Last Chance for Retiring Products

It's that exciting time again, time for a new Idea Book.  That also means we have to say goodbye to some favorites from the current Idea Book.  Below is a list of all retiring products.  Many are already sold out, so you'll want to order soon if there's something you want.  You can order here.

2012 Autumn/Winter Idea Book Retiring List (closes January 31, 2013)
As we run out of stock on retiring items, we will add them to the unavailable list found under Online Office > Corporate Communication > Reference Lists > Unavailable List. Check this list often so you will know which items are no longer available to order. Please remember that we are unable to accept exchanges for items included on the Retired list.

Item #

Item Description

Shimmer Designer Brads

Rhinestone Designer Brads

Brads Red Assortment

Brads Pink Assortment

Brads Blue Assortment

Brads Green Assortment

Brads Basic Assortment

Wooden Designer Buttons

Buttons Clear Assortment

IrresistiblesTM Eclectic Chipboard Die-Cuts (the alphabet)

IrresistiblesTM Make-It-Count Numbers

Dimensional Elements Numbers

Dimensional Elements Ornaments

Dimensional Elements Snowflakes

Color-Ready Arbor Wooden Shapes

Stella Complements Canvas Shapes

My Stickease® Pemberley Assortment

My Stickease® Victory Assortment

My Stickease® Florentine Assortment

La Belle Vie My Stickease® Assortment

Flirty Complements Dimensional Elements

Moonlight Complements Dimensional Elements

Pear & Partridge Complements Glittery Rub-Ons

Milepost Shapes

Bling Assortment

Urban Felt Alphabet

Keepsake Felt Alphabet

Just Blooms® Petals Paper Flowers

Foundry® Ribbon Slides

Foundry® Binder Clips

Foundry® Number Plates

Décor Journaling Spots

Bohemian Assortment

Timeless Charms

Tough Tags

Bouquet Assortment

Haunted Assortment

Autumn Lane Assortment

Boutique Assortment

Z1772	Dimensional Elements In Color—Holiday	128
Z1393	Mini-Medley Accents Black Collection	126
Z1316	Designer Ribbon Cocoa Collection	124
Z1385	Designer Ribbon Blue Collection	124
Z1615	Designer Ribbon Red Collection	124
Z1616	Designer Ribbon Green Collection	124
Z1388	Newsprint Rub-Ons	130
Z1700	Dark Chocolate Tapestry Velvet Rub-Ons	126
Z1733	Black Tapestry Velvet Rub-Ons	126
Z1743	Festive Velvet Rub-Ons	126
Z1742	Parlor Velvet Rub-Ons	126
Z1407	6" x 6" Olive Quick PicTM Album	122
Z1408	6" x 6" Pansy Purple Quick PicTM Album	122
BULK254	Bulk Glitter Button
BULK152	Cranberry Brads
BULK213	Black Button Brads
BULK263	Avonlea Workshop Guide
BULK264	Clementine Workshop Guide
BULK265	Dakota Workshop Guide
BULK266	La Belle Vie Workshop Guide
BULK267	Scholastic Workshop Guide
BULK268	Flirty Workshop Guide
BULK269	Moonlight Workshop Guide
BULK270	Pear & Partridge Workshop Guide
BULK258	La Belle Vie B&T Duos® Combo Pack
BULK260	Flirty B&T Duos® Combo Pack
BULK261	Moonlight B&T Duos® Combo Pack
BULK262	Pear & Partridge B&T Duos® Combo Pack
BULK231	Bling Buttons (12 mm)
BULK234	Milepost Shapes Corrugated Stars (1 1/2")
BULK272	Bling Gems
BULK274	Pearl Badge Buttons
Z1054	My Creations® Display Album	132
Z1378	My Creations® Banner	132
Z1614	My Creations® Memory Game	132
Z188	Craft Jars	120
Z1352	4 1/2" Colonial White Circle Cards	123
Z1353	4 1/2" White Daisy Circle Cards	123
Z1731	My Originals® Sweet Surprises Card Kit	123
X7147B	My Reflections® Stella Paper Packet	68
X7148B	My Reflections® Pemberley Paper Packet	68
X7150B	My Reflections® Victory Paper Packet	69
X7153B	My Reflections® Florentine Paper Packet	69
X7158B	La Belle Vie Paper Packet	38
X7160B	Flirty Paper Packet	50
X7161B	Moonlight Paper Packet	56
X7162B	Pear & Partridge Paper Packet	62

Z1252	Cutting Knife	135
G1041	Workshops on the Go® Avonlea Cardmaking Kit	22
G1043	Workshops on the Go® Pear & Partridge Cardmaking Kit	66
G1040	Workshops on the Go® Spellbound Cricut® Kit	14
G1042	Workshops on the Go® Scroll Album Kit	23
G1044	Workshops on the Go® Advent Calendar Kit	67
G1045	Workshops on the Go® Avonlea Scrapbooking Kit	21
G1046	Workshops on the Go® Clementine Scrapbooking Kit	29
G1047	Workshops on the Go® Dakota Scrapbooking Kit	35
G1048	Workshops on the Go® La Belle Vie Scrapbooking Kit	41
G1049	Workshops on the Go® Scholastic Scrapbooking Kit	47
G1050	Workshops on the Go® Flirty Scrapbooking Kit	53
G1051	Workshops on the Go® Moonlight Scrapbooking Kit	59
G1052	Workshops on the Go® Pear & Partridge Scrapbooking Kit	65

Item #	Item Description	Page # Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book
A1104	A Tweet	90
A1111	A Tulip	68
A1116	A Melody	94
A1122	Bravo	92
A1128	Quick Cards—Shell	80
A1129	A Rainbow	85
B1365	Spring Up	71
B1369	Rosy Regards	67
B1374	Bee Happy	83
B1397	He Is Risen	74
B1402	My Peeps	72
C1439	Enjoy Life	95
C1440	Take a Picture	93
C1442	Tailor-Made	94
C1450	Eclectic Edges	99
C1452	Delight	71
C1455	Aspire	96
C1456	Heartfelt Treasures	68
C1457	Happy Camper	84
C1458	Paper Lantern	90
C1473	Remarkable Wreath	70
C1474	10 Things	105
C1485	Super Powers	47
C1498	Country Life	82
C1499	Perfect Day	80
D1195	The Works Alphabet	117
D1222	Tiny Typewriter Alphabet	117
D1296	Chocolate Alphabet Small	114
D1301	Hodge Podge Alphabet	114
D1303	Classmate Alphabet	114

D1462	Splendid Day	77
D1464	Card Chatter—Love	106
D1467	Trees & Things	76
D1472	Simple Memories	66
D1478	Bingo Alphabet	113
D1505	Roar!	89
D1508	Diverse Backgrounds	102
D1509	Magic Adventures	78
D1511	Kick Back	81
E1013	Field Trip Alphabet

January Club Layouts--La Belle Vie

These are our club layouts for January.  I planned on using the coordinating Stickease, but they were sold out before I ordered.  Instead, we used all the bling!  I am now in LOVE with the Sparkle Flourishes (in this case, black).  The papers are beautiful, but with two boys, I have a hard time using the more girly papers.  My mom, however, has tons of photos from Paris to scrapbook, so I told her she could have my other layouts to add her pictures.  

The first layout worked out perfectly to celebrate our 14th anniversary.  The main photo is from our actual anniversary.  We went to a local French restaurant called, Le Coq Rouge.  Hands down the best restaurant meal I've ever eaten!  We will definitely go back.  The rest of the pictures highlight our year. I love that the boys are old enough to entrust to take pictures.  We actually have some of the two of us :)  The big blank spot is for the journaling.  My printer did not want to cooperate and print on cardstock.  I'll have to figure that out.  

Layout number two is straight from the Workshop on the Go.  I love this layout, but WOW, what a lot of cutting!  It definitely shows off all you can do with the Artiste cartridge!  I also adore the stamp set that comes with the WOTG.  The lantern, Eiffel Tower, and sayings are all on there.  There's also an adorable bicycle one I didn't use.  Definitely want to use it on a card soon.  

The last layout is simple, but elegant.  I used some (gasp) non-CTMH ribbon on both pages.  I found the sparkly ribbon tape at JoAnn's, and I couldn't resist!

 Actually, looking at how fun the layouts turned out, I don't know if I'm going to be able to part with them :)

Curling Up With a Good Book (I wish!)

As anyone who knows me can attest, I LOVE books!  Reading a good book is one of my favorite things in the world, a fact my family just accepts, even when it means I am completely tuning them out. Sadly, I haven't had much time as of late.  While I love my job, the demands of teaching, grading and editing writing in particular, sometimes overwhelm my time.  As a result, I have a serious backlog of books.

My growing pile of books to read.

At the beginning of December, we had our school book fair.  Between the gifts from generous and parent and the spending of some of my teacher funds, I racked up a number of young adult books.  I like to read them before I put them in my classroom.  Then I received a number of Barnes and Noble gift cards for Christmas, and right now for teacher appreciation they are offering 25% anything for teachers (not just books for the classroom).   I added a few more to my ever-growing collection, including Divergent and Insurgent, which my students have been telling me I HAVE TO READ.  I love that my students come to me to share books they've loved and ask for recommendations.  I just wish I had more time to spend reading!  The above photo doesn't even deal with my Kindle list!  Mike bought me a new Kindle for Christmas, which I am loving.  I have a bunch more books on there I'm working on.   He bought me Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.  He heard about them on NPR and knew I would like them because they take my place during the time of Henry VIII, my favorite historical fiction time period.  Such a thoughtful hubby!

I have one more setting of writing to grade before I can reward myself with some serious reading time.  With the temperatures like this, maybe there's a chance.

On the other hand, today is National Popcorn Day, so I'm sensing some movie time in our future, too.