Still recovering, but pushing on!

Greetings!

We had a FABULOUS time over the weekend with Melissa Frances - she is an awesome, inspiring yet down to earth woman who more than delivered on her classes and fab products. Anyone I spoke to had a great time and agreed that time when too fast!I will do more of an update with some fun pics later on in the week!

So today marks the Anniversary of The Scrapbox - Three Years ago on this date I opened the doors to a line up of very enthusiastic scrapbookers and I've been running to keep up ever since. And what a wild ride it has been. We will be doing lots of fun stuff this week to celebrate and to show my appreciation to my customers. Today, tomorrow and Friday we will be doing some Make & Takes and/or Demos and today I am going to launch into a very new product that was released this year from W R Memory Keepers that will make album and book binding 'A Cinch!'.

From the company who brought you the Crop-A-Dile, We R Memory Keepers now brings The Cinch Binding Tool. Binding is a breeze with the We R Memory Keepers Cinch Binding Tool. With the measuring already done for you, this essential craft tool binds your projects in just three easy steps. Bind paper crafts, mini albums, business presentations and school projects - and do it all in a cinch!

PRODUCT FEATURES:
* Cinch system makes binding easy and binds books with the press of the handle
* Customized hole-punching knobs
* Can punch through many different materials, any length including up to 20 sheets of copy paper at once!
* Punch perfect holes without measuring
* Sliding measurement guide for perfectly centered holes
* Wire binding hooks place binding wire on while threading
* Handle clip holds handle down for easy storage and mobility
* Alignment peg ensures evenly spaced holes no matter the length
* Cinching bar holds the binding in place and compresses it to the desired diameter
* Projects lay flat while punching
* Easy enough for the beginner, professional enough for the expert!

I just got this product in just yesterday and was able to follow the easy instructions on how to bind a book or album in less than 20 minutes. Let us show you how easy it is by coming in any time today for a demonstration!

We will also be playing with the new "Sew Easy Tool" - a tool that will let you do fun and easy stitching on your paper crafts! There are 6 different attachments that will give you more variety! Want to learn more? Come on down to The Scrapbox today!

We also have a ton of Giveaways and that also starts today! With every purchase you can get tickets into the draws that are happening all this week! The more you buy, the more tickets you get! There are also easy ways to get bonus tickets. Check out your Scrapbox Newsletter today or come down to the store! Anyone can win...I think it will be YOU!

Well after nearly 6 months of planning - it's finally here! Melissa is on her way to us right now and will be teaching tonite and tomorrow 3 beautiful classes. We still have room if you want join us - just call the store at 613-745-2215, pack your tote and join us!

Here are some pics of what we will be doing...
The Tag Ornament Class (Friday Night at 6pm)




The "Kitschy Kitchen Recipe & Memory Album"


The 'Home for the Holidays' Christmas Album


The Scrapbox will have a store ON SITE of the event at St. Mary's School, located on Rue De l'eglise (directions to follow). If you would like to shop at the on-site store, please do! We will have brand new product - never before seen - from Melissa Frances!

To get to St. Mary's School
Take the 417 Hiway to St. Laurent Exit
Go North on St, Laurent to MacArthur Ave
Turn Left on MacArthur Ave
2nd Set of Lights - Rue De l'eglise - Turn Right
St, Mary's School is the brick school on your left with lots of parking!
Come in through the front doors and follow the fun!

Questions? Call the store! 613-745-2215!

Next week is the Scrapbox 3rd Anniversary Week of Celebration! You are not going to want to miss a thing!

Jenn

This is a layout I did about a month ago that I was hoping to have posted pre-Disney trip but just didn't have the time. It features the latest product from My Minds Eye "Lost & Found" collection plus a few bits from my own collection.



This grouping of product includes new flowers and bling from Prima, a glimmer glass butterfly from Tattered Angels Nature Collection (which you can alter the shape by warming up slightly with a heat gun), Lost & Found embellishments and I think there is a Jenni Bowlin button hidden in there too. I used the Tim Holtz Flourishes Stamps to add to the background, but to also help transition the two pages.



I am also somewhat proud of this area of the LO because I took an element of one of the MME papers that had the bracket shape, used it as a template to cut out the scallop shape you see with the faint image of the bird - but it is also still attached the the banner that is above Emma's picture. I like the idea of creating one of a kind embellishmemnts from paper.

Also a bit of luck with the placement of the paper behind the photo - one of the brown glitter swirls that sits right above Emma's head reminded me of a crown so I put a little bling there to crown my little princess. Other embellishments here came from a Lost & Found dimensional sticker package but the bird image on the dictionary page is from a 3 year old MME pack of rubs. Fascinating how they keep using the same colour pallette eh?



I made the kraft pocket from a paper bag that was left in the studio by some unknown donor - distressed it up with Vintage Photo Ink (one of my favorites from Tim's line of Distress Inks) as I did with almost every other elbellishment and paper in this LO - I found the creme colour just a bit bright. But I digress...

The pink 'shape' is a Bird sticker from Heidi's old days with Advantus. I bought a roll of these pink birds for my store opening and they are still haunting my discount bin. However since pink and birds were a recurring theme someone challenged me to include it somehow. So I inked it up with Vintage photo, stamped on it with the flourish stamp but also added a little message to my daughter as she starts down her own scholastic career.

Well - that was quite the ramble on! If you made it down to the very end without needing a bathroom break and a drink of water congrats! I hope it was somewhat amusing or helpful!

Have a great day!

Jenn

Weekly Newsletter Sent!

Just sent out the weekly newsletter, and am going through a very long check list of things 'to do' before leaving in 2 very short days. Yikes!

I want to do one more post before I go of a 2 PG LO I did a few weeks ago. I just need to take a picture of the second page...

Off to get more things crossed off my list! Check out the newsletter! Do something crafty today or visit the store!

Jenn

Melissa Frances Event at The Scrapbox!

Very excited to announce that I have two of the three Melissa Frances Projects in the store for you to view!



I have the "Kitschy Kitchen" recipe book as well as the "Christmas Album" for you to come in and see personally! I hope you are getting excited about this event as it is coming up in 4 short weeks!

You can still sign up for this very fun event that is happening on November 5th and 6th. What is happening you ask?



None other than Melissa Frances will be visiting Ottawa and teaching three classes for you to choose from (or why not take them all?). Melissa is an inspiring woman and creator of beautiful scrapbooking paper and products and I look forward to spending a weekend with her!

At this event you will get more than just the classes! Lots of Prizes! Special mementos from the event! Goodie Bags! We are also setting up a "Mini-Scrapbox Store" at St. Mary's for your shopping convenience. We are making sure that you are receiving a great value for the Class Fees which are as follows:

Taking one or two classes :

$65 for each class if you are not a member (tell your friends! All are welcome!!)

$59.95 per class if you are a Member!

Taking all three awesome classes! : $199.95 for Non-Members. Non-Members will receive a FREE Scrapbox Membership with this package! What an awesome deal!

If you are a Member the cost is only $179.95!!!

Lunch is optional, and will cost $10.

All Fees are subject to 13% HST.

The event is going to take place at St. Mary's School at 780 Rue de l'eglise.

Schedule for the Classes:

Fri May 5th at 6pm at St. Mary's : Christmas Tag Ornaments
(The "Christmas Tag Ornament" Class samples will be coming this week!)

Sat May 6th at 9am at St. Mary's : Kitschy Kitchen Recipe Album

Lunch from 12pm - 1pm

Sat May 6th at 1pm - 4pm at St. Mary's : Christmas Album

All taught by Melissa Frances, and hosted by The Scrapbox.

Any questions or to sign up for this very fun event, please call the store at 613-745-2215!

Playing with the Blog...

Well after spending a few minutes I was able to get the blog's features back, such as the blog list of brands sold at The Scrapbox, other blogs I follow (And now I can again!) and I found a very basic background that barely suits my needs for the moment...but serve it will because it seems that time is very hard to come by in my life these days. I mean...I have as much as anyone else is given so I shouldn't complain!

I will need to learn more on how to pretty up the background while at the same time properly represent what the Scrapbox Image(tm) is. Don't you ever wish you could take a snapshot of what is inside your head and say "HERE! This is what I want! I don't want to have to explain it!" Oh well - until such groovy tech is invented I will have to do it the other way.

I have been using Facebook more for quick updates on what is coming in to the store or what has arrived. These last two weeks have seen a great influx of product to the store and we are bursting at the seams. If you haven't been in awhile, you may want to come down and check us out! The Scrapbox also has a Facebook Group dedicated to the store so just do a search for the Scrapbox and join up. It won't hurt a bit I promise!

Ok - going to work on more promotion for my upcoming event with Melissa Frances! I plan on having that up on the blog in the next 12 hours. That is my goal!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and got to nap lots after a big meal! =)

Jenn

New Blog Look....?

One of the items on my seeminly inexhaustable 'To Do' list for The Scrapbox, is to update my Blog 'Look'. I will be playing around with different templates and fonts and such (as time allows) and certainly I want to post MORE than once a month. So hang in their followers, I do have plans for this blog and hopefully it will be worth your while to visit!

Thanks again!

Jenn