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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 1:24 pm
What a cutie pie!!! I feel the need to give some hugs and snuggles.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 1:51 pm
Oh, he is great!! He is almost 7 now and still my best buddy! He doesn't have the curls anymore because he wears his hair a lot shorter, but he still has those big eyes. He's the sweetest kid and I am so lucky to have him in my life!
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 3:16 pm
awwww great pages. I love all of the journaling. It really gives a warm touch to scrapbooks!!!!! My problem is that I like to write A LOT so for the most part I have to use the computer or my hand gets very tired and I can't fit it on the page!!!!! Great job! Thanks for sharing and let me know what they say about the eyelets.
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Friday, March 12, 2004 - 1:46 am

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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Friday, March 12, 2004 - 3:47 am
Those are great, Hermi! I don't have a scanner so I'd have to take a photo of some pages and then download the photo. I guess that would work. I'll try to remember to take some photos tomorrow....or should I say later today. ack!
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Friday, March 12, 2004 - 1:42 pm
wake up Silly!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 8:30 pm
enjoy seeing all your scrapbook pages My daughter, CHristi and I are very excited. We are going to Memories Expo in Somerset, NJ the end of April. Never been to NJ and this is our first expo. Has anyone ever gone to one? What did you think? Our church meets once a month from 5:30 to 9:30, but we can not get there until about 7. That is just not enough time, but we do get quite abit done. Our town has several places to buy products, including Michael's and Ben Franklin's, but they still lack a big variety in products. We went to a scrapbook store in Orlando and it was wonderful. We also visited Disney's in Downtown Disney. I bought some cute Cat in the Hat stickers. I have news to share with all of you, but I will wait alittle while.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 9:20 am
I had no idea that Walmart had scrapbooking stuff. I was able to find some parchment pages that I love cheaper there than at Michaels! What a find. I'll try to attach some of my pages as examples. I use 12x12 so they'll be cut off in the picture. I buy my stuff at Michael's mostly. I use Pioneer books (I've used their photo albums for decades).
I also put some of her professional portraits in the scrapbook:

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Curious1
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 1:34 pm
Just to let you all know www.thepaperbag.net is going out of business and right now all there stuff is 40%-80% off. I just ordered about $50 worth of stuff from there!
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:49 pm
Here are some pages from when my kids were younger. The photos of my daughter were taken at a basketball game; she was really paying attention to the cheerleaders. The pictures of my son are from when he attended ToddlerTime/StoryTime at our local library:

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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:53 pm
Here are two pages from my son's scrapbook:
 
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 10:46 am
Sia love your pictures! Curious1 thanks for the tip and the link!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 4:24 pm
I have a question for everyone and I really need your help. When you go shopping for scrapbook items, what are the main purchases that you want to buy? I am opening a scrapbooking store at Broadway at the Beach and I am so excited! This is a new area for me even though I have been in merchandising for years. My best education for purchasing has been from my customers. Always, I listen to their wants! Broadway at the Beach is a very nice attraction with many shops, restaurants, miniature golf course, the Aquarium, cinemas, clubs. When anyone comes to Myrtle Beach, they come here. They are building a new area called Marquaritteville (spelling?). One of the areas is a steamship full of shops. One of them is mine - Scrapping at the Beach. The opening date is projected for July 1, but my building has not even been started. Supposedly, everything will be done on June 1 and then we can go in and finish it. We are renting a vanilla shell - we have to put in the flooring and finish the walls. Rent is high and my dh is concerned. I have told him that you can not go in the store and spend less than $50.00. I hope I do not eat my words! My daughter is going to be the manager. For awhile, she was a Creative Memories consultant and that is how I was introduced to this addicting hobby. I love it! Plus I think making memories is very important in one's life! ALl of you are great people, so please give me any suggestions! A rep from Mrs. Grossman's came to see us and I have placed a $9,000.00 order. Lots of new items. Next week, Christi and I leave to go to NJ to Memories Expo. We have 8 classes to attend, a crop, and visit all the booths to place orders. I am very interested in the computer classes.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 12:14 am
KP, I have thousands of dollars of supplies at any given time so you can guess I shop a lot for scrapbooking stuff. When I go browsing in a store it's usually for quality stickers -- acid free, lignin free, paper (ditto and buffered if you can find it), acid-free pens, and specialty punches. Most of my supplies are purchased from my scrapbook lady which includes the tote bags and albums, cutting tools, etc. You'll want to have quality scissors and cutting tools. Some albums of course and acid free adhesives. You'll want some sort of acid-free protectors to go over the completed pages, too. Some sort of storage boxes (archival boxes) for people to store their photos is also a good idea. A good assortment of rubber stamps and acid-free ink pads would be nice. And die cuts. Many stores have their own die cut machines. One thing I've found is that many people who work on scrapbooks also do other projects such as make their own greeting cards. I rarely buy greeting cards these days. That being the case, it's nice to be able to buy pre-cut paper (5x8) which can be folded in half to make a 5x4 card. The you need the envelopes to match. I guess a lot is going to depend upon what size you store is. Btw--Mrs. Grossman's makes some very nice stickers indeed. Another couple of sticker companies I like a lot are "me & my BIG ideas" and "Teri Martin / Creative Imaginations, Inc". I have web addresses for both and a mailing address for the latter if you'd like. You'll likely see some things you like a lot at the Memories Expo. Talk to the customers there and see if you can get a feel for what they like and what they'd like to see more of. This is all just off the top of my head. I could look through my craft room and see what else calls out or you just might get a bushel-full on info from the expo. Yay for you! I think this is an excellent idea.
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 6:07 am
Thank you Tess! I would like those email addresses if you do not mind - email me. I am going to purchase a die cut center. The store is only 1008 square feet - I would have loved to lease a bigger one, but the rent is $43.00 square ft.! Do you rubber stamp? Maybe we will do that in the future. I want to concentrate on the best beach accessories that I can find. I am having Mrs. Grossman make me Myrtle Beach stickers. You know that everyone that comes here takes vacation pictures! I also had look at the ideas of the cards - maybe in the future for that, too. I have not made the cards, but they do look like fun. When people come to shop, I want to have the newest items that are available for them. Therefore, I will have to attend the shows. LOL an excuse to go plus it is a business expense. I told Christi if we have a good year we will go on a scrapbooking cruise! I have the magazines come to the house and we are putting them in binders so people can get ideas. I think everyone always wants to do things different but they need some suggestions. By the way, a couple of ladies from the church just came back from Minnesota and had been to the Mall of America and went to the BEST scrapbooking store they had ever been in. Have you been to it? Thanks Tess for your help!!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 6:44 pm
Archivers. Yep, I sure have been there countless times. That's where I get all the stuff which I don't get from my scrapbook lady. And that's the store I was thinking of when telling you what I think people would look for. They are fortunate enough to have a room for people to work on their books and to hold workshops and classes.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 8:38 am
I've only bought scrapbooking stuff from Michael's and Hobby Lobby and my one complaint is that they often don't have seasonal type stickers year round. I want to find Halloween and Christmas etc stickers any time of year! I often am 6 months behind on my books, so I won't be doing winter until summer and vice versa.
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 8:27 pm
Brenda, that is a very good point! I had thought about that, too. We will have lots of Summer items year round, but holidays need to be there, too. Do you think more people work on their books in the winter time?
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 11:32 pm
Yes, I would bet they do. I know I do even though we have our workshops year round.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Friday, April 30, 2004 - 4:55 am
Knight that is great about your store! I have been considering doing that as well. There is nothing in my town. The closest store is about 50 minutes away and it's not very good so I buy everything online. I usually love a big paper assortment, die cuts, stickers and letters. Good tools are very important too!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 7:04 am
Arrived home Sunday from the Memories Expo in NJ. If you have a chance to go to one take it. You will love it! We went to 8 classes, a 5 hour crop, and visited all the vendor boothes. I learned alot of new techniques - tearing paper, altered scrapbook pages, scrip scrap boreders, using zippers, buttons, and license plates, slide mounts. My daughter and I had such a great time. And there were tons of people shopping! The vendors were very happy. They were sold out of alot of things the first day! One complaint was we went to a class called Power Layouts for beginners and experienced scrapbookers. It was sponsored by Creative Memories and ending up being 1 hour sales pitch for their items. She said go to our booth if you want to learn how to do their cute borders. We had to pay for the classes and that was so wrong! Another class was called Legacy of Love. The book is coming out soon. THis class was something I never had thought about. Mothers should make albums for their children about themselves and include alot of journaling. Great class and a ministry to pass on to your children who you are. Danzdol - I would encourage you to open up your store. My concern is buying enough stock for the store! I met lots of companies. They all have websites so I have my work cut out. One great thing about this business, most companies are wholesalers and they advertise your store where to buy their products and you are not paying for the advertising. If you go to an event you get lots of great deals as a consurmer, because the companies are selling their goods at fantastic prices! We had a great time buying! We took the computer classes, too, for education. Next time, though, I want to take all the craft classes. I got a lease to read last week and to approve. Now I will go sign the original this week. I am bundle of nerves!!!
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Friday, May 07, 2004 - 8:50 am
Wow Knight! How inspiring.......you must be excited though. My husband and I are still *** discussing the idea of opening up a store here where I live** BTW That's what I hate about Creative Memories . If there are any consultants out there (please don't get upset)At least the ones I have been in contact with, it's all about the sale. The entire class is. They knock everyone else's products and praise theirs as the one and only good one out there. Hmm hello, there is an entire world out there. They are more about simplicity then decor. My personal preference is somewhere in between. I don't like pages so decorated that you can only put one picture per page. I also don't like that you cannot use color paper as a background , only white and black. I hosted a CM party at my house for my BF . (It was her event I just put up the house) Althought I have some CM tools I was using my own paper, etc... The consultant just kept making jokes at the bad quality of all of my products and believe you me, I have good ones! Because it was my best friend's event, I just stayed quiet and grinned.urgh!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 9:04 pm
Danzdoll, you are a real doll! It must have been very hard to grin! I never heard about no color paper for background Plenty are used in all the magazines and books. I love using all kinds of paper. CM do have great tools, but I think they are behind in some other areas. And you are so right there is a whole big world out there with many products!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 9:06 pm
How exciting was that tonight for the Survivors to scrapbook
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 12:09 pm
urh I actually missed the finale due to the mother's day activities but Ir ead about it and thought it was cool. CM have only 2 kinds of paper :black and white. They do sell colored ones but the album pages are all w/b. If you wanted to do a color page you would have to cut up loose paper and then glue it on the w/b background!!!!!
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