FUN TIMES AT THE HALLOWEEN CROP

We came dressed for fun and

boy did we have FUN!

Even the food was dressed up for fun.

 

Joyce dressed up as a minion

and won the costume contest.

Vickie dressed up as an adorable Cat in the Hat

and placed second in the contest.

At 8:30 we were off to the Ghost Walk.

Over 200 people went on the ghost walk.

After all, it was the perfect activity 

for Halloween!

Even grandma went on the walk....

oh wait, that's Sharon!  LOL!

Race horse Nanci, aka Nellie, 

brought down the house during

the ghost walk, quite by accident!

Yes, the crazy cat lady (aka Cat)

knows how to put together a fun 

Halloween for us.

We had a blast!

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN FUN AT CAT'S

We are having some fun at the store on Halloween.  

There will be a special crop with all the ladies 

dressing up in costume and going on a 

GHOST WALK hosted by The Baker Hotel that evening. 

Cat already has her pages made for those pics. 

 

Our store deco doors will be all decked out 

for Halloween pics on 

Saturday, October 31st.

 Bring the kiddos, or adults, by for some fun pics.

 Use your own camera or we can take them 

& email the pics to you.

We will also have pre-made pages for purchase 

that will fit those pics purrrfectly with

 all the work already done for you. 

Come by the store anytime Saturday October 31st

 and have fun taking pics with us!

Let's have a little Halloween Spooky FUN! 

Just print the puzzle above, 

complete it 

and bring into the store on

Halloween, Saturday October 31st 

for a freebie. 

Provided your answers are all correct, of course!

LET'S PARTY!!!!

 

Here's a little stamp love for the month of October from 

Art Impressions Stamps & Cat's. 

Don't you just LOVE the wonderful AI stamps? 

Of course you do!

Want some special stamps from their catalog? 

Of course you do!

 How do you get them?

 It's so easy--Just come in,

 browse the catalog, 

place your order & prepay.

 Cat will order every Monday the month of October.

Allow two weeks for delivery.

 Plus, if you order $30+ you will receive one of these cute giraffe stamps.

So, come in and peruse the catalog.

Order and prepay for your favorites!

Order $30 worth so you will

get the adorable giraffe stamp!

You have just

TWENTY-ONE days

 to place your order!

CROPPING OUT JUVENILE DIABETES

 

Saturday, it was all about

Cropping out Juvenile Diabetes.

While we had creative fun,

we also raise money for this worthy cause.

 

There were bags full of goodies for us

to purchase tickets for chances to win.

Cat, Vickie, and two Sharons went to

Mark Witschorke's  Antique store before

Cat's opened and picked up some things to alter.

 

This window/shelf is one

that Sharon Leonard purchased to alter

for Christmas.  

 The finished product will look great on her 

walls during the holidays.

 Cat altered this picture frame 

for the Christmas holidays.

The candy striped rods were also purchased

at Mark's.

 

This picture frame is another one that

Sharon Leonard altered.

Very elegant!

We had lots of fun creating on Saturday

while cropping for a great cause.

Plus we won same great prizes!

 

CROPPING OUT JUVENILE DIABETES

Cat's long time friend's 2 year old grandson

was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes about 6 months ago. 

This child has stolen Cat's heart as he is so much like 

his grandmother was when they were kids.

 He is always smiling and happy and so full of joy.

Cat also discovered that our favorite vendor, Authentique, 

 was also recently connected to this not so nice disease. 

 Bret Cornell's beautiful daughter, Maddi, 

has also been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. 

She is learning, at an older age,

 how to rearrange her lifestyle to accommodate Type 1.

 Dad says she has been quite the trooper herself showing 

the family true courage at such a young age.

Our crop this Saturday, October 3rd,

will be a benefit crop

to raise money to help

find a cure for 

Juvenile Diabetes.

There will be all kinds of fun goodies for you to bid on during the silent auction.

The monies raised in the silent auction 

and all of the crop fees will go

towards finding a cure for this disease

that attacks our little ones.

There are a few spots available if you

would like to join us for a day of cropping fun

while we raise money for this worthy cause. 

BURSTING WITH FUN!!!!

 

This group of ladies 

(plus me-I had to leave early)

had a BLAST learning all about

Ken Oliver's Color Burst inks.

 

A TINY bit of color burst

mixed with water and you have

MAGIC!!!!

Ken showed everyone the proper technique

for getting the ink pigments out of

the little bottles.

Big smiles all around 

as Ken demonstrates the

fabulous techniques!

A captive audience

surrounded Ken as he

explained all of the things

we were doing during the class.

Look at those happy girls!!!

We learned so much from Ken.

He is a great teacher and we cannot

wait for him to visit again!

These lovely little bottles are what

all of the fuss is about!

The ladies loved them, so

Cat has ordered more!

 

IT'S SPOOKY FUN!!!!

 It's Halloween,

 It's Saturday Nite, 

Let's Dress Up in Costume &

 Act Like Kids Again!
 

 Yes ladies, we are having a special 

Halloween Crop

on Saturday, October 31,

 complete with a costume contest and a 

GHOST WALK!
 

The Ghost Walk people are doing one that night.

 It starts at The Baker and goes 10 blocks 

winding thru town giving the history of the buildings

 and the past in Mineral Wells. 

Cost for the Ghost Walk is $15

 and it lasts about 1 hour and 45 minutes.

 This part of the day is optional. 

Those that want to do this can all trek over

 and go for it--Cat is!

 She love ghosts and history!!

 Be sure to bring your favorite ghoul dish to share 

and we will Trick or Treat all day with the Ghosts!

CROPPING OUT TYPE 1 DIABETES!!!

Saturday, 

October 3rd,

will be the

 

BENEFIT CROP FOR

THOMAS TROOPERS!

Pictured above is the two year old grandson of Cat's long time friend.

He was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes about 6 months ago. 

This child has stolen Cat's heart as he is so much 

like his grandmother was when they were kids.

 He is always smiling and happy and so full of joy. 

The family is doing a walk in San Antonio on October 18

 to raise money and awareness about Type 1 Diabetes. 

Our October 3rd crop will be a total Benefit Crop. 

Cat's will donate crop fee money to the foundation under Thomas Troopers. 

We will also have all kinds of fun goodies for you to bid 

on with all of those funds going to the foundation as well.

 It will be a crop for a good cause.

Before Cat could post this info to Facebook, 

she discovered that our favorite vendor, Authentique, 

was also recently connected to this not so nice disease.

 Bret Cornell's beautiful daughter, Maddi,

 has also been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. 

We will also be doing this Benefit in her name as well

 as she learns at an older age how to rearrange her lifestyle to accommodate Type 1.

 Dad says she has been quite the trooper herself showing 

the family true courage at such a young age.

Join us for 12 hours of some great fun and scrapping as

 we give our hearts and money to help eradicate this 

disease for all the other youngsters out there.

IT'S A MYSTERY!!!!

 

Mystery Envelope Time! 

We are handing them out beginning TODAY!

You can't open. 

You can't look. 

You must hang onto it until the week of Sept 8-12. 

At that time you can redeem it for a discount on product. 

Discounts start at 15% & go up to 40%! 

You won't know until we open it for you!

 Yesterday was Cat's birthday!!!

And I forgot to put it on the blog....

YIKES!!!

But, you know we all love to

celebrate all week long!

So, come by the store and tell

her

H A P P Y

B I R T H D A Y ! ! ! ! !

It's also the store's birthday!

Shop some while you are at the store

and pick up your 

MYSTERY ENVELOPE too!

LOOK WHO IS COMING TO CAT'S!!!!

 

 Ken Oliver is coming to Cat's

on Sunday, August 23rd 

from 1-6:00 p.m.!!!

Not familiar with his work?

 

This was made using Color Burst 

with a stencil from The Crafters' Workshop.

  

Bottles of color burst....

Stay tuned to find out exactly what class will be

offered and what the cost will be.

Looks like it will be 

F.U.N.!!!!!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

What are you doing this Saturday?

Call and reserve your spot for a wild and crazy

CROPPING GOOD TIME!!!

The crop is from 10 am to 10 pm

and the cost is $15 or a purchase

of $15 in supplies.

What are you doing on May 30th?

Behind on making pages?

No time to get it done? 

Join us on Saturday, May 30 

and we will make 8 pages, 

eat lunch,

 laugh 

and have fun creating. 

We will be busy working all day on some wonderful layouts 

using all kinds of techniques and product. 

 We just might get messy.
Cost: $48 (Pre-register and pre-pay please)
We will start at 10am and go until 7pm.
Light lunch included.
Student Supplies: Basic Tool Kit and various adhesives. 

Class supplies will be in your kits. 

Additional coordinating product will be available for sale

 if you want to "pimp up" your layouts 

or make additional coordinating pages.

WHAT'S A PAGE-A-PALOOZA?

What is a Page-A-Palooza?

We had a great time at the Page-A-Palooza on Saturday.

This is what we created:

 

 We used "Everyday Circus" by Fancy Pants Designs

to create this layout.  

It is a very versatile layout that could be used for almost anything.

 "As You Wish" was used to create this fun layout.

that could be used for travel or about

the person who is "your world".

 

"Burlap and Bouquets" was used for this

spring layout.  

You could also use this layout for Easter or Mother's Day.

In addition, we decided that vintage photos would look great  on 

this layout.

 

 Echo Park's "Summer Bliss" was used for

this fun layout designed by Cat.

Love these fun photos of Cat's niece and nephew splashing around.

This was a bonus layout that Cat designed using

scraps from the other layout in addition

to stickers and two additional pieces of paper.

This is what you do at a Page-A-Palooza.

You spend the day having fun creating,

and leave with EIGHT completed pages.

So, the next time you see one scheduled,

sign up!  

We all had a blast,

and so would you!

SCORE!!!!!!! IT'S HERE!!!!

 

Scor-Tape is back in stock in all widths!

We all love this stuff and can't seem to get enough!

So, come by and pick some up.

 This is a sneak peek of one of the layouts we will be

creating today at the 

PAGE-A-PALOOZA.

There will be lots of fussy cutting and

fussing about fussy cutting!  LOL!

However, at the end of the day,

the ladies will leave with 8 completed pages.

Can't fuss about that!

Stop by to pick up your Scor-tape

and see all of the cool layouts we are creating.

We look forward to seeing you!