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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 1:19 pm
On a trip into one of the dollar stores here, I was amazed to see they had devoted a half isle - on both sides - to scrapbooking!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 8:22 pm
Yes now scrapbook items are in the dollar store plus target, walmart, and even in Pet Smart. Makes it difficult for LSS's. Dollar store even has ads in Creating Keepsakes magazine. I could not get too personal with the guy. People are so sensitive! You have to be so careful what you say. He was doing a whole album on her volleyball pictures. He did not come in this evening so he must be okay. I had the feeling he may have been here for a conference and his wife gave this project for him to do in the evenings.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 11:35 am
I have always regretted that I did not start scrapbooking back when a girl at work had a Creative Memories party during lunch and nobody had a clue what scrapbooking was about,was just a baby and since I have my cross-stitching, I've been able to stay way from it. Until now. I have a friend at church who invited me to the Great American Scrapbook Convention in Arlington last weekend and I haven't decided if she is still going to be my friend or not. I allowed myself $100 to spend and figured I probably wouldn't be able to get much but I had to set a limit because I know me. Well, it was the last day and almost everyone had marked down there stuff so I was able to get enough supplies to do scrapbooks for Travis' first year, his karate and Boo's deployment day. I was so proud that I had $9 left from my allowance. Then.....after we spent all day there and went to eat dinner, a friend of DeAnn's called and said they were all at Recollections, which turned out to be scrapper's (or cropper's - I'm still learning the terms) paradise. She had been trying to get me by a cropper bag that has all those little pockets and I was holding firm. However they had this case that had a paper cutter, scissors, stapler, two kinds of trimmers and a couple of other things I can't recall, that was being sold for $79.99 with a value of $100. I still held firm. Then.....the girl tells us it's on sale for $49.99 and the cutter itself is $25, $10, etc. and DeAnn is telling me that is a good deal (and she is very frugal) so I end up getting it. Plus they had pens at 50% off and I found a couple of Navy pages and embellishments that I really liked. So I ended the day $60 over budget, which while I allowed myself only $100, I told myself I would not punish me if I went $50 over that, so I figure $10 over that is not so bad. How's that for reasoning. Wait - I'm not done yet. Last night DeAnn calls me from Joann's. She had been looking for a new cropper bag and knew they had them on sale. Boy, did they! This one (shown below) was marked $129.95, was on sale online for $90 and the store had it on sale for $24.97. Did I want one? I think I'm set now. Oh, and since my budget on Saturday was for one day only, the $24.97 does not go against that.

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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 6:17 pm
LOL NT and way to go! That is an awesome cropper bag. WoW. Don't know what I'd do with such an organizer. Probably twiddle my lip or something, since it'd be so easy to use. Kudos
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 6:44 pm
The only problem I have now is that I feel obligated to fill it up.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 7:13 pm
NT do you have Michaels there? In their weekly sales ads they always have a coupon for 50% off one item you buy. Great time to buy those expensive craftsy items you might be wanting to fill up your case. 
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 7:45 pm
Just make sure that when you buy extra blades for your paper cutter or your pen knife that they are the right ones! LOL
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 9:21 am
It's a sickness I tell ya.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 2:59 pm
Amen to that...NT congrats on all the goodies. Nothing like that feeling of all the new stuff you just can't wait to use! so inspiring..a sickeness indeed.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 4:12 pm
I just won some graduation premade scrapbook pages that I'm going to use for #2.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 10:01 am
what do you mean for #2? Went to the store for Disney stuff and left with $80.00 worth of stuff. LEss than half of it was NOT Disney stuff. Addiction I tell ya.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 10:14 am
#2 = my youngest son, #1 = my oldest son
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 4:14 pm
Went to the store for Disney stuff and left with $80.00 worth of stuff. That just makes me smile - knowing i'm not the only one ~heehee~
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 9:04 pm
This will make all of you feel great. Last week a lady came in the store and spent $1200.00 mainly on stickers and a little bit of paper. I was not there when she shopped. She has the record!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 9:07 pm
Danzdol this sure make you feel better.Last Summer a lady came in and bought $600.00 on Disney items. Nonetheless, she was buying for 3 people. Great night for me! My husband said to me before I opened "How can you make it selling stickers and paper?" Addictions - YEAH!
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 10:18 am
lol...that's what my husband said as well when I was considering opening the store...lol
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 12:08 pm
Only two weeks until CKU in Nashville! I still have homework to finish - mostly converting some pix to black and white for my album track. I wrote ot 19 memories...and I pretty much know what supplies I'll be packing. I can't wait!
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 11:39 am
I leave first thing in the morning for Nashville and CKU! Woohoo! Still got a little packing to do, and need to print out some of my journaling for my album track, but otherwise I'm good to go! Can't wait for all the goodies and to learn from the best in the business! :-)
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 9:29 am
Just got back last night from CKU-Nashville and it was a BLAST! I took classes from: Tim Holtz-Ranger Industries; Andria Gibson-Reminisce; Jodi Sanford-Fancy Pants Designs; Marjie Johns-Hot Off The Press; Lance Anderson-Rusty Pickle and my album track was taught by CD Muckosky, CK's Scrapbooker of the Year. I brought home 3 brand new totes FULL of product that was given out at various events or in the classes. We made an entire 6x6 album - 23 pages, one page from 23 different vendors. Lots of new stuff that just came out at CHA in July and some of it isn't even in the stores yet! I am so tired, we went non-stop. I met some great gals, won TWO raffles and just enjoyed the heck out of the whole 5 days! Can't wait to hear what cities they'll be at next year - woohhoo!!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 8:16 pm
So glad you had a great time! I love Fancy Pants! Did you use their stamps or their large chipboard? What did you do with Reminsce? Love them, too, and usually buy all their lines. I would really love to hear more!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 12:44 pm
Wow that sounds like a lot of fun! Congrats on winning two raffles, too!
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 6:44 pm
Let's see - w/Reminisce, we made a round, chipboard album using their 'Disney Magic' theme papers/tags/stickers and rub-ons. It's very cute!! Fancy Pants had us paint chipboard - a scalloped picture frame and some smaller flower shapes. We used rub-ons and paper from their 'True' line, and we sewed a button on our page, had hidden journaling and inked the edges of everything! I won a teflon craft sheet from Tim Holtz - yeah, doesn't sound too exciting, but it is really nice and will last forever. In Reminisce's class, I won a pack of coordinating papers, die cuts and stickers from their 'Live Out Loud' line. Vendors who sponsored a make-n-take table included Luxe Designs, QuicKutz, Stemma, Purple Cow designs, Making Memories, Prima, Anna Griffin, CK - they had two booths-one w/Becky Higgins and one w/CD Muckosky, Scrappin' Treats, Stampin' Up, Epson...gosh, I'm forgetting a bunch, but you get the idea. Lots of top scrapping companies and designers. I have heard that CKU will be in Chicago and Provo next year. I'm hoping they do more than two...just have to wait and see!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 8:01 pm
Thanks for the info! I am so glad that you had a wonderful time. You are lucky, too, to win the drawings! I love it when the companies give everyone in the class something. K and Company did that in the class that we took with them plus Brenda Walton was there and signed all our albums.
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Penguin
Member
09-08-2005
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 8:15 am
I have just started scrap-booking. My Mother & I had planned to spend this summer doing it. We bought each other supplies for Christmas (actually we starting buying in Sept.)! Unfortunately my Mom passed away in January. So I'm going to try to carry on and try it. I hope you don't mind but I might have to ask some dumb questions along the way.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 8:44 am
So sorry Penguin, but I think you will enjoy doing the scrapbook and making even more memories of your mom while doing it. Lateeda, do you have any pictures to share?
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