9/30/08 - Internship for our Marketing Assistant...

One day, out of the blues...Cori says to me..."Mommy, wouldn't it be a good idea if we had a contest at the store for Halloween." I said to her "Well, what do you have in mind?" And she says "I could fill up a jar up with fake spiders and see who can guess how many spiders are in a jar..." Of course, my reaction was "What a GREAT idea Cori! Who gave you that idea?" thinking she had just talked to "Auntie Becky" who is our VP of Marketing here at Scrap -n- Stamp. Cori says.."No one Mommy, I thought of it myself!" (Becky, you would be so proud of her!)

So I go on to tell her that since it was her idea, she would have to come up with what we needed to put the spiders in, how many and basically... she had to plan it from start to finish. The biggest challenge I thought was for her to think of a write up for the blog to let all of you know, but within 10 minutes she was typing away. If you see the computer in the background of this picture below (to the top right), her description about this contest was complete...and it goes like this:

"Hi, my name is Cori. My mom is the owner of Scrap -n- Stamp. I thought of an idea. We can put fake spiders into a jar and estimate the number of spiders. It's a contest to see who can guess the closest number of spiders in the jar. If you win, you will get some stuff from my moms store. Here's a picture of the jar. Good luck!"

Cori busy counting how many spiders she wants in the jar (only she knows!)

So there you have it...our intern for a future marketing director. Cori, mommy is so proud of your drive and efforts to make our little store so successful! xoxo!

For all of you out there...come take on this challenge and good luck!

9/29/08 - Another successful Jan Ken Po Gakko Craft Fair

Over the weekend, we participated in the Sacramento Jan Ken Po Gakko (aka JKPG) arts & craft fair. JPKG is a summer program that my kids participate in every year. The curriculum of the summer school program is to teach our kids the Japanese American culture, the local community resources and to be able to pass it down from generation to generation.

Our largest annual fundraising event is HUGE (over 100 plus vendors) which focuses on Asian arts and crafts. For the first time, Scrap -n- Stamp participated in the craft fair and we made some really cute designs...

Mini Album made from CD folders

Debbie. Denise and Sommer spent the last two weeks prepping and making the cutest Wine containers and Asian cards, each one with so much detail involved. Once we finalized all the projects, Denise wrapped them up and made them look so beautiful.

With everyone's help and effort, the JKPG craft fair was a huge success. All the vendors donated 10% of their proceeds to the school. Domo Arigato!

I've Just Seen A Face...

Yesterday was a crazy busy day for us beginning at 8:30am. My princess kiddo had a football game to cheer for from 9-10. Then we were at the theatre constructing the set for my next play, Deathtrap. At 4pm when ran home to clean-up for dinner. Then in to KC for dinner and a little shopping. Finally we were back home by 8pm. I'm pooped! And my arms are so sore from lifting and hauling flats from the balcony down to the stage. But enough about me...

I scraplifted the idea for this layout from CTMH's Reflections book. This is a fun way to showcase a child's different moods. I used paper from Cosmo Cricket's JACKS WORLD
I did not have buttons to match, so I took some clear buttons, covered the back with Glossy Accents, and stuck them to some scraps of the patterned paper. Once they were dry I trimmed around the edges, added some embroidery floss, and adhered to the page with Glue Dots. Clear buttons can also be altered with acrylic paint or Staz-On ink.

Spiders, spiders, spiders, too many to count!!!!!!

Halloween time is here!!!! Come visit Scrap -n- Stamp and enter your guess as to how many spiders are in the container, the person who is closest without going over will win a spooktacular prize. The winner will be announced on October 31st. Good Luck!!!!!!

Won't you be my Neighbor?

I created this layout for an online class I'm taking called Got Sketch 102 (taught by Valerie Salmon and Janna Wilson.) I used Kelly Panacci's 360 Degrees paper & chipboard accents (LOVE those bright colors!), Sandy Lion Disney chipboard shapes, Bazzill Just the Edge strip, some World Win cardstock, and a bit of...wait for it...oh what could it be...Bo Bunny Double Dot cardstock - of course!

I was so pleased with how the LO looked I decided to make another one for y'all to check out in the shop. What a great page for summer or birthday pics! I used most of the same goodies - just added some ribbon and Karen Foster glittery mini brads - OMG have you seen these?! They come in a Tic-Tac container - what FUN!

I still had some leftovers, so I made a couple cards. I think Becky & Marilea would be proud! I even used Cuttlebug embossing folders to make the swirls and dots on the cardstock.

Swing on by for a free surprise

Mention this blog today (9/23/08) - Friday (9/26/08) and receive a free surprise gift with your purchase!!! Hurry supplies are limited.

9/23/08 Technique of the week

Sorry Ladies, I pulled a Lisa. Or maybe I should call it a Renee. She forgot to blog on her day and I forgot about the technique of the week :-) OK, so mine was a bit more forgetful, but really where does the time go????

This week come by Scrap-n-Stamp and learn the technique of Chalking......with this technique you can chalk all your favorite stamped images. It is a simply fabulous technique, so make sure you come by the store and give it a whirl. And don't forget the chalks will be 20% off!!!

This technique will be available today (9/23/08) to Saturday (9/27/08).