Maya Road Company Blog

Hello Sweetcakes!

Thank you all for making our Sneak Peek Week a success! Our team is busy at the show but we will share some photos before the week's end!

In the meantime, for all the Sneak Peek Week winners, your prize packs have been shipped as of yesterday if you contacted us before this week (for the couple we haven't heard from yet as of Saturday of this week, we will ship yours next week)!

Don't forget about our Summer Of Love Recipe Card contest - you still have about 2 weeks left to get in to win in over $500 of Maya Road prizes.

Winners of Sneak Peek Week!

Wow, thank you to all the participation we have had during Sneak Peek Week! Before we get to the winners (and yes we will post them here), we wanted to share with you a couple of things.

We were so excited to find out that we were the Reader's Choice Winner for Scrapbooks, Etc Magazine under the Mini Album Category! You can see all the winners here in this Aug/Sept 2009 issue (as you can see we couldn't believe our eyes and have already given the magazine a good working flipping through it)!

We are super excited and thank you so much for everyone that voted for us!

Secondly, we didn't get a chance to show you another mini Christmas tree album we have. This one matches the large one (which is about 8.5" to 9") but this one here comes on a chipboard sheet (and is about 6") with lots of chipboard goodies to use with it. Check it out:

This would be a perfect album for some Christmas memories! You can document them and save them to hang on your tree. And check out all the delish bits that come with it to use:

Now onto our Sneak Peek Week Winners! If you find your name on this lucky list, please contact us using form on our website. Let us know your name, snail mail address and which day you won!

Day 1

Wow that's nice! ik love kraft and owls and i spotted one!!! :) ooohhh cupcakes they are lovely to!!! fantastic!

Posted by: Marlinda | July 16, 2009 at 08:14 AM

Day 2

Can't wait to use the sheer calendars and the velvet ric-rac. Love the xmas lo using these!

Posted by: Staci Garrison | July 17, 2009 at 02:01 PM

Day 3

Wow, I love everything, such fun embellishments and the new chipboard rocks!

Posted by: cindy vernon | July 19, 2009 at 11:09 PM

Day 4

Wow. The new Maya Mist colors are lookin good!!

Posted by: mica | July 21, 2009 at 04:49 PM

Day 5

Oh my! The pennant book reminds me of a slice of pie. Recipe book? And I love the curved scallop book. So many yummy goodies! :)

Posted by: ElizabethB | July 22, 2009 at 09:50 AM

Day 6

what a lot of great new products got to have words with my bank manager for sure. Have a great time at CHA

Posted by: EJ | July 23, 2009 at 07:23 AM

If you are a winner, please contact us by August 1st so we can get your prize package out!

With that we are going to spend some time with our families before the tradeshow next week! Hope you all have a great weekend.

We will be back next week with some CHA-S show updated from the show!

Day 6 Sneak Peeks! Here It All Is!

Well this is our last day of sneak peeks. Thank you to EVERYONE who has stopped by and told your friends about us. We love to hearing what you have told us that you like from our release. So without anymore delay, you can check out our ENTIRE catalog!

There are way too many pages to post here but you can see everything in all its glory here  - every single delish item. Make sure you tell your favorite online store / LSS to carry our stuff. It it with your support that we can continue to bring you cool products at competitive prices!

But we have a couple of things left to show you too - some talented projects from our design team that we want to showcase here. Please give a hearty thank you to all of them for the hard work they have showing what you can do with our products!

So take a quick look see at our entire catalog and tell us what you like!

We will be making a final before CHA-S post on Friday with the list of winners and we will keep this comments open til then!

We will announce sneak peek winners on Friday - if you don't check back, you won't know if you won!

Good luck and thank you again!

If your LSS/online store is going to CHA-S make sure to tell them to stop by our booth - 849!

Sneak Peeks Day 5: We Can See The Finish Line and It Is Covered In CHIPBOARD!

But before we get to that, concerning the Day 3 peeks and the hanging chandelier beads, we went and created some samples with some alcohol inks and Copic Markers today so show you what you can do with our Clear Beads to give it a splash of color. The blue one was done with the Copic and the others with alcohol inks.

So easy and fun to do and an easy way to match your hanging MR beads for your project!

And we love that so many of you love the sushi stamp - LOL - we are planning on making some sushi party cards to celebrate after CHA-S is finished!

Now back to our peeks! Tomorrow will be our big reveal of the entire catalog but before we do, here are some photos of some neat Maya Road albums coming your way!

Let's start with one of our DT's favorite - our Scallop Layer Christmas Tree Album! We couldn't pry it out of the hands of one of the Maya Road boys because he insisted on being in the photo with the Tree:

Next we have a cute lil' LadyBug album - that is a huge 8". The antenna are separate and the front page is die cut.



What about a cute mixed scallop Triangle Banner? 4 pages have scallops and 4 do not - use them separately or layer them for a neat effect!



And what about our mini Calendar Stand - it is acrylic with 6 chipboard pages - perfect for using with our 2010 calendar sheers!



And finally our Curved Edge Scallop Layer Book:



 

And there have been some inquiries into our new mini chipboard letters so we wanted to show them here for you - here is the mini Bethany alphabet (named for Ms B who came into the MR family about 6 months ago)

And here is the Caroline Mini Alphabet which is a perfect mini script one!



And of course our peeks would not be complete without some projects from our talented DT!

Let's start with the Scallop Tree Album - how pretty is this album?



What about a beautiful Curved Edge Scallop Album?

And check out the mini Calendar Stand - how sweet is this one?

And a cutie pie LadyBug album:



And the mixed Triangle Banner - check out how different 1 album can look in the hands of 2 DT members:





 And finally here is a peek at some of the Bethany letters with one of our new coasters!



Whew! Lots of goodies here - so what do you think of day 5? Are you still alive out there?

Leave us a comment for a chance at a MR prize pack! Good luck!

Day 4: You'll Want More Color (and Stamps)!

Well we are *almost* to the end of our sneak peek week! It sure has flown by quickly! There were a couple of comments from day 3 which we wanted to answer here

1. Will you all make different color hanging beads?

For the chandelier beads, you can change the color they are with a couple of drops of alcohol inks on them - so think of the possibilities by just starting with the clear!! 

2. When do all the items ship?

We plan on shipping items as soon as we arrive back from CHA-S; about 80% of the items are ready to go and are on their way to our warehouse as we speak! So unless there is a customs issue, we will be busy right after CHA!

3. There were some chipboard fonts used for some of the albums in the last peek - what are they?

Actually, they are some of our new Bethany chipboard letters in mini - we didn't get to share them with day 1 peeks but they are super cute!

Ok back to the peeks!

Today we want to share with you some color first off and then follow that up with a peek to our stamps. So let's get started!

Some of our most popular release this year has been our Maya Mists. Great colors and coverage come from our entire range. And guess what here is a peek at some more colors coming your way!

And notice our new bottles! All the better to see the colors in!

Here is what some of the colors look like on paper. We have 8 metallic colors coming out in all this time around.

Colors like bubblegum, lime, blue raspberry, cream and others coming your way!

And check out what they look like on our chipboard:



Check out what cute things you can do with these mists! Here are some muslin roses made with the new metallic mists - we will share with you a tutorial on the DT blog before month's end!

Next heck out what new things we have at Maya Road - some 1" pigment ink cubes - retailing for less than $2! You can use them on fabric, chipboard, paper and more. They work wonderfully with our stamps.

Here is one of our favorite colors (white):



Would you believe that the "love" word on this page was just inked in the white pigment and allowed to dry?



And check out how pretty the white looks on color cardstock with some of our new snowflake stamps!



Now what about some of the colored inks on our chipboard - yes every color you see here will be in 1" cube form - perfect to travel with!



And check out how they look with some of our new clear stamps:



And we cannot resist all of our new cute stamps so check them out here- and yeah we love us some sushi here at MR!







And here are some projects using our new stamps!

Whew, that is all we got today! So what do you like? Let us know and post a comment here and we will enter you in a drawing for some new MR goodies!

Day 3 Sneak Peeks: A Little Color and Of Course CHIPBOARD!

We are back after the weekend for day 3 sneak peeks and we are posting this time a wee bit early for Monday! We are going to start this week with a splash of color so check out some more of our ribbons, trims, hanging beads and flowers.

Let's start with some of our crocheted trim (in bright colors this time around)!

Now what about some beautiful flowers in all types of materials - lots perfect for Fall!

And how about a package of hanging chandiler beads - over 70 pieces / 3 styles for less than $5?

And check out what our DT did with some of these pretty goodies!

Now we get to the heart of our business - how about some chipboard coasters? They are made of some of the thickest chipboard out there and retail for less than $2.50 in the US! Each one is unique in that they front page is die cut. Check out some of these lovelies ( in all shapes and sizes) !

A cute square scroll frame coaster:

Loving us the snowflakes for some chilly weather:

A cute oval scallop frame coaster:

A postage stamp for all your love notes:

And a mitten for winter (or what about turning it into an oven mitt):

And check out what cute things you can do with these coasters!

We will have more peeks tomorrow - what do you like from today's peeks? Some of our favorites include the flowers and the snowflake coaster. But trust us at the pricing we are able to offer you might not be able to resist ALL of them! And even if you don't like it all - we have a little something for everyone's taste!

Leave us a comment about what you see today that you like for a chance to win!

Sneak Peek Day 2: Pinned Up and Feeling Sheer!

Before we get to day 2 sneaks, we wanted to announce the winners of the warehouse sale kits! Listen up, if your name is called, contact us here with your information (snail mail info). Thanks to everyone who played along!

For the random winner:

Eeek love the peek!! I guess 9 as well!

Posted by: Kelly Feldman | July 13, 2009 at 12:52 PM

And of all the people that said there were 8 items who posted before the end of day our time (central) July 15th:

8? :) Can't wait to see what great stuff you guys come out with at CHA! Thanks for the opportunity!

Posted by: Vicki H. | July 14, 2009 at 06:33 PM

Congrats, Kelly and Vicki! Make sure you contact us so we can get the w/h sale kits out to you (they will be shipping next week)

Now onto day 2 peeks!

Some of our most popular lines have been our printed sheers - if you are a MR sheer lover, get ready to have your socks knocked off!

What about a limited edition set of 2010 calendar (3 styles - 3 whole 2010 calendars - 36 pieces in a tin for $8.00 in the US):

And let's follow that up with some cute rag tag animals (and copic markers are super cute with these sheers):

Or some of the MR boys' favorites - ROBOTS!

Check these sheers out in action here:

And we aren't done with our peeks yet! Next, we want to share with you some of our most FABULOUS pins and ribbons. Check out what we have in store - what about some black pearl pins?

Or some pretty pink pearl flower pins:

And as popular as our scallop ric rac has been in the past, check out our VELVET (yes velvet) scallop ric rac we are releasing this show:

And here are some pretty projects using all the beautiful items:



So what tickles your fancy today? Let us know and good luck!

Maya Road Sneak Peek 1: Getting Krafty and Mini Too!

Thanks to everyone who commented on our last post about some sneak peeks and warehouse sale! And those of you who guessed 8 MR products in the photo were right! We will pick a random winner from all the comments that were made by Wed July 15th and then also a winner from those who picked the number 8. The winners will be picked on FRIDAY so make sure you check back here to see if you won!

And for those who wanted to get a kit, we went in today and took a look and we have 25 kits or so left. If you still want one, here is your chance to get it in our storefront!

Now onto our peeks!

We are going to start with 2 categories today, the first one being something we haven't done before. How does a line of kraft tags and envelopes sound? Also check out the fact that each of the sets are going to be less than $5 (in the US). Each of the tag/card sets will have 27 to 30 pieces. The cool envelopes come in sets of 10.

Check these cool krafty kats out:

We will have 3 sets of kraft tags in all styles and shapes and also 2 sets of decorative envelopes!

Check out some of the cute things you can do with the kraft.

Hope you love the kraft like we do!

Next we want to follow it up with some of our cutest mini chipboards! Check all these out. They are perfect for cards and mini albums.

Hungry for some cupcakes then take a peek at these -  (fat free but not recommended for eating):

What about some mini snowflakes (because we are dreaming about some cooler weather here in Texas):

And what about some birds and tiny cages to go with them?

And what about some hearts with wings too?

Now check out the cute things you can do with these minis:

So what do you all like from some of these peeks from today?

We are going to be doing a week of giveaways by picking one comment a day to win a Maya Road CHA-S prize package! Each day we post a sneak peek is a new chance to comment and win. Posts will be closed each day that a new post goes up! One comment per person please! Winners will be picked at the end of sneak peek week!

Let us know what you like and good luck!

A Tiny Peek And A Giveaway

Just a quick update for everyone - we will begin our CHA-S Sneak Peeks later this week - for now we have a little giveaway. Thanks for making our warehouse sale such a success! To celebrate, we set aside 2 kits which we are going to giveaway right now! PLUS, with our new CHA-S things arriving soon, we are going to throw in a couple of items in there from the summer show - how does THAT sound?

We are going to give you 2 chances to enter so listen closely!!

1. Leave a comment on this post between now and this coming Wednesday (July 15th) - make sure we know who you are but with a twist, here is how you can get your 2nd chance -

2. In the photo above, there is a number of Maya Road products shown - how many do you see? Here is a hint, it is more than 4 but less than 10! Leave your guess in your comment!

We will pick a winner randomly from all the comments and then for the ones that guessed correctly, we will randomly pick someone from there too!

Here is another hint for you - there are some MR classics as well as some new things coming out at CHA-S. Some things we have done before, some we have not so good luck (wink wink!)

PS: Don't forget to enter our recipe card contest!

Annoucing Maya Road's Summer of Fun Recipe Card Contest!!!

Hi everyone, if you get our consumer newsletter, you will have (or will be getting) the announcement of our new Summer Of Fun Recipe Card Contest!!!

In our Creative Corner, we have for you lots of recipe cards which are FREE to download, here is one from one of our talented DT members:

Now how would you like to see YOUR project on one of our recipe cards?

From now until August 10th, 2009, we are accepting submissions for projects to enter our contest. If you are one of our top 5 finalists, your project will be featured on our website as a downloadable recipe card! Of course, there will be a bunch of fabulous prizes associated with this contest including:

Overall winner: $250 in Maya Road goodies
First Runner up: $150 in Maya Road goodies
Top 3 Finalists: $50 in Maya Road goodies

And for every valid entry we receive, Maya Road will be donating $3 to start a portfolio at Kiva.org !

If you are interested in more about this contest, make sure you check out all the details on our Announcements page!

We are looking forward to seeing all your creativity in full swing this summer!

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