scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 17, 2019 6:10:38 GMT
FYI: the product locator number is not reliable. It is not being updated.
I have been told that by employees at different stores. It may not necessarily be convenient to stop by to check out their inventory yourself, but it is your best bet.
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Post by socalmom on Feb 17, 2019 6:50:44 GMT
Hi, I lurk here once in a while. I thought I'd set the record straight. I'm not an Ebayer and I'm not in So Cal I buy craft stuff for my own use. Lol! You never know who you’re going to peatlejuice around here. Welcome! My bad OhDonna! I stand corrected!
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Post by lostwithout2peas on Feb 18, 2019 15:41:12 GMT
After an unintentional 6 month hiatus from scrapbooking, I went into my not so local tuesday morning and hit the jackpot! Holy Maggie Holmes! I got stuff from chasing dreams, gather, carousel, good vibes, confetti, bloom and flourish. Stuff from crate papers good vibes. Some lines I was able to get everything from the paper pad, ephemera, stickers, washi, thickers, accents, 6x6 pads & stamps! I also picked up some collection packs from echo park, my minds eye & fancy pants. I found lots of matching ephemera and stickers for theses. And of course I couldn't say no to several packs of Thickers! All this new stuff definitely has me excited to jump back into scrapbooking!
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 18, 2019 17:01:36 GMT
Welcome, ohdonna!
I suspect that occasionally, when I hit the jackpot, that other crafters think I might be an ebayer. I'm not. A former scrapping buddy and I both moved to different states. Neither of us lives near any LSS, so we check out Tuesday Morning fairly often. We let each other know when we find something good. Since the stores in different states get different stuff, I will buy for her what she can't find near her, and she will buy for me what I can't get. Then we do a swap.
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Post by jacquelinescraps on Feb 19, 2019 3:11:52 GMT
i went a few weeks ago and got a sticker sheet from Bootiful Nights. Wish I was scrap booking when it came out!
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 19, 2019 14:25:53 GMT
FYI: the product locator number is not reliable. It is not being updated.I have been told that by employees at different stores. It may not necessarily be convenient to stop by to check out their inventory yourself, but it is your best bet. So far, it has worked in my area. I was told that over Christmas they had pulled it and would be updating it "later." I use it all of the time and really like that feature. I hope they keep it.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 19, 2019 14:28:21 GMT
After an unintentional 6 month hiatus from scrapbooking, I went into my not so local tuesday morning and hit the jackpot! Holy Maggie Holmes! I got stuff from chasing dreams, gather, carousel, good vibes, confetti, bloom and flourish. Stuff from crate papers good vibes. Some lines I was able to get everything from the paper pad, ephemera, stickers, washi, thickers, accents, 6x6 pads & stamps! I also picked up some collection packs from echo park, my minds eye & fancy pants. I found lots of matching ephemera and stickers for theses. And of course I couldn't say no to several packs of Thickers! All this new stuff definitely has me excited to jump back into scrapbooking! There was a lot of her stuff at one of my stores yesterday. They got 200 new pieces of craft and I thought maybe half of it was Maggie Holmes. Have fun with all of your new stuff.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 19, 2019 14:30:34 GMT
The managers at the three stores I frequent know their customers pretty well. They know who is a regular and who comes in to buy for eBay. One lady outside of Denver claims she has made over one million dollars reselling TM crafts. I am sure she has an eBay store.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 19, 2019 15:32:54 GMT
FYI: the product locator number is not reliable. It is not being updated.I have been told that by employees at different stores. It may not necessarily be convenient to stop by to check out their inventory yourself, but it is your best bet. So far, it has worked in my area. I was told that over Christmas they had pulled it and would be updating it "later." I use it all of the time and really like that feature. I hope they keep it. Yes, sometimes it is correct. What I said is that it is unreliable, and that it might be best to check in person. I've seen products on the shelf at my local store that the product locator said were nowhere in my area. More frequently, however, it has said that a store had something, but they actually didn't. I really like the product locator. It has helped me find things I was hunting for. When it works, it's great. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work. If the product locator says that a store has an item, you can always call that store and ask an employee to check for you. I did that recently when trying to find the stamp platform. The employee found it and held it for me behind the register for one day.
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Post by thracian on Feb 19, 2019 19:26:41 GMT
I stopped in yesterday before meeting a friend for dinner and got some Maggie Holmes stuff. Two sheets of chipboard, some tags, and a few other embellishments.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Feb 19, 2019 21:08:51 GMT
It ended up working out for me that I didn't run into the MH stuff. It's hard for me not to buy what I know others are excited about because I feel like it will rub off on me and then the stuff just sits in my stash. Last week I missed out due to a late truck and then yesterday I had a family emergency that prevented me from going to my usual store. If it were a ton of new Echo Park stamps (hoping maybe we'll also see some of their dies at TM), Bella Blvd, Jillibean alpha stickers or a few other companies, I would have been really disappointed to have missed out. As it is, I just don't see the excitement of MH...I'm sure you can piece together why with most of the companies I listed above to compare to, lol.
So glad that it looks like a bunch of you are finding the MH. I am guessing since American Crafts didn't do their annual warehouse sale in Orem this year that maybe they are going to be selling off more older stock to TM. I hope some of the other designers have stock dumps in large quantities. One brand/designer at a time would be great, too.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 19, 2019 22:58:26 GMT
It ended up working out for me that I didn't run into the MH stuff. It's hard for me not to buy what I know others are excited about because I feel like it will rub off on me and then the stuff just sits in my stash. Last week I missed out due to a late truck and then yesterday I had a family emergency that prevented me from going to my usual store. If it were a ton of new Echo Park stamps (hoping maybe we'll also see some of their dies at TM), Bella Blvd, Jillibean alpha stickers or a few other companies, I would have been really disappointed to have missed out. As it is, I just don't see the excitement of MH...I'm sure you can piece together why with most of the companies I listed above to compare to, lol. So glad that it looks like a bunch of you are finding the MH. I am guessing since American Crafts didn't do their annual warehouse sale in Orem this year that maybe they are going to be selling off more older stock to TM. I hope some of the other designers have stock dumps in large quantities. One brand/designer at a time would be great, too. MH isn't my cup of tea either. It is pretty feminine. I did find a pack of ephemera that had a large giraffe in it. It included some pretty cute titles too. Other than that, I can't see using much of it. I guess that is a good thing for MHs lovers.
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Post by scrappyem on Feb 20, 2019 3:19:33 GMT
It ended up working out for me that I didn't run into the MH stuff. It's hard for me not to buy what I know others are excited about because I feel like it will rub off on me and then the stuff just sits in my stash. Last week I missed out due to a late truck and then yesterday I had a family emergency that prevented me from going to my usual store. If it were a ton of new Echo Park stamps (hoping maybe we'll also see some of their dies at TM), Bella Blvd, Jillibean alpha stickers or a few other companies, I would have been really disappointed to have missed out. As it is, I just don't see the excitement of MH...I'm sure you can piece together why with most of the companies I listed above to compare to, lol. So glad that it looks like a bunch of you are finding the MH. I am guessing since American Crafts didn't do their annual warehouse sale in Orem this year that maybe they are going to be selling off more older stock to TM. I hope some of the other designers have stock dumps in large quantities. One brand/designer at a time would be great, too. MH isn't my cup of tea either. It is pretty feminine. I did find a pack of ephemera that had a large giraffe in it. It included some pretty cute titles too. Other than that, I can't see using much of it. I guess that is a good thing for MHs lovers. I think her stuff is pretty but I never seem to use much of it so I've stopped buying. I also loath the giant ephemera packs. I wish they would all knock that off. I have started added some to gifts as pretty decoration on presents just to get it out of my stash. Only a tiny bit of the giant ephemera has ever made it in my album.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 20, 2019 3:27:12 GMT
MH isn't my cup of tea either. It is pretty feminine. I did find a pack of ephemera that had a large giraffe in it. It included some pretty cute titles too. Other than that, I can't see using much of it. I guess that is a good thing for MHs lovers. I think her stuff is pretty but I never seem to use much of it so I've stopped buying. I also loath the giant ephemera packs. I wish they would all knock that off. I have started added some to gifts as pretty decoration on presents just to get it out of my stash. Only a tiny bit of the giant ephemera has ever made it in my album. I bought the pack because of the giraffe! I have years and years of zoo pics of my guys feeding giraffes. The other stuff in it like the titles were also a bonus. Now the weird see-through flowers, not so much.
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Post by dudleypippen on Feb 20, 2019 14:33:32 GMT
I have to say, I’m a little bit envious of those of you who were able to find the ephemera packs. I’ve looked on eBay recently but it didn’t look like any of them had made there way there yet and I’d love to find the ones to match the paper lines I bought last week.
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 20, 2019 14:49:01 GMT
I have to say, I’m a little bit envious of those of you who were able to find the ephemera packs. I’ve looked on eBay recently but it didn’t look like any of them had made there way there yet and I’d love to find the ones to match the paper lines I bought last week. Different stores get different stuff, and different states may get some things that other states don't, and those stores in states that didn't get the ephemera packs probably got other items in the line that the ephemera pack lucky stores didn't. I hope that made sense. That is precisely why my former scrapping buddy and I do swaps. She now lives in California. I now live in Texas. We text when we find something good. She'll buy for me, and I'll buy for her items we want but that our store doesn't carry, and then we do a swap. It only happens once or twice a year, and it is usually Graphic 45 or BoBunny paper lines and ephemera that we swap. If you can be more specific what you are looking for, sometimes someone here may find and send it. I've done it, and I've seen others do it. Right now I've got to get ready for my in-laws coming for a 2 week visit, so I can't, but hopefully someone else can.
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Post by wendifful on Feb 20, 2019 16:50:08 GMT
I have to say, I’m a little bit envious of those of you who were able to find the ephemera packs. I’ve looked on eBay recently but it didn’t look like any of them had made there way there yet and I’d love to find the ones to match the paper lines I bought last week. I have the Maggie Holmes Confetti ephemera, brand new in package, that I'd be happy to send to you for the cost of first class shipping if you're interested in it. (It should be pretty cheap to ship it I'd think.)
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Post by lehcarlies on Feb 21, 2019 12:37:26 GMT
I stopped in yesterday before meeting a friend for dinner and got some Maggie Holmes stuff. Two sheets of chipboard, some tags, and a few other embellishments. I LOVE Maggie Holmes. I went in to TM this past weekend and got all the different paper pads of hers they had, plus a couple of others that I liked. It was like paper Christmas in February!!
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Post by dudleypippen on Feb 21, 2019 12:47:21 GMT
I have to say, I’m a little bit envious of those of you who were able to find the ephemera packs. I’ve looked on eBay recently but it didn’t look like any of them had made there way there yet and I’d love to find the ones to match the paper lines I bought last week. I have the Maggie Holmes Confetti ephemera, brand new in package, that I'd be happy to send to you for the cost of first class shipping if you're interested in it. (It should be pretty cheap to ship it I'd think.) You are so kind- seriously the Peas are the best! I lurk more than I post but I really love the community here. It’s actually Gather and Carousel that I’m interested in, but again I really do appreciate the offer!
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Post by wendifful on Feb 21, 2019 18:12:31 GMT
I have the Maggie Holmes Confetti ephemera, brand new in package, that I'd be happy to send to you for the cost of first class shipping if you're interested in it. (It should be pretty cheap to ship it I'd think.) You are so kind- seriously the Peas are the best! I lurk more than I post but I really love the community here. It’s actually Gather and Carousel that I’m interested in, but again I really do appreciate the offer! Sure! I just went to my TM yesterday and didn't see any ephemera packs, although there were tons of MH chipboard and stickers. I hope you can find some!
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Feb 21, 2019 22:20:00 GMT
I found some Thickers today and 2 sets of the AC Acrylic Pour kits (including the one that I really wanted that Joann's never has in stock). The pour kits were $8, so not quite half off of retail. The thickers varied from 1.99 to 2.49. My favorite find was the Box of Crayons glitter navy words. Navy is still a really hard color to find in any sort of word or alphabet sticker, so I was happy to find that (it was one of the 2.19 sets). There were also several of the tiny Happy font that is gold glittered that I know is a loved font (by Inkie Quill, at least, lol)...I would have grabbed most or all of them if not for them being the only set that was 2.49.
I'm also not really in a place to say 'no' (it has been a rough week) so I let my daughter have the badminton set she was begging me for that they had stocked on the endcap across from the scrappy stuff, so even though I don't feel like I hit the motherload, I still managed to spend $40 thanks to the 2 paint pour sets. I probably would have grabbed stuff I didn't need from MH if I had found it last week, but the stuff I got today is much more up my ally, so I'm pretty happy with the stuff that I found today...even if I just had to expand my Thickers storage again and that still didn't fit all of them. :\
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Post by love2scrap on Feb 21, 2019 22:55:33 GMT
I went to TM in my area and nothing good was out. It’s my last shopping spree for a while.
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Post by wendifful on Feb 21, 2019 23:22:21 GMT
I got a flyer in the mail for the ad event starting this Sunday. The only crafty things were EK Success punches for $4.99 (regularly $9.99-$24.99), Tim Holtz pre cut fabrics and an Olfa rotary cutter. Looks like AC is cleaning out the EK Success warehouse.
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Post by oaksong on Feb 22, 2019 0:12:25 GMT
I got a flyer in the mail for the ad event starting this Sunday. The only crafty things were EK Success punches for $4.99 (regularly $9.99-$24.99), Tim Holtz pre cut fabrics and an Olfa rotary cutter. Looks like AC is cleaning out the EK Success warehouse. Oooh, TH fabrics! That sounds like a hot item to look for. Nothing new for me this week at TM. Nothing really exciting came in, or if it did I missed it.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 22, 2019 0:27:24 GMT
I have so many EK punches, but I have a hard time walking away from a $4.99 punch.
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 22, 2019 6:37:54 GMT
I went today and found BoBunny spring themed paper pads. 3D 5x7 embossing folders, a few dies, and more. I was most excited about the BoBunny papers, which they had in both 12x12 and 6x6.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Feb 24, 2019 21:33:17 GMT
Went to my TM today to check out the EK Tools paper punches in today's (Sunday 2/24) ad. Got there about 1/2 hour after they opened and the punches were almost all gone, with not a lot left but odd random punches (octopus punch??? huh?). Figured out why when I turned around there was a lady with a cart with what looked like 30+ punches. UGH. She was asking if they were going to be going to be getting anymore in. The manager said to leave her name and they would call her when craft shipments arrived. I guessing that's why the sale items fly out the door, there are ebayers getting to things before they ever get to the shelves.
I did get 2 punches, some cute Pink Paislee Washi Tape, and 2 packages of Cutter Bee dies - I've never seen this brand before and they look really cute. Also a package with a die and 6 clear stamps from a brand called "firefly" - another new to me brand. I was surprised to see the large end cap of WRMK still so full.
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Post by FurryP on Feb 25, 2019 2:31:00 GMT
Went to my TM today to check out the EK Tools paper punches in today's (Sunday 2/24) ad. Got there about 1/2 hour after they opened and the punches were almost all gone, with not a lot left but odd random punches (octopus punch??? huh?). Figured out why when I turned around there was a lady with a cart with what looked like 30+ punches. UGH. She was asking if they were going to be going to be getting anymore in. The manager said to leave her name and they would call her when craft shipments arrived. I guessing that's why the sale items fly out the door, there are ebayers getting to things before they ever get to the shelves. I did get 2 punches, some cute Pink Paislee Washi Tape, and 2 packages of Cutter Bee dies - I've never seen this brand before and they look really cute. Also a package with a die and 6 clear stamps from a brand called "firefly" - another new to me brand. I was surprised to see the large end cap of WRMK still so full. It's bad enough to know they are out there, but to actually see a re-seller with a cart full in the very first hour would be infuriating. Ughhhh! I hope there are no re-sellers in my area.
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Post by scrappyem on Feb 25, 2019 2:53:23 GMT
I went to a new to me location and they had tons more stuff than my local one. Lots & lots of Maggie Holmes & even some of the Paige Evan's Whimsical collection. A tiny bit of Merry Days. I was really surprised by how much nicer the stuff was & how much more they had. It was a Saturday afternoon. No idea if they'd just put out a bunch or if that store is always so much better. Sadly, they had a single checker and the line was huge. I had plans, so I had to put back the things I wanted to buy. That store is 45 minutes or so from me, so I won't be going often, but when I'm in the area, I definitely will be back.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 25, 2019 4:40:59 GMT
My little store close to my house that has about 1/15 the amount of two other stores in town had a lot of punches left. I have most of them, but did end up with five new ones. (How many deer and tree punches does one need?). Laughed at the octopus comment. I have had him for several years and he makes a showing in every vacation book I create. Just an FYI. He can hold a margarita glass sticker like no other punch. If you cut him in half and make about 6 of him, he makes cute vertical border for a beach page. He also makes a great showing on party boat pictures. .
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