Sunday, September 1, 2013

Guest Designer for September & October - Linda McClain!! + new products!

A new month brings another incredible new guest designer joining us for a two month gig. We are beyond thrilled to have the extremely talented and fun Linda McClain designing for us during September and October! Linda's attention to detail on her cards is wonderful - view her designs on her blog, Catered Crop!


Here's an introduction Linda shared with us:

I’m wicked excited to join IHP and get to know all of you better. I’ll be bringing my brand of quirky-vintage-geek because, well, I’ve always been “crafty” and a bit of a geek. Evidence? I bought my first scrapbook from the Five and Dime and filled it with clippings about the moon landing way before scrapbooks were trending. In high school I sat at the nerd table, ate Ding Dongs and Diet Coke for lunch and wore purple polyester bell-bottom jeans. (It was the 70’s - everyone looked ridiculous.) I married my husband for his sexy math skills and together we watch Big Bang Theory reruns every night. So yeah, I’m THAT quirky, geeky and vintage - but NOT antique. I like to tattle on about that darlin’ man, our two great kids, the puppies, my traveling mis-adventures as an RN investigating nursing homes, and life in Texas, y’all. We’re going to have so much fun together. I love that all these crafts from the 50s to the 80s are back - because now everyone wants to sit at the geek table - and, shoot, I never left!

How fun is that?? If you loved that introduction as much as we did, you'll love Linda's blog, too! Thanks so much for joining us, Linda, we're thrilled to have you!

New goodies keep arriving in the store! Be sure to visit the New Items section regularly so you don't miss anything! We've gotten in some fabulous new Lawn Fawn, tons of  different washi tape designs, Technique Tuesday products, gorgeous papers and other fun embellishments. Here's a sampling:

Peace Joy Love
Echo Park Reflections


Doodlebug Design Sprinkles Enamel Sticker Dots

Poppy Sentiments
Moustache
Thanks for stopping by today!

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Great New Goodies - in stock now!!

Today is release day over at CAS-ual Fridays! We have two new stamp sets in stock, as well as three of their brand new Fri-Dies!! (Isn't that the most clever name for their dies? Love it!) Take a look!







And there's more, we also have the new goodies from Paper Smooches in the store! There are several fabulous new stamps and dies available - here's a look at the stamps.




Be sure to visit the new items section of the store to see everything we've added - shipments with new goodies we ordered during CHA have been arriving, and there's more on the way! We already have the new colors of Distress Markers (here!), ink cubes from Hero Arts (here!) and some wonderful new paper pads from Authentique (here and here!).

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Guest Designer for August & September - Amy Kolling!

It's the first of the month, a happy day at IHP because it means we have a new guest designer joining us! We are beyond thrilled to have the talented and fabulous Amy Kolling joining us for the next two months. Amy's clean and crisp designs are such an inspiration - check them out on her blog, Stamp-n-Paradise!


Here's a little introduction from Amy:

My name is Amy Kolling.  I am so excited to be sharing projects with you as the Guest Designer for IHP!!! Sharing a bit about myself except for stamping.....I am married, have 2 kids, 2 dogs, and work full time as a Dialysis RN.  One of the things I enjoy the most is spending time with my family!  Next to that.....I LOVE to stamp!  I was introduced to stamping when I asked to "look over" a SU catalogue.  That has been many many years ago and I find it fun to look back on my hobby and see how I've changed over the years with the trends.  Through this hobby, I have met some of my closest friends and it has been great to meet some of them in person!!!  Thank you Kate for inviting me this month!

Thanks so much for joining us, Amy! We cannot wait to see what you share!

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

New - Fresh Squeezed Stamps and Memory Box Dies!

Today is release day for Fresh Squeezed Stamps, and we have all three of their fabulous new stamp sets in stock!




This week we've also added some absolutely gorgeous dies from Memory Box to the store! Some examples...



This is just a small sampling, there are so many more beautiful dies! Check them all out in the Memory Box section of the store, or visit our "new items" section for all of the latest goodies!

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Our Pre-Order Policy

Every time CHA rolls around we get emails asking why we don’t do pre-orders? Well, here’s why. It’s mostly because we don’t trust manufacturing dates. We’ve been burned too many times by manufacturers telling us product will ship by this date and then 2 months later for whatever reason, it actually shows up. This can be due to manufacturing delays, slow boats from China (literally), customs, manufacturing glitches or any number of other reasons. And we don’t feel comfortable taking your money for a pre-order and holding onto it for months while you wait for product to show up. Plus, since we offer free shipping on everything in the store, it gets administratively complicated to manage pre-orders when they aren’t here but are counting towards your free shipping. And, I’m sure you don’t want to wait 2 months until everything is in stock before your order ships.

So, we’ve made the decision to not offer pre-sale of items. There are stores that do it but for our business model, only selling items that are available and in stock and ready to ship is how we do things! It’s the same reason why we never backorder items. If our inventory happens to be off for whatever reason when you order, you get an immediate refund, not a backordered item. Hope this helps clear up any confusion! And as always, thanks for reading and understanding. I always try to help customers understand why we do the things we do.  :-)

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Happy Birthday, Kate!

Hi everyone! It's Libby here, hijacking the IHP blog to wish our very own Kate a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! The entire team wanted to give Kate a little happy birthday surprise - leave some birthday wishes here for Kate, then check out what the rest of the team created in her honor!

Carole
Deb
Gretchen
Judy
Lindsay
Lizzie
Lori
Sarah
Stacey
Tracy
Vera
Wida

Now here's my card for Kate!


I used Avery Elle's Bonjour stamp set and matching die. The gingham paper is from the adorable Carta Bella Summer Cool 6x6 pad. Those yummy macarons are even more fun with a little glitter filling!


We hope you have a really sweet birthday, Kate! Thanks for being a great stampy boss and running the best online store around!

- Libby

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Friday, July 12, 2013

New from Flourishes!

It's release day for Flourishes, and we have their beautiful new sets in stock! Here's a look...




We've also recently added other Flourishes stamps to the store, find them all in the Flourishes section of the store. Such beautiful sets are sure to result in gorgeous cards!

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