In the spring of 1998, karen foster created her first set of eight themed papers and her children helped pack and ship the orders from her garage, which served as a warehouse. Now, as a highly successful, utah-based company grown from karen's imagination at her kitchen table, karen foster design is one of the scrapbooking industry's most innovative manufacturers. By enlisting the help of creative designers, the company expanded to employ a diverse range of dedicated employees endeavoring to offer product lines such as patterned paper, stickers, embellishments, tools, storage, specialty paper crafting products, social stationery items and photo kiosk creative content. Internationally recognized as a leader in the scrapbooking industry because of its original designs, production of innovative products, focus on the feedback of scrapbook retailers and attention to new and emerging scrapbook trends, karen foster design is committed to the importance of preserving memories through fostering creativity.