Home, Sweet Home

Yep, we made it back to Austin. Boy what a trip! There is still lots of work to be done. We brought back over 50# of catalogs from vendors. Oh yeah, it's true. Lorrie's suitcase with all the catalogs with all the paperwork was 53# so we had to pull the K & Co catalog out so that we could check that one without going over the weight limit.

We spent the return trip talking and planning new orders and everything else scrappy that we could think of. It will take many more hours to make decisions on which goodies to order, but you can be assured that it will be another exciting few months as new product begins to roll in.

--- Janet

Good Night!!!!

Okay... We've experienced sensory overload and utter exhaustion. So much to see and absorb that I don't know how we will ever sort it out. Don't get the wrong impression, this was just two seconds of shut eye each before we dumped out all the catalogs and started in again.

We were on the show floor all morning in the new vendor section. We saw some interesting things. There was one paper company called The Paper Element that has some great papers on really thick cardstock. We looked at the Slice by Tinnus. It will be exciting when it hits the market in the summer. We also liked the Scrap-eze products for storage.

The afternoon was spent in a whirlwind of visiting booths to pick up catalogs. If I counted right we hit at least 40 booths today between noon and 5 pm. We R Memory Keepers now has the Crop-a-dile in lime green. And they have pink & green storage box including eyelets. We will try to place this order tomorrow before we head back to Texas.

Karen Foster has a new tool called the Scraparatus^TM Making Memories introduced the Tag Curler. Neither of these two made a positive impact on us. They each seem very specialized in their uses. At this time we will not be ordering either of these two.

Favorite paper companies included DieCuts With a View, Imaginisce, Melissa Frances, Cosmo Cricket, and Around the Block (just to name a few). There were tons of chipboard including really cool mini albums of every shape and size. (I can't keep the class gears from spinning.) We are still seeing lots of bling and glitter and glitz.

Okay... it's time to say good night once again. Tomorrow will be a very long day. We not be back in Round Rock until about midnight, so you may not hear from us tomorrow.

ZZZZzzzzz
Janet & Lorrie

Good Morning CHA!!!!

Yes, it is morning again and Lorrie doesn't think she can handle the floor today without me. I offered to be internet support from the hotel, but she wouldn't go for it! JK! I wouldn't miss it for anything. We are having a great time and seeing so much wonderful product that it will be hard to know what to order. I don't know how anyone could do this job alone. I'm so glad I got to be part of it this year!

We worked on our list of vendors we wanted to try to see today. We want to be sure to at least peak at all the new vendors in the scrapbooking section and that is only 147 booths. It's always exciting to see the new and upcoming. Then our goal is to go by the following booths:

3 Bugs in a Rug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1169
7gypsies / Ultra-Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981
Accu-Cut Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1651
Across the Street LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 2385
Anna Griffin Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2777
Arctic Frog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2180
Around the Block Products . . . . . . . . 1387
ArtBin by Flambeau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4710
Avery Dennison Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 2183
Bazzill Basics Paper . . . . . . . . . 1464, 1465
Berwick Offray LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2767
Best Scrapbook Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1423
Better Homes & Gardens
Boxer Scrapbook Productions LLC . . 3376
C & T Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3452
Canvas Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2357
Colorbok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1743
CraftLocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1527
Crate Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987
Creating Keepsakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2967
Cropper Hopper
Croppin' Companion. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2193
Daisy D's Paper Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1551
Epson America Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3047
Fancy Pants Designs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1675
Far and Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3885
Fiskars Brands Inc . . . . . . . . . . 1764, 1765
Grafix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1751
Heritage Handcrafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5539
Imagination Project Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 2273
Janlynn Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3400, 3401
Karen Foster Design, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 1457
LaserLine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705
Li'l Davis Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2473
Lucidiom/Notions Marketing . . . . . . 4971
Maude Asbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2994
May Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1811
Memories Complete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1360
Memories in Uniform Inc . . . . . . . . . 2092
Mrs Grossman's. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2877
My Mind's Eye, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1357
Notions Marketing Corp . . . . . 4949, 4969
Paper Salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1365
Paper Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1451
Petaloo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1431
Pink Martini Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1589
Prima Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1643
Queen & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1269
QuicKutz Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1773
Ranger Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4843
Scenic Route Paper Co. . . . . . . . . . . . 1575
Scrapbook 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1893
Scrapbook Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4288
Scrapperdashery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3638
Scrappin' Sports & More. . . . . . . . . . 4387
Scrapworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1483
Sports Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2794
Sweetwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2369
Tombow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1924
Treehouse Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2786
We R Memory Keepers . . . . . . . . . . . 2167
Zsiage LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1263

We will try to blog again tonight and maybe even post some photos. Lorrie will be sending the Fever Flash. If you have not been receiving it this week and want to, please e-mail her at roundrockfever@aol.com and she'll add you to the list today. Wish us luck!

...CHA not for wimps

The Fun Begins!!!

We have made it safe and sound to California. The ride was a little bumpy, but that was just the weather. The weather's a little cloudy & a little chilly, but we are already shopping up a storm!

We got registered for the big event and looked at a few sneak peaks before heading over to the Creative Imaginations shindig. Oh boy!!! They had lots of new stuff to see. We had our picture made with Austin Powers, then went to looking at all the fun stuff (while sampling the yummy buffet). We placed three orders with CI. One will ship immediately, one in March and another in April.

Next we went the the SEI Preview Party for ice cream. They introduced three new lines, so we shopped some more. Their new Morning Meadow paper is wonderful and they've introduced 6 new shimmer papers. We got that entire line and then a few papers from Citruskick and Smarty lines. We also ordered some of the velvet papers in pastels.

It's been a long day and we don't even have our game plan finalized for tomorrow!!! I guess the work's not done yet. Stay tuned... we will blog as often as possible.

--Janet & Lorrie

CHA.... Here we come...

I know I should be resting, but I just can't! I'm so excited to be going with Lorrie to CHA in Anaheim, California that I cannot get the scrapbook fever out of my head!!! We leave Saturday morning bright and early. Hopefully we will have time (and energy) to post some cool new goodies here. Y'all stay tuned!

---Janet

Friday Blog Sale!

In honor of Janet and Lorrie heading out to CHA to pick out new goodies for the store this weekend--we want to know your favorite company and product! What would you like to see in the store? Bring in a scrap of paper with your name and favorite product and/or company on it and recieve 40% off one regular-priced item of your choice. We look forward to your input as we look for new products! Thanks!

The Contest for our 5th Design Team is almost here!

We have been so lucky to get so many talented and amazing women on our last 4 design teams. Now is the time to start the search for our next one for March 2007 through July 2007. We hope you will consider sharing your creativity with us! Here are the highlights:

January 27th Contest kits to be given out beginning 10:00 am to the first 35 contestants
February 11th Completed 1-page contest layouts due by 5:00 pm
February 12th In-store voting begins at 10:00 am
February 28th Voting ends at 7:00 pm
March 1 Scrapbook Fever Design Team V announced

How to Enter Contest:
Pick up contest packet consisting of 1-12x12 sheet of patterned paper and 1-12x12 sheet of cardstock. Kits must be picked up in person by the contestant unless prior arrangements have been made. Create a one-page 12x12 layout using only the papers in the kit. In fairness to all participants, there are a few guidelines. No other papers or stickers may be added to the layout. Additions to the page are limited to photographs, eyelets, brads, staples, fiber, ribbon, rub-ons, chipboard, flowers, ink, paint and stamping. Computers may be used for journaling and digitally-altered photographs. If you use anything not expressly included in this list you may be subject to disqualification. Contest submissions are due by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, February 28th.

Rules of Submission.
a. All entries must be the original work of the contestant.
b. One entry per contestant.
c. Contestants certify that the photos contained in their designs may be displayed by Scrapbook Fever.
d. All entries become the sole property of Scrapbook Fever during the contest.
e. Contestants may not post their designs online or enter their layout in other contests until after the Design Team Contest is completed.
f. Scrapbook Fever is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged entries.
g. Late entries will not be accepted, regardless of circumstances.
h. Entries using products other than those stated above will be disqualified from the contest and the layout will be returned to the contestant.

Voting will be open to the general public. Entries will be marked with a number for voting purposes. Contestant names and other identifying information will not be revealed. Voting must take place in person at Scrapbook Fever. Ballots will ask for customer name to ensure one vote per customer. The 5 contestants receiving the most votes will be named as the next Scrapbook Fever Design Team. In case of a tie, our 5 Scrapbook Fever sales associates will cast a vote to break the tie.
Winner Notification.
The 5 winners and 2 runners-up for our next Design Team will be notified by phone by 11:00 am on Thursday, March 1st. Runners up will receive a gift certificate and all contestants will receive a 20% off coupon when picking up their entries at the conclusion of the contest as a thank you for their entry.

January Sketch Contest

Need some inspiration or a gentle push to get out of your box? Stop in and pick up a copy of our sketch, or use the example here. Complete your sketch and bring it into the store by Jan 31 and you’ll be entered to win a $25 gift certificate. Check out our online gallery at www.scrapbookfever.com. We can’t wait to see what you come up with :)

I have never used many sketches, but I am having a good time with the sketches that have been posted. Julie designed the January sketch using a 12x12. I modified it to fit my 8 1/2 x 11 albums that I still work in sometimes.

Remember, employees cannot win the sketch contest. Only the customers are eligible, so bring in your example using the current month's sketch and you just might win the drawing. You definately won't win if you don't play.

Friday Blog Sale!

Good morning blog readers! We hope you were able to take advantage of this past weeks' sale! If not, no worries--new Friday, new sale!

Starting today through Thursday, Jan 25 buy 1 yard of ribbon and receive 1 yard of ribbon free. Only available if you let us know you are a blog reader and only 1 yard free per visit.

This is a great way to stock up on your ribbon, and if you are looking for creative ways to store your ribbon, keep our upcoming organizational class in mind: Organize This n That Ribbon on Tuesday, Jan 30 from 7-9. The cost is only $12 and that includes to Cropper Hopper ribbon storage boxes (or you can use a credit for the same retail amount toward another organizational system of your choice). We will be discussing several different storage options for ribbon and spending our 2 hours organizing yours! Call for more information or to sign up, 244-7277.

Are you iced in and scrapping too?

With most of the area shut down, I know a lot of us are home and many are scrapping! That is one good thing about being stuck inside :)

In case your creativity is running thin, I thought I'd share this great sketch site with you. We have had a great response to our sketches at Scrapbook Fever and if you are having fun with them, definitely check out

http://www.pagemaps.com/

The sketches that Becky Fleck does are amazing--and she has a huge catalog of them. Just scroll down the left hand side of the page and explore. Enjoy!

Blog Reader's Only Sale

We hope you enjoyed our first blog reader's sale. It was fun seeing everyone come in with their secret code phrase on their paper scraps so they could pick out that special item that they had been coveting! Now we want you to dig through your stash again and bring us the oldest sticker that you can find and are willing to part with. Then you can trade that sticker in for our BOGO Special. Buy any regular priced item with adhesive and get a second item of equal or lesser value for FREE. Limit one per customer. Sale runs from Friday, January 12th through Thursday, January 18th. OK bloggers...we'll see you soon!!!

Love is Blooming at Scrapbook Fever!

We are loving these bright and versitile Valentine stickers from Jolees. The perfect addition to a project or page! 

Amazing New Papers from EK!

We've got 3 new lines in from EK Success--double-sided, heavy papers, just gorgeous and perfect for spring. Come and see for yourself! 

Blog Readers Only Sale!

Yep, its the pick your own sale! Starting today, Friday the 5th through next Friday the 12.

Come in the store with your name written on a SCRAP of paper along with the code phrase:

The Dot Has Landed!

We will give you an orange dot that you can use on any regular-priced item in the store to discount that item 40%. Limit one dot per customer for this sale, which can be combined with your gold or silver discount.

See you soon!

Choose your own sale for Blog Readers ONLY!

Yep, we've been hinting and now it is here. We have a sale going on in the store right now, 40% off orange tagged products sprinkled throughout the store. Well, starting tomorrow, Friday the 5th of January through Friday the 12th, we'll give blog readers a orange sticker you can put on any item in the store!

How do I get this great discount you ask? Just write your name on a Scrap of paper along with the code phrase which we will reveal tomorrow morning. Bring it into the store, give it to the clerk and we'll give you your sticker! One sticker per customer and not usuable on already discounted items. Check back here tomorrow for the code phrase!

The New EK Success order is in! Great papers, albums and embellishments--you are going to love the direction EK is going in!
 

2006 Monthly Page Challenge Contest!

2006 Monthly Page Challenge Contest Results

Contestants who participated every month during 2006 and are eligible to attend our February Scrapathon for FREE!

Carmela Hubler 341
Susan Wolfer 339
Melissa Cochran 225
Missy Schuelke 572
Tracy Weber 225
Kim Wassmuth 223
Jen Ziegler 225
Marjorie Harper 564
Sandra Walsh 225

Top Scrapper of 2006 wins a $100 Gift Certificate: Missy Schuelke with 572 pages!

Drawing Winner of 2006 wins a $100 Gift Certificate: Carmela Hubler

December Drawing Winner: Sandra Walsh

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Scrapbook Fever! We hope you have had a wonderful holiday season and look forward to seeing you in 2007! Make sure and check into our upcoming classes and check in to see new products coming in this year! Get all the info from our webpage: www.scrapbookfever.com !