January 8, 2020 • Anna Griffin

Anna Griffin on HSN, 10 Years of Crafts

By Anna Griffin // //

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Hello there,

This January marks 10 years of Anna Griffin Elegant Papercrafting on HSN. Time flies when you are having fun! Over the next month, we want to revisit some of our favorite HSN moments with you! From launching new, innovative products to sharing special times with you throughout the years, we have enjoyed every minute.

This ad was placed in Creating Keepsakes Magazine December 2009. Does anyone remember this from our premiere? I love the hair!

Our very first show on HSN was January 12, 2010, and it was the beginning of a beautiful thing. If you remember watching, our first HSN host was Suzanne Runyan. My favorite memory from the 1am launch was joking with Suzanne about being a hot mess when it comes to crafting.  It’s only fitting that our 10th Anniversary kicks off with her on Craft Day January 27th at 11pm!

Whether you have been with us since the beginning, or are a new fan, it would be a lot of fun to hear your favorite Anna Griffin on HSN memories. Share them with us in the comments, and we will pick some to share on our next blog post! Are you ready to take a walk down memory lane?

Love,

Anna

  • I’m new to your product, but your stamping kits are more than awesome. They are so beautiful I can’t stop looking at them. I have enjoyed making them, but there was one set that couldn’t figure out and my husband couldn’t either. I put them in a safe place because I was going to ask a friend if she could help me, now I can’t find it to save my neck. I just love your products. Thank you for sharing your talents.

  • Anna, I have been a fan of yours for more years than I care to remember! Longer than HSN and QVC. You have been a bright spot in my life and have been there many times when I have been in need of a distraction from the pain of my arthritis. I am so glad you have the wonderful new mini Empress. I am beginning to have trouble cranking.
    I just do not know how to thank you for all the wonderful memories we have created together (you did not know that you were there with me when you pictured ideas for cards to get us started).
    The people I work with cannot wait until they get their Christmas cards every year. I was a week later than usual this past year and when I arrived with the cards everyone was so excited and said they were afraid they were not getting any this year. I think I will start making birthday cards for them this year as well.
    I just wanted to thank you for all you have given me.

  • I remember being up with a sick child, the day before my birthday & was so thrilled to find you live. Your stationary had been my favorite, starting with our Wedding invitations!
    Love both of you together! Suzanne is a super host for a Super Presenter!
    Congrats 🍾🎊🎈

  • Hi Anna:
    More than 10 years ago I was at Michaels store and noticed your book on a rack with the frontage saying “Anna Griffin” Decorative Impressions, Handmade Greeting Cards With Rubber Stamps & Brass Stencils, I flipped some pages and immediately knew that my friend Eileen S. would most certainly want you, as her artist, for her new book that she was planning to write called “Royal Teas” With Grace and Style. I certainly was correct in knowing what my friend likes, Eileen did call you and the story now is that you did all her background artwork for the whole book, which is published. Since then both her and I have been stamping then graduated to using “all” your products for our cards, we both love all your products and thank you for doing such a great job for her and for “all” of us. Look forward to each show you are on at HSN.
    We love you Anna
    Arlene

  • Hi Anna, It seems as though I have watched you forever! I have enjoyed watching you and using all of your fabulous products throughout the years. Needless to say, I was ecstatic when I was asked to do a Skype call with you on HSN. During the 5 p.m. show on May 2, 2018 , I shared my Mother’s Day hat that I embellished with paper flowers using your mini and large 3D Flowers Cutting Dies. Your reaction and Bobbi Ray’s made my day! It was so much fun and something that I will never forget.

  • Thank you for all the fun through the years. I have many of your older papers and stamps (I think from the Q) and recently found some treasures while packing up my studio for our big move. Downsizing doesn’t mean lessening my stash of Anna Griffin classics!!! Looking forward to a new studio and new projects.

  • Happy 10th HSN Anniversary Anna!!! You’ve come a long way… I remember watching you on QVC and was so thankful I’m not the only one nuts over flowers. I’ve brighten my life with your products. I’ll be here to celebrate your 25th…

  • Happy 10th Anniversary and many more, Anna. You are an inspiration and help us through dark hours in our lifes. Thank you for all you bring to us to help us become creative. Looking forward to your next shows in January and the rest of 2020.

  • Congratulations on your 10th Anniversary! I’m looking forward to the show on the 27th and 28th. I’m going to be getting those pocket dies for sure along with a few other things.

  • Congratulations on your 10th anniversary. I got a chance to view your videos about your decade of products. I really like the pocket dies and the rub ons. The pocket dies are especially beautiful. I am new to your products and I saw some really lovely new dies and other products coming out.

  • Congrats, Anna. I have been watching since QVC. To tell the truth I wasn’t a real fan of Victorian or vintage. I believe watching you and your love for old collectibles has caused a fondness to develop. I feel the sweet and caring person that you are has made me love your products more. You are a special lady that we all would love to have as a daughter. Have a wonderful 10th anniversary.

  • Dear Anna
    I have been watching you since DIY scrapbooking with Sandi. I love your products and everyone I send your cards to loves them. Somewhere buried in my craft room I have DVD’s of you on the show. I have the Empress, I had a stress fracture of my hand and it allowed me to keep making cards for Christmas, thank you!! Happy Anniversary!!

  • Oh Anna, you’ve done it again! Every year I say how is Anna going to top this year? But you do, I am in love with the Popup Flower Dies! If I don’t win them, I will have to buy them. Also I love anything Velum, the Popup flower is so beautiful! Its hard to believe, it’s been 10 years. You are just as sweet and pretty, as you were 10 year ago.
    Thank you Anna, you are a Crafting Goddess!
    Your royal subject.
    Pam

    PS; Happy Anniversary, I wish you Decades more.

  • Hi Anna. Talk about memory lane. I originally missed the Creating Keepsake magazine announcement but tuned on HSN to see the craft day event and about fell out of my chair when I saw you on!!!! I had been following you for years before and loved your first books and stamps with All Night media. Bought all of them. I am with Etta Miller (posted below) and all of my trips to Michaels to buy your stencils and stamps. Watched you on QVC. WOW what a FANTASTIC surprise to see you on HSN. Have been a very close follower ever since. Happy 10 year ANNAversary! So looking forward to more great years with your GREAT products. Love Karen (from Maryland)

  • Anna
    Congratulations 🎈🍾🎉🎊 on your 10 year “annaversary” . Love all of your card kits, Embellishments and etc. I make such lovely cards for family and friends and I get so many compliments. And I always say it’s Anna Griffin! Always look forward to seeing you on HSN. Have a great day and looking for to many many more years of crafting.

  • i love hsn and recently got your sentiments binder and also your halloween card kit. happy anniversary!

  • As I reordered my paper, I happened to check the packing label on the first box of Anna Griffin paper crafting products I bought on QVC. The date was October 2003. Never needed that label for returns, but had to laugh at how long I had held on to the beautiful box. The lovely products just keep coming!

  • I have been with you from almost the start, when you could only get you wood mounted stamps, brass stencils and push die cutters at Michaels. I eagerly awaited each new shipment. I would go to all the Michaels just to make sure that they didn’t have something different of yours. I watched you on QVC, in fact you are the reason I started watching QVC. I had to make sure that I was available for every show that had you in it. Now you are at HSN and again I have watched you from the beginning. If you can’t tell I love your products. I don’t get a lot of time to craft but when I do it usually has something of yours in it. Congratulations on Ten years with HSN.

  • Happy anniversary. I have been buying your wonderful craft products since I first saw you on QVC. I have been battling breast cancer since last year and making cards with your wonderful kits have been all the sweeter. Thank you!

  • I am sorry but I hate that I can only get most of your products on HSN. I like having choices on what companies I give my $$$ to and in my estimations HSN has fallen short many times. I am sure it’s a very lucrative deal for you but leaves your customers with no other options. I have been buying your products since you first started selling them. I have spent thousands of dollars on your products. But due to a dispute with HSN I don’t feel like I can give them my hard earned money . So that leaves me out in the cold after being on-ramp of your most loyal customers. Thank you for listening.

  • Hello Anna,
    I have been with you since the very beginning. It’s been a long time but I remember cards with applique roses and sentiment stamps. I still own the stamps. I still watch you when you are on HSN.

  • I have watched you for so many years. I love the products you have for sale. I make cards for a low income retirement home and they absolutely love them. Your kits are amazing. My daughter also makes cards from your kits. People we know feel so lucky to receive such beautiful cards. Thank you so much for such beautiful items.

  • Hi Anna…I began my creativity with you on QVC…When you left, I continued watching your blogs….now the first thing I think about is your shows on HSN…My DVR has been set to record and save all of your ideas and and creations to let me have fun with a craft I love….Thanks Anna for all the years with many more to come…

    Kathy

  • Hi Miss Anna, Happy 10th Annaversary! I watched you to begin with on QVC and followed you over to HSN.

    My first purchase was one of your books (which I still have in my library today) on paper crafting. I started into scrapbooking and your work was amazing guide. I entered my work in two local county fairs that year and won over 75 awards (1st, 2nd & 3rd place) $250+ cash awards. All hand crafted items, a lot of recycled materials were used as well.

    Then I advanced to the Cricut Expression 2 and I purchased probably 30 cartridges, one for every occasion or event. I was so excited for new adventures and it didn’t disappoint what little time I had to use it. I package it up and haven’t unpacked it yet.

    My Father who had COPD (he never smoked) needed a caregiver, my Mom took care of essentials but she didn’t drive and refused to give medication. It was my honor for 5 years. However, I did watch YouTube videos while I would wait for his medication to finish in his port. And there were hundreds of doctors appointments. I am thankful for my Ford truck and my phone’s (several).

    However, I did continue watching HSN crafts to keep up with the latest trends and designers.

    I started buying Cricut Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, then Dies & Sets and anything to do with paper products and manipulating.

    Then, I bought the Empress and I fell in love with the stand cards, they are so universal.

    I used to make the never ending cards the old fashioned way, so I immediately purchased the new die and my Husband’s Christmas card was never ending.

    Anna, thank you so much for crafting me through the hard times. I appreciate you and your design team so much words can’t express.

    God bless you.

  • Hello Anna!

    Congratulations on 10 wonderful years at HSN! I found you on HSN a few years ago when “flipping” through the channels, and I must say, I’m so thankful! You are such a kind and genuine person who makes everyone feel special. Thank you for all the wonderful products you offer (and I buy!) I only shop “ANNA” because I have found that your products are of superb quality! I think my best investment has been the Empress. (Before you launched it, I unfortunately bought a competitor’s electric die-cutting machine, and only used it once…..)

    We are all looking forward to seeing you and your products in the many years to come at HSN!

  • Congratulations!!!!! From the beginning you ha e always had such beautiful and good quality items for us to enjoy.

  • Congratulations Anna and all your staff! I became aware of your beautiful products about six years ago while recovering from an injury. Suddenly I had more time to watch HSN and your other videos. Now I have quite a collection of your gorgeous products ranging from the Cricut Explore to many dies, papers, Cuttlebug, card kits, and embellishments. I always know your products will be of the highest quality and make my creations look and feel so beautiful. Thank you! 😊

  • Wishing you a Happy 10th Annivedsary, Anna!
    I have used your beautiful papers for scrapbooking for many, many years. In recent years, I have been making cards, relying on your easy-to-understand tutorials and your supplies to help me achieve a quality card I can be proud to send. Thank you so much for all you have done for all of us. Cheers!

  • Happy 10th anniversary. I used to love Creating Keepsakes magazines and conventions. Looking forward to craft day at the end of the month. Especially looking forward to the animal card toppers and the new cards you showed. Want the month to go fast so we can get to your shows on HSN…….

  • Congratulations on your 10th anniversary with HSN!!! The quality and elegance of your products keep me coming back to watch each appearance on HSN!! I don’t remember how many years I have been using your products, but I get many compliments on the cards I share with friends and family!!! Thank you for enabling me to make beautiful cards!!

  • Congrats on your 10th anniversary on HSN. You have made amazing things to create beautiful cards and such over the years and they just keep getting better and better. Here’s to 10 more years of doing what you do best, bring your fans everything needed for creative crafting.

  • I retired several years ago from a busy administrative position and was soon looking for something to fill my time . Cardmaking seemed a likely choice and I began purchasing products and watching u tube videos . When I found Anna on HSN I knew her products were for me. I purchased the Garden Window cardmaking kit and thought it was the most beautiful kit I had ever seen . Still do! Began buying only Anna Griffin products and gave away all the non-Anna items . Anna, I cannot thank you enough for all you do . Health issues keep me frequently housebound but still am able to craft . So much so that I have recently joined a volunteer group that makes greeting cards to send overseas to service men and women for them to send to their loved ones . Thank you Anna for all you do and for giving us the gift of the confidence to create . Your vision and creativity allows us to make beautiful things.

  • I have been with you Ms. Anna Griffin since before HSN. I have followed you in crafting , VIDEOS, (which I still use), learning to measure, cut, and fold, using a craft knife, (thank you), and the list goes on and on and on. My favorite part of all of your shows is the classy dresses you ALWAYS wear and the true southern belle of humility, class, and grace you always present. Your mother and grandmother would be very proud. You truly present the fact that you care deeply about the product you make and present and we people you help in the crafting field. A more genuine lady I know not and I don’t even know you personally but you make me feel like I do. Someday !

  • Hi Anna! I believe I found you in late 2009. Having to relocate due to my husband’s job, I knew I would no longer live close to family members. I was worried about what I would do with all the time I would have on my hands and being alone, as my husband is a professional driver. Flipping through TV channels one boring morning, I came across HSN and there was a crafting presentation airing. As I watched, it piqued my interest. I can’t remember exactly what product was being presented, but I remember thinking how a new hobby might fill the hours of being alone more bearable. So I started investing in card crafting. Well, I got so into it that my hubby started calling my craft room the “Anna Griffin” room! There’s a lot of cream and gold in there! In the past few years, I’ve extended my collection to include other brands as well. But, my room will always be the “Anna Griffin Room!” (the products will just have to be content with their space allotment.) Happy 10th Anniversary with HSN! I hope you will still be where I can find you for the next 10 years. BTW, I so love you blog. Tuesday Tutorials and Fan Mail Fridays are a “must watch” for me. Thank you and may God bless you!

  • Congratulations! My time does fly. I love Anna’s products as well as HSN. We don’t have any American Craft channels like the the United Kingdom does which is a shame. However, I applaud and am grateful to HSN for providing us quality crafts supplies from a well loved designer and crafter Anna Griffin.

  • Again, Congratulations! I love your products and I can’t wait to see you on HSN. As I said before I just received four items that I’m working on. However, I finished a card for a dear friend using the pulley kit florals. When I went to the Jewish assisted living to see my friend, I gave her the card I made. When she opened it the taped areas of the pulley were not attached. I was so embarrassed because I took such care creating the card. Please let me know how I can secure the card attachment more securely. This also happen with the Christmas kit. Again, I’m a newbie and I need your advice. Thank you for your time. I record your shows on HSN. I love your kits!💕

  • Congratulations Anna on your remarkable journey with crafting. Can’t wait to see these shows. All the very best. Love your products.

  • Anna, been with you since before HSN and I remember that ad AND I watched your first show/launch!! And still with you!

    thanks for all the great craft items, ideas, and fun!!

  • Happy 10th Annaversary on HSN Anna! I started watching you on QVC with Suzanne Runyan & later lost touch with both of you as we didn’t get HSN. I rem. when she was pregnant with her son and now she said he is in Medical School! That is fabulous! Years later, I happened to see Suzanne on HSN Craft Day & was so thrilled to see you with her again! She is the best cheerleader for you! I think one of the most memorable moments was when you embossed a white paper bag! Even my husband was impressed! Loved the Cuddlebug and now the Empress makes crafting so easy. Following your blog I have become dear friends with one of your buddies, his name starts with R. so you know what a fan I am, June in Arizona. I should have gone to Create when he did, but was not able to at the time. Can’t wait to see you on the 27th & 28th. Hope Georgie & Duke are getting along now! I’m also into Genealogy and my roots go back to N.C. so maybe we are cousins. Looking forward to the next 10 yrs and what great surprises you have in store for us! Thanks Anna, you have helped me thru some long nights over the years and you always bring joy into my life! J.S.

  • Grand 10th Annaversary at HSN!. This is where I started with all your beautiful cards. I remember my first cards were for Thanksgiving and did not own a Cuttlebug and wondered about how you did the embossing. Wow how far you have come and with the Empress and made our crafting so much fun and quicker and more grand not to mention ” Empressive”. Congratulations for a truly Beautiful 10 Years and more decades to come!

  • My favorite memory was the very first time I called in to HSN to speak with you back in 2013, and was so determined to do so that I stayed on hold for a whole HOUR, and then you recognized my name from Facebook! 🙂

  • Ann Fish
    January 9, 10:47pm
    Happy Anniversary, I love you and all the crafts. I have to set aside a small wing in my home for all the craft and waiting to buy more this January. Congratulations keep the crafts coming. Will be watching and buying

  • Happy 10th Anniversary to you. My husband and I will be celebrating our 46th anniversary on January 12th. We share anniversaries.

    Congratulations. Can’t wait until January 28th. I will be watching.

  • I have so much Anna Griffin crafting supplies that I could start my own store. Happy Anniversary Anna!

  • Wow – you’ve got me thinking here… I must have started watching you on HSN the first year you were on. Maybe I didn’t realize then that was your first year. That is around the time I finished college and started getting back into crafting.
    My favorite experience was calling in and actually getting to talk to you – Anna Griffin! I have talked to you twice on air. I was so amazed that you actually talked to regular people who called in. Both times I felt I lost my words and could never express how much I appreciate the elegance of your products and that you take the the time to figure out how to help us easily make beautiful things.
    I have an entire shelf of your card kits and supplies and feel blessed to have them. I am also amazed at how I think I couldn’t possibly need one more thing then you come up with something new I had never imagined.
    Your products are quality products, well thought out, and beautiful in the making!
    One more thing – I went to your first Create Event and met you there which was awesome! You are even more gracious in person. I had never experienced anything like that and made a scrapbook of great memories. On that trip I made some new friends when we were getting on the elevator and had the same luggage – from HSN. 🙂
    We still stay in touch even though we are in different cities. You have enriched my life more than you know.
    Congratulations on 10 Years on HSN! I look forward to seeing you on HSN on the 28th!

    • P.S. One more note – my mother & I started an annual Christmas Cardmaking Day with your card kits 7 years ago. We have such a great time spending the day together making Christmas Cards and your kits make it beautiful, elegant, and easy!

  • I have watched you since the QVC days and followed you to HSN. I am such a collector of anything Anna, I always tell the same lie, I am gonna use this… but it’s just too pretty 🥴

  • I remember the first time I saw your cards. They were so elegant that I didn’t think I could ever make something that beautiful…but you make it easy.
    I have been card making for over 35 years.

  • I’ve been with you since QVC. You have made my scrapbooking and cardmaking better and better. So glad you came to HSN. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years on HSN. Happy Annaversary, Anna!!!!

  • I am new to Anna Griffin and I have come to love it. I look so forward to seeing Anna on HSN on craft days. I rearrange my whole schedule to spend the whole day in front of the tv. I love it!!! Anna you look just as good now as you did 10 years ago. Wow!! You should be proud! Thank you.

  • Dear Anna,

    You look the same as you did from the first I ever saw you on HGTV Scrapbooking with Sandy Genovese.
    But I have also enjoyed seeing you over the last TEN years at HSN. Thanks to HSN for giving crafters such great products.
    THANK to you Anna for giving crafters Fabulous products. They are the best ever and keep getting better .
    I am so excited to see you in this new year on HSN.
    Have a fun time. I plan to! 🙂
    sincerely,
    Annie Laura Pence

  • Surprisingly I have to credit Martha Stewart for finding your beautiful paper products! I had just retired and started getting into papercrafting. I had found the Craft Day listings in my SAT guide and started watching Martha’s segments, bought some punches for scrapbooking. I saw your shows, but I didn’t think about card making at that time. After watching several series of Craft day, I was watching as you were demonstrating your embossing folders, the auto ship with the lace, paisley, blooms, etc. I think that was my first purchase and I was hooked! Congratulations on your 10th anniversary on HSN! You continue to bring us beautiful in the making!

  • HAPPY 20 YEAR HSN ANNIVERSARY ANNA! I don’t know how it’s been for you, but the past 10 years have been an absolute joy for me, filled with amazing products and creativity. I have been a crafter for many years now and, thanks to you, the quality and creativity of my crafts have improved ten-fold. Not only that, but your products have made crafting easier and way more fun too. Thank you so much. Here’s to the next 10 years … and MORE!

    • Whoops … I meant to say HAPPY 10 YEAR HSN ANNIVERSARY, rather than 20. (Guess I am getting a bit ahead of myself as I am looking forward to the next 10 years too.)

  • Happy 10 years on HSN!! I am so happy that you came on there because that is where I met you three years ago. And I have loved you every since. I love the quality of your

    dies, card designs and I could go on forever!! You have helped me with everything plus my health…you make me feel good!! Thank You so much for being my friend..
    I really would like to get the pocket dies or the rub on flowers. I really want everything!!!!
    Thank you again for giving all your love to all of us…

  • Anna I have enjoyed growing my crafting skills thanks to your creative tools, intricately designed embellishments, die cuts and embossing folders. My Granddaughter and I make cards together every summer. We each make 150 cards and have them ready to use all year! Thank you! We couldn’t do it without you

  • How funny that Suzanne was your first co-host…she is how I came to discover your and your products as well! I had flipped over to HSN some years ago while you two were on and she was singing the praises of your Garden Window card kit. She is such an awesome AG fan that she convinced me to give it a try and I have been hooked ever since! She was not wrong or exaggerating about the quality and beauty of your products and she continues to be my favorite co-host with you!

  • Happy HSN Anna-versary!
    I have been a fan since long before your HSN appearances – your style has always been my absolute favorite. But thinking back to the many craft shows I’ve watched, two things stand out:
    The first was when you presented the original AG Cuttlebug today’s special – it was magical seeing such beautiful designs appear at the crank of the handle! I knew at that moment that my efforts at crafting could become something special. (Given my limited artistic ability, it is just short of miraculous!)
    The other is recurring; you are so obviously touched each time one of the legions of Griffinites tries to express how grateful we are for you – and the company you’ve built – for your talent, for your teaching, for your hard work, for your graciousness.
    Thank you.
    Regards, Anne

  • Happy Anniversary for ten years on HSN, Anna! I have followed you for many more, possibly more than 25 yrs. I have found products from you going back that far in remodeling my studio this fall. The quality and endless creative possibilities your products provide are such a joyful resource for me. My heart is happy when I am “Making in the Beautiful”!

  • Before the beginning on HSN; however, I have followed all of your shows and I love You and Suzanne along with the other hosts! It’s as if we are having a craft time event with friends! Anna, it cannot be said enough, your products and staff bring the highest quality and designs that bring resounding compliments I would never achieved on my own. For myself, it’s therapy for the soul. Thank you, you have a special place in my heart and wish many blessings for 2020 for not only you but your talented staff as well. God bless!

  • Happy Ten Years Anniversary Anna Griffin with HSN co-host Suzanne Runyan. Without Suzanne Runyan I could not have received the best crafting items from Anna Griffin.

  • My favorite memory of Anna Griffin was my first Create ! I was in awe about how when we arrived, here were so many crafters there and all were so excited. From the time everything started to the very end, it was such a great experience for this old lady. That was three years ago and I have loved each year. I hope for Anna and me that there will be many more. Wonderful time every year!

  • Happy anniversary Anna!
    Have always loved watching the craft shows to get ideas and products 🙂
    Even though I have boys, I have loved to make some flower-y lace-y cards so I can do something pretty and not involving trucks, dirt etc, that boys enjoy playing in.

    Love those pockets you previewed, looking forward to those.

  • Anna I have been a Buyer ,ever since you came to TV with plaid. Both on QVC and also
    HSN. I am a mail in on bring back you paper from Way Back. Like large ,flat , thicker,
    Papers. Old fashion card an envelope kits….. sometimes our yesterday’s ideas do work.
    Show these new – old working ,An they were workers.
    Love new things , make them ,both baby and big girl machine. Fun ,good product.
    So receive joy in a card , you bring out the In er person in each of Us. Thanks for
    Being You Anna.

  • Happy 10 year anniversary on HSN! I’ve watched every show you have apeard on and pretty sure bought items featured from every show, even if it was just one item…It’s hard to believe 10 years have just flown by…I’m seeing the Fantastic Flip cards on the table and I remember I was so excited to purchase the kit…here’s to many more fun years on HSN !

  • HAPPY 10TH ANNA AND STAFF. When the new flower strips (can’t remember the name) came out, I wanted those SOOOOOOOOO BADDDDD! The next day I looked on your blog and could not believe my eyes, there was my name and I won the flower strips. Talk about a “happy dance”! Love your products, creativity, generosity and most of all your sparkling personality that keeps me going with and art that I love. HERE IS TO ANOTHER 10 YEARS ON HSN.

  • I don’t remember the first show but I’ve watched for the last 6 years and purchased what I could afford but wanted more. Looking forward to retirement so I’ll have more time to create

  • Happy 10th Anniversary with HSN. I think my fondest memory has to be when I discovered how to make my scrapbooks look so beautiful and elegant using your different embellishments and then once the kits and dies started coming that was a game changer in my crafting life. I was so happy to have found you Anna you do not know how much you have influence my creative and love for crafting. I have used all kind of different brands to do my crafts and I always come back to your brand. Your brand has that suffocation and elegance that cannot be matched. I love all your items I am a huge fan of anything Anna Griffin. Your shows on HSN are my highlights of crafting updates. I get to buy the latest and best in crafting tools and materials. Thank you for what you do for us the crafters. Congratulation again on your 10th Anniversary with HSN and your 25th Anniversary creating beautiful crafting items for us.

  • I remember that we had a snow/cold day and I didn’t have to go to work. I was watching Anna on TV all through the night and morning. I had the opportunity to talk with Anna on the show and was so happy to finally tell her how I felt about the beauty of her products. I was in the process of making a memory book for my 94 year old grandmother and was planning on giving her the book at Christmas. Unfortunately, she passed away before I could give her the book. The book was viewed at her funeral and I was so proud to have the beauty that Anna provides with her products to showcase to my family. Thanks Anna for continuing to make us look good with your products!

  • Happy Anniversary! I have so many Christmas and family legacy kits, which inspired me to start making cards with your many dies and stamps. You have a flair and signature by just looking at your cards and now so do I, thank you for the inspiration. I have been a fan since you were on QVC and found you on HSN, wishing much happiness in the years to come in doing what you love to do. As they say, if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life!

  • Happy Anniversary with HSN. My fondest memory was the scrapbook kits. Since I have graduated to cards and many stamps and dies. I guess you can say I am hooked. Thank you for all you do Anna!!!!

  • Congratulations on 10 years with HSN! I have so many Anna Griffin craft items, my craft room is all ivory and gold and decorated and organized because of you. The cards and crafts I make become keepsakes to my family and friends, and I enjoy making them because you make it beautiful and fun! Looking forward to more new products and shows this year.

  • Hello Anna!
    Loving this whole idea, looks like it will be a blast. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the picture of you and Suzanne was” BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL” ! I think that says it all. What a ride, right?

  • Hi Anna,
    I love your products and use them everyday to make amazing cards that all my friends and family say they keep. They are beautiful with your beautiful accessories. Please add the silk bows and dimensional flowers back in to the HSN available items. I love these and all the other already made accessories I can put on my cards. I also love the Anna Griffin mega runners. They work better than the ones from Xyron.

    Thanks,
    Maureen

  • Congratulations, Anna, on ten years of HSN! I recall that when you were crafting with Sandi Genovese, (and maybe with Carol Duvall), I used to find her shows on my very early computer, and with wide-eyed wonder, printed out EVERYTHING from the shows pertaining to your crafts! Somewhere, I have boxes of black and white printouts of how-tos and images of your projects! ha! If I recall, I bought my first color printer so I could print out images of your crafts in color! I first purchased stamps by you, and still have them- wood-block, and then the very earliest clear stamps. I was so thrilled when you started marketing those, because now I could see where I was stamping! I aIso bought those gorgeous boxes of ??Scrapbooking for All Seasons, I think it was called,?? or a Year of Scrapooking maybe… LOVE those beribboned boxes. After you left QVC, I lost track of you, and finally found you on Facebook, and was absolutely thrilled that you were right there and I just hadn’t known where to look! You were the beginning of new JOY in my life! I am SO grateful for you!

  • I just remember seeing the presentation for the open diorama cards back in 2015-2016 and was entranced. The ephemera simply struck a chord with me; it was the perfect blend of nostalgia and artistry. I’ve been hooked ever since! People almost expect my cards now and many keep them. I’m not as fancy or “into it” as some, but I have great pride in my work and ability to create something beautiful! My great thanks to Anna and her team!

  • Wow! I remember I was shopping for some specific Mrs. Grossman stickers. I started channel surfing and viola! There was Anna on tv! I was just starting out with an idea about crafting. I remember Lisa Bearman selling her scrapbook volumes- I bought all four or five. Amazed at all the beautiful layouts everyone had made. I thought- I will never be able to make layouts or cards like those! I was still shopping for Mrs. Grossman stickers! I was enthralled when Anna came on! The Cuttlebug! What technology I thought! YouTube- why didn’t anyone tell me about all of this? I could not stop watching! I wanted to buy EVERYTHING! It was three in the morning before I realized I had been up over twelve hours, glued to the television. The rest is history. Still look forward to Crafting Day on HSN! Still glued to the tv, and still looking for more hiding places for all the Anna stuff I did not buy- wink, wink. Thank you for helping me step out of the box in my crafting. I still use a sticker here and there, but now I can use one of my five Cricut cutting machines, still have my Cuttlebug, and a big case full of Cricut cartridges. Who knew a simple piece of paper could be transformed into one hundred compliments! Anna- you really are pretty special! Thanks for the memories. Now- I’m pretty sure I can carve out a small space in the back of my closet for the new crafting event! I just need to thaw out my Visa card and get the coffee ready. Anna- here’s to ten more years! You haven’t aged one bit in my book! You are grace, charm, and generosity. A beautiful lady. Blessings.

  • I can’t wait! I’ve always loved your products, your paper designs are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. I love the intricacy of your dies and embossing folders, and I absolutely love the kits you create. I’ll see you soon!

  • I’ve been watching you since the very beginning. But my first memory of you was on the show Sandy Genovese did. I still remember the album you taught us to make. I had to VCR it and write out the instructions. Lol!

  • Dear Anna,
    I remember your debut and how happy I was that your products were on HSN. You haven’t changed a bit! There have been some wonderful people over the years in the crafting department at HSN, but none that have persevered with such grace and creativity. You have given joy to so many and made our lives just a bit more joyful when you come into our living rooms. It has been a pleasure to fill up my entire home with almost every product you have ever sold, and max out almost every credit card I have ever had! Here’s to another 10 years!
    Your loyal fan!

  • I got hooked on crafting after my husband passed away. Once I bought my first card kit I was hooked. I am so grateful that I started using your products as I found a way to be creative and share my card creativity with others and spread some joy. That is what it’s all about. Thanks Anna for sharing your creativity and happy 10th anniversary with the awesome people at HSN.

  • My very first card making kit was Anna Griffin. It was a beautiful 12 x 12 box (which I still have and use)….let’s just say that was the beginning of a LONG and wonderful friendship (and expensive, but worth every penny)! I have an entire 4×4 cube shelving unit full f my Anna Griffin kits, stamps & dies!

  • Dear Anna, congratulations on your 10 year anniversary on HSN!
    I have been watching you all those 10 years, plus all the years on QVC, and the craft shoes you used to do before that. Just love all your products, they are absolutely awesome! My craft room is 95% Anna! Always look forward to your shows and hope you will be on many more years. You amaze us with your brilliant ideas, keep them coming!
    Thanks to your wonderful staff that come up with the beautiful projects.❤️🎉🎊💐

  • OMG! It seems like each year is a new year for you Anna! The excitement is palpable and very contagious indeed! Thank you so much for your vision of beauty! It can only come from heaven!

  • I’ve always been into crafts but never made cards until I found Anna Griffin 10 years ago. Congratulations!!! Now I need a larger craft room. LOL I have every machine Anna has made, many die cuts, embossing folders,card kits,etc. I remember the first card I made was from a card kit, I was so proud of it. Then I started embossing and using the die cuts and was thrilled. Now it’s beautiful in the making!!! I”m so hooked when there’s a show on HSN I don’t leave the house. I have to see everything! Thanks Anna for sharing all your knowledge and all your wonderful products. You make us all look so good!

  • Don’t know why Anna, but I always pay attention to what you are wearing on the show and how many wardrobe changes you have to make!
    You have some of the most beautiful and stylish clothing!
    Probably like you in pinks best of all….hot fuchsia pink to blush!
    Congratulations on 10 wonderful years with HSN!
    Wow!

  • You may have started with HSN ten years ago but I have been buying your products for much longer than that – was trying to organize all my Anna Griffin goodies and loved finding some of your original papers which I still love. Now I just don’t want to use them because I know I can’t buy them again. Thank you Anna for all the lovely things you create and you continue to create!!

  • Years ago, 8 to 10 years ago, I was getting ready for work and you were showing this new machine that you stuff paper thru and the most beautiful embossed patterned paper came thru the other side. I had crafted all my like and had never seen anything like it. I ordered that machine, had to make payments of course, but it changed my world forever. (I was late to work) When it arrived I was reading the instructions to find that I also had a die cutting machine too, what a bonus! I made sure my sister and best friend got one too. We have been making cards and crafting together ever since. Well sort of together; Me in Florida, sister Linda in NC and Barbara in CA. Watching Anna now is THE event to watch for all three of us. Now we all have the Empress and are still astounded each time we use it. Thanks Anna, you a world changer still.

  • Have enjoyed watching you and using your beautiful crafting products since your earliest days on QVC. Still have some of the lovely scrapbooking papers from back then and have continued adding to my collection of Anna Griffin goodies. Thanks so much for all the crafting magic you’ve shared through the years!!!

  • I have watched you since you first started on QVC. Before that I had never thought of creating cards and scrapbooks. Maybe you could bring back some of the beautiful papers you had for the scrapbooks when you first started. It was a beautiful pink flowered scrapbook, with beautiful papers, some of the beautiful pages had lines to write on and a place to put photos. It would also be great if you would offer the die cuts that create the fancy folds, etc. I learned from you, how to produce them by hand and I missed out on the fancy fold die cuts. It would be fun to have them, as I plan to start scrapbooking again. It has been such fun to watch you develop your creativeness. I’m more amazed with your creations all the time. Like the haunted house, the gingerbread house… I know all your followers including me, look forward to each time you are on HSN!!!

  • I still have that issue!”Sugar n’spice layout page and the Noel Card.

    The Flora Christmas Collection.

  • The first item I bought was the Pretty Pop-Ups Card Making Kit. I still have several cards to make from it. Since then I’ve gotten several more items. I really like your products. I’ve always been happy with the quality. Thanks for the 10 years!

  • I’ve been an HSN customer for over almost 30 years. I have loved crafting even longer so I’ve been watching you for your entire time on HSN. I look forward to craft days every time they come on! Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary Anna!!

  • I have been with you since the beginning, that’s why my craft room is all Anna Griffin dies embellishments and kits. I love love love everything you make and create. There is not one memory but many if i have to pick one its when you came out with the empress you saved my hands, thank you.
    Happy 10th anniversary

  • Congrats on your long tenure at HSN. I hope the future will embrace products that reflect all Griffinites and there will be products that include images of people of color.

  • Happy 10 year HSN Annaversary! I found your beautiful products in 2012 on HSN and have been watching and enjoying all the beautiful Anna crafts since. Thank you for sharing your talents and beautiful products with us. It has enriched my life.

  • I have been watching you on HSN from the beginning and have learned so much! Thank you for all your products, designs and tutorials! Still love watching every time you are on! Good luck on your 10th year! Look forward to seeing you on the 27th!

  • My favorite HSN memory is when I was on Skype with Anna when the Empress premiered! I was nervous but it was so much fun! I also love my Empress that I was gifted and the beautiful Christmas Sentiment dies. I have been an Anna fan since 2001 but have enjoyed the products on HSN since around 2014 I think!

  • Anna, I have been a decorative painter for over thirty years. I can no longer paint due to shaking hands. I loved scrapbooking so when I found your things a few years ago I simply fell in love. Crafting for me is such a stress reliever. So thank you for all the lovely creations.

  • Like some of the others I watched you and shopped your products on QVC before HSN. It has been a pleasure to shop and craft with you over the years. I think the best part for me was when you first introduced your Cricut cartridges.

  • I was with you then and I’m with you now! Awesome then and awesome now! I was hooked and never let go.

  • My story is similar to Michelle’s. I bought many of your products when you were on QVC. I was so sad when QVC stopped carrying craft items. Years later I discovered you on HSN and have been a fan ever since. Congrats on being on HSN for 10 years. Many you have many more successful years. Would love to see the original items that you carried on HSN that I missed. Looking forward to the show on the 28th.

  • Happy anniversary, Anna!
    Love all your products. I have given many cards made from your kits! I have watched you from the beginning. You make crafting easy. Thank you!

  • I remember those days! You are beautiful then and now. I can’t believe it has been 10 years already. Wow time does go by fast.
    Can’t wait to see what you have to share with us in the coming years. I think I have to get a bigger craft room. lol Hugs and blessings

  • Congratulations on your anniversary with HSN. My first experience with Anna Griffin and, HSN for that matter, was Anna’s 2015 Christmas Card Kit. My husband bought it for me for my birthday that year. I was so excited to get it.. I have saved it so I could make cards with my niece or daughter. After 4 years of trying, they never stepped up to do it so, I finally used the box this year on my own. The cards were made quickly and were stunning. I am so sorry I waited. I look forward to getting next year’s box.

  • I love your hair also in the Creating Keepsakes magazine.Congrats on 10 years! I am sorry I was not with you for the first 5 years of HSN. I started crafting with you in 2015 thanks to my sister’s recommendation and enjoyed the journey ever since.

  • Love the memories! You were/are a pretty girl. And I recognize the hostess
    you are pictured with. The same one that is still with you on the late shows!

  • Congratulations on ten years! I wish I could say I was there for the first airing. I watched you all the time on QVC and was so sad when they quit selling craft supplies. Your products are timeless favorites of mine. Then one day, I couldn’t tell you the year, I was flipping through channels and there you were! I yelled out, “It’s Anna!”, startling my husband. Oh happy day it was!! How I love all your luscious paper. You continue to impress and amaze us with wonderful product year after year. Just when I think it couldn’t get any better or that I couldn’t possible need another thing you manage to create something I NEED to have. You are such a beautiful, talented and gifted women. I am so happy you have found a place to share your product and innovation with us. I enjoy listening to you tell stories about the inspiration for product or family memories just as much as I enjoy hearing you describe the product. You are so personable it is like sitting with an old friend. I hope we get to have you for many more years….I don’t want to have start hoarding my Anna paper again. Hehehe

  • I have been with you since the beginning. I would watch HSN and just want to buy everything you displayed, I love floral anything so I was in my glory watching your presentation. Since I live in upstate New York, with craft stores few and far between, HSN became the place where I purchased all my beautiful card kits, paper packs and of course the beautiful paper flowers! As each craft day arrives, I would review the items. I would then limit myself to only 2 kits or products. Soon, that didn’t work with me. Your products weakened my resolve and I caved and bought what I wanted and then some.
    It has been an exciting 10 years of Anna. Hope to see you at Diva Camp in June!

  • I have been watching from the beginning and in Aww of all the products
    You have come up with. I have to watch every time you’re on HSN.
    Keep the pretties coming!

  • You, Anna are what brought me back to HSN. I had a bad experience with them and stopped shopping with them.

    I ordered your first stamp set from QVC and watched it sell out in less than 3 minutes. But the QVC decided it was not profitable to sell crafts. That is when
    you went to HSN. And I came along with you.

    It has been much fun crafting along side of you these past 10 years and I look forward to the next 10 years.

    I think HSN knew what QVC did not. There IS money in Crafting!!!

    Happy Annaversary!
    Happy Crafting!!

  • I have enjoyed your appearances since the beginning. It never gets old. You are an outstanding crafter and your items are always first quality. Come on January 27th

  • Not sure if I was with you from the beginning, but I used to watch the Craft days on QVC with Suzanne. Then I remember when she moved to Florida and started on HSN. I have probably only been doing cards for about 4 years. I enjoy all of your things Anna. Happy 10 year Anniversary on HSN. Cannot wait until Craft Day.

  • Anna, Congratulations and Happy Anniversary. I have watched you ever since you were on QVC. Wow how the years have passed. Thank you for all that you do.

  • Awe Miss Anna this is so exciting for you! Congratulations from the bottom of my heart. You are truly a bright light in my life and when anything is making life a little tough, I can always go sit and work with all my hundreds, if not thousands, of Anna products. It may sound silly, but crafting with you for over 15 years and 10 years on HSN has saved me many times mentally! I love everything you make and I cant wait to spend the next 10 years crafting with you! The highlight of my year was getting to Skype with you on Nov 5th. The genuine connection you have with your fans does not go unnoticed. My dream is to attend a Create and meet you in person someday, I will make it happen! Happy Annaversary!!!!! I look forward to a fantastic 2020 😊

  • Thanks sincerely for all those years of beauty. Rubber stamps from Plaid and your twelve- month scrapbook with keepsake box were my initial purchases. Many kits and supplies later, I still find the perfect thing at HSN. Quality, ease of use and undeniable pride in recreating your designs keeps me returning.

    • Oh yes, I bought 2 of those boxes. Lavender and pink. They are GREAT boxes.
      Happy Crafting!

  • Anna you are the only person I will get up from bed to watch in the early am. So much fun and sleep ordering is always a surprise.

  • I first saw you on QVC with Suzanne Runyan (no better team!) I never really knew what my style was, then I saw you, and then I knew! I love beautiful, classy, elegant, soft colors, and I knew I had come home! I have never missed any of your shows and always buy several things. So, my craft room is 90% Anna, and that’s how I roll! When I was still working, I would come home and watch you, and called in and got to talk to you! That made my day! You have elevated my style ever so much. BTW, you are beautiful!

  • Your website will not allow me to order from your shop because I have forgotten my password. The site just takes me in circles and times out. Do you have a way to reset my password?

  • I missed the premier show, but I remember the magazine add. I was with you when you were on QVC. I saved the magazine adds each month for ideas on using your products.

  • Wow, I remember this. I’ve been watching crafts on HSN since the very first day they aired. And was buying your things since before then. At that time I actually worked in a scrapbook store in Oklahoma and still have some of your papers from then. Love your work.

  • I always like to see what outfits you will be wearing, Anna. Sometimes you match the cards that you are showing. Is that intentional??? I wonder about that! Ha ha ha.

  • I have seen you all those years and remember buying especially many albums with all the embellishments with it all. You were revolutionary when you arrived. You brought a different level to scrapbooking and how exciting it got all along. thanks for coming in our lives

  • I have been watching and using Anna Griffin crafting products since you were on QVC and now on HSN. Thanks so much for all the fun and education that I have learned from watching you on both networks. Happy 10th anniversary. My craft room is A/G ivory and gold products. My day is brightened every time I enter my craft room. Thanks again.

  • 10 years celebrating one of the best combinations ever !
    HSN an Anna Griffin !
    Thank you both !

  • Anna – This is going to be fun! I am trying to figure out when I started to watch.😂 When I 1st started watching I thought it was an amazing gift God sent! I had just started Hep C treatments & had to leave working. So if you share which card kits came first then l’ll know! 😍 And have some fun shares. I’ve met some of the most wonderful friends here, including yourself. Genuine keepers & I haven’t met anyone in person YET. That’s all thanks you on HSN. And Suzanne Runyon is an EAGLES fan like myself. I picked a team so I could really connect with my son’s when their two different teams play.
    When you 1st said you were from North Carolina, I connected. My Grandma on my Dad’s side was in Canton right outside of Asheville & I lived in Brevard when I was younger. Very good memories in those Smoky Mountains.

    • My sister-in-law introduced me to scrapbooking and Anna Griffin . She lived in Texas at the time while I lived in Ohio. We would scour the stores looking for Anna paper. She started a spread sheet with the numbers of the paper, those which we had and those we needed. I remember when we hit 1000 sheets. She moved back to Ohio, where we took Anna classes. We cut, pleated,and stamped Anna papers all by hand . On trips we would stop at every scrapbook store as we continued our hunt. Sadly, she passed away six years ago, but I continue the hunt. It’s much easier now with HSN becoming our source for Anna products. Thank you, Anna, for all the beautiful products you provide.

  • HAPPY HSN 10th ANNIVERSARY ANNA!
    Wishing you and your crafty staff the best!!
    🥂 here’s to many more! 💕 to you ALL!

  • I have only read a few of these so far, but I am loving this! Reading about people’s memories of crafting with Anna Griffin products and how some of you got into crafting with Anna or card making is incredible. Some of you came from a broken time in life and Annacrafting brought you and those around you joy and you have never went back to a life without crafting with Anna products. Love these stories. So glad to hear these memories.

  • Hello Anna,
    HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY Ihavebeen a fan since I have been here in Florida which is about 10 years, I really love all your products I have the regular cuddle bug and the mini one, the empress and the mini I as well also have the minic foiling machine which was an autoship then well I could go on and on about all the autoships I have gotten and all the dies and stamps and binders too any how I can hardly wait to see you again on the 27th Again Happy Anniversary and hope for many more for you.

  • I not only remember your first appearance on HSN, but also your last appearance on QVC. I was in the live audience for that QVC show, which also included Lisa Bearnson. It was fun, but also sad because we were aware that it was probably going to be the last craft show on that network. We were so happy when we later heard that you would be joining HSN.

  • Hi Anna, Congratulations for being a smart, generous, elegant and very talented lady. I rate you right up there with the brilliant Dolly Parton, and that’s a very high rating. I watched you forever on QVC and when that stopped, I was lost! I was channel surfing one day and came across paper crafting on HSN. I was very happy and emailed HSN right away to tell them how their craft show would take off immediately if they would just look into hiring Anna Griffin. I’m sure they paid no attention to me because in a very short time after that, there you were. I’ve been with you every since. Please don’t ever leave us, again we would be lost! Lots of love, Arleen

  • I recall an emotional customer testimonial I gave several years ago on HSN after a severe wrist fracture on Christmas day requiring surgery. After 2 weeks of recovery I pulled out one of your card kits and found I could craft one handed! I had always appreciated your artistry and the fact that you include a plethora of items to easily make a complete card. I cried that day knowing I could still create beautiful items even with my physical limitations and pain. It was truly instrumental in my healing process, particularly mentally/emotionally. Crafting beautiful things makes one’s soul sing!

  • I have to many favorite times BUT my most favorite was a few years ago when I got to talk with Anna live and in person while on air. THAT made my day. Anna you were so kind and wonderful to talk to, it is something I will never forget.

    • I still get giddy remembering when I got to talk to Anna on air. I was so nervous. Like talking to Jimmy Stewart. (NOT that I ever did)
      Hapoy Crafting!

  • Yea Anna…..Congrats!!!!! Can’t wait for this months Craft day on HSN… I have had Anna Griffin Withdrawal!!!!!!See on HSN .Donita in Houston

  • Been with you since before this beginning. Congratulations Anna! So much has changed and all for the better. I was introduced to your early craft paper, buying single sheets at Michael’s. Wowed by their beauty. Still can’t part with some. As you would say, “It just keeps getting better and better.” Happy 10th

  • Happy Annaversary! I have been with you from the start (even have QVC shows on vcr tapes to see ideas). I started with scrapbook papers and kits, then became a card maker too once you offered card kits on HSN. I am a Griffinite to the core. I make, sell and send cards all year. Even started a card ministry at our little island church.

  • I have watched from the beginning on HSN. Have wonderful memories of all the gifts for family, friends. and gifts for my community projects. Keep up the work we love.

  • I am a newbie with you Anna!
    I retired in 2010 from Nursing but didn’t take up cardmaking til about 5 years ago! I discovered you about that time and now am a full fledged Griffinite! My favorites are your previews and of course Create! I have been to 2 so far!!
    Love everything you do!!
    Congratulations and hope you have many many more years of success!!!

  • Congrats on your 10 year Annaversary Anna!!! I was introduced to your products by my next door neighbor in 2014. Until then I had no idea!!!! Sometimes I think about all that I’ve missed!!!! Well I started watching the HSN Craft day shows and kept my eyes peeled for anything Anna at my local craft stores. I’ve been getting all my Anna favorite dies and EF ever since and have amassed quite the collection. Also have all your Cricut cartridges and my lovely Cuttlebug and Empress. Love your products. So looking forward to all your new products for 2020!!!! You never disappoint me!!!

  • I remember the days when I could not purchase enough flowers. HSN did not have any to sell and I could only purchase the day you were on the show. I would panic if I ran out of flowers before your next show. What fun to be able to purchase Anna Griffin products at any time. Anna, you have come such a long way. I am so happy for you and all the beautiful products you have ready for us at each new show.

  • Happy tenth Anniversary!!! I can’t wait until your first show of the year!!!
    The rub on florals and flourish are beautiful and awesome! Just like you!!!

  • Anna, I started watching you on QVC and always looked for your products everywhere. I have found them in PLAID OUTLETS once and went crazy with the paper pads. Then when you went to HSN so much fun. My biggest problem is I always want to save and not use some of the products because they are so darn beautiful. For that, I thank you that you make products so wonderful that it makes it hard to decide what to share with others.

  • Happy Anniversary to you and me. I started card making because of you on HSN. I am not positive I purchased anything in your line right away but I just took original Christmas clear stamp set out of it’s brown box. Had a colored sheet of stamps to give an idea on how to color. I have tons of your dies, papers, card kits, love the boxes they came in, cuddle bug, folders, Cricut products,etc etc. I am running out of space but THANK YOU for your inspiration over the years and continued success ♥️

  • I love it! And how is it that neither have aged?! Looking forward to the new year and all its glorious crafting!

  • Some days I can’t remember what I had for breakfast let alone early shows! I too picked up some of your products at Michaels and was able to order papers from a woman in Ohio. Still have so many of them. Over the years I have collected probably 90% of what you have sold. Recently one of my granddaughters was in one of my two craft rooms. They are overflowing with Art Bin boxes of your paper. And dies. I used to have a sewing room and a paper craft room. Now both rooms are so full that I have to take the supplies down to the kitchen to craft! Have an 8 foot table with Art Bin boxes full of dies. When my granddaughter asked her mom if I was a hoarder her reply was yes. I took offense to that since I have everything neatly stacked and in safe containers. I explained to my daughter that when I do an embroidery on my sewing machine I need a supply of different colors of threads. So even though a design may have 20 stitches of a color I have to buy the entire spool of thread. So I have spools neatly arranged in cases and stacked on a unit behind a curtain to protect them from light. I also have an entire wall of bookcases on crafting books. And a huge cutting table that I rescued from the toss out pile at JoAnns. Then there are the bins of paper and dies. All things that I need to have for when inspiration strikes. I look at them not as a hoard any more than I look at a machine shop for having all types of tools or a woodworker who has a variety of hand and power tools and wood on hand. Every piece of paper, every die, every embossing folder or embellishment or ink is a tool. This week would be my 50th wedding anniversary, but my husband and I divorced and he died the same day. So I need something to maintain my sanity. If that is my tool shed of sewing and crafting supplies then call it a hoard, I don’t care! It isn’t like those hoarding shows where people live in filth with junk piled everywhere. What is in a name, right! I also have lots of items in drawers for when the girls would come and want to do craft projects. They sure didn’t mind my supply of products and tools when they wanted to make something! I am now at the point that I will die before I ever get to use it all. But that doesn’t stop me from wanting something new. I don’t drink, smoke, go out to eat, gamble, so this is my one big vice! Crafting keeps me off the streets and out of trouble! Arthritis keeps me from traveling so you have been part of what keeps me going.

    • Oh Hobo! Loved reading your post. You are not a hoarder, they are not neat or organized and you are. I love what you said about being at the point you will die b4 using all your goodies. I am right there with you. Wish you were my neighbor. I would visit you and stand in awe of your 2 craft rooms full of all Anna & everything else you have collected throughout the years. Also, I am the same as you in that I don’t drink(much), nor smoke at all, don’t gamble, don’t really care to go out and eat and I hate travelling. So Annacrafting brings me joy along with the ones who receive the cards I send or hand deliver. What will happen to us when Anna retires? I don’t even want to think about it. May you live a long time more.

    • I am with you on the bins. I live in the damp Pacific NW. I bin all crafting paper product with id, dry packet, and low light. They are stacked carefully in a room with a 45degree ceiling. The wall is only 4ft tall where the ceiling joins it, so this awkward space is put to use by stacking bins in higher stacks two deep as the ceiling rises. It is my paper warehouse. I can keep it all neat and available. They are like paints to a painter for me. Anna Griffin/Cricut is 90% of my stash. Hoarding, no way. Ready for all manner of paper crafting. Thank you, Anna. Life is exciting because of you.

  • 😍 Happy anniversary to you Anna! I started watching you on HSN in August 2019 and you have captured my heart and imagination with your wonderful products! Thank you for introducing me to the very first hobby I have been searching for my entire life! I have finally found my niche in card crafting. It has become much more than an activity or hobby. It has become a ministry that I can use to touch someone with a message of love, cheer, comfort or gratitude. I couldn’t share a memory of you this time but check back with me again in 10 years! Congratulations! 😍

  • I remember those days since I had been following you for awhile before that. I still have some of the boxes and products from back then and still enjoy them. Time flies when you are crafting. Happy Anniversary and hopefully many many more.

  • Happy 10th on HSN, Anna. My favorite Anna Griffin memory isn’t so much about Anna and one particular instance, but about me and how she changed my life. I followed Anna years ago on QVC when I was scrapbooking. Life got in the way and there was no time, or room, for scrapbooking so all my supplies got boxed up and forgotten.

    Years later, due to a serious health issue, I was confined to a hospital bed in my house. I wasn’t able to do anything except watch TV. About five years ago, while channel flipping, I saw Anna and stopped to watch the familiar face. It turned out to be the HSN channel during a 24 hour crafting event. I watched Anna put a card together and at that moment I knew I was going to make cards. I was never one for sending cards. At best, I only sent the cheap dollar store cards to close family members for a birthday. I never sent sympathy, congratulations, get well, or even Christmas cards! When I was so ill, people sent me get-well cards right and left, and it gave me such a lift to receive those greetings and well wishes. When my health permitted, I started making cards, using Anna’s products, and sent them to every family member and for every occasion I could possibly think of. I wanted to ‘Pay It Forward’ to all those who remembered me in my illness. I love making cards and look forward, every day, to creating new ones. I still have the health issue, but making cards helps me deal with it and the problems it causes. Seeing Anna on HSN that day brought a new meaning to my life. I will forever be grateful to her.

  • I started scrapbooking in 1998. And Anna you were my favorite albums and papers from the beginning. Loved the floral, Victorian, French touches —it was my taste too! Your card kits inspired me to begin card making. I am known for my beautiful cards, thanks to you.

    Happy Tenth Anniversary!!!!

  • Anna, Oh Wow I’ll try to do this again because you just went POOF into the crafting cloud of happiness somewhere. Anyway, I watched you on QVC and ordered and I moved to my 1 bedroom condo in 2010 and found you on HSN. I’ve bought so MANY of your card kits etc. that I’m now renting an office downstairs, don’t tell my family, and I call it Mary-Anna’s craft room. I can’t thank you enough for all the joy you’ve given me and other widows too. I got a call yesterday from a friend near Chicago saying how much her friends enjoyed the Christmas cards she sent, the vellum sayings one I made for her. I could go on and but I’ll leave space for others to chat with you. All the Best and see you on the 27th!

  • I remember the card kit with the card bases, layers and giant die cuts, I had to buy that all-in-one kit. I remember the big bunny because I used it to make an Easter card. And the tulips! I had everything at my fingertips, and I just love how sturdy the card bases were, and how pretty too!

  • CONGRATULATIONS Anna on 10 wonderful years!! I haven’t been around as most, but I can that without a doubt you are my favorite and with certainty admire all that you do and share with us. I’m a crafter that loves to make the fancy fold cards and bags, boxes, etc. You have provided dies to make the kinetic cards and love it. As of lately also love that the dies will also emboss and just give it that little something something extra for beauty. Can’t wait for Jan. 11PM on the 27th & see what you have in store for craft day.

  • Hi Anna,
    I remember watching you first on another shopping channel and then when you moved to HSN. I think my first purchase were original bell dies and coordinating embossing folders.
    I still love using them, although I went on to purchase a small fortune in Anna Griffin products; all of which are elegant and well manufactured. Still have the tiny flourish punch set too!!

    I have a 2 questions: Would you ever consider making a metal die to match the Perfect Presents and Harlequin Bows embossing folders. And, would you consider bringing back some of the older dies and older 6″ X 12″ embossing folders.

    Thank you and your awesome team for all you do.

    Marie T.

  • Ageless Anna…at a quick glance I thought you where a younger Katie Couric. Congrats on 10 successful years and cheers to the next successful 10 again and again. A quick note: I made 26 Gingerbread Christmas cards for my grand daughter’s 1st grade class! They where a huge hit with both teachers and students. Thank you for producing items that engaged my entire family. Beauty and memories in the making! Blessings.

  • You got me with the Pop-Ups! I remember seeing your products on HSN and really liking them, but when you brought out the pop up card kit…I remember that I gasped and froze, wide-eyed. I couldn’t believe my eyes! It was love at first sight! You had taken a labor intensive card making process and made it so easy (and beautiful). I’ve been addicted to your irresistible goodies ever since.
    Happy 10 year Anna-versary!❤️❤️❤️

  • Anna: I too remember you from the QVC days and followed you to HSN. Love you and Suzanne together. I have so many of your dies and card kits and embossing folders that I’m not sure I will ever be able to use them all, but they are wonderful.

  • I started watching that same show in January. I was afraid to order. I watched it all 🙂
    I finally ordered my first items in 2011. Never looked back.
    Happy Annaversary!

  • It’s been a great journey with you Anna although our crafting relationship goes back further to the early 2000’s when Michael’s carried your products. I still have them all plus all the new items in my stash!

    Thank you for making our lives more elegant, creative and feeding our incessant need to push our creations to the next level. You’re the bomb Anna!
    Congratulations on your 10th Anna-versary at HSN!
    Dianne

  • Oh Anna! I’ve been with you since your time w/QVC, and was thrilled Suzanne & you were on HSN!! Anna, you timeless and beautiful designs got me into crafting again! Your designs won’t go out of style, which was something that was discouraging before, as I hated to waste money. Because of you, I bought the AG Cuttlebug, and became a card maker!! You assured me that even I could do it. Your products are the best quality in the business! Thank you for taking the guess work out of it for us non-artists, knowing your palettes will be beautiful! Happy Anna-versary!!! Here’s to more beautiful in the making!!

  • This made me smile instantly upon opening it! Congrats Anna! We all appreciate you and look forward to all of your inspirations!

  • My favorite memory is a recent one and one that is personal to me. My “finally” getting to Skype with Miss Anna this last November!!! After 2 botched tries the third time WAS the charm and we finally made it on air! This is a memory that I will treasure the rest of my life… and one I’d happily recreate at anytime. Thank You dear Anna for a beautiful memory for me! Love you for who you are and all that you do for us in the crafting world! You and all at AG Inc are the BEST!!!

    A special note of thanks to your Miss Stephanie who offers wonderful customer service. She is so good at her job and there are many out there in the world that could take a lesson or two from her. She is second to none!!!! Thank You Miss Stephanie!

  • Love Anna and Suzanne,they go together like peanut butter and jelly Thank you for inspiring us with the best products ever !

  • 10 terrific years! Keep them coming. Thanks for the opportunity and enjoyment of HSN’s craft days. Always entertaining on live television.

  • I have been watching Anna Griffin since she was on QVC with Suzanne. I used to put the programs on my VHS tapes so I could watch them over and over again. I loved everything I received in the mail in the big boxes. I have a beautiful craft/scrapbook room my son, DIL and Granddaughter set up for me with 2 large storage shelf units from Home Depot. each shelf has boxes of Anna’s different card kits, beautiful papers, metal dies and stamps, ink pads several different machines from my first Cuttlebug and my latest the Mini Embossing and Die cutting machine plus 3 different Cricuts all the boxes are marked on the end with return address labels with what is in each box such as “Just for her or Him, ” birthdays, Pop-up card kit or Christmas Papers in the beautiful box with the big red bow wrapped around the box. I have a 4 foot long table we purchased at Costco with a oh so comfortable high back office chair that we found at a second hand office furniture store where I live that is fabric on wheels so easy to move around to reach different supplies from the shelves. I first was introduced to Anna and her wonderful products when she was on QVC I think I purchased everything she had on the program with Suzanne that day. Then I was so upset when QVC stopped having their craft days. I started to get the Creative Keepsake magazines back then so I could continue to make hand made cards which I had been making since I was in first grade back in the early 1950’s and scrapbooks for my family and friends. At that time my sister and I would talk for what seemed like hours about everything we had either purchased or wish we had gotten after the programs were over for the day. Sadly she lost her battle with Dementia 2 years ago. A couple of years ago after I placed an order on HSN I was asked if I was wanted to speak with Anna I said YES, if felt like I was on hold for a very long time but how exciting it was to talk with her and Suzanne live on air with both of them. A memory I will treasure always. I have my DVR all set for the first 24 hour Craft Day for the year 2020. I will be up to watch the entire day will actually 25 hours and have my landline phone by my recliner chair ready to place my orders with my pen and paper to write down the information even though I will receive an email from HSN with each order I have placed. Can’t wait for January 27th and 28th to get here it makes me so happy to see all the wonderful new products and to watch the demos that Anna does even with the some times mistakes that happen on live broadcasts or having to move on to the next item because what they were talking about has Sold Out so fast ! It’s on my Bucket List is to be able to attend a Create event in the future until then I will continue to watch all the 24 Hour Craft Days on HSN ! Congratulations Anna celebrating 10 years of crafting/scrapbooking on HSN and wishing you many more in the future Hugs and Love

  • Anna, I remember you and Suzanne from your days on QVC. I was so disappointed when QVC got rid of their Craft Day. But then, I was extremely elated to see HSN pick you up & continue on with the 24 hr craft days! I work as a nurse, so I miss a lot of those days. However, as soon as I come home, I scroll through the computer on HSN to see all the products I missed and to rewatch your video recordings of the earlier displayed products. This Christmas, all of my presents were requests from Anna plus one warm comfy throw! Thank-you Anna for your blog, your wonderful product give-aways, your website and shop plus all the wonderful creations you continue to bring to HSN to beautify our homes & world! Happy 10th Annaversary to Annamazing beautiful woman! HSN needs to refer to you as Annamazing!!! I hope some day I get the privilege to attend Create. I was working this past year when the email announcement came out to register. When I checked during my lunch break, it was completely sold out. Some day Anna I want to personally meet you……that is my dream!

  • Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary on HSN! But I remember you many years ago when you were so young on The Carol Duvall show! I still have VCR tapes of you & Carol together. There were several other young & upcoming famous (now) crafters on her show too, but you are my favorite! I’v never met you, but you seem so kind & sweet. My favorite product you sell is your Card Kits…they are the Best & Sooo Beautiful! Thank you Anna for all of your hard work!

  • Ten years ago started my tradition of “clearing the calendar” so I could just stay home all day to watch Anna Griffin on HSN! I didn’t want to miss anything that you had to present because, more often than not, they flew out the window FAST! That tradition continues for me. I look forward to your appearances like a holiday and have a sense of letdown when your last show airs. Thanks for all the wonderful products, sharing ideas and techniques, and mostly sharing yourself with us. I look forward to many more years! (BTW, I still have and use the black and cream totes pictured in the magazine ad and they’re holding up beautifully!)

  • Happy 10th HSN Anniversary – here’s to many, many more crafting adventures! You’re an amazing talent and inspiration to many. Thanks so much! 💕

  • It’s been FUN!! I even Remember the Coca-Cola totes you had with your card making.
    Everyone loved them I still have the Coca-Cola box it was so creative. Can’t wait to see what’s new up next. You have made a lot of people happy.Thanks for the wonderful journey we all have spent with you!

  • Love the hair too! 😍. First thing I noticed. 😉. I cannot wait to see some of the surprises you plan on bringing to the show.

  • Congratulations Anna on your 10th Anniversary at HSN! 🎉 I have been watching for years, I remember the first time I saw you and bought some of your amazing products, I was hooked. Can’t wait to see all the Anna Griffin products you have in the works. I’ll see you on January 27th & 28th! Congratulations again!!

  • I feel blessed to have met you in person at a Las Vegas paper crafting convention for wholesalers! I won’t divulge how many years ago that was!! 🙂 You are classy and elegant and your products reflect these same traits! Thanks so much for being so kind to me all those years ago!

  • I thought you had always been on… but then again my memory isn’t what it should be. Today’s my birthday and I remember that because of all the presents (and cake).

    The show reviews sound great.

  • I have been a raving fan since I first found the AG products and thought they were so elegant! It’s my style! I have been crafting all my life, tried a number of “trends” but always returned to Anna and her style. She’s so talented and is eager to share her success with others! She always presents herself with a kind heart and huge smile! Loved the early days with Sandi Genovise, the CK magazine (subscribed to them all and still have so many of them.) Then on to QVC and remember how much fun it was to set up my first auto ship with the scrapbook albums! Whether it’s been QVC or HSN, and now the fabulous experiences of Create, she’s that same Southern lady who wants to get to know her clients, resulting in her creating a AG crafting family across the country. I registered for Create 1 having no idea what the weekend experience would bring. And she was a gracious host and teacher who created a weekend of learning, meeting fellow crafters, and creating friendships! She’s amazing, kind and caring.

  • About five years ago I had a serious automobile accident that left me injured for life. I started making cards to get my mind off of pain. It’s amazing how crafting can relax me, and I believe kept me from getting depressed. I bought my first card kit from Anna (first time shopping hsn too) around 4 years ago. She taught me how to use a Cuttlebug (I watched the how to build your sandwich video for the machine over and over), and how to learn really everything I now know. I bought all of my tools from Anna and now have my own craft room. I can’t always craft everyday but love it when I can. Thank you Anna for bringing so much joy to so many people!

  • My first experience with Anna Griffin products was early on. A store sold your stationery items and I was an instant fan. I remember watching you on QVC and taking classes with your papers at CKU’s. My favorite memory from the last 10 years is getting to speak with you on the phone while you were on air. Happy 10th Anniversary! Love and love.

  • I used to like watching Sandy’s and Carol’s shows! I was fascinated and loved seeing the beautiful crafts and talented guests like you. I didn’t even do any crafting back then, but I knew that I was resonating with you anyway lol. So glad you are still doing it and that I finally joined in!

  • I have been following Anna since she started on qvc than went to hsn.
    I only purchase ANNA GRIFFIN THE BEST !!

  • I sure do remember!!! And I first was under your spell watching you on Sandy Genevieve craft show. i still have those VCR tapes. Lol. Oh my goodness …the things you did with paper!!! I just couldn’t get enough of your beautiful style and smile…. they always go together! Then I found you on QVC and it was a miracle! I could finally purchase everything, and I mean everything! But then, my big happy came when you moved over to HSN! Oh my … and I have never stopped loving and buying all your beautiful products. Happy 10th Anna! Looking forward to your new TV show (hmmmm?). My dream is to meet you at Create one of these years. You are such a beautiful person …that is a big part of it too:)

  • Hi Anna,
    I used to receive CK magazine,
    so I do remember that ad.
    I don’t remember which show
    it was, but you were having a
    day while you were trying to
    do a demo of your products.
    Things were not cooperating
    with you. It kept happening to
    You and you got frustrated and
    started talking to your products
    ( Just like I do! ). I felt bad for
    you, but then I started laughing,
    because I know how those Days
    can be 🙂, it was funny to me
    because you’re always so calm.
    Thanks for sharing with us Anna,
    nostalgia is always fun! Have a
    good day, see you soon. Debbie

  • What fun pictures and memories! I’ve been there for all 10 years and I made those flip cards on the table! How we have all grown in our crafting over the years. I don’t remember a particular moment but I am always moved by your sincerity, Anna, and your joy in hearing from callers and Skypers and treating us like long time friends. Looking forward to the 28th!

  • I remember when you started selling the Cuttlebug in your color scheme. You were so proud of using that tool and saying you were so glad it wasn’t difficult and was non-electric. You’ve sure come a long way, baby!

  • I really enjoy the looking back at your tenure on HSN. It’s great fun. I first found you at a book/stationary store. I bought a set of rubber stamps, which I still own, and remember thinking, this is my style. Building my career while battling an illness, kept me from diving deeper into scrapbooking and I never considered making cards at that time. Now when I’m looking at products to use, I come back every time still thinking your products are exactly the style I want to use to create, Best wishes for many more years of success for you and delight for those of us whom you inspire.

  • I purchased your beautiful papers with matching embellishments along with paper craft kits ( I still have one intact, a ruffled frame) from Michaels , then you disappeared ! I knew you were still around as I watched you with Sandy Genovise all the time. My favorite memory is I have no memory of how I found you on HSN but I sure am glad I did. Don’t remember that ad from creating keepsake but I do have all the magazines so I think I’ll go look it up. You look as beautiful today as you did way back then still as creative just more high tech . Congrats to you

  • I remember when you were on QVC and they dropped the crafts saying there was no longer any ” interest in crafts ” and “not a big enough audience”. TEN years later at HSN and you’re still wowing us with your products !!!

  • Oh my can’t wait. I’m a new griffin Ute and still learning the craft. Love all your products and have difficulties determining which to buy. Would like all but on a budget.

  • Oh my goodness, 10 years….of beautifulness. I first watched you on some craft channel and followed you to the buying networks. I wasn’t making cards back then, but I did use a lot of your paper to wrap gifts or line my file folders, at work, so I could enjoy the designs. I’m retired now and make all the cards for my daughters and myself. Can’t wait to see what you will be presenting to us for the next 10 years! Congratulations.

  • I DO remember that ad in the magazine. And I remember watching the first show and loving all the beautiful products.
    I used to VCR the shows ( now THAT’s a term you don’t hear 10 years later) and play them back to get ideas.

  • First purchase was 25 years ago at Michael’s and have been buying your products ever since discovering you on HSN

  • I sure do recognize this photo and your pretty hairstyle because I recently cleared through all my old issues of Creating Keepsakes magazine! I also used to watch Carol Duval & Sandy Genovese on TV. Now that you know what a craft hoarder I’ve been, I can tell you that I just found my first Anna Griffin receipt that I bought from QVC on Jan 20, 2004! It was for AG Set of 46 Clear Stamps w/Ink Pads, which I still have! (I scan all my old receipts; don’t ask why…) Want to see it?
    So here I am in 2020 ready for the next show! Happy New Year!

    • Yikes, I also found a receipt w/same date for AG Card Making & Stationery How-to Video & Book! What a walk down memory lane…. 🙂

  • I have been watching you all thru the years. Remember you cutting with a craft knife on 12×12 paper. Love all your shows and products. Hugs for another year. Happy Anniversary.

  • Following Suzanne’s craft shows for years! She’s my favorite for crafts! Looking forward to a great show!

  • Congratulations, Anna!
    10 years looks great on both you and Suzanne…neither of you have aged one bit! I couldn’t be happier for the well-deserved success you have encountered throughout the years. Each and every comment posted is lovingly expressed (by all of us) who have you and the HSN family in our lives. Best Wishes for continued success in all you do.
    With a Thankful Heart,
    Eileen

  • I have been watching Anna on HSN from the very beginning and I have a craft room to prove it!!!! At least twice (if not more) I took a vacation day to watch Anna on those 24 hour craft events. The next day my staff would ask me how many boxed would be delivered and whether we could craft after work!!! They even gave me an HSN gift card with instructions to only use it for the next HSN Craft Event!

    I don’t have one memory that stands out, but what I have enjoyed most throughout the last ten years is seeing the the “lights go on” in the eyes of the HSN host… and how their craft knowledge and skills have developed along with those of use watching! Providing Anna’s products on HSN (especially with their flex pay options) has made crafting with her products more affordable and attainable for many. My family and friends have enjoyed all of the many cards created with her products and they look forward to their annual gift of all occasion cards they get at Christmas.

    Anna’s creative gift and genuine kindness has enriched the lives of many and I look forward to watching her on HSN for many years to come!!

    Happy 10th anniversary with HSN! I look forward to the next craft event .

    Blessings
    Linda L

  • I first saw you on QVC years ago, and loved all your ribbons, paper etc., I have bought so many things over the years my last purchase being the flower stickers.
    Happy Anniversary to you all
    Jess

  • I remember when you moved from QVC to HSN. I used to watch Sandy Genevese and Carol Duvall, then I discovered your shows. Now I buy only your products because they are so much more elegant and beautiful than any other designer in the market. I have crafted my whole life but only started paper crafting after I retired.

  • I have been a fan of Anna Griffin since the 80s…I believe she was on the Carol Duvall Show and I think the other one was Scrapebooking on the DIY or Home & Garden Channel. The first product I bought was a punch, very delicate….
    Thank you, Anna, for the many years of beautiful products!

  • Can’t wait it see the show and I love the picture of your first show! Beautiful then and now! So happy that I found you and your wonderful products that last few years!

  • Oh Anna,
    I remember the first time I ordered from you; It was the Cuttlebug and some folders. HSN then asked me if I would like to talk with you and shock of all shocks, I was able to chat with you. You were as gracious then as you are now and I have loved your evolution in card making techniques and products and I have evolved into quite a card maker myself. You always challenge us to ‘be creative; ‘use what you have’ has been your mantra and my favorite Anna Griffin, challenge: don’t be afraid to experiment. I have sent you some cards for fan mail Friday and you have showcased a few of them — and boy that made me feel ever so special. Happy 10th Annaversary and congratulations on all your many successes; you are a force to behold and I am so thrilled I can finally call myself an Griffinite!
    Happy New Year to you, Georgie and Duke

  • Hi Anna, to be honest I don’t remember exactly when I discovered you and your beautiful crafting supplies. But I do know that it was a gift from God. You have brought such joy not only into my life but to those that receive my Anna Griffin cards. A frequent comment I hear when the recipient sees the card is ” oh my what a beautiful card”. Whatever the occasion, be it a birthday ,Christmas, or even a time of sorrow, you have provided me and countless others the means to bring a little joy into someone’s day. And also the feeling that they matter because they know that I took the time to make them this beautiful card to which I have included words of cheer and comfort. And you dear Anna bring me joy and laughter each time I see you on HSN. My favorite memories are of you and Shivan and Bobbi Ray.

  • I for just 1 of your thousands of fans are very happy with your 10 years on HSN. I do not remember my first encounter with AG but used to get “punches” and became aware after that time frame. My best and most fun came after that. Just keeps getting better. This is my happy place. I am very grateful for discovering you. So HAPPY ANNAVERSARY to all of us!

  • My very first craft purchase ever was Anna’s beautiful big green floral box with the grosgrain ribbons on QVC! Your work touched something in me and fired my own creativity in a new and exciting way. When craft shows were no longer scheduled on QVC, my heart was broken but I collected as many Anna Griffin videos as I could and recorded shows on the DIY network to catch any show with Anna demonstrating projects. I scoured the stores and bought individual sheets of your papers! What a joyful day it was when I learned that Anna was coming to HSN! I had loved the pajama party craft shows HSN used to have, but bringing Anna to the lineup created an entire new level of crafting. I have been with you every step and have loved every design (and bought most of your items, too!) It’s hard to explain the happiness you bring to my soul when I can work with your beautiful craft supplies and share my creations with people I love.

    Your company is amazing and generous, and you are a fabulous example of a woman-owned business that ensures that we can learn the hand-made techniques that mean so much and need to be passed on, but in our fast-paced world are often replaced with store-bought convenience in many peoples’ lives. I can’t wait to see all the amazing goodies you will be bringing in 2020 and beyond and I sincerely thank you for all that you do. Happy Anniversary!!

  • I was trying ro remember the first Anna Griffin product I bought. I honestly do not remember but I have bought a lot since you have been on HSN. I have a three drawer storage cabinet with just your embossing folders. Over the years I have bought cuddlebugs, Cricut machines, dies, paper (love your papers), Minc, stamps, and who knows what else. And you know what? Your products are my favorites.
    CONGRATULATIONS on 10 years with HSN. It has been a great journey so keep the beautiful things coming.

  • I have been with you since the beginning as evidence by the first set of dies you spoke about on your last appearance. I happened to be using those exact dies. I sure couldn’t pick a favorite!

  • i actually started watching your craft shows way back when you were on QVC. I still have paper from your time there that I refuse to cut because it is so beautiful. I don’t think I have ever missed one of your HSN shows. I even watch while I’m at work.

  • Dearest Anna – I’ve been with you since the early days on “the other” channel. I still use my trusty Cuttlebug, as well as my gorgeous Empress. You are so inspiring, kind and generous with your beautiful creativity and caring. Here’s a huge hug 🤗 of thanks and love from Nann.

  • There could never be ONE favorite moment from the shows for me. They all have been memorable and valuable to me. As a side note, I first became aware of Anna through the NY Public Library gift store. Inside, I found brass desktop items with her name on them. I still have the bookends from there, and over the years, have hoped she would bring such items back. Looking forward to what is surely going to be an amazing year!

  • Wow! You have hardly aged at all. Still BEAUTIFUL inside and out. Congratulations on 10 years Miss Anna. Hugs

  • Congratulations for 10 Years, Anna!!!!!! The first time that I seen You on HSN, You were using the Cuddlebug. I purchased the Cuttlebug and many Anna Griffin Embossing Folders. I have since then, added Cricut Machines and Multiple Anna Griffin Products. Totally hooked!!!!! Thank You, Anna for helping Me find My Passion in Card Making and Scrapbooking!!!!!!!

  • Has it only been 10 years with HSN ! I actually have your today’s special from back then-it was an auto ship of pre decorated scrapbooks ! They are just as beautiful now ass they were then. No trendy, of the moment “stuff”-just simply elegant pages, and your style has remained constant over the years ! I remember being impressed with the timeless beauty of the pages as I received each book, as well as the quality of your papers and embelishments, which you have continued to today ! Congratulations on 10 years on HSN! Many more years to you and your company !!

  • HAPPY HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!! Love all your products, I have been an Anna Griffin fan since 1987, I still a scrapbook page in my son’s baby book, when we did the pleating by hand and measuring. I would get so excited when I could find your items in a store. And now, I still get excited each time you bring new items to HSN.

  • Well, not to AGE myself, I’ve been with you on the “other” station and from day one with HSN. It is like seeing a dear friend, one you’ve actually met and shared “crafting” moments with. The banter between you both is so adorable and the laughter is very much a part of our, the viewers, experience. I’m looking forward to each and every moment in the coming years! Congrats on 10 yrs. with HSN, they are truly blessed to have you !

  • WOW what a blessing we have been gifted by ANNA AND HSN. THANKS LOOK AT HER SMILE SHE IS STILL YOUNG VIBRANT THIS IS WHAT A HAPPY PLACE TO CRAFT WILL DO FOR YOU!! THANKS 😊

  • My first Anna Griffin purchase was the Christmas pop up card kit. I had made my own pattern and was ready to start scoring and cutting by hand. Jumped at the chance to buy the kit so the cutting was already done. The cover layers, sentiments, flourishes and holly were especially nice to give a more professional look to some of the elements that I had already made.
    During the Christmas season, my 6 year old granddaughter, saw the pop up cards on tv. She said, “My grandma makes these!” and she proudly showed them off to her friends.
    Thanks Anna.

  • I have been buying your gorgeous products from years ago when I first started scrapbooking and bought a kit from Michael’s craft store. It had papers with instructions how to cut and fold to make the border around the page. Then I bought papers at an online store. Then a local store opened and it sold your papers, and when the owner was going to buy papers she had a sheet of the new papers and she would order some just for me. Then you were on QVC and by then I also made cards, and you had a card kit that you folded paper. Now for 10 years I have been shopping at HSN. Happy Anna-versary Anna! Keep bringing gorgeous products!

  • My favorite moment was when I was live on air with Anna!! We video chatted in 2017 and it was so very awesome ♥. I recorded it the chat, shared it on Facebook and told the world, “I’m Anna’s biggest fan”….but seriously, who isn’t?!
    Thank you for all the beautiful craft products you and your team create – we love everything!

  • Boy, do I remember your first appearance on HSN. I also remember anxiously waiting for your first show since you left the other channel. I began with you on the other channel and have and will continue watching you on HSN. You have given so many of us so much joy and made it easy and given us confidence to create. Thank You

  • Anna, Congratulations on 10 years!! I would love to see clips of your beautiful kitties, Duke and Georgie!! And the call with Naomi and Nicole was adorable too!!

  • My first dies were Anna Griffin. I used a friends huge die cutter from another company. It had a large handle that pushed it through. I bought the cuttlebug and have enjoyed the beauty of die cutting ever since, upgrading the machines and adding the Cricut! It was a small green machine. Now the Cricut Air has a place of honor in the craft room. What a lot of growing and learning.

  • I live in the UK and many years ago I was persuaded to go to a card making class at a craft shop and the owner had been to the US and brought back a load of Anna’s stamps, papers, inks etc and I still have the card I made that day !! I’ve bought from Plaid and from Anna since then and look forward to the treasured appearances in the UK. OK so we don’t get the same choice and we don’t have sales and Create but we all still care so much about having the best – from the best…Keeeeeeeep crafting.

  • Congratulations Anna! Been with you on HSN since day one. Happy Anniversary! Love everything you do! Hope I can visit you in Atlanta one day! God bless.

  • Ten amazing years and Anna’s products displayed beautifully on my shelf’s. My first purchase was the Valentines kit. I cried when I opened the box.the details and beauty filled my heart and I have purchased many of Anna’s item since day one. Well, not just many MOST of Anna’s papaws crafts. fills my home and my heart!

  • I remember placing an order for Anna’s lovely products and being asked if I would like to wait to speak on air with Anna and Susan. I was nervous but it was fun chatting with them but especially Anna since I admire her so much! I hung up after the call and the phone immediately rang. It was my daughter-in-law calling from San Diego because she was watching too and just knew that had been me on the phone with Anna! How fun is that!

  • I was quite ill (8 years ago) and off work for 3 months. Watched an Anna Christmas card kit presentation. I thought I would order it to help me pass the time. Made every card in the kit, and mailed them out to my family. In laws, cousins, siblings. I heard from family that I hadn’t talked to in years. I reconnected with a lot of people because of your beautiful cards. I’ve ordered every year since. And I never miss the 24 hour craft events. I’m retired now, lots more time to craft. Thank you for all of the beauty you allow us to share with others.

  • My favorite HSN moment of all will always be the time I got to skype with Anna and Helen about the Lila paper set. It was my first time “meeting” Anna and I was pretty nervous. Anna was so gracious and interested, though, it was really fun. I still think of Lila as “my” paper!

  • I think my favorite moments are when you are demonstrating something and it goes wrong. You just handle it like a pro and say well, I did that wrong. I try and teach others my craft and sometimes stuff just goes WRONG! You make it look so easy! I’ve been following you since you wrote your first book. Back when we were all cutting things by hand with a metal ruler and a craft knife….my how far we’ve come. I try and emulate your style always, it’s just so classic and beautiful. Love you girl♡

  • I am sooo ready. You both still look wonderful including the hair. Can’t wait to take this walk down memory lane. So happy the new products such as the Empress, scored papers to fold & kits have made it soooo much easier over the years.

  • Ten wonderful years! I can not tell you how much you inspire me. Looking forward to at least ten more years of superior craft products and inspiration!

  • I didn’t even know who or what Anna Griffin or HSN was until one day about 5 years ago. I was actually flipping through the TV channels ….. I am a scrapbooker and thought….oh, those are some pretty cards, papers and card kits. I ended up ordering a Christmas card kit that was on clearance and I loved it! Now I actually take a day off of work to watch and learn and order my favorite Anna Griffin papers and embellishments!!!

  • You’re still as lovely as ever, as are your products! I try to never miss your shows! Congratulations on your anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to the January shows!!!

  • I have been buying Anna Griffin products since your time on QVC. I still have some of your products from then. I was sadden when they stopped selling your brand. I was so happy when you returned to TV on HSN. You are the reason I watch HSN. Happy 10th anniversary !

  • My very first kit was the pop up kit. I spread everything out on the dining room table, and fell in love with card making. I’ve moved up in the world. My guest bedroom has become my crafting room, and it’s all because of you, Anna! Mir

  • I have had to cut back on my craft spending the last couple of months. I’m looking forward to seeing the new products. One of the reasons for cutting back is due to lack of available storage. It seems I have out grown my craft room. I have reviewed the best way in which to rearrange because the space as they say, it is what it is. Sorry didn’t mean to rattle on. I’ll be watching on the 27th and the 28th.

  • Anna,
    I was shocked and privileged about ten years ago to meet you in person at a craft show. The one thing I tell people is that you are really that sweet, and kind in real life.
    I am an Anna enthusiast. I usually buy two of everything. One to just look at and collect. I have your original papers from much longer than 10 years ago that had purple morning glory’s on them
    and months of the year. Thank you for decorating my life with such beauty. Nana

  • Yes I am ready for memory lane moments they are very rewarding to see how far Anna has come. Good luck to you in the future and your many new products to show us

  • I’ll never forget, coming back from skiing, a few years ago, with a broken leg, on a craft day. In so much pain, all I could think about was what I was missing on HSN. I did make it home in time to make my AG purchases, I had plenty of time to craft, once the leg started healing.

  • My best memory was the very first card kit I brought from HSN…if course it was one of yours. I had sooooo much fun putting it together and was so enjoyable and turned out so beautiful. I was hooked. It gave me the confidence boost I needed to know I can make beautiful things. Thanks Anna….keep doing what ur doing.

  • I found you years ago on QVC and was hooked on your style and grace. I followed you to HSN and have never been disappointed. Congratulations on your success and I hope to attend the event you have in Atlanta one year. I would love to meet you. See you on the 27th!

  • I will always remember receiving my first Christmas card kit!!! Beautiful box, lift the lid and the crinkle of tissue, multiple packets of exquisite paper ephemera, seriously fine stationery, as a paper freak I was in heaven. I have ordered practically everything since including manual and electronic Empress machines and all the goodies. Anna you area part of my day, each day, thank you.

  • My favorite moment was when I saw my first Christmas Card kit! I was like a kid in a candy shop…I was hooked and have loved making them ever since, but I get the most joy out of giving them to special people as gifts. My friends love them and use them as decorations in their homes. Love to see them bring joy to others.

  • I remember you from QVC was glad to see you show up on HSN. I have some of your mini ink pads. I also have embossing folders, card kits and cutting dies.

  • You look lovely, haven’t changed, your products mirror your self care.

    Thank you for all the beautiful products you offer.

    Ali

  • I remember watching Anna Griffin and then talking to my sister about her (she lived in California). She died 9 years ago, so we only had 1 year to talk about Anna and her beautiful products. We loved scrapbooking and Anna’s pages were so ornate and beautiful. I wish I had more years to talk about Anna over the years.
    Congrats Anna. A big fan!

  • I loved the moment, late in a craft day, when Anna and Shivan pranced about the studio with their rolling craft totes. So cute!

  • I watched you from the REAL beginning-when you were on the Q…QVC! My first purchase was the coated cotton tote that came with a smaller organizer pouch filled with card kit supplies. I still use the tote-looks brand new all these years later, and take it with me to workshops at Stamp& Scrap Expo. Thanks Anna!

  • Have always loved watching you. Things don’t always go right on live TV and I love the way you just roll with it Anna !! You are such a pro !!

  • I just love everything you do and make! It is a joy to create with your products and then spread more joy by sharing the creations with family and friends. Thank you and may you have another successful 100 years!

  • One favorite memory is when my card got such nice comments when shown on Fan Mail Friday. I tried to make my own pop-up which was really fun to make. Anna’s Christmas Pop-up card kids were also such fun and well received by all who received them.

  • Heck, I remember you on QVC! That was my first introduction to you and your wonderful products. I remember Suzanne on QVC also! When QVC stopped having the Craft Days and cut back on all of their crafting products, I was really upset because I had no idea where to find you. I could find some of your products at Michaels, but those were limited and nothing like the wonderful scrapbook kits you used to put together and sell on QVC. I remember how devastated I was…..Then there you were on HSN! I will forever love HSN for picking up the ball and running with it when so many of us were saddened by the demise of the 24 Hr. Craft Day on QVC. Through you and your influence on the paper crafting world, I have made so many wonderful friends and learned so many crafting techniques to enhance my creativity. The one thing that will forever stand out in my memory is that moment at my first CREATE when you actually knew who I was and remembered that I love mascara roses!! You are truly amazing….. Happy 10th Birthday!

  • I’ve been watching HSN for more than 30 years so of course I watched you! I was already into crafting but you brought something great and better than the big box stores did. I have enjoyed watching and learning from you through the years. You look just as great now as you did 10 years ago!

  • I remember the first time calling into Anna on HSN and being so nervous and terrified to talk to THE Anna Griffin who I had followed since early 2001. I had such admiration for her. When I called in, she put me completely at ease. Also, I remember how shocked I was when I first saw Anna on TV with Sandy Genovese. She looked like this picture, so young and pretty and sweet (although even now she hasn’t changed that much.). I had the impression in my head at that point that she was much older. Also, a funny thing to say but I now feel comfortable saying it because I know Anna. My biggest fear coming to Create for the first time was that I was afraid Anna was going to be different than she appeared on TV. Boy, was that fear ever allayed. So down to earth and such a “regular”’person. I was so honored to sit with her at the dinner that night but I was definitely star struck and, at times, still am!

  • I love your presence, your interaction with the HSN hosts especially with those who have a knowledge about crafting, Your authenticity and all the creations from your design team. My favorite part is when you hold those beautiful cards in your hand. Right there it’s just everything is beautiful in the making in every possible sense.

  • I live in an area that the post office can’t find sometimes. So, finding your products on HSN has brought me a lot of happiness. Happy Anniversary Anna!

  • I have been collecting Anna Griffin since early 2000 but I guess for me personally a real treat was this last year when I received a call directly from Anna herself! So sweet, kind and personable, I will always treasure that moment! Even in the middle of Lowe’s!

  • I am a self taught crafter, so I love watching anything you make! You always give instructions and little hints on the easiest way to do things! I have watched you for years and have learned so much from you! Thanks for all you do!

  • “Berri-boned”….instead of Beribboned…..enough said. Still makes me laugh.

    Love the magazine ad. Your hair looks fabulous. Happy Anniversary! Looking forward to seeing you for another 10 years.

  • Oh gosh, do I ever remember your first showing on HSN way back then… Absolutely i do!! I was always so impressed with how beautiful you looked, the clothes that you wore & do now, so beautiful and pretty but most of all your great big smile that warms all of our hearts Then & now! I can’t wait to see you both again together celebrating your 10th ANNAversary with HSN! CONGRATULATIONS!!! We love you!

  • Congratulations! That’s so special. I love Anna Griffin with Suzanne on HSN. So happy for you all. BTW, the hair looked GREAT! Very current. 😉

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