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New Products from Ali Edwards

Ali Edwards is a scrapbook artist who always comes through with wonderful inspiration. This holiday season her has come out with some wonderful new products to help us organize, focus and simply our lives. The first new product that I would like to share from you is Ali’s Holiday ’06 planner. It comes in a handy 5 X 8 inch size that can easily travel along with you wherever you go. It is a spiral bound journal with unlined pages where you can keep track of everything this holiday season. It would be fun to create some tabs to add … Continue reading →

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Do you ever get thrown off when you have a Monday off work or your kids have it off school? I’ve gone through weeks like that where I couldn’t keep the days or the dates straight all week. It started early this time. I’m usually okay until after the Monday passes, and then I keep thinking Tuesday is Monday, Wednesday is Tuesday, and so on. This time, it started on Saturday. Saturday felt like Sunday. All day, I was looking forward to the Bear’s game coming on. It was a night game this week, and by the time dinner was … Continue reading →

Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbookers In March

Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts! The Month of March American Red Cross Month Music in our Schools Month National Craft Month National Frozen Food Month National Noodle Month National Nutritional Month Woman’s History Month Youth Art Month First Week Agricultural Week American Camping Week Canada Pharmacy Awareness Week Lutheran Schools … Continue reading →

Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbookers In February

Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts! The Month of February American Heart Month American History Month Black History Month Children’s Dental Health Month International Friendship Month National Cherry Month National Embroidery Month National Grapefruit Month National Snack Food Month National Wild Bird Feeding Month Responsible Pet Owners Month First Week Agricultural … Continue reading →

Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In January

Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts! The Month of January Eye Care Month National Hobby Month National Soup Month National Thank You Month Oatmeal Month National Staying Healthy Month March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month Whale Watching Month National Egg Month First Week Silent Record Week Braille Literacy Week Universal … Continue reading →

Days of the Week

You can help teach young children to recognize the days of the week with these crafts and projects. Preschool age children or those about to start Kindergarten will be ready to go when they are able to recite or perhaps even spell each day of the week before even beginning school. Days of the Week Song Sung to the tune of “Clementine,” (“oh my darlin’, oh my darlin’…”) it goes, Sunday, Monday – Tuesday, Wednesday – Thursday, Fri-day, Sat-ur-day (repeat). Memory Games Write or print out the name for each day on an index card or piece of paper. Make … Continue reading →

Year in Review Album

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One of my favorite types of albums to make is a Year in Review album because they generally come together quickly and they give a great summary of my family’s main events of the year. Really if you only do one album a year, this is the type of album I would recommend creating. I would like to share a few things I have learned from creating this type of album. Included in this article are pictures of my most recent Year in Review album. This album was from one of my classes at a Creating Keepsakes Convention that was … Continue reading →