Graphic 45 Helps Us Release Our Inner Domestic Goddess

You may not be the perfect housekeeper, chef or seamstress, but that shouldn't stop you from picking up the retro papers from Graphic 45's new Domestic Goddess collection. The 10 new double-sided printed papers and die cut tag sheet showcase a lot of June Cleaver types going about their duties. The 1950's are alive again on these wonderful, colorful papers.

Use them to make some humorous cards for your girlfriends, joking about who's got the best cooking...or take out skills. Use them in your heritage album...make a page with those photos of mom or grandma cooking or sewing. Or use them like I plan to...make something for mom to use in her sewing room. I'm thinking of using them to cover one of those multi-drawer wooden boxes from IKEA. (I'm sure you've got one in your craft room right now.) Don't hold me to it, but if I can get it done before Christmas, I promise to share it with you. I think it would make an awesome gift for not much money!

'Tis the Season to Get the New Graphic 45 Christmas Collection

Make Graphic 45's new Christmas Past collection part of your Christmas present this year! We love the 7 double-sided printed papers and the die cut tag sheet that are part of this collection. They bring back memories (or mom's or grandma's memories) of how Christmas used to be. So much magic and celebration, a time when we hand wrote personal notes in each card sent out before handwriting the addresses on the envelopes and choosing a favorite Christmas stamp to match.

Use these beautiful papers to scrap your Christmases past or present. Or use them to create one-of-a-kind cards to send to your family and friends this holiday season. Remember to bring your creations by the store to share with the Whimzee's Girls. Let us know if it's ok to photograph them & use them on the blog. We'd love to put together a slideshow of holiday creations to inspire all of us!

Photography - A BIG Part of Scrapbooking

Recently I completed the digital photography class at the store. Although the class is focused mostly on SLR cameras (the big ones with interchangeable lenses), I learned tons of cool things about my little point & shoot. So if you're looking for some hands on instruction for your camera, call to sign up for our next class. The next session begins Saturday, October 3rd. The session includes 4 two-hour classes and a small album to keep your assignments in. All this in a class taught by our favorite photography diva, Marlene Fuller, who represents Canon, for only $20. Call the store, (503) 259-9130, to reserve your spot. Class sizes are limited, so call soon!

If you're a scrapbooker who reads our blog, but isn't in the Portland area, or just can't make it to our next class, we've got something for you too. I've been cruising around the internet looking for photography tips for scrapbookers. And I've found some great posts & sites where I think everyone can find some useful information.

So check out this list & get more from your photography right now!

KT the Scrapbook Lady's 5 Part Photography Series
Click at the top or bottom for the next post in the series. KT shares photos & tips using each of her cameras.

Tracey Clark's Tips on Photographing Birthdays from Ali Edwards's blog

Kodak's Tips for Scrapbook Photography

Tons of photography ideas from Jill @ A Matter of Memories

How to Take Better Photos from scrapbookscrapbook.com

Photography Tips from wescrap.com

Check out these sites & let us know if you have any favorite photography ideas & tips. We'd love to hear from you, feel free to share other scrapbooking photography sites you've found with the group!

If these tips or our great layout ideas have inspired you, call to sign up for tonight's crop, (503) 259-9130, I'll be working & can't wait to see what you're working on!

See you in the store!

We have a Winner!

Sorry we're a bit late in announcing the winner of the Follower/Commenter contest from our Store Newsletter.

Congratulations to Anh!

Anh is the winner of $25 worth of Scrapbooking Supplies. Just stop by the store Anh, to pick up your prize!

We'll be having more contests in the future, so be sure to sign up as a Follower to get in on them!

Coming Soon...New Collections from Reminisce

We've got all sorts of new releases from Reminisce arriving in the store in a few weeks. Check out these cool collections and get your photos together! We'll let you know they're here in the next newsletter after arrive. If you can't wait...sign up to find out about our latest arrivals on Twitter. Just sign up to follow @JulieChats & Julie will tweet about all our latest arrivals!

For now, let these great collections inspire you to get scrapbooking! If that's not enough, check out Reminisce's Blog!

Summer Inspiration Part 2

Here I am again, up WAY too late cruising the internet getting all inspired to create some new scrapbook layouts! I can't be the only one to cash in on all these great ideas, just waiting to be "scrap-lifted"! Check out some of these cool online idea galleries & blogs...

Creativity Inc.'s Idea Gallery Check out the beautiful layouts featuring Autumn Leaves Acrylic Stamps

Today's Creative Blog Sharing all things creative...

Bo Bunny's Latest Post, an 8 x 8 Birthday Book

Paper Source's Blog Featuring all manner of papercrafting ideas.

Craft Critique's Blog Check it out for the latest on everything in the crafting world, they've got cool photos & videos from the latest CHA convention.

I've found most of these blogs & galleries through twitter & my blog. I can't believe the huge amount of inspiration that's out there when I go looking! I share as much as I can on twitter, so if that's your thing, sign up to follow me @JulieChats. I'm trying to tweet more about what's going on at Whimzee's too. And don't forget to check out my blog JulieChats to find a new layout every week in my Layout of the Week column.

That's all the "Creative-ness" I've got to share right now! See you here next week! New Whimzee's Scrapbook Studio newsletter out next Tuesday, look for it in your inbox or use the brown button on the left to subscribe!