Shortly after we got inside, the place was swarming with people. The lineups in some booths were horrendous. There were several booths that I didn’t even go into as there were so many people in them. Fortunately I had made a list of which booths I wanted to find & the products that I was looking for before I left home.
I kind of got a little overwhelmed and disoriented when I first got in there. So many goodies & eye candy that I didn’t know where to go first. I had stopped at one booth and found a great deal on the Cuttlebug Embossing folders and bought several that I didn’t have as well as a Sizzix Embossing Folder. After that stop I decided to check the “map” that they gave us & try to find the booths on my list.
First on my list, I visited the Scrapnook a store from Fonthill. http://www.thescrappingnook.ca/retail.htm. I knew from browsing their online store that they had the new Fiskars Border Punches that I was interested in. I recently purchased the Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch & the Effervescence Border punch from Sheila at ScrappinGreatDeal’s & they arrived last week. So now I was on the hunt for the Upper Crest Border punch which, I was thrilled to find at the Scrapnook. I decided against getting the Scallop Sentiment as I already have the Stampin Up Scallop border punch which looks very similiar. I'm not sure if the scallops are the same size though. I also decided against getting the Boundary Waters Border punch as I wasn’t sure that I’d use it. (But then, I can always change my mind now that I know where to find them. lol)
I stopped by Angela’s booth (http://www.creativepapercrafts.com/), she has a store in Dundas, Ontario that I’ve been to several times. I wanted to find some “Flower Soft” that I knew she carried. I bought 4 jars of it from her as well as did a “make & take” on it. The girl also showed me how to use the Translucent Embossing Paste with the brass templates again. I bought some of it awhile back and have yet used it.
The Town Scrapper from Sarnia was next on my list. I wanted to see if she had any Magnolia stamps and was thrilled to find that she did. Of course I went crazy on them. I bought several of the Magnolia stamps and a couple of the High Hopes stamps as well. She had a special on “if you bought a stamp at regular price, you could buy one of this one shelf for half price”. There were only a couple of stamps that I was interested in on the half price rack and I was thrilled to find two on my “wish/want list” there. I got the “High Hope’s Love Bandit” stamp (wood mounted) and the “Whipper Snapper – Fancy Fifi” stamp (also wood mounted). Both of these stamps are just too cute & I was thrilled to find them.
I bought several Magnolia stamps to feed my new addiction. I got 2 from the 2009 Love Collection - Tilda Wearing Hat #329 & Magnolia Tilda with Hat Sitting #330. I did get the bale of straw for half price too! Then I got #277 Queen Tilda with a Frog. I also got the Blessings (#318 Tilda with candle), "Tilda w/ Hood" - winter 2008 collection and “Tilda with Leaf” from the fall collection.
I paid regular price for the High Hopes "Danni Dress Up" and the "Willard Weather Ant" stamps and got the High Hopes "Love Bandit" & the Whippersnapper "Fancy Fifi" stamp for half price.I got a great deal on 12x12 black chipboard that I can use to create mini albums with. I also bought myself a set of Watercolor Pencils. I have a set and they were ok when I was starting out but now I wanted something that was a little better quality. I must admit that I was thrilled with all my purchases as well as a few other items that I didn’t mention.
After leaving the Scrapfest we headed over to Michael’s. Michael’s had a 50% off sale on some of their storage items. I bought a Making Memories Wood Desktop Organizer as well as a Wood Table organizer that matches. I don’t have a picture of the table but will take one as soon as I can. The table has paper storage on the bottom, 2 drawers & a 3rd drawer that has a slot for ribbon. The table folds down when not in use and it’s on wheels too!
Michael's also had the cutest Cupcake stamps which I couldn't pass up. These must have went pretty fast as there were hardly any left. 
They also had a line of adorable Fairy stamps that were calling my name too! So of course I had to grab what I could of these too.
Then to finish it off, I grabbed a couple of wood saying stamps that I thought were to cute to pass up.
Hopefully I haven't enabled you too much. lol Have a great day!
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