Inspiration for Stampin Up! or Inspired by Stampin' Up!? Industry Trends at work!

Going into a store is always a scary thing for me, not because I am scared of shopping, but because I always find things that make me want to buy....it is subliminal messages that the store sends out...we all know that. We learned that in high school or at least back in the 70's when you as a consumer was thinking something else when you were looking at their ad.....

If you think that this posting is about that, well....YOU've got to get your mind out of the gutter.....

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sorry...This blog is "G" Rated..!!!

I was in Target...I have to stay away from Target. They always have such cute things, and I am a SUCKER when it comes to seeing all the cutest things they have. But do you know how it makes me feel when I see the trends that they have in their stores, and what is coming in the NEW Stampin' Up! catalog??? WOW! What inspiration!

I was soo psyched when I saw OWLs, and HEARTS, and fleur d' lis and FLAMINGOS, and FROGS.....

Of course the Valentine's stuff is out and Spring and Summer is around the corner..(ok, for those of you in the really cold areas, you can close your eyes and think of laying out on your towel with your feet in the warm sand, going between your toes, and listening to the waves crashing on the shore.......if you've never heard that sound, you need to come and Visit me here in California! - uh, in the spring or summer, ok? cuz you'll see me crying like a baby about the chilly 50 degree weather we're having....what a baby...right!)

But I saw the summer towels out on display at Target, and what do you think was one of the towels????

This was in a coral and chocolate color fleur....looks like our Sizzix Die doesn't it?

And FLAMINGOS! Wooo hoo! I don't really like flamingos, but I have friends that love them...and I think that they can always be in 'style'. Personally, I still love my cherries....lol

Now these love birds remind me of Japanese Anime....Pikachu or what ever their names are...

singing "chi chi pa pa"...(that's the sparrow song)

but the tree, the bon bons, and the circles with hearts and patterns.....

and the owls....

they had owls everywhere! They even had a big owl placemat...which for some reason, blogger kept turning the photo sideways....so until I fix that, I have to leave it off my blog.....sigh...

What do you think?..it is just a plastic placemat for 1.99 at Target....and you'll be seeing more like this in the NEW Catalog & Idea book soon!

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