Weekly Update::

Weekly Update: September 28, 2005

With this last hurricane behind us now, perhaps we can breathe a sigh of relief and keep our fingers crossed that this will be the end of them. I know we still have two more months of hurricane season, but I'm choosing to think positively.

Fall is definitely here! Can you feel it? Can you see it? It's in the air, it's even reflected in the mood of many people! Those lazy, hazy days of summer are over... get the pumpkins out, put the cider on the stove and get ready for cooler days... well maybe not yet, but the thought is nice, isn't it? We're kicking off the first week of Fall with our Pumpkin Portraits on Saturday! Why stand in the hot sun at a local pumpkin patch when you can have a wonderful portrait taken here, in a nice air conditioned environment? We have a few openings available, so if you haven't reserved your spot give a us a call. Beth is an awesome photographer, you can check out her website at www.studiobphotography.net

This has been a busy week here in the store preparing for the Memory Trends Show in Las Vegas next week. We have been taking inventory, previewing new product lines and preparing for a busy holiday season! While trade shows can be fun, they are also exhausting! A great deal of preparation goes into the planning... budgets, inventory levels, needs and desires of customers, market forecasts and many other variables. It's miles of walking on those trade show floors, hours of writing orders with the reps, and then lots of second guessing, even after you have methodically and strategically planned each one of your purchases! We keep our fingers crossed and hope that when the orders start arriving, you will be as excited as we are with our choices.

In an industry as driven as ours by consumer demand, and new product presentations on a daily basis, this is a daunting task! We try to do our best to bring you the best, in every way possible. We continue to raise the bar, to become more knowledgeable ourselves, to offer training and classes that will not only teach you how to use products but inspire you as well. Watch in the upcoming months as we share new partnerships with manufactures, additional workshops and presentations, and extending training in technique and methods classes. Margaret and I will be attending EK Success SDU Training (Scrapbook Design University) in November and we are thrilled to introduce SDU to our Sarasota customers. Made For Memories is the only store from Tampa to Port Charlotte that qualifies for this prestigious position. As an EK Success Elite store, we have partnered to raise the bar another notch! Watch your E-mails for details to follow!

This Weeks New Products:

My Minds Eye: Kaleidoscope, Wow, if you love the Wild Asparagus, you're really gonna love this. Papers, frames, die cuts ribbons and more. The work is done for you, just pick your theme and the rest is a piece of cake. 15 themes to choose from. I dare you to pick just one!!
 

Wild Asparagus. 7 new themes to choose from. Same holds true for this series... love them all!

Sandy Lion: Sweet new collections for Pregnancy, Baby Shower, Baby Boy and Baby Girl. 3 papers in each collection, phrases, titles, and cardstock word stickers. Photo's aren't available for these new items.

Deluxe Designs: The Pages By Design Systems are back in stock. If you haven't seen these yet, come check them out. It's the best system for designing your pages without actually cutting anything until you're completely satisfied with the layout!

   

Quickutz: more alphabets, and Halloween shapes... Frankenstein, ghosts, tags, and the cutest Turkey for Thanksgiving! I was told yesterday that the Pink Squeezes were shipping today, so those of you that have been waiting... hang in there, they're on the way!

   

Scrapbook Trends: Another wonderful Holiday Idea Book. I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is my FAVORITE magazine! It's filled with wonderful creations for the holidays!  

Chatterbox: 5 new rooms, 22 new papers collections with matching photo corners. The elements are still on back order but the papers are here and wonderful! The Den Room, Rec Room, Sun Room Loft and Nook Collections... each one as lovely as the next.

       
2 samples of the Den                 2 samples of the Rec Room

2 samples of the Sun Room         2 samples of the Loft

      2 samples of the Nook

Making Memories:  More of the kids series papers (Sam) see last weeks description and photo, also wedding charm packs.

Don't miss out on all these wonderful new products. Sometimes they sell out before I even have a chance to get the E-mail sent! Also don't forget the Pumpkin Patch Portraits on Saturday, there are only a few spots left so call today to reserve a time!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Happy Scrapping!

Ade

Epoxy Holiday Page Pebbles

If you haven't started preparing for the holidays, it's not to late. Come check out all the great gift ideas, and card ideas we have. October class samples are also on display.

Take care, have a great weekend and remember...

Happy Scrapping!

Ade
 

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