Wow! What a fabulous thing to see! Thank you Laura for sharing this with me and thanks for letting me share it with all our friends here at Anthologies!
Nita
Saturday, January 2, 2010
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'So tell me, whatever possessed you?'
(The below was posted months before opening, however I leave it here because it tells the story- come see us, I think you'll agree!)
A very dear and respected friend has told me that I've not really told my story: the reason for launching off into this new endeavor. So, here goes. I will attempt it here. A few years ago, there was a wonderful place. A place where you could take your family, your memories and those things most precious to you and take them out of the shoe box and bring them into the light of day in a beautiful artistic way. Nothing could have been more comforting and fun than a visit to Recollections and we all remember it fondly. It was like going into 'Cheers'. Everybody knew your name, your children's names, what coffee you drank and, most of all, what was important to you. We all shared that. Well, we all lost something very near and dear to our hearts and that void has never been filled. Not completely. The people have stayed in touch, heaven knows that Tracy has done a great job at keeping the spirit alive and the ideas flowing, but still.... somewhat of a void existed. Now, let me be clear - that is gone. You cannot recreate it. It will never be exactly the same again - ever.
My wonderful husband has been after me for the last 18 months 'why don't you open a shop' and I have always told him that I would not attempt it unless I could do it 'right'. The bar was high and I would not attempt it at any other level. Well, life changes and I was recently presented with the opportunity to do this 'right'.
So, here we are - we now are the proud lease-holders on 3,820 square feet of retail space, contractors standing by to re-build the interior, product ordered, retail shelving acquired and a vision. A vision to be a safe and comfortable place for you to come and share and create your own anthology; to tell your own story, not for your generation or even the next, but to leave some things behind for your children's children that will tell them their story - from where they have come.
So, keep checking in here. We'll be very busy over the next 10 weeks. Yep, that's right - only 10 weeks and I can't wait.
That'll be us.... we'll keep the lights on for you.
Nita Turpin
A very dear and respected friend has told me that I've not really told my story: the reason for launching off into this new endeavor. So, here goes. I will attempt it here. A few years ago, there was a wonderful place. A place where you could take your family, your memories and those things most precious to you and take them out of the shoe box and bring them into the light of day in a beautiful artistic way. Nothing could have been more comforting and fun than a visit to Recollections and we all remember it fondly. It was like going into 'Cheers'. Everybody knew your name, your children's names, what coffee you drank and, most of all, what was important to you. We all shared that. Well, we all lost something very near and dear to our hearts and that void has never been filled. Not completely. The people have stayed in touch, heaven knows that Tracy has done a great job at keeping the spirit alive and the ideas flowing, but still.... somewhat of a void existed. Now, let me be clear - that is gone. You cannot recreate it. It will never be exactly the same again - ever.
My wonderful husband has been after me for the last 18 months 'why don't you open a shop' and I have always told him that I would not attempt it unless I could do it 'right'. The bar was high and I would not attempt it at any other level. Well, life changes and I was recently presented with the opportunity to do this 'right'.
So, here we are - we now are the proud lease-holders on 3,820 square feet of retail space, contractors standing by to re-build the interior, product ordered, retail shelving acquired and a vision. A vision to be a safe and comfortable place for you to come and share and create your own anthology; to tell your own story, not for your generation or even the next, but to leave some things behind for your children's children that will tell them their story - from where they have come.
So, keep checking in here. We'll be very busy over the next 10 weeks. Yep, that's right - only 10 weeks and I can't wait.
That'll be us.... we'll keep the lights on for you.
Nita Turpin
Our basics list
We toss this term around alot and want to make sure that when you come for our fabulous classes that you have all the items that you need to complete your project.
Please be sure to bring with you:
Paper trimmer
Scissors
Adhesive or tape runner
Glue dots or pop dots
Super Tape/Tacky Tape/Red Tape
Liquid adhesive (Zip Dry)
Black journaling pen
Brown and black small ink pads (Cat's Eye)
Glossy Accents or Diamond Glaze
Crop-A-Dile or hole punch
See you for your next wonderful project class!
Please be sure to bring with you:
Paper trimmer
Scissors
Adhesive or tape runner
Glue dots or pop dots
Super Tape/Tacky Tape/Red Tape
Liquid adhesive (Zip Dry)
Black journaling pen
Brown and black small ink pads (Cat's Eye)
Glossy Accents or Diamond Glaze
Crop-A-Dile or hole punch
See you for your next wonderful project class!
8 comments:
What a great idea. I have one sitting here beside me .. may have to do a little lifting! Such a blessing to have a LSS again!
What a beautiful layout - thanks to Laura for sharing it with us. I love how she used our shopping bag as the base of her layout!
Susan
Great Job Laura! What a beautiful LO!
the mystery employee in the snow is tracys daughter.
Wow...Awesome idea...I love it too...fun pages for a great event.
DeeDee
I'm thrilled to have found this store near my home. Hallelujah!
I LOVE the way she used bag....I had already saved one in my scrap stuff for a MY FAVORITE THINGS page. Lv u guys! Vicki F
Wow, that is so cool! What a fabulous idea... and Nita, what a great job you did picking our such a pretty bag that it inspired such a beautiful LO! Laura, you are especially talented!!
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