Shopping Around

• Jessica Alba spoofs home shopping in support of a Declare Yourself, "a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to empower and encourage every eligible 18-year-old in America to register and vote in the presidential primaries and 2008 presidential election." Check out the video of Jessica selling muzzle masks here. Even if you don't, please make sure that you are registered to vote!

• Anthony Heywood from QVC UK talks about his visit across the pond, lunch with Davania, and Jeanne Bice forcing him to make an appearance on camera. They like to call it Qgossip.

• Greg Maffei, CEO of Liberty Media (which owns all of QVC and part of HSN--I think--this might have changed since HSN broke off from its parent company), talks about how the economy and the bailout will affect their business. Read the Rocky Mountain News interview here.

• I can not look at this due to being in a twelve step program for scrapper addicts, but feel free to check out a preview of new scrapping stuff from Laura at Glitz Designs here and here. She'll be on HSN on 10/8/08.

• JTV is trying to pull themselves out of the cheese and evolve into a real home shopping network--the economy and lawsuits are just slowing them down a bit. However, starting October 15th, Jewelry Television will be launching in high definition (HD) in a brand new studio with brand spankin' new graphics. (Just one minor problem--they don't have any distribution deals yet for the HD, but they are working on that.) Read the article here.

• Here is another article on JTV, which I do not understand. It seems to be written in code. Are they talking about fake online reviews and articles? I can't tell, but it sounds shady.

Scrapping Round Up

The scrappers are all abuzz on the web today! It's a scrappers paradise on the Q.

I went through a scrapping phase and I loooooove to scrapbook. Love it! The problem was that it took over my life. It became this all-consuming obsession for me. I had to stop cold turkey. I still have my supplies tucked safely away and I hope to one day scrap again (oh yes, I will scrap again!), but for now, I have to keep a safe distance.

For those of you who have more self control, here's a round up of many of the players ... (I'm not looking!)

Lisa Bearnson: I was so touched by all your "Dream Come True" comments. I laughed and cried and read everything from perfume, to potty training, to hugs and kisses, and even starting your own Family Home Evening. Thanks for sharing your hearts with me.

Scrapbook Obsession: So I guess, so far, the rumors of CK relocating to HSN are not true. They do indeed have a QVC day coming up. Above is the TSV (Today’s Special Value) and it comes in 2 color ways (color ways…impressive huh?…I picked that up from watching QVC…). You can order it now if you don’t want to miss out, or can’t watch when it airs. Lisa Bearnson shows this and other QVC items on her BLOG, and HERE is the link to the TSV on the Creating Keepsakes site.

Renee Pearson: Yep...I'm already here in Pennsylvania. I came in tonight so I could get one good night's sleep before my first appearance at midnight on Tuesday morning. Yes! I did say midnight. And that's not the half of it. I have a one-hour show to do from 3-4am. Yikes! Needless to say I'll be a basket case by the afternoon appearances.

Tim Holtz: hey bloggers! i have some exciting news to share! join me on tuesday - september 23rd for my debut on QVC! that's right, can you believe it? i have 3 kits i'll be selling on QVC at amazing deals so you won't want to miss it. i am thrilled beyond words for this opportunity and i hope you share it with me. the show is called "paper crafting with the pros"

Anna Griffin: I’m off to QVC today for my last craft hour of the year! I’ve got a show made up of entirely NEW products. The best of them all is our new Craft Storage line that you are going to love!