New Scrapbooking Travel Guide Provides Direction for Crafters on the Go

Roaming scrapbookers can use “Scrapbooking Roads” to reveal local stores along the way.

LONGMONT, Colo., September 12, 2006—According to the Travel Industry Association of America, shopping is the most popular domestic trip activity; one-third of all domestic trips include shopping. Annually, that's 342 million trips with shopping sprees.  But knowing where to find unique stores -- or specifically, scrapbooking stores -- can be a challenge when one travels beyond their hometown.  A new book, “Scrapbooking Roads: a Travel Guide for Scrapbookers”, will overcome that challenge.  Compiled and edited by Kim Ivkov, Scrapbooking Roads is a guide to hundreds of local shops, consultants and resources – all in one handy 256-page book.

Scrapbooking Roads enables scrapbookers to find stores, independent consultants, and events when traveling throughout the United States, and in Canada.  The book’s maps and travel resources help paper-crafters plan the itinerary of their trips by revealing which stores they'll find along the way.

"I just received my copy of Scrapbooking Roads and am impressed with it.  I take a lot of road trips and visit scrapbook stores on nearly every trip.  This book will give me ideas for where to look," says scrapbooker Melanie Martin, of Charleston, Arkansas.

The book features:

• Map details for the U.S. and Canada: this allows crafters to see at-a-glance which stores they will pass in their travels. Maps are available at both the state/province and local street levels.
• Store Profiles of over 200 individual scrapbook stores:  find store addresses, descriptions, business hours, phone numbers, and websites.
• Listings for local independent scrapbook consultants and online retail sites
• A Resource Guide featuring industry specific publications, national associations, Scrapbooking events, retreat locations, and monthly kit clubs.
• Over 100 technique ideas, money-saving tips, and timesaving tricks contributed by featured storeowners and consultants

This unique travel guide captures the “the heart and soul” of each participating store. “While other store listing directories are available online,” says Ivkov, “most only list the address and contact information.  They don’t provide a sense of what the store is all about. Because I love to discover new stores when I travel, I wanted to provide crafters with an idea of what they will find when they visit each new store.”

A companion website is available at www.scrapbookingroads.com.  The website features interactive maps, an online store directory, a consultant directory, special offers from retailers, and an "Update Club" membership option for receiving store listing updates.  For more information, please visit www.scrapbookingroads.com.

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