For all you back-to-schoolers, Scrapbook Generation just received a huge assortment of new school papers and embellishments from a variety of companies.

Product update: 

BoBunny is a definite for Monday.  

CKC - Tulsa update:

Allison did a post on her blog recently about our "scrapbook factory," as her sister Stacey has dubbed our work of the past few weeks. Ali talked about all the kits and sketch books we are producing to sell at the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Tulsa, and I wanted to share one of the comments. This is from Sharon in California...

"I have to say that I find your pages to be such a breath of fresh air! I have been using the Sketches #4 book constantly since it arrived and have ordered the previous three. I've been scrapping for years but had gotten into a rut lately. The fact that I can eliminate one step from my scrapping (the part where I sit and ponder a layout design!) has enabled me to scrap like a mad woman in the last few weeks! Thanks for putting in all the long hard hours at the Scrap Factory for us!!"

Scrap-a-Palooza #3 is just around the corner! Just talked to Chris Louzader from Midwest Family Broadcasting, and the September 12 mega-crop for 200 is more than halfway full. That's great news, and a reminder to those of you who intend to go that you need to get registered while there is still room.

And there's more great news! Lawrence Photo will be at Scrap-a-Palooza with photo machines so that you can print your photos on-site. They'll also be giving away free prints to everyone, enough to create a layout, and giving away other prizes as well. This service will be a super compliment to the features that Scrapbook Generation and the radio station already provide!

To register for Scrap-a-Palooza, follow the link in the right sidebar on this page. To register for classes at the event, follow the same link.

We're still in the middle of the craziness of trying to get everything ready for our first-ever participation in the Vendor Faire at the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Tulsa. We have just over a week to finish printing and binding books and completing over 60 new page kits! Stacey and Allison and Karin and I have all been working as hard as we can, and we hope it pays off! We know we'll see lots of our "regulars" there, and it will be fun to see people we know in the sea of all the 2,000 scrapbookers who are expected to attend!

Here's a quick update on products that will be arriving soon...
-- Graphic 45: all three new collections are shipping today and should arrive by Friday!
-- Reminisce: all seven new collections are shipping Wednesday and might arrive by Friday.
-- BoBunny: all seven new collections are supposed to ship this week and might arrive by Friday.

Other orders from some of your favorite companies will be arriving weekly, and we've added two new ones: Webster's Pages (awesome vintage collections) and My Little Shoebox (bright and colorful, with some great sparkly alphabet sets.)

The latest arrivals at Scrapbook Generation are school-themed and baby-themed. The top photo shows the Henry's Brilliance school collection by Nikki Sivils: Scrapbooker. The line includes matching owl-shaped chipboard albums, cut-out sheets, clear stamps, and more! The bottom two photos are the new baby collections by Creative Imaginations: Zach and Zoe. In addition to die-cut papers, there are foam glitter letters, a glitter word mini-album, rub-ons, and journaling cards.

A big congratulations goes out from Scrapbook Generation to Nikki Sivils and her husband Dan for a hugely successful first showing at the CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) summer show in Orlando a few days ago. Nikki was in yesterday and we were able to hear first-hand about how well her new company, Nikki Sivils: Scrapbooker, did in its inaugural exhibit. Her company took in tons of orders, and she's already busy designing the collections for the January show!

We've followed this story with lots of interest, especially the CHA booth decor, because Stacey and Allison and I made cards and layouts and home decor items for Nikki's booth. We worked with the Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day lines, and had a great time creating the projects. However, Nikki said that some people were a little confused to see Drew's picture on layouts that didn't have Allison's name on them. She had to explain that it was a mother-and-two-daughters group!

You'll be seeing the three groups I mentioned a little later in the year. They aren't available for shipping just yet. However, we do have Nikki's school collection, which is called Henry's Brilliance. I'll post photos later today!

We have some great classes coming up at Scrapbook Generation! Stacey has a Creative Cards class tonight, featuring three wedding themed cards (0nly two are shown in the top photo). The cost is $10. If you can't make it tonight, the class is also offered at 2 pm on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

Allison has designed a cute and useful school mini-album that covers each grade from kindergarten through the senior year. It features a unique technique for the cover, then there are individual double-page spreads for each grade, and some extra pages for other photos. For each grade, there is an area to record the student's favorite teacher, favorite subject, least favorite subject, best friend, favorite food, favorite color, and best memory of the year. The class is $20, and is offered twice: Monday, Aug. 10 at 2 pm, and Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 6 pm (this is listed incorrectly in the newsletter as 2 pm).

My Mind's Eye is here! Seven gorgeous new collections, and the first of many shipments of new products that will be arriving at Scrapbook Generation over the next few days and weeks!

From the top...

-- Abbey Road, the typical MME assortment of papers, titles, and die-cut accessories;

-- Abbey Road's extras include chipboard accents, really cute brads, and ribbon sets;

-- Ooh La La, in color groups "for her" and "for him," have double-sided papers and matching die-cut sheets;

-- Two Halloween groups, named The Spider's Web and Boo! To You, have double-sided papers, die-cut sheets, sticker borders, brads, and ribbons;

-- Two Christmas groups, named The Merry Days of Christmas and Colorful Christmas, also have double-sided papers, die-cut sheets, sticker borders, brads, and ribbons.

This is unusual for me, but I have the project completed for the free Saturday Seminar on August 8! We'll be making this purse-shaped card, and learning how to use the slim edger border punches by EK Success. There are over a dozen styles of edge choices, and the punches are easy to use once you've learned a few tricks.

If you want to join us and make this totally free project, just call or stop by to pre-register. The time choices are 10, 11:30, 1, or 2:30.

Can you believe it's August already? We have some great club kits for you this month, and I wanted to share them with you, and also to remind everyone that we always make lots of extra kits each month so that new club members can get in on all the fun. You can join the clubs (or get more information) here in the store, by phone, or on our website!

From the top...

-- Generation page kit club (featuring a "family tree" that's easy to make and definitely eye-catching);

-- Allison Davis Hall of Fame page kit club (using some awesome My Mind's Eye products, including a transparency, "tickets," die-cut paper, die-cut titles, and more);

-- Boy Crazy page kit club (kraft papers by Fancy Pants and chipboard circles by BoBunny are a great combination);

-- Girl Crazy page kit club (I think this is my most elaborate page kit ever, with kraft papers by Fancy Pants embellished with buttons, floss, and Stickles glitter glue, which is included in the kit);

-- Generation card kit club (using a die-cut tag by My Mind's Eye, and check out that cute kite-shaped card!).

Thanks so much for your continued support of all our clubs, including Remember Me (only 5 memberships left!) and Remember Them!

I was feeling a little guilty about not making any layouts for display lately, since others have been doing such a great job of bringing in new pages, so I set aside some time last night and scrapbooked with a friend.  I had fun working with the pictures of Drew watering my garden. He took the whole process extremely seriously, and I wanted to remember how important it was to him to water each and every corn plant!