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Tuesdays with Tammy: Back from Nashville - Part II

Posted by Tammy Miller

As Jen mentioned yesterday we are back from Nashville, home of country music. I enjoy country music and wish we could have had more time site seeing, but the sites we did take in were beautiful. What a beautiful part of the country -- gorgeous landscaping, warm, welcoming and full of southern hospitality.

One of our first stops was at The Sassy Scrapper in Murfreesboro.

This is where we found Mary Kumpf, Lee Diamond and Bettye Branton. Yes, her name ends in "ye". How cute is that?

These ladies love their AccuCut GrandeMARK machine. They have an 8" Roman Uppercase alphabet set they use to cut letters out of chipboard covered in cardstock for classes and to sell individually.

They also use their machine to cut shapes to sell at the register. Mary said the 5 1/4" Square-Scalloped and Circle-Scalloped shapes sell really well for her.

What a cute store, and it was packed with all sorts of products. Jen purchased more than a few sheets of paper along with some other scrapbook supplies. I nearly had to pull her out of the store, wink wink. : )

Before the rain set in we ran into Memories In Bloom Scrapbook Superstore in Clarksville owned by Georgie Vaughan Stimson. I love this fun entrance.

Lauren and Kim were there to help with the rest of Jen's purchases (good thing we had extra room in the rental car!). Beautiful projects were displayed throughout the store and customers had access to a GrandeMARK machine and lots of fun dies.

Again, we found die cuts near the cash register, which is one of my favorite "smart business tips".

Here they have used chipboard and plastic to cut birds, tags, frames and borders.

What fun we had in Nashville visiting stores that love their AccuCut systems as much as we do. I look forward to seeing more scrapbook stores across the country later this year. See you next week...

Back from Nashville - Part I

Posted by Jen Cramer

Tammy and I are back from Nashville after spending a few days at the Scrap Etc. "Tell the Story Only You Can Tell" event and visiting scrapbook stores in the area. Today and tomorrow we'll share some of our trip with lots of photos!

We sat in on a number of classes including this Everyday Us album class by Vanessa Hudson. She used lots of AccuCut dies in the project, and the die cuts looked great with the Scenic Route paper. On the cover below she used three dies: Birds #1 (small), Butterfly #8 (small) and Tree-No Leaves.

Here is Vanessa teaching one of her sessions:

The class used a Pioneer album and she created a number of dividers to separate the sections. This "On the Go" divider uses Car #2 and Flourishes #1 -- how clever was that?

On her "What's for Dinner?" divider she used a small Label die behind the word "Dinner", the Apron card and a Scallops border. I love how she uses a black pen to outline her shapes. It really makes them pop. 

We also spent quite a bit of time traveling around the area to visit scrapbook stores that have AccuCut die cutting systems. On Friday we stopped in at Scrappuccino in Greenbrier, Tennessee, and saw co-owners Lola Fields and Kathy Sterry. They use their Creative Cafe dies for art bar projects.

Here's another shot of part of their Creative Cafe area. They have both Spirit and Lucky lines.

The last store that we squeezed in to our trip was Timeless Reflection in Hendersonville, where we found a huge selection of AccuCut dies. Owner Michelle Luther was having her last crop before she was going to have to close for a few days to knock down a wall to expand her store. When she opens again she's going to hang these beautiful pennants over the 7 Gypsies products. I just loved her vintage style using the Pennant #5 die and our 4" Carnival alphabet. The letters are cut out of chipboard and then covered with glitter.

Tomorrow: Tammy will share photos from our stops at The Sassy Scrapper and Memories in Bloom.