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This is a really cute mini book that was on display at the Karen Foster CHA booth. It showcases the new line of birthday papers and embellishments. Look how cute the pages are inside, they are small chipboard pages that turn individually. I saw several of this style book at the show. We can show you how you can use the Zutter Bind It All to make on of your own. What a Cute idea! You can also see the papers and embellishments used on a 12" x 12" layout. Karen Foster always has new products that are themed. We try to keep a nice selection of both brand name lines as well as themed sections at our store. New products are continuing to arrive. The new Quickutz arrived yesterday along with a big order of AMuse stamps. I'm still working on the class calendar. I'm hoping to have it finished enough to be posted on the website this weekend. The "snail mail" hard copies unfortunately won't arrive in your mailbox until later next week.

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Making Memories "Animal Crackers" line of paper

I really loved the display they made featuring their new baby line (and yes this quilt is made with their papers.)

Look at the little animals, aren't they cute?

I'm just taking a little break from working on the newsletter. I thought it would be fun to continue showing you some pictures from the CHA show for the next few days. Stuff is already starting to arrive! Today we got the BIG BITE CROPADILES in! If you've been waiting to check them out, come in the store soon as I'm sure these won't last long. Have a good night and thank you all for the nice comments.

{ART BAR} project

Tomorrow's {ART BAR} project is this wonderful lolli-pop bouquet. It would make a nice spring decoration for someone's work desk or maybe a nice gift to give to your child's teacher. Happy Hour at The {ART BAR} is 4:30-6:30 on Wednesday.

The Winning Projects

Well here they are in all their GLORY. The winning prizes displayed at the Creative Imaginations/Creative Cafe booth at the CHAW (Craft & Hobby Association Winter) show. Again I want to send out a big CONGRATULATIONS to Donna Jones and Lashell Darby. You ladies really did a nice job on your contest submissions and your hard work has paid off.

Thank you again for participating.

News from CHA in Anaheim

It's Tuesday, 11:20 at night and my eyes are sleepy, so please excuse any typos and/or poor grammar (even though I'm sure there are plenty of those even on my good days!) It's almost the end of the show and I have some pretty exciting news! DRUM ROLL PLEASE . . . Not just one of our entries for the Creative Cafe contest was a winner, but 3 entries won first place in their Category. Lashell Darby won two of the categories, one for her wonderful scrapbook layout and one for her really fun card, and Donna Jones won the first place in her category with the cute little girls denim skirt she adorned with felt shapes, twill and buttons. Not only did it win the category 1st place prize it also won the GRAND PRIZE, BEST OF THE BEST OF ALL PROJECTS. YEAH! So these talented ladies have won themselves gift certificates for Creative Cafe products (and there is some cool new stuff coming) as well as product from Hampton Art. I believe there will be additional honors of having their projects published. WOO HOO, we'll have more scrapbook celebrities right here in our own home town. Congratulations to both of you wonderfully talented ladies! We appreciate your participation. It was fun for us and we got some really nice thank yous as well for promoting the contest at our store. Creative Imaginations will be making formal announcements soon after the show and I will share more details then. Hope you all have a wonderful night. Check back in later this week to see some pictures from the show (I'd show you a peek now, but I forgot the stinkin' cord for my camera at home, sheesh!) Anyway, I'm excited, just one more sleep until I get to go home and see my boys.

Karen Russell Class

Isn't it amazing to think that we have such a talented and famous scrapbook designer right here in Southern Oregon? For those of you that aren't familiar with Karen Russell, let me give you a brief history. She first came to the scrapbook industry as a CK Hall of Famer. Since then her work has been published in numerous books and magazines. She now designs her own line of products for Creative Imaginations and a line of stamps through Fontwerks. You can visit her blog to see more about her at http://www.karenrussell.typepad.com/ It's been awhile since she's taught here at "The King," so we're pretty excited to have her teach her brand new class; "Interactive Scrapbooking," on March 8th. One of the most exciting things about this class is that she uses some of the really awesome products from Creative Cafe, and the only place you can buy Creative Cafe products in Southern Oregon is right here at our store. I'll include some photos of the projects on this post so that you can see exactly what the projects are like. In class you will create 2 one page layouts that have interactive elements and you will choose the color scheme that you would like to use. The cost of the class is $55, and it include $50 worth of product. We have only 10 spots left, so be sure to come in the store to sign-up and pick up a list of the photo size recommendations for the layouts.

Don't Forget

Don't forget this weekend is our Superbowl Sunday SALE. We'll be open on Sunday from noon - 4 and everything in the store is on SALE 20% OFF. Next week is the last week to turn in your projects for the Creative Cafe contest. Remember you can enter one or all six categories; card, scrapbook page, home decor item, invitation, party favor, kids project. Here are a couple of entries that were turned in this week by Lashell Darby. Great Job! Thank you so much for participating Lashell, we're excited to be able to take some top notch projects to the CHA show.