On January 1, 2010, The Scrappy Gourmet will be 3 years old! As we approach this mark, we've decided to add to our creataive kitchen staff by hosting our first ever design team call! Five new scrapbook chefs will be invited to join our incredible design team! As a member of our team, you will receive FREE product for designing, a 35% discount on all personal purchases, recognition and promotion on our site, an opportunity to participate in our SECRET RECIPE KITS resulting in profit sharing, along with other perks, surprises and freebies at random throughout the 12 months. In addition, all chefs will have the opportunity to participate in our soon to come "Bakery" section selling created projects that you want to pass along. Plus, you always get to keep your original kit designs that are sold on our site!

To enter, all you have to do is create 2 or 3 layouts and an altered project using products we promote on our site from the following manufacturers: Melissa Frances, Pink Paislee, Maya Road, Teresa Collins, Jenni Bowlin and Basic Grey. Anytime between now and November 30, 2009, e-mail images to the following TWO emails and include specific information requested on our CONTEST page. The email addresses are: kdlwalk@kc.rr.com and jill@thescrappygourmet.com. We will announce our 5 new chefs the first part of December. Good luck!

This LIMITED EDITION kit is so warm and heartfelt. Using Pink Paislee's Amber Road collection, Linda Albrecht created a lovely fall wall hanging, single page layout and 3 cards. Some of these ingredients are out of stock and will not be remade by the manufacturer, so when these kits are gone, that's the end. Kit ingredients include: Amber Road borderline stickers, press ons and 8 double sided patterned papers from Pink Paislee; Licorice Glitter Chipboard Alpha Expressions from Pink Paislee; more than 7 yards of lace, wire, fibers, ribbons and trims; cream muslin; naked chipboard pieces; printed quote; 30 buttons and 14 diecut daisies. This kit is available for purchase NOW, but will not ship until WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.

We're making a new committment to keep our blog updated daily and filled with current information. Check in often to keep informed of new arrivals, new kits, sneak peeks, give aways, and more! Our FIRST give away is one of our October 2009 Featured Entree Kits created by Greta Hammond. This kit goes on sale October 1, but we will give one away to

Our latest arrivals include the fun and festive North Pole collection from Crate Paper. We have the collection kit with 16 double sided papers, 22 title stickers, 16 journal stickers, 6 border stickers and 53 diecuts as well as the coordinating rubons and Lights diecut paper. And, just for fun, we're putting these brand new items on sale this week! Save 15% OFF MSRP on any of these new North Pole items from Crate Paper! Go to our new category called WEEKLY SALE to view all items.

And, don't forget about our September Featured Kit is "Cherish These Memories" Pregnancy Journal designed by Darla Weber. This elegant album captures the journey of pregnancy with photos and journaling, becoming a treasured heirloom to pass down to the next generation. However, it could easily be used as an adoption journal, bridal journal, travel journal or special tribute memorial journal for someone who has passed on. I plan to use mine as a special tribute photo journal for my neighbor to keep photos and memories of her father who passed away this summer. Built in a 6.5" x 9" chipboard 3-ring binder, "Cherish These Memories" has 12 full chipboard pages (counting fronts & backs), 1 2-sided chipboard tag page, 12 2-sided cardstock ledger papers for journaling, plus a gift bag and 2 cards! Ingredients include: 1 chipboard 3-ring binder and 12 page ledger paper pack from Creative Imaginations; 12 double- sided patterned papers, 2 textured diecut papers, a 12x12 sheet of alphabet stickers, package of 18 velvet, painted and rhinestone brads, 5 glitter borders and 47 glitter diecuts from the Crate Paper Prudence collection; 1 package of cream pearls from Kaiser Crafts; 6 chipboard pages; 1 chipboard tag; 1 kraft giftbag; 7 yards of trims and ribbons; 2 beaded dangle charms from 7-Gypsies; 1 large square frame from Melissa Frances; 1 stick pin with pearls; flowers; punched hearts; brads; and buttons to complete the project as shown! Lots of good stuff! Please visit our gallery under Darla Weber to view all images of this kit.

We've added more than 100 new items to our CLEARANCE section. New items include Roller Doodle stamps from Glitz Designs, rubons from Heidi Swapp, Mustard Moon and Glitz Designs, Designing with Recipes Idea Book from Autumn Leaves, Jotters from Luxe Designs, lots of wood albums and items from Kaiser Crafts, rhinestone frosting from Glitz Designs, stamps from Inque Boutique, Cosmo Cricket's Blackboard albums and lots of patterned papers. Have fun shopping!