We all have favorite memories of summer.  Those long, hot days when we’d try anything to get cool. Trying to catch hermit crabs in the tide pools.  Jumping in the waves at the ocean.  Eating big slices of watermelon and taking care not to eat any black seeds lest we grow a watermelon in our stomachs!  No matter what our memories, we are all trying to capture similar moments of our children, families and friends for our scrapbooks.  We intend to make them last forever!

As we fly home from home from ACCI in Chicago, we are amazed at how many new products will soon be available.  We have prepared a preview of new products to look for in your local scrapbook stores.  Most will be made available between now and the first part of October.  In the upcoming weeks, we will be doing more in depth Product Reviews in our weekly update.  With all the new companies we have come in contact with, we’re sure it will take us from now until HIA to do all the reviews!  Visit What’s New, an ACCI Preview.

Make sure to check out the new features of Scrapbooking.com.  We are initiating Pick of the Crop, a monthly layout contest with prizes for the top three winners.  We will have a different theme every month.  We are accepting contest submissions this month for Back to School themed layouts.  Go to the Pick of the Crop for more details.  Organize Yourself will be a place for sharing ideas of how you organize your products and workspace with other scrapbookers.  We will have a random drawing each month for a prize from CropInStyle for the winner. 

Our summer issue is filled with ideas for your scrapbooks.  Make sure you make the most of the last days of summer and take lots of photos!  Remember to capture spontaneous moments for your scrapbook!   After all, can you ever have too many memories of these lazy days of summer?