Angie Pedersen's Scrapbooking Industry News

Memorytrends Magazine Absorbed Back into Craftrends

Announced in the October 2007 issue of Craftrends:

Effective immediately, we are rolling Memorytrends magazine back into the pages of Craftrends and will be increasing the frequency of Craftrends from quarterly to six issues per year.  The next issue will be December, which features our annual Consumer Participation Survey.

Editorial Director Bill Gardner also announced he has assumed editorial director responsibilities for Creative Machine Embroidery magazine, Sew News, and Sew Simple, in addition to Craftrends, and educational responsibilities for the Memorytrends Conference & Expo.

Also effective in October was Beth Hess' resignation as editor of Memorytrends magazine and managing editor of Craftrends.  She left to join her husband in their family business full time.

Beth Hess Announces Resignation from Memorytrends Magazine

Seen in the 9/21/07 edition of Memorytrends Magazine's e-newsletter News Bites:

...This newsletter marks my last official day with ckMedia, Craftrends & Memorytrends. Starting very soon, I'll jump fully into a new career of real estate and home construction, joining my husband in our family's growing business in Fayetteville, North Carolina. I will never be able to fully express the joy it has been to work with Craftrends, and then Memorytrends, for the last 8 years. More than business associates, so many of you truly are my friends. I will forever be a cheerleader for the creative industries, and you'll be proud to know I'm making a scrapbook of each home we build to present to the new owners at closing.

Memorytrends & Craftrends magazines are working on an editorial reorganization plan following Beth's departure.

Memory Makers Announces 2008 Memory Makers Masters

Memory Makers Magazine recently announced the winners of their Memory Makers Masters Class of 2008.  Out of nearly 600 Masters entries received, these were the winners:

• Tracy Austin, Montgomery, Alabama
• Iris Babao Uy, Manila, Philippines
• Staci Etheridge, McKinney, Texas
• Greta Hammond, Elkhart, Indiana
• Caroline Ikeji, Alhambra, California
• Brittany Laakkonen, Superior, Wisconsin
• Amelia McIvor, Southbank, Victoria, Australia
• Lisa Pace, Frisco, Texas
• Amy Peterman, Muskegon, Michigan
• Tracie Radtke, Chicago, Illinois

The 2008 Memory Makers Masters runners-up:

• Lisa Garay, American Canyon, California
• Gretchen McElveen, Helena, Alabama
• Amy Martin, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Kim Moreno, Tucson, Arizona
• Celine Navarro, Mireval, France
• Danielle Quarmby, Upwey, Victoria, Australia
• Genevieve Simmonds, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Mandy Steward, Lake Forest, California
• Jeniece Tackett, Belleville, Michigan
• Cindy Tobey, Kentwood, Michigan

The Masters will be "introduced" in the January 2008 issue of Memory Makers magazine.

Two Scrapbooking Magazines Mentioned in Freelance Newsletter

Two items of note seen recently in the July 29th issue of the Wooden Horse Publishing e-newsletter (and featured on the home page):

SCRAPBOOK DIMENSIONS covers "the long-standing traditions of paper scrapbooking with the ease and appeal of its ever-growing digital counterpart."  Topics include tutorials, project ideas, product and software reviews, and image galleries.  Cindy Wyckoff is editor-in-chief of this bi-monthly magazine from EAM Publishing, which debuted in January.  Distribution is by subscription and on select newsstands...

ARTFUL BLOGGING offers perspectives on artists and writers who share their creative work through online journals, galleries, and blogs.  Topics range from profiles and etiquette, to technology information sources and how to get started.  The quarterly magazine debuts in August and is published by Stampington & Company...

Editor's Notes:

A bit more on Artful Blogging: "Our newest 144 page special publication spotlights some of the exceptional artists’ blogs currently online: Michelle Ward, Belinda Schneider, Misty Mawn, Nina Bagley, Claudine Hellmuth, Celine Navarro and 35 others! This superb publication provides Blogging Etiquette, Blogger’s Must-Haves and How to Get Started on your own blog spot!"  The magazine will be published four times a year (January, April, July & October), and will retail for $14.95 a copy.

Wooden Horse Publishing provides information about US and Canadian consumer and trade magazines so "professionals and enthusiasts can select publications that fit their purposes" (i.e. freelance writing gigs, as well as advertising and PR interests).

You can subscribe to their newsletter here.

Scrapbooking.com Adds New Business Staff Writer

As recently announced on her blog, Vera Raposo has been invited by Scrapbooking.com & The A-Z Media Group "to be a guest writer for manufacturers, wholesale suppliers, and retail business owners".

Raposo reports that her writing will first appear in the Scrapbooking.com Business Newsletter on August 8th, 2007.

"It is my desire to help the scrapbook industry move to new levels with online business and I look forward to bringing things that business owners can take action on and apply to their business right away."

New Papercrafting Magazine: Giftmaker

Seen in the May 27th issued of the Wooden Horse Publishing e-newsletter:

GIFTMAKER is a new bimonthly magazine from publisher DRG (CROCHET WORLD, GOOD OLD DAYS) and is geared specifically toward paper crafting but also incorporates a range of media, including paint, beads, felt and fibers.  Editorial includes paper crafting, stamping, embellishing and gift-making possibilities.  The website is at GiftMakerMagazine.com.  Editor is Amy Wiegman.

CK Media Magazine Staff Changes

Effective June 1, Lisa Bearnson will step down from her role as Creative Director of CK Media in order to focus more on her duties as Founding Editor of Creating Keepsakes magazine and spend more time with her family. Brian Tippetts is editor-in-chief of Creating Keepsakes, replacing Tracy White, who resigned. Britney Mellen is creative editor. Lin Sorenson will assume the position of editorial director for CK Media's scrapbook magazines and will serve on the company's executive board. Jennafer Martin will assume the role of editor-in-chief of Simple Scrapbooks and Digital Scrapbooking magazines, effective June 15. All other editors and contacts at Simple Scrapbooks and Digital Scrapbooking remain the same.

SOURCE: Craftrends News Headlines and Lisa Bearnson's blog

Creating Keepsakes Announces Hall of Fame Inductees

Creating Keepsakes Magazine has announced the winners of their annual Scrapbook Hall of Fame.

1. Courtney Kelly
2. Jackie Stringham
3. Summer Fullerton
4. Linda Harrison
5. Jennifer Perks
6. Vivian Masket
7. Allison Davis
8. Sheri Reguly
9. Vidya Ganapati
10. Kristina Contes
11. Wendy Bretz
12. Mou Saha
13. Bernadette Henderson
14. Lea Lawson
15. Rachel Cohara
16. Deena Wuest
17. Jill Hornby
18. Paula Gilarde
19. Kimber McGray
20. Karen Wilson-Bonnar
21. Shannon Liu
22. Mitchell Kraft
23. Jamie Harper
24. Cherie Mask
25. Tracey Odachowski

The list of Honorable Mentions has been posted here.

Next week CK will post photos and a sample of the winners' work on the CK website.  Until then, a list to most of the winners' galleries on TwoPeas has been posted on this thread on The Pub message board.

Editor's Note: hat tip to Michelle for the heads up that the winners had been posted.

Digital Scrapbooking Magazine Website Now Live

The website for CKMedia's Digital Scrapbooking Magazine is now live, featuring articles, tutorials (for both digi and hybrid), a readers' gallery, submission guidelines, and current project calls.

You can still subscribe online - subscription rate is now $14.99/year (6 issues).  If you have already subscribed, associate editor Molly Newman says that "our estimate for subscriber delivery dates is around February 21 or 22."

Scrapbook Dimensions Premiere Issue Released

Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine has posted their premiere issue.

From the original press release: Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine "is aimed at combining the long-standing traditions of paper scrapbooking with the ease and appeal of its ever-growing digital counterpart."  Articles and projects will appeal to the "hybrid" or "tradigi" scrapbooker who "finds unique and practical ways to make the best use of all [scrapbooking and digital] tools and products".

Magazine Masthead

• Editor-in-Chief: Cindy Wyckoff
• Managing Editor: Kristi McFadden
• Assistant Editor: Kelley McDonald
• Contributing Editors: Yvonne Busdeker, Stephanie Hackney, Audrey Neal, Julie Ann Shahin, Deanna Wentz Shain, Michelle Pearson, & Barbara Williams