Sorry I didn't get this updated on Thursday like I usually do, but it was a long and busy day. I left Mansfield at 6:30 am (in the dark) and arrived back home at midnight (also in the dark)! Just as I was leaving to head home, I remembered I hadn't blogged, but couldn't make myself stay any longer!

Anyway, we have lots of new stuff to replace all the goodies that went home with all of those who participated in Scrapbook Generation's Super Bowl sale. Just in time for spring, we have literally hundreds of boxes, bags, and bottles of Prima flowers. Some of the new sets have glitter flowers, and some of the larger sets have matching jewels and brads and ribbon.

Also, three new groups by Cloud 9, including wedding, dog, and cat. These collections have a multitude of pieces and parts, including glitter rub-ons, brads, ribbon, fabric border strips, cardstock stickers, glitter paper, regular paper, and albums. The Cloud 9 glitter paper is the nicest I've seen. It almost looks as if it is covered with a thin coat of epoxy.

The Pull EZ ribbon purses in red are a limited edition offering of the popular storage item, and the 12 we have now will be all we get, as far as what I know now.

Not shown in the photos: we replenished the family group by Flair, and have all 20 family cardstock stickers and papers. We also restocked the Western group by Flair.

Coming in next week:
-- Over 30 more colors of Glimmer Mist;
-- Grungeboard, several types of sets (but it won't be for sale until during the Saturday Seminars, and those attending will get the chance to purchase it first);
-- Most everything on the Doodlebug wall (glitter, glitter sets, glitter chipboard letters, glitter brads, letter sets, etc.)
-- Autumn Leaves clear stamps;
-- Fancy Pants clear stamps and chipboard sets.

As promised, here are photos of the three new K & Company collections that arrived today at Scrapbook Generation.

Ancestry.com is a heritage group with glitter papers, and even "frothed" papers! There are family tree papers, and others with areas to record your family heritage. Add in some matching embellishments, and you have a great way to showcase heritage photos. (This is the collection we are using for the Remember Them Club, so if you plan on adding extra pages to your album, now is a good chance to get extra matching supplies.)

Classic K "Margo" is a group which features primarily shades of green and rose. There is a wide assortment of papers, a huge amount of matching embellishments, and two coordinating 12x12 albums. This group includes something new, called die-cut sillhouette stickers.

Smitten is a deep pink and brown love/Valentine group, with, you guessed it, plenty of glitter and hearts. This group has a coordinating solid brown album with a photo opening in the cover.

Also from K & Company, several sets of glitter stickers in two font styles. These would be a great addition to all kinds of pages, and the sets even include numbers.

Changing the subject...
We're hard at work on the spring retreats in Branson, and the letters to those who are already registered will be going in the mail Tuesday. The teachers have completed all their class samples, and I'm glad to announce that we will be displaying those here at the store, as well as posting them on our website, to make class selection easier for everyone. At the very latest, the photos will be up by Thursday, Feb. 7. Just click on 2008 retreats for a link to the class photos.

Our theme this spring is "Fiesta Grande," which actually translates to "Great Holiday!" That's what we hope the weekends will be for everyone!

I'm excited about so many things about the retreats...
-- Food: We have what has to be one of the world's best caterers fixing our meals for us. Dee not only prepares great food, but she serves it with tremendous style!
-- Classes: Our teachers have gone above and beyond designing really special classes for the retreat. Awesome layouts, and some of the nicest mini-albums I've ever seen. (And if there is something we've forgotten to spritz with glimmer mist, I don't know what it would be!)
-- Something New: For those who want to make some great pages but don't want to attend a class during their crop time at the retreat, we've added "Classes To Go," which each include an Allison sketch and a Debbie sketch, photos of the completed pages, and all the paper and embellishments needed to make two double-page layouts. These kits are not pre-cut, so they are a little different from our usual kits. There will be Crate Paper kits, Scenic Route kits, and K & Company kits!

If you would like to attend either the March 7-9 retreat or the March 14-16 retreat, just call us at 417-886-0440. We'd love to have you join us. There's nothing quite like getting away from the real world, wearing comfy clothes, eating too much, laughing too hard, and staying up too late!

Thanks, Springfield and area scrapbookers, for making Scrapbook Generation's fourth annual Super Bowl Sale our best ever! I was almost afraid to walk around the store and see how many empty spots there were after the day was over! Luckily, it didn't look as bad as I had feared, and I'm a pretty fast ordering machine when I need to be.

Probably the most popular single item was the Making Memories supply carousel, and we'll definitely order more!

Another popular item was the Glimmer Mist, and right now, we have zero bottles left. It's great timing that our UPS guy will be bringing us nine more colors on Monday (denim blue, burnt red, black cherry, candy apple red, pearl, key lime, holly berry, gingerbread, and mistletoe). I'll also be ordering more colors which will arrive by Friday or Saturday.

Also arriving Monday, three beautiful collections (papers, stickers, chipboard, rub-ons, albums, and more) from K & Company. We'll be getting the Margo group, Smitten (lots of glittery stuff going on with this set), and the complete Ancestry.com group (lots of specialty papers and embellishments for heritage albums.)

Sometime this week, possibly even Monday, we'll be receiving a huge shipment from Prima -- literally hundreds of bottles of flowers, boxes of flowers, and bags of flowers. Some are assortments we've already had, but many are brand new sets that I can't wait to see in person!

Just as soon as we get everything priced and displayed, I'll post photos here for you to see.

Sounds like we're in for some nasty/nice weather, depending on your viewpoint! When I was still teaching, snow days were like little gifts from heaven. Now, they're a pain in the you-know-where!

Anyway, we still plan on having a huge weekend here at Scrapbook Generation. Our free love mini-album class on Saturday has tons of people signed up for the five sessions, but we can always fit in a few more!

And don't forget our fourth annual Super Bowl Sale this Sunday. Everything in the store will be 20% off! Stop by from noon until 6 p.m. and shop all you want. We'll also have several door prizes you can register to win!

Just wanted to let everyone know that the photos of Scrapbook Generation's class projects for February are posted at scrapbookgeneration.com. We have some great classes coming up!

The next couple of days, I'll be working on designing the free class for Saturday -- the 6-page love mini-album. We'll be using glitter, but I'm also adding in that great new product -- glimmer mist -- that everyone is falling in love with! If you want to attend one of the five free sessions, just give us a call at 417-886-0440. We'll learn some fun stuff, and you'll leave with a great project that could even be given as a special Valentine!

Because a group of four switched to the March 7-9 retreat, we now have four open spots in the March 14-16 retreat in Branson. If you want to grab any or all of these spots, call us at 417-886-0440!

BasicGrey has arrived at Scrapbook Generation! We have both the Two Scoops and the Infuse collections, including papers, rub-ons, clear stamps, chipboard letter sets, and chipboard mini-albums.

We also received a new shipment of Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. Our first supply sold out quickly, and we now have 27 more colors! There is a swatch of the real color on the back of the bottle, but you can't see the beautiful swirly, marbled, metallic, shimmery colors until you shake the bottle and mix up the metallic particles with the rest of the liquid. Greatest product I've seen to instantly transform raw chipboard into something special!

We also have a supply of the Making Memories supply carousel, which has lots of openings to stack tools in, and also six drawers for smaller supplies, and sits on a swivel base. I got one for Christmas, and it's a super addition to my scrapbook table. Everything I need is within reach.

And a heads-up for Friday. We'll be getting more Doodlebug and Fancy Pants items, plus tons of Valentine's/love embellishments by Jolee's, Bo-Bunny, and other companies.

Wow! Saturday at Scrapbook Generation was like a party! We had over 50 people attending the Hall of Fame sketch sessions (at four different times!), people attending the Scrapbook 101 class, and just lots of shoppers! At times, there was almost a roar, and it's been fun to watch people get to know each other through the activities we have here on Saturdays.

Next Saturday (January 26), Allison will be teaching "show-me how" sessions, and the topic is journaling cards. This is a project she designed as part of her Scrapbooker of the Year entry, and it was so cute that I talked her into letting us convert it into a class. Having a distinctive page embellishment like this might even keep you from letting your journaling be an afterthought on your page. With the addition of die cuts, ribbon, and faux stitching (that looks remarkably like the real thing!), this journaling card can be a great addition to any page. The sessions are held at 10, 11, 1, 2, or 3, and the best part is that they are free. We provide everything you'll need!

Changing the subject, by the time I finished picking out more Glimmer Mist colors, I had almost 30! They should arrive Wednesday or Thursday. And I also forgot that the BasicGrey order coming in tomorrow also includes most of the Infuse collection.

A couple of quick things...

1 -- BasicGrey's "Two Scoops" collection will arrive mid-afternoon on Tuesday. In addition to that collection, there are papers, rub-ons, clear stamps, sticker letters, every set of chipboard letters that they make, plus some really cool shaped mini-albums.

2 -- Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels is the coolest new product I've seen in ages! I tried out the candy apple red, and it's gorgeous. Spritz, spritz, spritz, and my plain chipboard word became red with golden metallic highlights! On a sheet of grungeboard, the look was more marbled, and so pretty! The neat thing is that it seems as if every one of the zillion colors it comes in has a different story to tell. Someone at the crop last night used bubblegum pink on chipboard, and it was a beautiful pink with white/silvery highlights. So cool! As soon as I get off of here, I'll be ordering as many more of the colors as I can. We started off with 11, and that's just a drop in the bucket!

January continues to be a huge month for us at Scrapbook Generation, with more new goodies coming in almost every day! Here's a peek at the latest...

-- Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist! This is a new, trendy product, and at least one of those bottles will be going home with me tonight! In the photo, the bottles look dark, but perhaps you can see a little metallic sediment at the bottom. When you shake the bottles, the liquid changes to a beautiful, bright, swirly, metallic color, and we have 11 different shades. This new product is acid-free, and as the name suggests, gives paper products a glimmer effect.

-- Flair: The "Keeping the Faith" collection of papers and stickers.

-- Creative Imaginations: five new travel groups (Florida was the one I couldn't think of a couple of days ago), plus four new general groups including stickers and chipboard letters.