Inspired Celebrations Challenge Winner!!

First of all, THANK YOU once again for taking the challenge on http://www.bookoto.com/! We admire tremendously all your inspired layouts. But alas, in the end we had to pick only one winner. The cream of the crop. It's DIANE MIRABALLES!!

According to Diane, "I get my inspiration from these two books: 52 SCRAPBOOKING CHALLENGES BY ELSIE FLANNIGAN and THE DOODLE FORMULA BY ADRIENNE LOOMAN. Through the books, I learned how to doodle more on my scrapbook pages and how to scrap in freestyle form. The authors of these two books are my idols and inspirations in terms of scrapbooking, and I am so glad I own these books! THANKS TO BOOKOTO BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO GET THESE BOOKS."

You will be receiving a Scrapbooking Prize package, which includes an ENTIRE YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION to MEMORY MAKERS MAGS delivered to your door!!! How cool is that?

THANK YOU!!!! Till the next challenge. We hope you will join us again soon!

Anniversary Raffle

Thank you, dear friends for purchasing books and/or magazines from www.bookoto.com during our anniversary (between January 16 thru February 16, 2009.) We have assigned over 200 raffle tickets! And now it is time for us to pick the lucky winner. You are truly a lucky winner to be chosen from over 200 names! The winning name will be drawn by these raffle experts! Please watch this video to find out who it is:

CONGRATULATIONS, RIA! In about 2 weeks, we will be delivering to your doorstep, a package containing these brand new CHA 2009 goodies! Thank you for having fun with us on our 2nd Anniversary!

But that's not all. Please stay tuned for our announcement of the winner of our Inspired Celebrations Challenge soon! Thank you!!!!!!!

Because You're A Diva!

We love it when you create a craft project, and make it uniquely your own. You mold it, you embellish it, you decorate it the way you want it. Then you share it, brag a little (teehee! :-D) and in doing so, you inspire us. This Valentine's day, we want you to celebrate your creative soul with us. We want you to bring to the spotlight your beautiful creations and simply celebrate that creative and inspiring process. It's a Diva Valentine*! Would you be our Valentine?

Here's what you need to do:

1. First, wear your tiara :-)


2. Open your personal blog, create a new entry and use this title: "Diva Valentine on www.bookoto.com"


3. On your entry, download a photo or photos of a craft project that YOU have created. This project could be any kind - a card, a scrapbook layout, an altered box, a bracelet, a photograph, a mini album, a frame, a tote bag, an apron - any creation that you did today or in the past (any time, any occasion) that celebrates you being free, bold, fun-loving, curious to experiment, and loving it - choose one that screams "Diva!" the most.)


4. In so many words, tell us what it is :-) Show us how you created it (how you adhered, tucked and nipped the blings and all that fun stuff.)


5. Email your blog link to: Challenges@bookoto.com before February 22, 2009
   

The Prize

The winner will receive this gift from Bluegrass Publishing Company (the same publisher that brought us Adrienne Looman's "The Doodle Formula") and of course, http://www.bookoto.com/ . It is one of the hottest and newest publications. A wonderfully gorgeous new book!

Designing With The Divas and Friends

By: The Scrapbook Diva, Danielle Forsgren and The Duke of Craft, Rayme “Royale” Sciaroni

Curious to know what this book is about? Here's what Amazon.com says: "Big, Beautiful , Full Color, 8.5x11 pages! Dare to be Inspired... A Craft book like no other Craft book before! The plethora of INSPIRING ideas in this book are not only beautiful to look at as a finished project, but easy to execute, and also allowing you, the Diva Crafter - that you are - to freely change, rearrange, embellish more, embellish less, anything you wish to do to put your own personal stamp on a project and make it uniquely your own. It s what we want for you as you begin to create one Diva Design INSPIRED project after another. Dare to be Amazed... We couldn t be more blessed than to have several of the best Crafters in the Craft industry contribute some of their ingenious ideas to make this special book the AMAZING Craft book it is. You ll be AMAZED to find some of the ideas outrageously simple and quick to do! Some of them will only take you a matter of minutes with only a few steps to complete, yet the finished Diva project will no doubt give you the big WOW factor of AMAZEMENT from everybody who sees them! Other Diva projects are more time consuming, with more steps, for a more detailed and intricate look that will, once again, make eyes pop! And that s what it s really all about anyway, isn t it? Make one of these projects for a loved one and you ll no doubt need to make a second one for yourself! Dare to be Inventive... Designing with the Divas makes a solid statement, throughout the book, about the core of who we really are and what we can do with a little, or a lot. It s about keeping the creative juices flowing. Continuous movement, continuous ideas, trying new things, seeing new creations in old items and INVENTING them into new and unique gems of lasting art. MORE color! MORE texture! MORE of all that we, as Diva Crafters, can be! Dare to be Bold... Don t be afraid to dive right in! Try that Button Bracelet! Whip up a quick and clever Wine Bag from an old pair of jeans! Re-do that tissue box you were about to throw out! Try the Assemblage Collage or gather the family together and create the All That Glitters Ornaments. This is the book to be BOLD with! To share with! To truly enjoy the creative process along the way. Know that as you approach any project in this book, there are no grades and no rules. No one is watching over your shoulder! It s just YOU being FREE to create and experiment! This is all FUN! Let your ENTHUSIASM show through your personal touch on all the projects in the book! We have given you a project starting point. Follow the steps for each project to its magnificent end, or vamp it up a few notches for YOUR OWN MAGNIFICENCE! We d like nothing more than for you to get CREATIVE and have FUN in the process. So - we DARE you to make these Diva Designs uniquely your own! Revel in your own creativity, boldness and being unique! Because when you do, you will unknowingly inspire others to do the same!"

So, get groovin'!

Email us your blog link before February 22, 2009

Happy Valentine!

This contest is open to all divas worldwide.

* for this contest, we will define "Diva" as talented, enthusiastic, willing to experiment, creative, bold, fun-loving, crafty, uniquely inspiring and spotlight-deserving - how's that?

Subscription Goodness!

Oh, it doesn't end, does it? Halfway through the month-long celebration and we're still at it! And this time we are bringing you the BEST OFFER! we have ever done in the two years that we have served the Philippines' (and the world!) scrapbooking and hobby communities. We are proud and grateful that you trust bookoto.com to inspire and teach you with our vast array of highly-specialized selections.

One of our major goals this year is to continue bringing you only the best scrapbooking magazines in circulation today. We are optimistic that despite the demise of two of our favorite SB mags: Simple Scrapbooks & Digital Scrapbooking- we will still be able to bring you the rest of the SB magazines pack namely, in no particular order: Somerset Memories, The Stamper's Sampler, Scrapbook Trends, Bead Trends, Simply Handmade, and Cards!

And for starters, how about we offer you a special discounted subscription price? Yep, the GREAT NEWS is we are bringing down the subscription price of the abovementioned magazines! This special discounted offer begins now until February 16, 2009, so please place your subscriptions now. When you do, you also get the chance to win our anniversary raffle promo!

To place your subscription, simply follow this link:

Won't you agree this has got to be our BEST OFFER thus far? :-) SO, what are you waiting for? Subscribe na!

Maraming salamat,
The bookoto team

N.B: This is open to subscribers with a mailing address in the Philippines, USA, and Canada only please.

And the Celebration Continues...

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Amidst the gloomy forecast on the economy caused by the global financial crisis, there is no stopping everyone: man, woman and child to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year and with the merry-making is the silent prayer that hopefully, things will turn around for the best this year.

Here at www.bookoto.com, we thank everyone who has supported us for the past 2 years, and we are positively looking forward to what 2009 will bring us. And to spread a little cheer, here's another reason to celebrate!

As part of our anniversary month celebration, we are going to raffle out A CRAFT AND HOBBY ASSOCIATION (CHA) 2009 WINTER PRIZE PACKAGE! This prize includes newly released CHA 2009 products from:

Fancy Pants Design (www.fancypants.com)

My Mind's Eye (www.mymindseye.com)

Bazzill Basics (www.bazzillbasics.com)

Vintaj Natural Brass Co. (www.vintaj.com)

Basic Grey (www.basicgrey.com)

and Core'dinations (www.coredinations.com)

Here is how you can win this prize from www.bookoto.com:

1. Purchase any magazine or book from www.bookoto.com. For every P500.00 or $10.00 purchase (merchandise only), you are entitled to one (1) raffle ticket; P1,000 ($20.00) purchase entitles you to two (2) raffle tickets, and so on and so forth;

2. DOUBLE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Purchase any of these publications from www.bookoto.com and receive two (2) raffle tickets for every P500 or ($10.00) purchase:

3. Purchases made between January 16-Feb 15, 2009 are qualified to join in the raffle.

4. Purchases made with billing addresses from anywhere in the world are qualified.

5. Raffle draw is scheduled on Feb 16, 2009, Tuesday, Manila Time.

We hope that you will enjoy our anniversary raffle promo. Best of luck!