I don’t even know how to start this blog entry… its one of the most difficult things I have had to write, ever…

About 16 months ago, Urban Anthology started as a dream to have my own business, which is something that I truly enjoyed doing. Over the year, I have learned so much about scrapbooking that I never knew… I have met so many wonderful, talented, and caring people. The people who have visited and participated in the UA form have been AWESOME. I don’t think I could have hand picked a better group of friends if I would have tried on my own. So you are probably wondering why am I saying all of this???

I am sad to announce that Urban Anthology is changing directions with its business, and will no longer be offering kits after the November 2009 shipment.  I can honestly say this has been a tough decision after a long year of hard work designing kits, researching what’s hot, and gaining the confidence of our customer base. I truly love looking at all of the beautiful papers, mixing and matching them with the hottest embellishments and seeing the UA design team create some of the most fantastic layouts, cards, and altered projects I have seen. They have been so inspiring!

So what WILL Urban Anthology be doing?

For now we will still be hanging out here online with our forum, and will be converting out blog to a challenge based blog. I am looking forward to challenging you with lots of fun challenges and blog candy… Urban Anthology will also continue selling goods online… expect to see some fun embellishment kits, as well as unique trims, and some occasional kits. Urban Anthology will be focusing a majority of its efforts on selling supplies at scrapbooking retreats in the Southern California/Nevada Area. We hope to see you at one of these retreats… You can find out where we will be at on our blog as well.

Now what does all mean?‪

I have decided that the November Kit, will be Urban Anthology’s last kit for now. The forum will remain open, the blog will be maintained with Challenges, and the store will be available for purchasing items as well.

‪What about the current DT challenges?

Well I never dreamed that this was going to happen when it did… but no time is ever a good time. Challenge 5 has been posted, and is due October 22nd, as indicated in the challenge post. Instead of choosing a design team, I will be  picking  4 winners of the challenges, and will be given a November kit for playing along. We hope to see some things that you create with it. Anything created with this kit and posted in the gallery for the kit, will be featured on our blog.  Those of you who do not win a kit, and have been playing along with us from the beginning or who have submitted a complete portfolio of all 5 challenges in our gallery by the due date, will receive $10 gift card to the Urban Anthology store as a thank you gift for participating in our Design Team Call.

And a BIG THANK YOU!

I want to thank you all for this wonderful and challenging run with Urban Anthology and it’s kits. I truly love the people I have met through this venture, and hope to keep you all close by as you are truly talented and wonderful group.‪ I look forward to seeing you all on the forum, as well as joining in on the blog with our challenges.

I want to thank all the current and past design team members. The help I have received from my team members has been tremendous! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

I also want to thank those who have helped me who were not on the design team, my UA Team, that was working to help me grow my business, helping with challenges, and anything else I needed help with! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Finally…

Please feel free to contact me with any questions kari@urban-anthology.com. And remember WE ARE NOT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, and we are not going away… we are just changing directions of business at this time.

Please sign-up for our newsletter to follow what will be going on, and where we will be. Urban Anthology does not sell, nor share your information with other companies, and we promise not solicit you with useless mailings… we will be sending out monthly updates… and any other exciting news that may happen… like store specials, and those special kits here and there.

The last kits…

The October Kit will be shipping tomorrow, and what’s up for the November kit????  Sneaks will be posted shortly, its one beautiful winter kit. And we will be having a special limited edition Christmas kit as well… this will be announced next week.

Thank you all! And see you at the challenges.

Hey all, hope your July is humming along nicely!

July is a great scrappin’ time for me, while the kiddos are busy swimming and crafting and bike-riding and library-book reading, I have time to sneak in a bit of creative time just for me…how about you?

The July Kit, Grandma’s Kitchen, features an AWESOME color palette of reds, buttery yellows, greens, and blues, along with a fab retro-kitchen vibe that is perfect for lots of different types of photo themes!  It’s packed with Cosmo Cricket, Webster’s Pages, and Jenni Bowlin, along with sumtuous trims, AC embellies and alphas, and custum exclusive journaling tags too!

Check out a peek of some of the layout goodness created with this stellar kit! More DT inspiration to come in the following week as well!

If you haven’t ordered this gorgeous kit, rush to the Urban Anthology store and pick one up today!