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School Days

Here’s an idea for a unique school-themed scrapbook layout: A photo collage of me and other moms with the bloody fingers we got from labeling every. single. school. supply. our kids are required to take to class. I typed up and stuck on more than 100 labels to individual crayons, pencils, markers, folders and notebooks. Insanity. And here’s the irony: I’m sure my kid will still get her stuff “accidently” stolen during the school year despite my four hours of hard labor. It’s not like a single white label is going to be a deterrent to kids with itchy fingers … Continue reading →

Getting Unstuck

When I first started scrapbooking I would make a sample copy of all my page designs, and then meticulously put together the real deal piece by piece. My method took an excruciatingly long period of time, though after a while I learned how to speed up the process. Unfortunately, I found the faster I assembled layouts, the more mistakes I made. I would forget a word in a journaling block, misspell the page title, or more often, place a photo or embellishment in the wrong spot after I adhered it to the page. In a previous blog I touted the … Continue reading →

What Are Your Scrapbooking Goals?

Scrapbooking like any hobby, requires planning, work and goal setting. Every year at the New Year I set goals for myself during the year. I strive to make them manageable goals so that I can feel as if I have obtained something and succeeded. Usually in the summer I review my goals and alter what I need to make them more realistic. With the New Year only two and a half months away, I started thinking about my goals for next year. My priorities are different now. I am still an avid scrapbooker and photographer, but I am also a … Continue reading →

Digital Scrapbooking Magazine

We all use computers to at least some extent when it comes to scrapbooking. Maybe it is just to print the title of a page or print out the journaling, but it could involve a lot more that. Digital scrapbooking has become increasingly popular over the last couple of years. I still have not created an entirely digital page, mostly because I am not sure where to start. I have a feeling that once I do start creating a few digital pages, it will be more fun than I was expecting. If you are like me and want to learn … Continue reading →

Breathing New Life Into Old Supplies – Decorative Scissors

Do you have a huge amount of decorative scissors? How many are currently in your collection? What are you supposed to do with them now that it almost seems the trend is over? Here’s the scoop. With scrapbooking, trends come and go. Once it’s over, doesn’t mean it’s always over, and it also doesn’t mean there aren’t still creative ways to use your supplies to their fullest. If you have as many as I do, you probably have a couple of favorites that you like to use a lot. I know I do. I prefer the deckle edge and the … Continue reading →