Laura Parks, Scrapbook Generation Design Team member, brought in a beautiful layout this weekend of her niece, using Scenic Route papers and lots of creative embellishments. She used one of the new Prima crystal swirl accents, and said it was really easy to apply to the page. I especially like the layered flowers and the swirl!

I'm evidently trying to win the procrastinator of the month award, because my Anna Griffin class model was supposed to be completed and on display by the first of July. I have excuses, but none of them could actually be called good, so I'll just have to apologize and give you a look at the class here! The top photo is the Anna Griffin class, and it's a beautiful travel page with a pocket for memorabilia, tags as backgrounds for travel photos, and mini accordion fold-out booklets for tiny treasures. The class comes with a huge sheet of rub-ons, including that great one of the Eiffel Tower. If you want to join us on Thursday, the class costs $15, and also includes a cute card.

The other two photos are the family mini-album that Allison is teaching Thursday at 6 pm and Tuesday at 2 pm. I love the Kaisercraft MDF (wood-like) albums because they come in so many interesting shapes and themes. Ali has added several fun touches like a chipboard word for a title, and crackle paint. The class is $20, and there are still some spots available.

Island Lagoon has arrived at Scrapbook Generation! The top three papers are die-cut so that you just remove the bottom portion of the paper and what you have left is the shape of two different shells or a pair of flip flops! So cute!

For those of you who love buttons, Scrapbook Generation just received a colorful shipment of buttons of all shapes, sizes, and colors!

Hope you're signed up to attend one of Scrapbook Generation's "Super Saver" scrapbooking sessions this Saturday! We're using some bright and colorful papers by BoBunny, plus the matching sheet of 12x12 stickers! If you can join us, you'll be making all three double-page layouts shown above, for only $9! Total!

There's still time to sign up. Just call us at 417-886-0440. There are only two spots left in the 10 am and 1 pm sessions. Other available times are 11:30 am and 2:30 pm.

And the winners are...
I decided to give away three sketch books instead of two! The English teacher and the journalism teacher in me were at war over who should win the "eloquence" category, so I decided to give in and let both win.

-- Linda from KS is the winner of the creative writing category! I loved how she crafted a story about our lives at Scrapbook Generation.
-- Esther is the winner of the journalism category! If I didn't already own a Scrapbook Generation sketch book, I'd buy the whole set after reading her persuasive comments.
-- Marcia is the winner of the random category! She also had wonderful, flattering comments to make about our sketches books.

Thanks to all of you who had such nice things to say about our sketches books! I've enjoyed this whole process so much that you can expect more contests via this blog.

Linda, Esther, and Marcia, please contact us. We'll be ready with your prizes!

The "Sketches for Scrapbooking" volume four give-away contest is officially over! We'll announce the "eloquence" winner and the "random" winner on Thursday. Thanks so much for all the awesome compliments!

Just a reminder that you have until 7 pm on Wednesday to leave a comment about Scrapbook Generation's Sketches for Scrapbooking books, in hopes of winning one of two copies of volume four we'll be giving away! Please go to the June 30 post to leave a comment. I've loved reading the ones that have been written so far -- who doesn't love compliments!

New products arriving later this week: the Island Lagoon collection by ANW/Crestwood, with regular papers, glitter and varnish papers, die-cut papers, and lots of embellishments. This is the company that made the cute birthday die-cut papers in the shapes of hats, presents, and cupcakes. This time, there are papers in the shapes of flip-flops and shells!

Also, we're working on the August-September newsletter which will be mailed out in a couple of weeks, and it will contain several new projects and concepts for us. They are exciting ideas for us, and we can't wait to share them with you!

It's official! Both of Scrapbook Generation's fall weekend retreats in Branson are sold out! Congrats to the 80 ladies who'll be joining us the weekends of Oct. 16 and Oct. 23 for some well-deserved time to scrapbook, laugh, and relax. Personally, I can't wait to see what our awesome caterer comes up with for our meals!

Because it's been a rare retreat that hasn't had a cancellation because of a family emergency, we have now started a waiting list for both retreats. We'll be happy to contact you if a spot or two frees up at the last minute.

Thanks so much for the great response to our retreats!

Just arrived at Scrapbook Generation...the Snorkel collection by Cosmo Cricket -- very bright and colorful! We also have some beautiful new items from Melissa Frances. There are two groups of paper, one pastels and the other patriotic. Each has a matching book of "tickets," cute goodies to use as page embellishments and journaling blocks. We also have (had!) three mini-albums from Melissa Frances, but one sold out before I could get a picture taken! The main difference in these albums and other chipboard mini-albums is that the inside pages are printed. Very pretty! I'll make sure to order them again, since these don't seem like they're going to be around long.

Reminder:
The first 50 people who spend $25 at Scrapbook Generation on Saturday, July 4 will receive a patriotic page kit valued at $12.99, free! We'll be open regular Saturday hours -- 10-5. If we don't see you Saturday, have a fun and safe Fourth of July with family and friends!