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Just as an FYI, Making Memories is currently shipping the following products: Velvet Sayings, Colorboard Stickers, Boho Mini Albums, Boho Velvet Alpha Stickers, our new Photo Décor program and our newest publication, Decorate Life: Home Décor! Look for these great products in your favorite scrapbook store.
Need to know where to buy? Visit Making Memories store locator to find a store near you.
Have a great weekend.
Jodi Green
Making Memories invited me to do the challenge for this week. I’m so excited. I wanted to show a new use for a product that most of us already have, hinges.
I have had MM hinges for the longest time in my product stash, which by the way is often hard for me to dig into!! Hinges are one of the easiest embellishments to use because they provide a unique element to any project without a lot of work. I love stringing ribbon through them and adding some twinkle with a simple rhinestone brad - a great shabby look in the end especially with some dabs of paint too!!
It just gave my page the sweet unexpected twist that I desired. I so wanted to add letter charms or eyelet charms to the ribbons, but it began to get to busy...maybe next time I will! So, with that being said, let your creative minds get to work to find some fun ways to use an old-time favorite, hinges.
Make sure to upload your layout to MM’s idea gallery so we can all ooh and aah!
Hi, I'm Mellette Berezoski, a contributing artist for Making Memories. I started scrapbooking way back in my high school years, but didn't discover "safe" scrapping until 1997. I've been hooked since. I scrap every single day, except for the weekends which are always busy with family activities. I try to stay organized; I get really messy while I'm working on a project but I HAVE to clean up before I start another assignment. If I don't, I feel too chaotic and can't concentrate.
Here's a little peek into my studio, where I spend a good part of my week.
There's a lot of floor space in my scrap room, but not very much wall space because of the slanted ceilings. So it took a lot of rearranging and moving things around to make it as efficient as possible. I'm still constantly moving things here and there, changing things up a bit, but it works for me.
Other scrap related info about me:
1. My favorite organizers are these vintage gym bins my husband found for me. I love that they still have the metal numbers on them, and they're perfect for stowing my Making Memories foam stamps!
2. I can't scrap without a few candles lit. I don't have an iPod, or an mp3 player, or even a radio. All I need is a couple of candles burning and I'm good to go. Makes the room smell pretty and makes me happy.
3. My favorite Making Memories products right now are the Boho Chic papers, trims and accent brads. Such a beautiful collection! And, of course, the crystal brads are a must! How did I ever scrap without them?
And finally, some non-scrap related tid-bits of information about me:
1. I'll eat any dish that has shrimp in it.
2. My favorite gadget in our house: the paper shredder. Seriously, I shred everything. Even envelopes if they have our names or address on them. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America. Invest in a shredder. Every household should have one.
3. I am the middle child.
4. I never miss an episode of "Lost".
5. I have one very supportive husband and two incredibly patient children. I am lucky to have them.
6. Words I live by: One chance, make it count.
Happy scrapping everyone!
This week I was ask to help with the blog by Jenny who is doing a fabulous job at keeping the blog updated and full of great ideas. I guess they wanted a male perspective on things in the scrapbooking world, I don’t know if I can do that since neither my wife or I scrapbook, but maybe I can help out in other ways to better enhance your scrapbooking experience. My wife is a baker and has a wedding cake business, so there are always tons of treats and goodies all the time in my house, which my two boys just love (and my waist line, yikes). So I thought it would be fun to share one of her wonderful recipes, that even I have been able to master. Everyone here at Making Memories thinks I am a great cook because of this, so I’ve got them fooled pretty good, and so can you with your friends.
So hopefully you don’t feel to gypped because this isn’t a scrapbooking tip, but I always find that chocolate helps out in whatever craft project or activity that I am working on. ;) - Kevin
What could be bertter? A weekend filled with Sun...Fun...And Crazy Scrappers!
Jodi and I went to CKC Mesa! We had some of the most wonderful students! Even some darling little Scrappers! Love love love it when Mom's bring their daughters with them! What a great thing to do with a child! Pass your love for scrapping, creating and making memories together! LOVE!
We had great students, and great TA's (teacher's assistants) thanks for the hard work! Thanks to ALL!
Jodi and I also got to go to Scrapbooks Etc. Saturday night a and do the late nighter! Thanks Marti and gang for having us! It was a treat being in my "home" Scrapbook store! It's where it all started for me, so it was fun to see old friends and make new ones! I love love love being with other women and occasionally men who have a passion for Scrapbooking! It is a delight! Thanks Jodi for lettling me go to Mesa! I had a blast!
kiss kiss
margie
1. April Snow, when is spring suppose to come?
2. Always busy!
3 & 4. Company Meeting (IT department eating donuts on a string for a prize)
5. Team lunch
It looks like Spring is finally here! I hope you are all enjoying it. Are you ready for another challenge? I'm excited to get to play with you all this week!
As I was organizing some things in my scrapbook room, I came across these fabulous Sheer Acrylic Frames and fell in love with them all over again! I was instantly inspired by these cute girly frames and thought this would be a perfect challenge!
The Challenge for this week is to use FRAMES on your layout.
And as a bonus challenge, use one of the MM Kids lines (here I used the new Emma papers, accessory tags, fresh stickers and ribbon).
On my layout, I used two of the Sheer Acrylic Frames. I placed an accessory tag from the new Emma Kids line under the top frame. It came pre-made with the scalloped edge and the button and text - it was perfect.
For the Girl Text Frame, I simply brushed green paint on the back side to alter the color of it.
Making Memories has a ton of great frames that can be used as is, painted, cut in half for a photo corner, covered with ribbon or paper and so much more! Take a frame you have, old or new, and use it on a layout. I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week. Don't forget to post your layout when you are done so we can all see!
Have fun creating!It sounded easy and straight forward enough, do a make n’ take at Scrapbook Warehouse’s two locations outside Dallas on Easter Saturday. And it did start out relatively uneventful until the plane landed in Dallas and Jodi (Holbrook – MM’s event coordinator) couldn’t remember where we were staying!
No problem, we had internet access at the airport, now off to get our rental car. No problem there either, we even had step-by-step directions on how to reach our hotel. This is where it all unraveled. We drove and drove. Nothing that we were seeing on the signs at the airport was anything like what we were seeing on the map. We drove and drove and drove for one hour; still within the confines of DFW airport have you. We finally stopped at a convenience store (yes, DFW is big enough to have several on their grounds) and asked a sweet (if not surprised by the photography) young man named Carlos how we could get out of the AIRPORT!!!!
The next day (yes, we did find the Hotel, arriving after midnight) we were excited to arrive at Scrapbook Warehouse. We knew that while we were there, they would be having another event going on, live bunnies and a professional photographer so that moms and dads could bring their little ones for photos.
We did a wonderful project for the make n’ take. We decorated little colored Easter pails with MM Kids trims and stickers. This is project that was inspired by a project that Kris Stanger did for the Decorated Life: Home Décor book (always shamelessly plugging). We met a lot of wonderful, wonderful scrappers and their children. Lines were long for the bunny pictures (up to an hour and a half) still the customers and the staff was gracious, friendly, enthusiastic and thankful!
For the first half of the day I wore really cute shoes..Jody (being a lot smarter than I) wore really comfy flip, flops. We made a quick trip to Target on our way to the next location and both showed up wearing matching flip-flops and big smiles! More bunnies, more great people. Thanks to everyone who came to Scrapbook Warehouse, for a fun and furry time!
Gail & Jodi
Being a collector of vintage ribbon and rick-rack, I love to create embellishments using these items. This is a great technique to add color and dimension to any card, page or project. Vary the width of the rick-rack, create a cluster of flowers to add to a corner, add a rhinestone brad or button to the center, or brush the edges lightly with a distressing ink pad.
Whatever you choose, these flowers are great every time.
Here are some quick instructions for creating these beautiful flowers.
1. Count 16 points along the bottom edge of rick-rack and cut.
2. With a double-threaded needle, stitch through 16 points and pull on the end of thread to gather. (Make sure petals all go in the same direction.)
3. Pull tight, tie ends of thread together to secure and glue ends of rick-rack together.
They are so fun and easy to make. Give it a try.
Before I tell you the winner, I have to say we had a great time with all of your suggestions! The names submitted were fantastic and it was very hard to pick a favorite.
To pick the new name, the top 25 suggestions were sent to each employee at Making Memories. Each person voted for their favorite name and we tallied the results. It was really close between a few names, but the overall favorite is...
MM Insider!!
Our winner is Suzanne Brooksbank from California! Not only does Suzanne have good taste in naming newsletters, but you have to go check out her blog and see her projects and layouts. She has a great style and has made some really fun projects. Suzanne, thanks for the Making Memories Newsletter name, we'll think of you each time we read MM Insider!
Suzanne
Thanks to all who participated in this contest!
-Jodi Holbrook
