Anna Griffin Christmas layout class...

This is the Anna Griffin Christmas layout we'll be making Monday, Nov. 30 at 2 pm. If you love Anna Griffin, Christmas, and all things glittery, you'll love this page. And my favorite part of the class...we'll learn how to make a "pleated" border that doesn't require scoring and pleating and scoring and pleating! It's a shortcut method that I instantly loved, since I seem to be pleating-challenged. Love to have you join us! Fee is $15. (The class includes a full set of 3-D stickers and a 12x12 sheet of glittery snowflakes. You'll have quite a few snowflakes left to use on other projects!)

Day-After-Thanksgiving Sale...

You won't find a 70-inch big-screen TV for sale at $49 at Scrapbook Generation on Black Friday, but if you love scrapbooking, there are great bargains, and plenty of reasons to make a 7 am stop at SG!

-- Reason #1: Be one of the 100 first shoppers to spend at least $15, and you'll get a 12x12 set of chipboard shapes by Fancy Pants (a $15 value), FREE! The chipboard sets have three full sheets of chipboard goodness! (Adults only, one per family please.)

-- Reason #2: Everyone gets to take 30% off any one item! (Adults only, one per family please.)

-- Reason #3: All Scrapbook Generation page kits are 20% off all day!

We've stocked up on plenty of great gift items, like albums and album kits, totes, storage boxes, calendar kits, and more! Hope to see you at 7 am, or any time during the day, this Friday!

Website makeover...

Stacey has started an extreme makeover of scrapbookgeneration.com. It is not a speedy process, but she does have enough completed so the website is up and functional. She is taking a look at each page and how it can be improved to serve both our local and online customers better. So if the information you are looking for is missing, just give her a little more time to make all the upgrades.

Blog improvements...

You may have noticed that I added many new elements to the sidebar at the right of this blog. This was done to provide more information in a variety of areas. As soon as the website has been upgraded, most of the segments will have a link to the website for the appropriate pages there, where there is room for more details.

We have so very many announcements to make about new events and projects, and the sidebar with our 2010 activities will give you a hint of what is to come. One event we're especially excited about...a mega-crop for 150 at a mid-Missouri location, the Windermere Conference Center near Camdenton. This event, called Scrapmania, and the new retreats at Windermere, came about as the direct result of the many requests for SG activities that are more accessible to scrapbookers north of Springfield. More details will be provided later, but please mark your calendars, and keep checking this blog, our website, and our Facebook page for up-to-the-minute reports on all our activities.

Despite the gloom and doom of the economy, 2009 has been a banner year for Scrapbook Generation, because of our awesome customers, both local and online. We're so happy to be expanding our activities, our inventory, and our projects. And it's all because of great customers! Thank you for a super 2009!