Create, Donate and Win!

Once again, Provo Craft has donated a Cricut machine to our Mania card drive! And this year, they have donated a brand new Cricut Explore! How exciting is that? All you have to do for a chance to win the Explore is to create 10 cards, donate them to the Mania card drive and you get one ticket in the drawing for a chance to win the Explore! And, you can make as many cards as you want! The more you create and donate, the more chances you will have to win!

In the past, we have donated cards to Operation Write Home. However, OWH is requesting fewer cards at this time as the number of deployed troops are decreasing. So for the September 2014 Mania card drive, we will be donating the cards to children's foundations and hospitals! So think fun, cheery and geared toward kids for your card designs. And don't worry if you've already made or started making cards for OWH. You can still donate those and we'll send them on to OWH.

This card drive is open to everyone whether you're attending Mania or not! If you are attending Mania, you can bring your cards with you or make them while you are there. If you aren't attending Mania, you can mail your cards to me. Just send me a message {scrapalette @gmail.com} and I'll give you the mailing address.

The drawing for the Explore will be on the last day on Mania, Sept 28. Cards that are mailed in need to be received by Sept 25.

And if you haven't heard of the Cricut Explore {where have you been. . .it's the hottest cutter out there right now}, check out cricut.com for all the amazing features of the newest Cricut machine!

Cricut Explore

Thanks in advance to all those who create and donate cards! And special thanks to Provo Craft for supporting Mania and donating the Explore!

Registration for Mania 4 has begun!

It's finally here. . .registration for Mania 4! 

It will be Sept 26, 27 and 28 at the same place: Hilton Garden Inn in Alpharetta, Georgia
same time: Friday 2 pm til Sunday 6pm
same agenda: crop, shop, socialize in your order of preference! Make and Takes are free, Classes will have an additional fee paid to the instructor.

One thing has changed. . .the price! It's $175 for the Crop Fee. The rental rate for the meeting rooms went up and I rent 4 rooms each day for 3 days. The Crop Fee includes your table space in the Crop Room, dinner on Friday and Saturday nights, door prize entry and SWAG bag {which may or may not be filled by Provo Craft}. I will be inviting PC.

The format/rules will be the same as previous Mania weekends.

Hotel guests rooms are the same and should be booked directly with the hotel. Single $74, Double $79, Triple $84 and Quad $89. Breakfast is included in the room rate. You will book your room directly with the hotel.

If you want to attend, send an email to trentfamily@gmail.com. If there are more people who want to attend than there are seats, I will use a lottery system to fill the seats. Please let me know if you want to attend and I will then contact you by email.

Please fill free to email or post any questions.

Announcing Circle Mania 4

Circle Mania 4 will be held Sept 26-28, 2014 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Alpharetta GA. More info will be posted in the coming week.