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Creating Keepsakes University – USA

May 12, 2009 by Vikram Goyal

vc_ckuCreating Keepsakes University is one of the most phenomenal crafting events in the world. I am still using the scrapbooking  techniques I learned after attending years ago. This four-day event is really like a scrapbooking retreat, hosted by the biggest names in the industry. And registration for the next event in Provo, Utah is now open. Register now (before they fill up!) to attend CKU-Provo August 5–8, 2009.

Creating Keepsakes University (CKU) is a four-day event featuring hours of classes and activities, including a complete album track, special à la carte classes, layout competitions, one-of-a-kind crops, and access to the highest caliber of industry experts and products in the industry.

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Create an entire album, in eight classes, one page per class, lead by our innovative instructors. Plus make other mini albums, all while learning the newest techniques and using the latest scrapbooking products.

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Unlike years past, this year every student will receive the same incredible class experiences from the industry’s best instructors, even the one from Tim Holtz! No more frenzied registration and fighting over classes. It’s like a private-screening and backstage pass with CKU vendors, sponsors and celebrities.

CKU is different from CK Conventions or other scrapbooking consumer shows. It is a private, more structured, retreat-type event with a timeline of activities, rather than an open forum of shopping and classes from vendors. Featuring smaller and more exclusive classes, CKU offers a unique educational experience for as many as 500 students who register months in advance. The quality of the education students receive at CKU is unmatched by any other consumer trade shows and local classes. CKU classes are meant to build scrapbooking skills and techniques rather than simply sell specific products.

Plus, the social atmosphere of the event provides a great way to meet other scrapbooking enthusiasts and build lasting friendships.

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Book Review: The Festival of Lights

As if Diwali weren’t colorful and fun enough, The Festival of Lights: A Lift-the-flap Diwali Celebration by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Darshika Varm, makes it even more fun to read about with flaps and things to lift and pull to see more information or details in the illustrations. 

The book is a story about a family getting ready for Diwali and what happens on the different days of the five-day celebration. There’s cleaning, shopping, crafting, food preparation and getting the home altar ready for the big day. 

It covers decorating the outside of the house with rangoli, diyas and lanterns, buying sweets to share with family and friends, the sights and scents of the mandir (home temple), getting dressed up in new fancy clothes, the story of Diwali and celebrations with relatives.  

Flaps (there are more than 140 in all) give you vocabulary words for different foods and definitions, as well as fun things like what’s inside the shopping basket or where the cat is hanging out. They also help illuminate the story of Diwali, which is the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram defeated the demon Ravana to save his wife, Sita. 

This pretty and colorful book helps kids understand what Diwali is and how it is celebrated, regardless of whether they practice it at home. This would be a nice book to keep in a classroom (it’s rated for kids ages 3-7) or to have at home to teach kids about Diwali even if it’s not something you celebrate. Where I live there are a lot of people from India so we are probably exposed to Diwali more than some other regions of America, but it’s a nice holiday to know about wherever you live. 

Combine with the book Diwali and check out some fun lantern crafts and printables for kids to round out your experience. 

About the book: 24 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail prices $22.99.

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