OCTOBER IS OFFICIALLY HERE

With the awesome weather, it felt like October last week, but its here, wow-where has this year gone???? Check out this precious little project - Countdown to Halloween- we have 4 new Halloween lines that you could use to create a cute little project like this to help your little one get ready for "Scaring up some Fun" on Oct. 31st.

Our new Halloween lines are:

Lil' Davis, Heidi Grace, Cloud 9 & Flair.

COUNTDOWN TO 40% off one item coupon sale-must have coupon from newsletter-watch your mailbox:
48 hours and counting!!!!!!!

Another one of "MY GIRLS" growing up

KUDOS to Jade for her first teaching gig at Memory Mania. As you know my BFF, Jill (Jade's mom), Allison teach 6 in 60 each semester, Jill couldn't make it & Jade stepped up and did an awesome job-KUDOS JADE!!! Jade is already my right hand girl so it was great to teach together too!!

ECOUPON - 20% off all High School Musical and/or Hannah Montana stamps today through October 10th. WITH THIS COUPON ONLY.

COUNTDOWN to 40% OFF ONE ITEM COUPON

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(check your newsletter-private sale for those on the mailing list only). Don't forget you must have your coupon from the newsletter. Another awesome benefit to being on our mailing list.

MEMORY MANIAC CHALLENGE

KUDOS to Darlene (How Sweet it is . . .) and Heather (Pocket full of sunshine) for posting their layouts in the gallery for last week challenge!!! Heather says "Lovin' these challenges, getting lots of layouts done". That's great because that's the idea. Little motivation like a door prize to get some scrappin done. Heather & Darlene are entered into the drawing.



For the Maniac Challenge this week:

Scrapbook some photos that are at least 5 years old using the Heidi Grace line.

Happy Scrappin,
Tammy

Congratulations Nicole-We're so proud of you!!

Congratulations Nicole!!! Nicole was chosen to be on the Dutchtown High School Homecoming Court of 2008, we're so proud of you!!!!! I can remember sitting next to Nicole at an EA Homecoming game when she was about 6 years old & Nicole was in awe at the beautiful girls on the field when she said "I want that to be me one day". Through the years I remember Nicole looking forward to her years in high school so she could wear beautiful long dresses to the Prom, etc. So you can imagine the tears falling as I watched her dream come true yesterday at the Pep Rally & then at the game last night. Not to mention the big plug for Memory Mania as they announced her "love for scrapbooking while working at Memory Mania". I know this is a dream for many young girls and its so cool to see them live that fairytale, even if its only for one night, its priceless memories. Can't wait to see these precious memories scrapbooked.

GETTING THE MOST SCRPPIN' DONE

What fun I had yesterday at Scrapfest visiting with so many friends I haven't seen in a quite a while. Talking with friends in the store recently, the comment has been the same, "Since the hurricane, i just can't get back into the routine things. Some people want to be in the Memory Mania just to try to feel like things are normal again. Truly, my heart just breaks every time I hear a different story of all of the damage to their homes and the huge deductibles that leave everyone holding the bag, it is such a sad time for many. For all of you that are reaching out for routine & things to get back to normal, hope these tips on OOPS help. Check out this cool Halloween paper-does that motivate you to get scrappin'?

I find planning and organizing to be one of the BIGGEST challenges of scrapbooking… you've heard us say many times to OOPS before a crop, but guess what, we OOPS just because too!!! I think its a great idea to shop at MM with your photos in a MMU bag or other organizing bag to be able to keep your photos, papers, stickers, letters, ribbons & sketch idea together. We are happy to keep your papers separate while you are oopsing-bring them up, we will put on ticket & put on hold while you OOPS the rest of your layouts.

What is OOPS, I like to plan quite a few layouts at once. Its awesome if you could do this several times a year for all of your printed photos then they will be there ready & waiting when you have a few minutes to scrap. Where do i start?

PRINT a whole lot of photos (this ensures they won't be lost on the computer & you'll be motivated to scrap photos that are printed); if you need info on sorting photos before they can be oops-look for Photo Freedom in the archives

Look through your stash at home & pull any paper, stickers, ribbon, letters or sketch idea that you have at home

Make a list of anything needed at MM & bring photos with you in a 2 gallon ziplock, MMU bag, or page protector, to match cardstock, pattern paper, letters, ribbon, sketch idea, anything that you didn't already have at home (gotta say, the clip it up helps me shop at home alot);

Some may only be able to OOPS for about 10 layouts at a time, others OOPS for 50 to last them quite a while. YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH SCRAPPIN' YOU WILL GET DONE IF EVERYTHING IS PULLED & READY TO GO!!!!!

If you have questions, bring your photos to the store & ask any of our AWESOME staff to help you OOPS. A Must have for this process is the Masterpiece Book & watch the staff, its the first thing they will pull to help you in this process. Be sure to mark the page # of the sketch or layout inspiration in your organizer bag with photos so you don't have to dream up the layout idea again.

Many scrappers say that they take this page packets with them to carpool, afterschool activities, etc. This is also a great time to sketch your layout based on any layouts or sketches you've seen for a jumpstart for your layout. This is also an awesome time to jot down your journaling & add to the packet, bet it won't take 30 minutes to complete the layout once you get home or find 30 minutes to spare (ha ha, i know how hard finding 30 minutes is).

Happy Scrappin'
Tammy

ECOUPON

Hey Scrappers,
The ECOUPON this week is for a BRAND NEW LINE - 25% off anything on the Fiskars, Heidi Grace, Cloud 9 Display today through October 2nd. Check out these beautiful flock papers, shiny papers, epoxys, chipboard, etc.

MUST BRING THIS COUPON TO STORE FOR SAVINGS!!!!!!!

Monday Mania Challenge

Hey Scrappers,

The challenge for this week is to create a layout using the lyrics of a song & your fav stamps. My layout title is Get 'cha Head in the Game (from High School Musical). Check out these cool HSM stamps & paper-wow-they came out just in time.

CHALLENGE

KUDOS to Heather for taking the MM Monday Challenge. Attached is her layout using the NEW fancy photo corner punch. WOW, I love lots of things on this page-i love the layout, love using the excess letters from previous masters kit & love the Heidi Grace papers. Great job & good luck in the drawing.

BROOKE ROCKED THE HOUSE

Hey Scrappers,
Thanks for the wonderful emails this morning about Brooke's class last night. I'm SOOO PROUD OF HER!!!! At the tender age of 18 she makes her debut into teaching. Sometimes you just "know"!!! When Brooke wandered into Memory Mania last year working on her St. Joseph Scrapbook Project, we instantly connected, she had so much enthusiasm & talent. She asked about working at Memory Mania, we sat down for about 10 min, she was hired & started working that day. WOW-aren't we the lucky ones. Brooke began creating kits at Memory Mania & this year she was ready to TEACH. She did an awesome job with her students explaining how to make all of the little hidden photo booklets, etc. I lost count, i don't know how many pictures she had on that one layout, but the layout was beautiful!!!! KUDOS BROOKE!!!! I snapped a picture with my phone of her class layout-you can't see the detail in the photo but she used that beautiful Doodlebug Flocked Paper. Check out Brooke's kits next time you are in the store to see her awesome style!!!

CUSTOM High School, LSU & Louisiana

WOW-this is probably the best stock of Custom High Schools, LSU, Louisiana, New Orleans paper & embellishments we've ever had. Come check out these cool new papers & embellishments that you can't find anywhere else. This is just a few snapshots, our inventory includes (St. Theresa Warriors, Dutchtown Griffins, St. Amant Gators, EA Spartans, Prairieville Middle, Oak Grove Blue Jays, Parkview Eagles, St. Joseph, Galvez Pirates, St. Amant Wildcats, Catholic High). St. George-coming soon.

Check out the TIGERS chipboard album!!!!

Are You Signed up for this Class Yet??????

Many of you remember Amy taught this MEMORIES TO GEAUX mini book idea. She received RAVE reviews from our students that loved how inexpensive this little mini book idea was. Many students brought in samples of their designs they created for family & friends as treasured gifts-all using Amy's design. The them for the mini book this year is Family. Sign up today to learn how you can create your own mini album in less than 2 hours-what an awesome gift for birthdays or Christmas. How cute would a Christmas theme book be of highlights of several Christmases to share with your mom as she host this year Christmas Party. If you were in Amy's class & created a book on your own, share your comments & book ideas.

Call today 744-2767 to sign up for this awesome little treasure of a class. Memories 2 Go (Family Album), Saturday October 4th 10am-noon.

MM is renting Cricut Cartridges

Hey Scrappers,
Have you heard that Memory Mania is now renting the Cricut Cartridges $5.99 for 3 days. here are our BLOCKBUSTER titles available for rent:

Animal kingdom
Fab finds
Home accents
Printing press
Joys of the season
Mickey & friends
Mickey font
George/basic
New arrival
Speaking of school
Stretch your imagination
Plantin school book
Printing 101
Accent essentials
alphalicious

For inspiration today check out Darlene's GUSTAV layout in our gallery: http://dev1.boomersdomain.com/gallery_memorymaniac/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=o ; KUDOS for taking the challenge DARLENE-gotta love those generators!!!

Monday Mania Challenge

Merry Monday to all of you!!! KUDOS to Heather, she emailed me her last week challenge!!!!! What a PERFECT use of the Scenic Route Arrows-we all have them-i think we also included in a past Masters Kit too. Thanks so much for sharing Heather. And we'll enter your name in the September/October BLOG drawing. IT PAYS TO PLAY!!!

OK, the new challenge of the week is . . .
Scrapbook a 2007 Summer highlight using the new fancy photo corner punches, of course, if you are all caught up, you could do 2008. Feel free to load in our gallery or email me & i can post on the blog!!!!!! Have a wonderful week of scrappin.

Happy Scrappin
Tammy

We're so proud of you, Rachel

I know we've been hearing some awesome stories about our neighbors through this terrible aftermath of Gustav and I just had to share with you the good that one of our own, Rachel, has been doing. I couldn't be more proud of her!!! For the past two weeks she has been serving in many different communities setting up distribution centers to help people to get supplies, working in yards helping the elderly and widows get their yards cleaned up!! Her group just make themselves available for what ever is needed! Rachel is enrolled in an intern program at Household of Faith Church where she will earn a associates degree in theology and christian ministry. If you've met Rachel, you know she just LOVES helping people & our community! Thanks for being such a good neighbor Rachel!!!

Also, if you can say a prayer for Rachel & her family for her father's health.

WELCOME new Memory Maniacs!!!

Hey Scrappers, Its that time again to welcome our new Memory Maniacs, friends to our family at Memory Mania. Thank you to our longtime friends for sending new folks our way!!! Welcome new friends. . . Tonya Anding

Nicole Anthony

Carrie Atchison

Susan Bear

Jillian Beard

Marianne Beck

Jewel Benning

Suzanne Bier

Catrina Bonomolo

Annie Boudreaux

Chade Bourgeois

Kari Branch

Tasha Braud

Lindsey Breaux

Liz Cook

Theresa Donald

Toya Dotson

Candy Dugas

Nicole Fabre

Vanessa Ferderking

Lesley Frazier

Charlotte Gibson

Cathy Greenwald

Jaime Guidry

Nancy Guillory

Terri Hagginbotham

Rogena Hartley

Kristin Hatchett

Krystal Herrera

Stephanie Huye

Judith Johnson

Shannon Jones

MIchelle Jordan

Emily Kelly

Chrystal Kidder

Mary Kunka

Erin Laiche

Courtney Lanaux

Megan Lewis

Diana Libby

Amber Martin

Danielle Mock

Kelly obrien

Rachel Parker

Courtney Pickle

Frankie Poland

Dorothy Prudhomne

Cherie Rickard

Miranda Rupnarain

Paula Scarton

Kerri Schmidt

Beth Sinanan

Sherri Smith

Lorretta Smith

Stephanie Stoltzfus

Victoria Templet

Sierra Trabeau

Joyce Welch Thank you Julie Jackson for referring your friends. You are the winner for August, come to get your door prize at MM at your earliest convenience. P.S. Check our kit wall, the girls have stirred up a creative tornado of KITS!!!!! Happy Scrappin'.

Take a Hike Ike (thanks for the headline Darlene)

Hope everyone is having a great day today!!!! Boy, I can't tell you how good it was to wake up this morning, exercise and resume my routine. You know you couldn't help but feel like you had to get caught up before Ike visits, but you know, I'm all out of Southern hospitality, so take a hike IKE!!!!

BLOG Ecoupon- Prima Transparencies/overlays 50% off through Sunday, Sept 14th.

Happy Scrappin'
Tammy

Getting back to Normal???

I hope that most of you have power restored and are able to get back to some sort of routine today. Everywhere i went today everyone was making a real effort to get back to some normalcy but I keep finding myself spinning in circles, what about you? I've heard some really sad stories but most end with WE WERE REALLY LUCKY!!! I've heard so many stories of people that lost their homes due to a falling tree but THANK GOD they had just walked outside or just gathered at the dining room table, stories of terrible property damage but their family's lives were spared.

On to some GOOD NEWS, Connie Boles is the winner of the newsletter hidden sentence! Congratulations Connie-your prize is at the store.

ScrapPINK (Breast Cancer Fundraiser Crop) CROP is scheduled for Friday, September 19th 6pm - 2am. This crop is $10 (sorry no coupons due to all registration fees being donated to Breast Cancer). Brandi is hosting this fun crop & we will have some fun Olympic Celebration Challenges, call today to sign up!!!!

Have you seen these awesome stickles-new colors!!!!!!!!! Glitters Stickles and stay tuned for delivery of our Distressed Stickles.

Big SHOUTOUT to Lindsey Travis LT in the US Army. Lindsey found our blog and requested some donations for all of the scrapbooking soldiers in Afghan. Memory Mania donated a HUGE box of papers, Masterpiece Books, etc to Lindsey and others in the Army. We received a card today saying how thrilled they were to get the supplies and that it helps break up the monotony there and really takes their minds off where they are. So glad to help & we'd love to hear from you Lindsey-send us some photos of layouts so we can post online.

Have a wonderful week
Happy Scrappin' (check out the Hurricane Challenge from the weekend)
Tammy

Hurricane Gustav Scrapbook Challenge

I hope everyone is really close to having power restored!!!! Hugs & Prayers go out to our many customers that were affected by Gustav!!!!! So, as avid scrappers, i just KNOW you took photos. Scrapbook Challenge for the weekend (take a small break from the monotony of coping with Gustav and refresh yourself with a little scrapbook therapy):

1) Create a layout highlighting photos & JOURNALING from Hurricane Gustav-don't forget to journal about how your family passed the time, how did you get through the times without power, how did you eat, how long were the lines you waited in, who did you pass the storm with, what ODD things did you do to get by (i used a ski rope to make a clothes line to hang clothes)-it will make you feel better to see how creative you were to get through the rough times and maybe now you are a stronger person for all of it.

For Bonus points, use the color combination on page 72 of Simple Scrapbooks (Gold, Green, Lime, Red, Light Blue). Please load your layouts into the gallery on our website gallery (remember you must join the gallery and use your full name as the login name -(we have had trouble with naughty pics loaded in our gallery by spammers so i only grant access if i recognize the name), you can also email layout pic to me & I'll load for you.
Happy Scrappin'
Tammy

CROPS & CLASS UPDATE

Hey Scrappers,
Thanks for your enthusiasm, i know all of you are in much need of some SCRAP THERAPY. However, for security reasons we decided to cancel the crop tonight, next week we will resume as scheduled. If you were registered for the crop, please call in to reschedule to next week if available.

The Vacation Mini Album Class scheduled for tomorrow is cancelled & we are attempting to reschedule to Sept 13 or 20th (check emails).

We are hearing stories of some of our treasured MM family members with LOTS of damage, our hugs & prayers go out to all of you.

MEMORY MANIA will reopen Friday with limited hours

Whew, I sure hope all of you made it through the Hurricane OK. WOW-most of us were very lucky just to be without power, although it is very warm AND I'm giggling at myself while hanging out clothes on my makeshift clothesline of ski rope (ha ha). Girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do though. The good news is the power and AIR CONDITIONER are restored at Memory Mania. If you need a place to getaway today & come soak up some air and friendship, ride on over. The hours will be limited based on traffic, so call before you come (744-2767).

FYI-Hurricane Gustav sure didn't affect CCL registration, the registrations are rolling in!!!!! For all of our Houma/Thibodaux friends, I'm so sorry you took the brundt of this storm and would love to hear from you when you can. HUGS and PRAYERS coming your way-let us know what you need and we'll get it to you.

So how many of you were scrappin' to pass the time away.

Happy Scrappin'

Tammy

CCL OR BUST!!!!!!!!!!!!! CCL4LIFE

YEP, its that time already. Registration for CCL opens on Tuesday, Sept 2nd.

Gustav GO AWAY!!! I'm desperately praying that he won’t affect any of US!!!!!!

CCL Registration is ONLINE and ready to go. Registration opens on Tuesday, Sept 2^nd. We are requesting that registration this year be brought IN PERSON OR ONLINE only (no faxes).

Of course, our first choice is to see you in the store on Tuesday to register. However, if you are out of town, check out our online registration.

We want to get all the bugs out of online registration before Tuesday so if you are interested in testing out (we're testing 4 people today), you get to register today-email me tammy@eatel.net .

Need some good recipes?

Doesn't everyone love a good recipe? I know I do. Check out the

LOVE, ELSIE RECIPE IDEA BOX

By Love, Elsie

"Includes 100 recipe cards for layouts (cooking times included), 80 designer tips, 5 featured designers, organizer index tabs, and 1 cool recipe box (makes storage a snap). Use one card at a time in your workspace, or take the entire box with you for endless inspiration! Including inspiration from art, home decor, books, fashion, movies, and music." We have one opened on the counter for browsing.
BLOG SPECIAL- ELSIE RECIPE BOX - 30% off through Sept 6th with this coupon.

Another great new place for inspiration is the Ali Edwards "Share the Story" (I'm a BIG, BIG fan of Ali Edwards--I just want to be able to journal like her). Anyway, i couldn't find a graphic for this brand new book-i don't know are we the only ones in the country that have this book already (ha ha). If you've ever read Ali's blog or journaling on layouts of Simon in CK, you've got to be a fan, she is so inspiring. Come check out this awesome new book.

Have you checked our Cricut Rental Library yet?

Wish me luck, trying to complete my 6 in 60 layouts today-have you signed up for this awesome class that I have the pleasure of sharing with my 2 BFFs??? I don't know, we sure think its a barrel of fun to share 6 double page layouts in 2 hours, how about you? My 2 layouts are titled "One More Day" and "With U". Allison's titles are "U R 2 . . ." and "FUNSHINE", Jill's layouts are "Take a Look at 2007", "Us Right Now". I think there are 1 or 2 spots left in our Saturday, Sept 27th class and 2 spots left in the Tuesday, Sept 30th. Hope to see you there!!!!

MINI ALBUM - Vacation Class-Registration closes Wednesday

Hey Scrappers,
Have you checked out Nikki's precious Vacation Mini Album Class (its the peek a boo Tinkering Ink with chipboard & acrylic album)!!!! Registration closes tomorrow so we can place orders for the albums to be used in class; Register today & be entered for a SPECIAL drawing on class day!!!!!!! This album is so cute and Nikki's done all of the hard work for you, so don't miss out!!!!!


BLOG SPECIAL for the week: CRICUT FABULOUS FINDS CARTRIDGE 50% off while supplies last.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Memory Mania is now RENTING cricut cartridges-how awesome is that-thought it would be awesome now that everyone is learning how to use the CDS to mix & match fonts!!!!!! The cricut cartridges rent for $5.99 for 3 days. Check out our Cricut Library!!!!!

Time for a Pep Talk!

Good Afternoon Ladies,

The family and I are settling down in the Carolinas. The trip to our new home took us three days with the three children, the dog, and my husband's parents. The sale of our house and buying our new house went quickly- almost too quick! We have been here for a couple of weeks and the last room to unpack is the scrapbook/ girl's playroom. Here is a photo I took just a few minutes ago. I am TRYING to plan carefully and take my time unpacking, but I am just itching to start some new projects. 

I received some happy mail earlier this week when my new MMU shirt arrived from Tammy and the gang- I couldn't remember the last time I missed a pep rally, and I thought about all of my MMU students and the "Freshman" who are starting this semester. My advice for all of you is to just HAVE FUN!  Over the past few weeks, I have learned that the best thing I can do for myself and my family is to not let life stress me out. So attend class, meet some friends for a crop, do a little retail therapy, and enjoy the process. I promise that when you take the time to have fun scrapbooking, life just gets better for both you and the ones you love.

Becky and I will be teaching at CCL in January, so I'll update the blog periodically with progress on both the unpacking and the new class.  I think you still have to wait a couple of weeks to sign up for CCL, but I can assure you it will be a *magical* experience.

Have a GREAT Semester!

Jody

BOGO SALE FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY

Don't miss out on this awesome Memory Mania BOGO Sale TODAY. IT STARTS EARLY TODAY!!!!! FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY & don't forget we now close at 3pm on Saturdays.

We have several categories for the BOGO, so you don't have to buy 2 of the same item, but 2 items in the same category, like Buy one idea book/ get one idea book/magazine of equal or lesser value FREE!!!!!! Other categories include:

Chipboard
Rub ons/stickers
Stamps
Paper Packs
Heidi Swapp Embellishment Rack
AND there's more out there!!! Come by and check it out!

HAPPY SCRAPPIN'
Say a Mamma's prayer for me today, I'm moving Dane into his 1st home today. So I'll be nesting his new home. You know when they move away for college, its one thing, but when they buy their OWN home, it seems so final. I don't know about you, but i sure didn't know what my mom was going through the day I moved out!! :(

CALENDAR OF MEMORIES

Good Morning Scrappers,

Can you believe how fast 2008 is going. Its almost time to start planning my calendars for the new year. WOW-I don't know where this year has gone. For years I have given the grandparents & sometimes friends a Calendar of Memories. In fact, I started making sure i take at least 1 photo of each person at their birthday or at least one random picture of each person to highlight this calendar. Here is a peek the one i created last year & the one featured in my Calendar of Memories Class, Saturday, November 15 10am-noon; Class is $20** and there is an additional supply fee for this class since it includes 12 12x12 layouts and an awesome Heidi Swapp Calendar. I've used so many of the calendars on the market & I promise, this is the BEST one by far. Its my favorite because your layout fits into protectors for each month, but when the month is passed you can slide the layout into your album. What a great gift idea for grandparents (I gave this calendar to my mother-in-law last Christmas, and everyone is enjoying the new layout each month. I spotlighted a person or persons for each month if their birthday or a special event falls during a specific month. For instance, Mr. Jim's birthday is in August so it includes pictures of his birthday last year or random pictures to celebrate him. September is not a birthday month for anyone in the family so i highlight first day of school pictures from previous years of the grandkids. Its fun remembering the memories each month. Of course, its hard not to keep for yourself, so you might want to recreate one for yourself too.

I hope you can join me for a morning of fun.

What a "COOL" way to share layouts!!!

The fridge is a "cool" place to show off your latest few layouts! Everyone stops by that spot in the kitchen to check them out...family, visitors, the cleaning ladies, even the bug exterminator guy!! I just purchased some 1/4 inch Super Strong Magnets (that's really the brand name!) and put them on the corners of each page of each layout. When I complete new layouts, I put them on the fridge and the ones that come down go into albums. Pretty "cool," huh???!!!

WELCOME NEW SCRAPPERS

Sending out a BIG welcome to our new scrappers for July!!!!!!!!! At Memory Mania, you're not just a guest, we welcome you with wide arms to our Memory Mania family, so join in girls & give a post to welcome the newest scrapping buddies.

Evelyn Adams

Dana Alfred

Tonya Anding

Nicole Anthony

Kami Babin

Shannon Bennett

Rachel Blanchard

Jennifer Board

Annie Boudreaux

Kari Branch

Dena Breaux

Kandi Brewster

Casey Bryan

Katie Buckley

Jackie Cambre

Ada Castellano

Patty Clavette

Ginger Cloud

Teri Cober

Madalyn Cochran

Liz Cook

Megan Deslatte

Leah Douglas

Ellen Ducote

Candy Dugas

Julia Dupont

Jennifer Dyer

Brittany Espinoza

Nicole Fabre

Vanessa Ferderking

Brandy Foret

Charlie Foster

Cheryl Foster

Wanda Gawarecki

Candice Glynn

Jaime Guidry

Lillian Guitreau

Terri Hagginbotham

Emily Harr

Rogena Hartley

Janell Harvy

Lenea Hebert

Stephanie Huye

Melanie Hyatt

Eggie Johnston

Amber Kaiser

Lynn Keller

Chrystal Kidder

Mary Kunka

Courtney Lanaux

Debbie Laprairie

Brittney LeBlance

Angie Little

aMBER MARTIN

Sara Melancon

Carrle Mendoza

Danielle Mock

Betsy Mullett

Laura Mutz

Kristin Normand

Cara Pagendarm

Lisa Pedone

Ami Peyton-Kleiner

Lindsey Pitalo

Kathryn Poche

Nicole Raynal

Ashley Riche

Cherie Rickard

Renee Roderik

Kim Rome

Lois Rote

Jennifer Russell

Paula Scarton

Christy Schmidt

Erin Schweinefus

Toni Seal

Sara Short

Brenda Short

Julia Sigur

Lorretta Smith

Carol Smith

Sherri Smith

Toni Sparks

Lisa Spillers

Robin Stirman

Christi Villar

Meredith Waguespack

Ava Williams

Joyce Wlech

Thanks so much to our buddies that referred their friends: Mary Claire Lambert, Kelsie Watson, Charlotte Savoy, Jacquelyn Odom, Kristy Martin, Phyllis Lastrapes!!

AND THE WINNER of the referral drawing is JACQUELYN ODOM!!!!! Jacquelyn, claim your prize at MM today. Thanks so much to all of you for sharing the news with your friends.

GIVE ME AN M, GIVE ME AN M, GIVE ME A U, What does it spell?

MMU!!!!! MMU!!!!! MMU!!!!! WOW, what a great bunch of students we welcome to the Class of 2008!!!!!! MMU Class of 2008 has 31 students and has lots of spirit and have almost filled every class this semester (there are a few spots open, call for details).

There are 2 new sororities - Phi Mu Scrappers & Scrap Pak. Cindy Savoy won the Scrapbook Bingo & received a free registration for the Birthday Tracker Class taught by Nikki Rispone in October. Many others won prizes as we perused layouts in LETS MAKE A DEAL!!!!! The group then created their own luggage tags to identify their scrap bags on class nights. Check out the NEW MMU logo, created by Rachel Harris. Many said this is their favorite shirt so far!!!!

Several ladies made a real SWEET deal on the Design Studio and we showed off the new Alcohol Ink Case which is a great tote for your stickles-since we know we are all addicted to stickles-where do you put yours?

Anyway, we had a great time REMEMBERING the MANIAC times we've had LEARNING in MMU over the last 16 semesters. We missed everyone that was unable to be here with us. Seems that last night was a popular Open House night at the schools. If you weren't able to make the pep rally, stop in soon to pick up your bag, nametag & crop certificates!!!!!!!

Jody, your MMU gang says hello & we sure hope you're settling in comfortably & hope to hear from you soon <3

Happy Scrappin' & don't forget to come in SOON & check out the Tim Holtz Case to hold your stickles.

Tammy

MMU Pep Rally TONIGHT!!!!!!!! Don't miss all of the FUN!!!

Another wonderful creation by Noelle Landry from the Memory Mania Masters Kit. I love the way Noelle trimmed the Remember paper to use it as part of her title "Remember Painting Pumpkins". Noell also used the Maya Road template as a masked to incorporated the "painting" aspect into her layout!!! Great job Noelle-its awesome that you captured this awesome memory from your girls' childhood, you will never believe how fast it goes!!!

Give me an "M", Give me an "M", GIve me a "U", what does it spell??? MMU!!!! Yeah MMU!!!! Come share the fun of the MMU Pep Rally tonight and check out the COOL new tshirts, designed by Rachel Harris-GO RACHEL!!!!!!

Terrific Tuesday

Good morning & I hope you are having a terrific Tuesday!!!!!!!! Tuesday's inspiration comes from Memory Mania Master, Jansen Hebert. Jansen highlights her little boy's first haircut. I know i've said it already but i just LOVE those letters-i love the versatility of style & colors with everyone's layout. Great job with the roller doodle & catchy title placement. KUDOS Jansen-thanks for sharing little Ellison's grow up years. WOW, this layout realy brings back memories!!!!!

ECOUPON for this week Aug 12-17- Buy 1 Cosmo Cricket Blackboard product & get one of equal or lesser value FREE!!!!!!!!!!!! REminder: You must print this ecoupon & bring with you for this private sale.

RED LETTER DATE: September 1st - CCL Registration Opens!!!

Happy Scrappin'
Tammy

Merry Monday to All

Good morning !!! I hope all of you are having a wonderful August so far, i know how crazy August can be, but today its VERY quiet here, what about you??? I LOVE the summer and am SOOOO sad to see it end, I love having the boys around the house during the day. But its also a relief too to get back on schedule and get a little order in the house too when August rolls around. Since my office is at home, its been very nice to see some sweet (even when they are not so sweet) faces and voices around all summer. Gets kinda lonely plucking on this computer all day when I REALLY want to be perusing the aisles at Memory Mania for the hottest scrapbook products and the SWEETEST ladies in the world. Sorry, when I wrote Good Morning, i didn't plan to go here, but since I did. I miss seeing alot of you in the store everyday, but in order to keep all the fun things happening at Memory Mania, I'm busy on the computer, organizing & planning for the NEXT big MM event. So if you visit the store & I'm not there, drop me an email as I'm surely plucking away on the computer at my home office. I always welcome any ideas & suggestions for the NEXT fun thing at Memory Mania-so email me for some feedback. THE NEXT FUN THING AT MM is the MMU Pep Rally this week-OK ALL MMU students, don't miss this fun night meeting your teachers and discussing the awesome upcoming classes and of course, we always have something fun up our sleeve!!!!

Sorry for the digress, now to the reason for the post this morning. Check out Nikki's AWESOME Vacation mini album !!!! Sign UP today to join the fun, Class is Saturday, Sept 6th 10am-noon. LSU plays Troy that night at 7, so there is plenty time to whip up this precious little album AND make the game that night. What a perfect way to start the day - FUN class at Memory Mania then on to LSU Stadium for a late lunch & tailgating. SIGN UP SOON-we will be ordering the albums needed for class and need a headcount. REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS CLOSES AUG 25th to allow enough delivery time for albums. KUDOS to Nikki-she always surpasses my ideas for these project classes!!!! AND what a fun teacher-I was part of the Recipe Album class which was awesome-can't wait to see how much fun this class is!!!!!

Hannah Montana & High School Musical

WOW-Just in time!! I can't wait to scrap these recent photos of Justin starring in his first play "High School Musical". Memory Mania just got in the coolest new High School Musical Stamps & Stickers (paper coming late August) AND for all you Hannah Montana fans-new stamps that you will LOVE!!!!!!!! Oh and IF you haven't seen High School Musical yet at the Ascension Community Theatre, come check it out, these kids did great!!!

THREADING WATER Punches are restocked

WOW-this has been a SUPER popular item that the manufacturer ran out of because it was so well received. Memory Mania now has a fresh stock of the threading water punches (previous blog layout sample from Danielle Gaudet);

If you are scheduled for Vacation Album in a Day this week, we have been getting ready all week (well the last 2 actually)-its going to be awesome!!!!!

Have you picked up your MASTERS KIT YET???? Another awesome layout using the Masters Kit Club (if you haven't joined yet-call the store today-its an incredible deal each month AND has ideas to go with it-like your personal shopper) QT Pie created by Sandi Gautreau--KUDOS Sandi, I love how YOU used the Maya Road Template as a border (just love all of the different ideas the design team used with these products); The creative use of the washer in the flower & the roller doodle border!!!!! Of course CARMEN makes the layout-great photos!!!!!

Merry Monday to All

Good morning Scrappers,

I hope everyone had a great weekend. We DID!!! We spent a relaxing weekend in New Orleans and it was just what the doctor ordered, yeah now I'm ready to plan full speed ahead for CCL January!!!!! Here's your Monday Morning Inspiration-have you picked up your masters kit yet?

Today's layout is created by Jansen Hebert of our Masters Team. Don't you just LOVE these letters in the masters kit-they just pop on everyone's layout. The COOL thing that Jansen did was used the Maya Road template as a mask (check out Friday layout for a different use-Heather cut & actually used the template). ALso check out the Glitz Roller Doodle-Jansen did an awesome job lining up the dots-the team said to be very careful using the Roller Doodle-it can't take too much pressure or the handle will break off-so use gently for this cool effect. Awesome Job Jansen-the photos are awesome & priceless memories (you won't believe how fast these days go by)!!!!

Happy Scrappin'

Tammy

Have you gotten your Masters Kit Yet???

WOW-Check out this cool layout "EPCOT" created by our newest Memory Master, Heather BANKER (sorry there was a misprint in the newsletter that said Babin-our apologies Heather). This photo does not do this layout justice, you really need to see it in person!!!! I love the design that Heather cut from this Maya Road Flourish Template-it is perfect to compliment her pictures at EPCOT, and the beauty is that she painted the letters & the stencil with paint dabbers (citrus, pool, and engine red) for an awesome effect. The inking around the letters add more dimension. She used a thin layer of paint so some of the black would show through. Its also hard to see but she used a white pen to doole around the circles & the swirls to help them pop off the page. Great job Heather-and as usual your photos are incredible!!!!!!! For more of Heather's work, she is featured in our Memory Mania Masterpieces Idea Book.