Pokémon turns 30! Let’s have a party!

Cutoff Crafts will be hosting a local Pokemon Day Celebration at Rathdrum Lions Club on February 28th, 2026 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this amazing franchise focusing on friendship, hard work, encouragement, and trying to be your very best. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. The event is free to attend and open to anyone who wants to swing by! 

We will have tons and tons of fun giveaways, games, coloring contests, trivia, and more! This Celebration is really special to us partly due to the fantastic support from our local card shops. 

Poppin Packs is a shop that focuses purely on Pokémon down in Couer d’Alene, Idaho. They have donated special mini-tins that we have filled with swag. The first 30 kids will receive a fun swag tin stuffed with goodies. The tins have fruit snacks, sleeves, stickers, a random card, and more! Including something special that helps give players the edge during one of our exclusive games, Team Rocket Attacks! - Fire, Water, Grass. Poppin Packs is a great place to visit if you are looking for a specific card. Ahsoka was able to find her Sylveon from Evolving Skies there. I have picked up several cards from them including Team Rocket’s Giovanni and the fantastic Arbok from Temporal Forces. The Dylans are always a hoot!

Thunder Games has very generously donated two bundles of Journey Together. These will be given away as prizes! One bundle is the grand prize winner for Don’t Say Pokeball! During the event, Ahsoka and Michelle cannot say the word “Pokeball.” Participating players who catch us saying the forbidden word get a random Pokeball sticker. If they fill the entire card, it goes into the prize drawing bucket. The second bundle of Journey Together is open for everyone, and will be drawn in a giveaway at the end of the day. The Cutoff Crafts Pokemon Celebration ends at 1:30 p.m. Thunder Games is a wonderful TCG and game shop on Sunset Ave that hosts tournaments for Magic: The Gathering, One Piece, Pokémon, and more! Todd and the crew are very friendly and fair with their prices.

Of course your fantastic hosts, Cutoff Crafts, have PLENTY of additional prizes to give away! The winner of the Pack Battle will be walking home with a sealed Surging Sparks ETB. Tickets to enter the pack battle cost $10 and players keep all the cards they rip during the tournament. All packs are provided by Cutoff Crafts. The Prize Pool will increase as more people join! Grab your ticket here: https://cutoffcrafts.square.site/product/cutoff-crafts-pokemon-day-30th-anniversary-celebration-battle-tournament-ticket/LWG45YTH6I265RMMVESYT2WU

Coloring Contest winners of their respective age categories will win a pack of Pokémon cards.

Throughout the day, tons of cards will be given away for correct trivia answers, defeating Team Rocket in Fire, Water, Grass, being victorious during the Word Scramble, deciphering Fact from Fake Moves, and more! Other prizes include Pokémon posters, eraser puzzles, stickers, and more.

Our local vendors include Ender’s Cozy Corner and Silver Hills Homestead.

Ender’s Cozy Corner will be bringing all kinds of 3D printed Pokémon toys. I am very excited to see the little fidget Pokéball clickers and the low polygon Eeveelutions. The Leafeon looks adorable.

Silver Hills Homestead has all the tasty snacks. Their freeze-dried skittles are not to be missed! I can’t wait to see the Pokémon-themed fruits and candies.

If you like Pokémon and want to hang with other people who enjoy Pokémon come by on Feb 28th, 2026 and have a good time!

Valley Vista has Announced Their 2026 Spring Craft Show

 

The buzz around Valley Vista is electric—Jan Reid just dropped the news everyone's been waiting for. 

Mark your calendars: May 2 from 9-4 and May 3 from 10-4, Highway 95 transforms into a whirlwind of handmade treasures and sheer nostalgia. Picture this—a sea of tents unfurling like wildflowers, the rhythmic *thump-thump-thump* of kids launching themselves into a sky-high bouncy castle, and the adorable ponies clip-clopping in patient circles. No entry fee, just pure small-town magic. 

The Valley Vista Spring Craft Show is bringing back the ever popular Pony and hay rides, the bouncy house, music, vendors, food, and so much more! It is a party at the farm with family fun activities! 

Because it is right off of HWY 95, it is easy to see and to attend.  There are even volunteers to direct traffic! 

Come have a blast at this craft fair, buy unique items, and celebrate Spring!

For Vendors:

This event is highly anticipated and fills quickly, so for our fellow vendors seeking to nab a spot in this talk-of-the-town craft fair, here is what you need to know:

Event Dates:
May 2, 2026: 9am-4pm
May 3, 2026: 10am-4pm

Booth Info:
Booth Space:10x10
Booth Cost: $100

To apply for a booth space, send this application to Jan Reid: Click here for app.

Doodling Pokémon

I have seen some amazing card arts lately in the Pokémon world. Not just the art on the cards, which has been absolutely incredible, but my social media feeds have been alight with all kinds of epic creative art pieces using Pokémon cards as a media. One of my favorite styles I have seen is where different artists use energy cards as simple canvases. Someone mentioned they used acrylic paint pens so I was quick to order myself my own set off Amazon. I got the Artistro 36 set found HERE (affiliate link). Next day shipping to attempt to fulfill my art dreams? Say less!

Now, bearing in mind that I have never in my life used an acrylic paint pen. In fact, I had no idea they were even a THING. I also have not drawn creatures in… quite a few years. Which is precisely why I loved the idea so much of using energy cards as tiny canvases. What better way to start the new year than with a new desire for creating something? One of the main sticking points I have with new artistic endeavors is the sheer overwhelm of trying to take that very first step. But there was no such hesitation with an energy card. I have HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of them. I handle them all the time. I get more energy with every pack I rip. They cost like 2 cents if I need to buy more. There was zero worry in my mind that I was going to “ruin” anything. Instead, I was going to create something!

My original concept was to paint a cute, happy, Leafeon, eagerly gripping an energy ball, while his tail curled up from underneath. That… is not exactly what I ended up rendering. Hopefully, this is not an omen for how 2026 will go because I created a hilarious FNAF-style Leafeon that appears to have crawled forth from some unnamed swamp. Muddy colors? Check. Vague idea of anatomy? Double check. My only reference was a sticker sheet from a Prismatic Leafeon mini-tin and my memory… not the best idea for accuracy. However, I had an absolute blast playing around and I ended up with a piece I enjoyed.

I had silly fun. Sure, this is absolutely a tool that I that I definitely need practice with. But that’s okay! I carefully dated and sleeved my Leafeon and popped him in an entirely new page in my card binder. I hope to gradually fill this binder with my painted Pokémon one card at a time, one day at a time. Leafeon only took me maybe twenty minutes from start to finish. He’s more a doodle than a grand artwork, which is exactly what I want in my life. A little doable doodle that adds a bit of unexpected joy at the end of the day. I can’t wait to see what the binder looks like by the end of the year.

If you have any new creative adventures for 2026, pop them in the comments down below! I’d love to hear what cool things are going to be made.

Gotta Catch ‘em All! Pokémon Restock!

What’s this? A Pokémon restock has arrived at Cutoff Crafts! There’s a whole bunch of sets back in stock, including some we have never offered online before! These would make perfect Christmas presents for any Pokémon fan!

Hailing from Japan we are happy to announce a whole line-up of fun! Inferno X, Super Electric Breaker, Glory of Team Rocket, Battle Partners, Snow Hazard and Wild Force are all making a showing.

Want to team up with the bad guys? There’s no better way than ripping packs of Glory of Team Rocket! While the English set Destined Rivals had Cynthia, Ethan, and Arven added in from Heat Wave Arena; Glory of Team Rocket is solely focused on Team Rocket and their pokémon. Giovanni, Ariana, Petrel, Proton, and Archer mean BUSINESS. My absolute favorite card in this set is Team Rocket’s Murkrow. I will collect an entire 9 card page of them in my binder! Mewtwo, Moltres, and Wobbuffet also have incredible full arts.

Snow Hazard is the ice-focused part of Paldea Evolved. It’s full of delightful winter themed cards. The terrain card Snowy Mountain of Disaster sets the tone for the Ice Specialist Grusha and the legendary Chien-Pao, the Sword of Ruin. Meanwhile, Eiscue is seen raiding the fridge… again. The common cards are also very well done, props to Saya Tsuruta for drawing one of the best Cetoddle cards. He’s so cute!

Our English sets also got a massive top off! Get ready for a deluge of Mega Era and Scarlet and Violet Era madness! We have Phantasmal Flames, Mega Evolution, Pokémon Go, Black Bolt, White Flare, Surging Sparks, Destined Rivals, Journey Together, Paldea Evolved, Twilight Masquerade, Temporal Forces, Paradox Rift, Shrouded Fable, Scarlet and Violet, and of course Trick or Trades from 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Phantasmal Flames is an absolutely phantastic set. The artwork is flames. …I couldn’t resist. Have you SEEN this Charizard? Mega Charizard X ex is absolutely jaw dropping. It captures the full Charizard evolution line on a single card, from Charmander, to Charmeleon, to Charizard, to Mega Charizard X. Then boom, straight to awesome winter vibes with Dewgong looking up at the northern lights. Of course, shoutout to Wigglytuff leading the Jigglypuff choir it was very pleas….zzzz.

The amazing duo set of Black Bolt and White Flare go HARD. Every single pokémon in Unova got a full art, all 156 of them. They look GOOD. The hit rates in Black Bolt and White Flare are much more generous, especially with the addition of the pokéball holos and masterball holos. Cobalion’s IR (Illustration Rare) makes me want to start an entire page of Pokémon looking up at the aurora borealis (if I snag a Dewgong from Phantasmal Flames, I am off to a good start!). Naoki Saito deserves a shout out for drawing the most satisfied Zorua I’ve ever seen.

Our Pokémon cards tend to sell out, so act fast! We offer shipping to anywhere in the United States. Contact us for local deliveries. We personally deliver within 10 miles for a fee. We also offer a free Pick Up in Spirit Lake, Idaho, on Main Street. Contact us for more details!

We here at Cutoff Crafts want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, a happy Winter Solstice, and a wonderful New Year!

Our Black Friday Deals At The Very Merry Market

 

Black Friday is hitting Cutoff Crafts with force and we are gonna have an amazing amount of deals!!!!! Join us Friday the 28th from 8am - 7pm and Saturday 29th from 10am-7pm for an epic Black Friday Celebration at the Very Merry Market inside the Silver Lake Mall. Kim Brown is taking over the old Joann's store and making it a huge month long market. We will be there for two days only!

Find the perfect gift for all the Sport Fanatics, Geeks, Nerds, Gamers, and more in your life at our booth! We will have RPG dice for the DnDers and tabletop players, enamel pins featuring hundreds of fandoms, keychains featuring anything from anime to movies, tumbled stones that make perfect stocking stuffers, official Bag Clips of popular movies and animes, official reversibles, and our wall of trading cards, which include Pokemon, Black Clover, Minecraft, Digimon, One Piece, Football, and more!!

For Black Friday we are going crazy with our deals! Check out the list of insanity below!

Black Friday Deals

Toys Toys Toys!
We are bringing back the classic Black Friday Bins to Cutoff Crafts. While supplies last, we will have a large bin full of toys featuring blind bag building blocks, blind bag dinosaurs, mystery loot eraser puzzles, trading cards, and more! These toys will make perfect christmas gifts, stocking stuffers, white elephant gifts, and more!

Everything in the bin is 2 for $5!!
or...
For every $20 you spend at our booth, you can select a toy from the bin for only one dollar!!!

Enamel Pins
Normally our pins are $15 each or 3 for $40, but have a little fun this Black Friday and draw from our Black Friday Mystery Bag! For only $5, draw a random enamel pin from he bag! That is a ten dallar savings! Yes, we are crazy for doing his, but it is Black Friday after all!

Keychains
We are offering FREE keychains! Buy four keychains and get one Dino keychain for FREE! Only While supplies last! 

Beautiful Tumbled Stones
Our booth will be featuring a small bucket of tumbled stones! While supplies last, shoppers can pick 2 tumbled stones and 1 sparkle bag to put them in for only $5!! These stocking suffers are perfect for the rock hounds here in the gem state!

Earrings
For those looking for something unique, we have a great deal for you. Our earrings are normally $18 each, but if you buy two or more pairs, you will get $2 off per pair!!! That means you can get a pair of earrings with sterling silver hooks that are hypoallergenic and nickel-free for only $16 each!!

DICE DICE and more DICE
For the table top players we have an insane surprise! We have d20 Blind Bag draws, 2 for $5!! Your d20s could be anything under the sun and could include a stone d20, sharp edge, liquid core, metal, jellies, pearlized, and more! These make perfect stocking stuffers as well!

Stocking Stuffer Supreme
For the ultimate stocking stuffer, we have a deal for you! Get a Keychain, Lanyard, and Metal Pin for only $25! For example, if there is a K-POP Demon Hunter fan in your life, grab a Derpy keychain, a Sussie pin, and a Huntrix lanyard to create the perfect gift! We have many different fandoms to choose from ranging from studio Ghibli to Marvel!

Can't wait to see you there!!

Helping the Community! Cutoff Crafts’ Pokémon Winter Celebration Food Drive

Attention all amazing Pokémon trainers and enthusiasts! We will be hosting a food drive to help our local community at the Cutoff Crafts’ Pokémon Winter Celebration! Our local food banks are feeling the strain this year, so we’re stepping up to help. This is part of our Pokémon Winter Celebration taking place on Nov 15th, 2025, at the Rathdrum Lions Club. The Pokémon Winter Celebration runs from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

We will be giving away a near mint full art Munkidori Illustration Rare (072/064 Shrouded Fable) to one lucky donator of shelf stable food. Since every item helps; every can, jar, and bag will earn the person donating a ticket into our drawing. If you bring 12 cans of vegetable, you will earn 12 tickets into the drawing. The drawing will take place around 3:20 p.m. Winner must be present to win.

Cutoff Crafts’ Pokémon Winter Celebration is absolutely stuffed full of awesome games! There will be trades, trivia, merch, music, coloring contests, Pack Battles, games, and more! 

The Pokémon Pack Battle Tournament costs just $10 per ticket, and is the only game requiring a paid entry at the Celebration. Packs are provided by Cutoff Crafts to all participants. Each participant goes head to head against the others in an elimination style tournament! The Grand Prize? An M Charizard EX (13/108) from 2016! The Grand Prize Winner will also take home an awesome Charizard statue that doubles as a card holder. But it gets EVEN BETTER! As more tickets sell, we add more prizes to the Grand Prize pool! We just unlocked an additional black star Cosmos Promo card. Boom! Our next extra prize level adds a sealed Japanese pack to the Grand Prize Winner Prize Pool.

Every ticket marches us one step closer to… the ULTIMATE STRETCH GOAL. If we get 200 participants in our Pokémon Pack Battle tournament we will add a sealed Pokémon Center Mega Evolution Elite Trainer Box (ETB). For free. In addition to all the other prizes already unlocked. ALL participants in the Pack Battle Tournament get to keep all the cards they rip during the tournament. Rip an amazing SIR (Special Illustration Rare)? Congratulations, that’s yours to KEEP. 

One of these will go home to the Grand Prize Winner... if 200 people join the Tournament!

The Pack Battle Tournament begins Check In at 2:00 pm. All players must be checked in and battle ready by 2:29 p.m. The Tournament begins at 2:30 p.m. SHARP! Tickets to the Tournament can be purchased online at our shop: HERE.

For more information on all our incredible fun games check out the blog post Pokémon Winter Celebration is Coming this November!

NOTE: due to the Pokémon Market, the cost per item is subject to change according to the market. Cutoff Crafts will not be responsible for the decrease or increase in price. We are simply stating an estimate. No cash or other items will be given for a loss or gain in market value.

Return of Swat Kats! Megakat City Has Fallen!

In a completely radical blast from the past, Swat Kats has returned and decided to create their very first comic book!  

It’s been thirty years since Swat Kats was stricken from Cartoon Network. That has not stopped the brave writers, artists, and even voice actors from coming together once more! The new comic book is titled “Megakat City Has Fallen” and continues right where the TV show ended. The Team decided to launch a Kickstarter to make this comic book happen.

Kickstarters are a way to crowdfund projects. Regular people like you and me can back a project and become Backers. We basically promise to give the creators money if a goal is met. Backer Tiers are options that a person who wants to donate selects. The Tier they choose comes with fun rewards. It’s like buying a bundled package. Whatever Tier a person chooses (plus any additional add-ons like the epic t-shirts and pins), is what the Backer will be charged when the campaign ends.

The original goal for Swat Kats was $40,000 to launch their new comic book. The goal was obliterated in less than an hour. That means the Kickstarter was a success and the comic book will officially be made! The awesome thing with Kickstarters is that the more money a project raises, the more awesome Stretch Goals are unlocked. Already the hardcover Kickstarter exclusive book will have an additional short story due to hitting a Stretch Goal. If the project ends up raising $500,000, the crew plans to create a fully animated motion comic of Megakat City Has Fallen voiced by all the original voice actors! 

There’s all kinds of fun goodies at the different Tiers including comic book blind bags, a hardcover exclusive version of the comic plus short stories, tons of cover variant arts, signed prints, a glow in the dark cover, t-shirts, posters, and more! At the lowest Tier of $15, the Backer will receive a downloadable digital pdf of the comic in its entirety.

Ahsoka and I are super excited and decided to have a Swat Kats Halloween Party! We plan to watch the original animated show, eat pizza, and have a great time. Of course, I got the crafting urge and could not resist… making T-Bone! Ahsoka made these awesome downloadable Cubee Crafts that anyone can print out and create. All you need is a cutting tool and you can get started. Adult supervision is needed for using scissors or sharp blades.

I printed out T-Bone because, come on, he’s voiced by Charlie Adler. You bet I was going to do the character voiced by my favorite VA (*cough* Cobra Commander from G.I. Joe Resolute and Renegades). Now I will admit, this was my very first Cubee Craft ever and I maaaay have chosen a rather ambitious one for my first attempt.

Cutting out all the pieces went pretty smoothly. I used an exacto knife and a self healing cutting mat. I sometimes do leather carving so I am pretty familiar with handling an exacto knife. Someone could definitely cut this out with a sharp pair of scissors instead. I did opt to do all my cutting on Day 1 and all my construction on Day 2. It worked out really well for the length of time I had set aside for crafting.

Cubee Crafts create a physical figure in a very voxel fashion, like a Minecraft character. Cubee Crafts do not need any tape or glue. The tabs are simply folded in place after they are fed through the slits. This did not stop me from using a bunch of tape haha! I wanted to make sure that T-Bone stayed together for as long as possible.

I used a sharp-edged metal ruler to pre-fold along all the fold lines. I bent the paper in the opposite way it would be folded to precrease my lines. This step may not have been needed but did make the final assembly very satisfying.

At the end I realized his head was purely a box… that could be opened and closed at will! I could not resist adding a fun T-Bone quote inside his head!

Overall I am superbly happy with how he turned out! It was definitely a bit more challenging than I expected, although I am sure that is mostly due to how unfamiliar I was with the craft. If you want to create your very own Radical Squadron, head on over to SkGaleana.com and download the patterns for FREE! Tag @CutoffCrafts and @SKGaleana with your final Cubee Craft! We would love to see an ARMY of Kats!

From all of us at Cutoff Crafts, Happy Halloween!