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U p c o m i n g We have assembled a resource list of scrapbooking conventions and expos. Many of these events offer wonderful vendor booths in which you can purchase a wide variety of scrapbooking products. Many of them also offer great classes, crops and make and take booths. Links are provided so that you can check out the fun near you. Events for December 2004: 17 Bazzill Hasta La Vista, Baby Contest 17 CK July One Sketch, Many Looks 20: International Scrapbook Meetup Day 31 PK Memories of a Lifetime Contest 31 Spellbinders Wizard Contest
Events for January 2005: 1 PK Water Fun, Summer, July 4th, Father's Day 14 CK August One Sketch, Many Looks 14 SS World's Most Powerful Photo Contest 15 ScrapBash - Mobile, AL 15 MM Kids 15 SS Inspirations 31 CK McCormick Holiday Recipe ---------------- M O N D A Y Y E T? Join us every Monday for a new scrapbooking challenge that is sure to stir your creativity! Whether it be using strips of paper, incorporating a definition, making cards or simply using up some of your stash, The Shaker Box will definitely offer ways for you to be challenged! Don't forget to post your work in the gallery. We would love to see them!
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Look for these companies to make a hot entrance to your favorite store soon. Also, don't forget to check next month's newsletter for more great reviews!
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S p o t l i g h t ! Featuring Shaker Member : SANDRA MATHIS !
Sandra Mathis began scrapbooking six years ago when she was given her “first real up-to-date scrapbooking supplies" as a Christmas gift from her daughter. This started what she refers to as “her addiction”. Her husband, on the other hand, calls it her “collection”. Sandy has always been crafty, and as a child was always coloring, collecting things and making scrapbooks with the old photo corners and crayons. As she matured, she learned a few more crafts. She enjoyed sewing, counted-cross-stitch, knitting and even oil painting. She loves scrapbooking for several reasons. “First, it is a way to pass on memories of day-to-day activities and traditions (new and old) to my grandchildren. Secondly, I love playing with all the new and exciting products that are constantly becoming available”. She also adds, “I have learned so much these past 6 years and would love to go back and redo the first albums, but my family loves seeing how my techniques have changed”. Sandy calls herself a simple scrapper. “I really seem to favor clean layouts with some embellishments, but not lumpy. I do try all the new techniques, but have found a few that I use all the time.” These include paper tearing, chalking, combining different elements, adding ribbon or fiber and she has just started using Tim Holtz Distress Inks! “I have just gotten into making cards and have added that to my crafting, trying to make a card each time I make a layout. I am really into all the sketches here at The Shaker Box, and love BH Sketch books. I also love Simple Scrapbook and Simply Sentiments magazines to get inspiration and ideas”. Married for almost 41 years to a wonderful man, Sandy has 3 grown children and 6 grandchildren, “..which is pretty obvious, if you’ve seen my layouts”, she states. She lives just outside a small Texas town (pop. 1054) on 30 acres. She and her husband share their space with 7 Texas Longhorn Cattle, 4 very spoiled dogs and “enough wildlife to keep us entertained for hours”. She and her husband are retired, she from being a SAHM and he from a 30 year career with IBM, and are truly busier now than before retirement. Sandy is not on any design teams yet, but hopes to be on one someday. Being published is not a top priority for her, although she does submit some layouts and cards. She very excited, however, about being asked by AutoFx Software to use one of her layouts in a new software being developed for scrappers. The software is due out after the beginning of 2005. Sandy also had this to say about The Shaker Box: “I can’t seem to get enough of The Shaker Box since finding it in mid-August. I feel I have made some new friends and have been challenged on many fronts to think outside the box and to use more of my stash. Everyone here is so friendly, helpful and encouraging, that it is sometimes hard to stay away and get something done.” Thank you Sandy for becoming a special member of The Shaker Box! Please visit Sandy's gallery today to truly be inspired.
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Looking for unique fibers and accents? Once upon a Scribble has a wonderful selection of fibers that you will just have to buy. Ever tried to find keyholes, coins or stamps, well Once Upon a Scribble has all of those! They carry burlap for those of you who just love texture, and they have it 15 colors. If you are like me and love to have poems and quotes on a layout, but hate trying to make up your own or spend an hour on looking up the perfect qu
ote, then Once Upon a Scribble has just the things for you! Find the perfect thing to say with a Poetry sticker, a Petite Poetry sticker or a Memory Echo. To finish off that perfect layout add some of their Scrapmetal. 
atest and greatest in the paper section. I need to add their paper to my collection! Here are some themes you're sure to want: His Christmas Wish, Girls Wear Pink, Stripes, Dots and Snowmobiles, and Leaves at Breakfast There are even cardstock stickers to match the gorgeous papers! If you are a paper addict, these are a must have! 
They have done it again! Me and My Big Ideas has come out with more Soft Spoken labels, and they are the best! They have new stickers, very vintage, and monogram rub-ons for every letter in the alphabet. You will love the new letters and sayings rub-ons. For those of you who have drooled over their threads, just wait till you see their Jumbo Threads, a must for every scrapper! They have also come out with 2 new books of paper, pastels and primaries. Great sets of paper, very versatile! 
Looking for unique accents and tags? Go West Studios has tags in metal, acrylic and wood. They make them in every season, holiday and just about any theme you need! Some of the themes include teen, love, emotions, religion, people and americana. They not only carry tags, they have frames too, and these things are too cute! If you are into the stencil look, check out their Silhouette frames. Would you like handcut titles, but without the work? Go West has laser-cut titles and you can select from quite a few themes and fonts! 
