Dozens of Scrap Fest work-shops were underway, demonstrating such scrapping techniques as writing with wire, paper layering, stitching on scrapbook pages, and glitter dusting. Various scrapbook pages were being scrutinized and judged for originality and technique, and more than one competitive finalist bit her nails in anticipation of receiving a coveted purple ribbon. In the main ballroom, exhibitor booths, most of them manned by manufacturers and suppliers, displayed the very latest in rubber stamps, cutting tools, albums, archival and scrapbook paper, templates, toppers, borders, and punch art. It was, quite frankly, a scrapbookers heaven. And Carmela and Gabby were reveling in the excitement of it all. Scrapbook clubs from all over Louisiana, as well as Mississippi and Alabama, had descended upon this first-ever Scrap Fest. Manufacturers and suppliers had arrived with their newest and neatest products, which meant that Carmela and Gabby were not only busy manning their own booth, they also were buzzing around, snapping up the latest products to stock in Memory Mine.
