This month, we're celebrating the hobby we love: SCRAPBOOKING! We love scrapbooking and we love our customers, so we hope you join us for our February events!

**FREE Beginner's Classes
Ankeny: Feb.25
Ames: Feb. 25

**SCRAPPY HOUR Every FRIDAY(No registration needed)
Ankeny: 3-8pm and Ames: 3- 6pm (This week is Ames' last Scrappy Hour)
**QUICKUTZ is 25% OFF All Month
PlUS, purchase a Hand Tool with font and receive a FREE QK Binder!

**Weekly PRIZE Drawings You get your name in the drawing just by visiting the store! We've given out over 30 prizes so far!

**Earn Heidi Grace Acrylic Charms
Earn charms throughout the month to fill your bracelet!

Stop by Memory Bound for "SCRAPPY Hour" this Friday and every Friday in February. Ankeny: 3-8pm and Ames: 3-6pm
THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16:

• FREE $30 Memory Bound Gift Certificate with the purchase of a Cricut Cartridge! (Ankeny only)
• RIBBON - Buy 1 yard, Get 1 yard FREE! (limit 10 yards per customer)
• ALPHABET STICKERS - Buy 1, Get 1 FREE! (limit 10 sheets per customer)
• Try out the CRICUT Electronic Die Cutting Machine - Cut a FREE title!
• Refreshments!

• BASIC GREY IS HERE! We have it all from their 4 new lines: Scarlet's Letter, Phoebe, Stella Ruby, and Perhaps! We also have all of the new rub-ons, mini monograms, and Precision Filing Tool Kit!
• New SPORTS papers, stickers, and rub-ons from REMINISCE, FLAIR DESIGNS, and MOXXIE
• COOKING papers, charms, tags and 3D embellishments from Sulyn
• TECHNIQUE TUESDAY clear stamps - borders, sentiments, birthday, family, love
• MOXXIE birthday, Easter, girly-girl, and pets (dog,cat, and little animals like hampsters)
• Blue Hills DANCE papers: tap and ballet
• AMERICAN CRAFTS cloth and leather style albums
• QUICKUTZ REVOLUTION and dies
• CREATING KEEPSAKES March issue
• LIL' DAVIS Valentine papers, chipboard borders, and chipboard alphabet
• REMINISCE's new lines: camping, RVing, many different sports (Kellie's favorite!), hunting & fishing, music, St. Patricks Day. Easter,
• Ready-To-Go BLANK BOARD BOOKS from Create and Treasure: tab, purse, house, 12x12 display board, and more!
• SCRAPWORKS Shimmer Shapes - flowers and alphabets

• BASIC GREY Magnetic Precision Mat
• SEI Preservation albums and page protectores - We now have a large variety of colors & sizes! These are a great value at $4.29-6.99!
• MOXXIE School Papers - Pre- Kindergarten to Senior: each grade has its own paper!
• BASIC GREY Lunchpail Refills
• Life's Journey Flip Book by K & COMPANY
• Urban Chic TOTE-ALLY COOL MINI TOTES

Chip-Top Cards Class - Sunday, February 18

Thursday, February 15: ON THE EDGE -Bazzill has some fun new edged papers that are all the rage. But how do you use them? Join Linda to explore and experiment with these exciting shaped papers as you make three one-page layouts. In addition to Basic Class Kit, bring paper piercer. Instructor: Linda Franklin $22

Saturday, February 17, 10am-4pm: A JOURNEY THROUGH EVERYDAY LIFE - This will be one of the most meaningful albums you will ever create. In years to come, your family will love to look at this album, a keepsake that documents your journey through everyday life. You will leave with a completed 8x8 album. Bring Basic Class Kit, Tacky Tape, and eyelet tools, plus photos in these categories: people, family, friends, things, places, foods, and favorites. Stop in before class and choose a set of papers. Instructor: Linda Franklin $58

Sunday, February 18, 1- 3:30pm: CHIP TOP CARDS - Chipboard continues to be one of the most popular products on the market. Bazzill’s chips and coordinating Chip Toppers add dimension, color, and style to your projects. Come make 10 “chip-top” birthday and thank you cards. You’ll find that chips are addictive but (thankfully) calorie-free! In addition to Basic Class Kit, bring ¼” Tacky Tape, Crop-a-Dile (if you have one) corner rounder, scoring blade (optional) and Colorbox Cat’s Eye Chalk in Chestnut Roan and Prussian Blue (optional). Instructor: Janet Petersma $25

Friday, February 23, 6pm- Midnight:CROP- N-SHOP - Come crop in our workshop! Use our die-cut machines, punches, idea books, and more! If you can’t crop, come in and shop! $10, plus croppers get 10% OFF regular-priced merchandise and still receive MB Frequent Buyer Stamps!

Saturday, February 24, 9am-5pm: SATURDAY CROPPIN' CRAZY - Want to spread out and catch up on your albums? Then join us for several fabulous and fun filled hours of uninterrupted scrapbooking! Bring a friend or make new friends! We provide the snacks, drinks and door prizes. $12 Please call to register!

Sunday, February 25, 2-4:30pm: F R E E BEGINNERS' CLASS - No experience necessary! Let us help you or someone you know get started. This class is for beginning scrapbookers who want to learn important preservation techniques and ways to make meaningful and creative albums. Cardstock, adhesive, idea sheets, and cropping tools provided. Basic Class Kit not needed. Bring 8-10 related photos. Instructor: Janet Petersma $15
Our workroom is open most every day and it's FREE for you come in and scrapbook with us! While the kids are in school, get caught up on your albums at Memory Bound!

Saturday, February 24, 10:30am-12pm: CRICUT CARTRIDGE -BEYOND BIRTHDAYS - Explore this exciting Cricut cartridge with us as we make several cards using various techniques. See how versatile this cartridge can be! Pre-requisite: Cricut Introductory Class. Bring Basic Class Kit, Cricut machine, and Beyond Birthdays cartridge. Students get 20% off Beyond Birthdays cartridge. Instructor: Judy Olson $23

Sunday, February 25: F R E E BEGINNERS' CLASS - No experience necessary! Let us help you or someone you know get started. This class is for beginning scrapbookers who want to learn important preservation techniques and ways to make meaningful and creative albums. Cardstock, adhesive, idea sheets, and cropping tools provided. Basic Class Kit not needed. Bring 8-10 related photos. Instructor: Cheri Thieleke
Our workroom is open most every day and it's FREE for you come in and scrapbook with us! While the kids are in school, get caught up on your albums at Memory Bound!

If you can't make it to our Memory Bound stores in Ankeny or Ames, you can shop online with us at ScrappersHaven.com. It's a good place to view some of the latest & greatest products coming into the store! Tara adds new items to the site almost daily. Scrapper's Haven has a lot to offer: Weekly Tips, and Creativersity where you find projects from our design team. Check it out!

For those of you who prefer chocolate to flowers, here are a few delicious quotes from Linda LaTourelle's book The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Word to help you get started.

• Chocolate is the answer -- no matter what the question is!
• Friends are the chocolate chips of life!
• I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
• Coffee, chocolate, men. . . Some things are just better rich.
• A day without you is like a day without chocolate.
• I'd give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter!
• Make mine chocolate
• When the going gets tough, the tough get chocolate!
• Research shows twenty out of nine pople eat chocolate.