...chilly anyone?

Still unpacking after Athlone. Turns out there was a major stampede through the store the moment we turned our backs and headed for the hills...or maybe it was the gorgeous new August release goodies, which finally arrived...who knows...but we are nearly all caught up again, much thanks to Herself, who has been practically living in the dungeon stock room for a fortnight now. Indeed, so proficient is 'Herself' on the computer that this morning was not the first time that I wondered if her heritage was not partially Borg... Having grown up on a diet of Mac and fries myself, the very mention of the word 'hard-drive' fills me with evil dread. Not so Herself who has built these babies from scratch before now...

Between us, we have made great progress this week, orders are nearly all caught up, admin is not too far behind and the Jericho walls of email land will topple tomorrow, round about lunchtime I believe. No less than 4 magazine projects were completed, written about and shipped, templates were made up for some delicious little doodads that I will be able share freely with you in good time for the holidays, and most excitingly (to me anyhow) plans progressed for the next release.

There is no doubt that the supplier issues in August have set us back a whole lot and, yes, I might well still be releasing Christmas stamps right through until about February, but you know what, that's ok. If there's one thing I picked up this year more than any other, it's how precious and short life is, and you gotta do what makes you happy. I started off this company drawing Gingerbread men in Spring. WMS has never really been about following the marketing seasons to the letter, it's always been about making something that little bit different and that's what I'm holding on to...I cannot wait to show you what is coming next, we have a total of 8 sets lined up, some will be instant old friends, but one or two, well, you've never seen the like....at least not how we do it....