Card Crop for Soldiers

I am so excited to tell everyone about the Pulaski County Card Crop for Soldiers that was held today at the Maumelle Library. It was a small group of 5 but we had a wonderful time and made 45 cards. I will add this to the other 75 that I have that I have either made or have been donated to me over the last few weeks, so that makes 120 that I will be sending to our Arkansas Guard!!

We made birthday cards, thank you cards, miss you, love you, welcome baby cards and more!!! These cards were left blank so the soldiers can use them to send to their loved ones.

We were lucky to welcome a new member to SA as well! Melissa joins us after having suffered the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Her son-in-law was killed in Iraq on April 30th of this year by a roadside bomb. It was wonderful getting to meet her and hear her story. I presented her with a Soldiers' Angels coin to pass on to her daughter and grandsons as a small token of our appreciation for their sacrifice.

I will schedule another Card Crop for Soldiers in October. At our October crop we will make Christmas cards for the soldiers to send home as well as sign Christmas cards that will be sent to the soldiers. I will post the date as soon as I have it pinned down.

Soldiers' Angels Card-A-Thon was a great success!!!

This weekend Scrapbook Corner and Steph's Crop held a Card-A-Thon for Soldiers' Angels! Lots of people participated either by making cards or simply signing a handmade card while checking out. Not all of the cards have been signed, but we did collect 384 singed cards this weekend.

If you want to sign a card or donate additional handmade cards please go by Scrapbook Corner on Monday (they are closed tomorrow for Mother's Day) or contact me.

Thank you to everyone who participated!

Trash to Treasure for Soldiers' Angels

Area Soldiers' Angels, VA Soldiers' Angels and Guardian Angels for Soldiers' Pets will be holding a garage sale on May 10th in Benton. If you have items you wish to donate to the sale please let me know. I will post the location once that has been finalized.

Art Declassified is in!!

I can't wait for you to see the new line of stamps I am carrying! I just got my shipment in today and I can't wait to share! I also have some to give away during the crop, but of course you must be present to win!! Here's a little sneak peek of some of the stamps!

Scrapbook Corner will be at S4S!!

I am so excited to update you on a new vendor we will have!! Scrapbook Corner, your favorite Little Rock lss, will have a vendor booth at Scrapping 4 Soldiers! A big shout out and THANK YOU to Nancy!!

Maumelle Monitor newspaper article

Check out the fabulous article about Scrapping 4 Soldiers in this week's Maumelle Monitor!


Story:
Scrapping for soldiers
A Maumelle woman has turned her love of scrapbooking into a way to show support for deployed soldiers. Stephanie Ferrara started scrapbooking 13 years ago when her son, Truitt, 14, was a baby.

For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://www.maumellemonitor.com/articles/2008/02/28/living/liv02.txt

what's the BUZZ about?

I just want to say THANK YOU to Lindy at 103.7 The BUZZ in Little Rock for doing what she can to get us on the radio! Keep your ears open for our Soldiers' Angels PSA!!

Soldiers Angels Area Meeting and Card Crop

On March 22nd the Little Rock area Soldiers Angels will be meeting at the Maumelle Library at 1pm. We will discuss upcoming Soldiers' Angels events and share ideas for future events.

Following the meeting we will make cards to be sent to soldiers with the 39th Infantry Brigade. These will be added to the cards made and signed at Scrapping 4 Soldiers on March 29th.

Hope to see you there!

Stephanie

You asked for it... SNEAK PEEK

Here's a little sneak peek of some of the goodies that will be up for auction or given away throughout the day during Scrapping 4 Soldiers!

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Leisure Arts!!

Oh, boy! Oh, boy! I got a big box of card making supplies and scrapbooking books from Leisure Arts the other day! I can't wait for you guys to see these! Some of these products will be available for use during the crop to make cards, but I will be setting some of them aside for door prizes! Who knows, you could go home with a Doodling for Scrapbooks book or maybe you have a little scrapper at home that would enjoy the Care Bears Scrapbooking book (stickers, paper and ideas)!

I'll post some sneak peak pictures of some of the silent auction items and door prizes this weekend!

More FREE Mail!!

I send cards out to soldiers on almost a daily basis. Thank you cards, Happy Birthday cards, cards of encouragement, and just simple Hello's. Well today I was so happy to receive a card in the mail from a female soldier who really appreciates getting our cards and letters. She expressed how important it is to their morale to know that they are truly appreciated and cared for back at home.

I also got an email from a soldier on his second tour. Turns out he is from Jacksonville! Can you believe it? Out of the thousands of soldiers out there I sent a card to one from home! He really appreciated hearing from me.

I can't wait for all of us to send cards to our men and women of the 39th! Who knows, you may just get an email or a card back as well!!!

Have a great day!
Stephanie

Three New Sponsors!!

I am excited to fill you in on two new sponsors for our Scrapping 4 Soldiers! They are http://www.createdigitalart.com/ and http://www.createmykeepsake.com/. Also, Independent Consultant Vanessa Simmons of Conway will be on site to show you what's new with Pampered Chef!

Sponsor Update

I am so excited about the upcoming crop! I am busy getting together fabulous door prizes and silent auction items. I am happy to welcome www.archiversonline.com in Memphis, http://www.yellowfence.com/ and http://www.brentandsams.com/ to the list of sponsors!

FREE MAIL!!!

I was so excited to come back from my Christmas vacation to find FREE MAIL in my mailbox! For those of you that don't know, FREE MAIL is mail sent by deployed soldiers. When they are deployed they don't have to pay postage. They write FREE MAIL where the stamp is supposed to go.

Anyway, I had 3 Christmas cards in my mailbox from soldiers that I had sent cards to. It makes me feel really good that I can send a little bit of home half way across the globe! It is even better when I hear back from them!