Newsletter - August 2012

Woweeee!! Well done, Team GB

Hi Everybody I have got to start this newsletter by congratulating Team GB and their performance to date.  What a marvellous job they are doing for us.  Each day, during these Olympics, I have watched every member of the team giving their all.  Many have won medals, fantastic - some have not been so lucky, their time has not come yet - but all have done us proud.  Well done! Hopefully, this will not be too long a newsletter - I don't want to drag you away from the excitement of the Olympics for too long. So much is happening here.  On a personal level - we have sold the house, so I am busy getting all of that organised.  How much fun is it trying to get a new telephone line installed whilst making sure that the old line does not get disconnected too early?  BT need to get a communications company to teach it a few lesson on...umm...let me think...oh, yes....communication!!  They are hopeless.  And I know that many of you will understand what I am saying!! If you come near the shop at the moment you will hear all about it. Hopefully, it will not take too long and we will be moved into our little dolls house and I will be able to settle back down. I hope you are all having a good summer break, if only the weather would sort itself out - is it going to be hot? is it going to rain?  ho, hum!  Tonight it is feeling so chilly, it is hard to believe that we were so hot only 10 days ago.  Still, hopefully I have got something that will cheer you up. If you read my last newsletter, you would have read about the bead and wool shop closing - officially it happened two weeks ago - but we still have some beads in there and we do not loose the room until the end of August.  So, Cate came up with a good idea for how we can use this room for the next few weeks - we are going to have a CLEARANCE SALE - We have walked around the shop, cleared out the stock room, gone through the workshop, turned the place upside down and found LOADS of bits and pieces that we want to clear out....to give us room to bring in loads of new DELIGHTS!! The CLEARANCE SALE will be a last chance opportunity to pick up some bargain bits, items like: RETIRED RUBBER STAMPS - £1.50 EACH, 5 FOR £5 PAST ISSUE MAGAZINES - £1 EACH, 6 FOR £5 WOODEN LETTERS - NORMALLY £2.99, NOW £1 KAISER FLOWER PACKS - NORMALLY £2.49, NOW £1 KAY & CO PAPER PACKS - RRP £3.99, NOW £1 PERGAMANO BOOKS - RRP £11.99, NOW £5 PERGAMANO PATTERN BOOKS - RRP £5.99, NOW £2.50 WOOL & BEADS - 30% OFF DECOUPAGE SHEETS - 35P A SHEET, 4 FOR £1 and MUCH, MUCH MORE!! The bits that I have listed are things that I know about - Nicky has been busy with the pricing gun and she is a devil for giving you all a treat!! We will be adding more to it on a daily basis and the little shop will be open until the end of August. We have been looking at some beautiful papers, embellishments and stamps ready for Christmas - but we need to clear some room!  So get in there quick and bag a bargin!! Thats all for now.  Watch out for the next newsletter which will have the workshop brochure for the Autumn, details of our Christmas launch and the trip to the NEC.  Lots coming up. With best wishes from Lynn and the Girls.