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Keepsakes, Ribbon and Heart
Our first guest is Faith Courtney. She is the owner and founder of Everlasting Keepsakes, a scrapbook embellishment company. She started scrapbooking about 10 years ago and is a published designer. Through the process of designing for herself, Everlasting Keepsakes was born in 2000.
Our second guest is Lorette Russenberger. She is the owner of the Cream City Ribbon Company which makes ribbons for wrapping gifts. It is the only factory in America that makes curling ribbon out of all-natural materials. Russenberger's customers include retail giants like The Limited and Bath & Body Works. Prior to purchasing Cream City she worked in art restoration and has a Ph.D. in architectural history. Our final guest t is Jeanette Lynton. She is the founder and CEO of Close To My Heart; a leading direct sales scrapbooking and stamping company with tens of thousands of Independent Consultants across the United States and Canada. As a scrapbooking industry innovator and pioneer, Jeanette holds several patents and has introduced many “firsts” to the scrapbooking market, including true 12” x 12” albums and printed Background & Texture papers. In June 2006, Jeanette was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Utah/New Mexico region in the Distribution category.
Partial Guest List: Heidi Swapp - Owner, Heidi Swap Designs; Curtis Platte - Founder, Craft Locker and Crop-In-Style; Dee Gruenig - Owner, Posh Impressions & HGTV Celeb; Suze Weinberg - Owner, Weinberg Design Studio & HGTV Celeb; Stacy Julian - Founding Editor, Simple Scrapbooks; Judi Watanabe – Owner, Judikins, Jeanette Lynton – Founder, Close to My Heart, Karan Smith - Owner, Magic Mesh; Renee Pearson - Digital Scrapbooks, Simple Scrapbooks; Lisa Bearnson - founding editor of Creating Keepsakes; Becky Higgins - Contributing Editor, Creating Keepsakes; Sandi Genovese - DIY Scrapbooking host; Kristi McFadden – Editor, Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine, Ali Edwards - Contributing Editor, Creating Keepsakes; Michelle Hill - Creative Director, Li’l Davis Designs; Tera Leigh - Award-winning designer and author; Stacy Croninger, Editor-in-Chief, Paper Crafts Magazine; Thena Smith, Author, "Where's Thena..."; Jan Mollet Evans - Editor of "Scrap Your Stuff"; Wendy Smedley - Creative Editor, Simple Scrapbooks; Dawn Heath - Publisher, SS Reflections Vicky Breslin - Founder, Cut-It-Up; Linda LaTourelle, CEO, Bluegrass Publishing Inc.; Ana Cabrera – Designer for Purple Cows.
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