...$9,107!!!
Yes, $9,107 is the amount raised for our local Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation at this year's Crop for the Cure. Wow! We again express sincere thanks to everyone for their generosity in making this year's Crop for the Cure a huge success!!
Saturday was such an awesome day, we hope everyone who attended had as much fun as we did! We sincerely want to thank each participant, those who placed bids during the silent auction, generous souls who donated items to be auctioned, the vendors who donated door prizes, Sherwood Oaks Christian Church for the spacious room and the many restaurants that provided food. What a fun way to raise funds for such a worthy cause!
Some highlights of our day were...
The First Annual Altered Bra Contest
Our winner, Lori Clendenning,educated us on "What kind of bees make milk? Boo-bees! Ha!" Lori won a weekend at Bear Scrap Retreat.
This bra had both stars and moon that lit up!
A bra to lift up a friend currently facing breast cancer...
To see the rest of the altered bras, please scroll down to the Slide photo show in the previous post. Thanks to all who entered!
We had good times with friends...
And we were especially thankful for the breast cancer survivors who joined us!
Again, a big THANK YOU to all who made the Crop for the Cure a huge success!
Only three more days! Hope you are as excited as we are! Just wanted to show you some additional silent auction items. 
Remember, you can enter bids on these items prior to Saturday if you will be unable to join us. We'll have a Quickutz Revolution tool as well as a Quickutz Lemonade alphabet.
This box designed by Creating Keepsakes Hall of Famer and Memory Makers Master Greta Hammond: 
A Christmas album created by one of our own design team members:
Just wanted to share some of the weekend scrapbooking and stamping retreats that will be given away at the Crop for the Cure. We mentioned in our last update that the person who collects the most pledges will receive a free retreat to Cornerstone Memories in Tipton. We will also be giving away retreats to the winner of our altered bra contest, our page contest, as well as the winner of the raffle currently being held in the store. Retreat locations include Bear Scrap Retreat near Cincinnati (two retreats!) , the Creative Hideway in Frankfort, and A Crop for All Seasons in Norwolk, Ohio. Imagine a relaxing weekend away with nothing to do but scrap, stamp, sleep and letting someone else do all the cooking!
Just picture yourself....
...at Bear Scrap Retreat
...or maybe at The Creative Hideaway
...or Cornerstone Memories
Be sure to stop by again soon, we still have MORE Crop for the Cure surprises to show you! Very soon we will also be posting lots of neat Christmas projects, new techniques to try, photo and journaling ideas. Take care!
We're counting down the days until the Crop for the Cure! Currently we have over 50 registrations and new ones are coming in each day. If you'd like to attend, please register by November 1. For those of you who have signed up or are seriously thinking about it, we've got some more goodies to show you today!
Most of you who have registered know this is an opportunity to collect pledges for our local Susan G. Komen breast cancer affiliate. The person collecting the most pledges will receive a free scrapbooking retreat at Cornerstone Memories in Tipton, Indiana. Can't you just picture yourself cropping away in their crafting room with the fireplace, stained glass window and flatscreen TV! Or how about sitting down to a home cooked meal that you didn't have to cook yourself?! Special thanks to Cornerstone Memories for their generous donation.
We've got several other scrapbook retreats we will be giving away that day... so be sure to stop by the blog again soon for all the details.
Only three more weeks until the Crop for the Cure! We hope you are getting as excited as we are. From now until then, we will be posting blog updates every few days to let you know all the fun things we have planned!
Just a reminder of the details:
To reserve your spot, please register by November 1. (Registrations will be accepted after that date but please note that due to limited quantities, goodie bags for late registrants may contain substituted items.)
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We are busy preparing for the Crop for the Cure on November 8 and hope you are making plans to join us for this very worthwhile cause. We are so excited to show you this beautiful project donated by Sharon Laakkonen for the silent auction fundraiser. You may have seen Sharon's work featured in many scrapbook magazines including Creating Keepsakes. She is a member of the Prima Marketing design team and you can see more of this amazing album on the official Prima Blog. We truly appreciate her sharing her talents with us! If you are unable to attend the Crop for the Cure but would like an opportunity to bid on this beautiful acrylic album, please email us at info@bloominscrapbooks.com. Hope to see you there!
Show us your bra... your "altered bra" that is!
During this year's Crop for the Cure, we will be having an altered bra contest. The winner will receive a Scrapbook Retreat weekend! Here's how it works. Use a bra of any size, shape, color, new or used and decorate/embellish it with whatever you can think of-- flowers, beads, staples, chipboard, sewing, stamping, etc. Bring it on a hanger with you to the crop. We promise we won't ask you to model it! :-) Each cropper will cast one vote for their favorite bra. Here is a fun example we saw at the Melissa Frances booth at the CHA Summer show in Chicago. (You may be aware Melissa is a breast cancer survivor and one of her beautiful product lines has a breast cancer survivor theme.) We can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
Don't forget to stop by between now and the Crop for the Cure on November 8. We'll be posting more photos of the great prizes generously donated by many of our vendors.
