Donna's back from checking out Rhapsody of the Seas

Donna's back from her Hawaiian cruise on the ship we will be sailing on for our Sailing With Scissors cruise. She said the ship is really nice. There are lots of fun things to do on the ship. I can't imagine anything more fun than cardmaking.

Now that she is back, definitely give her a call to book your cruise and transportation.

Checking out Ship Right Now!

Ahoy Mateys! Our fabulous cruise travel agent Donna, is on our Sailing with Scissors cruiseship as I type! She is on Royal Caribbean's, Rhapsody of the Seas, right now. I can't wait to get scoop from Donna about our ship.
You can actually do a virtual tour of the ship, at the following link

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do?shipCode=RH

It looks just fabulous.
Donna will be back next week if you haven't booked yet. She will find you a good price and put you in our awesome group.

Question

I received a really good question from one of our guests. K askes "Will the conference room be available outside of class times for our own general cardmaking?". We will not be able to use the rooms outside of prescribed times. However, the ship will have lots of rooms and areas available for you to catch up on your own cardmaking. For instance, the ship has a library and a card room that have tables and chairs which are perfect spaces for cardmaking. Lounges and eateries, outside of scheduled events are also great places for cardmaking. Donna's previous quilting cruise event found the quilter with the biggest cabin and a few quilters hauled their sewing machines into the cabin and sewed there.
Watch out G and M...so far you two have the biggest cabin on our cardmaking cruise. You may have a bunch of cardmakers showing up at your cabin to make cards.

Pop Up Card Class

Here is one of the samples for the Pop Up Card Class. The recipients of these cards will be in for a nice surprise.

Vintage Card Class

You will love my Vintage Card Class. This is right up my alley, as those of you know from visiting the store. I relish the times of old when life was gentile, classy and welcoming. You will get the same feel from the cards that will be made in this class. Here is me with some samples.

Early Bird Instructor!

Diana Crick, the originator of the Scor-Pal is already working on her card kits. She is making four awesome cards for her class. Yay Diana!

--check out her informative site at http://www.scor-pal.com

Are you a single traveller?

Donna is still looking for singles to match up for double occupancy cabins so if you can't find a cabin mate but still want to join us, we can help! Call Donna at 1-800-299-0817 for more info.

Classes - Cool Little Extras

Wow! Each of the instructors are going to have fun and unexpected surprises for their classes. Diana Crick is going to introduce a new product. Maureen Holanti is going to have draws and prizes. I am going to have some free products along with the kits. Those of you who have signed up will love the fun and the good times.
---Those of you who haven't signed up yet, please do...you will not be disappointed.

We're on Facebook

We have a Facebook Page! Please join us there. You will see some fun card samples and other tidbits. If you are a member of Facebook, just search for "Sailing with Scissors" and join this page as a friend.

Bus Information

Donna will be contacting those cardmakers who have already booked the cruise to pay for the bus. Please be expecting her call. Thanks.

Great Prices Ending Soon!

Donna just gave me a call and broke the bad news. We are able to keep our awesome prices for a limited time - then the pricing increases. If you know anyone, who is hemming or hawing about the cruise, tell them to book ASAP. Call Donna at 604-464-7447 before the pricing increases.

My Cherished Chicks and Chuck at team meeting

Here are my Cherished Chicks and Chuck (my husband Andrew) who work hard in the store. I could not have done it without them. Baby Chick (our daughter Ella) was doing her best Greta Garbo "I want to be alone" impression - no pic for her. You can see the back of her little head, in daddy's arms.
-We discussed the cruise so all the Chicks and Chuck are well informed. They can answer your questions, or know where to find the answers.
If you would like to put a name to voice of the person you give your credit card information to, here they are:
Striped Shirt - Lori, Black shirt - Annie, Black shirt (on left) - Laura, White Sleeves - Chriss, Light Green Sweater - me, Jessie. Above Jessie, standing - Doreen, the guy - Andrew, back of toddler's head - Ella.
These are my Cherished the Thought Team! Yay!!!

Classes - Registration

Cherish the Thought is open and class registration time is open! Please call the store at 604-949-1872 to register for the classes. You can pre-register using your VISA or MasterCard. We'll give you your receipt at the class, on the ship.

Don't forget to also register for the Wood Mount Game, which is free...all you need to bring is an unwanted new, or slightly used wood mount stamp which is at least 3 inches by 2 inches.

Also, we are doing a free card swap as well. Make sure you register so everyone knows how many cards they want to make to accommodate everyone.

See my post from August 30th for more details about the wood mount game, and the card swap.

Classes - Registration

In order to register for the classes below, please call my store, Cherish the Thought at 604-949-1872. We are closed now for the holidays but will be open again on December 28th.
Happy Holidays Everyone!

Instructor Diana Crick

Drum Roll....I am really excited to announce that Diana Crick will be an instructor on our Sailing With Scissors cruise. Diana is known world-wide in the cardmaking community for her wonderful invention, the Scor-Pal. This tool provides accurate scoring for your cards, envelopes and other papercrafting projects. Her site http://www.scor-pal.com has lots of great information and projects.