Set-Up - Check out the Action Through Photos!!

Here is an inside look at Scrapbook USA Expo pre-show!

I arrived at around 8:00 am and things were SO quite, almost creepy. The Expo Center is so weird before everyone gets there!!

I got my car unloaded and it wasn't long before the vendors started arriving! So fun to re-connect with old friends and meet new friends face to face for the first time!

I could have spent ALOT of time browsing, but too much to do, so I took a few quick photos on my way out! Enjoy your first photo peek at Scrapbook USA Expo Fall 2011!! Looking forward to seeing all of you this weekend!!

Kami from Scrap Orchard with Me

The Fancy Pants Crew had already left when I stopped by

The "Crew" from Moxxie

Unity Stamps offering a Great Deal on Stamps

The Gals from My Scrapbook Zone have enough energy to share!

The Adornit booth was still in the early stages when I went by but it was shaping up REALLY nice by the time I left.

Laurel and the Gang from We R

Wendy spent the afternoon decorating the VIP "Queen for a Day" area. She has done such a great job, by Friday morning it will be fit for the "Queens" that we are waiting for!

Vendor Check-in went smooth and almost everyone had arrived by about 4:00. Now, for the real fun ~~ putting all the booths together and organizing all the product. By 9:00 am tomorrow this show will be ready to ROCK Sandy, Utah!

Scrap Orchard Says "Hello Salt Lake City!"

Only ONE day left before the Scrapbook USA Expo! The Scrap Orchard girls are buzzing with excitement and can’t wait to meet everyone in their booth in the digi lounge. There will be make and takes (both digi and hybrid) and laughs galore! Be sure to pop in and say, “hello.”

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The Scrap Orchard girls have also picked their favorite digital scrapbooking topics and packed them into five amazing classes. These classes are the perfect way to jump-start your adventure into scrapping the digital way! Already a digi girl? These classes can help you learn new skills and get your holiday gift making started!

The Scrap Orchard girls will teach you how to make inexpensive, handmade gifts for your loved ones in “Gorgeous Gifts: Digi Style” with Scrap Orchard. You will learn how to make a project once and print as many copies as you need! What a time saver. Register for this class here.

Many digital scrappers crave templates. The Scrap Orchard girls serve them up in their “Topsy Turvy Templates” class. Learn how to flip 'em, flop 'em, twist 'em, and turn 'em. Save money and grow your scrapping skills as you learn how to modify and re-purpose templates for a variety of layouts. You’ll even walk away with an e-book and set of four templates! Register for this class here.

If you’re already a digi girl, maybe you want a few more tricks up your sleeve. Learning more about your program can take your pages to a whole new level. Join The Scrap Orchard girls in their class, “Expanding Your Digital Toolbox”, and wow yourself with new techniques. Register for this class here.

Got your feet wet in digital, but don’t know how to make your own pages from scratch? You’ll be a pro in no time with The Scrap Orchard girls’ class, “Digi From Scratch.” This class builds on the basics from the “Quick Start PhotoShop” class below, so if you’re brand spankin’ new to digi, be sure to sign-up for both classes! Register for “Digi From Scratch” here.

So you’re brand new to digi or perhaps just digi-curious, The Scrap Orchard girls have the perfect class for you. “Quick Start PhotoShop” will help you build your skills as you create a page using a pre-designed quick page. Then you’ll create a page using a template. By the end of class, you’ll have two amazing pages completed! What are you waiting for? Register for this class here.

See you at the Expo!

Sneak Peek at Early Bags!

I am so excited for our Early Bird Bags this year! So many great companies are contributing this time around!! Here is the first peek at some of the product that will be included in this weekend's Early Bird Bags!

THANKS SO MUCH to the generous contributions of:

StoryTeller's Club

O'Scrap

S.E.I.

Basic Grey

Die Cuts With A View

Tale Spring

Tickets to Early Bird include: Early show entrance at 9:00 am and a goodie bag from our sponsors. Great opportunity to add 1 hour to your day and be the first to get a table for cropping and the first shoppers to browse the show.

Tickets are $20.00 (there are no discounts). You can purchase online or at the show!!

See you bright and early Friday and Saturday!! We are SO excited!

Show Off Your Pages & WIN at Scrapbook USA Expo

If you are anything like me, you are home packing up your adhesive, scissors, photos and other supplies for a fun and productive weekend! Right??

Well, don't forget to bring your BEST Layouts to the show THIS weekend and we will have fantastic prizes in store for you!!

Layout contests will be ongoing all day Friday and Saturday. Bring your layouts to the center stage and we will display them for all to see.

Now, for the IMPORTANT DETAILS! our layout contests will be based on 2 themes:

CLASSIC FUN CENTER

PROVO CRAFT PRODUCTS

Only layouts showing fun times at Classic Fun Center OR layouts utilizing any product from Provo Craft will be accepted!!

Prizes will include YEAR LONG FAMILY PASSES AT CLASSIC FUN CENTER and FANTASTIC PRODUCTS FROM PROVO CRAFT! Prizes will be awarded throughout the day on both Friday and Saturday so leave your layouts on display as long as you are at the show and you may WIN!

Thanks so much to our title sponsor Provo Craft and our wristband Classic Fun Center for sponsoring these great opportunities!!

Also, remember to save your wristband from our fall show and take it to Classic Fun Center for the next 30 days for free admission!

Make-N-Takes at the Show

Make sure to visit all the booths at the show because many of them will have some educational and inspiring make-n-takes in their booths. Make-n-Takes range from easy and free to having a small charge and being more in depth.

One of the more in depth make-n-takes will be sponsored by The Treasure Box in booth #401 Stop by and put together this darling Apple Mini Album with the talented Jill Studebaker on hand to assist and mingle. The cost for this album is $7 and includes everything you need to sit down right in their booth and get this darling 6X6 mini album completed. You will leave with a 20 page album perfect for journaling and holding your personal photos.

Some of our Digi Lounge vendors will also have make-n-takes on hand in their booths. Check-out Scrap Orchard, these ladies are ready to share the ease of Digital with us this weekend!

Only 4 more days!! See you all real soon!!

Jump Start your Creative Juices!

I just finished watching Basic Grey on Fox 13 this morning! They shared their cute calendar kits, cutting mat and other new products! We are so excited to have them as a Bronze Sponsor at the show. Look for their product in Saturday's Early Bird Bags.

We have more TV segments scheduled beginning tomorrow through the day of the show. Check out the schedule below then set your DVR's and start your creative juices flowing as you get some fun glimpses of what these great companies have in store for you at this year's show!

Friday September 2nd
My Scrapbook Zone
Fox 13, between 8:30-9:00 am

Friday September 2nd
Tale Spring
Channel 5, Studio 5, 11:00-12:00

Tuesday September 6th
Lance Anderson from Shiny Nickels (formerly from Rusty Pickle)
Fox 13, between 8:30-9:00 am

Tuesday September 6th
Provo Craft
Channel 5, Studio 5, 11:00-12:00

Tuesday September 6th
O'Scrap
Channel 2, Fresh Living, 1:00-2:00

Wednesday September 7th
Die Cuts With A View
Fox 13, between 8:30-9:00 am

Thursday September 8th
StoryTeller's Club
Fox 13, between 8:30-9:00 am

Friday September 9th:
Fox 13 and Budh will be at the show from 6-9 am and later in the morning between 11:00-12:00
KUTV, Channel 2 and Casey will be at the show from 6 am until 7:45 am
KBUL radio will broadcast live from the show Friday morning from 7-10 am

WOOT, WOOT! See you all next week!

Welcome our New Vendors for Fall 2011

I have got to say, this Fall show has been a really fun show to put together!! We get to work with the best companies and the most amazing people behind those companies!! It is a fantastic opportunity to be working with the talented and creative people that make the BEST crafting and scrapping products on the merket! Not to mention we get to shop all these great companies all under one roof!

To make things even more exciting, along with our favorite vendors that we look forward to seeing each show, we have the BEST LINE-UP EVER of new vendors coming to our show for the first time!! Please leave a comment and help me welcome these amazing companies to our show!! (Plus I need to do a giveaway)

Crop Chocolate

Online one-deal-at-a-time Scrapbook Site. Their booth will have products from

Echo Park, Making Memories (Slice), Tim Holtz, Ranger, Bo Bunny and More!

Deals From Wisconsin, LLC

Known as "The Craft Deal" online, you will find the lowest price on Fiskars items at their booth.

Framed Legacy

Have your priceless heirloom photographs scanned and with today's technology and professional graphic design, Framed Legacy will turn it into a beautiful art piece, framed in burnished, hand rubbed, solid hardwood.

Lemon Grove Goods

Specializing in "How To" instruction classes and "Home Paper Parties". They provide instruction and create products that foster new ideas and techniques.

Moxxie

Manufacturer of high quality scrapbooking papers, stickers and rub-ons. Moxxie focuses on innovative designs to meet all your scrapbooking needs.

RicRacRollers

Home of the "Big Daddy Ribbon Caddy"! There is nothing like this. This caddy holds over 275 spools of ribbon on 10 spring loaded rods. Products from RicRacRollers will change your life!

Perfect Paper Crafting

Perfect layer rulers take no measuring. The rulers are designed with a patented "catch lip" that simply bumps up along the pciture and the ruler hooks onto the edge of the image giving precise measurements that you want. A must when creating borders, frames or layering.

Purple Cow Inc

Purple Cows brings innovative tools to adventurous crafters. Trimmers, laminators and CraftGeek creative tools.

Red Letter Days

Scrapbook style DIY party invitations in a variety of themes for birthdays and holidays. All invitations have an interactive concept for kids to play with, a photo thank you card, and lessons on good manners.

Scrap Orchard

High quality digital scrapbookng products, friendly community, fun challenges and events. There's something for everyone!

Shiny Nickels

Beautifully printed memories at a price you'll love.

Scrapbook printing. Done right. Done fast. Done "Wow"

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrators Sheryl & Kristy

Visit Sheryl & Kristy in the Digi Lounge and see why their love of digital crafting is becoming so contagious! My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up! was designed to accommodate users with all levels of ability and experience!

Scrapbook Steals

At ScrapbookSteals.com you'll find 2 hot scrapbooking products every day at up to 80% off. Scrapbook Steals is the place where crafters of all levels get hooked up with the latest scrapbook steal at an unbelievable price.

Stinkin Cute Paper Piecing

Paper piecing patterns in many cut files for electronic cutters and "pring and cuts. For the expo, their fun and cute designs will be ready to go as page kits.

Tale Spring

Online multimedia scrapbooking. Create online, share online, or download to enjoy on your home computer or on your iPad or iPhone.

The Rubber Cafe

Serving quality, stylish rubber stamps and other fabulous embellishments to serve all your scrapbooking and crafting needs.

The Square Shoppe

Fancy Pants Frames ~ Vintage shaped Frames

Thirty One Gifts

Stylish personalized products to keep you organized at home and on the go!

Unity Stamp Company

Beautiful line of unique and trendy stamps. Over 200,000 fun images!

In addition we are happy to welcome back My Scrapbook Zone, Pazzles, Eyelet Outlet, Paper Wizard, Making Memories and Total Class Creative who all missed our last show!

You can view the complete list of vendors that are scheduled to be at the Fall show by visiting our website's vendor page.