Back from under the rock!

Hi all,

Wow....i've been gone for a very long time. Do apologise once again for hiding under the rock. Handling a webstore has really been a very tedious task BUT i've enjoyed it.

I turn back and look at The Scrapbook Carton and it looks bigger now, we have more items on the store and we are looking for new sources of scrapbooking materials that you all love and how we can bring it in at much lower cost and share the savings.

This being election season in Singapore and we are being so caught up in which party to vote for. I would love to have my own version of my manifesto for The Scrapbook Carton that we are already there and working towards.

The Scrapbook Carton's 2011 3 Manifesto

1) Keep the webstore a webstore

Why are we doing that? Isn't it better to have a brick and mortar store for us to ransack and touch/feel all the lovely scrapbooking materials? Yes, it is good to see what you are actually buying.

But look at it this way, when the next time you are in any physical store and just turn your head and look upwards and just stare at the light bulb(not too long, or you might go blind. haha!), wondered what is keeping that light bulb on? What about the cool air that you are feeling which is gushing out of the shopping centre's air conditioning? Someone must be paying to keep all these things there for you to enjoy your shopping experience. Especially in Singapore, we all know rents aren't cheap and all these flow down to the end consumer.

For us, keeping it a webstore helps us to really keep things low and we really look to passing on this benefit to our consumers so that can get more materials for all their works.

2) More.

This is simple, more discounts, more promos, more products. More of what we all love.

3) Enjoy while we are at it

In life we are always facing challenges and difficulties, we can't possibly have lesser problems cause this is totally part and parcel of life. Since we are here, just make sure we all enjoy what we do. We really love it when you guys get a good deal from us and enjoy your scrapbooking. Of course, i have seen the commercial aspect of this industry and I really want to shield it all from it cause it can get ugly.

Just remember, we are the masters of our own destiny and we can always make a choices. When you are scrapping, make sure you are really enjoying it. That's what scrapping is all about. Don't lose why we are scrapping for. It's love, it's family, it's friends, it's all about the ones we hold dear.

Enjoy. Don't forget.

Well, this is more or less what I want to achieve in the next 6 months for The Scrapbook Carton.

Do vote The Scrapbook Carton! opps! Sorry I mean, Do support The Scrapbook Carton for being Cheaper, More Supplies and More Enjoyable.

Wow! it's been that long

Hi everyone!

It's me again. Do apologise for disappearing for such a long time. It's been long and we even passed a birthday without a blog entry from me/us.

Let's just say we were busy doing what we do best(keeping scrapbooking material more affordable) and we know you like it cause the response we get from you all is tremendous and I can say this is absolutely a busy period in my life.

I will do my best to keep you all updated what's in store in the new year ahead and do let us know on our facebook pages any views or comments so that we know what you really like and don't like.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!! Makes me feel glad that all the effort we have been through is totally worthwhile!

Looking forward to a year of more scrapbooking supplies with all the great savings!

5 Months....

Wow....I just sat here and it dawned upon me that The Scrapbook Carton has been around for 5 months. Although the store didn't grow physically like many other but in the short 5 months, The Scrapbook Carton has changed the lives of the people who makes it running day to day.

It has been a tremendous trip....the changes we have to make day to day...the wedding we went through in the midst of running this outfit and I guess the sacrifices we make..

It never has been possible for The Scrapbook Carton to change the life of our supporters as much as it has changed ours....but I hope the supplies that we have been pushing out have..From the memories it helps you all create.

That's why I am so persistent on pushing out the plans for The Scrapbook Carton....We will keep doing our best to keep what needs to be low and increase the selection as we go by.

Thank you all for giving me and my team this 5 months to serve you all and we wish to keep this going on for all your memories....

P/S: Sorry if i've been quite sentimental in this entry...I was listening to "Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine"(all you Twilight fans will know what I'm talking about...listen to it..it's nice)

"Go Floral with your moments" Challenge by Yin Wen

With any celebrated moments in our lives, flowers never fail to be part of them. With so much choices of floral patterned paper & embellishments as we scrap, it’s never difficult creating a flowery LO for your that very special moment. So come join me in my challenge as I celebrate the love of 2 people in this challenge with flowers.

Guidelines:

• 1. Work on a 12”x12” cardstock as your layout background
• 2. Record a moment through your LO (it can be anything about your family, a special day, or that of your dear friends)
• 3. It’s a must to have flowers on your LO (your choice of using anything floral from patterned paper, to handmade blooms, to die cut flowers just as long as we see FLOWERS!!!)

Challenge by Tan Yin Wen

Yinwen's take on the challenge

Entries are to be submitted via our facebook pages and closing date is on the 31st May 2010. Winner will be announced on 1st June 2010.

Winner stands to win a Martha Stewart's Lace Heart Edge Punch(worth $21)

Martha Stewart's Lace Heart Edge Punch

(Worth $21)

Time Flies.....

Time flies.......guess alot of you hear this pretty often and agree with it....it's been very very long since I have blogged on the Carton blog and many of you must be wondering why this big disappearance.

Well....let's just say someone just had a very big rite of passage and we were clamoring to get back on track after this big break...it wasn't easy but we really thank everyone for understanding and showing the continued support.

With the rate everything has been going on,it makes me think that I've been bashing through life......4 months of The Scrapbook Carton...Weddings... It's really great that I've done much all these months but thinking back I feel alittle regret that I didn't take time to enjoy all that 4 months of my life. I really enjoying taking this little breather now writing this post and reflecting.

I think many of us are just bashing through life and it's totally unavoidable in a fast paced society and I guess scrapbooking is an avenue for all scrappers to slow down and capture all that special moment.

Sad to say....I'm no scrapbooker(I admire you guys but I'm really terrible with the scissors)...but I guess for me, I resort to photography....To me my camera is my time machine to the past and brings me joy when I look at the photos that I have taken. It's transports me back to that special place in time....

Where we remember the sobs the little ones have....

Or the moment of unity.....

Or even that moment which seems meaningless to everyone.....

Do take some time and enjoy life.....we may be busy now..but we do have still enjoy whatever we do.

April Guest Designer

Since we started the Guest Designer of the Month, we have always gotten our guest designers to work on 12x12 layouts.....but since Yvonne is always fantastic with cards.....we've gotten her to create at what she's really good with.
Keep a look out for it and be inspired by her other works too!

Check out her blog: http://simplyprincessy.wordpress.com/

Also....do check out her esty shop too :http://www.etsy.com/shop/simplyprincessy

Anyway she's done with her work for us and I've gotta say.....it's really nice! http://simplyprincessy.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/as-promised/

New Promo: Store Wide Discounts!

Surprise!!

It's a Store Wide Discount!

Don't miss out all the great and fantastic prizes!

Anyway, we're really sorry that we haven't blogged in depth in a long long while.....hope you all are still doing fine....scrapping away.....

If you are wondering why are we doing a store wide sale in the middle of no where....well...it's our little way of saying sorry for the coming month, April.

In April.....something big is going to happen to one of our member personally and we will be all pitching in helping out. We have decided to some temporary processing closure dates and there will also be lesser self collection dates next month as due to the temporary closures. Really sorry that this will disrupt some orders delivers during the processing closure dates, but we will do our upmost in getting everything out before the closure dates and also process the order as soon as possible when we get back.

Just to clarify, the online store will be still online and you can still place your orders just that there will be no order processing/delivery and self collection during the temporary closure dates. Everything will be as normal except on all those specific dates.

Details of Temporary processing closure dates

Self Collection Date in April: 28th April

No Self Collection in April on: 7th, 14th, 21st April

Temporary Processing Closure Dates: 7th Apr - 9th Apr

13th Apr - 24th Apr

Orders will still be processed and delivered on all other dates.

Thank you for all for understanding and continued support. We love you all!