What Fits into the Configurations Boxes??

I took some photos of some of the items we have gotten in to the store that we thought would be fun to use with the configurations boxes. Today, I will focus on holiday items. I will post other theme-related items a little later. We have glittered reindeer, small and large trees, extras"ornaments" (pieces from a garland) for the trees, a sweet little bird on its nest, a few different wreaths, a cool santa (there is a photo showing him hiding behind a tree, in the box I was taught to make in a Tim Holtz class here at the store,) silver glass house ornaments, tiny glass vintage-like ornaments, candy canes, and a neat, color-changing tea light...In the first few photos, you can see how, with any of the trees, to make them fit in, you will need to trim half of the back off. Don't worry...none of this trimmed part is visible. As you can see in the photo, it allows the tree to sit back into the box.

It just depends on the size of the item you want to place in the configurations. Just remove some of the boxes. Other uses for the boxes that are removed??...add them to the outside of the configuration piece somewhere, or use as a separate ornament...anyway, its all fun. The tea-light isn't shown, but it will sit beneath one of the glass houses and cause cool reflections on the ornament. You can also hide the tea-light with a piece of garland, or even a photo printed on vellum or a transparency sheet (all things I learned from Tim Holtz.)

Lots of the fall dies and embossing folders from the Tim Holtz Line of the Sizzix dies, etc are here now. Samples are in process.

Tim Holtz Class Info

Sooo sorry for the delay in getting this up. We always send out the first announcement in the newsletter, so it might be a good idea to subscribe to that literary marvel! There is a "subscribe to the newsletter" link over on the left side of this page.
I am having trouble-computer-wise, transferring the details to this blog..I will keep trying. In the meantime...To see the info about the upcoming Tim Holtz classes...
click on the link below
http://www.emailcontact.com/nl/nl-output.php?nl_id=120929&bus_id=3101&plain=0&fill=true

Heading Home

...such a nice phrase. On the way back from the CHA buying trip, I managed to take a side trip for two weeks to Biddeford Pool, in Maine. We rented a cozy cottage (the photos of which shall appear shortly in a "by-the-sea" mini-book.) We read. Some of us (I) went to flea markets! Some (not I) went fishing...but mostly we read, played bridge, played bocci, walked ...some (definitely not I) ran...and a few of us tanned. Your basic perfect vacation. We were near good friends, met a new friend, entertained a visiting medical student, celebrated a friend's child's engagement ... Life in its best form. I am a lucky person, especially because I really love what I am returning to...new stuff in the store, time to start making all sorts of projects, and planning new classes...and seeing all of our great customers again, as well as my cracked staff, I mean, my crack staff.
You may have noticed that we are in the process of establishing an online store. Please let us know if you have any requests or suggestions. We are getting it up and going as best we can, and we will appreciate all the feedback we can get. To get to the store, you can click on any image in the frame above, or go to http://shop.absolutelyeverything.com . FYI, we can adjust a shipping charge when you pay with paypal, or cc through paypal...if you choose google checkout, we cannot do that, so that is something we are working on. If you need to pay that way and have a question, e mail us at absolutelyeverthing@gmail.com Anyway, I am looking forward to the next few days...I will be back in the store on Saturday afternoon. Come say hi.
One of the things I am looking forward to playing with is the new shadowbox from Tim Holtz...so, when I go to flea markets now, I am searching for small items to fit into all those little cubbyholes....more musings, and some cool photos, another day.

CHA Update

I am geting ready to head home from the buying trip in Chicago...saw tons of great items, bought most of them. I will post photos as soon as I get back to a computer where I know how to do that...am on my laptop now.
I visited with Els, who runs the Elisabeth Crafts Co. that we get our micro-fine glitter from...lots of new ideas from them...which will all appear in classes soon!
So, stay tuned for photos...coming soon!

Brand New!! Online Shopping

We are very excited to introduce our new online store. Here is the correct site:
http://shop.absolutelyeverything.com/
We are just getting the shop underway. Patti, my super tech person, is getting items up as fast as she can...One of these days I will let her get a few hours of sleep...but I am not quite there yet...sorry, Patti!
We have lots of items up there now, including lots of Tim Holtz items, other Ranger products, new papers and paper pads, stuff from Seven Gypsies, Maya Road, Viva Paints, Basic Grey paper packs and fabric packs, Melissa Frances, German scrap, stamps from Memory Box, Artistic Outpost, Crafty Secrets, Darkroom Door...We will soon be adding Hero Arts, and much, much more. We will also list a bunch of unique items that I dig up from an assortment of odd places. We are calling this category AbsolutelyEverything's "But the Kitchen Sink."
We invite you to check out the store, make suggestions, share your concerns with how the store works. We are just learning here and our goal is to create a place where you can get your supplies easily and quickly. Our intention is to get your orders into the mail within forty-eight hours.
There are a couple of "check out" options. You can use Google check out, paypal, or pay with a credit card through paypal without setting up an actual account. We are also going to watch the whole shiping cost area closely to be sure we are charging very close to actual post office charges.

Other items currently up on the site: Flower Soft, books, Inchie and ATC supplies, Prima flowers and bling, quilling items, and Tattered Angels products, Caudine Helmuth products. As all the new items come in from all of my orders at CHA, we will get them up onto the store site as quickly as we can.

In the "coming soon" department, we have Stampers Anonymous stamps, Unity stamps, exclusive mini-book and other project "kits," with instructions and photos, very cool items from Tinsel Trading, ribbon packages, Sizzix dies of all sorts, Embossing folders, Ten Seconds Studios products, art canvas in assorted sizes, blank cards and envelopes, and other assorted card-making paper sets, The Imaginisce brad maker tool and accompanying elements, Crop-o-dile tool, Corner Chomper tool, certain punches, especially the Martha Stewart ones, the new Radiant Rain shimmery mists, embossing powders, glitters and flocking.

You will always have the option of calling us at the store (978-887-6397) to add to your order, to ask about an item you do not see online, or to ask about shiping charges. We will also do special deals every now and then , through facebook or twitter, so you may want to follow us there.
We have, over time, had lots of requests to open a "branch" of the store somewhere else...well, this is the branch!! Please join us here, have fun with us, send e mails, requests, suggestions. You can e mail us at absolutelyeverything@gmail.com

As promised, here are the images from the newest Memory Box release...winter, christmas and halloween images and card samples. Terri already has two classes in the works, Tuesday evening, July 20, 6-8, to make 5 Halloween cards...and Tuesday evening, August 3, to make five Christmas/winter cards. Each class is $19. We are making some of the really great cards from the Memory Box, and we are also adding some of our own original ideas. The packaged items are those double-sided sticky shapes, that you can place on your cards, etc, and add glitter, flock, or foil to...and also, Flower Soft!

Here is something that I am working on these days...it is a work-in-progress...with a bit more to do ...but I am having fun!! All the spools are made from scratch...we have sold out of the Collections Spool set...more are due in to the store any day...but I am now using the round grungeboard shapes from Tim Holtz, along with a bit of grunge paper. I could make spools forever, they are so cool. You can completely cover the spool with old tape measure, ribbon, string, fabric strips, and add pins, string, ...don't even get me started!