If you love vintage, you'll love the three new collections we have from Graphic 45. They are absolutely gorgeous! And since Allison demonstrated how to use the Tim Holtz alcohol inks at Scrap-a-Palooza, we have an assortment of this fun product, and all the tools you need for blending and applying.

Bo-Bunny has some great new chipboard embellishment sets. On the back side of each of the sets on the top two rows are other shapes, like circles.

The new glitter papers by Best Creations are awesome. We have kites, baby boy, baby girl, Fourth of July, baseball, Easter, and more.



There is a cute new animal group by Sassafras Lass!

Prima is in the house! We have new flower assortments, and lots of flourish embellishments in pearls, crystals, and nail-heads.

This is the new glitter paper by Best Creations that I had mentioned before. It does NOT shed, at all, and it works in Cricut machines!

We've added a product called Liquid Pearls, that works great as an accent, kind of like Stickles, but without the glitter. Instead, you get a pearlized, dimensional accent.

We have a huge supply of our favorite new tools, the "Edger" border punches by EK Success!

We have several new styles of the 12x12 templates by Crafter's Workshop, including several that are flower shaped.

Once again, Scrap-a-Palooza was a huge success! Held at Remington's event center, the mega-crop was filled with fun, friends, food, and scrapbook pages. The event is a collaboration of Chris Louzader and Midwest Family Broadcasting (we love Star 105.1 -- it's the station we play here at SG every day!), and Scrapbook Generation. Check out the photos from Saturday's event! We'll have info soon about how and when you can sign up for the September 12 Scrap-a-Palooza. Same great event, same great location, same great hosts!

There were three free classes by Stacey Atchley and Debbie Sanders, (a mini-explosion book, a purse-shaped birthday card, and a bookmark), and Allison Davis also taught three paid layout classes that were sell-out events!

There were lots of fun features at Scrap-a-Palooza, including a chocolate fountain, massages, and layout contests!

My Mind's Eye generously donated the materials for a free layout class for all 200 people attending. Creating Keepsakes Dream Team member Allison Davis taught the class, which featured distressing and hand-stitching, via the huge big-screen. Allison also did four big-screen demos during the day, showing interesting and detailed techniques for paints, inks, circles, and flowers.

From the gang at Scrapbook Generation (plus Stacey's husband Jeremy), a huge thanks to all of you who attended the second Scrap-a-Palooza, held this past Saturday at Remington's! We're so fortunate to be part of such an awesome event, and we're so appreciative of your business. Like last time, we sold out the event, filling every single table available at Remington's!

Chris Louzader and the team from Midwest Family Broadcasting did a great job of organizing and hosting and emceeing the event, and we're ready to team up again on September 12, same great event, same great place!

There are too many great comments to list here, so I've selected a few so that you can get an idea of the response to this mega-fun mega-crop for 200 wild and crazy scrapbookers!

-- "This was such a fun day! Thanks for all the free classes and the wonderful products and delicious food!"
-- "This was my first time and I really enjoyed myself. You always go up and over what I expect. Thanks!"
-- "Loved it! Price, location, store, chocolate fountain, great! Everyone was so nice, and I can't wait for the next one. Classes and demos were awesome."
-- "Don't change a thing. It was great fun."
-- "I came from Fayetteville to this Scrap-a-Palooza and I really enjoyed the day. I saw a lot of new ideas to work on and do my pages."
-- "Loved the free class (with Allison Davis). Food was yummy. You guys are awesome. Thank you for hosting the event."
-- "I've been to a lot of crops and this was by far the best one! (And not just because my papers were being sold here.) The food was great, the demos fun and informative, too! I'll be back in September."
-- "My first Scrap-a-Palooza and I WILL be back in September. Had a wonderful time!"
-- "Well organized, runs smoothly. Dinner was super!"
-- "I really enjoyed the day. This was my first time. I thought the food and snacks were great and the prizes were awesome."
-- "Love what you are doing! Hard to improve on a good thing."
-- "Everything was very nice. The food, shopping, and demos were great. I loved the free class. I hope to come back in the fall."
-- "Everything was very enjoyable and so much fun. The food was awesome and services provided were great. Thank you very much for a fantastic day! Also thank you for the morning unloading service."
-- "Excellent. The food was fabulous. The store had an incredible selection of items. Allison's mini-classes were well done and informative. The Scrapbook Generation staff was friendly as always as were the 105.1 staff. Enjoyed it all -- see you in September."
-- "Food was great! The space to crop was awesome."
-- "This was my first Palooza. I had a great time, got a lot done and learned new techniques. The mini free classes were great, too. I can't wait for the next one!"
-- "My first experience! What a wonderfully good time. Food was wonderful, timing of classes and demos was perfect."
-- "It was marvelous again! I loved the free classes, overhead demos and class! The store was great! And the food was wonderful!"
-- "You guys do a great job!"
-- "The store was great, the free demos were good, and the lighting/atmosphere was perfect."
-- "I think the event is near perfect!"
-- "It was a great event! Thanks to Allison for bringing layouts that showed the big screen demos!"
-- "Love the big-screen things. Especially love the location. Thanks for a good one!"
-- "Wonderful! Love it! Thank you so much for all the work you all put in for us!"

This has been such a fun, and special, day at Scrapbook Generation! We have the privilege and the pleasure of being the "world premiere" for a new company called Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker. Two things we love about the company (besides the beautiful products) are that the business is based right here in Springfield, and that Nikki is one of our longtime customers!

Getting to this point has been a two-year journey for Nikki and her husband. Nikki is an artist, and has created all the designs. For a new company, the product assortment is awesome, and I was glad to learn that virtually all of her products are manufactured here in the United States. There are double-sided papers, die-cut papers, cut-out sheets which include designs that can be used to make cards, 6x6 paper pads, corduroy brad sets, tiny "flags" to decorate, and sets of clear stamps that compliment the papers. Later, there will be chipboard albums in shapes that coordinate with the collections.

Right now, we have two of Nikki's six collections, Victoria's Street (the one we're holding parts of in the top photo), and My Sweet Cherry Pie. The other four collections are holiday or season oriented, and won't be available until after the company exhibits its products at CHA this summer.

It was interesting to take some time this morning to get to know part of the story behind Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker, and to place the company's very first order. Getting the delivery just a few hours later may spoil us! We wish Nikki and her company the very best, and know that Springfield area scrapbookers, and the rest of the country as well, will love her products.