Remember This

Introducing Dear Lizzy Neapolitan

While we were at CHA visiting the American Crafts booth we had the opportunity to meet Elizabeth Kartchner.  Her new designes are so SWEET and so is she!  We are bringing in this line to the shop so prepare yourself for some dreamy sweetness.

I'm posting these photos of Elizabeth for my daughter Chelsea.  She has been following Elizabeth's blog for a while and sent me a text and said "mom if you see Elizabeth Kartchner, get a picture with her."  I had already met her but went back by on Monday to get a photo with her.  She sent me home with a small gift for Chels so she'll have a little surprise package. :)

Here she is showing this fun pull apart banner paper, you can see part of her new line behind her.

For you Chels!  And here's some pictures of what's to come in her Neapolitan line.

Introducing Dear Lizzy Neapolitan

Dear Lizzy Neapolitan

Elizabeth Kartchner’s latest signature collection, Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, is soft and feminine, featuring candy-shop colors and a diffused watercolor effect that takes you into a daydream of hand-drawn Mason jars, ice cream cones and balloons.
Dear Lizzy Neapolitan features 22 papers, including two ruffled crepe varieties and three vellum that add unique texture and dimension to this sweet collection.

Thanks for stopping by today...only a few more days until we open!!

Hugs,

Melissa 

Heading home today from CHA

We had a blast at CHA but it's time to head home today.  There was SO MUCH to see and oh my, the decisions to make...it's tough but I think we've found some great things to bring into the store.  This first photo is from Hero Arts - stamp, die and embossing folder all in one wonderful kit!  We loved these!  Sorry for the quality of the photos but these were taken from my iPhone, but you get the idea.  :)

We got to meet Christy Tomlinson and for any of you that are interested in or have always wanted to do mixed media, she's your gal.  Remember This will be carrying all of her new products!  Christy has recently partnered with Pink Paislee and those items will be available to purchase in our store real soon! And we will be having a class so watch the calendar updates for dates and times. Check out some of these photos to see what's coming.

Christy is amazing and so funny!  Check out her hands.  LOL  She does EVERYTHING with her fingers but we will have paint brushes available for you to use.  :)

and the finished project.

Too cute, huh?  Lots more to share but will save it for another day. 

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Thanks for stopping!

Melissa

 

Another milestone and exciting day at Remember This...only 2 more weeks until we open!!

Friday, February 27th was a very exciting day for us. Not only did our store become official by getting the sign up but CenturyLink (where I work full-time) ask us to particiapate in a campaign about it's employees, their dreams, and making those a reality. They hired a filming crew out of Denver to come and film the sign going up and to do an interview with me about how this all came together. It was too exciting for words.  Our Grand Opening is just two short weeks from today!!

Signs going on the windows! The two guys from Bright Ideas Signs & Lighting were such great sports.  I think they felt like stars today too.  Tim and I really appreicated you both being so patient and helping the crew!  Love my sign Jeff!

 
And our sign going up...

Watching from the street as they hang our sign.

Action!  This is crazy Frank.  LOL  Not something you see on a regular basis in Gardner KS

Film crew and sign crew doing their thing.

Mason and Cayden stopped by to join us for this special day.

Filming crew setting up in the store for the photo shoots.  Do you like how we are displaying our buttons?  You can buy them in bulk, one color, or mix and match.  :)

Graham the Producer and Daniel the Director preparing for my interview.  I was nervous but these guys, well the whole crew were amazing and they made us feel very comfortable.  Daniel has been nominated for an Oscar for best short film documentary.  Awesome!

Heather is standing in for me while they set up for the interview.  It was an awesome day.  No words can describe how we felt!

It was a good day.  Can't wait for our doors to open! But first, I'm heading to sunny California today for CHA!!  Lot's of new things in store for Remember This.

Melissa

Remember This to open soon...

Just a little over two weeks and we will be opening for business. We are counting down the days!

New items continue to arrive daily.  We are heading to CHA in California this weekend so we will get to see and purchase all the new lines just in time for Spring!

Be sure to print the flyer and bring it with you during our Grand Opening on Saturday, February 11th!  You'll receive 30% OFF any one item and get an extra chance to win our wonderfual door prize! 

Stay tuned for more details...

Click here to view and print the flyer

Thanks for stopping!

Melissa

Sharing a post from Design Team Member Tracie Clary

Tracie Clary, a design team member for Two Paper Divas, an online store and blog that I do with my partner and friend Gayla O'Dell, stopped by Remember This yesterday for a sneak peak and to pick up a few supplies.  Tracie designs and produces great projects using the digtial stamps we design and sell on Divas.  The projects below (see Tracie's message) use some of our most recent images that will also be available in my store!! 

When she stopped by yesterday she came bearing gifts. :)  She made the cutest little strawberry box filled with chocolate dipped strawberries for us!!  The topper on the box was designed using one of the images from our "It's All About Chocolate". Be sure to stop by Tracie's blog to see more of her fun ideas and projects!

Here is what Tracy had to say....

Remember This Remember That

Today was a great day. I got to preview our new Local Scrapbooking Store. The name of the store is "Remember This Remember That" and is located in Gardner Kansas. It is just a hop and a skip from my house. The store is owned by Melissa Rodgers and her husband. Melissa is also part owner of Two Paper Divas. I was able to meet Melissa and Gayla of Two Paper Divas at the store and they are the nicest people you will ever meet.

Their store is so cute inside and they are carrying some fantastic products. I believe their opening will be the first weekend in February. For anyone local, you must check out their store.

Since they were nice enough to let me take a peek at their store, I decided to take them some goodies. I took a blueberry box that I had and decided to put some chocolate covered strawberries in them and decorate the box.

I started with wrapping the box with red ribbon and then decorating it as follows:
Large Spellbinder Scallop Circle
Red Heart Doily
White flower
My Favorite Things Mini Roses Die
Stampin Up Scallop circle punch
Chocolate covered strawberry digital image from Two Paper Divas
Friends and Chocolate Sentiment from Two Paper Divas
Embellishments

This made a fantastic package and I plan on making more. It is so much fun having a nice local Store to meet the needs of creative people.

I also decided to post a picture of some of the fun items I was able to buy at their store. My favorite Designer Paper (Stella Rose), fun felt, MFT Stamps, dies, and a new punch system. This is just the beginning of items I want to purchase. It will be fun to have somewhere to shop that is local.

Thanks Tracie for stopping by and for sharing your wonderful creativity with us!  Oh, and we can't forget to thank you again for the awesome strawberry treat!

Melissa

Products are arriving daily

We are having so much fun unpacking boxes and preparing for the opening!

Lots have arrived, lots to come.

Card stock, embossing folders and more....

Decorative stick pins, wood buttons, scrabble pieces and patterned papers...

Tim Holtz distressed inks, color wash, stains, baker's twine..

embellishments, punches

More to come as we count down the days to opening our doors.

Thanks for stopping by!

Remember This is coming together...

We are getting so excited for the opening of Remember This!  As you can see in the photos below changes are taking place and we are preparing for all the wonderful products to arrive.

 

This is what the shop looked like prior to painting.  It's a wonderful old building and has awsome features, including a tin ceiling!! 

Here you can see the ceiling.  Isn't it wonderful! It's currently painted a very pale mint green.  I'd love to get it back to it's natural state sometime, for now we are leaving it as is.

My son Colby and his partner Matt (on the ladder in the back) have a construction company called Elite Construction and they painted the walls, trim and windows for us.  They did a wonderful job and for any of you that are local I highly recommend them. See the counter there in front of Colby, that's what it looked like before we cleaned it up and painted it as well.  We left the wood top of course.  Love the wood!After the walls were painted it was time to clean up.  You can see in the back a very cool cabinet.  This was one of the old display pieces in the basement.  It was used in the store originally when it was a drug store many years ago.  The drug store was called Schartner's Corner.  My guys carried them up for me and they have been washed, painted, and are almost ready to use.

The walls are a very pale grey but they have a blue cast to them, especially at different times of the day.  We love how it turned out!  Very light and fresh.

Here we are stagging some of our new fixtures.  You can see the check out counter in the back,  The cabinet here in front is the bottom of one of the larger pieces we brought up from the basement.  It's the dividing piece between the shop and the classroom.  Tim is building a beauitful wood top for it. :)

That's all for today.  Be sure to stop by next week for another update! 

Melissa