AUGUST IS BECOMING…

August 1st, 2010

…MAGENTA MONTH!

MAGENTA IS A GREAT CANADIAN STAMP COMPANY WITH MANY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS.  THEY ALSO HAVE CRAFTY INDIVIDUAL STAMPS.  THEY HAVE GREAT PAPERS INCLUDING MARU AND NEW CHIPBOARD SHAPES AND SOME AWESOME CORK SQUARES ALONG WITH MANY, MANY MORE PRODUCTS!

SO WE DECIDED TO DEDICATE THIS MONTH TO THEM!

WE HAVE STARTED WITH OUR STAMP OF THE MONTH BEING THE WILD BERRIES SET AND WHICH DANIZA WILL WORK HER MAGIC WITH ON THE 21ST OF AUGUST.

BUT WE ARE GETTING STARTED THIS SATURDAY (7TH) WITH A VISIT FROM HELENE METIVIER (ONE OF THE OWNERS OF MAGENTA)!  THERE WILL BE 2 GREAT CLASSES: 1 USING ALL MAGENTA STAMPS (INCLUDING CSET30 SEE BELOW) WITH LOTS OF GREAT TECHNIQUES AND PRODUCTS TO LEARN ABOUT AND THE 2ND CLASS WILL BE WORKING WITH CRAFTY INDIVIDUAL STAMPS AND LOTS MORE AWESOME PRODUCTS!  REAL LIFE SAMPLES ARE IN THE STORE NOW!

CSET30

CSET 30 – SPRING

HELENE IS ALSO BRINGING WITH HER SOME OF HER NEW PRODUCTS FOR YOU TO PREVIEW – TRUNK SHOW STYLE!

IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE TERRIFIC CLASSES – DO IT NOW AS THEY ARE STARTING TO FILL FAST!  THERE ARE JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT TO BE A PART OF HELENE’S FIRST VISIT TO BIZZY B’S!

ALSO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING OUR INVENTORY LAST WEEK!  YOU WILL BE REWARDED THIS WEEK AS WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE NEW TIM HOLTZ STAMPS, SOME NEW CUTTLEBUG PRODUCTS ALONG WITH A BOX OF NEW MAGENTA STAMPS ETC.!  ON THE WAY AS I WRITE THIS ARE THE NEW G45 PAPERS (WHO CAN BELIEVE THEY ARE COMING ALREADY!), STAMPOTIQUE (INCLUDING THE GIRLS WE ALL LOVE) & SOME NEW ARTYTART STAMPS!  NOW WE JUST HAVE TO GET THEM INTO INVENTORY FOR YOU – VERY SOON!

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PLEASE NOTE THE STORE WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW

MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2010

12:00PM – 5:0PM

SO DROP BY IF YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT

IN THE VILLAGE!

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I’m Late, I’m Late for a very important date!

July 16th, 2010

Well not really but the new Alice in Wonderland line from Graphic 45 is on the shelf right now!  I doubt for long though as it is great and fun! The full line is in – paper pads and all!

Halloween in Wonderland

Coming soon to Bizzy B’s from Graphic 45 are

Steampunk Debutante

Steampunk Debutante

&

Christmas Past

Christmas Past

plus the awesome new embellies by G45

Staples

You will probably want to let us know if you would like any of these products as they always fly off the shelf – no kidding!

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Here is something else you won’t want to be late for:

Tomorrow is Stamp of the Month with the following stamps from Hero Arts:

Exotic Bloom 2 Vine Scrolls

11:00am, Saturday, July 17th be at the “Hive” for some great ways to use these stamps!

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We are in full CHA mode and being bombarded with tons of new products.

Unfortunately we will not be attending the show this time due to a small (o.k. not so small) feat around here known as inventory!

Yep the whole store has to be counted! So bear with us on the last week of July as we plough through this task!

However if you see anything you think we should bring in please let us know ASAP as we making our decisions NOW!

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By the way we do have a couple of extra spots still available for next week’s

Christmas in July Crop (Saturday, July 24th)

so if you have been thinking about it now’s the time to book before they are gone!

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SAVE THE DATE! MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2010

We are having a full day with

Helene Métivier from Magenta

There will be 2 classes where you will make 4 cards in each class

(both Magenta & Crafty Individuals stamps will be used)

with loads of great techniques,

a Trunk Show style Preview Party with lots of new stamps – it will be so much fun!

Registration is now open – call us now!

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HAPPY CANADA DAY!

June 30th, 2010

flagWow it’s Canada’s Birthdayflag
and it’s 143 years old!!
That’s right on  01/07/2010
the whole country should be celebrating
because that’s a ripe old age!

So add it all up and what do you get?

(hint add the digits for Canadaa’s age and Birthday!)

Answer that skill testing question
and head to Bizzy B’s with the answer
between Wednesday, June 30th and
Sunday, July 4th

(REMEMBER WE ARE CLOSED FOR
CANADA DAY ON JULY 1ST).

Mention that number when cashing out
and that’s how much discount you will
receive off your purchase!!

(excluding items already discounted, special orders

and /or items on hold

and Tim Holtz new Alteration Dies & Embossing Folders
but it does apply to all
back issue magazines prior to May 2010)

I know, crazy eh????


So put on your

Canada Day Beaver

Canadian hat, wear something red or white (or both),
wave the flag,

do something patriotic like shop at Bizzy B’s (tee hee),
come and entertain us by singing the national anthem!
(that will be interesting)

Whatever you do make sure you take advantage
of this sale,
this weekend


because we want to celebrate all things Canadian!

Canada Day Button

REMEMBER THIS IS FOR NEWSLETTER / WEB PAGE
READING FOLKS ONLY!!

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Do you want to escape all things G20 in Toronto?

June 23rd, 2010

Then you will want to bring your

Tweet Friends

“Tweet Friends”

put on your

Waisted Corset

“Waisted Corset” (not mandatory)

and

Hanging out!

“Hang Out”

at Bizzy B’s tomorrow evening between 7:00pm & 9:00pm!

We will be far away in another world of amazing stamps

(rubber that is)!

‘Cos we are having a party!

A Beautiful Bizzy B / B Line Preview Party!

Forget all the fences and police presence of downtown and let your

imagination soar at the hive when you see all those lovely

NEW (and favourite) B Line Designs stamps.

We even have a few of our Stamp(s) of the Month available

(if they are all gone you can still take advantage of the

special pricing till the end of the month for orders!)

Do make’n'takes with Daniza and Cheryl! You know you want to!


Receive a 15% discount on all B Line purchases

(including orders!) – tomorrow night only!

Refreshments as usual!

Just drop by anytime between 7 & 9

for the

Wild West Show

“Wild West Show” at 2100 Bloor West

- See you there!

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TWO MORE SLEEPS!

June 9th, 2010

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IF YOU ARE SITTING ON A FENCE

SOMEWHERE DEBATING ON WHETHER

YOU SHOULD SIGN UP FOR

THIS WEEKEND’S CLASSES WITH SALLY LYNN

IT WOULD BE WISE TO GET DOWN, GRAB YOUR PHONE

AND CALL THE HIVE (416-203-0433) ASAP

THESE CLASSES ARE FILLING QUICKLY

AND SHE WILL BE HERE IN ONLY 48 HOURS!

I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL DO

WITH THE 7 GYPSIES RECEIPT HOLDER ON

FRIDAY NIGHT (MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT ONE MYSELF)!

THE “COPIC, WHAT, HOW & WOW”

CLASS IS ALMOST FULL

JUST A FEW SPOTS LEFT!

AS FOR THE “TATTERED TIN” AND “ACRYLIC ALBUM” CLASSES

THERE ARE ALSO SOME SPOTS AVAILABLE

AND THERE IS LOTS TO BE LEARNED

ABOUT COPICS AND AIR BRUSHING PLUS YOU

GO HOME WITH GREAT PROJECTS!

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE IMAGES!

OUR STAFF ARE ON PINS AND NEEDLES AWAITING YOUR CALL!

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DON’T MISS OUT!

June 4th, 2010

Garage Sale

REMINDER

BUZZ BY THE HIVE TOMORROW 10:00AM – 4:00PM

AND SEE TONY FOR SOME AWESOME DEALS

ON EVERYTHING FROM STAMPS TO EMBELLISHMENTS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

PLEASE NOTE CASH ONLY FOR GARAGE SALE PRODUCTS

COME EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION!

(BLACK TABLE PRODUCT ONLY)


WHILE YOU ARE THERE MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP FOR

NEXT WEEKEND’S CLASSES WITH

SALLY LYNN MACDONALD (ALL THE WAY FROM CONNECTICUT)

THEY ARE GOING TO BE GREAT!

SALLY LYNN MACDONALD

LEARN EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT

COPIC MARKERS & AIRBRUSHING WITH COPICS.

WE ARE STARTING ON FRIDAY NIGHT (JUNE 11TH) WITH

AN AWESOME CLASS

“INKED & ENCAUSTICATED”

INKED & ENCAUSTICATED

YOU WILL BE GOING HOME

WITH AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF ART

MADE WITH THE AMAZING

“VINTAGE RECEIPT HOLDER” FROM 7 GYPSIES

EMBELLISHED WITH WAX & COPICS AND

LOTS OF OTHER 7 GYPSY GOODNESS!

AWESOME VALUE!  YOU GET LOADS OF PRODUCT!

SATURDAY JUNE 12TH

BRINGS A FULL DAY (3 CLASSES)

DEVOTED TO COPIC!

CLASS 1 IS THE

COPIC: WHAT? HOW? AND WOW!

COPIC

LEARN THE BASICS FOR THESE

AMAZING ALCOHOL MARKERS

OR LET IT BE A REFRESHER COURSE

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE

STASHED AWAY ALL THOSE YUMMY COLOURS

BUT NOT REALLY GOT AROUND TO USING THEM!

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

CLASS 2

TATTERED TIN

TATTERED TIN

LEARN HOW TO TURN AN OLD TIN (OR A NEW ONE)

INTO A LOVELY PIECE OF ART!

SALLY LYNN WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH

THE STEPS OF HOW TO

INCORPORATE COPIC MARKERS, SCRAPBOOKING PAPERS,

TATTERED ANGELS GLIMMER MISTS, BLING & MORE!

USE THE NEW FASTENATION FOLDERS FROM

HEIDI SWAPP TOO!

YOU WILL BE AMAZED WHAT ALL THESE

PRODUCTS CAN PRODUCE!


CLASS 3

CLEARLY CAPABLE ACRYLIC ALBUM

THIS CLASS IS GREAT TO FIND OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE CLEAR ALBUMS (PAGES)

WITH SALLY LYNN’S MOTTO OF

LET NO SURFACE REMAIN UNINKED!

CLEARLY CAPABLE

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO LAYER

COLOURS ON TRANSPARENCIES,

AIRBRUSHING ON ACRYLIC,

COLOURING BLING, STICKERS, FLOWERS & CHIPBOARD

YOU WILL BE ALTERING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT BY THE TIME THIS CLASS IS DONE!

WE ARE ALL READY AND WAITING TO HOST

YET ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND OF CLASSES

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU

DON’T MISS OUT!

SIGN UP NOW!

CHECK OUR CALENDAR FOR MORE INFO (OR CALL THE STORE AT 416-203-0433)

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JEN STARR – THIS WEEKEND AT THE HIVE!

May 25th, 2010

The Big, Bad, Bizzy B Blogger is Back!!

Things have been so hectic through April and May we have lagged behind here – but now we are back in a big way!

If you haven’t already signed up for this weekend’s huge line up of classes with Jen Starr you really need to get on that!  Call the store now at 416-203-0433 and make sure you have a secure spot!

This is going to be a terrifically creative weekend for all who attend.  There are 6 classes in 4 days.  They range from a Shabby Chic Album on Friday to Technique Tags & Scrapbooking 6 8″ x 8″ pages on Saturday, a full day of card classes (8 cards in both classes) & finally the Triple G on Monday evening!  Tons of techniques to be learned, products to play with and of course FREE STUFF if you sign up for 2 or more classes throughout the weekend.  Refreshments will also be provided throughout the weekend!

Here is just a collage of Jen’s samples.

Actual samples are now in the store for your viewing pleasure!

Jen Starr collage

Check out our calendar (scroll down) for more details on the actual classes!  Our staff is on standby just waiting to sign you up!!!

We want to see you out at the Hive this weekend – it is certainly going to be BIZZY!

Back soon!

Barb

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Good Friday

April 2nd, 2010

What a beautiful March we had here in the Toronto area and we are starting April off with a beautiful Friday!  Whether you are commemorating Easter, Passover or just enjoying a long weekend it always goes better with warm sunshine!

Just a reminder that Bizzy B’s is closed today for Good Friday and we will be closed on Sunday for Easter Sunday.  We want you to enjoy some family / friend time this Easter weekend!

Having said that we would love for you to visit “The Hive” tomorrow (April 3rd), dip into our basket of eggs and reveal your Easter gift from us. (With purchase). We are open 10am-6pm for your convenience.  OOOHHHH and I think I heard some chocolate bunnies were going to be hanging out with us too!

We would like you to mark your calendars for a few things in April.  The first is next Saturday (April 10th) is our Stamp of the Month Demo. As you may have already noticed this month’s stamp was designed by our very own customer – Collette Copeland.  Collette designed a series of stamps for Stampington (she also writes articles for their magazines) and they are all in the store now.  The stamp we choose for Stamp of the Month is called Marie-Claire which was named for Collette’s sister and you can see it here!  Collette will also be at the demo next week so if you haven’t met her, or if you have any questions for her the place to be is Bizzy B’s for the demo!  We will also be extending a 10% discount on all other stamps in Collette’s series for that day only.

IT’S TIME FOR
Scrapfest

That’s right come on out to Kitchener and visit us on April 17th – it is sure to be a Bizzy day!

There will be demo’s and all kinds of great SCHTUFF!!

The store will be open regular hours while we are there so no need to worry

that you won’t be able to get great SCHTUFF there too!


ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!


MARCH MARCHES ON!

March 3rd, 2010

Well March came in like a lamb except around here it came in the form of many bizzy little bees!  We are bizzy getting ready for tomorrow nights “Stampers Anonymous Preview Party” and our “2nd Hand Stamp Sale” on Saturday.

So as promised in our newsletter yesterday here are a few more details for these two special events this week:

STAMPERS ANONYMOUS PREVIEW PARTY

This is an opportunity to come in and see all the new Tim Holtz & Wendy Vecchi stamps and lots of other great Stampers Anonymous stamps.  There will be catalogues for you to look at in case we missed bringing in your favourites and we will be placing an order shortly after the party.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Make and Takes with Daniza – go home with 1 card and 2 tags made!
  • Snacks & beverages (it’s going to be sweet!) brought to you by Tony!
  • Chances to win FREE stamps!

We have 3 ways to win FREE stamp sets (yep whole sets)!  Here’s how:

  • Make sure you get your ticket when you attend our evening as we will be pulling a ticket to win a set of Tim Holtz stamps.
  • Do the make and take with Daniza and fill out a ballot to win a set of Wendy Vecchi stamps.
  • With every $25.00 spent on Thursday evening you get a ticket for the grand prize draw.  We will have 2 draws at the end of the evening for this.  One for a set of Tim Holtz stamps and one for a set of Wendy Vecchi stamps.

That’s 4 full sets of stamps we are giving away!!  But it doesn’t end there, no, no, no!

  • For every $50.00 order you place you will receive a FREE Distress Ink Pad when your order comes in!

THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE A GREAT, GREAT NIGHT!  CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!


*****DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR OUR 2ND HAND SALE DROP-OFF!*****

PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE EXTENDED DROP OFF UNTIL

NOON ON FRIDAY, MARCH 5TH

SO THERE IS STILL TIME TO BRING US YOUR TREASURES!

WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BOXES OF PRODUCTS SO HEAD DOWN ON SATURDAY

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND!

OK THAT’S IT, BACK TO GETTING READY!

SEE YOU TOMORROW!

BARB

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Rolling into February!

February 12th, 2010

Actually it seems February is rolling along pretty quickly as we are almost here at Valentines Day and the long Family Day weekend!

IMPORTANT:  We will be closed Monday, February 15th for Family Day – enjoy!

There is still time to join us for our “For the Love of Scramping Olympics” tomorrow.  It’s going to be a great day of challenges, games food (Olympic style) and lots of fun with friends.  Call the hive now at 416-203-0433 to make sure you don’t miss out on the “games”!

We are still catching our breath from all the CHA activity we are experiencing.

Already on our shelves are some beautiful papers from Au dela des cimes – Tropic 9 line – direct from France.  We also have a great selection of characters from a new line of stamps called Loralie Designs. ‘These stamps include a fun character and several related elements which work with all the other designs in the collection. Find yourself and everyone in your world’ in this fun collection as Loralie says.  They are great for using Copic markers or for colouring in general, card making, sewing, quilting & embroidery.  Check out the catalogue to see your favourite character!

A whole bunch of new ribbons just arrived in the store today – looking really pretty!

In transit to the hive are all the new Graphic 45 papers – some awesome masculine papers too!  Can’t wait to see those!  You will need to make sure you get in quick with these as they always just fly off the shelves.

Other products coming soon are amazing products from 7 Gypsies & Prima – stay tuned!

You might want to save the following important dates:

March 4th: We are having another party because we all had so much fun at our last one!  This time we are celebrating all the new releases from Tim Holz & Wendy Vecchi along with other awesome stamps from Stampers Anonymous.  Check our calendar for more details as they become available.

March 6th: Our Second Hand Stamp & Stuff Sale – time to dig out the items you haven’t used in a while and do your own recycling.  There are always others looking for what you have and in turn you may find some new treasures!

So we wish you and your families all the best as you go about celebrating the long Family Day weekend.  Enjoy yourselves!

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