Scrapbooking Store Gets New Name

WORTHINGTON — Soon to-be-sisters-in-law Sadie Updike and Amanda Severson had long been talking about going into business together.

“But we didn’t think it would be this business,” said Updike. “We were thinking maybe a coffee shop.”

But a business-for-sale advertisement caught their attention instead, and now Updike and Severson find themselves owning and operating a scrapbook store, Forever in Time, recently relocated to 1014 Fourth Ave. in downtown Worthington.

Previously called Once Upon a Time and housed in the strip mall on Ryan’s Road, the two women bought the business a couple of months ago from Danielle Berg of Marshall and decided to move it downtown. The business has come full circle, because it was located in the downtown area when Berg first bought it in 2006.

For Updike and Severson, the move was a matter of both economics and a central location.

“It’s perfect for what we have — not too big, not too small, just cozy,” said Severson. “It’s the kind of place that makes people want to spend time here.”

From the outside, the space may not seem ample enough to house the ever-growing supplies devoted to scrapbooking, but the two women have made good use of several adjoining rooms and are currently organizing an area where people can come in and work on their creations.

“We’re going to have a free scrap room for anybody who wants to come in and scrap,” emphasized Updike.

Like many scrapbookers, Updike became interested in the craft in an effort to preserve memories of her two young children.

“The ad for the business just said crafting,” Updike recalled. “When I called and she said it was scrapbooking, I though ‘Perfect.’”

Severson is a more recent convert to the craft after working with photos from a trip to Mackinaw Island. She also enjoys making greeting cards.

Both women enjoy experimenting with the vast array of scrapbooking products and accessories that are available. One of the newest products they’ve gotten in is copic markers, refillable artist markers that can also be utilized like an airbrush.

On the local level, the hottest items are anything with a hockey theme.

“The hockey stuff is hard to find and keep in stock,” noted Updike.

Recipe scrapbooking is a new trend that they’re beginning to see local interest. It’s a way of preserving family recipes and heirlooms. Original recipe cards can be sprayed with a product in order to make them acid-free.

Pegboard has been installed around the store for easy display and viewing of all the different scrapbooking products, and Updike and Severson are getting new items in every day.

“We’d love to hear from anyone interested in scrapbooking. Tell us what you’d like to see in the store,” said Updike. “Anything that you want that we don’t have, we can probably get it.”

“We can look it up right away here on the computer and tell them right away if we can get it,” added Severson.

While Updike lives in Worthington, Severson commutes from Rochester, so they’ve worked out an everyother-week schedule for manning the store. It’s an arrangement that suits both women, allowing them to spend dedicated time with their families. Classes will be offered as interest dictates.

Forever in Time is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

For more information, phone 372-7110 or e-mail sadie_wagner@yahoo.com.

Taken From DGlobe.com