Our Sponsors for the Year 2006

A.C. Moore Phronsa and Paulette were first “introduced” to A.C. Moore in Columbus, Georgia when they attended the Warm Springs retreat hosted by Judy Powell in April of 2005.  It was Love-at-first-shop!  After discovering that Birmingham had an A.C. Moore store, it was a real treat to not only shop there, but spread the news of what an awesome selection of scrapbook supplies could be found there.  For our first retreat, the Birmingham location donated a $25.00 gift card which we used to purchase one of the larger prizes we gave away at Camp Sumatanga (we used the gift card and a 50% off coupon).

Angie Cupp, CTMH Consultant At the time of our 2006 retreat, Angie was a Close To My Heart consultant.  She donated a card making kit to be given away as a door prize.  Annette Mehurg Wardrup was the winner.

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Cracker Barrel The retail manager at Attalla's Cracker Barrel Old Country Store donated large paper gift sacks (40) for each attendee to use as a personal trash / scrap bag.

Eagle Ridge Custom Embroidery Located:Rainbow City, Alabama 2351 Greenview Ave., Rainbow City, AL 35906 (256-442-1070) Darlene Farmer & Phala Kircus embroidered all of our T-shirts and generously made little treat cups for every attendee.  The gifts were filled with candy and tied up with pretty tulle and ribbons.  They also donated a canvas tote for a retreat door prize embroidered with the same design as our shirts and trimmed with colorful rick rack.  Jennifer Holloway won the tote.  *Darlene & Phala are Phronsa's sisters in law.

Fitting Your Needs Located:Albertville, AL Owners, Leslie Sewell and her mother, Mary Hix donated over $350.00 worth of fantastic scrapbook prizes for our first retreat held in 2006 at Camp Sumatanga, Gallant, AL.  This included albums, papers, beads, rub-ons, embellishments, stickers, rubber stamps, inks, and much, much more!  Winners of some of those prizes were: Melanie Yancey, Karen Drenner, Phronsa Farmer, Angie Cupp, Shanna Coan, and Paulette Hathcock.  Since then, the store has phased out the scrapbooking section.  *See the spotlight on Leslie and Mary for more details.

Frame World Located:Gadsden, Alabama 430 Chestnut Street Gadsden, AL 35901  (256-547-3788) Owners Jane & Mitch Martin donated an assortment of papers, stickers, and other embellishments which were made into prize kits.

JoAnn Fabrics & Crafts, National Guest Services JoAnn’s gave us TWO $10.00 gift cards.  We used those gift cards and coupons (also provided by the store) to purchase prizes for the events.  This way we got “more bang for our buck”!

Memory Makers Magazine Memory Makers donated three boxes of magazines and three idea books.  The magazines were passed out to all attendees and the idea books were drawn for as door prizes.

Paulette Hathcock Paulette contributed several prizes for games and drawings, many hours of time spent planning the event, and she also cut and sewed each attendee a photo polishing cloth.  These cloths were accompanied by a printed poem.

Phronsa Farmer Many hours of time were donated by Phronsa during the planning and preparation of our retreat.  She also contributed a variety of gifts and prizes.  Included were many items for each attendee's goodie bag, prizes for some of the games, and a couple of door prizes as well.

Rheba Long, Creative Memories Consultant Located:Rainbow City, AL Rheba has been a Creative Memories consultant for four years.  She holds crops at her cozy and welcoming home two nights per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) where beginners and advanced scrappers meet to share fun, fellowship, and wonderful snacks, too.  Most nights they even get a little scrapping done!  While there, you may have the privilege of using her many tools and supplies and shop at her store that’s always open.  First timers never pay for a spot and all other guests pay ONLY $3.00 per night! In addition to helping with the organization of our first retreat (’06), Rheba was a HUGE contributor. That year she gave Creative Memories page completion kits for every goodie bag, several prizes and gifts, as well as one of our biggest baskets which contained a CM Kaleidoscope album, page protectors, and lots of other beautiful items to go with that gift (won by Jan Trecky).

Sarah Kirby (Ft. Payne Children’s Trust) Sarah donated bows, yarns, fibers, card stock, and envelopes which were all placed on the “FREE STUFF” table and enjoyed by all of the attendees.

Terri Redden, Avon Consultant, Attalla, AL Terri donated Avon samples and purse size lotions for all goodie bags.

Three Ladies and a Scrapbook Located:Rainsville, AL Debra Talley was formerly a Creative Memories consultant and Rheba Long’s “upline”.  She and Janet Linville opened Three Ladies in November, 2005.  Their store offers a FANTASTIC variety of papers, stickers, embellishments, albums, tools, etc.  Classes as well as crops are held regularly in a comfortable room in the back of the store.  For the ‘06 retreat, they gave us a gift basket filled with a variety of scrapbooking products and embellishments.  It was won by a VERY excited first time scrapper, Maxine McIntyre.