Karen Russell to teach at Scrapbook King

We are SOOOOO excited to announce that Karen Russell will be teaching her brand new class here at "The King." The class is called "Interactive Scrapbooking," and will be at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 8th. In class you will create 2 single page layouts using her very own line of "Narratives" products along with some of the wonderful embellishments from the Creative Cafe line (we are one of 200 exclusive stores in the nation to carry it.) You get to choose your own color scheme for the layouts, and each layout will include an interactive element that will hold additional pictures or memorabilia. The class kit is packed full of products, valued at over $50. The class is just $55 and you get the entire kit, PLUS 4 hours of time with the famed designer Karen Russell. It's going to be FUN. Space is limited and sign-ups are being taken at the store now. Pre-payment is required to register. Please come in to the store to sign-up or snail mail your check payable to Scrapbook King.

{ART BAR} Project

We will be hosting our last holiday themed {ART BAR} Happy Hour project tomorrow, December 19th. Show up anytime between 4:30 and 6:30 to make this wonderful Home Decor Christmas Tree. For just $5 you'll take home this completed project that will make a wonderful gift for someone special or a cute addition to your holiday decor. Be sure to watch our Blog regularly to see photos of the upcoming projects in the new year.

{ART BAR} CELEBRATION

Tomorrow we are hosting an introductory celebration of the {ART BAR} and Cretive Cafe line of products. We will be offering FREE projects and a 15% discount on all Creative Cafe products. Here are pictures of the projects that will be offered. From 11am to 1pm we will be making this cute little holiday card using acrylic stamps, twill, and buttons. Between 1pm and 3pm the featured project is a gift card holder, good for any occasion. These are a couple quick projects that we will be doing as an introduction. Each Wednesday we will host Happy Hour at the {ART BAR} from 4:30 - 6:30. The projects will be different each week and may be a scrapbook layout, a card, home decor, mini book or gift idea. There will be a small fee to do these projects and that fee will vary from project to project as some are more advanced than others. This Saturday you will have the opportunity to see photos and samples of some of the upcoming projects.

A New Look for "The King'

We've been busy around the store sprucing things up. Come in to see our whole new look. We have added a little color, made an entire CARDSTOCK ROOM, re-arranged our categories, and last but certainly not least, we've added the Creative Cafe {ART BAR}. I'm so excited about how our store looks, it feels like we just opened for the first time. I have to say thank you to our work crew that worked day and night to get so much work done in such a short amount of time. "Thanks ladies! I could not have done this without you. I'll be buying margaritas for everyone real soon." The {ART BAR} is up and the product is out. It has been very well received so far. Saturday is our {ART BAR} Celebration day. We will be offering a couple free projects during the day and all Creative Cafe products are on SALE 15% off. I am working on our projects for Saturday and will post pictures of them soon.

Route 5 Wrap-Up

Well it's been almost 2 weeks since the retreat. I've finally recovered and am excited to say that the final figures came in today. Route 5 Scrapbook Retreat raised over $3100 for the Children's Advocacy Center. Woo Hoo! Good job goes out to all the ladies that attended. Not only we were able to give a financial donation, we were able to give the Advocacy Center a car load of scrapbook supplies as well. We had a great time and the feedback we've been receiving is wonderful. We enjoyed having Karen Russell and Courtney DeLaura come to the event and share their talents with all of us. Don't worry if you missed this event, we'll be putting together the 2nd annual Route 5 event in 2008.

Route 5 Retreat

I can't believe that we are just a month away from this wonderful event. I just have to tell you how much fun it has been getting to know and to have a chance to work with the other scrapbook store owners in the valley. I just found a sneak peak of Courtney's project that she'll be teaching at the retreat. I'm sharing the picture here, it looks so fun I wish I could make the project. As of the end of last week there were about 10 tickets left. So if you want to come or if you already have your ticket and you want to bring a friend, give us a call and we'll get you a ticket.

New Products

Summer CHA was held at the end of July in Chicago. We don't usually attend the summer show, but we have some really great reps that come our way right after the show to with many new products. So Gloria and I have had a week of rep appointments, ordering lots of new products for all you scrappers and yes some new stuff you stampers as well. We've been seeing lots of fall, halloween, and holiday products. As you know from the past, some of it will ship right away, while much of it will ship September and October. So this gives you plenty of reason to come in the store on a regular basis to see what's new. Another reason to come in to the store this month is to take advantage of our SALE A DAY IN AUGUST. Each day a different product is featured and will be marked down 25-40%. I've got to get to my desk and start paying the bills, (after all we don't want the lights shut off the next time you visit.) But early next week I will post some pictures of some of our favorite picks. One thing we ordered BEFORE the show even started so we could get in line are the all new acrylic albums. Yep, another new surface to work on. I've been seeing samples of some of these mini albums done and they are incredible. A see-through page, can you imagine. So if you put a rub-on on one side, you can see it on the other side. How fun is that? So please check in again real soon to wet your appetite for all the great things to come.