Thanks again my NJS friends

Once again, we had a very successful Saturday! Thanks to all of you who brought such yummy eats. Mindy, your cheeseburger cake was unbelievable. It looked gorgeous and tasted even better! Also, congratulations also go out to Mindy for being our "first mention" winner. Mindy found me Saturday and was the first person to tell ma that she read about Jenny's blog contest on our blog. Mindy won some Thickers stickers, my favorite new product!
Not to be outdone, Lefa won our raffle basket this month. That makes up for forgetting to mention the blog first. Actually, I think that Lefa was just being nice and giving someone else a chance to win since she was our very first blog winner.
It was a very special surprise for our retreat friend Allissa to join us. She drove two and a half hours to spend the day with us and we are all grateful for it. It was such a blast to see her again and hear that sweet drawl of hers! Ya'll come back quick Allissa, ya hear. The sweet tea will be iced and ready to go for you!
Don't forget about our upcoming retreat. It's October 23rd through the 25th. The price is $109, but it only take $25 to hold your spot. The balance is due on or before September 12th. You really need to sign up early to save your spot and to save money. It's $125 if you pay after September 12th! So, come on, sign up soon. E-mail me or leave a comment here and I can send out a registration form. It really is a good time. We will have raffles and a workshop for you, too.
Don't forget, our next crop is July11th, so mark your calendars now. Our menu is salad and sandwiches...nice and light for summer! I will email a menu sign up sheet as our date gets closer. My email issues are all cleared up now and I have a new address...mjbrinduse@comcast.net So, please change me over if you haven't already.

June's gonna be the best month yet!

Well, it's June already. I can hardly believe it. June's meeting is THIS Saturday, June 13th. You aren't going to want to miss this. We are having an ALL AMERICAN COOKOUT courtesy of the NJS team and of course, all of you. My husband will be cooking the hamburgers this time around and he can do some evil cookin' on his Weber. We just need you to show up ready to have fun and don't forget to bring your favorite side dish. Sign up by leaving a comment here or e-mailing me at notjustscrappin@yahoo.com.
Please check out our newest member's blogsite. Jennifer Brannies has a fabulous contest going on at www.scraphappymama2.blogspot.com. You won't want to miss that. She is having a contest that of course means...free stuff for the winner. Check it out before Saturday and then work on your entry while you are at Faith on Saturday. What could be better? What could be better is another free gift. If you are the first person on Saturday morning to mention (to ME) reading about Jennifer's contest, then you will win a prize from me! Sweet, right?
Now, I am having a terrible time sending you all e-mails due to a "Barracuda" spam blocker. So, please someone, anyone, tell me how to fix this. I can't get e-mails to you...I have tried and tried and have received hundreds of failure notices. So, you techy scrappers out there, help me out please!
Have a great week ladies and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Happy Memorial Day

Hello, We just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a beautiful and safe Memorial Day. Please take a moment today to say a prayer for those families who lost someone fighting to save our freedoms. The Not Just Scrappin' Team is truly thankful for them. For those of you who have lost someone, we are eternally grateful for their service and sacrifice as well as your loss. Happy Memorial Day friends.
Enjoy yourselves, but please remember this holiday isn't just about picnics and BBQ's. We are able to be American's because of their courage and we are deeply humbled by their self sacrifice.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!

I hope that you all get to enjoy some much needed crafting today, but if not, there is always next Saturday. We will be meeting at Faith Church May 9th from 9am to 9pm. Our food theme this month is Mexican, so bring your spiciest yummiest treat and come get some stuff done with us.

This post will stay at the top and as I get more ladies signed up for food, I will post it here. I'm keeping this short, the food is what is important!

I'm hiding this right in the middle of my post. Whomever shows up Saturday and tells me first that she saw this sneaky sentence on our blog will receive a special prize. You have to be there Saturday to claim your prize and there is only one prize for the first person to mention it.

Plus, the sun is out. I almost forgot what that felt like. Enjoy your day ladies. We look forward to seeing all of you Saturday May 9th!

MENU SIGN UP

Melissa--Mexican layer salad, Nacho cheese, and chips

Kelli- Peach Salsa Dip

Koty--Chicken Enchiladas

Lefa--Mexican dip or casserole

Charity--Sour cream

Jenny B--Cream cheese/salsa dip

Cheri--Taco dip

Becky--Mexican corn cake

Linda--dessert

Barbara--Salad

Kelly--dessert

Krista--Mexican lasagna

What do you think?

What do you think of our beautiful blog? I love it, I couldn't be happier with it. I have only one person to thank and that is Miss Jennifer Carpenter Brannies, otherwise known as Jenny B. She has yet to make it to one of our crops, but she pitches in with cyber help whenever she can. Thank goodness she was around to fix us up. You did a great job Jenny, thank you so much. Look for a post in the near future with Jenny as our guest designer. You are going to be amazed by her talent. If you can't wait to hear from her on our blog, check out her blog link to the left "Scrap Happy Mama."

I know that there were lots of photo opportunities this weekend. So far, the best online pricing that I have found is at http://www.winkflash.com/. With coupon code, "only6cents" your prints are just that...only six cents. Most of you know that Winkflash is who I use and love, but just in case you don't love them, check out http://www.dotphoto.com/ and http://www.snapfish.com/ for their nine cent print deals.

Thanks for checking in with us here at our beautiful new blog. Please feel free to comment here or send an e-mail and let us know what you would like to see here. I like to talk, but we're going to provide some real content, too.

Please keep two of our girl's in your prayers this week, Vicki Davidson and April Brown. Vicki Davidson is in the hospital with blood sugar and blood pressure issues, but thankfully has been moved out of ICU. April Brown's grandmother just passed away today. Please keep them and their families in your thoughts as they endure this struggle.

Have a great week, we look forward to hearing from you. The NJS team

Well, here it is. Our very first blog post. We, at Not Just Scrappin', are so excited to finally bring you this. Our blog will be a place where we can communicate with one another, learn about each other, share ideas, lift each other up, and of course keep up to date on our meetings and events.
We will try to update this blog at least weekly and try to keep the information here as current as we can. As we learn more about posting here, we hope to include all of you. Please keep us informed of what you are up to, designing, etc. We hope to have guest designers for you to learn from as well as lots and lots of pictures.
Please subscribe to our blog and receive updates whenever we post. Let us know what you would like to see here. This is your site, too. We want to please you and keep you happy. YOU are Not Just Scrappin'. We hope to see you at our next event...May 9, 2009! As always, thank you for your continued support.