Posted to the Yahoo Group

Hi all,
STOREWIDE SALE:
We are putting every single (non sale/discount) item on sale. All
items will be 30% off. Come in and get everything in the store 30%
off. If you wanted to stock up on paper, embellishments or tools, now
is the time. We are making room for the new items to arrive soon.
Sale will end on Thursday Oct 25th.

Thank you to all that came to our Scrap Pink event Saturday. We thank
you for your support and we hope you had a blast! We will be sending
the check to the Susan G Foundation today.

Our upcoming events:

October 27th- all day crop 10am-12am/ 10.00 or free for members.

November 10th- Winter Wonderland Crop 10am-12am/ 40.00 or 35.00 for
members. Be sure to check the website for pictures of the make n take
card and ornament. Food, prizes and treats will be provided. Join us
for our first hired coordinated crop and last BIG crop of the year.

If you are looking to rent some retail space, we have a space
available (beside the diecut center). We have had this space empty
too long and we have decided to let someone use it. If you need a 700
sq ft space, come see us or call 209 836 4011.

Hope to see you soon!
YPM

Hi, been a long time...

since I posted. There has been so much responsibilities on the YPM store front and the YPM manufacturing front. Reiko has been taking care of the store while I have been tending to the manufacturing, shipping, organizing plans for the next show, talking to customers, etc. Have you noticed how organized the store has been? Credit it all the my wonderful staff. It is truly a blessing to have organized people on your team.

Filling, taking and shipping orders has never been so much fun! One thing to do on my list of to do is organize my shipping and receiving area. It has been getting scattered with boxes, tape, products, order forms, message notes, etc. Did you know we have a huge area "somewhere" in, under.... the store where we receive, store, take orders and ship our products? I call it my second home, home away from home or better yet, my safe haven.

I'm understanding the term "stretched thin" more and more. I have felt like this since starting the manufacturing and this is one of the main reasons I have neglected this blog. Family, which includes, but not limited to soccer, school, homework comes first. Manufacturing comes a close second. The time I have left is spread towards everything else, including this blog. Most days my time is totally consumed from morning until I go to bed with the first two mentioned above. But, today I made this blog a to do before I called it a night ( I always make a list of what needs to be done everyday when I wake; I find this keeps me organized and gives me a goal to complete.

For all that has reminded me to blog again, here I am and I'm here to give some serious updates.

First, our Scrap Pink crop (supporting Susan G Komen foundation) is filling up nicely. Remember all of the $20.00 fee goes to the foundation and is 100% tax deductible (ask us for the tax ID # if you need it). Thank you for supporting us, the foundation and everyone struck down by this disease, every penny helps!

We have decided that are going to try to raise more money by selling raffle tickets for some great baskets. We will have the items for display starting Monday for all to see. Buy a ticket for a $1.00 or 6 tickets for $5.00. Put the ticket in the box in front of the basket you want to win. We are donating all items from the store and YPM has given us some great items as well. One item is a PINK PULL-EZ filled with ribbon. The pink one is the only one available at this time, it is a proto-type of the ones to be released next month. If you win, you will be able to be the first to own one. All the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated with the crop fees to the foundation. Please come in and buy your tickets next week.

Our first annual Holiday party is on November 10th from 10am-12am. It is $40.00 with all meals and make n takes included. You do not want to miss this event. It is the first coordinated event and our last event for us for the year. This event is packed with raffles, games and two awesome make n takes. Check the website for details and menu items.

Third, thanks to Shawn, we have in the works our first annual garage sale. Our treasures section has been so popular, we want want to push the idea farther. Save all your unwanted items. We are working out the details and will post about it soon. Be on the lookout for instructions on how to reserve a table soon.

Look for changes to our downstairs cropping area. We have moved one of our registers to the bottom of the stairs. This will make it more convenient to add things to your tab. You no longer have to walk to the middle of the store to add items to your tab.

We have also started our loyality card program. On October 1, we started selling loyality cards for .25. The card has 20 available punches ($200.00 total). Everytime you spend $10.00, you receive a punch. Fill the card and receive 10% off your entire next purchase. Come in to find out more.

Memberships are availble to buy for $100.00 until the end of the year. Come in now for your membership, we will not be selling them again for this price anytime soon.

Finally, we have changed all class prices to $15.00 or less. All classes will be $15.00 or less starting on October 15th. We will supply you a seat and and a project sheet when you pay. The project sheet will have all the supplies needed for the class, it is up to you to buy the supplies or use your existing stash. This gives you a chance to use what you want and tailor the class to your liking.

There are no restrictions on what you use for your project. The supply list will have what you need and the supplies we used (some may want to follow the project to a tee). Look on our calendar for some awesome projects coming up, all for under $15.00

Have you noticed our huge calendar? This calender will have all the upcoming events and dates. Please look on the calendar for any classes or events you may be interested in.

That is all for now. Have a great Friday.

Please join us again

I am Jan Keeling and on October 6, 2007 I am hosting a Charity Crop I call 'Crop for Miracles' along with the support of Tracy WalMart. WalMart is a National Sponsor for Children's Miracle Network and each year we raise money for UC Davis Children's Hospital. Last year we raised $14,000 at the Tracy store alone. Part of this money was raised during the first Crop for Miracles.

Our 2nd annual crop will be on Saturday, October 6, 2007 from 10 am to 12 am. The cost will be $35.00 and will include lunch and dinner. There will be great raffle prizes as well as a fun challenge or two. Gifts a plenty and munchies & water & soda available all day. Call now to reserve your spot & we'll make it better than last year...as always there is only room for 100 croppers.
I hope you will join us for a fun day of scrap booking and helping us to bring a miracle to the infants & children in our area.

Please bring an EXTRA 4 x 6 photo of yourself, family member, pet or a vacation spot or just a fun place you visited. Anything will work. Your picture will be returned.... but altered (that's why I ask for an extra).

Please call 209-836-1117 to sign up.

Remember, your donations are tax deductible.

Come join us

Sorry I have been a bad blogger. I will give updates of all that has happened after Stevie's crop. I wanted to give him full exposure for as long as I could.
Here is what went out to the group:

We want to remind everyone that the crop for Stevie is tomorrow. If you have not heard, three year old Stevie is Laura Fiore's nephew and he is battling Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. If you can not join us for the crop, join us for the silent auctions. You can come by any time and bid for your favorite items. Laura's friends and family have donated some great prizes. All donations are tax deductible.

We hope to see you tomorrow.

Please sign up for Tim's classes if you want to take them. He is only taking 50 per class and 30 for the brayer & embossing (this class is almost full) Call 209 836 1117 to sign up, he will be worth every penny!

Also, we will have another crop in charity crop in October. It is our 2nd crop for a miracle. It will be from 10am-12am and hosted by Walmart and YPM. We ask for a 35.00 tax deductible donation. Please look for more information soon.

We are planning our first Wonderland crop for late November. This will be our first crop with our event coordinator. Come join us for a festive crop in wonderland! We will post a menu and the daily agenda for this event on the website. Full details coming soon.

We have received:
Flair
New EK
Fancy Pants
Pull-EZ ( 2nd anniversary croppers come pick up your bag)
New ribbons
Moxxie
Hambly
Creative Imaginations
New style Die Cuts
Technique Tuesday
Fontwerks
and more..

Thanks to Reiko and staff for keeping the store well stocked and organized.


Hope to see you soon,
YPM

This one's for Stevie.

Laura's cousin Stevie who just turned three was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia six months ago. You know Laura, the person that works at the store that is always so perky and willing to help. Well, she needs our help and it amazes me that this woman going to run a marathon in honor of Stevie. She is not only helping Stevie, but all the people that have been diagnosed with this terrible disease.

I can not imagine one of my children diagnosed with anything. I hate to see anyone endure so much pain, but when it hits so close to home, I feel the need to help the best I can.

Please support us, Laura, Stevie, his family and all the families that have suffered because this terrible disease.

Here is more information:



This one is for Stevie!

Come crop with us on Saturday, September 15, from 10AM till midnight for a very special little boy! Cost is $40.00, will have snacks, drinks, lunch and dinner.

Let me tell you about Stevie. Stevie just turned three years old this week. In February, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. Since then, he has spent weeks on end in the hospital undergoing the first rounds of Chemotherapy, the following months commuting back and forth to the hospital for his weekly treatments, where he greets whatever roommate he may be given with a big hug and a, "Hi Buddy!" He has the biggest blue eyes and loves to sing and play with his four year old brother Kane and his big sisters Megan, Sarah and Tristan. Stevie is beautiful, active, and he is strong! He has had to endure more than any three year old should have to endure in this fight for his life.

Because of him, Stevie's cousin Laura Fiore has committed to run the Nike Marathon in San Francisco on October 21, 2007. She has signed up with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training...an amazing group of people who have been raising funds for research and families with Leukemia since 1998. Her monetary goal is to raise $2,400 and the proceeds of this crop will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, so your cropping $$ are tax deductible this time!

Please go to Laura's blog if you would like to donate there as well.
http://barelyhanginon.blogspot.com/

- YPM will donate 10% of all purchases on September 15th.

Kathy was in line at 3:45am. She won a Tonic Trimmer for her bravery!






The line of scrappers ready to shop!


Waiting to come in!



The mad rush.




Our full crop.














The day started off with over 75 people in line to receive the coveted blue ticket. We passed out gifts, cropped until 2:30am, and gave away prizes. The day went well for us and we hope that you all enjoyed it as much as we did. We planned for this event with you in mind. We ordered t-shirts and bags 2 months in advance, we wanted to do so much more, but some of our ideas never came to fruition because of so many other things happening the same month. CHA finished a week before and we were still unpacking CHA stuff the night before the crop. Busy I tell ya! Thank you to all that sent cards and emails to me and my staff, it meant the world to us.

We are looking forward to our 3rd year crop coming next year and it will be at least a month after CHA. We want to give the crop the special attention that it deserves; we learned a lot from this one and know NOT to do it a week after CHA. Also, being so close to CHA, there was no new products in the store, bummer for many. We learned so much from our customers on how to improve the next big crop and this is why we love our customers! This is some of their suggestions for the next crop and we are taking them.

--All crops with food will have a menu posted ahead of time. This way if you have special dietary needs, we will know in advance.

--Everyone attending a Saturday crop will receive a gift of a picture of themselves or their group while they are cropping. We will give you some paper and embellishments to decorate the page. The group will chose the winner at the end of the crop (you do not have to participate). If you collect 10 pages (10 crops), you will receive a free album. This means the more crops you attend, the more layouts you will accumulate. This will be easy for us since we have our handy dandy picture machine; you will receive the picture the same day. We did this for our first anniversary crop (do you still have the layout?). The concept will now be a permanent contest at our Saturday crops.

--There will be no more tickets handed out, we will figure out another way to give away prizes.

Sounds fun enough? It gets better, we will provide a kit for croppers with all supplies included for a mere $15.00. The kit will be worth at least $20.00. Just something to give back to the loyal customer that continue to support us.


We will be having a Scrap Pink event. I will be posting details about our Scrap Pink event on the next post.

Sale

This went out to the yahoo group:

Hi all,
First, we want to thank everyone that participated in our
anniversary celebration this Saturday. We appreciate your support
and if you would like to give us some feedback regarding this event,
email us your thoughts. We had a great time meeting so many new
people! We will be posting pictures of the event on the blog soon.

--Tim Holtz's samples are in the store and will be posted on the
website as well.

--Our next all day crop is August 18th from 10am-12am.

--Kristina's classes are scheduled for September 8th and she only
wants 30 in each of her classes. If you want to take her classes,
sign up asap.

--Cruise deposits are due September 1st.

Tomorrow all "Memories are made of this" kits in the store will be
12.99 each (kits on the far wall by the front door). All kits made
by Carrie will be 15.99 (kits on the wall of die cutting room).
We have 150 kits available and are on sale through Saturday, August
11th. We have everything from Disney to Travel. Come see the kits
and it will be first come, first serve.

All Quickutz are priced to sell. Come in and receive 50% off the
remaining inventory of the 2x2 dies. All Revolution dies and other
QK items are 40% off through Sunday August 12th. Sillouhette
download cards are 50% off.

Have a great day,
YPM

Taking time out for the little things.

In our busy lives, we sometimes forget the little things.

Besides my family, employees and friends, I have some of the best customers.

We are going to talk about YoungPlay Memories' customers in this blog post.

There are some people that come into your life by accident; in this case, customers, and you immediately connect with them. I have some of those people in my life. I have not forgotten the little things that people have done for me,YoungPlay Memories, and my family. I have gotten some great support, cards, pictures and stories to keep for a lifetime.

I keep everything, I'm going to have a wall of fame one day, the one that has pictures like "Started Here" and now "We Are Here", but that is a different story.

I'm looking at a thank-you card from Debbie and I didn't even tell her thank you. And to the thank-you card that I received from everyone at the Super Spender crop, to those that I didn't thank, THANK YOU! And to meeting some of my good friends as customers and now they come over my house like they are family. And to Betty, she embroidered our YPM t-shirts 2 days before we left for CHA, she also embroidered our aprons. And to all the people emailing me telling me my blog was down. And to Jodi for giving me pictures of me at one of our crops. And to Jan for giving me pictures of our very first class at our old store. And to Lee that sent me a layout she made of me and Barbara. And to all the customers that email me to say thank you. And to all the customers that make YPM what it is today!

I have been told by some that I'm strong, stubborn, genorous, hard working, caring, mean, a bi***, and some of is true, especially the generous and caring part; as the old cliche goes, to get to know me is to love me...

So what is this leading up to?

I care about my customers and I will do my best to make sure I show MY appreciation. Don't think for a moment, I forget anything!

THANK YOU YPM CUSTOMERS FOR TWO GREAT YEARS!

I'm on a roll

I guess not blogging for almost a week makes me what to twist and shout. I have so much I want to say, but this is it for the night.

Cruise: We need a deposit of $100.00 by September 1. We would like a call if you are interested; if you think you MAY want to go, call. We would like to get a round figure of how many may be participating.

Kristina Contes: Kristina is still scheduled to teach on September 8th. Sign up asap, she only has 30 kits per class.

Tim Holtz: Read below. He is only taking 50 students, and his new product the grungeboard was so popular (it won top 10 CK top ten picks along with shhhh..YPM) maybe he will bring some to sample and play with. We will have it in the stores to purchase as well.

Are you ready for another celebrity? She is scheduled for sometime this year (Oct maybe?). We are finalizing details now.

We have been receiving merchandise all this week, come in and see what we have.

Look for another goodie tomorrow.

Tim Holtz's samples are on their way.

This tracking update has been requested by:

Company Name: Ranger - West

Name: Tim Holtz

Yeah!

Come by the store to see them if you are interested in seeing what they look like. Hopefully, they will be here tomorrow :)

Another prize for the goodie bags

Catseye Queue in this color.



Iron ons may vary..


Papers may vary...















Everyone is eligible for a gift. Just be of the first 100 people in line on Saturday. We are not going to tell you what bags these goodies will be in, but all of them will be different (croppers and non-croppers bags).

Our big party is approaching fast!

We are back up thanks to my hubby! The url changed and it went downhill from there. He returned from his trip and guess what I had him do first?

We hope to see you guys Saturday. We are going to have some fabulous make n takes, games and demos for non croppers. We will be giving the first 100 in line a gift with purchase (look below for the gifts)

Everyone that attends the crop will receive some fabulous prizes just for showing up.

If you plan on coming, come early to receive a ticket. Jodi came up with a way to categorize the prizes. Here is how they will be:

Bag A- 50.00 worth of goodies
Bag B- 50.00 worth of goodies, a limited edition YPM T-shirt and one 20.00 make and take'
Bag C- 50.00 worth of goodies, a limited edition YPM T-shirt, two 20.00 make and takes
Bag D- 50.00 worth of goodies, a limited edition YPM T-shirt, one 20.00 make and takes and a raffle ticket for a 150.00 prize.
Bag E- A bag full of goodies well worth 50.00 and a make n take worth 20.00.

We will be giving out tickets to the first 100 people in line (10.00
purchase required)to redeem for a gift bag A. This can be
combined with Gift Bag E if you are cropping. All packages will be different from Gift Bag E.

One per household (no exceptions)In other words, if you are cropping, you can receive a croppers bag and only one other bag from above. If you are not cropping, you will be eligible for only one package

The first 100 people to spend 10.00 will receive:
Gift bag A

The first 100 people to spend 30.00 will receive:
Gift bag B

The first 100 people to spend 50.00 will receive:
Gift Bag C

The first 100 people to spend 75.00 will receive:
Gift Bag D

Croppers will receive:
Gift Bag E

We will have this posted at the register just in case. Sorry to be so confusing, but we wanted everyone to be eligible for a gift bag.

Oh, here is another prize for the goodie bag:

Stamps may vary.

YoungPlay Memories will be filling up.

Because we were at the trade show, we were able to take advantage of being one of the first stores to order:

**all of it means new only

Basic Grey- all of it
KI Memories- all of it
Love Elsie- all of it
Prima Marketing- all the new and some of the old
Rusty Pickle- all the new
Making Memories- all of it
Creative Imaginations- all of it
Karen Foster- all of it
American Crafts- all of it
Doodlebug- all of it
Daisy Ds- all of it
Maya Road- all of it (except some of the ribbon and sheers)
Flair Designs- all of it
K&Co- all of it
EK Success- all of it
May Arts- all of it
Bo Bunny- all of it
Autumn Leaves- all of it
Technique Tuesday- all of it
Robins Nest- all of it
Reminisce- all of it
Fancy Pants- all of it
Queen & Co- all of it
Carolees Creations- most of it
Moxxie- most of it
Anna Giffin- most of it
Melissa Frances- most of it
Paper Adventures- most of it
Die Cuts with A View- all of it
Fontwerks- most of it
We R Memory Keepers- all of it
Daisy Bucket- most of it

Didn't have time to order at the show, but ordered when we came home:
Hambly
Bam Pop
Cherry Art
Mambi

My top ten picks are:

Making Memories- All the new items including the flock paper
Basic Grey
May Arts- All the ribbon
Creative Imaginations- New Christmas, Wizard and Narratives
Die Cuts with a View- Rock Star collection was fantastic!
Your Pictured Memories (of course)- ALL OF IT
Daisy Ds
KI and Elsie- The lace papers were beautiful
Fancy Pants
Queen $ Co- the felt is awesome



Expect to see these lines coming in spurts over the next few months. The store was wiped out last week, but hopefully we will have some of the new stuff before our event next week. Be sure to sign up for the event of the year. Speaking of event, I promised you peeks of goodies that will be in the bags. Here is a peek of one of the prizes:

A Cats eye Queue












In this color















Hope to see you guys there, I will post more goodies later tonight.

Werrrre Back!

Whew! The show was a huge success, but we are glad it is over. We had so much fun flying to the show, setting up the booth, talking with customers and even had fun tearing down the booth. Believe it or not, we tore down the booth in 17 minutes flat.

We started with the worst flight to Chicago. Angelica, Laura and myself left San Jose at 9:00 pm and arrived in Chicago at 8:00 am( we had a layover in Vegas, not good for my pockets). We slept a whopping 3 hours before we landed. We waited 45 minutes for the rent a car bus to get us. One guy was so livid, he started cussing out the workers. They did take off our GPS rental charge in the end for the inconvience. We went to the hotel to eat breakfast, checked in and waited until our packages arrived. We walked to the convention center to set up, this time it was easier because the furniture except the bookcase and end table was rented. I didn't want to hassle with shipping large freight back and forth, so I just took the easy way out. Forgetting the price, the booth furniture actually looked nice. We took a few hours to set up and we figured out we needed a bookcase and end table. We drove to Target and bought what we needed to finish the booth.

We visited two great Scrapbooking stores. An Archivers and Windy City Scrapbooking. Archivers is a very nice, neat store that has the latest and greatest. Laura liked it so much she spent over $70.00. We went to our hotel and I went to bed at 7:00 pm, I was so exhausted.

The next day, we started on the booth and finished it up by 3:00pm.

The show started on Friday and we were ready. We had people coming in out all day. Marcellus arrived from Ireland Friday night, we had dinner while Laura and Angelica went to the SIS and Two Peas parties. Saturday was busy, we had the worst sushi and I think Marcellus got sick from it. Coming from California, we are spoiled. We have the freshest sushi here in San Francisco.

We finished up on Sunday with a bang. People were turning in their orders and we received a lot of orders on this day.

We flew home and here we are getting ready for our next show in February. We are glad it is over, but we are not resting until all the orders are shipped.

This is the Your Pictured Memories story. I will update on what I bought for the store later.

Super Spender-Customer Appreciation

We had a blast yesterday at our Super Spender. We supplied all the materials to make 3 fabulous projects and it turned out great.

The Super Spender day will now be called Customer Appreciation day. This was our first try at it and we had quite a few people, but we want to involve as many people as possible and here's how:

For the next one, we will look at the amount of money spent in a certain period of time, the number of referrals, participation in our events, etc.. We want everyone to try to get involved in our next one. If you don't qualify by spending the minimum amount required, you can qualify in other ways.

We had about 45 participants doing classes and cropping.

We started with Stephanie's Create class, next was Laura's Beach Shadow box class and we ended the classes with Angelica's Cottage Garden Frame. We cropped until midnight. It was a blast, we have some great things planned for the next one, we hope to see you guys there.

Class and participants:










Classes:

Have to give a shout out..

to all my staff that have come through for me in the last month. They always come through, but this last month has been extremely hard on them.

Reiko- Keeping the store on it's Ps& Qs while I have been gone. I can truly say you are my right hand. You are much more to me than my manager. Your knowledge and organizing skills are irreplaceable! Thank you

Rosemary- You have been a tremendous help. I have been hearing you say "Go Nancy, I got it" so much more this past month. Thank you

Irma- Your help around the store and knowledge is invaluable . Thank you

Stephanie & Allison- Opening and closing crops when I needed you. Thank you

Denise- for filling in when I needed you. Thank you

Angelica- Your willingness to help when I need something, helping with the store, designing our logo, making projects, helping with the Super Spender and maintaining the website has been a blessing! Your attention to detail keeps me on my toes. When we brainstorm, look at all the things we have come up with. Your designing skills have been out world. Thank you

Laura- Your help around the store, designing for both design teams AND your "ready to do this" attitude is a god sent blessing. Angelica and I are so glad to have you on our team at CHA as well. Thank you

Stephanie- Auuh Stephanie.. What can I say. You have cut over 500 flowers for me in last week, designed projects for CHA AND still teaching a class tomorrow. Incredibly you have done this even after your surgery Wednesday. Oh wait one more thing, you didn't have to type the project sheet again, lol. If you lived closer, I would give you more to do, just kidding. Thank you

Veronica- You always come in and leave the store in stealth mode, but you leave some amazing projects. We have not talked much, but you seem to always know what to do. We are so lucky to have you design for both teams. Your flowers on our shirts at CHA are going to look awesome. Thank you

Daniela- You have come through for us with some fantastic projects. They are going to look awesome displayed at CHA. I wished you lived closer so I could see you more. Your LSS is very lucky to have you. Thank you

Nancy- Yes, I have to give a shout out to me too. Why? Taking care of three kids full time (feeding, bathing, keeping them occupied..). Not hard? How about doing it while finalizing our booth details, packing for our booth, orgainzing the Super Spender Crop, setting up our cruise details, preparing for our second anniversary crop, ordering t-shirts and bags and getting them printed, trying to get our products here on time(this has been a bear in itself) AND doing this while my husband is out of town. I have to pat myself and my team for doing such an outstanding job. We are ready to go and put on an amazing show. Now off to finalize tomorrow's day.

Time to prepare..

Mentally.. All the booth items are packed and on their way to Chicago. They will be waiting for us when we arrive on Wednesday. Now that the preparation is over, I will be going to CHA in a buyer's frame of mind. The team and I will be going to sneak peeks and private parties to get the first look at the new lines. We will be attending the Creative Imaginations party first. I'm curious to see what they have in store. I hear that they have Chipboard Paper being released with their Creative Cafe......

We are confirmed for March 14th 2008, to ship out of LA to Baja. We have had questions about the amount of days and we have questioned it as well. Officially it is 4 days and 3 nights because we will arrive back on Monday. Even though it is early Monday, the travel agents considers this a day on the itinerary. We will have pictures of the ship tomorrow, I have to upload them first.

We have spaces filling and remember we have only 50 spots for cropping. There will be a tool station with trimmers, die cuts, scissors, punches and best of all, a cricut. Just bring your cartridge and we will do the rest for you. If you forget something, we will have some things for sale (adhesives, and basic scrapping items). Don't forget the other amenities like food, gambling and shows. First deposit of $100.00 is due by September 1 and another $150.00 by December 1. The rest of the payment is due January 1, 2008. You will need a passport or proof that you have applied for one. There are no exceptions, they will not allow you on the ship without the proper id and paperwork. Read on:

Sea Travel Only For domestic travel which includes: the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico, a passport (valid or expired) is highly recommended.
In the absence of a passport, a birth certificate (original or certified copy), plus laminated picture ID card issued by a federal, state, or local government agency is required. Note: Baptismal papers and hospital certificates of birth (except for new borns) are not acceptable.

For U.S. Naturalized citizens, in the absence of a passport, Naturalization papers (either original or notarized copy) plus a picture ID card issued by a federal, state, or local government agency is required.

A voter registration card or Social Security Card are not considered to be proof of citizenship.
Children under 16 years of age do not require a picture ID.


We are planning another event somewhere fun.. stay tuned. We have a great agent we are working with to give us some great ideas for getting away.


I will post soon with all the details of our Anniversary event. Three quarters of the spaces are filled. You still have time to sign up if you would like to come. We will have some great prizes to give away. They will be NEW items from CHA. The food, chocolate fountain, gifts, contests, make and takes are going to be fabulous. We are printing up the shirts now and will be ready tomorrow. Wait until you see what we have in store..

Another peek

Angel & Bang Bang

Ok here it is.

We have been working so hard to get these lines to you! These last few weeks have been tumultuous, but it is coming together. We will be relaxing again for a few weeks after the show, but back at it again for the next one. The next show is already in the making:. Visit our website ypmem.com and check out the gallery, the designers are doing some fabulous stuff. Enjoy and check back because we will be revealing some great stuff. Be on the lookout for a few surprises.


Love Notes by Veronica















Let It Snow by Laura. All images are hand drawn.


















Coffee House by Veronica. All images are hand drawn.

Confirmed..

I got a few things confirmed. First, Kristina is coming Sept 8th. She will be teaching two classes (similiar to what we set up last time). She may be teaching her previous classes or may come up with a few new ones. Just check back on the website to see the classes that she will be offering.

More information on the cruise. We will be crusing on the Monarch of the Seas (a Royal Caribean ship) in March 2008. We will be able to accomodate 50 scrappers. You do not want to miss this cruise! Our scrapping room will be ocean view with plenty of natural light. We have the scrapping rooms booked through our entire cruise so you can leave your tools at your seat without any worries. We will be featuring two teachers to teach two awesome classes and giving everyone a special "Cruise" gift. Come join us for unlimited scrapping, games, food and fun!

The cruise is for 4 days and 3 nights:

First Day (Fri)- we departure LA at 5:30pm

Second Day (Sat)- we are in Ensenada Mexico at 8:00am and depart at 5:00 pm

Third day (Sun)- We are cruising all day (scrapping for most)

Forth day (Monday)- We dock in LA at 7:00 am

Our dates are set tentatively set for the weekend of March 14th or March 21. We have to make sure we have the conference rooms are available, but one of these date will be booked. We will have confirmation by Wednesday.

The deposit is $100.00 by September 1st. Final payment is due January 1st. We will only take 50 scrappers because the ocean view room will only hold 60 people. If you want to come, it is a first come, first serve basis. The price is 399.00 for inside cabin and 449.00 for outside cabin. This price includes all port charges. These prices are based on double occupancy. Single rooms are a lot higher, please try to book with a friend or we can pair up singles. I will have pictures of the ship and scrap room on the website soon. We also have larger rooms that can sleep up to 4 people, let us know if you would interested in this option.

We will be renting a tour bus. If you are interested in riding with us, the cost is 100.00 per person which includes lunch. We need to confirm all people for the bus by December 1, 2007.

I will update more happenings later on tonight (about CHA)..