Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Nicole's been up to something....

Gosh, I find it hard to know where to start.... 

I have been keeping a rather large secret..... 

But, I think it's about time I give up just a little tiny weenie bit of it... don't you? 

Well, many of you know that Market Street Stamps so graciously allowed me to design several stamp sets for them (in May and coming in June).... and it was all together just the most fun thing I have done in some time.... So, after great thought and several discussions with my partner in crime (my husband :) for the past several months I have been scheming and planning my entrance into the business world with my very own line of stamps. 

I don't want to give too much away too soon.... but, I am just so excited about it all I just had to share. It's been consuming my life for the last few months and I can finally say something about it!

I am in the final weeks of preparation and I hope by the beginning of July I will have my 'soft' opening for friends and family. With a 'grand opening' sometime in August.

The website is now in the caring hands of my designer... the first release is being carefully produced (here in the USA!)... packaging is in it's last stage... lots of lists are being made and being crossed off....

I am so close to making all my hard work a reality... and I am so excited to share with you a peek of what's to come.

My new stamp line is called....

Sweet Stamp Shop

and I have hand drawn all the sets .... and without giving too much away too soon... you all are going to love the designs! Wanna peek?

There might be a Gnome set.... 



And.... there might be an apple set coming. :)




Now the cat is out of the bag I will be back again soon with more peeks... I am starting with a pretty big line so I have lots of peeks to share...

Stay tuned!

Ohhh, one last thing.... I would really like to start my official design team search. So, I want to extend the offer first to my blog readers and their friends.

If you might be interested in being on my team...

Email me
(nicolehrixon@gmail.com)

with your...

Name
Examples of cards you've made
A link to your blog
Previous design team experience (totally not a requirement!)


I can't wait to hear from all of you and I hope that you stay tuned to see whats to come! It's pretty exciting!

Happy Crafting,
Nicole

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Hello All.... 

Are you ready to hear who won the big post-a-palooza 100th post give-a-way??

I'll first have you know that my trusty assistant (my husband) and I went through each blog/facebook comment and made sure that everyone got the amount of entries they deserved. Including not entering those of you who did not leave a means of contacting you.... sorry, it was the rules. :) 

Normally, I would use one of those randomized comment choos-ie thingies... but, because people could earn extra entries... we did it the old fashioned way... 


See your name somewhere in there? ... :) 



Ok... drum roll... 

He is reaching in and shuffling around for the big grand prize winner... 

He's got one... 

The Winner is... 

Drum Roll... 


Drum roll continuing...


Yippeeee!!!
Emily you're the big winner...  
"Wow! What an awesome giveaway! I can't wait to buy your stamps from Market Street Stamps when they are released! I'm a follower and a fan of your facebook page :-)"

-Emily
http://www.createserendipity.net
createserendipity@gmail.com

I am emailing you right after I post this to get your address!

But WAIT!

I decided to draw one more name for the choice of one of my newly designed stamp sets from Market Street Stamps... 

Are you ready for Jake to pull another name... 

Start the drum roll!


Ohhh, he's got one... it might be you... 


Could it be .... is it .... 



It's Viji !!!

Yippee... I was hoping that we'd pull your name! You sent over the most people to comment and went above and beyond in your entries... I think you had something like 7 entries... so the odds we'd pull your name was pretty good... and I am so glad we did!

I'll email you the minute I post this and you can choose which set you'd like to have from the May release! (Market Street Stamps)


Thanks everyone for participating... The next few months are going to be so busy for me... I have such huge things in the creative works... I cant. wait. to. share. 

Stay tuned! 

Yippee Emily and Viji !!!