WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

Sistahs, you must read this post and if you don’t already KNOW Lauren, I think it is IMPERATIVE that you meet her… Lauren Meader, that is.  Please read her story and learn what she is all about.  I have been an avid reader of her blog and admirer for many moons.  Her talent is INCREDULOUS (word?) and her style cannot be beat… her personality exudes on her blog and just makes you fall in love with her.

This morning I was inundated with emails from sistahs telling me “did you see Lauren’s card?”, “it BLEW me away”.. DIDJA SEE IT? HUH HUH HUH?  So with my coffee in hand I sat at my computer and read Lauren’s post.  Of course the card was the usual Lauren style, but the content of her post was even MORE meaningful.  Lauren basically visually exemplefied what the true meaning of BELLA is… of what Bella was intended to be or mean to everyone around us.. that Bella, regardless of what she looks like, exudes a persona that can be identified with.. and that is what her card and her post are about.  About her MOM.. a mom who has many different functions and meanings in our lives.

Please read it.

Lauren, you have outdone yourself and kudos to you sistah for putting the “feeling” and true meaning  of ” bella” on a card for all of us to enjoy.

Mwah to da sistahs who may be sniffling along with me as I write this post

Em

anyone out there? I’ve missed my sistahs!  It’s been cuh-RAZY over at Bella HQ (lol)… sistahs are starting to find out about my itty bitty boutique and we are having a ball (WAVING HI TO SHELLEY!).. we are constantly getting new goodies and playing and demoing and trying lots of new stuff.. how fun is DAT?  Ok, so who’s coming to visit??? you here yet? (*winks*)

We have now painstakingly installed a calendar of events on our website so our local sistahs and not-so-local-sistahs-who-wanna-visit can come and say hi and take a class!  We are still perfecting this feature so pleasssse bear with us!

We are introducing a new STELLA class…  Nicky makes an assortment of PHENOM and ELEGANT cards… we introduce you to her wacky character (not NICKY”S- ok well maybe hers too 😉 ) and show how versatile she is (Stella)… especially for the STELLA in YOU! 

I have put a new product online.. a product I completely believe in and love… it’s the Lyra 72 pce Colored Pencil set.. I LOOOVE THIS SET!  It is an amazing deeply pigmented colored pencil.. the lead is beautiful and soft (perfect to use with odorless mineral spirits) and doesn’t break! I own Prismacolors and LOOOOVE THEM and use them but the Lyras are soft soft too and don’t break (do you know how many times I have sharpened my prismas and ended up having a little ‘stump’ cuz it always  broke? ! LOVE Lyras!.. and you know what?  Lyra has 72 colours only and you know you won’t be missing anything in this set.. the colors are stunning and come in different shades of each color! A bit of an investment but in my opinion, worth every penny!

Enjoy!

mwah to da sistahs who wanna take a class with us and fall asleep in a pile of SOOOFT colored pencillllsssss

Em

Hiya sistahs,

I was surfing through our splitcoast forum and noticed that people were looking for some sort of coupon or something? (LOL)… I know that the economy is in a slump and I know that people everywhere are feeling it and are budgeting etc.. and TRUST me.. I totally capiche!  So Ryan and I decided that it would be nice on this gloomy rainy day in Toronto to have a FREE SHIPPING weekend.. just to uplift some spirits, allow some people to enjoy and afford some happy things 🙂

The minimum order for free shipping is $45.00 and the sale is on until Sunday April 13th at midnight.. and TRUST ME.. after you see what I will launch today, you will be SOOOO HAAAAPPPPPPYYYYYY.. each and every stamp in today’s collection.. OMG.. words cannot express how I feel about them.. I mean HOW redundant can I be???

So I will be posting throughout the day and will let you know when I am done 🙂

I will keep on editing this post with more information .. so always scroll to da BOTTOM

mwah to da sistahs who wanna hop into a free shipping envelope and come visit me 🙂

Em

***** meet “all punked up and nowhere to go“*****

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>>> check out the metallic texture.. CAN YOU FAINT??? stay tooooned, the metal will be for sale next week!!!

LOOOOVE tutuface.. you lovey?

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made with our square window card kit!

Here’s FABBYYYYYYYY notice her little nostrils and crooked smile? LOL

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little johnny depster and his sentiments (people made fun of me with YAARRRGHHH) but I lovey it.  I was screaming Yaargh for about 2 days at the office.  People were NOT happy with me..LOL

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check out the CORE PAYPAH.. is it amaazing or wha?

to go with happy forest comes HAPPY NEIGHBORHOOD

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LOVEY?  cuz I DOOOOO

hee hee.. just added GEORGINA GLAMOURPUSS.. LOVE HER? LOVE HER? LOVE HER?

meet CECILY CINNAMONSTICKS… she goes with life is how you bake it..and it’s a cupcake thing.. cute no?

Nickabella (rhymes with Stella, Ella and BELLA-in case you haven’t noticed) was a biZzY BeE this week.  We had SOOO muc fun with DA stellas… Stella is a funny, goofy, ageless character.. she has swollen feetsies at times, she can drink a little, and that darned wand.. she hangs on to it for dear life.. sometimes she may “misplace” it… you will see that in another stella coming out soon (LOL)

so see Stella come to life.. Thank you NICKY and thank you JAN for da Stellas 🙂

Mwah!

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 please notice the LIP EMBOSSED PAYPAH! LOL

mwah to da sistahs who want to DIP into a martini glass

Em

sistahs

we had DA BESTEST time at our Galabella day (well at least nicky and I did..LOL!). Meeting all the sistahs was the highlight of my day!

ok here is how the table looked the night before (nicky makes sure everything is nice n’ neat)

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notice the matching chairs and the bare wall? LOL!

this was US HAVING SO MUCH FUN!

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this is a “snippet” of the laughter that went on here… loved every minute of it!!

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we also had a GUEST STAMPER! (Super Jayden)

and I got lots of gifts from da sistahs but had to show off DA CUPCAKES

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can you believe how STUNNING they are? my colours! my flayVAHS! Thank you Maralyn Karen and Esther! Karen, we MIIIISSED YOU!!!!

Now, I am CONVINCED that SOME of my sistahs read my blog… cuz LOOKIE what ELSE I GOT? La Piece De Resistance!!

you readyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

I mean reaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ready???

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Yes, I gots da Bon Jovi FIGURINE.. jealous? hmmmmmm????

Mwah to da sistahs who wanna crawl into DAT BOX with da JON

Em

I wanted to leave you all with some of Pinky’s Prose

that you had your own fairy godmother?  there have been SOOOO many times where I have said “I WISH”…. you?  Well Bella has said the same thing.. ovah and ovah and ovah again.. so here we go.. this is the story about how I met Jan Dolby www.thepinksuitcase.com. There is a “ONE OF A KIND SHOW” every year in toronto.. actually twice a year and Ryan and I go and spend a lovely evening downtown just browsing, buying and minding our own Bidniss.. until I saw JANNNNNNNNNNN.  Jan was sitting and eating (first time all day I am sure since being on her feet all day) and I started FREAKING OUT… I am not sure if it was that obvious (winks) but I almost HUGGED this stranger.. I saw her artwork and LOVED her sense of humor..  I immediately commissioned her to make this painting for my wall at work.. just imagine taking a class with Nicky.. looking up and seeing them:

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When I saw them, I fell in love with them and with Jan (but we will add an eye to the middle one  right Jan? *winks*)… we exchanged phone numbers, I gave her a business card and hoped that we would connect… of course did I wait long?  did Jan?  It was Kismet… we met the following Tuesday and recreated STELLA… the fairy godmother.. sometimes she retains water in her feet (don’t we all)?  sometimes she acts a bit goofy (don’t we all?).. sometimes she may drink a little too much (HICCUP!) but she will be doing MANY things with us and the bellas.  She is always wielding (is that a WORD?) her magic wand… and she always has her little displaced tiara.. just in case.. YA NEVAH KNOW WHEN YOU NEED A WAND OR A TIARA ya know.  I love that she represents different ages.. grandmas, 30 somethings.. she is ageless and full of spunk.   I have her up in front of me and she just makes me smile… I see her with sparkly shoes.. I see her with a sparkly tiara.. I dunno.. I am hopelessly in love.  With all of my artists.  Who draw my favorite characters.

Big fat kisses Jan

thank you for taking a risk with me

let’s watch our relationship blossom and grow.

Mwah to my Jan

Em