An Inky Update
We are moving in a week!!!!! YIKES!!! Our Utah home went under contract THIS MORNING! Holy moly!! We are having a sale at Stamper Storage!! SaWEET! Here’s some info:
Big HUGE News
Friends & Family… We have some crazy news! And now that all our immediate family knows I can “say it on the webs….”. hehe. This last week we had a major curve ball thrown at us. We’ve had a feeling for several months (which explains a little bit of my distraction from my blog) that “something was in the works” for us. A week ago this past Friday Brent was offered a promotion/new position at his company’s (Jab Broadband) corporate offices in Denver. We drove out a week ago Saturday morning to look around and he met with the owner of the company on Monday morning. For the past couple of years (each time we’ve traveled to CO for B’s work) we have “joked around” that if the opportunity to move to Colorado ever happened we would move there… Brent accepted the position last Tuesday. He will be the Director of Divisional Accounting (over 6 divisions spread out over 10 states). This is a huge opportunity for him and an excellent resume builder. He starts full time in Denver on October 1st. He will be commuting to Denver from Utah until we sell the house. This is HUGE for us… and a little emotionally difficult for us… even with me being a former Army Brat… I’ve actually been planted here in Utah since 1994 and in this lovely little home we built in 2001, and Brent grew up here. But it’s also a wonderful opportunity and God has put people in our path in this adventure that we did not expect… I do not believe in “chance meetings”… I know God is preparing good things for us in this new adventure… We are on the lookout for boxes and packing supplies… oh, and for someone to buy our house… so if you know of anyone looking in the Payson area send them our way. This is a FANTASTIC place to live 🙂 COLORADO HERE WE COME!! Inky Smiles! Erin
Happy {almost} Spring & an InkBlok!
Hey friends! Happy {almost} spring! It sure feels like spring around my place. We’ve had beautiful sunny weather and I haven’t worn a coat or jacket in several days. I am back from Creative University and am working on editing photos to share with you, but first I want to let you know what else I’ve been working on behind the scenes… A while ago I built some fun (non plain jane) ink and stain applicators with my dad in his workshop. Several friends wanted some too, so now…. and finally, after months of prep work and a kink in the manufacturing process (we build these ourselves in our shop) ….. InkBloks are available at Stamper Storage & soon in my Etsy shoppe! Hop on over and check them out! Inky Smiles!
An Inky BLACK FRIDAY Sale!
It’s that time again! This year I’m partnering with Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous for a Handmade Black Friday. All of our handmade InkStaks & RibbonStaks are on sale! AND I’ve added a grundle of miscellaneous goodies to the Special Deals & Buys section to help you with your handmade adventures! OoOoOh, AND the Original Scrapbox Big Boxes (WorkBox, CraftBox, MiniBox, SewingBox) are on sale, toO, SAVE $100.00 now with FREE SHIPPING in the continental US!! Store your supplies for handmade goodies! …ANNNNND… We are debuting a NEW HANDMADE INKY PRODUCT!! You can get yours FREE with any order over $50.00 during this sale… Click on over to Stamper Storage and check out the sales! Happy Shopping!
The Stamper Storage Becky Higgins Giveaway Sneak Peek!
Here’s our prize package. It is going live on Becky Higgins’ blog tomorrow and you gotta make sure you hop on over and enter to win! Click on the photo to automatically go to Becky’s blog. Becky will not be sending emails to let you know you’ve won. You will need to check her blog when she announces all the winners on Monday 7/11. Good luck & Inky Smiles!
Not Quite Dead Yet… and Something AWESOME!
Hey friends!! Just popping in to let you know we’re “not quite dead yet”… The kitchen is coming along NICELY and we’re nearly done. The cabinets are up (but need to change the door color) and loaded up, the floor is in and we’re waiting for the coutertop guys to cut and install the granite. Hopefully that happens next week! YAY! I am so stoked to get this kitchen done. It’s so much bigger than it was and it’s still surreal that we finally tackled this project. I have some lighting to switch out and last night Brent changed his mind on the paint color and thinks the red is too dark with the cabinets, so guess what we’ll be doing this weekend? Haha! I will be updating the blog with some photos of the progress in the next couple of days when I finally have some down time. (We have had company come throughout this mess and more coming tonight.) I haven’t spend much time on my computer in the studio in weeks. I’ve been facebooking from my new phone because it’s fast and easy and I can do it from wherever I am. I do have some AWESOME news to share with you all! This week we are participating in Becky Higgins’ BIG WEEK OF GIVEAWAYS… Check it out:Our give away day is Wednesday, July 6th! Make sure you stop by her blog @ www.BeckyHiggins.com to see all the giveaways! I will post our giveaway late Tuesday night here on the blog and then it will be live on Wednesday on Becky’s blog. There are 10 sponsors per day… make sure you leave a comment with: 1) Your name (first & last) 2) Where you live 3) The Item You want (with it’s item #) Becky said she doesn’t want any extra fluff in your comments… just provide these three items of info or they will skip over your comment (too much to read). You can read more about this and watch her little video HERE. PLUS!!! We’re having a sale at Stamper Storage to celebrate this fun week of giveaways! Hop on over to our store to see the sales! Hope to see you playing along next week! Inky Smiles!
IMPORTANT: Please read
UPDATED: It appears that the previous post has been restored but no comments. ARGH! Let’s hang in there and see if the comments come back. If they don’t by the end of the day I will start the giveaway over. There were so many comments that were lost and I am beyond frustrated. Dear friends, Blogger has been DOWN for the past couple of days. I am sure many of you who are bloggers and who read blogs have noticed this. Because of this issue with Blogger my last post has disappeared along with all the comments. I am so frustrated with this. I am going to wait a couple of days for Blogger to try to restore my post and the associated comments. Hopefully they will get their acts together and figure out what went wrong and make the necessary repairs. If Blogger does not restore the prev post and associated comments I will repost it and we will try to find some winners again. If I could, this would be the face I’d make at them. I am so sorry for this inconvenience. Love, E. (PS. This is “J”, my friend’s one year old – photo taken while trying to take his 1 yr photos.)
Happy National Scrapbook Day!
Did you know… Stamper Storage provides stylish & quality organizationfor crafting and stamping enthusiasts…And we’re having a SALE all month long!! Bonus for my blog readers… place an order for 1 ScrapOnizer 8.5×11 Storage Set and 1 Snap Lock Mini’s Set and save an additional $5.00! Use this code: inkyNSD0509{coupon code is case sensitive!} [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RJlFwUjAj0&hl=en&fs=1]
Happy Valentine’s Day “StuffStak Blog Candy Contest”
Amaryllis and I have been helping each other with major dejunking of our creative spaces over the past few weeks. Her alcove area and my closet have been giving each other a run for their money for the mess…. We’ve been sharing photos of the progress and one day she showed me the pic of her InkStak. I was peering at the pic and noticed that she had some rather interesting “non ink” type items hidden away in her InkStak. “Interesting,” I thought, “more than just ink… hrmmmm.” So, Amaryllis at Meaux Scraps, and I (mostly Amaryllis and I begged her to share on my blog) came up with a brilliant idea!! We are going to have a combined contest where TWO winner(s) will EACH recieve TWO Close To My Heart- never been opened – paper packs from SUPER GENEROUS Amaryllis’ personal stash and I am including 2 gift certificates for $15.00 off the purchase of an InkStak (one for each winner) to help you “store more stuff”! Here’s her story (and I’m stickin to it)….. “I have been doing a lot of cleaning and realize that I have way too much stuff!!!!! Yes, you can tell your significant other that Amaryllis has too much…No, that doesn’t mean she is stopping the shopping!! So, I love my InkStak!! It makes me smile! It is so handy to have my inks that close to my workspace– now that my work space is cleaned off and can actually be used. Next stop, the kitchen table! {Click photo for larger view}I must admit that my InkStak does a little more than just hold my ink pads… It also holds a box of tooth picks, important in every crafter’s tool box, or InkStak, whatever! I have glitter, and perfume, and sunblock, and 3×5 photos from my husband’s mission to Brazil 13 years ago–yes, I know i am way behind! Markers, lip gloss, some embellishment tape from 7Gypsies on a colored pencil. AAA batteries are a must, right?! I have a bag of white Bigger Brads (CTMH), some pens, my spare car key that I need to have re-programmed so I can actually use it! I also have some coasters from Outback Steakhouse, pliers, a ruler, blank coasters, an AA battery and wire cutters. There is also a pair of scissors & a deck of cards. The deck of cards is important. One day they will be a deck of memories… One down, fifty-one to go! And we’re almost there… I also have a sponge, a pen size hand sanitizer, and some dangle accessories– for ribbon maybe?.. Lotion and a a hammer. Oh, there are also 61 stamp pads in my InkStak!” Can you find them all? This is what you must do to enter the contest: 1.) Email (click on email to pull up the address) your answers to each person for a chance on each blog. Email your list of answers like so: ITEM NAME —————–ROW ————–COLUMN 2.) Then, please leave a comment on the blogs so we know to check for your email. You have until Saturday, February 21st @ noon to submit your answers! We will only draw from those who play the game and send in answers. We will randomly select 2 entries from the persons who find the most items and posts here or on Erin’s site will win 2 CTMH paper packs, never been used, that Amaryllis has hiding in her stash and a $15.00 gift certificate towards the purchase of an InkStak! So, two winners, one from Inky Smiles and one from Meaux Scraps! Happy Scraps & Inky Smiles to you! ” PS… Don’t forget about Erin’s other blog candy contest.…..