VBT Starts Today!

My Virtual Book Tour starts today!  I'm so nervous!  I started officially planning this tour on March 8th, announced it on April 4th, now it's here!  So many details and preparation have gone into this.  I love the challenges I've put together for the chats, and hope that site visitors will be just as jazzed about completing the layouts.  I decided to award prizes for the challenges by random drawing -- everyone who puts something together for the challenges will be entered into a random drawing for prizes from the tour sponsors.  I chose to do a random drawing so everyone could feel comfortable entering, since there’s no judging involved.  Plus, I hate judging!  It’s so hard to pick a winner! ;)

The tour starts today at Scrapbook-Bytes.  Amy and Kristie have been so supportive with their promotion and enthusiasm for this event; they've been just super to work with.  I'm doing a crop/chat at SBB at 3pm Central/4pm Eastern, where I'll post a challenge and links to a fun digital freebie mini-kit designed by one of my Creative Teammates, KristyAnn Nerness.  I'll give people about four hours to work up something to post in the SBB Galleries, then I'll announce the winner of the random drawing at 7pm Central.  The winner will receive a set of KristyAnn's Quick Pages (sometimes called Ploppers) and a copy of my new book, The Book of US.  Please join me for the tour launch chat in the SBB Chat Room.

Amy has also started a forum for Q&A with me, as well as special galleries for layouts inspired by my books.  Several members of her Design Team reviewed my books, and those reviews will be posted sometime today.

I was just IM'ing with Amy, and she told me that Laurie, the host of their "Weekly Morning Show" said she loved reviewing the books so much she based her Wednesday chat on my books, THEN she had to host another "book of us" inspired chat on Friday because they LOVED IT SOOO much on Wed. morning, they were begging for another.  Rock on!  I just love it when my ideas find a home (and when they find a host who can take them and RUN, as it sounds like Laurie did!)  I wish I could see a log of
those chats!

Speaking of someone who has run with my ideas -- have you SEEN this CD "album" that Kari did??  Totally blew me away when I saw it this morning!  I NEVER would have thought of doing mini-layouts on CDs (though I have done altered CDs before), then hanging them on the fridge door with MAGNETS!  Totally innovative!  How fun would that be for a class??  You got the wheels turning here, Kari!

Between excitement and nervousness, I'm about to throw up, but don't let that stop you from coming to the chat!  LOL  See you then!

Comments

[Laurie aka Coffeequeen]

Looking forward to your visit today Angie! We had a LOT of fun in the Morning Shows this week and the girls really took off with their layouts. I have enjoyed all three books immensely and will refer to them over and over! Thanks for the opportunity!