In twenty-four years of business, Hot Off The Press has been honored with 30 PRIMEDIA Awards of Excellence, 3 Dr. Toy awards, and voted Best Patterned Papers by Creating Keepsakes two years in a row.

2004 PRIMEDIA Awards of Excellence

PRIMEDIA, publisher of magazines such as Craftrends, Creating Keepsakes and Simple Scrapbooks and PaperCrafts honored Hot Off The Press with four Awards of Excellence at the HIA (Hobby Industry Association) trade show in February.

Hot Off The Press was a finalist in nine categories this year and won three product awards for the following:

• Paper Crafting Category: Artsy Collage™ line
• Scrapbooking Tools Category: 50 Classes With Pizazz CD-ROM
• Scrapbooking Idea Books Category: Making Fabulous Scrapbook Pages

“This is such an honor,” says Hot Off The Press President Paulette Jarvey. “At Hot Off The Press, it’s our mission to create innovative products and quality instruction books. We work very hard all year to deliver our best to the industry—and we’re delighted to be recognized this way.”

Hot Off The Press was also honored with an Award of Excellence for marketing the Artsy Collage™ line, which debuted last year at HIA. “We’re constantly striving to market effectively and creatively to our retailer and consumer customers,” says Marketing Director Sara Naumann. This is the third year in a row Hot Off The Press has won an Award of Excellence for Marketing.