R U on Twitter?

Scrapbook Royalty (SBR) now has an account on twitter.com

Started Jun 10, 2009, as of this post, SBR has over 1000 followers!

On twitter, SBR will connect with a larger audience by following and communicating with crafters, craft businesses and CHARITIES all over the world!

If you know of any twitter account(s) like that, do let us know! I'll check back to see your comments over time and I'll report on the SBR twitter status as time goes on.

We have already received a commitment of auction items at CHA (click to learn more!) from Kathy Cano-Murillo a.k.a. @CraftyChica and Marni Gold a.k.a. @CardboxDiva offered to volunteer some time to SBR.

And RETWEETS! Several of the SBR posts have achieved the coveted 'RT' or retweet.

If I post something really interesting to the SBR followers, they are likely to copy it, hit 'reply' then add the RT at the beginning of the post and post it to THEIR followers.

This increases the exposure SBR will enjoy and more good things may happen for the organization.

With about 6 weeks of starting our twitter work, SBR has been quite successful with spreading the word, gaining many followers who didn't know about Scrapbook Royalty before and specific offers of help and handmade items. All in all, I'd say it's been a great 6 weeks and I expect many more to come.

If you would like to follow SBR on twitter, click on the link: http://twitter.com/ScrpbookRoyalty while you are logged into twitter and you will see a "Follow" button under the SBR icon.

Click on that and you will start receiving the updates, retweets and conversations we're engaged in for the SBR account on twitter!

Until Next Time!

Pam Hoffman

Silent Auction for Angel Faces.

Thank you Quick Quotes...

Another amazing event this weekend. Elena, Sheila, Liz, Chris, Anita and Eva were at the Quick Quote Private Reseve in Anaheim. This was one of those events that really make you feel good. The Quick Quotes event is always amazing in itself but Patsy from Quick Quotes and her peeps are always so wonderful and generous and giving when it comes to SBR and supporting us. Now that is all "amazing" in itself but the real amazing part is that one of the Angel Faces Retreat attendees came and shared her story with us. Karla was a doll and her family was there to support her. She told us about how the retreat had changed her and give her self confidence to face the world. She was born with a facial defect and her father recounted how after the camp, she was a completely different person. Its charities like Angel Faces that are out there making a difference in the world and reaching real people. Its charities like Angel Faces that we are honored to support!

Karla's wonderful supportive family. They could not say enough about Angel Faces!

Karla was courageous and lifted all of our spirits when she spoke.

Two new scrapbookers! Karla's whole family was invited to sit and do a make and take and Quick Quotes generously gave them a whole bag of scrapbooking supplies to get them started!

The event attendees donated 30 auction items. Susan L. brought a longeberger basket filled with great goodies including a $100 Starbucks gift card...so we raffled that off and it raised over $500!!!

Faye is our winner! Lucky Girl!

With the rest of the items we were able to raise about $1300.

Paper Chase...

They do something really fun at their events called a Paper Chase. You get a pack of paper that is all the same and you have to run from person to person and trade 2 sheets each so that you end up with different paper which you get to keep. The first person to trade all their paper wins!

Here is Eva chasing that paper!

Here is the winner. she got $25 to spend on their wonderful products

Tran with one of our aprons on! How cute is she??!?

If you want to see more photos from the event or if you want to download any of these photos you can log into our winkflash account. If you have any photos to share, we would love you to upload them into the folder as well!

login: scrapbookroyalty

password: sharing

The photos are in the folder titled:

090718 Quick Quotes Private Reserve.

~posted by Elena~

Announcing the BW Crafts Raffle Winners!!

As promised, we're announcing the winners of each store's raffle right here, right now!!

Ever After
127542 blue ticket

Sewing Machines Plus
434113- green ticket

Gee Gee's Stamps N Things
394308 - yellow ticket

Jazi Crafts
037136- orange ticket

Stampfully
6622863 red ticket

Pink
126620- pink ticket

Plus, these are the 2 winners for a $15 gift card each for California Coffee House:

Jackie Kenny

Kat Baker

Congrats to all the winners!!!!

Did your number NOT get picked? Save your ticket for the next 30 days!!! If these prizes are not claimed we will draw new winners so hang on to your ticket for a possible second chance to win.

And better than that,
the event raised $3889 for SBR!!!!

I am working hard on uploading all the Black, White, and Crafts All Over Contest entries to a slide show right now - it will appear at the top of the blog until the winners are announced. If you do not see your entry in the slide show by tomorrow AM, please email me at jennifer@scrapbookroyalty.org. If you did not get your entry in yet, hurry up! You have until midnight PST TONIGHT!!!!

xoxo - Jennifer Priest

Please take a moment for Ovarian Cancer Research!!

If you have not heard about this amazing raffle we are hosting, please take a moment to visit their blog.

right now they need help to spread the word and have a big opportunity to do this...

(from the Ties That Bind Blog)

Help us make a difference. We have a chance to get our ovarian cancer charity project on the cover of a northern CA magazine.All we need is votes. Our project benefits the
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

Only one vote per email is allowed, please use any emails you have. A confirmation email will be sent immediately to the emails you use...you must confirmthe vote from each email address.Please vote #1 for the teal/blue doll from photo called Fight Ovarian Cancer and vote your choice for #2 and #3.
Click HERE to Vote

Please forward this to anyone you think
will take the time to vote....it takes less
than 30 seconds to vote. The winning
photo will get the cover/story on the
autumn issue...the project
could use that attention!
Deadline July 23rd!
Please help us also by buying your
raffle tickets or donating
HERE

Thank you so much for your generous support!

Butterfly Project - Hosted by Craft Critique

I've heard of the Butterfly Project before - a totally worthy cause! Craft Critique is collecting handmade butterflies to send to the Butterfly Project. I'm just sharing this here with all of you charity minded papercrafters because maybe while you're waiting for a plane, sitting by the pool, riding in the car, or just watching TV you can throw some scraps together to create a butterfly to send. Here's all the info, pasted from Craft Critique's blog:

We are on vacation here at Craft Critique, celebrating our American Independence. Rather than being stagnant this week, we thought we'd give something back, and reach out to our readers, asking you to take time over this summer to do something special for someone else.

There are so many deserving causes out there... it was difficult for us to select one. Then on July 10th, our cause came to light, when a gunman walked into the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington , D.C. and opened fire.

Crimes of hate are devastating. I believe that the Holocaust Memorials around the globe serve as sacred places where we are reminded of humanity's darkest times so we can be sure actions of hate, ignorance and apathy are never again perpetrated against a group of people.

More than 1,500,000 innocent children were murdered during the Holocaust. In an effort to remember them, the Holocaust Museum of Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2012, for all to remember.

Craft Critique would like to send a box of butterflies as one large gift to the museum. We encourage you to share this project with your friends, families, students and children... and to take some time out of your busy summer to make one or more butterflies for the museum.

Please Note:

• Butterflies should be no larger than 8 inches by 10 inches.
• Butterflies may be of any medium the artist chooses, but two-dimensional submissions are preferred.
• Glitter should not be used.
• Food products (cereal, macaroni, candy, marshmallows or other perishables) also should not be used..
• Place your butterfly in a Ziplock Bag with your name and address.
  

Mail your Butterflies no later than September 15th, 2009 to:

Craft Critique
Attn: Butterfly Project
649 N. Spring Street
Elgin, IL 60120

You can read more about the Butterfly Project and access teaching tools HERE.

And this week we will be bringing some simple and beautiful butterfly crafts to help inspire you.

Thank you for participating and have a wonderful Independence day!


The Butterfly

The last, the very last,
So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow.
Perhaps if the sun’s tears would sing against a white stone....
Such, such a yellow Is carried lightly ’way up high.

It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world good-bye.
For seven weeks I’ve lived in here,
Penned up inside this ghetto.
But I have found what I love here.

The dandelions call to me
And the white chestnut branches in the court.
Only I never saw another butterfly.
That butterfly was the last one.
Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto.

Pavel Friedman, June 4, 1942
Born in Prague on January 7, 1921.
Deported to the Terezin Concentration Camp on April 26, 1942.
Died in Aushchwitz on September 29, 1944.

Did you know...Craft Super Show 411 and discount!

WIN A $120 PRIZE PACK FROM CLOUD 9

PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO YOUR FRIENDS AND BE ENTERED INTO A RAFFLE TO WIN A $120 PRIZE PACK FROM CLOUD 9!! JUST CC INFO@SCRAPBOOKROYALTY.COM ON YOUR EMAIL OR POST A LINK TO YOUR BLOG POST IN A COMMENT HERE by July 13, 2009.

CHA is usually for retailers and wholesalers only. It is a trade show and not open to the general public... but this year they are hosting a Craft Super Show for everyone to enjoy!

If you are any where near Orlando, Florida or can be there July 31 or August 1st, this is something you do not want to miss!

here is the website:

http://www.craftsupershow.com/eweb/StartPage.aspx

Tickets are $10 for one day and $14 for both.

There is a coupon code super08 that you can use to get $5 off. This is a very fun thing to do this summer and super affordable!

And Scrapbook Royalty is hosting the World's Largest Crop Attempt! Friday July 31st from 5-11pm. We will be giving away amazing goody bags, there will be fabulous make and takes and a raffle to raise money for the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.
The cost of the crop is $30 and you will definitely be getting more than $30 worth of goodies! If you are flying in and dont want to bring your cropping stuff, there will be plenty to do and it is still worth it to come!

Be a part of Scrapbooking History!!!
Guinness will be there to verfiy our total and hopefully we will make it a World Record!

Hope to see you there!

--Elena

Thanking Volunteers

Paper Source contacted SBR Founder, Elena about doing a VIP private party for SBR volunteers. What a perfect way to thank them for their support and hard work!

What a group! All amazing ladies with huge hearts!

They went all out with some yummy sweets, some fun demos and shopping!
Afterwards, some of the girls went to Buca Di Beppo for a yummy fun dinner
Thanks to all the wonderful people who volunteer for SBR. We can't do it without your generous selfless support!

and thanks to Paper Source for throwing us this party! The group voted Elena Queen for a Day and she won a brand new heat gun. They also donated a card class for 4 people so be on the look out for that in one of our next auctions!
Here are some fav pics...

you have to click on this picture to read what is says on Jennifer's new coin purse! I love love love it!!!

Learning is fun!
happy people!
Look over here!
two dedicated volunteers that are amazing! Fiskateers that support SBR!

Posted by Elena Etcheverry

Feeding Our Communities

This past weekend Fiskateers and Scrapbook Royalty collected non-perishable food items for those in need at various locations across Southern California. Here are some of their stories:

From Cheryl Waters, Lead Fiskateer, at the Orange County Rescue Mission:

Wow . . . what a fantastic and impacting day Saturday was as we collected food for the hungry during our Fiskateer food drive. I spent most of the day at the Orange County Rescue Mission in Tustin. It was a day of watching the local fiskateer community make a difference in their community. I was so excited to see fiskateers and their generosity! It was fantastic.

First came Tanya and her family. Her two boys are darling and so wonderful to know she is setting an example for them. Tanya and her family made it a family event and that was awesome to see. Then Cori arrived about the same time as well as Michelle and her son. Cori even brought items that were packaged in orange. It was awesome to see the fiskateers show up in orange and the OC Rescue Mission residents started to recognize the fiskateers as the day progressed . . . those in orange. It was neat that fiskateers had an opportunity to meet each other. Here is a photo we took together.

Michelle decorated this beautiful bag! What talent and you could really tell she created it with love. I loved the message it shared! It really warmed the residents/students hearts and it was displayed throughout the whole day. As the day concluded one of the gals asked if she could keep it and take it to her room as it really encouraged her. They emptied the contents of the bag, separated the food and she was the proud owner of this beautiful created bag by fiskateer #915. It was neat to see how the folks there were touched.

I was so encouraged as I heard testimonies of how the OC Rescue Mission was providing opportunities and hope for those involved. I didn’t take photos of those working/staying on campus as I wanted to respect their privacy. Some of them have recently lost their homes and belongings and are struggling financially because of the recent economical situation. Others have struggled for years with different issues but all seemed to really find hope at this place. I was so blessed working along side these individuals for the day. We all have seasons where we need to receive and other seasons where we can give. I enjoyed learning a lot about the mission and the great work that is going on there. There is a lot of opportunity at the Mission. I must say as well, they sure are organized.

Others that gave included Susan, Laurie R. and her girls at the crop in the city of Orange, Anita, and others. It was a successful day and a great way to conclude our Fiskateer food drive.

I am looking into the possibility of teaching a class there at the OC Rescue Mission as a lot of the ladies seem very interested. I’m excited about the opportunity.

Remember too that the mission is open during the week for drop off. So although we are concluding our Fiskateer Food Drive there are still opportunities to give.

Elena, Maxine and others were in their own corner of the world collecting and greeting fiskateers. You are a generous and giving community! Thank you for being you. You are making a great difference! Keep up the wonderful work.

From Jennifer Priest, collecting for Victor Valley Christian Church Food Bank:

We also collected canned food for Victor Valley Christian Church's Food Bank as part of the Fiskateers' and Scrapbook Royalty's "Feed Our Communities" Food Drive this past weekend. I helped collect 180 items of food over the last two weeks!! WOOHOO!! I just had Xaver and Katie count them. Check out this pile in my front room:


I am taking it all to the food bank later this week ;) I am sure they need it and this will help alot of hungry families. Thank you to everyone for your generosity.

Announcing ... Scrap Pink 2009!!

The First Annual

Cupcakes for A Cure
ScrapPink Crop 2009

Sept 26, 2009
9am-9pm

Victor Valley Christian Church, Hesperia, CA

Join us for a fun-filled day of cropping, fundraising, and sharing for a worthy cause; the fight against breast cancer. The Divine Desert Divas will be your hostesses for this cupcake themed Scrapbook Royalty event.

Included in your $50 registration fee:

· 3+ feet of cropping space	Goodie Bag for Each Person
Lunch & Dinner	Drinks & Snacks all day
Bring the most donations to be crowed Queen of Philanthropy!	$10 of each fee is being donated to ScrapPink for the Susan G Komen Foundation
Tea Time & Queen of Sweets - bring a dessert to be served at tea time. The favorite dessert will earn the title Queen of Sweets!	15% off your purchase at
Raffles to raise money for the cause	Free hand massages by Arbonne reps Erica & Trisha mustang.myarbonne.com

• And more to be announced!

Early Sign Up Bonus:

Save $10 by June 30!

Receive an extra, larger, more goodie filled goodie bag if you sign up & pay by June 30, 2009. Plus you'll save $10 off the price of the crop!

Registration fee is $50 after July 1.

Registration is NOW OPEN!!

Just go to Scrapbook Royalty's Registration webpage, fill out the form, and choose
"Cupcakes for a Cure [9-26-09]"
from the list of events.
Make sure your payment is in by June 30 in order
to take advantage of the discounted crop rate and larger goodie bag!

Want to get the latest updates about this event? Contact the Divine Desert Divas at divinedesertdivas@gmail.com.

Scrapbook Royalty is also working on several other events benefiting the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the fight against breast cancer that we'll be announcing in the next few weeks. Thank you for your support of this worthy cause!

Ties That Bind - A Very Special Art Doll Raffle

The Ties That Bind Art Doll


This amazing doll is a collection of handmade men's ties and charms each uniquely created by individual artists and then put together by Jan Brown to make this almost life size doll. We are selling raffle tickets for $5 each or 6 tickets for $20. This handmade doll is priceless, with charms donated by over 100 artist such as Tim Holtz, Michael deMeng, Joanna Pierotti, Ruth Rae, Leighanna Light, Mary Beth Shaw and Sally Jean just to name a few.

Tim Holtz recently posted about the doll on his blog HERE!

For more information and to view more pictures please visit: ttp://www.scrapbookroyalty.com/tiesthatbind.html

100% of the money raised for this auction will benefit Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

To enter the raffle check out the listing on our Auctions & Raffles Blog. Thank you in advance for your support!

One Box Returns, Another One Is Sent

Imagine how sad it was for Elena to check Scrapbook Royalty's mail only to find that some of the Father's Day cards that many of us handcrafted for the troops had been returned! It was too late to send them to another set of soldiers overseas so we figured we'd just have to wait until next year to send them.


A few days later Elena received an email from Lenora Weigand, a mother wanting to send her son and other fathers serving overseas Father's Day cards from their children and families here. Woohoo! Elena sent Lenora the cards, which the families in her son's unit sent to their fathers overseas. Here is a note from Lenora:

Elena -

Just wanted to send you a separate note and say thank you again. Your kindness and love of our servicemen and women (my Son) touches my heart and I thank you. . . I volunteer at the USO and hope to deploy to Afghanistan soon with the USO. Knowing that there are individuals out there such as yourself who love their country and support our Troops tangibly is priceless! KNOW that what you are doing does touch lives! I have attached a photo of my son for you. Again, many many thanks!


What we all do through Scrapbook Royalty really does touch lives. It is so fortunate that we were still able to use these cards for those who are serving our country. Thanks so much for supporting SBR and the causes we help--without you we would not be a success and could not make the impacts we are making. Thank you!

Post by:
Jennifer Priest

Feed Our Community

It's a food drive to feed the hungry. Scrapbook Royalty has teamed up with the Fiskateers to "feed our community". So from now until June 13th, Scrapbook Royalty is going to be collecting and posing a challenge to you to "feed our community."

We would love your support on this! It would be great if you would collect cans in your store, in your neighborhood, or from your family and friends.

See below for current food drive collection locations:

Now Until June 13, 2009 -- CHINO, CA

Fiskateer Teri and her friends at the Chino Scrapbook Company have arranged for a drop off spot for the fiskateer food drive. You can drop off your canned and non-perishable food items for the Fiskateer Food Drive to:

Chino Scrapbook Company

4479 Riverside Drive

Chino, CA 91710

909-547-2008

http://www.chinoscrapbookcompany.com/

The Chino Scrapbook Company owner has generously offered 10% off one item for every 2 non-perishables that you bring in. Don’t forget too that you can bring diapers and wipes as well as baby formula. Items greatly needed. You can drop your items off during business hours any time now until June 13th.

Thanks Teri and the Chino Scrapbook Company for all your efforts!

June 12-13, 2009 -- VICTORVILLE, CA

Join Fiskateer Jennifer Priest and the Divine Desert Divas at a Stampin’ and Scrappin’ Yard Sale in Victorville, CA on June 12 and 13. Jennifer will be there with Fairy Fly Bys for everyone who donates canned & nonperishable food items during the yard sale. Contact Jennifer Priest for more details at Jennifer@scrapbookroyalty.org

Interested in selling? Donate 10 cans of food in order to sell. Contact Maria Getz at getzstampin@aol.com for directions and seller info. For more info visit: http://divinedesertdivas.blogspot.com/2009/06/stampin-and-scrappin-yard-sale.html
Donating food to Victor Valley Christian Church Food Bank.

June 13, 2009 – SAN DIEGO, CA

Join Elena and friends as you help as a Fiskateer community to feed those in need. Elena will be at the San Diego Food Bank on Saturday, June 13th from 10 a.m. to 12 with fairy fly bys and a welcoming smile. Donate canned goods, non-perishable items, and much needed baby supplies such as new diapers and wipes. The San Diego Food Bank is located at 9850 Distribution Avenue in San Diego. The number . . . 858.527.1419

Thanks Elena and friends for being there and thank you Fiskateers for your caring heart!

June 13, 2009 -- TUSTIN, CA

Join Lead Fiskateer Cheryl Waters at the Orange County Rescue Mission to make a great impact on our community by gathering food and donating it to those in need. Local fiskateers . . . Cheryl challenges you to come on over and visit her at the O.C. Rescue Mission in Tustin (One Hope Drive - formerly the USMC Helicopter base) on Saturday, June 13th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring non-perishable food items, canned goods, dried pasta as well as much needed diaper wipes and unopened diapers. See more details on the blog post below:

http://www.fiskateers.com/blog/2009/04/13/an-opportunity-to-feed-our-community/

Cheryl will have a goodie for each fiskateer that brings items for the food drive. What a wonderful way to show how fiskateers can make a great difference in feeding the hungry.

Cheryl would love to see you there and greet you with a smile and a hug. Fiskateers are making a difference all over the world! This is another way we can make a dent in hunger!

June 13, 2009 – BARBOURSVILLE, WV

Maxine Hodges will be collecting and gathering food for the Fiskateer Food Drive on June 13th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at:

The Scrapbook Page

6007 Route 60 East, Suite 202

Barboursville, WV 25504

601-733-9414

After gathering the food she will donate it to the Huntington Area Food Bank. So won’t you consider joining Maxine in helping to make an impact and giving to our community!

Nexcare GIVE

Nexcare GIVE

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A Little Sweetness for the American Diabetes Association + Free Bandaids!

Like many SBR volunteers, my life and family have been touched by illness. Naturally, I love to see my charitable efforts help those organizations that fight against and support sufferers of that illness. Many members of my family suffer from Diabetes, Type I and Type II. Ask anyone with the disease, it is not an easy one to manage or live with. And as you age, the problems progress no matter how well you care for yourself.


Every year I help many causes through Scrapbook Royalty and though they are all noble, they are not all ones that affect or touch me personally. So this year I took the opportunity during National Scrapbook Day to help raise money for the American Diabetes Association Southern California office.

I taught a Prima Certified Make N Take, the "My Peeps" mini book, at 5 different National Scrapbook Day Crops at the Red Bee, Collective Journey, Scrappers' Cafe, Scrappin' In The Hills, and The Scrappin' Table (twice at the Table!). I donated 100% of the proceeds to Scrapbook Royalty to send to the American Diabetes Association. Then I did two raffles at Desert Scrappers Retreats this past weekend to also benefit the American Diabetes Association--a couple of SBR volunteers, Kari and Sonia, helped run the raffle.

We raised just under $200 for the American Diabetes Association. Not a ton of money but hey, every little bit helps! So thank you to everyone who took the make n take and bought raffle tickets. Everything we give, no matter how large or small, is a gift from the heart and I truly appreciate your support for this cause over the last month.

Thanks so much!

Also, I wanted to tell you about the NEXCARE GIVE program from Nexcare, a 3M company. June 14 is World Blood Donor Day and in honor of that, Nexcare is offering to send blood donors free bandaids printed with the word "Give". I'll post it about it a little bit--give blood and get a little something in return. It isn't much to give really, just a little bit of your time to go donate.

And thanks again for your generosity!

Black White and Craft All Over

120 goody bags being delivered by SBR Founder, Elena Etcheverry

Goody Bags Delivered-CHECK
Sample pages done- CHECKProvocraft Tools Delivered- CHECK
WE ARE READY TO BEGIN!
Black White and Craft All Over starts Monday and is going to be so awesome!

If you can't come to San Diego during the month of June, you can still support SBR
Just make a $25 donation and we will mail you the goody bag!

You will get a great tote bag from Provo Craft, a fairy fly by and the really cute handmade cup cozy made by SBR volunteers! And most importantly you will be helping a great cause! We will ship your goodies to you and maybe just maybe you will find yourself in San Diego after all!!