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Today at the {ART BAR} we will be making 2 simple and fun spring cards. We hope you come and enjoy the fun. Remember Happy Hour at the {ART BAR} is Wednesday from 4:30 to 6:30. You do not need to register, it is first come first served.

Charm Swap

I promised I would post this information regarding the Charm Swap that Gloria is hosting. You can see pictures of the charms she received when she participated in an on-line swap. They are really cute. WHERE; Scrapbook King ‘n’ Stampstruck WHEN: Sign up the week of March 24th, 2008 Charms are due On or before Friday, MAY 2ND, 2008 (this is important). Pick up your new charms on Mon, May 5th, 2008 Creative Escape held in AZ, and sponsored by Bazzill & Heidi Swapp attracts hundreds of scrappers. In 2007, one of the projects getting the most attention was a charm swap sponsored by a group on Yahoo. We thought it would be fun to host a swap here at the store. GUIDELINES: The optimal number of people for the swap is between 25-40. The actual number in our swap will be determined by the number of people who sign up. The theme for this swap is “Swing into Spring”. The colors will be bright green, bright yellow, bright pink, bright blue and white. When you register you will choose or be assigned a color. At the end of the sign-up period, the total number of participants and their colors will be listed on our blog and be available at Scrapbook King. You will then make ?? number of charms (number to be determined by sign-ups) in your color. These charms should be identical or similar and can be made out of beads, tags, clay, bottle caps, ribbon or ??? All we ask is that they be durable. In other words, if they are made out of paper be sure they are modge podged, laminated or preserved in some way. The choice of materials is really up to you. All charms are to be connected to a lobster claw or ribbon long enough that the charm can be double knotted on your charm bracelet, necklace, cell phone or to use as embellishments on cards or scrapbook pages. Please include your color on the charm or ribbon, but any of the other colors can be used as accent colors. Package each charm separately in a little bag. Label each bag with your name and deliver to the store no later than Friday, May 2nd, 2008. I will have all charms divided up and ready for you to pick up by Monday, May 5th. If your charms are not turned in on time, there will be no time for me to distribute them-so, you will receive all your own charms back. If you want to sign up by phone or e-mail, you must still be sure charms are to us by Friday, May 2nd. Included in your package must be a return address label and $4.60 for your charms to be returned by mail. (This is the cost for postage of a small priority mail box.) You can see samples of previously swapped charms and bracelets and necklaces created with them on our blog or come into the store and see an actual necklace. (This swap was loads of fun to participate in and the variety and creativity in the charms I received was truly amazing.) Please join the fun!! We’ll be waiting to hear from you. Gloria

Weekend Retreat

I'm sorry to have been MIA for the last week. We were crazy busy getting ready for the weekend retreat that we held last weekend in Shady Cove. It's a lot of work getting ready, but so worth it. Everyone (including Gloria and I) had so much fun. We had four gals attend from Red Bluff, one from Beaverton, 2 from Yreka and the rest were from right here in the beautiful Rogue Valley. The pages created by these talented ladies ranged in subject matter from bubble baths, family holidays and vacations to just everyday moments and were truly beautiful. The new “Man Size” Cricut Expression got a lot of use and the cartridge Accent Essentials generated a lot of excitement. Did you know you can cut your own 12x12 scalloped edge page with this cartridge and machine? If you are in the market for a new Cricut Expression, you're in luck, we have them in stock. MSRP is $499, but at "The King" you pay just $369. Beware if you are thinking of buying an Expression at one of the big box stores, many of these "discounted" machines do not have the Accent Essential cartridge included. Also in stock for the Cricut is the DesignStudio software and rolls of vinyl. Our library of cartridges continues to grow and we are hoping to start renting the cartridges in just a few weeks.

I'm going to try to post photos of tomorrow's {ART BAR} project a little later today.

Thanks Karen

Karen Russell...You ROCK girl. I'm so glad you came and taught your Interactive Scrapbook Class at the store today. I for one loved the ideas you shared with everyone, your stories, your knowledge, and your enthusiasm. I can't wait to get home and start gathering photos to finish the layouts I started today. Dang, I wish I would have been better prepared and brought them to class with me. I believe that although there weren't a ton of ladies in class, you really brought some wonderful ideas to the table that will truely inspire and change the way that many of these ladies look at scrapbooking and their upcoming projects. I know of couple of them mentioned having big family history projects that they need to do and I think you've given them the reason and inspiration to get started. Thank you again for sharing your time with us. Stacey