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Post by pas2 on Feb 2, 2017 9:56:03 GMT
For those of you not on a spending freeze what are your recent finds at TM?
The last two weeks I have only bought WRMK journaling cards. They have the 100 card assortment packs ($2.99) and the pads of 3x4, 2x4, and 4x6 of journaling cards ($.99). I picked up the following lines: Snapshot, Unscripted, Grayson, Noteworthy, Daisy, Dreamy, Banner Days, Lemon, Favorite Memories, and Down the Shore because the colors went with paper I already have. There were also some Theresa Collins packs. I saw but didn't buy some more PL (the smaller boxes Early Childhood) and paper pads. Stocked up on some Thickers which my store rarely has. If your in the market for embellishments there were loads of flowers, stickers, etc that seemed just right for spring projects. Unfortunately there weren't any new dies or stamps. There was lots of WOW fine glitter packs in christmas colors if your stocking up for next season.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 2, 2017 11:24:26 GMT
Thanks for posting.
I wish my store (not so local, though. About 15 miles away) would carry Thickers. I gave up looking for them there.
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Post by karenl on Feb 2, 2017 11:57:35 GMT
I'm always looking for dies and stamps, mine had a couple new sets this week, seems they were same as some I've seen at Hobby Lobby, nothing I hadn't seen before. They've not had much in the dies or stamps for a long time.
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Post by alissa103 on Feb 2, 2017 13:22:15 GMT
I haven't been to mine in awhile. I need to check it out.
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Post by papersilly on Feb 2, 2017 21:34:27 GMT
i've been buying up the Maya Road Chipboard Binder Mini Albums.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 2, 2017 22:04:39 GMT
I've been to three stores in the area lately. They all have a ton of the Maya Road embellishments. I have also seen a fair amount of the Jolee's stickers. The paper pads are also piling up. Some are Shimmelle, some Pirate packs, and lots of travel packs (I already have). They also have a fair amount of packs in different color variations. We've also seen a bunch of Martha Stewart crafty items as well.
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Post by oaksong on Feb 3, 2017 13:13:54 GMT
I picked up a 3-pack of MS embossing powder (black, white, clear) for $2.99, and a TH Sizzix flag die. Love to find deals like that at TM!
There are tons of 6x6 paper pads, mostly AC, lots of Jolees stickers, Maya Road and others. I got some of the K&Co. 3D stickers. I wouldn't mind if they got in another round of MS punches, but the MS stuff so far is mostly stickers.
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Post by alissa103 on Feb 3, 2017 14:46:32 GMT
My store didn't have a single Maya Road embellishment.  |
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 3, 2017 15:54:19 GMT
Yesterday I went to three different TMs, looking for a child's step stool that I had bought 3 weeks before and later realized that I should have bought more than one since we have more than one bathroom.
While I was there, I wandered by the scrapbooking aisle (at each store, of course).
I hit the jackpot at the first store, and still found a few goodies at the other two stores, too. I came home with several packs of paper, the kind that each pack has 12 to 24 sheets of the same pattern for about the price of 4 sheets of paper from the LSS. I no longer live near any LSS, and I like having papers that I can use generously on various paper projects and not have to worry about the cost per sheet, or wonder if there will be any more at the LSS if I were to use up the few sheets I would normally buy there (on the rare occasions I make the long drive to the closest LSS). I pull about 6 sheets from the pack which I set aside for scrapbooking and then use the rest for other paper crafting. I buy only papers that I think are fairly versatile or that I know I can use.
It's the first time in a long time that I have liked any of the paper packs I found at TM. They had cardstock packs, too, but I have tons of cardstock. They slso had Project Life, the Spellbinder Grand Caliber machine (the latter item was in the clearance section), and a bunch of embellishments, but I had no interest in any of those.
I also bought 3 Graphic 45 stamp sets, two embossing folders sets, and one small castle die.
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 3, 2017 16:08:34 GMT
My store didn't have a single Maya Road embellishment. Some stores get products that other stores don't. Or they only get a very few which get snatched up fast by someone who got there first. Example: about once a year, Tuesday Morning will get some retired Graphic 45, which I love. When they got the 12 Days of Christmas paper packs, half of the 12 days went to the east coast, and half went to the west coast. I could not find the whole collection in my area. But one of my former scrapping buddies had moved to the west coast (I lived in the east), and when she came back for a visit, we swapped papers so we each ended up with a few sheets of the entire collection. She and another of my old scrapping buddies always found great stuff, but the store where I shopped never had the same things. I did learn that if I happened to be shopping in a different area than my usual haunts, that it was worth stopping by the TM in that area. Sometimes I got lucky. Sometimes I left empty handed. Once I started doing that, I started figuring out which stores were more likely to get the better scrapbook goodies. My store (the one nearest me) rarely got anything good, although I did get lucky once in awhile IF I went in two or three times a week. You can ask your store when they get their shipments, and how long it takes for them to put it out. If you get there right after it gets put on the shelves, you are more likely to find the better items, since they fly off the shelves pretty fast. I no longer live near a Tuesday Morning. Actually, I no longer live near a grocery store, either. So I just check Tuesday Morning stores of whatever area I happened to go to, such as the TM near Costco, or the one near JoAnn's. One of the stores that I visited yesterday was one that I had never been to, and the other two were ones that I had been to once but not found anything good there when I went before. |
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Post by meganliane on Feb 6, 2017 1:41:27 GMT
I went yesterday and mine had lots of Project Life stuff. They also had a lot of stickers and paper packs but nothing I really wanted. I ended up getting a Dear Lizzy roller stamp, Jen Hatfield leaf die cuts and a pack of Pebbles fall ephemera. They also had Amy Tan roller stamp but it had days of the week and I didn't think I would use it much.
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Post by wonderwoman on Feb 6, 2017 5:56:11 GMT
Mine was packed with stuff in the craft area.. I saw the Maya Road stuff the Project Life stuff Thickers just tons of stuff~
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Post by pastlifepea on Feb 6, 2017 13:03:58 GMT
Oh you enablers! I went to a bead show in Orlando yesterday instead of going to see what was new at TM. Now I HAVE to go by there today. (And I blew a bundle at the bead show)
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 6, 2017 14:22:27 GMT
I went yesterday and mine had lots of Project Life stuff. They also had a lot of stickers and paper packs but nothing I really wanted. I ended up getting a Dear Lizzy roller stamp, Jen Hatfield leaf die cuts and a pack of Pebbles fall ephemera. They also had Amy Tan roller stamp but it had days of the week and I didn't think I would use it much. I love the Pebbles ephemera packages! I grab those whenever I find them. |
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Post by sophikins on Feb 6, 2017 15:42:24 GMT
You enablers! I just couldn't drive by without stopping in. Lots of stuff- paper pads (both 12X12 and 6X6) Thickers, lots of stickers although only a couple were things I would use, some stamp sets and emphemera packs.
I just read the posts about having too much paper, and even though that is me, I still could not pass these up at TM.
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Post by wagleg on Feb 6, 2017 17:25:07 GMT
For the first time ever I saw some Carolee's Creations paper packs. A little pricey at $4.99, but I never see them anywhere here so I picked up 3. I also got the PP Page Evans Fancy Free paper pad. I have discovered the store near me that gets great stuff. I will not go religiously to that one.
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Post by pastlifepea on Feb 6, 2017 19:34:27 GMT
I ran by today and got some Martha Stewart glitter and some Bazzill cardstock but I had to tell y'all, they had that We R Memory Keepers over door craft armoire. There was one behind the counter so I guess it was held for someone and I could see it was marked $79.99. If anyone is in the market for one of those, check your store.
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Post by wagleg on Feb 11, 2017 23:25:27 GMT
This week, there was another Adorn-it collection pack and Shimelle's Starshine.
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Post by wagleg on Mar 1, 2017 22:23:01 GMT
I have decided they are trying to kill my fav little TM. I went to 2 different stores today and found several awesome items.
Bazzill in colors I don't have about 10 different packs!! They also had a bunch of doodlebug album cards and 2 Different 6x6 pads.
I waited a long time but finally have in my hands Jen Hadfield DIY Home. They also have several packs of Heidi Shine in the small bottles. Some of the stamp and dies from Tim Holtz and a couple new to me thickets packs. Happy Hunting!
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Post by deekaye on Mar 1, 2017 22:33:53 GMT
My closest TM is about 45 minutes away. Yesterday I had a doctor's appointment up that way so swung through TM on my way home. A lady was standing in front of all the "good stuff" with her shopping cart helping to block things. I was able to look at a bit of paper (nothing interesting) and even after saying "excuse me" a couple of times (meaning, "Move your dang cart, I wanna look!"), she only moved over a little bit. From the looks of her cart, she was either getting ready for a huge scrapbooking session or she was selling on e-bay. Normally I would have been a bit irritated but I got great news at my doctor's appointment so I just happily let greedy-lady grab everything!  |
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Post by alphagam5 on Mar 3, 2017 4:45:29 GMT
This is my new go to place. I found packs of cardstock and just couldn't pass up those prices.
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