Weekly Update:

We're two months into the new year, the weather is beautiful, our CHA products are arriving daily, workshops are filled, and everything's coming up roses at Made For Memories! We are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful part of the world and share in such an incredible passion as scrapbooking. Each day new customers come in and share bits and pieces of their lives with us. What other industry offers such personal rewards? Remember Lucy from the peanuts comic strip, and how she would hang out her sign for therapy sessions? I have always said that our sign should also read "Scrapbooks and Therapy". We laugh, we cry and we share each day we open our door! What a joy to be a part of so many lives and what a joy to also share a part of my own life with so many. At the end of the day when I examine the everyday stresses of owning a business, it is overshadowed by the warmth and blessings I receive by sharing in so many experiences.

Our goal is to not only provide you with wonderful scrapbook products but to also teach you new ideas, techniques and have a great time doing it. Customer service will always be our number one priority. Other stores may try to mimic us or copy our ideas but we consider it a compliment, not a threat. It means we're on task and accomplishing what we set out to do.

I received a call from someone out of state yesterday, who had visited all the stores in the area, while she was here on vacation. She said, hands down, ours was the most pleasant atmosphere she had been in. We offered the best and most variety of products, the friendliest service and the most helpful suggestions she had ever received. She was so impressed she felt the need to call and tell us again how much she loved our store. What a wonderful compliment that was. As we all know, negative comments are voiced much more often than positive ones and it is refreshing when someone takes the time to stop and pat you on the back! Thank you Susan, for making the effort. It was greatly appreciated.

Our Design Team has been in high gear pumping out lots of idea pages using all the new products from CHA. We brought back lots of samples with us, so we could have the idea pages ready, when the product arrives. A big "Thank You" to these hard working gals for creating these inspirational samples. They've also been busy planning great workshops for the upcoming months. We will begin to post calendars on our website three months out, so that you can see what's in the works. Dates and times will be tentative until final class details are determined, but at least you'll be able to see what we're planning. We will also have a clipboard on the Design Team table for people to express interest in future workshops or provide suggestions for classes they would be interested in taking. One more way we hope to meet your needs.

NEW HAPPENINGS

Wacky Wednesdays begin in March! What is Wacky Wednesday you ask? Well here's the scoop: Every Wednesday will be a special day. Not only is cropping free on these days, but there will be an in-store special as well. Something in the store will be offered at a special savings. It could be one item, it could be an entire selection or it could be the whole store. It won't be advertised, you'll have to come in to find out what it is. The first Wednesday of every month, one of our Design Team members will also be doing Make & Takes. Some will be free and some may have a nominal fee, depending on the project. Whatever they are, you'll be thrilled. I've seen some of the samples, and believe me... you'll want them all! Make & Take Times will be from 10:30 am - 1:30 pm on these days. Mark your calendar now for March 1 for our first Wacky Wednesday!

SATURDAY SURPRISE!                                                                                             This Saturday's Transparency workshop has been rescheduled for March 11th. We are bringing you a surprise in it's place! In an effort to make room for all the new products, we are thrilled to have a one day special event! Are you ready? This is BIG!!! For all of you paper lovers out there, here's your chance to stock up! THIS SATURDAY ONLY (Feb 25th), BUY 50 SHEETS OF PATTERN PAPER AND GET 50 SHEETS FREE! Yes, you read that right, sale pertains to pattern paper only and excludes specialty papers like Vellum, Glitter, Transparencies or Cardstock. Higher price will prevail. How's that for a paper lovers bargain?

March Workshops Are Winners!                                                                                  In like a lion and out like a lamb, March Madness is the theme for this months workshops, beginning with our SDU Master's Methods Patter Paper Class. If you are an SDU graduate you are eligible for this workshop. It's one of the benefits of taking SDU, we take you to another level! This is followed by Monica's Transparency Class, special guest teacher Julie Bateman's Technique Tuesday Class, Anna Griffin, Jeannie's Yummy Bo Bunny mini album and culminating with the altered Rolodex. Be sure to sign up for one of them or all of them. They're all guaranteed winners!

March 1: Wacky Wednesday Make & Take with Annette                                            March 4: SDU Pattern Paper                                                                                   March 7: Stamping with Leah                                                                                   March 11: What To Do With Transparencies                                                              March 12 & 19th: SDU                                                                                             March 18: Julie Bateman / Technique Tuesday                                                          March 18: Anna Griffin                                                                                              March 25: Bo Bunny Yummy Friends Mini Album                                                       March 25: Altered Rolodex

Whew, I know it's been a long E-mail but it's full of great stuff, huh? Thanks for taking the time to read it all. Have a great week, see you Saturday for the Big Paper Event! Now here are this weeks new products!

New Products

FiberMark: 32 of the most incredible specialty papers, from faux leather to metal mesh, canvas to lizard these papers are sure to wow you. You can print on them or stamp on them and they tear beautifully. Perfect for invitations or diecutting. These are a must see!
      wonderful for cards or pages

Fiskars: New Coastal Totes, these are wonderful totes with pockets and even a Velcro divider inside for your paper. Small decorative craft mats,  a craft drill perfect for drilling thru chipboard and the new Edge rulers in 4 styles: scallop, zigzag, deckle and wave. These are wonderful for tearing your paper and creating edges and borders
        Totematching craft mat    Craft drill

tear edger rulers

Scrappin Sports: Pre School and Kindergarten paper back in stock. New 2 page spread sports papers for football, basketball, baseball, golf, gymnastics, volleyball and soccer. Also papers for Music, homecoming and graduation. Matching cardstock stickers in all themes and matching sports brads for football, basketball, baseball, volleyball and soccer.
 

These are just a few samples 

Brads

Graduation Homecoming

NRN Designs: 2 beautiful pink marbled double sided papers with matching vellum sticker

Design Originals: 9 x9 papers for travel, 3 heritage and one Mother Goose, 12 x 12 nostalgic beach paper.

Memory Makers: What About Words Idea Book

Quickutz: Calvin Alphabet and the new Sparkle die and the new Icing RubOns Starter kit and Icing RubOns that everyone has been waiting for. Rub-on themes for Love, Hearts, Tags and Flowers! These are just a must have for any Quickutz fan!

Colorbok: 12 x 12 and 8 x 8 Flavia Transparent overlay packs and 12 x 12 and 8 x 8 Possibilities punch out packs by Kolette. Wait till you see these!

Making Memories: 3 different styles of mini book kits, one for friendship, Girl Talk and Glam and Ribbon Brad sets in 5 colors, pink & green, green & orange, red & blue, pink & white, blue & green... Absolutely adorable

Happy Scrapping!

Ade

      Happy Valentine's Day!  

I hope you've been struck by Cupid's arrow and that your day is filled with love and blessings! We had the most fantastic Valentine Workshops this past weekend. Thank you to Monica and Jeannie for their creative talents and unique ideas. Everyone loved them and I'm sure there are some husbands, that are very appreciative.

I apologize for not getting an E-mail out last week, but things were so busy around here and we had so much going on, that I just didn't have enough hours left in a day to get to it! Whew, it has been so busy around here! Between, new products arriving daily, plans for all of our celebrity visits, current workshops and plans for March and April workshops, the excitement level is at an all time high!

Guess who's coming in March and April? If you haven't heard the news yet, be sure to check out the Events page on our website! Can you believe the happenings around here? I told you we'd bring you the best, and we deliver on our promises! Be sure to mark your calendars now for both Julie Bateman's, Technique Tuesday workshop and Shannon Taylor's, Junkitz workshop. We're still working on the details for Shannon's class so I don't have a cost yet... just know that you won't want to miss it! So many things going on here... it just keeps getting better!

This Saturday's Anna Griffin Workshop is wonderful. There are still a few spots left so if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Check out the samples on the Calendar page of the website. I should have the March calendar posted by the end of the week. Stay tuned! We have some wonderful things planned for Spring!

Drum Roll Please.... The new products from CHA are beginning to ship. Here's this weeks New arrivals:

Chatterbox: 24 new papers from several collections. Embellishments due to ship by the end of the week. (Bunkhouse, Chateau, Cottage, & Greenhouse Collections)

Colorbok: Three great new 12 x 12 albums, only two pictured. The photo for the suede patchwork album was not available. Trust me it's beautiful!

Leather Retro circles in fun colors

Daisy D: The lullaby Collection... AMAZING. It is all so adorable. 12 papers, tag pages for both boys and girls, the cutest monograms for boys and girls, and cardstock stickers for tabs, and phrases also for both boys and girls... You are going to want it all!

Hot Off The Press: 8x8 travel album, 8x8 retro paper pack, and 8x8 page kits in the following themes: Birthday, Fun, Girls, Boys, and Family. The embellishments in these kits are adorable. Also both 8x8 and 12 x 12 transparency film strips. Perfect for multiple photos. The new Transparency book is filled with bright colored printed words, perfect for any page. 

Available in 8x8 and 12x12

NRN Designs: 4 great Birthday papers with 2 matching vellum stickers. 4 baby papers with 2 matching vellum stickers and 2 elegant paisley double sided papers.

Provo Craft: Do you love Rob & Bob... of course you do. Check out the new stuff they've come up with and some re-orders of popular pieces! Coaster Cards in 3 styles, flower brads and crystal brads, girly, girl embellishments, pregnancy paper and embellishments, and just wait till you see the new Colluzzles... A library Pocket template complete with stamp and a Heidi Swapp type flower template, also complete with stamp! The newest thing from Colluzzle and sure to be a smash hit!

Remarks: The cutest little bookmark, page clips you've ever seen.  8 different ones to choose from... birds, octopus, frog, dog, cat, pig, monkey or penguin! Each one is so adorable, you'll have a hard time choosing!

Robin's Nest: Bring on the GLITZ! These glitter papers are to die for elegant! 8 different papers for Beach, Travel , Wedding or Heritage. Whatever you want to use them for, I guarantee, they'll make your pages sparkle! (photo's not available).

That's it for now, but then again, it's only Tuesday. We still have three more days of deliveries this week! Be sure to stop in and check it all out soon. You know how fast things sell out around here!

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day and remember... Happy Scrapping!

Ade

We're back.... and man did we ever score "BIG"! Trust me, what happens in Vegas definitely doesn't stay in Vegas. Not when it comes to scrapbooking, anyway! We bought, we bought and we bought some more, and we hope you're gonna love what we bought! We certainly are excited about it all.

We attended celebrity parties and previews, ordered products till dawn and still managed to find time to put a few coins in the slot machines! Be sure to check your E-mails as I share previews of the products we ordered. It will take days to sort through all the catalogs and samples we brought back. We filled three extra suitcases with product samples alone! I'll try to add as many photos as I can during the course of the next few days! Check out the Product Highlights Page of the website for photo's and product previews!

Heidi Swapp said  "Jenny looks like her Twin Sister!"

                                                                                                                                For you Anna Griffin lovers, we have a surprise headed your way! We had a wonderful time sipping champagne with Anna at her private party and discussing her latest adventures. We think you will be thrilled with her new additions to her line and with the news will share with you soon! Stay tuned!

In the meantime, we're already starting receiving products from the pre-orders we placed. Be sure to stop in and see all the great new things. While we were gone, UPS still delivered, and we returned to 17 boxes just begging to be opened! Sorry I don't have time to show photo's of all the products we've received, but here are a few!

Our February workshops are packed with great ideas and inspiration. Saturday, February 4th kicks off the Valentine season with ATC's "Altered Valentine Trading Cards"! Next Saturday is a double header, with the Doodlebug Valentine Album Box, complete with chocolates and the Bo Bunny "I Love You" mini album! If you haven't made your special someone a Valentine yet, then here's your chance to give the gift of Love! See the samples on the Calendar page of the website!

Here's the weeks new products list:

Making Memories: The Tag Maker finally arrived. After an error on Making Memories part, they more than compensated us for their mistake in late shipping. The tag makers and 6 styles of tags has arrived. How fun, to make your tags match your paper from squares, to circles in all shapes and sizes. This is a must have "toy"!   

Accu Cut: Zippie Mates are back in stock!

K & Co: Masion Mini Books Brenda Walton Stitches Rub-ons and  Neapolitan Words Rub-ons.

Quickutz: Quick Sticks

Creating Keepsakes:  Supply Savvy Idea Books

Paper Crafts: Card Creations / Favorite Occassions

Scrapbook Trends: February issue

Paper Trends: February issue

Memory Makers: Scrapbook Memorabilia Idea Book

Bo Bunny: 2 School papers with matching cardstock sticker and 2 Gone Wild papers with matching cardstock sticker

Reminisce: Epoxy travel stickers for Tennessee and Florida and 4 Valentine papers

Bazzill: 4 x 6 magnetic frames and more big polka dot brads

Karen Foster: 12 x 12 Basketball overlay rub-on, 5 styles of chipboard charms, 3 styles of chipboard alphabets, self adhesive twill in three colors, little metal swivel albums in 4 themes, crystal brads, scrapper's rings in 4 colors and sizes, 4 kinds of ribbon brads and boot loopy brads with floss 

self adhesive twill in blue, pink, and natural Chipboard alphabets

Chipboard album    Chipboard Charms  Little Swivels

  Crystal brads in primary and pastels

EK Success: Wow, this order took the entire day to unpack and check in... punches, mats, tools, Jolee's, Jolee's, and more Jolee's (200 different sku's to be exact)

Happy Scrapping Everyone! Be sure to stop in and check out all the great new stuff and don't forget to sign up for a workshop! We guarantee you not only a good time but a great result!

Ade