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ScrapSplash 2004! The San Fernando Valley's First Scrapbooking and Stamping Extravaganza will take place on Saturday, April 17, 2004

By Anonymous

Sherman Oaks, CA March 30, 2004–-This extravaganza will bring many scrapbooking and stamping suppliers under one roof for a day of fun and learning! Scrapbook It!, Creative Memories, Stampin’ Up, We’re Impressed, and more will add to the excitement. Suzi Finer Artworks will be on hand to teach classes on altered books, the new phenomenon that is taking the scrapbooking world by storm. Customers may also rent a table space at our all-day “crop,” where they can bring their own pictures and scrapbooks to work on.

Mark Twain may have been the first to use the word “scrapbook” as a verb but he would hardly recognize the craft as it is today. Scrapbooking is an art form: creatively displaying photos and memorabilia with extensive journaling of life’s moments, big and small. Pages are decorated with stickers, stamping, artwork, die cuts, sand, beads, you-name-it! All in the pursuit of creating a personal and expressive family treasure.

Scrapbooking and other paper crafts have taken off like a rocket: the Hobby Industry Association, a trade association of craft and hobby manufacturers and merchandisers, calls scrapbooking the fastest-growing leisure-time activity in America. The Hobby Industry Association estimates that the number of scrapbookers in the United States has quadrupled in the past five years, to 20 million. Annual scrapbook industry sales in 2003 were estimated at $2.55 billion, up almost 28 percent from the year before, according to a recent survey by Creating Keepsakes magazine, a monthly scrapbook-industry publication of 250,000 circulation. This year’s projections are estimated at more than $3 billion. It has grown into a worldwide phenomenon. Come be part of this exciting new trend! No experience necessary! Just bring your pictures and life stories. We can help you with the rest.

WHAT: ScrapSplash 2004! Scrapbooking & Stamping Extravaganza
WHERE: Singh Education Center (at The Fairfield School), 16922 Sherman Way @ Balboa Blvd., Van Nuys, California
WHEN: 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday, April 17th, 2004
TICKETS: Shopping is free, but crop tables are $20 per person or a 6-top for $100. Reservations for crop are a MUST!
INFORMATION: www.scrapsplash.com for more information and reservations.

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Celebrate National Scrapbook Day, Saturday, May 1: $3 Billion Industry Gains Popularity in the Northeast

By Anonymous

April 24, 2004--Scrapbooking has been wildly popular in the Midwest for years. New England is one of the last regions in the United States to catch the scrapbooking bug, but it is making up for lost time. Creating Keepsakes, a top selling scrapbook magazine, is hosting a convention in Manchester, NH on May 14 and 15, and they will be back in the area in July for Creating Keepsakes University at the World Trade Center in Boston.

As National Scrapbooking Day approaches, Jeni Cameron, an Independent Instructor with one of the fastest growing scrapbook companies, is on a mission to share the importance of scrapbooking throughout Boston area. “Scrapbooking is not just cataloging your photos. It is an art form that makes your pictures come alive and allows your personal story to be passed down to the generations that follow,” Cameron said. “Scrapbooking can bring families and friends closer when they scrapbook together. It opens the lines of communication and allows them to reminisce as they look over their photos and share stories.”

There are common misconceptions about scrapbooking, such as the time and cost involved. Cameron is quick to point out that you do not need to make each page a masterpiece. “Simply attaching your pictures to beautiful, photo safe papers and adding journaling is already more interesting than a plain photo album. After spending money on cameras, film and developing, it is a waste to leave your photos in boxes until the stories of those pictures are forgotten!”

Jeni Cameron teaches in-home classes and sells top of the line, photo safe products. She also designs custom scrapbooks for those who realize the importance of scrapbooking, but do not have the time to make their own.

For more information on leaving your legacy, visit http://jenicameron.leavingprints.us or send an email to scrapbooklooks@comcast.net.

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Popular Scrapbooking Fad Goes Digital

By Anonymous

Glen Mills, PA May 12, 2004 -- It’s one of today’s hottest fads among women. Stores are popping up across the nation to feed the trend while thousands of people search for information on it every day online. That fad is scrapbooking -- creating the most unique family photo albums imaginable, from touching to humorous to bizarre and beyond.

Despite its popularity, scrapbooking faces a major challenge in a world where families and friends often end up living hundreds or thousands of miles apart: how do you share your creative efforts with those you most want to share with? The solution, of course, is in going digital.

“There’s not much point in spending your time and money on scrapbooks of your toddler when no one’s around to see them,” says Dawn Anderson, president of Baby Website Maker (www.babywebsitemaker.com). “The Internet is famous for overcoming the physical distance between people, and it’s the fastest way to share your child’s first steps with the people you rarely get to see.”

A handful of businesses, including Anderson’s, have stepped in to make the sharing process simple and fun ... and a whole lot less expensive than creating physical scrapbooks. Anderson’s is among the least expensive options, where customers can have a web site for a year for less than the cost of many empty scrapbooks on the market.

Of course making a scrapbook online represents a different kind of creativity. The traditional fad plots your wits against empty pages and a handful of pictures. The newer, online fad is different. Themes and styles are generally crafted ahead of time and users are able to select from these to best suit their needs. But online, there are often other options like journals for Mom and Dad and helpful features like wish lists to fill Baby’s needs.

“Sharing is an interactive thing,” says Anderson. “When you share a physical scrapbook with your best friend, she has the chance to respond to it directly with you. That interaction needs to be duplicated online, so we offer chat features and guest books.”

There’s one thing usually in common with scrapbooks on- and offline, however, and that is space. You get only so much, and then you’ve got to buy a new scrapbook for extra photos, or remove the pictures you’ve already placed. While loaded with user features, the issue of space may set Anderson’s service above her competitors. Baby Website Maker has no space restrictions.

“The online experience isn’t supposed to be the same as the offline experience, and we don’t want it to be,” says Anderson. “Users should be able to find a service that’s easy to use, that accomplishes the goal of sharing beautifully crafted pages of photos, and that doesn’t surprise them with fee after fee. That’s why, even though we’re one of the lowest-cost options, we don’t limit anyone on the number of pictures they can share. No one else in the field offers unlimited space, but we feel it’s important to the customer.”

Whether online scrapbooking achieves the same popularity as its offline sister is yet to be seen, but there’s no question that many users will turn to this option as a time saver, a money saver, and an easy way to share the thrill of those special moments of raising kids.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Babywebsitemaker.com is a service offered by Graphix Factory Inc. (www.graphixfactory.com), a full-service marketing, communications, and web development company based in Glen Mills, PA, that specializes in affordable, fast-loading, user-friendly websites.

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