Well jeepers, creepers! I can't believe how long it's been since I posted here! Does that mean I've been sitting around watching TV and eating bon-bons in my PJ's? Ha ha… hardly! Actually, I've HARDLY even been in town as I've fixated on the goal of getting my folks' house ready to sell – back where they used to live. So I've been out of town just about exactly half of the past 6 months, and with very limited access to the internet during that time. So I've still been workin', but largely (and thankfully temporarily) focused in a different direction. But the good news is I've always seen the light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm now only a handful of weeks away from closing the door on that project and having more time to focus on the things I love – family and my paper-crafty friends!

But as they say, time waits for no one, and regardless of my own personal set of circumstances, the Stampin' Up! calendar marches onward. I just returned yesterday from an awesome trip to Salt Lake City for Stampin' Up!'s convention (now known as "OnStage Live"), where we saw and learned about the gorgeous products in the upcoming Annual Catalog. Let me just say you're going to swoon….. and that's about all I can say while I'm still sworn to secrecy!

But in the meantime, I CAN tell you that the items that will be retiring from the current line and that will NOT be continuing with us – will soon be revealed. And THAT is what I'd like to give you a little bit of inside information about. (And this "inside information" only comes from many years' experience with this process.) 

Lynda's PSA:

If you still have your heart set on acquiring any accessories from either the Occasions Catalog or the 2015 – 2016 Annual Catalog, best get 'em now. BEFORE the list is revealed.

Because once that "Retiring" list becomes public, the most popular items tend to vanish. Often within only hours. So by the time many crafters get a chance to sit down, leisurely peruse "the list" and think about submitting an order – their favorite things have already sold out. Participation in this whole "retiring list" thing isn't for the faint of heart. 

So consider this fair warning. Don't be "that girl" who waits until it's too late again. Instead, grab your wish list (you know, the one you've been working on since roughly this time LAST year?!?), check for any "accessories" still hanging around on there, and order 'em. Now.

And while you're at it, don't forget the 2014 – 2016 In Color items. We don't need an official list to tell us THEY'RE retiring! Do you have all the ink pads you have wanted? What about the ink refills? (Those typically sell out almost immediately once the official list publishes.) And enough coordinating cardstock to carry you through? 

Bottom line is that list is coming. And soon. Really soon. And if things go as in past years, the hottest items WILL sell out. Quickly. All that remains to be seen is whether YOU got what YOU wanted….