Hello everyone! We we’re back with a fun new sketch this week.

Hello, everyone!

We’ve hit a little snag with our server and have to delay the website launch for a couple more days 🙁 I’m so sorry, but I promise it will be worth the wait!

Since we have to wait a little longer, I thought we should show a little sneak peek of what’s to come:

I cannot even put into words how excited we are about this new site – we will let you know as soon as it goes live! Eeek!!

Also, I wanted to thank you guys for all the amazing feedback about the Everyday Storyteller book! It was such a fun thing to be apart of and it makes me so excited to hear how much you guys are enjoying reading it and getting inspired by it! If you haven’t purchased a copy, you can check it out here. There are 32 other contributors and the book itself is has 81 pages!

Hope you are all having a great Wednesday!

We are jumping up and down with excitement over here – our brand new website is going to be launching this Wednesday, May 9th! We’ve been working with an incredible team since October to bring our vision to life and we are so excited to show you it! Our new site will be much more interactive 🙂 Can’t wait until Wednesday!

In the mean time, we’ve pulled our current site to take care of some things on the back end. So, mark your calendars and check back here on Wednesday to see all the new things that are coming! We will also be celebrating with a HUGE party, and will give you all the details about that on Wednesday, too!

We also have three winners to announce from NSD – big thank yous to all who stopped by and left a sweet comment, tweeted and shared on facebook!

The winners are:

csparky61 said…
I tweeted about the giveaway!
https://twitter.com/#!/CarolDouglass1/status/198789546362667008

Here & Now exclusive Elle’s Studio kit                                                                     
AmyBug said…
ANY of those prizes would be amazing! Thanks for the chance. 🙂

Michelle (from KY) said…
I’m going to tweet about the giveaway right now!

Winners, please email us with the following info:
Name:
Address:
Prize:

Happy National Scrapbooking Day, everyone! We hope you are all having a blast – it’s our BIG day of the year to celebrate the hobby we all love!

This year, since we have some BIG things going on behind-the-scenes (more news about that coming on Monday!), we are celebrating NSD two ways!

First, we have a fun surprise for you today:

We are giving away THREE different prizes!
1) one $50 Elle’s Studio Gift Certificate
2) one Here & Now exclusive Elle’s Studio kit
3) one ES Grab bag that is worth $30 

1. Leave a comment here
2. Tweet about our giveaway and link up this blog post in your tweet, then come back here and tell us you tweeted and post your twitter handle
3. Share our post from our Facebook wall (click the “SHARE” button on our NSD post, from our facebook wall, then come back here and let us know you shared the post and leave your name)

Feel free to do all three! The three winners will be drawn first thing on Monday morning and posted here, so make sure you check back to see if you’ve won! 

And, then after you’ve entered our giveaways, make sure you stop by Big Picture Classes 12 hour Crop! They even have some special Elle’s items to giveaway, too! You can check that out here and don’t forget, the event is totally free!

Hope you all have a wonderful and crafty weekend and we will see you on Monday with our three winners and our BIG announcement 🙂

PS. Don’t forget about our May Special! The new Noted Journaling Circle Tags, Date and Place Strips- Brights and all Prima Chalk ink are 20% off this month only

PPS: In case you missed it last night, the Everyday Storyteller book is now for sale, in either digital or/and print! Don’t miss out on this amazing book – we were so honored to be apart of it with the other incredibly talented 32 contributors!

Just a little reminder that the Everyday Storyteller launch party is tonight! They are giving away $700 in prizes (including some Elle’s Studio stuff!), so this is something you won’t want to miss!

The fun starts tonight at 8:30 pm CDT, with the book being available soon after that. There will be a special discount for VIPs, so make sure you are signed up and on the list!

And, then make sure you stop back here tomorrow for some special National Scrapbooking Day giveaways!

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great week so far 🙂  It’s a new month and that means we have a new set of goodies in our Monthly Special section of the store. It’s all about color this month! Let’s have some fun with bright, happy items. Scrap what makes you happy or send a card to cheer a friend…

I am so excited to introduce to you our newest team member here at Elle’s Studio, my younger sister, Michelle!

My family has been such a HUGE part of this business. My mom has been helping from the very beginning with packaging tag sets and packing orders for shipping. My dad has helped with all the mechanical aspects, along with packing tons and tons of heavy boxes of paper. And, both of them have offered tremendous emotional support and encouragement, I’m always running to them with questions and for business advice, and they are great with helping me brainstorm new ideas, too! So, you can imagine how excited I am that now my sister is able to join in on the party!

Some fun facts about my sister are:
– Her and her husband(Mike) have been together 10 years, high school sweethearts! And just celebrated their 6th year anniversary.
– Cameron, her son, is 22 months old (this is my favorite little dude that I scrapbook all the time)
– She’s been a cosmetologist for 7 years! (but I’m slowing trying to get her over here at ES full time!)
– Her favorite color is pink and she’s pretty crafty, too!
– Also, in case anyone is wondering… our parents didn’t name us Elle and Michelle, lol! My nickname is Elle, but my real name is Danielle. Pretty sure I’ve mentioned that before, but wanted to mention it again in case there was anyone out there going HUH?!

She will be managing wholesale accounts, and helping me with our new website! There are lots of fun things in store and this is just the beginning! So help us give a big, warm welcome to Michelle!

Thank you all so much for your sweet comments and for stopping by our blog! We have two winners to announce today:

Kelly Massmansaid…

Enjoyed learning more about you and your work! Thanks!

April 28, 2012 1:57 PM 

dogmatixsaid…

wow, cant wait till the launch to find out more about the book 🙂

May 1, 2012 9:13 AM

Please email us the following information to claim your prize:
Name:
Address:
Prize:

Welcome to the Everyday Storyteller Blog Hop! I am so excited to be apart of this amazing book with 32 other contributors and I want to personally invite you to the launch party on this Friday, May 4th, starting at 8:30 pm CDT. There will be $700 in prizes given away (including some fun stuff from us!) during the party, so this is one you don’t want to miss! You can sign up to be on the VIP list here.

Scrapbooking is such an important part of my life – I love being able to capture memories and special moments on paper that I can treasure forever! I believe that journaling is just as important as the photos on your layouts because the journaling is what tells the story behind the photo. I always try to include key information so that if someone else was reading it and I wasn’t around to explain the story, they would understand what is going on. The best way to make sure your journaling includes this is to run through the “5 W’s List”: Who, what, where, when, why.

Today, each of the contributors is giving away one copy of the book! Just leave a comment here to be entered! We’ll announce the winner first thing tomorrow morning, so make sure you check back to see if you’ve won! Then, we will hopefully see you at the BIG launch party for the book on Friday!


And, don’t forget to keep on hoppin’, this is one amazing list!

1. Cheryl Ashcraft
2. Anna Aspnes
3. Katie Clemons
4. Elise Blaha
5. Paula Gilarde
6. Sara Gleason
7. Michelle Hernandez
8. Debbie Hodge
9. Katrina Kennedy
10. Amy Kingsford
11. Cindy Liebel
12. Crystal Livesay
13. Robyn Meierotto
14. CD Muckosky
15. Nancy Nally
16. Christine Newman
17. Ashli Oliver
18. Amanda Padgett
19. Renee Pearson
20. Lynnette Penacho
21. Elle Price << YOU ARE HERE
22. Heather Prins
23. Traci Reed
24. Lauren Reid
25. Amber Ries
26. Kristin Rutten
27. Betsy Sammarco
28. Jenn Smith-Sloane
29. Jessica Sprague
30. Melissa Stinson
31. Amy Tan
32. Tiffany Tillman
33. Jennifer Wilson