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

Friday the 13th

Okay so who feels unlucky? Well I don't but I tell ya the day has not started well the card machine is having a humungous flid, and they won't give me a time when the new one will be delivered PLUS everytime I phone them I feel like I'm the idiot I'm asking relatively simple questions and can't get a bloomin straight answer and to top it all off the next bloomin VAT has arrived GRRRRRRRRR! Anyway I though I might bring a bit of education to our Friday morning and type some words that I can hardly pronounce so here we go

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia (a word that is derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Παρασκευή, δεκατρείς, and φοβία, meaning Friday, thirteen, and phobia respectively; alternative spellings include paraskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia) or friggatriskaidekaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.

So there you go, I new the triskydecca wotsit but the others were all new to me lets face it you gotta love google, I saw this fab thing the other day on an american lady's blog where she had come up with an uingenious way of storing her punches, and like most great ideas really simple. She attched a thick wooden fram to the back of a door and then put curtain rails at different intervals down the fram and when she'd finished the punches with lever pointing tiwards the floor just rested on the bar I tell you . I was so impressed the only flaw with that plan is I've just turned the doors round in my crafty cupboard so there is more light so both the doors back on to walls but I thought that someone out there may find it useful.

I tell ya I cannot believe it is raining I was just starting to get used to the sunny spells and some if Dave's rellies are having a barbeque so I dpon't wanna get soggy, mind you they will probably get all to mullered to be bothered, not me though, some of you may know why and some of you can probably now guess, but I'm still not divluging completely yet so I'll just let your imaginations roll with it.

Right the Glitter Girls new boards and DVD's have just arrived so I'd better go and get them priced and loaded on the site.

See you later

Bev
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Happy Monday peeps

Good afternoon,

How have we all been, did you all have a good weekend well if you dodn't make sure you come to the shop this weekend because I in the shop and lets face it that is definately good news.

It's been a really busy day today picking orders, doing orders cleaning shelves talking to our fabby customers one of those fabby days when we realise how much we love doing what we do, and we really do love it becaus eit's wicked.

My gorgeous nephew phoned us up today ( wanted to talk straight to Nanny (Julie) of course not interested in lil ole me, it had lunch at big school day, bless him he's so excited, he starts school properly in September and it's really weird it seems like the last five years have just gone poof and there they go.

Well wasn't this weekend beautiful the sun finally remembered it was July (if only briefly) and it was blooming gorgeous, we had a barbie on Saturday because it was Dave's (my other half) birthday and his mum and dad came over from the Black Country and we all sat outside on my decking, it was beautiful, and bless my sister she jsut sits there listening to Dave and his mum and dad talk she loves listening to them because she thinks the Dudley accent is really musical, bless her.

Well I'm going to get going as I've got to speack to a man about phones (I live the life of a rock star I tell ya :) )

speak to you soon :)

Bev
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So you want to know who we all are?

Sorry about the mini blog drought but I am back and ready to answer your questions, last week after Sam left us a blog I've had quite a few e-mails saying I should explain who we all are so here we go.

Julie - the boss of Bee Crafty, but because she doesn't like anything like paperwork or VAT etc, she just loves to craft and show people how to craft and talk about craft and you get the idea. Anyway because she doesn't like the "business end" I (Bev) work in the shop with her doing all the admin, web building etc and I'm Julie's youngest daughter.

Bill - Mr Julie and Dad, he's the bestest dude in the whole world (obviously) and aside form having a "proper" job can be found at Bee Crafty most weekends doing maintenance shop fittings making tea and lunches and generally looking after us, he doesn't craft himself (however has dabbled at some digi) but does like playing with the gadgets and has a great eye for good products so we do take his advice (even if we pretend we don't)

Bev (that's me) - Like I said I'm Julie's youngest daughter I've been at the shop for over two years now after getting a B.Sc.(Hons) in Biological Sciences (very useful I hear you cry) I went ot Plymouth Uni which was fabby, I live my my other half Dave, we bought our first house round about this time last year and I'm loved up to the point that I can't stand myself sometimes :)I love scrapbooking and stamping, and think it's perfectly natural to be addicted to and love to stroke paper!

Sam - My Big Sister and Julie's eldest daughter. Sam is married with the m,ost gorgeous little boy who adorns most of Sam's mine and mum's scrapbook pages, Sam's a real girly girl whereas I'm not so much. Her husband Mark works with my fella at a well known car dealership in Stratford. Sam loves pink and has more clothes, shoes and handbags than she'll ever need, but I love it because she lets me borrow them :) and Sam will be coming to work with us more permanently from September.

Ady - Ady joined Bee Crafty around the same time as me has gorgeous red hair, and is very talented with textiles, we are paper craft but ady's experience with colour and texture is a real asset when people are looking for inspiration with a project PLUS she can change till rolls in a flash! She's starting to get into Scrapbooking and like me likes to collect paper and stroke it for a while before using it. Ooh and Ady is also the 21st Century equivalent of Annie Oakly and Barbara Good, she has a menagerie of animals including pigs, lambs, ducks etc, and she is the bestest shot at the air rifle league.

Laura - Laura's a newby to the shop working Saturdays don't know much yet but I'll tell you what I do know she's getting married soon, made all her own Wedding Stationery and is absolutely addicted to the DCWV Once Upon a Time Range she absolutely loves it, she's also super cheery, and I have on good authority a dab hand at learning the new things that come in.

What we all have in common is we love what we do and we always promise never to let anyone buy something they don't need and if you ever have any queries on how something works we will be more than happy to show you, after all it gives us an excuse to play :) AND we're great at making a cuppa.

Any othe questions be sure to let me know

Bev x

Hiya, Sams gonna blog!!

How's everyone doing I hope your all okay and managing to keep relatively dry, I've got a bit of a "treat for you today, I'm always telling you how mental Sam is so I'm gonna drag her in here and do the blog so you can see for yourself. That's me and Sam she's the eldest (and don't I like telling) Okay here she is

HIYAAAAAAAAAA

Well don't I feel like i've got something to live up to!!! Today has been relatively calm for me - i have been behaving and looking after Beth the lovely work experience girly - awesome cos she's been helping me get the oodles of stuff that came from Die Cuts with a View & Dovecraft out onto the shelves.

Then she got ooober excited at working the till - oh to be 15 again!!!! On a funny note i did almost break my ankle falling over ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!! how entriely ridiculous yet very funny so i jumped round the shop shoutin LOTS OF PAIN LOTS OF PAIN - fortunately this was before the shop opened so no-one apart from Bev heard me - the sympathy was amazing - she looked me up and down and that was about my lot and then when she realised I had actually hurt myself she did jump up and check - by which time I was putting the kettle on for a brew!!! gotta have a brew first crack or the world stops you know!

Then came the staple diet of Darylea sarnies for lunch - kids will do anything for Dairylea ya know. Managed some frazzles too - oh and while i'm on the subject why are packets of frazzles so small now - they were MASSIVE when i was a kid - and no its not cos i'm bigger - you ask bev she'll tell u I haven't grown since i was about 7!!!!

Does anyone remember Krypton Factor??? wellllll putting together the new stand for the peel offs (which are BOGOF i may add) did we ever have a task - sorted in the end though - i went for the brute force and ignorance thingy and all seems to be almost there now - i'll get bev to keep u updated on what i will now name "spinnergate".

oooooooooh its hometime in a few minutes and i haven't tidied up behind the till - i am a bit obsessive about that - and bizarrely i quite like the washing up so i'll squeeze that in too!!!!

byeeeee

S xxxxxxxxxxxx

Take Care everyone.

Just wanted to say a quick take care to everyone is in the floods at the moment, we've been lucky here so far but with more rain forecast for tomorrow, everyone be careful.

Just incase anyone wants it the floodline number is: 0845 988 1188

Floodline website

Be Back again later

Byeee

Persisting it down?!?!? Well No Not really.

Well we were warned of gale force winds raging torrents of rain a,d thunder and lightening so what have we got lovely sunny spells but a bit overcast every now and then, what did I tell ya they just don't know :). For everybody who has got this weather I really do feel for you we had the storms overnight and crikey wasn't it hammering down and the porch of the shop was ever so soggy this morning glad we've got the inner door otherwise we would have been water logged. So anyway I hope you all had a good weekend despite it being soggy, what did you get up to, well I was in the shop Saturday and yesterday I did . . . . . . . .well very little ot be honest, we popped into Redditch for a little mosey around the new cinema looks ever so good or it could just be that I really like the dark blue glittery tiles, mega groovy :). Well we have added a new sketch for today and also due to a couple of ladies that have had to change their plans we have got a couple of spaces left on the crop for Sunday you can give me a ring or book over the web, and also sorry for anyone who has tried to pay by paypal there was a problem between the cart connection and paypal but I've fixed it all now. It's because we changed form regular paypal to express which means it outs all your details in for you automatically which means less typing WOOHOO. Anyway I'm going to start getting tidied up and then do the days last run to the post office.

Byeee

Bev
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Edited to say : I've just been outside and nearly got blown away :) so it looks like I spoke to soon SILLY BEV!!!