Legacy Art is my preferred term for scrapbooking. I think we do ourselves a disservice if we don't call it an art form. Years from now, your scrapbook pages and mine will be displayed in art museums, insured with extra riders on the policy in homes, and appreciated for the art and emotion that they represent. I chose to honor them now as they deserve.
Pine Cone Press Gallery of Designs- There's a wonderful company called Pine Cone Press that publishes a new idea book for legacy artists every month and markets the book with a kit as a club program to be taught in retail stores. In my estimation, they've been doing this club for over two years and I heard ALOT about it here in South Florida but I never joined or bought a book until.....January 2007--The kind folks at PCP invited me along with the rest of the Spellbinders' Design Team to hold a 3-day retreat in their classroom space in California. We had a fabulous time and I poured over products, books, samples, and managed to ship a bunch home too (grin).
After my visit, I started noticing more about PCP and was disheartened to see a thread on Two Peas that said many were dissatisfied with their program. I feel sorry for those people, because I suspect their experience had far more to do with the leadership of their club than with Pine Cone Press products or service.
In March 2007 I finally joined a local "Not Your Ordinary Book Club" group led by the fabulous and talented Lynn Barwald. I'm so in love with what I've "discovered" that I've decided to devote a web gallery to the books, layouts, and ideas generated from this great program every month.
Pine Cone Press Links
January 2007-I purchased a couple previously published kits on my friend Lynn's reccomendation
April 2007-Baby Kit -Kit A had lots of brights and Kit B had more muted tones. I enjoyed them both.
May 2007-Numbers Kit-I haven't gotten this one yet because I was sick and had to miss the meeting. Look for results soon enough...smile
June 2007-Always Remember Kit--I did make it to this meeting. Fascinating topic and the techniques included stencils and Craft-T glimmer chalks. Haven't done the layout yet though...so sorry
July 2007-Paper Bags: Our meeting has been pushed to the very end of the month. I'll see if I can get some other stuff showing before my hands touch this one.
February 2007-Used one of the PCP kits to create a Wizard Technique book (link coming soon)
