NOTE: The CCCC website is physically at the location, www.frankencutters.com/cccc, but the club owns and uses the domain name www.cookiecuttercollectorsclub.com.
Please
use the address: www.cookiecuttercollectorsclub.com
and bookmark it.
CONVENTION 2012!
CONVENTION 2010 The last convention was held June 24 to 26, 2010, in the San Francisco Bay area and was hosted by the California Cookie Cutter Collectors' Club (CACCCC). The theme was "California, Here I Come" and the invitation skit presented at the 2008 convention emphasized how people have gotten to California in years past -- by automobile, by airplane, by train, by boat around Cape Horn, and across the Great Plains in covered wagons. A lot of fun people got to the convention by car, by plane, and by covered wagon.... (no, maybe not covered wagons...).
For more information regarding the 2010 convention logistics, here is a convention2010 web page which will provide the latest info and .pdf documents for the convention.
For photos and videos of the convention, see http://colipmanphoto.blogspot.com/
. They have lots of them available!
How the Convention Location is Determined:
The national CCCC conventions are held every two years at a location
determined by the regional group of the current club President.
There is NO site selection committee. Note that the webmaster (email
address at bottom of page), has nothing to do with site selection.
MORE CONVENTION PHOTOS? HOW ABOUT LOTS
MORE!
Arlene & David Lipman, as official photographers, took untold amounts
of photographs and video at the 2008 convention. They were everywhere and
photographed everything! To see thumbnails of all their photos and to
purchase prints, video, or CD's, you can go to the following link: http://colipmanphoto.blogspot.com/
(Note: This is the new, correct link)
How To Join CCCC:
Annual Membership in CCCC is just $25.00 (one person).
You will receive the official quarterly newsletter Cookie Crumbs
and a collectable signed, dated cookie cutter. To join, send a check or
money order to: CCCC, P.O. Box 417, Cascade, Idaho 83611. You may
join anytime during the year, but our year runs Jan. 1st through Dec. 31st
and you will receive all the newsletters and cutter for the year that you
join in.
Officers Updated for 2011
Officers are elected at our bi-annual Convention. The new
president unveils the theme for the next convention and the next two
year's membership cutters are based on
that. Club officers (effective June,
2010) are:
Some CCCC History
"CCCC" as we are known among the membership, was founded in
1972 in Washington, D.C. by Phyllis Wetherill. She is survived by
two other founding members: Jill Tucker of Canada, and Evelyn
King of Florida. Lee Carey of Colorado was also a founding
member. From that original group over 25 years ago, we have grown to approximately
650 members internationally.
Cookie Crumbs
Members
are encouraged to send in any cookie-related information they find in
catalogs, magazines, newspapers, on the internet, etc... to the newsletter
editors, Mary Jo Cunningham and Dee Jordening. Members also send
information about themselves like winning baking contests or being
featured in articles. Sorry, but "Crumbs" can't
accept for-sale listings from non-members.
To submit information, you can mail (or email) it to:
Mary Jo Cunningham or Dee Jordening, Cookie Crumbs Co-Editors
For contact info see "Crumbs" page 2: Crumbs-page 2
Some of the "Standard" sections in Crumbs are::
From the President
Turtle Tracks
Out of the Past
Tinsmiths From the Past
CCCC Business
Cookie Cutter of the Week
Membership List info
Sunshine Committee
Sell, Search, Swap or Buy
What's New
Around the Country (Regional Meetings and News)
etc... etc...etc...etc...etc...
Other Members Newsletters
Cookie Crumbs is the official Club newsletter, but there
are several newsletters put out by other members on their own. Members
may submit information to these newsletters also, but much of the
information is gleaned by the member who is the publisher.
Rocky Mountain Cutups Newsletter is the newsletter
of the Rocky Mountain Cutups. It is edited by member Arlene
Lipman. This newsletter is published after each meeting, twice
yearly. To subscribe, or to send news and ideas, contact Arlene
Lipman, Editor, 2143 S. Acoma St., Denver CO 80223. Email: RockyMtnCutups@gmail.com
or arlene80223@yahoo.com
And the RCMU now has a blog at the following address: http://rockymtncutups.blogspot.com/
Big Rivers Newsletter has been published by Joyce Moorhouse for
16 years now. The cost to subscribe is $10 per year, payable to Joyce
Moorhouse, 2763 310th Street, Cannon Falls, MN 55009. (UPDATE:
DISCONTINUED AS OF SPRING 2007.)
And Ebay is good source of collectible cookie cutters. This link will search Ebay for "cookie cutters".
Regional Groups (click here for
club contact info)
Although CCCC is the official Club for collectors, there are
several regional groups within the Club. It is so hard to wait for two
years to attend Convention and get together with old friends, that many
members have formed groups or work individually to host meetings. There
are usually three or four held every spring and autumn in different parts
of the country. Information regarding the meetings is posted in Cookie
Crumbs. Usually there is a small fee to attend which covers lunch,
speakers, and many times a cutter made exclusively for that meeting. Click
on the "Regional Groups" link above to see the various banners and contact
information. Some photos from recent Regional Meetings can be seen at the
following links:
Scrambles
The regional meetings are another way to increase your cookie cutter
collection. As at Convention, meetings always include a "Scramble",
and finding the cutter you've been looking for could lead to your own "scramble
dance"! To scramble you bring your extra cutters with the
price on them and put them in a small container with a money jar. When the
meeting is over you put out your scramble box then scramble away to check
out cutters you want to buy. We are very fortunate to have such an honest
membership that we are able to leave cutters for sale in a self-serve type
of atmosphere.
Member Tinsmiths
There are several "smiths" who belong to CCCC. They
work in many metals, tinplate, copper, and stainless steel (and wood).
We would like to introduce them to you here. Many have catalogs and
websites. Please be sure to visit this page! (Listing on this page
is available to CCCC members only.)
Note: We must sadly report the passing of Emery Strohm, Sr. on
August 19, 2004.
All monetary donations are welcome and checks should be made out to:Cookie Cutters and Cookie Cutter information for the Museum should be sent to:
National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum and sent to:
Lee Stephenson
National Cookie Historical Museum
1217 Zimmer Place
Williamston, MI 48895
Kay JohnsonNote: The museum was previously located in Knightstown, Indiana. Click here to read the article published in the Big River CutOuts Newsletter.
Museum Curator
8 Atwell Acres
Monett, MO 65708
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