The Ultimate Scrapbook Kit by Maple Lane

Just another pink supply case? Think again. This one-time-only special kit from Maple Lane includes everything you need to crop: a pink Cutterpede Paper Trimmer, Cutter Bee scissors, 2-way glue, pens, Herma adhesive, staples, punches, and more! Valued at $100 in supplies, Carolina Memories is promoting the kit for only 79.99; a great gift for yourself, or an up-and-coming cropper!

Colorbox Metallic Stamp Inks

Carolina Memories proudly presents Colorbox' new metallic ink pads in gold, silver, copper, and bronze. By themselves or just as an extra touch to a holiday card, these new colors create all the glimmer and glisten you need to make your project a special one!

Chatterbox Holiday Line

New and oh-so-sweet: Chatterbox' holiday paper and embellishments! The new line by Chatterbox contains some of the best papers for the holidays because the company maintained their classic simplicity in their patterns, meaning you can use their paper and embellishments for any project you're working on, without worrying about being able to coordinate colors or patterns. Come on by Carolina Memories and check out all Chatterbox has to offer you for the holiday season!

Fancy Pants

Two new lines by Fancy Pants have hit the floor: Clair de Lune and Mulberry Rd. Fancy Pants' new products incorporate a variety of color schemes in their new holiday and romance themes, and the product is fantastic. Both lines boast intricate papers with coordinating rub-ons, ribbons and flowers, each with extremely rich detail and color. We love them, so we know you will, too.

Kraft Line by Making Memories

Just in at Carolina Memories, the new Kraft paper and stickers line by Making Memories has the staff talking! Delicate, ornate patterns meet kraft paper, monograms and tags in this unique line by Making Memories. Give it a try---we're sure you won't be disappointed in the results.

Basic Grey

They've done it again. Basic Grey's Christmas lines, Dasher and Fruitcake, are the epitome of classy, beautiful and fun---and yes, we are discussing holiday papers and embellishments. However, if you want to catch this wave, you'd better get over to Carolina Memories, because Basic Grey's products are going fast!

Deja View

Do you want your scrapbook pages to reflect how much you love your pet? Deja View wants to help with their new pet rub-ons! The colorful rub-ons are now carried at Carolina Memories, as well as Deja View's other themes.

Disney Rides Featuring Mickey Mouse

Carolina Memories now carries EK's new Disney ride embellishments starring Mickey Mouse! From pirate to cowboy, Mickey's charm will help you create timeless Disney pages that really capture your memories and heart.

Penny Black Holiday Stamps

If you are looking for the perfect stamp for your holiday cards, then look no further. Penny Black's line of holiday stamps are too adorable to resist, and add genuine cheer to any holiday card you may create. Find these stamps and great card-making ideas at Carolina Memories!

Calling All Elvis Fans

EK Success has recently come out with Elvis street-sign titles, mini record albums and more! You'll find these classic embellishments at Carolina Memories, so you don't have to sing the blues anymore.

My Mind's Eye Bohemia Transfer Titles

New! My Mind's Eye has expanded their Bohemia line with these adorable rub-on transfer titles, and we've got them all at Carolina Memories. The line includes monthly titles which can be used with the hot new calendar trend as well. We also have the new Magnolia line by My Mind's Eye; the bright and funky colors can completely jazz up any scrapbook page, from the fuzzy flowers and snazzy titles to fun papers and picture frames!

Calendar Creations

The new 'Calendar Creations' line by Karen Foster is in at Carolina Memories, keeping you up-to-date on the new trends! Perfect for creating your holiday presents or just for fun, the line includes blank calendars, fun monthly papers and monthly rub-ons.

Happy Birthday Sally!

Sally Swanson and friends had a ball celebrating Sally's 13th birthday at Carolina Memories. The young women created "All About Me" albums as a fun way of documenting their youthful memories. Sally got to be "Craft Queen" for the day!

Ghouls Night Out at Carolina Memories

The ghouls were out on Halloween at Carolina Memories and customers got to pick a "trick" or "treat" out of a grab bag with freebies, discounts and more. We had both a black cat and the Cheshire Cat come to visit, as well as Wednesday Adams and a Hippy Love Child. Not pictured: The Glue Queen (AKA Christina in an evening dress with glue jewelry...)

Recent Arrivals... Part One...

Here's a glance at some of our recent arrivals... I'll post more later today or tomorrow!

Cosmo Cricket – The gorgeous new line features vintage-inspired, double-sided papers in heavyweight cardstock. We love that they have also done things to help you get your projects done QUICKLY. They have created pages with strips of multiple papers to create borders, lines, and titles. They also have pages with ready-made journaling blocks. Just journal, cut out the block, and paste it on your page. Really easy as well as beautiful! They also have adorable chipboard embellishments, stickers, and rub-ons. We expect lots of great things from Cosmo Cricket in the future, so we’ve given them a new display in our store.

Imaginisce – This company has made things for Bazzill for years, and now they have released their own new, hot scrapbook line. We have a selection of Imaginisce papers, but what really impressed us was their cool embellishments. We really love the new ribbon sliders, metal disks and jewel brads, and the oversized poinsettia flower embellishments they have created.

New Albums from Colorbok – Colorbok has added new stitched and patterned albums for fall, as well as some fantastic new pet albums. By and large, these are the best pet albums that we have ever een. And because they’re made by Colorbok, we know that we can count on the quality.

Holidays from KI Memories – The new Christmas and winter lines by KI Memories are flying out the door! In addition to the awesome “Color Lab” embellishment kits, the papers are a lot of fun. KI Memories has also added new papers that have strips of all their designs on them. You can cut out the strips to create borders, titles, journaling blocks, and add elements to your design. It’s very easy to add some pizzazz and get your pages done quickly.

New Books! – Recent arrivals include “Imperfect Lives,” a guide to scrapbooking about real life stuff, some of which isn’t cute or pretty. We also have three sketchbooks, the new “Distressables” book by Tim Holtz, and “The Artful Card.”


Vintage Ephemera – The letters packs by Crafty Secrets, which are inspired by vintage ephemera, are back in stock. They are perfect for heritage scrapbooks, as well as altered art.


McGill Punches – We will be expanding our punches offerings to include new punches by McGill and other companies. These are just the first of new offerings.

Ranger Paint Dabbers – We have them in all 36 colors! These cute little tubes of acrylic paint are SO EASY to use. You can “ink” stamps with them, apply paint to blank chipboard, and create all kinds of other artistic effects on paper – and all without mess or the need of a brush. These are just a few techniques you can do with these dabbers:

1 – streaked the edges of a paper with a dabber after painting and stamping the paper with other colors of the new ranger paint

2 – took a black piece of mat board and embossed a design on it with clear embossing powder. Then painted over the surface with a cream dabber and wiped excess paint off to create a “shabby chic” look.

3 – applied to the new Ranger Crackle medium

4 – plaid stripes on paper

5 – dots and dabs on paper

Chatterbox – We have all the new Chatterbox embellishments and a few more, such as the new ribbon packs, are on the way. Chatterbox has outdone itself with its new rub-ons, stickers and chipboard. Please come check them out.

American Crafts – We now carry American Crafts ribbon by the yard. These double-sided fibers are awesome for scrapbooking and cardmaking! They are very soft and have really fun patterns. We will also be adding new American Crafts pens, eyelets, brads and buttons.

LuminArte – We have all the new Twinkling H20’s colors!

The Report From Memory Trends

Memory Trends, the fall tradeshow where companies release their new products for the next several months, was a lot of fun. We played a little bit, but mainly, we spent several late nights writing orders. (Check out these pictures of our late night “booty call.” That’s Robin, better known as “BZ,” our assistant manager, and me, Christina, the owner of Carolina Memories, wearing my signature tradeshow slippers.)

We saw a lot of cool trends, and we just wanted to share them with you:

Black and white – Almost every designer seems to have a new black and white line and we are already getting some of these into the store, such as one beautiful new line from Creative Imaginations. Some designers were using their black and white lines, with red mixed in, for Christmas this year. It had a lot of “pop.”

Vintage, distressed and subdued – The vast majority of new papers seem to be taking a cue from lines like Signature Suite by My Mind’s Eye and Basic Grey. We love these lines and new ones such as Cosmo Cricket because the subdued colors and textures allow the photos on a scrapbook page to really stand out. We’ll also be receiving the new “Magnolia” line by My Minds Eye.

The “digital look” – Digital designers have influenced traditional scrapbooking by overlaying text and designs across photos on their digital pages. There are new generations of rub-ons coming out from companies such as Daisy D’s which have large titles and flourishes and are meant to be overlaid across an enlarged photo.

Clear stamps – It seems like every company is now doing their own version of clear, acrylic stamps with alphabets, doodles, flourishes and more. You can expect to see us bringing in a lot of these new lines! They are especially easy to use for scrapbooking because you can stamp a title on a page and see exactly where you are placing it.

Florals – The floral craze continues, although many stores are upset with Prima’s inability to ship them products in a timely manner. We ordered some of Prima’s new products (and will hope they get here eventually). Also, many new lines are adding paper and fabric floral embellishments, so we’ll have these coming into the store as well.

Chipboard – The use of chipboard to create slightly raised designs on pages is continuing. Since you can paint, glitter, or cover chipboard with paper, it is a very versatile embellishment. We saw chipboard becoming fancier and cheaper, and ordered several new product lines for the store.

Pets – Scrapbooking pets continues to be a popular trend. Many companies have responded with new scrapbooks and products for pets. We ordered many of them.

The 2007 Holiday Gift Guide

The holiday season is upon us! But we’re ready for it with lots of cool suggestions for gifts for the paper crafter in your family (or for yourself). Here are a few ideas:

Crafting Essentials under $10

Xyron Create-a-Sticker 150 - $9
The best tool to apply adhesive to die cut letters and ribbon

Therm-o-web Vellum Adhesive - $7
New! And the best vellum adhesive we have ever found!

Perfect Printing Pouch - $6
Tap on and this powder eliminates smudging when you are printing on vellum and slick surfaces.

Fancy Pants Chipboard or Rub-ons - $5-$6
The best chipboard and rub-ons we’ve seen anyone do this year. A great value!

Fabulous Gifts for $11-$35

New Books - $19-$30
Imperfect Lives, My Creative Companion Vol. 2, The Artful Card, Collage Discovery Vol. 2, and more! Idea books are always a great gift.

Tag-a-long garbage bag holder and mug - $26
Attaches to your crop area to hold your drink and trash scraps

KI Memories Color Labs and matching Sashes ribbon - $21
Fun packaging and original embellishments (like candy-cane striped paper clips) which match KI’s seasonal fall and winter papers

Paper packs by Cosmo Cricket or Basic Grey - $16-$18
Give the gift of six two-page layouts with these paper packs, which also include coordinating embellishments by our favorite designers.

Autumn Leaves clear stamps - $15
These doodles, alphabets and journaling stamps are perfect for scrapbooking. We will have all the new ones in stock soon, too.

Frippery jewelry making kits - $15
Everything you need to make bracelets, earrings and pendants – and you can include photos in the charms if you like.

CutterBee Curvy Cutters - $18
This new cutting system for circles, ovals and rounded squares is easy to use with a glass mat to cut shapes from your photos and paper. Come in and ask us for a demonstration!

Tote-ally cool! - $30
When mixed media artist Carol Owen comes to teach, this is the bag she carries with her to hold all of her tools at arm’s reach.

Crop-a-Dile - $27
The best new tool for setting eyelets and snaps, and also for punching holes in just about any material, including chipboard and metal.

Designing with 2007 - $25
This is an idea book that takes you through all of 2007 with creative craft ideas for everyday. It is the ultimate crafter’s desk calendar.

Deluxe Gifts for Crafters

The Cricut - $249.99 (everyday sale price)
We are running specials on Cricut die-cut machine throughout the holiday season. Please call us before you buy from one of our “big box” competitors because you think you’ll get a better price. The Cricut is THE BEST new tool to come out on the market for cutting out letters, titles and shapes. We will have all of the new alphabet cartridges very soon, too.

Other products on order…

We have quite a lot of other stuff on order right now and it should all be arriving in November.

Among these other items are the:
New paper ribbons by Doodlebug
New Christmas embellishments box by Doodlebug
New ribbon packs by Chatterbox
Chatterbox gift baskets
Memory Mixer digital scrapbooking software by Lasting Impressions (So much easier to use than Photoshop Elements, you won’t believe it!)
New Calendar Creations products by Karen Foster
All of these would make AWESOME gifts. If you are interested, call us and we’ll put you on the lists of customers to call when they arrive.

Our crop room has a new look!

We just wanted to let you know that our crop room has a new look! We have turned the tables to face each other so that it is easier to socialize during crops. Come check it out at a future crop. There is lots more room now.

We will have limited crops during the holiday season. They will be held on Nov. 3 and 17, and Dec. 1, 15, and 29.

Crops last from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., and include dinner and demos of any new tools that have recently arrived in the store. Our Cricut machine is also available for all your die-cut needs, as well as dozens of other tools in our Memory Center. Croppers also receive 10% off on any purchases of supplies that night.

Nov.-Dec. is the last snail-mail newsletter!

As our mailing list as grown to more than 4,100 customers, it has become unwieldy to print and mail the newsletter every two months. That’s why we’ll be changing to an e-mail newsletter in January.

In order to continue to receive notices of classes and news from our shop, we need to make sure that we have your correct e-mail address.

If you have never received an online newsletter from us, please give us a call at 919-493-8800 or send us an e-mail at carolina_memories@yahoo.com to make sure we have your correct e-mail address.

In addition to sending out our e-newsletter, we’ll post a printable copy of our newsletter on our website every two months, and paper copies of the newsletter will continue to be available at the shop.

Thanks for your help as we make this change!

And a note from Christina…

I just wanted to add a note to Ellie’s goodbye to say that I think she did an awesome job and she will be very much missed. We’re looking forward to having her come back to teach in the new year and still be involved in the store in other ways.

The first year has definitely been rough on us all, although at the same time, it has been very rewarding to create a store that has become a home away from home for many of our customers. We are looking hard right now at all aspects of our business, and trying to figure out ways to boost our sales in our second year, so that we can continue to be here for a third year.

Your support is essential for us to be able to continue to be here. If I didn’t truly believe in the self-nurturing and healing aspects of scrapbooking and paper crafts, I know that I could never work as I hard as I am working to build this new business. I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of our customers and encourage you to tell as many people about us as you can.

Thanks again and see you soon,
Christina Headrick, owner

Ellie leaves us as Manager…

Hi!

I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to Christina, the staff and customers of Carolina Memories for the amazing experience I have had over the past 1 1/2 years with the company. It has been a joy to get to know you, help you with your projects, teach you and learn from you. The adventure is one that I will always cherish.

Unfortunately, the decision had to be made for the health of the business to dissolve the position of Manager and thusly, I am no longer with the company.

While it came as a bit of a surprise to me, I understand and want the business to thrive. For those of you who know me, you will understand that I trust the wisdom of the Universe in this and know that it is a grand opportunity to create something new and valuable in my life.

I will be returning as a teacher and to lead workshops for the staff. I so hope to see you in upcoming classes. I will be applying to be part of the Design Team.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank all of you for your friendship and support. I will miss you and will think of you fondly.

If you wish to contact me, you can at ljacquescapon@yahoo.com. Please continue to support Carolina Memories. It is a fabulous store and I hope to see you there shopping (because you know that I will be!)

Lots of love,
Ellie Jacques-Capon