Elli's Expressions

Pre-orders are ready to ship!

The beach books, city books, paper and rub-ons have finally arrived!  If you ordered a Summer Sand Castle or Scrap and the City Mini Album kit at the Charlotte Creating Keepsakes show in August, your package should arrive in the mail this week!

A big thanks to all our customers!

Latonya

Charlotte or Bust!

My dear husband states, "please tell me you don't have anything else...".  Why you ask?  My poor Honda Pilot is loaded to the brim with display grids, booth decorations, class supplies, a cash register, booth signage, etc... We won't be able to look out the back window, and we still haven't loaded our personal luggage!

Since I DO have a few more boxes of supplies left and I really want to bring my Cricket, our luggage must travel with us on the hood.  My family has traveled cross country for days in my Pilot and we've NEVER had luggage on the top.  There's a first time for everything....

CHARLOTTE or BUST!

Latonya

Scrap Red in February for Women's Heart Health

As you may know, February is American Heart Health month as sponsored by the American Heart Association.  Did you realize that heart disease is the leading cause of death among American women?The American Heart Association's 'Go Red for Women' campaign aims to increase heart health awareness among women -- please take a look at the 'Go Red' web site for valuable tips, stories, etc and share the information with the women in your life.

In honor of American Heart Health month, Distinctly Me will offer a 20% discount off of all items purchased in our online store from February 15th - March 1st - Use code ILUVDM08 at checkout.  We'll likewise donate a portion of our sales to the American Heart Association to support the on-going research for women's health. 

Special Note:  Purchase any of our Dress Me Up acrylic embellishments in 'rose red' between February 15th and March 1st and receive a free bonus gift (1 bonus gift per customer) in addition to the 20% discount.

Scrap Red this month for a great cause!

Thanks,

La Tondra & Latonya

Happy New Year

Greetings All,

  Happy New Year -- Best wishes for a happy, healthy, and creatively inspired 2008!  We look forward to what the coming months will bring for Distinctly Me -- As always, thank you for your interest and support!

La Tondra & Latonya

Good Times in Chantilly

We had the chance to travel to Chantilly, Virginia to exhibit at the Great American Scrapbook Convention last month and we really had a blast!  We met some incredible people at the show (shoutouts to all who came by our booth to provide encouragement and support) and we were really energized by the opportunity to connect directly with consumers.

We definitely plan to maintain our connection with consumer shows and we'll keep our web site (and blog) updated so you will know when we're coming to a city near you!

Creating Keepsakes Convention - Charlotte

Guess what?  We're going to exhibit at the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Charlotte -- I am so excited.   This will be our first time participating in the CKC consumer show!  If you are in the Charlotte area and will be at the show please stop by our booth (#27) to say hello!

We've included a CK Coupon for the Charlotte event below so feel free to download it to save on your passes for the Vendor Faire:     Download CKC-Charlotte_Coupon_07_v1.pdf

Hope to see you there!

Reflections (and Congrats) re: Scrap-a-Faire

Latonya and I recently (Feb 28th - Mar 4th) had the opportunity to participate in a virtual consumer scrapbook show (Scrap-a-Faire, sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens publications -- Scrapbooks Etc magazine).  If you didn't hear about this event, you might look out for the next show targeted for sometime in the Fall.  The concept was actually pretty cool -- 5 days of online shopping, classes, giveaways, and chats -- all from the comfort of one's own computer.  As exhibitors, it was a neat thing to setup our virtual booth without the use of a handtruck or a hotel stay (smile).  We'll definitely think about participating in similar types of events in the future.

We also sponsored a giveaway in our booth, and Patti F. of Calgary was our lucky winner!  She'll receive our fantastic Distinctly Me Sampler (including Me Too! cardstock stickers, coordinating papers, and embellishments as pictured below --- Congratulations again Patti! 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  As difficult as it may be to believe, another year is upon us... We hope that everyone had a great holiday season.  I've never traditionally been big on resolutions (namely because I typically seem to fall off in the first couple of months - lol), but I'm really going to commit to making some important life changes in 2007.  First and foremost, I'm going to focus on spending more time with the people that I love -- friends and family are such a critical part of my life.  Secondly, I want to spend more time doing some of the things that I enjoy most -- working out, cooking and scrapbooking!

If scrapbooking is on your list of priorities for 2007, please check out the Distinctly Me 'Friends and Family' discount that we're offering here.  Best wishes to all of you for a healthy, prosperous New Year full of happiness and adventure!

- La Tondra

Wish Lists

So the other day my mom asked me for my Christmas wish list -- yes, mom still asks me even now that I'm in my 30s - lol.  As any scrapbooker knows, you can never have enough in terms of tools and products -- even when you are a 'COLLECTOR' as I am (Note:  I'll share my thoughts on the top types of scrapbookers in a future post).  Ironically enough, however, what I'd really most like this holiday season can't be found in any store, billed to any giftcard, or ordered via the web.  The biggest thing on my wish list (world peace aside) is time.  Time to scrapbook... time to finish my 3,000 craft projects... time to organize all of my stuff...  So we'll see how that works out.  Ultimately, it really is up to me to make time -- so that will spill over to my resolutions for 2007.  Yes, yet another topic for another post.

Alas the holiday season is officially upon us...  stay strong out there!

- La Tondra 

Introducing Our Blog: Distinctly Mine

Yes.  Alas, Latonya and I have decided to launch a blog for Distinctly Me...  We are excited about the opportunity to share more about ourselves and our company with the world at large.  Latonya and I (LaTondra) are the co-founders of Distinctly Me -- and no, we are not sisters -- it actually boggles my mind when people ask that because we both have sisters and their names aren't even remotely close to either of ours (smile), but I digress.  We are manufacturers of diverse and uniquely themed scrapbooking supplies and we currently produce stickers, cork & acrylic embellishments, and coordinating papers.  Our tagline is 'Creative Reflections of You' because our ultimate goal is that all people will see a bit of themselves (or the ones that they cherish) in our products.  We're happy to be a part of the craft industry and we're hoping to grow our product offerings soon.

Please check us out as we settle into this whole blogging experience -- we'll share project ideas, highlights from events, product previews, and general thoughts about being members of the scrapbook manufacturing community...  We welcome your input - please feel free to contact us anytime at info@distinctlyme.com with your thoughts.  Thanks in advance for taking this creative journey with us!