Summer Scrap-a-thon! Registration Now Open!!

Summer Scrap-a-thon!
July 17th-19th

Join Memories Galore for the most-anticipated scrapbooking retreat weekend of the summer! Escape with us to ignite your creativity, reflect on your memories and leave your legacy!
Pamper yourself… this retreat is a first-class weekend exclusively for our valued guests! Your enhanced 52-hour scrapbooking retreat includes all meals, snacks and beverages, 6 feet of workspace, executive-style chair, spacious crop room, free make & takes, gifts and prizes, electricity at each table, exclusive classes, complimentary use of tools, business center PCs and printers, free hotel room internet access, onsite mini-store, memories to last a lifetime and so much more!

• Local package only $249/person


• Single room rate package $419/person


• Double room rate package $369/person


• Triple room rate package $349/person


• Quad room rate package $299/person

Deposit: $100/person non-refundable deposit due at the time of your reservation. Balance due July 1, 2009. All reservations are non-refundable unless a substitute guests can be secured.
Virginia Crossings Resort ~ 1000 Virginia Center Parkway, Glen Allen, VA
Register today—by calling 804.744.6500 ext. 1#

Donna Downey Delights!

What an awesome weekend of creative inspiration we enjoyed with Donna Downey at Memories Galore Friday, Sept. 19th through Sunday, Sept. 21st. Donna's gracious spirit and passion for mixed media art was contagious!

A lucky customer from each store won "Dinner with Donna" and, as evidenced by these snapshots, new friendships began (over a good meal & conversation, that's easy for scrapbookers, isn't it?).

From our Brandermill (Midlothian) store, Tammy George who's never taken a class with Memories Galore shared in a cheesecake birthday celebration with Donna on Saturday evening at A Taste of Italy.

And, from our West End (Richmond) store, SDU Graduate Kathy Catino endured a three-hour dinner marathon at Capital Ale House--at least dinner was free, right Kathy?!? ;-P Gotta love the baby beer steins!

Special thanks to Donna's fun-loving husband, Bill, for all of his support throughout the weekend with our event. We all loved having Donna's exclusive merchandise available to purchase.

Donna, we cannot thank you enough for your generousity, enthusiasm and the creative inspiration that you shared! You are what this craft is all about--people, art and the freedom to create!

For those of you who took one of Donna's dynamic classes, I hope you feel as inspired and creative and renewed as I do! Stay tuned folks as we look at bringing Donna back to Richmond in 2009!

What do you think of our new website?

After many months of graphic design and creative web technology guru stuff--we are delighted to have launched our new websbite. So, what do you think?

One of the comments we've heard from our dear friends and valued customers is that our old website didn't reflect the Memories Galore brand. That our website might have lead you to believe that our stores weren't as great as they are in terms of the class offerings, depth of product selection, shopping square footage, customer service experience and more! We hope that our fresh new look shows the world that we ARE the leading scrapbooking retail stores in the Mid-Atlantic and going for the U.S.!

Memories Galore is YOUR Scrapbooking Store(R)!

Tell us what you think!

Inspiration, Tips & Creativity!

Our teachers and staff offer a wealth of inspiration and expertise to help you realize all of your creative scrapbooking dreams! Visit this section of our blog often for new information and ideas!

Creative Cafe

We are absolutely delighted to be one of only 200 stores around the globe to bring our customers Creative Cafe! Imagine being able to saddle-up to our Art Bar and create projects from giftcard holders to mini-albums, gardlands to invitations, home decor items to layouts, and so much more!

Creative Cafe is only available at our Brandermill store and we have "Happy Hours" on Wednesdays and Fridays from 5-8 p.m. and Saturdays from 11a.m.-2p.m. Each and every week we'll introduce a new projects from both of the collections -- Spirit and Lucky. Spirit is a color pallette of bright and vibrant colors. While Lucky is rich in hues that are earthy and timeless.

Come, live the creative lifestyle you've always imagined beginning Wednesday, November 14th at 5 o'clock!

Welcome to the Memories Galore blog!

Finally, we're moving into the 21st-century! Memories Galore has a blog! :-) We're delighted to be online and have the opportunity to 'talk' with you, our valued customers! Join us as we build a community of artists focused on the perservation of our memories through scrapbooking!

Let us know your thoughts about everything from the products we carry, how we're doing to meet your expectations, and use this as a forum to share ideas and inspire each other creatively!

Welcome to the Memories Galore blog! May you find this as your retreat to connect with fellow scrapbookers!