Greetings from Carolee!

If you have family, you have many reasons to scrapbook. Aunts, cousins, grandparents…we all have memories of special people to record and remember. I was thinking about close families when I designed our Sentiments and Word Play lines. I was also inspired by the current trend in typography for home décor. I chose family sayings and placed them in the centers of the papers. They're sentiments that touch anyone's lives. Now, our creative customers are using them in a variety of ways. Here are just a few:
• One family is using our Happiness paper as the front cover for their family reunion booklets.
• A cardmaker cuts the sentiments out of the corners of our Love Life and Joy in Life papers and uses them on her cards.
• A decorator Mod Podged the words and flower motif from the Be Yourself paper onto a wooden plaque and tied it with ribbon for darling wall décor.
• A young mother, who needed a quick gift, simply placed photos of her family around the quote on the Count Blessings A paper. You could do the same thing using the Aqua Poem Splatters paper or put the photos in the center of the Little Things or Little Things Smile 12 x 12.
• Our advanced scrapbookers are cutting the papers apart and piecing beautiful pages with embellishments and journaling.
I hope March is a wonderful month for you, with lots of opportunities to scrapbook.

Happy Scrappin' – Carolee
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News & Upcoming Events…

It's always fun to come back from our tradeshows and start shipping orders. Our Spring 2006 release included 56 papers with matching rub-ons, paper clips, and stamps. We love to hop on the computer and track what's selling. Often Carolee can predict which papers will be our best-sellers. Sometimes we'll be surprised at what flies out the door. That's what's fun and exciting about being part of this industry. We all knew the Aqua Flowers collection would be very popular. The fresh colors and fun designs seem to appeal to everyone. Try Aqua Funky Flowers, Aqua Paint Dots and Aqua Paint Stripes 12 x 12 papers for bridal shower invitations or for pages in your wedding scrapbooks.

CAROLEE'S SCRAPBOOK APPRENTICE
Announcing a unique and exciting contest from Carolee's Creations!

Carolee's Scrapbook Apprentice is a contest to discover fresh, innovative designers and artists to create new scrapbook products. There are three categories to enter- designs for paper, embellishments and albums.

If you've ever said, "I have a scrapbook design idea but I don't know how or where to get it published," this contest is for you! Carolee will judge all entries, select six finalists, and produce their designs. From these, the Scrapbook Apprentice will be chosen!

For contest details, rules, and to download an entry form, visit www.ccpaper.com

Georgie's Gem

"LiStEn iN"
Well, I've finally done it. I took the plunge and started a blog. What fun I am having! My goal is that the blog will not be just a bunch of random thoughts but rather a place to share ideas. I am even planning on having guest "bloggers" especially our design team. What a fun way to get to know them all a little better! Come check it out, I'd love to hear what you think. www.georganahall.typepad.com See you there!

WHAT'S A BLOG?? Well, that's a good question. According to Merriam-Webster a weblog is "a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. "Really though, this definition doesn't accurately demonstrate how expressive, alive and dynamic a weblog can be. You can publish anything instantly. Be the sole author, or share a weblog with friends, family, or colleagues. Post your vacation photos, comment on the news, keep a private journal. My blog will contain fun info about AdornIt with Carolee's Creations, as well as photos, layouts, quotes and thoughts. And you can tune in and post replies. It's just a bunch of friends talking!

Fun & cute Easter Idea!

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Retailer Layout Winner:

This month's layout winner is titled "My Sister, My Friend" and was posted by midnightmarla. You can just feel the "love in the air" between the two sisters pictured in the layout. She used a wide variety of our products; go to our website under "Sharing the Good Things" to view the layout and list of materials. The business she owns is an online business called SimpleMemoryKits.com. Congrats!

Consumer Layout Winner:

Our consumer layout winner used the theme beautifully in this layout titled, "There's Nothing Like a Great Granny's Love." All the way from The Woodlands, Texas, our winning layout by Sheredian incorporated four of our papers in a nice use of the love theme. Thanks for entering, Sheredian, your prize of $25.00 of Carolee's Creations product is on the way!

Next Month's Theme:
Our March theme is "Lucky Me!". Be sure to get your entries posted by March 24, 2006.

Post your layouts HERE!

Invoice # Winner:

Congratulations to The Red Bee, Tustin, CA, whose invoice was #16573. You will receive 15% off your next order placed before April 15th!

How can your company be the invoice winner? All you have to do is place an order and pay for that order within the month and we will randomly draw an invoice. You too could win 15% off your next order!