The room was decorated in pink crepe paper and balloons

We had a fabulous time Friday night Cropping for the Cure!! The room was decorated in pink, pink, pink:  flowers, crepe paper and these wonderful balloons.  We also had a special guest: Dottie Schrieber, a good friend and a card maker extraordinaire, came and shared with us some of her experiences as a breast cancer survivor.  With humor, humility and grace she truly glorified God in her presentation.  I was so proud of her.

Dottie was presented with pink roses.

The evening included lots of prizes many of which were generously donated by our wonderful EK Success rep Kathy Gallagher.  Thank you Kathy for helping to make our evening so special.

And here’s the whole gang posing for the camera:

Thanks guys for your support of Susan G. Komen for the cure.  I consider it an honor to be your called your friend.

We made a terrific fall card on Thursday.  I just wanted to post it so you could all see a nice simple idea for a great looking autumn card.  I even like the way the leaves look a little curled just like the real things.  And the glitter looks like rain, don’t ya think?  We used brilliance inks and some of the Prism card stock.  Join us this coming Thursday for another fun time at Creating Lasting Memories.

I promised special sales for those who read the blog and here’s the first one.

In the brochure that the downtown merchant’s association is passing out to the derby participants and their families, there is a coupon.  Buy two sheets of paper and get the third one for FREE!  Yep, that’s a great sale.

Now, as a Creating Lasting Memories customer, you don’t need the coupon.  You just need to come in anytime today and say, “I ready it on your blog”, and the sale is for you too!  The 2 for 1 sale will apply to as many sheets of paper as you want.  As always, the discount goes towards the lowest priced paper.

Hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend.  See you later!

I talked about this is the August, 09 newsletter.  Creating Lasting Memories now does birthday parties! Designed for girls OR boys, each child makes their very own scrapbook filled with pictures of themselves and their friends at the party.  We do the decorations and provide food, even the cake if you want.  All you do is bring the kids.

Now here is the “favor” for Creating Lasting Memories fans:  Tell a friend about this birthday party thing and if they decide to book a party, you will get a $20 gift certificate to use in the store.  All they have to do is mention your name and we will make out the gift certificate and have it waiting for you at the front register.