What is this Carolina Shop Hop?

You may have heard the buzz about a new event happening next month right here in the Upstate!

What is it?  You ask.  The first EVER Carolina Shop Hop for rubberstamping, scrapbooking & paper arts!

It will run from October 16 - 27 and has 11 stores in the Upstate and Western NC participating.

ALL shops will have free make & takes AND 20% off their crafting supplies!  WOW!

The organizers have compiled some gifts to give for those who visit 8 or more shops as well as those who visit all 11 in the 2 weeks!  YES!  FREE goodies!  Who doesn't like that???

The cost for a ticket is a mere $15.00.  With the ticket (which will be stamped at each store visited) there will also be a tote bag with the Carolina Shop Hop logo (to carry around all of those fabulous deals you will get at each store).

In an earlier post, I listed some of the extra things we will be doing for our 'Home Hoppers' (those who purchase their ticket from The Mercantile.)  These includes an entry into a special drawing JUST FOR 'HOME HOPPERS' for a $30 Mercantile Gift Certificate!

We are also having a tag contest, rules are available in an earlier post, or at the Mercantile.  (I just finished running off some more copies...)

Help for a friend in need...

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Our friend Evin Evans of Split Creek Farms here in Pendleton is currently fighting for her life due to a fatal lung disease.  A double lung transplant is her only option.  She has bee accepted into the lung transplant programs at both Emory (Atlanta) and MUSC (Charleston).  She is struggling with massive medical expenses beyond what her insurance pays.  After surgery, her anti-rejection drugs will have to be taken for the rest of her life.

Evin's church has started the Evin's Lung Fund (ELF) account.  Anyone can make a tax-deductible contribution to help by writing a check to:

North Anderson Community Church Presbyterian (NACCP)

Attn: Lane Pitts, Treasurer

4200 Liberty Hwy

Anderson, SC 29621

memo line - ELF project

You may also send donations to

SunTrust Bank

Attn: Renee York

Evin Evan's Medical Fund

907 North Main Street

Anderson, SC 29621

There will also be a SPAGHETTI SUPPER on Friday, February 25, 2011 from 4 - 7:30 PM at the church.

Eat in or take out available...

Suggested minimum donation $10/ticket

Tickets are available at Split Creek Farm, NACCP plus both Mountain Made & The Mercantile in downtown Pendleton.

Please help us help a friend in need.  If you know Evin, you know she would do whatever she could to help another, now it is her turn.

Follow Evin's progress at www.caringbridge.org/visit/evinevans

THANK YOU for your help!

Heirloom's Lawrenceville Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival

February 5 & 6, 2011

Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM 

Sunday 11 AM - 4 PM

Gwinnett County Fairgrounds

Advance tickets $6.00 for both days 

($8 at the door Sat & $6 at the door Sun)

Tickets available at The Mercantile

visit www.heirloompro.com for more information

StampScrapArtTour

February 19 - 20, 2011 - Columbia, SC

Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM & Sunday 10 AM - 3 PM

Jamil Temple Hall

Pre-paid tickets $5 ($6 at the door)

Tickets available at The Mercantile

For more information visit www.stampscraparttour.com

Have we got tickets for you!!!

Just around the corner there are two (YES - TWO) rubber stamp 'conventions'.
We have tickets for BOTH!

The first is the Heirloom Lawrenceville Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival at the Gwinnett County Fair in Lawrenceville, GA. That one is the weekend of February 6 & 7, 2010. The cost for that one is $6 in advance (good for both days) with admission at the door being $8 on Saturday and $6 on Sunday. For more information you can go to www.heirloompro.com

The second show is the Stamp Scrap Art Tour at the Jamil Temple Hall in Columbia, SC the weekend of February 13 & 14, 2010. That one costs $5 in advance, $6 at the door. You can go to www.stampscraparttour.com for more information.

Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Festival

We have tickets available for the Heirloom Productions Greenville Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Festival scheduled for September 6 and 7, 2008 at the Carolina First Center.
Advance tickets are $6 for 2 days, tickets at the door will be $8 on Saturday and $6 on Sunday.Come now and pick up your ticket, first come first served.