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Slicing Prices...

Have you been waiting for your Slice Machine?
Print this weeks coupon and save on the purchase of your Slice Machine!

Already have a slice machine? Savings applies to all Slice brand cartridges and accessories.

This offer is not combined with Scrap Bucks.

This coupon is transferable, share it with a friend!

Seasons Greetings from Scrap & Bean

Weekend Crop

Would you like to join us for...

20 Hours of Cropping!

Jan 28th, Friday, 4pm to midnight

Jan 29th, Saturday, 10am to midnight

Includes:

two hot suppers,

lunch,

snacks,

make & takes

prizes both days

Just $60 for the full event!

or add $8 to reserve a full 6' table for both days!

Paid registration saves your table.

Call or visit Scrap & Bean today.

Phone: 780-406-4539

13220 - 137th Avenue, Edmonton

Full details including cancelation policies are available in store.

December Deals!

It's December, and we are celebrating the holiday month with shopping deals. Watch this blog for a new coupon each week throughout December.

Does your husband LOVE shopping? We thought not!
For all the husbands out there.... you can be in and out of Scrap & Bean in 5 minutes.....zoom! your shopping is done. Scrap & Bean GIFT CERTIFICATES are fast, and available in any dollar amount.

The perfect gift, no assembly require!

Stamp your Sentiments

Scrap & Bean had a steady stream of deliveries today. We are bringing you stamps from many different manfacturers and designers.

Here is the view of our counter as we are unpacking just one of the several boxes that arrived today. Lots of sentiments amoung these arrivals. From serious to sassy, covering every occassion.

Those of you that are signed up on our email list already received photos of some of the Whipper Snapper stamps that arrived today as well. Yes, they are arriving by the box full. If you missed the Whipper Snapper email notice, get onto the email notification list by sending an email request to info@scrapandbean.com and include "newsletter" in the subject line.

We also have new sample cards on display.
There is stamping to be done this winter! Visit Scrap & Bean for all your stamps, inks, tools and inspiration.

Happy Stamping!

Savor in the Kitchen

Here is a little taste of the line called "SAVOR".

The kitchen has always been the heart of home for me.

That is where all the treats were, where all the good smells come from,

and best of all, that is where our family gathered.

Not only for every meal, but we spent many hours around the kitchen table

playing cards, board games, learning to sew, and doing various crafts with mom.

And when other families came over to visit, the kitchen seemed the one place where everyone loved to sit and visit.

Growing up, we had one of those long narrow kitchens,

great for running in your sock feet and then s-l-i-d-e!

This paper line...SAVOR...brings back so many great kitchen memories.

If you have some good ol' kitchen memories, you just might want to stop into Scrap & Bean and pick up your fill of Savor papers. Great for scrapbooking those memories. Also great for creating family cookbooks, recipe favorites.....which make great Christmas gifts!

Happy Crafting!

Cold Weather....Warm Reading

The chill has set in! Isn't this just the perfect weather to curl up with a great magazine?

The Winter Edition of Canadian Scrapbooker is now at Scrap & Bean. I love this magazine. It just feels so....well....Canadian!



If you follow Cathie Allens' articles, do you ever wonder where to get all those wonderful supplies she uses? Well...come to Scrap & Bean for the supplies she has used in this edition of Canadian Scrapbooker; ColorBox ink, Smooch Spritz, Smooch ink, embossing powder, Be Creative tape, glitter, stylus and we even carry the white foam tips!





More great reading and inspiration....
Merry Christmas edition of Magnolia INK Magazine has only been on the shelf for a few hours, and they are already half gone. Hurry in for your copy of this magazine full of samples, templates, and step by step directions.


Scrap & Bean has dozens of Magnolia rubber stamps to choose from. We also carry the Magnolia flowers to embellish all your projects.

HAPPY HOURS!

Fridays 5pm to 7pm

1/2 price hot beverages

Latte

Coffee

Espresso

Tea

London Fog

Steamers

Hot Chocolate

Plus flavours to add to your favorite hot beverage!

Try our treat of the season....Gingerbread Latte

Paper Sale! Plus Happy Hours

November 11 & 12 - All patterned paper is 20% off. Great time to stock up for your Christmas cards and holiday scrapbooking pages.

November 12th, Friday, Happy Hours are 5pm to 7pm - Specialty coffees are all 1/2 price! Including our new flavour for the season: Gingerbread Latte.........yummm

November 11th Store Hours

November 11th Scrap & Bean will be open from Noon to 6pm

Happy Hour at Scrap & Bean

You heard it right. Scrap & Bean is now holding happy hour. The first event is Friday, November 12th.

1/2 price Latte
1/2 price espresso
1/2 price flavor shots including our newest....gingerbread!
1/2 price hot chocolate

What ever your favorite drink is, enjoy it at half price. Check back for other savings and happenings during Happy Hour at Scrap & Bean. Putting the flavour into your Friday night!

Stampavie

It's here! It's here! Stampavie is here at Scrap & Bean. If you like cute, you will love these stamps. To see the full line of arrivals visit Scrap & Bean. Of coarse I will share a few here to show you just how cute these images are...

Farm Week in Edmonton

In honor of Farm Week, Scrap & Bean is showcasing papers which are perfect for all the events taking place in Edmonton this week. Here are just a few of them....

And my personal favorite completely flocked paper....

...it's like having the cow and scrapping it too! Scrap & Bean also has the embellishments for your cowboy and rodeo projects.

Yeehaw! Let's Scrap!

Time Change

This is the weekend to twist the clocks back an hour. This is the one day each year that I realize just how many clocks are in my house, vehicle, on my arm ..... they seem to be everywhere. For about a week, my house becomes divided into time zones. The zone where I have reset the clocks, and the "other" zone with the clocks I havent changed yet. Until it becomes a challange to remember which clock is correct, and I finally give in to updating all of them.

We are such a time sensative culture. Have you ever been in a place or country where they didnt care about the time? I was, for just a weekend, and what an adjustment for me! Many years ago I was in Tuktoyuktuk for the weekend of the Northern Winter Games. (Thats another story on its own.) But they dont (or at least they didnt then) care about time...at all! Oh they have schedules, they even print the schedule of events, and the location. Its just that they dont follow it. We are not talking about a delay of 15 minutes, or even an hour. Oh no, these winter games didnt take place until a day AFTER they were suppose to start. Why? The town didnt feel like it. Isnt that reason enough? They thought so.

I showed up on time, on location, and I was the only person there! So I started asking people, pointing to my printed schedule, is this time wrong? No, it wasnt wrong, they just dont do schedules. When the town feels like gathering, they just start getting together. When enough people gather, and they feel like starting the events, the word travels and things start happening.

If it happens today, its ok. If it happens tomorrow, thats ok too.

How do the businesses work? Well, there was only one store...the Hudson Bay. It had open hours posted, and the door was locked. Again...there is me walking down the street asking someone why the Hudson Bay wasnt open. Oh, turns out you knock on Annies door, and she will come open the store for you. It's all a bit odd when you come from a culture that has schedules, and times, and deadlines. What a relaxed way to live. I dont even know if these people had watches. Our culture would fall apart if we got rid of all track of time. But not the Tuk folks. It was totally working for them. Come to think of it, I've never heard of one of those locals having a heart attack either. Cultures are interesting, great to learn a little from eachother.

But in the mean time, I will start re-setting my clocks on Saturday night, and hopefully have the job done by end of the week.

Monster Eyes

Scrap & Bean has added Gooseberry Patch to our line of unique products. Always bringing you the mainstream along with the unique and unexpected!

Gooseberry Patch is known for their down-home-style recipes. You can get their tasty recipes in the form of cookbooks, calenders and meal planners....all at Scrap & Bean.

Since it is so close to Halloween, here is a recipe suitable for this week.....

Monster Eyes

3 cups baking biscuit mix

1 lb. ground pork

3-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

54 green olives with pimentos (oh you can just see where these are going)

Blend the first 3 ingredients. Shape into 1" balls and place on greased baking sheet. Press one olive deep into each ball. Reshape if you need to. Bake at 400 degrees for 22 minutes or until lightly golden. Makes about 4-1/2 dozen.

Doesn't that sound like a tasty and spooky treat?

To see other recipes from Gooseberry Patch, visit their website here.

'Tis the Season

Can't you just picture this beautiful festive hanging decorating your home this season? I always feel the best decorations are hand made, and this one is no exception. Local crafter Shaylenne Twele has designed this project using locally made wares, both from her own company as well as using chipboard designed and manufactured by Ezee Pezee...another local company. I love Canadian made! And Alberta made is even better.

So you take the locally made products, add your own skills to put together this festive project. Dont have the skills yet? No problem! Shaylenne will teach you how, step by easy step. Learn lots of techniques, and have fun in the process!

Class date: November 5th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Call or visit Scrap & Bean to register for this special class. Space is limited.

Scrap & Bean
13220 - 137 Avenue, Edmonton, AB
780-406-4539

Introducing Suzy

Introducing..........(drum roll please).........Suzy Toronto!

Scrap & Bean carries both the first and second volumes of The Sacred Sisterhood of Wonderful Wacky Women.


These books are filled with stories about the kind of women that we are, the women we are friends with and the women we are related to.... they are ordinary women that face and overcome challanges in life. They have done extraordinary things, empowering and uplifting the women around them, and all of us that have the opportunity to read about them.

I must add....these books should come with a warning! This is not the type of book you want to read while standing in the store, well....not unless you pack a box of kleenex with you. And I don't have any to lend you today, because I have been reading Volume 2 and used the last of my own box.


These are the books you read, you cry, you laugh, you read some more, all the while thinking of the friends you simply must share your book with. When the pages are wrinkled, warn, and have a few tear drops on them, you pass them on to another wonderful wacky woman. Or...hang on to your copy as you know you will reach for this book to read again one day. But either way, its the kind of find that you tell your friends about, so they can have a read and be inspired by how ordinarily wonderful women are.







Suzy Toronto also creates inspiring Art Prints, making great gifts for not only the wacky women freinds in our lives, but great words of wisdom for young women, our daughters, and even our sons.





Suzy Toronto has a way of taking the words from my own heart and putting them onto paper so much better than I could express them myself.

Other gift items for your Wonderful Wacky Women Friends....

These coasters come packaged, dressed with a bow, ready to give. The perfect "little something" for those 'just because' gifts.

If you are one of those really organized people that starts planning Christmas gifts now, these are perfect! If you are not one of those people that plan ahead, then you wont like to be remined that its October 25th....just 2 shorts months before December 25th.....so I wont be the one to remind you (smile).

Scrap & Bean also brings you bookmarks and shopping bags all from Suzy Toronto. Can you tell we love Suzy? Come and meet Suzy, you will love her too!

Fairy Dust for you Scrapbook pages

If you would like a little bit of Princess,

or some Fairy dust on your pages, here ya go...

This Fairy Flora Collection by Prima has the

look of delicate beauty...

Every few days there are new lines arriving at Scrap & Bean,

so there is sure to be the perfect paper line for all

of your scrapbooking projects.

How would you like to get 15% off of all your scrapbook papers?

Did you know that when you attend the all day crops at

Scrap & Bean

not only do you enjoy a day of papercrafting, a supper

and you also get

15% off your paper craft purchases

the day of the crop

(excluding die machines and gift items)

Next crop dates:

Oct 30th, Saturday 10am - 10pm

Nov 13th, Saturday 10am - 10pm

Happy cropping!

Congrats to the winners!

Linda Kulka - winner of the door prize from Scrap & Bean at the Scrapbook Carnival Oct 1-2

Rosie James - winner of the basket of gifts at the Scrap & Bean Grand Re-Opening event

Susan Trudel - winner of the Die Cut machine at the Scrap & Bean Grand Re-Opening event

Scrapbook Carnival in Edmonton

If you plan to attend the Scrapbook Carnival in Edmonton this week, (Oct 1 & 2), be sure to visit Scrap & Bean at booth #105 for product demonstrations.

Are you registered for one of the classes these days? You can purchase many of the required supplies right at Scrap & Beans booth.

And don't miss the Carnivals Loonie Make-and-Take bar. Scrap & Bean will be participating in that event as well, from 2:00 - 3:00 each day. Along with the Scrap & Bean make-and-take project, you get a coupon...2 for the price of 1 specialty coffees. Great way to share a tasty treat with a friend!

Edmonton Toy Run 2010

Sunday was the annual Toy Run through Edmonton. It was a perfect day to be out enjoying the sunshine and a ride with friends. Some of them were stuffed friends pictured here. Cute little guys eh?

As Santa made his appearance (yes even this time of year) we all started our engines and you could feel the pavement rumble as hundreds of bikes rolled out of Capilano Parking Lot. By the afternoon, a semi-trailer was nearly filled with toys for the Santa's Anonymous. Great job Edmonton!

You Deserve A Little Me Time

When was the last time you had a day out with the girls?

Has it been months since your scrapbooked?

Don't you deserve a little "me" time?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Scrap & Bean's 12 hour crops are perfect for you!

Affordable, fun, a chance to meet new friends, and be surrounded by inspiration! We even provide a hot supper. Our 12-hour crops are offered two Saturdays each month.

Next crop dates:
Sept 25th
Oct 16
Oct 30

Call or visit Scrap & Bean to register and save your table.
All registered croppers receive 15% off paper crafting supplies during the crop, see details in store.

Penny Black

Penny Black has arrived ...

with Christmas, flowers, and lots and lots of sentiments for every occassion. The shelves at Scrap & Bean are loaded with wood mounted rubber stamps! We also have a great selection of cling rubber and acrylic stamps.

And From Sweden...

Magnolia

In all her cuteness!

There is now a Magnolia wall at Scrap & Bean.

So many Tilda and Edwin to choose from. Even Snowy.

And of coarse the Magnolia magazine arrived as well...

and for a little Magnolia surprise....

the design team in Sweden created a

card especially for Scrap & Bean. Come see!