We're still anxiously awaiting the Springfield News-Leader story featuring Scrapbook Generation and its Midnight Madness crop last Friday. Maybe tomorrow will the day!

Thought I would update you on upcoming activities.

-- Thursday, January 11 at 6 p.m., Remember 2006 Mini-Album class with Allison Davis. This is a supercute book, and you're getting a great value for your class fee of $10.

-- Friday, January 12 from 5 p.m. - midnight, Midnight Madness crop. For $10, you get seven hours of cropping, pizza, snacks, and drinks.

-- Saturday, January 13 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., No Frills crop. For $7, you get seven hours of cropping, snacks, and drinks.

-- Saturday, January 13 at 10 a.m., Kid's Series Album and Pages with Laura Parks. This is an ongoing, year-long album creation class for youngsters 7-12. With the first session fee of $12, the album is included. After that, the classes are $8.

-- Saturday, January 20 from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., Mardi Gras theme crop. Join us as we celebrate this New Orleans tradition Cajun-syle with toss beads, masks, and more. Twelve hours of cropping, lunch, dinner, drinks, snacks, favors, prizes, all featuring a Mardi Gras theme. An optional contest wil be held for pages using gold, green, or purple as focus colors. Fee is $25.