Did you all celebrate National Scrapbooking Day with loads of great crafty time?

Good news: Just because NSD is officially over doesn’t mean the freebies are! Hop on over to Memory Makers Magazine to download free NSD goodies, including an exclusive sneak peek of Crystal Jeffrey Reiger’s new book The Scrapbooker’s Handwriting Workshop. Plus, enter to win a fabulous scrappy prize package.

And check out these other sites for more free digital goodies:

Designs By Sarah

The Hybrid Chick

Chronicles of Nani

Designs by Mlle Héloïse

Kristine’s Place

Hello scrapbookers and papercrafters!

Registration is now open for F+W's Great American Scrapbook Convention in Arlington, TX taking place June 3-6. Take advantage of this great opportunity to meet, learn and shop with other avid scrapbookers.

In addition to getting a look at the latest and greatest in scrapbooking techniques and products, if you move quickly, you can sign up for some awesome classes! Workshops open at 8am Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Wednesday, as a real treat for the true beginners among you, there'll be two sessions of Scrapbooking 101 instructed by Memory Makers Magazine contributing editors Crystal Jeffrey Rieger and Staci Ethridge. Both Staci and Crystal are also hosting other workshops during the convention--see the workshop schedule for full listings.

Hello papercrafters!

I'd like to introduce you to our brand new storefront over at www.mycraftivitystore.com!

At the MyCraftivity Store you'll get:

• All books are offered at everyday discounts up to 20% off, with even bigger discounts on select titles.
• Free Shipping and Handling on all U.S. orders of $25 or more.
• A Member Reward Program that saves you an additional 10% on future online orders once you've reached $100 worth of purchases. (Excludes shipping and taxes)

And, as an added grand opening surprise, you can save an ADDITIONAL 20% off your entire order when you use offer code MYCGO20 at checkout. This is in addition to the already discounted price! Hurry, this discount only lasts through Midnight, March 15th!

Today's featured titles include some awesome new scrapbooking titles:

The Busy Scrapper

The Scrapbooker's Creativity Kit

Also as part of the store's grand opening, Ginger's giving away a copy of one of Memory Makers' best-selling books, Organizing Your Scrapbook Supplies over on her blog!

Hello papercrafters!

So, Valentine's Day was two weeks ago, and I still haven't gotten any photos developed. Am I the only one? In any case, I'm thinking it's better to plan out holiday scrapping before beginning. That way, you're sure you have all the supplies you need, as well as a reasonable amount of time set aside. And for that matter, then you know what size photos to get printed. So in a nod to planning, I hopped on over to the Memory Makers Magazine Idea Gallery to check out what all their readers have cooked up for Valentine's layouts. Here are some of my favorites so far:

Happy Together

Heather Hines
Lincoln, Maine, USA

My Forever Valentine

JStockert
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Valentines Sweeties

Bethy Nixon
Fort Washington, PA, USA

My Dad--ATC

Lilach Oren
Nahriya, Israel

Maya

Julia Stockert
San Antonio, USA

Hello papercrafters,

Valentine's Day is just a day away, leaving little time for last minute creative crafting. In case you're still stuck for something to make for that special someone (or if you have some single friends who could use a quick and friendly boost this holiday), I've collected some great, simple Valentine's craft projects to help you spread the love.

Valentine's treat bags, from Rachel Henley

Fabric Window Valentines, from the Purl Bee

A Valentine ticket booklet, from Crystal Jeffrey Rieger

A matchbox treat box, from inchmark

And a cute printable Valentine card, from Arian Armstrong

Happy Valentine's Day!

Liz