Angie Pedersen's Scrapbooking Industry News

Unibind Announces Retail Partnership with Best Buy

PhotoBook Creator Low-Cost Do-It-Yourself Binding System Now Available at Best Buy and Bestbuy.com for the Holidays

November 30, 2006, Alpharetta, GA -- Unibind, the leading binding, laminating, and presentation system company, announced today that Best Buy will now carry PhotoBook Creator in its stores and on their website at http://www.bestbuy.com. The perfect Holiday gift for family memory keepers and scrapbookers, PhotoBook Creator is the first low-cost do-it-yourself complete photo binding system for consumers. Available immediately from Best Buy, PhotoBook Creator makes it easy to create instant hard-cover 8½" x 11" professional quality personalized photo albums in only a few seconds.

Winner of the PMA 2006 DIMA Innovation Award, Photobook Creator makes perfect photo albums for weddings, birthdays, graduations, vacations, baby showers, gifts, party mementos, and scrapbooking. Priced at only $99, PhotoBook Creator features a sturdy steel spine that creates a perfectly bound hardcover of up to 220 pages in a variety of colors and finishes. Albums are available with a window allowing the first photo to be viewed through the cover.

Unibind PhotoBook Creator is available immediately at stores and sites such as Best Buy, Bestbuy.com, Xpedx and Lexjet.com, priced at $99 Suggested Retail Price. It includes the PhotoBook Creator binding machine, 1 hardcover PhotoBook, and software to create pages. Additional covers are also available. For more information, see http://www.myphotobookcreator.com or http://www.unibind.com.

Crop Away Cruises Launches Scrapbooking Store Partnership Program

Lisa Irish, owner and director of Crop Away Cruises (CAC), recently announced the launch of a new program called Stores on Shore (SOS). As a part of this program, scrapbook stores may partner with Crop Away Cruises. Participating stores will introduce their customers to cruising and vacationing opportunities with CAC, including on-site cruise registration. In return, CAC will sponsor in-store events and specialty classes, incentive programs, and online advertising.  The program also gives store owners and their employees the opportunity to cruise for free.

The launch of the SOS program provides Crop Away Cruises cruise participants with access to an all new educational forum, where they can find useful information before the cruise departs.

For more information about the Stores on Shore program, store owners are invited to contact Crop Away Cruises.

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Picaboo Launches Digital Club & Store

Picaboo Corporation, DBA the Digital Chic Boutique has launched a new website at www.digitalchicboutique.com.  The site was introduced on November 28, 2006 to the digital scrapbooking community. Their new digital club and store offers a unique product of pre-made themed sets that are perfect for printing at home or for importing into software such as Picaboo for professional printing or online sharing.

The site is led by Alicia Bull and Meredith Luczak. Several leading industry digital designers have graphic sets in the store, such as The Shabby Princess, Holly McCaig, Michelle Coleman, Gina Millar, and Heather Thompson. The powerhouse digital team brings creative, beautiful, pre-made sets to the digital community in 8 ½ x 11 landscape format.

Next month, the Digital Chic Boutique will be introducing sets using graphics from Chatterbox, SEI , Outdoors and More, and others. The sets are all themed by scrapbooking topics and feature a minimum of 20 pre-made pages.

You can join the club or shop the store at www.digitalchicboutique.com  .You can also download the Picaboo software for free at www.picaboo.com.

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Design Team Call: Boxer Scrapbooks

Via Boxer Scrapbooks Weblog:

Boxer Scrapbooks is currently searching for 3 to 6 people to add to our outstanding design team.  Boxer is located in Tualatin, Oregon, which is a suburb of Portland.  We prefer our design team members to be local (so that they're available for design team get-togethers), but it is not a requirement.

Our design team creates all the projects for our tradeshow booths, as well as completing monthly Designers Challenges.  All product is provided for these projects, plus product for your own projects.

Requirements for Boxer Design Team Members:

• Own or have access to Digital Camera or Scanner (if scanning projects, you must know how to stitch them together)
• Complete Monthly Designers Challenge requirements on time (3 projects per month)
• Complete assigned projects for trade show booths by deadlines
• Actively submit to magazines for publication
• If chosen, must sign and adhere to Confidentiality Agreement
• Have valid email address which you read frequently
• Sorry--Open to those living in the US only.

Benefits:

• Free product for your own projects
• Specific calls from Magazines for publication
• Defined Pay Scale for Published work
• Name recognition on our Website and Blogs for projects posted

See the original blog post for more information.

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Art Declassified Announces Designer Compensation Program

According to the post, Let Art Declassified PAY YOU!, Art Declassified has offered to pay designers $25 "to any designer who properly credits Art Declassified stamps in a nationally published project (online postings and ezine submissions may not apply.)...In order to collect an endorsement fee from Art Declassified, you need only submit the cover and tear sheet for your project to vanessa/at/artdeclassified.com, along with an invoice including your name, address, phone number, publication date, and email address."

New Scrapbooking Magazine to Launch Early 2007

New Magazine Uniquely Blends Two Popular Methods Into the Ultimate Scrapbooking Experience

HIGHLAND, UT November 21, 2006 – Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine announces the release of its Premiere Issue (early 2007) which is aimed at combining the long-standing traditions of paper scrapbooking with the ease and appeal of its ever-growing digital counterpart. Many people are very interested in reaping the benefits of both sides of the scrapbooking market and have learned how to get the best of both worlds!  A "hybrid" or "tradigi" scrapbooker finds unique and practical ways to make the best use of all tools and products, and the results can be absolutely amazing!  Scrapbook Dimensions is the first magazine to provide focused inspiration and education covering this "hybrid" approach to scrapbooking. 

Co-editors Cindy Wyckoff and Deanna Shain (digital and traditional scrapbookers, respectively) have combined their vast experience with their love of this hobby to launch a truly unique and innovative magazine. This magazine will provide project ideas, informative articles, layout gallery inspiration, how-to tips and techniques, and product reviews for bridging the gap between these two seemingly different but very complementary approaches to scrapbooking. "We touch on all areas of interest to both traditional and digital scrappers showing how fun and easy it is to save time on layouts by using the computer but still keeping a hands-on approach to add to the creative process,“ Wyckoff said.

For more information about Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine visit their website at www.scrapbookdimensions.com. While at the site you can you can request a free copy of the upcoming Premiere Issue.

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Hot Off the Press Names Two New VP's

Canby, Oregon – Hot Off The Press announced today that Sara Naumann and Sandy Bundy have been appointed as Vice Presidents of the company.

Sara Naumann will be Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Sandy Bundy will be Vice President, Operations.

“I’m delighted to name Sara and Sandy as Vice Presidents. Each woman brings her own unique strengths and skills to the strategic initiatives of the company—and I’m looking forward to seeing them succeed in this new role,” says Hot Off The Press President Paulette Jarvey.

Sara Naumann began working at Hot Off The Press in 1995 after graduating from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Arts. She learned public relations, product development and sales skills through on-the-job practice and became the company’s Director of Marketing. She’s twice been awarded Primedia’s Award of Excellence in Marketing.

Sandy Bundy joined Hot Off The Press in 2002. Previously, she had 26 years of experience in Human Resources and owned her own business consulting practice for 11 years. She has extensive experience managing production, manufacturing and high tech.

Hot Off The Press is an award-winning craft book publisher and scrapbook supply manufacturer.  They celebrate their 27th year in business this December! More about the firm can be found on its
Web site: www.paperwishes.com.

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Boxer Scrapbooks Acquires Flip Flop Fastener Product Line

Tualatin, OR (November 20, 2006) -- Boxer Scrapbook Productions has announced their acquisition of the Flip Flop Fasteners product line from Destination Scrapbook Designs.  The acquisition was completed this week, and Boxer will begin selling the product immediately.

Flip Flop Fasteners are clear, archivally-safe poly fasteners used to create moving elements on a scrapbook page, without adding any bulk or weight.  The product was a finalist in the 2005 Craftrends Magazine Awards of Excellence for the adhesive category.

“Flip Flop Fasteners will be an excellent addition to our line of products,” says Angie Warhurst, co-owner of Boxer Scrapbook Productions.  “We started using them in conjunction with some of our products during classes and workshops, and wanted to be able to offer them to our customers.  We have had an on-going friendship with Destination Scrapbook Designs, and because we attend more consumer-oriented shows than they do, we offered to acquire the line to get better distribution and consumer awareness for the product.  Once a scrapper uses them, they become a regular tool in their scrapbooking efforts.”

Boxer Scrapbook Productions will offer Flip Flop Fasteners as part of their product offerings at the CHA show in Anaheim, California, January 28-31, 2007.  The company is owned by Vicki and Angie Warhurst, and was formed in 2001.  All of the company’s products are sold direct to retail stores, both nationally and internationally.

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ProvoCraft Issues Product Recall

Via Salt Lake Tribune:

Provo Craft & Novelty Inc. recently recalled four scrapbooking-related products sold between August 2005 and June [2006], specifically the rob and bob studio™ snap-ease jewels and clip-ease brand names. The snap-ease jewels were sold as 18 jeweled fasteners on paper sheets. The clip-ease dual dispenser set was sold as 9 small and 7 large painted metal clips and 2 clip dispensers labeled “rob and bob studio™” in clear plastic packaging. The clip-ease small refills were sold as 100 small painted metal clips in clear plastic packaging. The clip-ease large refills were sold as 50 large painted metal clips in clear plastic packaging. All packaging was marked with the company’s “PC” logo and “rob and bob studio™”.  The affected part numbers are 28-1080, 28-1084, 28-1085, and 28-1086.

The Clip-ease and Snap-ease products were found to contain elevated levels of lead, which can pose a serious health risk to children if they are chewed on or swallowed. Consumers should discontinue use immediately and ensure that the Clip-ease and Snap-ease are not accessible by children.

The company is not aware of any adverse incidents having been reported as a result of the products’ use to date, but is voluntarily recalling them "in order to ensure the safety of our customers and the public."

Instructions regarding return and refund procedures are available at www.recall.provocraft.com, or by calling 1-800-955-9490 during business hours.

    

   

DIY to Air New Scrapbooking Show

Via: Multichannel News.

On Monday (11/13/06), DIY will premiere Scrap, a five-part limited series with host Scott Petti...He shares untraditional techniques to what's called "traditional scrapbooking" ideas, as well as crafting and construction out-of-the-box projects. Such as? Unique photographic refrigerator magnets to invitations made out of martini glasses, and making photo albums from seaweed sea shells and sand.

There are guests, too.

Scrap airs through Nov. 17 at 3:30 p.m. daily on DIY, a Scripps Networks outlet in 40 million homes.