I can't wait to spill the beans of what we received this morning. The long awaited Cricut Expression and cartridges have finally arrived and they are certainly worth the wait. You know us, we always bring the best, the hottest and the most popular scrapbooking products to Dubai :D. I still remember 2 1/2 years ago when we first brought the Sizzix Die-cutting brand to our store, scrapbookers were so excited about that little red machine and then came the Cuttlebug, Big Shot, Silhouette , Klik-N-Kut and now the much-loved Cricut Expression!
The Cricut Expression Machine offers many new features to please both the die-cutting enthusiast and the novice. Please watch this video to learn more.
The possibilities are endless with this larger die-cutting machine, allowing you to create bigger die-cuts for scrapbook layouts, classroom decor, home decor, cardmaking and so much! And you don't need a computer to make it work.
We also received 30 different cartridges , Design Studio and the new Jukebox by Cricut. I will upload the images soon ;).
'Gotta go now ... need to play with my new "baby"!
Here's the treat bags we made for Haq Al Lailah (a traditional event for Muslims especially in the GCC which is celebrated 15 days before Ramadan). Here in the UAE, the locals celebrate this occassion by giving sweets to families , friends and neighbors especially to children.
Papers from 3 Bugs in A Rug, Flower die cuts from Cuttlebug and Sizzix.
And here's our version of the famous lollie flowers:
Aren't they cute???
All papers from American Crafts, flower diecuts from Sizzix and Cuttlebug.
About our scrapbooking classes, I will be having a Beginner's class on Sunday from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm and If you are interested for an evening class please call the store for more details.
We are in talks with different manufacturers in the US and have invited their designer instructors to teach in our store. And we are happy to inform you that K&Co has responded to us and very happy to consider our request. Their products are impressive and one of the best sellers in our store. Their embellishments and classic albums are the hot faves of Dubai scrappers and each year they are coming out with beautiful and exciting collections. 'sure it will be a fun-filled and exciting class from K&Co.
We are also in the final arrangement with one of the famous scrapbook designers in the US and just finalizing the terms and date (winter) and she will fly in from Montana, USA especially to Paper Lane and will share her scrapping talents with us. This is really exciting for us all as this awesome and oh-so talented designer have inspired us with her famous sketches and her book (my fave and the best-seller in our store).
Nothing's gonna stop us from doing our best to try and bring a little bit of scrapbooking heaven to you our loyal friends and customers because at Paper Lane, we're scrapbookers too and only do what we'd expect our dream scrapbook store to do for us too!!! The management of Paper Lane aim to make scrapping a truly meaningful fun-filled passion for us all. Expect only the best from Paper Lane !!!
Finally, we have the store signage outside the villa. We have attracted so many ladies who were curious about scrapbooking and they were amazed of all the preeeetty goodies in the store. And we were surprised with the number of ladies who dropped by in the store and were so happy they finally found a scrapbooking store in Dubai. They can't believe that we've been in the business for 3 long years but never found us .... now we believe how effective the power of visual sign is! We have another eye candy for you as we received 12 boxes full of yummy and scrapalicious supplies from your fave manufacturers. The "girls" are working double-time updating our online store and now we have another 12 boxes to sort out... waaahhhh!!! (we can hear Shiren crying!) Promise we will upload the photos of the new arrivals the moment we can ... but if you can't wait for the sneak peeks... then pop down to our place and have a first-hand look and feel of all that will await you!
And so, we really hope to see you soon ... in the meantime, enjoy scrappin!
Sorry I haven't written lately, so many projects to finish before our Grand O in August. It's has been a really great two weeks open so far! We've met many new friends who are quickly becoming great customers. We are busy as well in getting the class schedule together for August. So far we will have 2 beginner's classes, a never-seen-before mini book class (only from Paper Lane) , a very cute beyond the page class :), 2 cardmaking classes and 2 scrapbooking technique-based classes. When booking a class, priorities will be given to those who have purchased from our retail store. For those who have inquired about our cropping sessions, we will open the cropping rooms in August and our store will remain closed on Fridays till our Grand Opening. Bye for now and we look forward to seeing you in the store.
Paper Lane is the first and largest scrapbook store of its kind in the UAE. We offer the widest selection of imported acid and lignin-free materials for scrapbooking and papercrafting. We also design beautiful customized scrapbooks, one-of-a-kind invitations, announcements, elegant cards and unique favor boxes in any theme and event you like. Call us at 04-3955337 or 050-8708621.
