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Please allow me to begin by saying a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has contacted me in any way since I posted about the loss of my darling little dog, Gucci.  I've had comments from you on the blog, countless emails (almost 4,000 emails!!), Facebook posts, Cricut Message Board messages, many telephone calls (from all over the world!!) and some of you even sent gorgeous Sympathy cards to me.  Please just know that in whatever manner all of you chose to reach out to me, every single one of your very kind words have touched my heart and have offered me a great deal of comfort.  Thank you so much for your amazing thoughtfulness.  I have not been able to respond to all of you directly because in the past week and a half since Gucci's death, I have received almost 4,000 new emails, which you might imagine has literally overwhelmed me.  Please allow this post to serve as my heart-felt thank you to each and every one of you. The next order of bus...

Late last night I stumbled back home after one of the most awful and grueling days and nights of my life. The absolute love of my life, my little Brussels Griffon doggie, Gucci, got sick and was throwing up all night July 5th and throughout the morning of July 6th. I stayed up with her all night, on the kitchen floor (because it stays nice and cool and that’s where she was comfortable).. Then yesterday morning I called the vet and they told me to come there in the mid-afternoon. In the meantime, she had completely stopped eating and then stopped even drinking water, I guess because she would throw up every time she even took a sip. She wasn't looking good, but frankly, since she developed Cushing's Disease about a year and a half ago, she's never been quite the same dog as far as energy levels, etc. Also, because of the Cushings, she has spent a LOT of time at the vet over the past year and a half, having to frequently do these very expensive tests to check her cortisol ...

I just came home from grueling day & night.  The absolute love of my life, my little Brussels Griffon doggie, Gu cci got sick & was throwing up last night, I was up all night with her, took her to vet today, where she was put on IV fluids, then at closing time at the regular vet, they had me take Gucci to an all night ER Animal Hospital where all hell broke loose & she went into cardiac arrest. They valiantly tried & tried to bring her back for several hours, but they couldn't. I just held the love of my life for the last time & I literally felt my heart break in a million pieces, or so it feels. I will be taking a couple days off while I try to anesthetize myself with large doses of Ambien . Maybe I'll wake up & this will have all been a nightmare. I am broken & devastated beyond words. Please understand that I will be AWOL for a few days, probably until the beginning of next week..  I know the timing is bad with the brand new...

Well, I'm FINALLY back & recovered from that horrific bought of pneumonia & its complications!! I've missed all of you & am ramping up to have a really great social networking summer via this blog/website & my business Facebook page. BTW— please, please   "LIKE" my business Facebook page because I am reeeeaaallllly trying to migrate my entire Crafting Group that was originally set up on my personal Facebook page on over to where it really should be, which is on the business side!! I set it up incorrectly at the beginning—my bad! Oh well, live & learn, LOL!!! And of course, I would also LOVE lots of new crafty members as well! So be sure to SUBSCRIBE to this blog using the email subscription (found down a ways on the right sidebar) and then please LIKE me here: http://www.facebook.com/glendascreativeplace   !!!  THANKS!! There's going to be lots of fabulous things happening at Glenda's Creative Place this summer, from Featured Custome...

I wanted to do a quick post to update my status. Many of you already know that I left CHA early because I had gotten sick while there and was continuing to get sicker. Since then, I've been literally knocked completely off my feet and just haven't been able to get well, despite following doctor's orders and resting for over 23 hours a day!  I finally got confirmation today that I do have walking pneumonia (and I pretty much already knew that's what it was before seeing the doctor today, since I've had it a few times in the past, so I know the symptoms!).  But it does explain a lot, including the utter exhaustion.  Those of you who know me know I typically run at Mach 1,000 most the time, so this has been quite tough to handle, since I have zero energy (not to mention I feel as if I've been run over by a very large truck!).  The doctor says that this started out as the flu (and yes, I have had my flu shot and I get one every year!) a...

Well, here we go again-it's already time for CHA! Hardly seems possible, since it feels as if we barely just finished up with everything from the last CHA last summer! I absolutely LOVE the thrill when we first see the hottest new products unveiled (the ones that have been kept "under wraps" until they debut at CHA!!). I especially look forward to everything involved with the Provo Craft events, from their fabulous set-ups within their exhibit space on the Convention floor, to the always fabulous party they have for us Retailers. Now, it's no secret that I am a huge Cricut fan, but even though I do favor and sell their products, I don't think anyone does CHA BETTER than Provo Craft!! I can't wait to see what they're going to show us this time!! What do you all of you think think they're going to WOW us with this time??!! Anything you see that you want me to order for you, please be sure to send me your list of items via email to glendascreativepla...

As always, all Provo Craft products are available to be ordered from me. This includes all Cricut, Imagine, Cuttlebug, Yudu (and of course, the newest products!!). Please email me at  glendascreativeplace@yahoo.com for prices!!

SPELLBINDER's Blog Hop!!!  Get ready for all the new CHA releases!!  FYI, I'm typing this on my phone so it will be very brief (since it takes me forever to post anything from this very "smart" phone, LOL!!).  BUT--I wanted to make sure everyone knows that I am going to be taking pre-orders for all the new Spellbinders CHA releases.  So be sure to keep your eyes peeled over the next week and a half (or so) on the Spellbinder's blog at http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/  .  Each day during the Blog Hop, be sure to click on the featured designer's names to be linked to their blogs (there are usually 2 featured designers with the new Releases/Reveals).  In fact today they have a new designer who is one of my personal favorites , and that is DONNA SALAZAR!!    WooHoo!!! I LOVE her!!! Many of my regular customers know that for a while now, I have been quietly providing them with the first line of Spellbinder's Compatible stamp...

You may purchase ANY and ALL JustRite Stamps and Custom dies from me, including any of the newer releases from this Winter and the newest releases for Spring.  This includes all "ORIGINAL" style JustRite Stamps, as well as the FABULOUS JustRite/Spellbinders Custom dies, and of course all of the new Cling style JustRite Stamps. To see all of the stamps available, please view them all on the JustRite Stampers site at: http://www.justritestampers.com/  .  When you get there, just click on PRODUCTS, then go into all the separate categories for JustRite ORIGINAL, JustRite CUSTOM DIES, and JustRite CLING stamps.  Make your list of everything that you want, then come back to me to order, because my prices will be substantially less than what you see listed as the MSRP/Retail prices on the JustRite website. To place an order with me, just email your list to me at glendascreativeplace@yahoo.com .  Please be sure to include your ZIP CODE, and your PayPal e...

I want to say thank you so much to all of you who left comments either here or on Facebook, as well as for all the email messages I've received and for all of you who sent out prayers and positive thoughts for my Dad and his aneurysm surgery. The news is good.  They were able to insert some shunts in order to hopefully control the problem long-term, and for an 81 year old man, he came thru surgery pretty well.  It was a LONG surgery & he had some minor post-surgical complications which kept him in the hospital longer than expected, but we do now have him home (at my Mom's house!!).  And although at this time he is certainly not able to fully care for himself independently, he continues to make progress and is slowly but surely starting to gain back some strength.  It will just take a while to get him back to "normal"!! Your kind responses have once again shown me just how many of my customers, Followers and Subscribers have actually become...

I had to travel to Omaha, NE today for a family emergency.  My 81 year old Dad is having surgery in the morning to repair 2 aneurysms that were discovered. Please keep us in your thoughts & prayers. Any orders placed during my absence will be shipped out after I return. I hope to return about Jan. 5th or so, depending on how things progress here. Because I will be spending the majority of my time in the hospital, I won't always be able to return your emails right away, so I'm asking for your patience and understanding while I'm away.  Your business means everything to me, so please know that I will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for all of your business in 2010.  I appreciate it more than I can ever say.  I look forward to helping all of you again in 2011.  I wish you and your loved ones a very Happy New Year.

Uh oh---there are only 3 days until Christmas!!! EEEEKKKK!!! For those of you who are STILL not quite finished with your shopping, or just don't know what to buy for someone, a GIFT CERTIFICATE is the PERFECT gift !! It is easy to get right here and now , and even more importantly now that it's so close to Christmas, it can be delivered through email IMMEDIATELY !! And to make it even better, it is secured by PayPal, which is the safest method for shopping online!! So why not give a gift that any Scrapbooker, Paper-Crafter, Hobbyist, or general Crafter would love?? And why not give a gift that makes it easy on you?? You don't have to drive anywhere to get it, or brave the awful weather this time of year, or fight any crowds. Just click the button below, choose the amount from the drop-down list, and voila'--it's done!!!! What are you waiting for?? For all my customers who are seeing this post, why not accidentally forward this to your loved ones and help them out...

Now that it's just before Christmas and really getting down to the wire, it seems that's often when we finally realize what we REALLY want for Christmas!!  Or for all the Friends and Families out there who have a loved one on your shopping list who is a Scrapbook or Paper-Crafting diva (and you're just not sure what all this crafting stuff means!), or for those of you who are simply running behind on your shopping (aren't we all??)--let me help you make it easier on yourself!!   You can purchase a  GIFT CERTIFICATE  to be used for any of the products that I sell (see right sidebar for a list of products!).  And it can be sent through email to anyone on your shopping list! Easy Peasy!!! Solve your shopping problems with the push of a button and get a SECURE Gift Certificate!! As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me either by email at glendascreativeplace@yahoo.com , or you may call me (see Contact pag...

OK friends--WOW, is there anything less fun than having computer problems??  HOW FRUSTRATING!!  But it seems to be OK (for now).--The laptop kept yelling at me regarding something about a Print Spooler, and a Print Spooler Application kept closing the laptop automatically and then re-starting it and it just kept going around in that never-ending loop!!  VERY FRUSTRATING!!  Finally did a full System Restore from the week before.  Good reminder for all of us to manually make a RESTORE Point every so often! Good news is that I have all of your emails from the Black Friday weekend & am working on them now, so expect to hear from me with your PayPal invoices soon!! I also know I need to get some new products put up here on the site for all of you (after I'm done with Black Friday!!) but for now let me just start by letting you know that YES--I am selling all of the new JustRite stamps--the originals and all the new Cling stamps,...

This is being posted  from another computer by a friend. Been having lots of PC problems all weekend--worse today--continually keeps starting and restarting in a loop. Can't stay on long enough to get anything done or respond to your emails or orders-- BUT--want you to know I am honoring ALL orders & sale prices from this past weekend!! I DO have your emails and orders --I just can't get them answered yet. Giving up tonight after fighting with this for 2-1/2 days. Going to attempt to do a System Restore before I go to bed (if it will stay on long enough!) to see if perhaps by chance, some crazy driver or something got installed somehow that shouldn't have. Hopefully when I get up in the morning, it will have been corrected by the System Restore.  If not, at least it will be normal business hours when I call HP for help, since warranty just expired on the laptop! (Of COURSE it did!!!) I will be going thru all your emails and orders from the weekend sale just as soo...

Hi All!!  Hope everyone has had an absolutely fabulous shopping weekend! Good news --I have extended my sale thru midnight (Pacific Time) tonight (Sunday, Nov. 28th) because I have had sooooo much computer trouble with my laptop this weekend, I haven't been able to answer all the emails I've received. (Laptop keeps freezing up for hours at a time--grrrr!). So rest assured, if you have emailed me over the weekend (anytime since Friday), I WILL take care of you!!!  And if you were worried you missed out, you still have time right now to get your list to me!!  Now, just wish me luck keeping this #*@!)*^# laptop running, LOL!!!  Thanks!!

My Black Friday here at Glenda's Creative Place is going to mirror my everyday crafting philosophy.  And all of you who are familiar with my crafting philosophy know that I think crafting should be FUN and therefore, it should be fast and simple (aka easy-peasy!!).  But, how do we get there, to simplify all those great techniques we want to try??  Well, the answer is by having the right tools and GADGETS that do the work for us! And who better to help you with those then me, Glenda, who is the original GADGET QUEEN of the internet?! So on this Black Friday, I am offering a 40% discount (off the MSRP/Retail price)  on all the major lines I sell, whether the products are in stock or not!!  So what that means is that all the manufacturer's products listed below are yours at 40% off (unless otherwise noted) all day Friday, as well as Saturday (Nov. 26th and 27th)!!  The reason I'm extending my sale thru Saturday is to celebrate the Nationa...

Sorry I haven't been posting lately, but I have been incredibly tied up and just haven't seemed to be able to find the extra time!! But things are starting to settle down a bit, so hopefully I can start to get back on some sort of a schedule here. Lots of products are arriving and more on their way--Spellbinders, Ranger, Tim Holtz,  JustRite, eh I, eh, I, oh!! As always, my prices are far below the Retail/MSRP.  If there's anything you want, please email me at glendascreativeplpace@yahoo.com & include the list of products, your zip code & of course, the email address that your PayPal account is under. FYI-I'm starting a new section on this blog called "SNAG 'EM SPECIALS" .   I will occasionally put items in there with special pricing and limited quantities, so be sure to check those out when you have a chance!  These will be changing frequently, so the easiest way to keep tabs on any changes is to make sure that you are ...