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how the devil are you - its been a while!!! that Beverley Jayne wouldn't let me blog - just kidding! wish i had the time!!!!

Well whats new - erm its was my birthday couple of weeks ago for which my wonderful parents got me the best part of a silhouette machine - bev bought me an awesome hairdryer - i have a lot of hair for those of you that don't know me - and hubster got me a new mobile - so all in all i can dry me hair talk to people and cut stuff out - HOWEVER NOT ALL TOGETHER - dont try this at home!!

The shop is so exciting at the moment - new stuff in every day i can't keep up myself its brilliant - having the best job in the world is a blessing i must say - i only wish i could stop trying to take everything home.

Keith is brewing nicely - for those of you not aware (keith has been mentioned before) keith is the bump shape that bev is hiding under her jumper -so basically she is either ironing her t-shirts over a wok or oh my goodness - SHE'S PREGNANT!!!! yayyyyyyyyyyyyy i'm going to be an Aunty!!!!! i can't wait and as daft as i am most of the time can i just say from the bottom of my heart how wonderfully happy i am for her!!! ooh what a girl i am!

Anyway back to the shop - loads of new stuff as i said - and more to the point lots of bits n pieces in the pre christmas clearout bins - lots of bargains to be had.

We are also lucky to have an extra pair of hands in the shop this week by way of Rachel our lovely work experience girly - she's a great asset with buckets of knowledge and crafty experiencefor someone of her age a meer 15 - oh them was the days - anyway she's going to pop on and give you a quick hello then i'll come back to wrap it up for today here goes.................

Hmmm.... what shall I say? Well this is my third day of work experience and so far it's been great. In between wondering whether skeletons have bums or not and making a couple of stack-its cards, I've done a bit of work. There's some new goody boxes to have with lots of lovely embelishments in them - I just wish I had a bit more money. Only two days left before I have to go back to school :( and then I have to do boring work. I'm not sure what else to say except for a great big thank you to everyone at Bee Crafty for welcoming me here and letting me have a play with all their goodies. I can't think of a better work experience than this as I get to see all their new stock - I just keep getting more and more ideas. Anyway I'll leave you with Sam who's going to finish her MONSTER blog.

I'm back - right just to clarify the skeletons bum thing - Rachel bought me and bev chocolate lollies today and mine was a skeleton and i merely pointed out where the stick was.

Ok guys me thinks thats more than enough for one day so you take care and keep up the good crafting!!!!

speak again soon

Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Let's have a sing song

Today is Sam's birthday I won't tell you how old she can blog on Wednesday and she wants to tell you she can :)

So I was thinking lets have a sing song but first a little bit of trivia:

"Happy Birthday to You" is a song which is sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday to You" is the most popular song in the English language, followed by "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and "Auld Lang Syne." The song has been translated into many languages, though it is often sung with the English lyrics even in countries where English is not a primary language.

The melody of "Happy Birthday to You" was written by American sisters Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill in 1893 when they were school teachers in Louisville, Kentucky. The verse was originally intended as a classroom greeting entitled "Good Morning to All". The version as we know it was copyrighted in 1935 by the Summy Company as an arrangement by Preston Ware Orem, and is scheduled to expire in 2030. This was the first known written version to include the lyrics. The company holding the copyright was purchased by Warner Chappell in 1990 for $15 million, with the value of "Happy Birthday" estimated at $5 million.[1] While the current copyright status of the song is unclear, Warner claims that unauthorized public performances of the song are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to them. It is unknown, but speculated upon who wrote the lyrics to "Happy Birthday to You

Okay now everyone together

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to Sam
Happy Birthday to you

Beautiful singing voices, now I would like some Birthday cards to put in the gallery so if you just e-mail them to me at shop@beecrafty.net. I will get them up

See you later folks (pub tea tonight mmmmmmmmmmm)

Bev x

Sunday Morning........................

Well I'm up at least, it was a good night. We all went to Laura's ( our fabby Saturday assistant) wedding party and have a great time so you'll understand why the curtains are still drawn and the radio is on quiet........................sssssssssssssshhhhhhhhh don't laugh that loud please.
I must say she looked absolutely stunning in ivory brocade, as did the bridesmaids and groom, looked exceedingly handsome.

Well it was a busy ole day in the shop yesterday and we had some lovely visitors in from north of the border. Bless, he said that he thought they'd stopped of at every craft shop between East Kilbride and us on route. What a great hubby. In fact we have folk in from far and wide yesterday so "thank you " to you all, we are really grateful for you taking the time to seek us out and also to all of you making those return trips again thanks, it's a good feeling to know that you put us so highly on you shopping venue list.

Sam has been playing with some of the new Christmas embossing templates so I'll post pictures as soon as they are turned into cards. Well I'm off to Bev's for dinner so take care and speak to you soon.

Byee

Julie-Ann

TIS I :)

Hello, 'tis me again.

Well it's been 24hours since my return from a week-end in Holland and what a fabby time Dh and I had. Not only did we manage to go to the suppliers and buy lots of new goodies but we managed a couple of days to ourselves just mouching around doing touristy type things.

Here's a couple of picture's of the barges on the Waal Canal that is at the bottom of the road to where we go. Can you see the beaches on the other side, the canals have these all along them, it's just beautiful. also we've brought back some fabby new workshop ideas so watch out for these being posted in the workshop section of the website.

and just for the hell of it here's a couple of picture's I took as we drove along the coast below Calais.

How lovely is that - and those guy's didn't catch anything the whole time we were there either and another fool went swimming.......

well the sun's come out so I'm of to do some gardening, yes I'm having another day off, how cool is that. It's all thanks to my lovely girls and now that Sam is on board it should happen a bit more often, so take care and speak to you soon.

Byee

Julie-Ann xx

When did she do that???

I was convinced I watched her like a hawk!! I have to she's probably off ordering stuff now whilst I talk to you. ah well new month so I'll let her away with it.

The VAT finally got finished but I don't know why it was a real slog this time just seemed never ending and every time I though I was finished a new pile of receipts would just pop up out of nowhere and all my figures would have to be done.

To anyone local, did you see my ugly mug in the Cotswold and Vale, double chins galore, I must be one of the very most unphotogenic people on the planet, don't get me wrong very very very very occasionally there is a photo of me I don't thing urrrrrrggghhhhh but in general, yup that's what I think. I was very chuffed with my article though, don't get me wrong rereading there is probably a few grammatical oopsies that I would take care of but none as big as crapbooking, which their person wrote last year I could of screamed my head off, PLUS it makes us all see how important one letter is:)

Anywho(sorry I get the feeling I'm rambling)is everyone back to regularity i.e. schools going back or are we all still recovering from the summer holidays? Well my gorgeous little nephew had his very first day at school yesterday, it was sooooo exciting PLUS it was his birthday too, so we had a Scooby Doo Party which was lots of fun, with a Mystery Machine Cake, that the boss had made for him by a lady that comes in the shop which was not only funky but absolutely delicious, chocolate yummy yum yum.

Right I'm gonna get and get back to it, if I don't get back before it's me and Sam this weekend so come by and say hello

Byeee

Bev
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I'm on the case..................

Morning all, poor Bev......................

Do I put to much on her or does she just not trust me to do anything properly. anyway I think I should pop in more and give her a helping hand......................

She is right in what she say's though, the new Funtastic range is just fabby so go and take a quick lookie...............

right I'm off now as the electrician is coming in to check out our meters........they're in the cellar and we dont open it up during shop hours but they need to check it out after the floods so see ya later......

byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Julie-Ann
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Okay so I'm getting worse!!

My blogging is absolutley abominable for the monhe of august, I will definately try and do better from september (where have we heard that before I hear you cry). Well I have the VAT to finish PLUS a load of new scrummy papers and embellies to add to the site, some of which I have done today with the funtastik. I'd better get back to it as the boss#ll be bretahing down my neck, but I promise I will do everything I can to do better.

Ooh for everyone waiting on the workshop tinmetable that should also be ready on the next couple of days, so have fun and I'll talk to soon.

What do you mean "whatever" I will :)

Byeeee
Bev

I am so rubbish

Okay ladies and gents how are we all doing?

I apologise again for my recent rubbishness and I will endeavor to stop it happening again. I really haven't got loads of time at the momemnt but I just wanted to stay how sorry I am.

We ordered a bloomin editorial in a local magazine and when we got it back it was POOP! I couldn't believe it I reckon if alex could have dictated one for me to type it would have come out better and so I've asked for dicsount but will I get it I bloomin well doubt it, but if my words end up with someone elses name GGRRRRRRRRRRRRR I'll have em :)

Well enough of me ranting I better get back to the grindstone, if I've described the publishers as bad I'm starting on the suppliers this afternoon.

Have a good one peeps, we have loads of new fabby stuff in the shop and I will do all I can to get it on this week but I'm not promising at the moment because everytime I do something pops up.

Byee peeps

Let me know if there is anything specific you need

Bev x

I'm sorry

Well aren't I just the worlds worst blogger, I am really sorry for leaving it this long between blogs, haven't got any excuse good enough to have abandoned you for this long so all I can do is apologise.

We have had loads of calls and e-mails over the past week from everyone asking if we are okay and survived the floods, well we did. Anyone who saw the news pictures of the floods in Evesham will know how bad it got but luckily we are a further up the road from the river so we escaped pretty much unscathed (just a ceiling incident).

Some of the businesses further down were hit quite hard and I just want to say how impressed I am with Gem form Gem's Stems, the florists at the bottom of Port Street. The flood waters came up to the top of her front door and because she never gave up and spent her entire Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night cleaning she managed to Open again last Monday Morning. Her dedication to her customers is absolutely inspiring, plus my OH had me some flowers sent from Gem on Friday and Oh my word they were stunning all in pinks with about 30 stargazer lillies roses and loads more it was lovely. The lovely thing about our street is we are all independants making it a real pleasure to work here (also means we all work very hard and understand each others woes)

I have been keeping the website better updated than the blog with new products added all last week, I haven't put any on today yet but I will get round to it I promise, I hope you are all having a good day and the sun is shining

Bev
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Sam's Back!!

helloooooooooooo

How ya doin? Well funny old week its been Mother and father kidnapped Alex Saturday and off they went to Blackpool. So they cam back today Alex walked past me to aunty Bev - great eh oh to be a parent!!!! Only when she pointed me out to him did he say oh hi Mum!!!! Keiths doin ok - i hear u ask who keith is - all will become clear soon - ooooooooh the mystery muahahahaha (evil laugh)

Been havin a good tidy up today after the new credit card machine threw a complete wobbler so all the cupboards - which i in an ocd manner keep tidy - were a complete mess!!!!!!!!!

the staple diet of dairylea sandwiches is onthe sidelines - moved onto dairylea on cram crackers - why oh why!!!!!!

I am already planning ahead what i am going to bring to the crop in august - especially as i now have a secret mission to complete - dont ask what it is cos it won't be a secret then will it!!!! 3 spaces left by the way and just think 5 hours in a room with me - how much fun can ya have!!! i'll even make rock cakes again - those that were there last time will tell you how good they are.

WELL WELL WELL - i just had a lightbulb moment - you know the ones where ya head lights up and for a brief moment it looks like theres someone in there (dont laugh it could happen) - all i need is an investor now!! ahhhh if only

oh and for the second time in as many days someone said to me today "cheap at half the price" helllooooooooo of course it is -if anyone can explain this to me please answers on a postcard.

Jeeeeeeeez i am so dense - had to ask bev how to pt this on - she says click publish post - i'm like where IN THE BIG FLAMIN ORANGE BOX THAT I SHOULDNE BE ABLE TO MISS!!!!!!! should i be allowed to work in a shop that sells sharp items - infact don't answer that!

must dash

bye

S xxxxxxxxxx