May Store Newsletter

Scrap-To-IT! Times!
May 2008 Edition

Welcome May!
May is a great month for scrapbooking. Besides National Scrapbook Day and Mothers Day, did you know the month of May also hosts these awesome picture taking opportunities?
1. National Smile Month – Here’s a chance to go through all those old photos you have and create a collage of pictures of your favorite smiles. Silly, cheesy, not so happy and so on.
2. National Hamburger Month – Take the camera and the family out to your favorite burger joint.
3. National Garage Sale Month – Think about taking the kids on a photo op thru their room snapping pictures of old toys and clothes that you clear out to donate. Save the memory while making space for new treasures to come.
4. May 15, is National Chocolate Chip day and May 16 is National Pizza Day. Pizza and chocolate…my kids would love a day in the kitchen with mom celebrating these two ingredients – both overly loved at our house. What about at yours?
Take a look at the link below in the technique section. This is from the PMA (photography association) group which has recently joined forces with a couple of the scrapbook associations. They have some great tips on their website to help take better pictures.

New in the Store –
White Pens are in. Those of you have been asking – we have a fresh batch for your doodling projects.

Rub-ons - we’ve added quite a few rub-ons to our product line this month, from several companies and in several themes. Including some great wedding themes from Beary Patch.

Still need a gift for Mom? Try a chipboard word book. MOM books still available.

As stated in last month’s e-mail the new Core’dinations cardstock has arrived.
This is a nice canvas textured cardstock that can be used as a traditional card -
stock or you can personalize it by sanding, tearing or antiquing. Each sheet has
a true-dyed core which compliments the surface color.

We also brought in a selection of Bazzill Smoothies – in luscious Father’s Day project colors. As well as a couple nice metallics.

We have more paper towers coming so that we can carry a bigger cardstock selection. We know there are many that are fond of Bazzill, but hope you’ll give these other really nice papers a try.


Next Month’s Teaser - Quick Quotes Kits
Check the website for more details and we bring in some of the great product lines, kits and projects from this company.


Crop Room Openings!!
Wed. May 14, 2008 - 9:00 - 1:00 - Wed. Morning Open Crop
Fri. May 16, 2008 - 6:30 - 12:30 - Book this room for your group!
Sat. May 17, 2008 – 10:30 – 4:30 – Open Crop Time
Fri. May 23, 2008 - 6:30 - 12:30 - Book the room for your group!
Sat. May 24, 2008 – 10:30 – 4:30 – Open Crop Time
Wed. May 28, 2008 - 9:00 - 1:00 - Wed. Morning Open Crop
To schedule the crop space, call the store or e-mail us shop.scraptoit@yahoo.com
Check out the photos on the websites. Dates will be posted there too.

Technique Time!
For this month's technique - let's talk photographs. Spring and summer is a great time to take pictures out of doors. To talk great pictures the Photography Trade Association has set up a great website with tips and tricks.

After you try a few, send us a good example of your before and after. Along with a paragraph explaining the technique you used, what you learned and how it helped you.

We'll be compiling all of these for a photo contest. Three great prizes (tba at a later date) will be awarded to the winning entries. Here's the link:
http://www.takegreatpictures.com/HOME/Columns/Scrapbooking/params/menu/247/default.aspx


Non-Mom (or Celebrating Me) Layouts
It is true we all have a mom, but we aren’t all moms, or we don’t have little ones at home to scrap any more. Here are a few ideas for layouts for page that has nothing to do with you as a mom or you as a mother-in-law, or any other mom theme, but rather taking this month of May to celebrate you.

1. Scrap a photo of yourself as a child
2. Scrap a ‘day in the life of’ layout
3. Scrap your obsessions
4. Do a self Q/A. Ask and answer some questions about YOU
5. Scrap some of your favorites around town, places you shop, eat, play

Get yourself in the photos and tell the story of YOU. If you tend to be behind the camera a lot, you need to step out, every once in a while and tell your side of things.

*These ideas and many others can be found on Scrapbooks Etc.’s online magazine.

Have a great May. Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend – don’t forget to take your camera!





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