface techniques. Ideal for today’s busy crafters and scrapbookers, the VersaMagic® Dew Drop™ inkpads come in an array of colors ranging from soft pastels to natural earth tones and rich jewel tones. Compactly sized, with both a round end and an elongated tip, the Dew Drops are colorful, collectible and free standing.

NOTE: If you are looking for a color comparison for Stampin' Up! inks vs. these VersaMagic Dew Drops, check out the chart that Beate posted on her blog.

We are working on a brand new newsletter. It's in progress and we hope to have it out by the end of the week. If you placed an order with Eclectic Paperie since we opened this past January, then we have your name on the email list. The newsletter will be fabulous 'cause we found a special someone to help us out with this.

Finally, be on the lookout for a great Mother's Day offering that we are working on. It is "oh-so-cool!" that we can't wait to share it with you. It will be a one of kind, special edition Mother's Day package exclusive to Eclectic Paperie. We will only have a limited number available, too.

Need some "friends" for your Cuttlebug?

Woo-hoo! It is all here. If your Cuttlebug or Cricuit needs some new friends, we have them for you!

We just received most of the new Cuttlebug CHA Winter 07 releases from Provo Craft. Can you say "new embossing A2 folders?" We have everything new that is not on backorder from Provo Craft. New embossing 2x2.75 folders; new 2x2 dies and new 2x6 dies. There are also new 2-step dies like the ever popular new paisley. We also received the new Disney Cricut cartidges such as the Mickey Font & Disney Mickey & Friends(my personal favorite; it has Daisy Duck!).

We have new category in called "Brand Spankin New" - Thank you, Tandra, for the suggestion! Click on it to see what are some new arrivals in our lil' ole paper crafts boutique.

WARNING! WARNING! IT COULD BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR WALLETS.

We know you are all out there checking in to see what is new. Maybe we shouldn't tell you that we have even more cool product that we just can't get online fast enough for you to see. You'll just have to come back and see what we found to offer you. We are even working towards a newsletter and also a podcast! We want to be able to keep in touch with you so you have all the most recent happenings at eP. We'll give you the info just as soon as we figure out the logistics.

Please email us at info@eclecticpaperie.com if you have any other product suggestions. We love hearing from you and read all your comments that you include with your orders.

With gratitude,
Daisy & Joy
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