There is always something going on.....

Congrats to Janene and Dan on their engagement. Big Hudge Brownie points go out to Dan and his Amazing show of LOVE to Janene and UNDERSTANDING of her true passion for scrapbooking. Dan you single handedly made millions of woman jealous. All the best to both of you. If you didn't know Dan placed this add in Creating Keepsake Magazine for all the world to see. Janene is one of our awesome teachers and she will be teaching her STAR BOOK class on Sunday May 18th at 11:30, the cost is $30.

A week has gone by and we have unpacked our boxes and Lisa has traveled safely back to Texas. Now we are gearing up for the next project.

It has been 2 weeks since my last post and so much has gone on as you can see. The next couple of weeks will be busy too. We have Memory Expo and National Scrapbooking weekend coming up. And next week we have kids camp Tues - Friday. I also wanted to send out a big Thank You to our newest customers that came all the way from England to shop at our store. I had a wonderful time with them and I hope they come back and visit us soon. I know when they get home they will be the envy of all their scrapbooking friends. Maybe they will cross the ocean for one of our crops, and bring their friends, wouldn't that be fun.

I love the way all these new products look. Don't you?

Have agreat weekend and we will see you at the store real soon!!!!

Recovering from another Awesome Retreat

Here is Erica this retreats WINNER of our Big grand prize calling her husband to tell him that she won. She was so excited. Erica have you set up your scraproom yet??

Her prize included beautiful Organizers for her Scraproom plus a Scor-it see the picture below:

Angelia Wigginton was such a great teacher. All of our scrappers had nothing but wonderful things to say about her. We always enjoy having her visit. I can't wait to have to return. We already miss her.

We also had a layout challenge on Saturday. Andrea was our winner, her layout used all the papers that we gave out at the retreat. Her winning layout is below along with her working at her 6ft of work space.

Our next retreat is April 4th-6th and we have Lisa M. Pace coming in April. Save those dates and start planning those pages. I will have more details coming about that in the coming weeks. After the retreat we have empty walls screaming for new stuff. We have boxes arriving and I am trying to put all of our stuff out as fast as I can. Nancy is working on some upcoming classes for the Kids and for Adults. Sue is always working on the weekly e-mails that we send out and the meetup board. Congrats to Deb for starting her own blog http://www.debwisker.typepad.com/ It looks great. Go visit and say Hi.

Angelia Wigginton is back for a second round in January

As we head into the last week before christmas, we start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. After braving the stores to shop for our families we have wrapped all of our gifts and wait for Christmas. We has so much going on these past weeks. The snow and sleat did not stop us from having our cookie swap and altered receipe box. It didn't stop our delivery truck brining in all of our new acylic albums in from all of our suppliers. This weather certinly didn't stop the staff of the Sheraton Danbury from coming down to bring us presents. We love Chocolate! Thanks Guys. Our registration is open for our January retreats and the Sheraton is holding some rooms for our weary scrappers.

You can go to our website: www.lastingmemoriesscrapbook.com

and download our registration form.

We still have some spots left for Angelia's Classes BUT they are filling up fast.

Conversation with you Mini Album Sat. 10am $50

Class Length: 2hrs Class Project: 4x10 album with 12 pages

This album with a chipboard cover is definitely designed with some beautiful products- K& Company's Wild Saffron Papers, decorative brads, rhinestones, colorful rubons, glitter accented paper flowers, intricate paper ribbon and chipboard embellishments take care of that! And there are techniques to please all.

It's Your Birthday Sat. 7pm $50

Class Length: 2hrs Class Project: 5.5x4.75 Chipboard Album & 1 12 x12 Layout

This class is all about the numbers. No matter if that number is "3", "23", or even "73", because this mini album and bonus 12x12 double page spread will please those of any age. You will create your album with KI Surprise patterned papers-The "fun stuff" includes a bit of Hambly transparency, Scenic Route Rubons, brads,ribbon, rhinestones, buttons, and American Crafts Chipboard numbers.

Be Mine Friday 7pm $40

Class Length: 2hrs Class Project: 3 12 x12 Layouts

Any day is a goof day to celebrate those we love, and with Valentine's Day near, it's the perfect time to create some "hot pages" for your scrapbooks

Home/Family Altered Album Sun. 10am $50

Class Length: 2hrs Class Project: Altered metal container & 4x4.25 mini album

So often our mini albums remain in a drawer or a box pushed beneath a desk. This class will change that! Not only will you create a mini album dedicated to your home and family, but you'll also alter a beautiful container, perfect for displaying in your home or office.

Details that count Sat. 3pm $40

Class Length: 2hrs Class Project: 3 12 x12 Layouts

I'm a firm believer that beautiful pages don't have to take hours. Instead, I strive to add meaning to my photos and stories. The Christmas themed class is sure to please with color, sparkle and lots of fun details. You will design with Scenic Route Roxbury papers, and add scents of glittered chipboard, brads, buttons, hand stitching and die cuts. This class is the perfect antidote for all those Christmas photos you have tucked away.

Goto our website to down load the registration form for our crop retreat and make sure you call the store or e-mail lastingm@optonline.net to reserve your class spot for Angelia. Have a Very Scrappy Holiday. Make sure you take alot of pictures that you can scrap at the retreat. Julie