VIP Newsletter March 3, 2009

Custom Local High School AlbumsPlan your High School Albums early!
NOW IN!! Scrapbook those high school memories.
High school papers and embellishments and albums are now in stock! Get them while supplies last. Custom school albums in stock include John Marshall, Century, and Mayo. Stewartville is coming next week. Any other school albums can be easily ordered by request.

High school custom papers in stock include 15 local high schools:
Albert Lea, Austin, Byron, Century, Chatfield, Dover Eyota, John Marshall, Kasson Mantorville, Lourdes, Mayo, Owatonna, Pine Island, Plainview, Elgin, Millville, Stewartville, and Winona.

Don't forget, VIP also offers a great monthly series of high school layout classes so that you can get your teen's school album done in record time! See our Calendar for all our class offerings on the website: http://www.vipscrapbook.com/event

VIP Spring Retreat: Come Cut a Rug!
VIP welcomes all of you to "Come and Cut a Rug" with us on March 20, 21st, and 22 for our Spring Retreat.
You need some "me" time with your friends to pamper yourselves and to work on your creative projects. Enjoy an upscale experience with hotel amenities, ample workspace and lighting, delicious food from our favorite Executive Chef, darling make and takes, and oodles of fab goodies and prizes! The generous prizes even include a Grand Prize of a Silhouette Die Cutting machine!

Pamper yourself and scrapbook in comfort. Join us at noon on Friday, March 20th and crop through our special weekend until 5 pm on Sunday, March 22nd. Accommodations on site at the Rochester Ramada Inn, parking is free and shopping is conveniently right across the street. The first ten to reserve a spot get an additional $10 off their Ramada overnight stay. Cost $145 Join us! Call VIP at 507-281-2031 for retreat spots and the Ramada at 507-289-8866 for lodging. More Information at our website under Retreats
http://www.vipscrapbook.com/node/2401

30% off all Albums!
Take 30% off any scrapbook album in stock! What a sweet deal! Just in time for spring vacations and graduation!! This special even includes our new chipboard albums and acrylic albums. Hurray! Get your albums now while supplies last!

SALE! 50% OFF !
QuicKutz dollar bin holiday acrylic stamps and mini dies. Normally $1 --now on sale for half price through Sunday! Grab a few while you can! 50 cents each!
Delivery! Delivery!

Boxes and boxes of products mean lots and lots of NEW goodies for you! This week has been a back-breaker for our favorite UPS and Fed Ex drivers! Come and see all the product in every department! We have acrylic clear stamps, new sports embellishments, travel papers, Colorbok albums, 7 Gypsies, Prima crystal swirls, chipboard and acrylic albums, purse albums, QuicKutz spring releases and fonts, St Patrick's items, 1960's inspired embellishments and papers, polka dots, crystal drops, and touches of glitter. Read on and see why we are SO excited for this week's new product lines!

New Bo Bunny Product this Week at VIP!
Bo Bunny is hopping in for Springtime! Take a peek at their 5 newest lines for this season. It's My Party features fresh colors and graphics that make this new line truly ageless and versatile. Another new Bo Bunny line called Love Shack has peppy flashback designs and colors from the 1960s. Gold, pink, turquoise, orange and lime green are lookin' very hip!
Check out the Unforgettable line in black, grey, silver and white neutrals. This line is perfect for proms, weddings, or any elegant event. Need something for your Dad and boy layouts? Check out Grease Monkey and You Bug Me paper and embellishments!
New Spring QuicKutz Product this Week at VIP!

Spring release items from QuicKutz like elegant birds, darling chicks, Easter eggs, lucky shamrock clovers, bunnies, carrots, rain boots, and flowers will wow you! Warm up your paper-crafting with a breath of fresh Spring air from QuicKutz!

New Product this Week from Best Creations
Best Creations came up with some gorgeous Irish themed papers for St Patrick's Day. A touch of glimmer and glitter mean that gold is not going to be the only thing that sparkles this St Pattie's Day!
Best Creations Easter paper and accents are fabulous too. These sweet graphics also have a touch of glitter. Lovely! Spring is coming! Let's celebrate!

New Chatterbox Product this Week at VIP!
Chatterbox has done it again! Check out the Happy Day chipboard, papers, thick frames, and scrumptious embellishments to the fresh Fabulous line of teal and yellow papers, albums, accordion albums, acrylic stamps, and embellishments. Chatterbox has pulled out all the stops and we love it!

New Animal prints by CI in this Week
It's gettin' WILD at VIP! Marah Johnson has given us lots of amazing Untamed animal prints this season! Stop and see these classy wildlife theme papers and embellishments.

Sign up Now for March Genealogy Classes!
Make your personal heritage come to life. “Grandmother and Grandfather” is the March genealogy theme in our year-long series.
Sign up for ONE of the following March dates for the class:
Choose either March 8th, 15th, or 22nd. Class begins at 1pm. FREE WIRELESS allows you to research on the laptop FREE! Come in and see the page sample up in the store and sign up for the year long series with us here at VIP.
We do have a few past month's class kits available as TO GO kits again now. Learn genealogy research skills and how to research your own family tree with us each month. Cost $12.50

New Ideas are Blooming this Week at VIP!
Monday March 2nd All Day Free Scrap. 10am-9pm
Tuesday Mar. 3rd Free Scrap 10am-9pm
Wed. Mar 4th Mom and Me Crop 9:30am-12 noon FREE!
Wed. Mar. 4th Free Scrap until 6pm
Wed. Mar. 4th High School: Sophomore $12.50
Thur. Mar. 5th Just the Basics 1pm $5.00
Thur Mar. 5th All Day Free Scrap. 10 am-9pm
Thur Mar. 5th So Lucky 6:30pm $12.50
Fri. Mar. 6th Free Scrap 10am-5pm
Fri. Mar. 6th Funtastic Friday Crop 5pm-12 midnight $5
Sat. Mar. 7th All Day Free Scrap 10am-5pm
Sat. Mar. 7th Just the Basics: Child class 10am $5
Sat. Mar 7th free Make N Take while supplies last
Sunday Mar. 8th All Day Free Scrap 12 noon-5pm
Sunday Mar. 8th Genealogy: Grandmother and Grandfather (mother's side) 1pm $12.50
Monday March 9th All Day Free Scrap 10am-9pm

Mom and Infant Wednesdays
Announcing our Mom and Infant Wednesdays!
Join us on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 am to noon for FREE scrapping time with other moms. You know how nice it is to get out of the house. Join us as we get a little scrapping done too! Crop with friends --and make new friends too! Baby should be in an infant seat or stroller for safety, please. Invite your girlfriends to join us too! Coffee and tea and hot chocolate available! It's a rockin' good time!

New Online Store for QuicKutz Digital Designs
VIP and QuicKutz is happy to announce the opening of a brand new online QuicKutz store for digital designs. With faster browsing, enhanced searching, sleeker design and more compatibility, this store is better than ever. It offers thousands of digital designs to choose from, with new shapes added all the time, that you can download directly onto your computer at any time! In order to access the new store you will need to download a small update found here:
http://www.quickutz.com/qk2/silhouette/support.aspx
For the first time, we're also offering subscriptions to download digital designs for your Silhouette.
Subscriptions
Free Account: Download digital designs anytime and pay as you go; each design is around $1.99 each (new lower price!).
Limited Subscription: $19.99/ month. Download up to $30 worth of digital designs a month; 1 year subscription. Unlimited Subscription: $29.99/ month. Download as many digital designs as you want with no monthly limit; 1 year subscription.
USE your VIP Scrapbook retailer code and get 50% Off Subscriptions!
We have partnered with Quickutz to offer our customers a 50% off discount to either subscription program above. Just follow these directions!
1. Go to the online store and sign into your account.
2. Choose a subscription plan by clicking on the button.
3. Fill out the required information.
4. When prompted, type in the promotion code: VIP

Marvelous Mondays! Use that 40% off Coupon at VIP
Marvelous Mondays are here!
That means you can use your current Michael's 40% off craft supply coupon HERE at VIP!!! Now that's exciting news! Get 40% off the price of one craft item when you turn in your original newspaper Michael's coupon at our store. 1 coupon per family per day. Note: excludes Cricut machine, Silhouette machine, QuicKutz handles, Slice machine, and other value priced items. Marvelous Mondays were made just for YOU! Use your current Michael's coupon at VIP every Monday!

Funtastic Fridays in March
Come to the Funtastic Friday Crops!
March 6, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight. Snacks included $5
March 13, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight Dinner included. $8
March 20, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight Snacks included $5
March 27, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight Dinner included $8
Earn a Funtastic Friday Bonus Crop! Prepay for your Funtastic Friday crop when you call to sign up and we will keep track for you. Earn a bonus crop FREE after only SIX prepaid signups!

We Went to Go Red!
VIP hosted the Make and Take for Go Red on Feb 26th. What a wonderful experience it was to hear the stories and share the day with so many great people over at GO RED. We had a blast and got to visit with so many fantastic people! Thanks to those who stopped by our Go Red booth! Keep your heart healthy!