Search and Shop....and Raise Money for Scrapbook Royalty!!

Have you heard of GoodSearch? Or GoodShop?

Both of these sites help charities raise money for operating costs, events, services, and more. And guess what? Scrapbook Royalty is now regsitered with BOTH!!

Here is how it works:

1. Go to GoodSearch or GoodShop.
2. In the box where it says "Who Do You Good Search for" (in the middle of the page) enter "Scrapbook Royalty".
3. Now start searching! Just use GoodSearch to search the web as you usually would and each time you search, Scrapbook Royalty earns money. GoodSearch is connected to Yahoo so you will get the same links as you would if you were just searching using Yahoo, except that now you're helping chairty!
4. You only have to enter "Scrapbook Royalty" once and GoodSearch will save it for you so that everytime you search you are helping Scrapbook Royalty.
   

GoodShop works the same way. Just enter the charity and then select the store at which you'd like to shop. Each online store donates a different percentage of your sale to Scrapbook Royalty - and GoodShop lists them all so you know exactly how much you are helping.

So what exactly are we raising money for anyways?

Scrapbook Royalty has to have a place to store all of the great decorating supplies, prizes, sponsors' donations of products, furniture and display pieces, and more that we use to make our fundraising events fabulous. We have it all in a safe storage building but this building is costing us $1884 a year to rent!

We have 1700+ people on our newsletter emailing list. If just 500 of them joined GoodSearch and did one search a day for a few months (just doing your usual searching) we'd have enough money to pay for the storage building for the year!



So go to GoodSearch and GoodShop now to get started! And thank you for your support.

Arietta * "Valley of the Dolls" Raffle to Benefit Autism Speaks

Valley of the Dolls graciously donated one of their exquisite dolls to Scrapbook Royalty to benefit Autism Speaks!

Meet Arietta:






You may purchase raffle tickets to win Arietta (retail value $100) via Paypal. Tickets are $5 each of 5 tickets for $20. Simply send click the button below to purchase tickets online. Or you may mail a check to:

Arietta Raffle

c/o Scrapbook Royalty

PO Box 910665

San Diego, CA 92191

And as always, 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Autism Speaks.

Make A Wish Come True...

Coldstone Creamery is putting on the 7th annual worlds' largest ice cream social to benefit the Make A Wish Foundation. For more info, check out their website.

Rachel's Raffle for Autism Speaks

Rachel H. has gone above and beyond to raise money for Autism Speaks!! She is doing a little raffle of her own using items she got donated from local San Diego area businesses. Scrapbook Royalty is all about raising money for Autism Speaks so please email Rachel if you would like to buy a ticket rhovenden@cox.net

Here's what's up for raffle! There will be three drawings for each level of ticket ($5 or $20 level) so that means SIX WINNERS IN ALL!! And you'll be helping charity.

$20.00 raffle	$5.00 raffle
Grand Prize: 1 night stay at the Grand Pacific Palisades Resort, and (2) tickets to Sea Life Aquarium at Legoland CA Resort	1st Prize: $25.00 gift card to Capizolli’s Italian restaurant.
1st Prize: Deluxe car wash with external detail and hand wax. Bubble Bath Car Wash near 78 frwy and I-5	2nd Prize: 6 Belmont Park tickets (good for one ride) $24.00 value
2nd Prize: Two winners will receive a (4) pack of tickets to the Ice-O-Plex iceskating rink in Escondido (includes entry and skates)	3rd Prize: 2 Ice-O-Plex tickets (includes entry and skates)

Auction for A Place to Bark

The "Blythe and Friends" book, pictured above, contains 25 hand-made, front and back, 4" x 4" original mixed media art pages as well as handmade front and back covers, from artists in nine states and three countries.

Created by the Arte du Blythe group on Yahoo, which was founded by
Shoshanah Jennings of Hannah Grey Curiosities & Drygoods
(www.hannahgrey.com) and Heather Simpson-Bluhm of Bluhm Studios
(http://www.bluhmstudios.com), both based in California. The book was
hosted by Gina Smith, group administrator, in Indiana. It features work
by well-known and published artists such as Vicky Breslin, Debbie Metti,
Angela Hoffman, Chelise Stroud-Hery (founder of ZNE), Shelly Mundel,
Maija Lepore, Heather Simpson-Bluhm, and Shoshanah Jennings. Artists
from the United States, Canada, and Israel sent submissions.

The book is a paper arts lover's dream or is perfect for a lover of Blythe, animals, dolls and/or good deeds.

A Place to Bark and Meow is mixed media artist Bernie Berlin's no-kill animal rescue in Tennessee. Bernie Berlin's blog is http://aplacetobark.blogspot.com. As she herself says, "I run a full-time dog rescue, taking in the dogs that have been abandoned, abused or police confiscated. I foster, retrain, transport & adopt. Cats are also welcome at my rescue. I am drawn to the unwanted, unloved and misunderstood. I am hoping to educate and effect change for the animals that do not have a voice of their own."

A Place to Bark and Meow was one of the five top national finalists in last year's Parade magazine charity profile/fund-raiser. To date 2,453 people have donated $44,527 to AP2B, but the needs are constant as Bernie travels to other states to rescue abandoned, abused and injured animals, rehabilitating them (often with costly veterinary bills and medicines) and then placing them in loving homes.

Bernie currently specializes in Faberge-style eggs and is the author of the popular Artist Trading Card Workshop. She will send a special surprise to be enclosed with the 'fat book' for the winner.




Auction ends October 15th so bid now!! Simply leave a comment in the comments section of our Auction Blog. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to A Place to Bark.

We love the Bind It All!!

And we recently got a mention on the Bind-It-All blog, thanks to our good pal Nan Paturzo of Zutter. Check it out HERE. Thanks Nan!

It's Official!!!

We are officially designated as a 501c3 charitable non profit corporation by the IRS!! Woohoo!! It's taken 2 long years and alot of patience for everything to become finalized but now that we are a 501c3 nonprofit, a whole new world of opportunities has been opened up to us.

ALSO, we have surpassed raising $100,000 for various nonprofits!! WOW!!

Thank you to everyone who has made this possible and we look forward to your continuing support and in your sharing this success with us!! THANK YOU!

Cards for Troops Campaign **updated 9-18-08**

This year we are once again collecting cards for our Cards for Troops Campaign!! Last year we collected over 1500 handmade greeting cards from around the country and sent them to www.bluestarmothers.com, an organization that makes sure these cards reach actual soldiers serving overseas. The soldiers then use these cards to write home to family and friends during the holidays.

This year we are doing it again and we need your help! Gunnery Sergeant Remi Rodriguez of the United States Marine Corps is working with us to get these cards distributed to the hard working men and women overseas defending our country.We are sending the cards directly to the troops ourselves so that gives us a bit more time to get them made and sent over. A simple handmade card, blank inside, will do just perfectly. Here are some photos of the cards we collected during our Card Drive in 2007 -- WOW!!


Here are some tips for getting a few cards made for the soldiers:

• Create a few extra cards as you make your own--for example, for every 3 cards you make for yourself, make one card to donate.
• Use your scraps from last year's Christmas layouts and cards (cuz I know you're still saving them) to create a few cards. This way you can also take part in some guilt free shopping afterwards when you buy this year's hottest holiday papers.
• Go buy that new paper and just have fun creating some cards for the soldiers with it.
  
• Ask your friends to help. If you're having a crop or go to one at a store, ask everyone to take 5 minutes to create one card.
  
• Have the kids help. Scout troops and elementary school classes love doing these kinds of activities. Set up the supplies assembly line style and get everyone to pitch in. Last year several groups of children made cards for the troops.
  
• Buy a kit--some stores and consultants sell card kits--just buy one and assemble all the cards and send them to us for the troops.
• Take a class. Ask the instructor if you can buy extra cards or kits to make the assembly easy.
• If you are a consultant hold a card-making party! Have your guests make one card for themselves and one for the troops as part of your demonstration.

Do not forget to include the envelopes!!!
Consider buying the envelopes first so you can make sure your cards will fit.

We must receive the cards by November 1, 2008 in order to have time to forward them to the troops overseas.

Once you've created your cards, send them (with matching envelopes) directly to:

Scrapbook Royalty
Cards for Troops
PO Box 910665
San Diego, CA 92191

We'll then photograph all of the cards and post them to our blog.

First Annual ConvenZioNE - A Success!

Our Founder, Elena Etcheverry, attended ConvenZioNE, the first annual convention presented by ZNE. She recently accepted a volunteer position with them as the "We Care Coodrinator".

Elena conducted two silent auctions during the weekend long event and raised...

$1222 for the Pink Sky Project and A Place to Bark!!

Elena also did work to help two other charities during the weekend, Mano Amica Program and Ties That Bind.

Committee member Birgitte and friend Hisaho were there to help during the weekend as well as some of SBR's Favorite Friends, such as Diva Danielle, Vicky from Cut It Up, and Jackie B of The Art In You (there are too many friends to name but Elena has them all on her blog!).

To read more about Elena's trip to ConvenZioNE, please visit her blog.

Congratulations to the Black, White And Scrap All Over Album Contest Winners!!!

Without further ado, congratulations to:

#14 by Danielle Pasciuto
was chosen as the winner by A Page In Time
AND as the winner by Now & Then Scrapbooks

#10 by Jeannie Durbin
was chosen as the winner by Auntie Amy's

#1 by Elizabeth Capizano
was chosen as the winner by The Loft Scrapbooks

#15 by Nancy Brzezniak
was chosen as the winner by It's About Time...Scrapbooks & More

Each store awarded a $50 gift certificate for the winning entry. Call up the store to collect your gift certificates ladies because it is time to go shopping!!!!!! Wooohoo! You can view their fabulous creations here:

Congratulations again and thanks so much for participating in the event and the album decorating contest. We loved seeing all of the entires and the creative ways in which everyone made the albums "theirs". All of the contest entries are in a slideshow on the lower left side of our blog. The event was such a success, we are already planning the next one!!

Help Auntie Amy's Collect Food!

Auntie Amy's Rubberstamping and Scrapbooking store in Riverside, CA is collecting food for a local church. They are offering a goody to you if you donate too! Please consider helping them to pass a little mercy around Riverside. They are collecting the following items:

*Bottled water, single juices

*Granola, chips, jerky, etc.

ANYTHING that is SINGLE serving that won't melt - no chocolate :)

*Halloween single serving candy that won't melt
*Single serving fruits, SOCKS,anything!

Bring the items to their retail store location to donate them and to get your goody.

Retail Store Location:

3739 6th Street

Riverside, CA 92501

Going to the Desert...

Next month we will be at Desert Scrappers Retreats in Palm Desert, CA!! We will be conducting TWO raffles at their September 20th retreat!! Laura, the owner of Desert Scrappers, is always generous and helps us to raise money for the causes we are supporting during the months of her retreats -- thank you so much Laura!! In the past she has helped the Cancer Coping Center, 4 R Kids' Sake, and more!!

At this retreat, we will be raising funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation which we will donate as lump sum during Survivor Crop. I'll be there teaching classes in the afternoon, of which I donate 10% of the proceeds to SBR. After my classes I will come around to the crop tables (and probably the happy hour area!) and do a "Fairy Fly-by". What is that? Well, it is a really fun scrappy goodie just for you plus a cute Scrapbook Royalty button, designed by the fabulous Stephanie Ackerman!! Then you'll be able to buy raffle tickets for two different baskets filled to the brim with yummy Lil' Davis Chipboard, Making Memories ribbons, and other fun, fun scrappy goodies.

This crop is sold out but you can still stop by to say hello. I will be there from 330pm into the night. Check out the Desert Scrappers website for more info on the location. See you there!!

Elena is off to ConvenZioNE!

Scrapbook Royalty founder Elena is off to Pleasanton, CA to attend ConvenZioNE!! She'll be helping raise money and awareness for two different charities during the 3 day event. We'll miss you Elena!! Take lots of pics and have fun creating!


To find out more about what Elena's and Scrapbook Royalty's role with ZNE is all about, click HERE.

Come See Us At the "Head to Toe Women's Expo" - Nov 7-9, 2008

Stop by and visit Scrapbook Royalty at the "Head to Toe" Women's Expo at the Del Mar Fair Grounds November 7-9, 2008. It will be the ultimate day out for women!!

We will be doing a make and take for a donation too--since it is so close to the holidays it will be fun and festive so don't miss out! Tickets to the expo are $8 each and can be purchased at the door. Kids 12 and under are free.

We will also be giving away tickets to the expo between now and November. Make sure you are signed up to receive our email newsletter because that is the only way to find out about the free tickets. See you there!

Meet Cornice and Raphia * Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls has graciously donated a pair of their exquisitely crafted dolls to Scrapbook Royalty to benefit Autism Speaks!

Meet Cornice & Raphia:

Cornice & Raphia (retail value $300) are available via auction on our Auction Blog. Bidding begins at $100 and all proceeds will be donated to Autism Speaks. Please visit our Auction Blog to bid.