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Finishing Up Summer Scrapbooking

When it comes to seasonal scrapbooking, I am always a day late and a dollar short. It took me years to figure out that I am not a daily scrapper. No matter how hard I try to channel Martha Stewart or Rosie O’Donnell, I am simply unable to spend 20 minutes a day keeping on top of layouts. Now, I own my procrastinating tendencies. However, taking responsibly for my shortcomings doesn’t change my situation. I’m still as late as ever when it comes to finishing memory albums. For instance, as we sit just a week shy from the official start … Continue reading →

Last-Minute Father’s Day Scrapbooking

Time is running out for all of you slow scrappers. If you are looking to craft a memory book to gift to your Dad this Father’s Day, you can’t afford to procrastinate any longer. By now you should have all of your materials together, including the album, paper, embellishments, photos and mementos. To further expedite the construction process, it’s a good idea to have some general notes or sketches detailing how you want your finished layouts to look and what order you plan to display your page designs. When it comes to piecing together layouts, I typically work off of … Continue reading →

Memorial Day Scrapbooking

Hot dogs, ice cream, swimming parties and late-night strolls along the beach; these are just some of the many symbols of summer. Memorial Day is the unofficial kick-off to the summer season. The holiday weekend is typically a time when families gather to spend time in the great outdoors, and more often than not, those adventures are documented and showcased in scrapbook layouts. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend too much time or energy crafting Memorial Day-themed page designs, as most are pretty straight forward. For example, if going on a picnic is part of your Memorial Day tradition, remember … Continue reading →

Make Scrapbooking More Manageable

I love scrapbooking; however, the hobby can suck-up a ton of time. Even if you have a few years of scrapbooking under your belt, you can easily spend multiple hours crafting a single layout. That time can double or even triple, if you are adding tiny embellishments, intricate memorabilia, or a large journaling block. The key to keeping on task is to avoid getting overwhelmed by your project. Often, I procrastinate when crafting page designs because of the time commitment. Fortunately, there are ways you can create an eye-catching layout without having to pull several all-nighters. For example, if journaling … Continue reading →

New Year’s Layouts That Pop

My 7-year-old is obsessed with those plastic New Year’s Eve party poppers. Pull a little string and you’re treated to an explosion of paper confetti and a computer-generated fortune–depending on where the favors were made. The ones my daughter has been playing with were clearly made in China… but I digress. When it comes to making your New Year’s scrapbook layout pop, consider adding bits of wisdom and inspiration from your favorite celebrities. For example: “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” –Oprah Winfrey “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the … Continue reading →

Spring Scrapbooking

If I look really, really close I can spot a blade or two of grass under the pile of snow that is blanketing our front yard. I guess spring must be on its way. In Wisconsin spring typically arrives in late May and lasts for about 20 days… but who’s counting. Take it from me; you don’t have to be running around without a jacket, snipping fresh tulips from your backyard and humming along with the birds to get psyched about scrapbooking the first season of the year. Forecasters are predicting another three inches of snow will fall on my … Continue reading →

Scrappy Blog Mania

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A few years ago when I was scrapping a ton, scrapbook blogs weren’t all that popular. Maybe they were, and I just didn’t know it because I didn’t have a blog myself at the time. But, now that I currently run 4 blogs, aside from writing here, I have blogging on my mind. Big surprise huh? The thing that has amazed me is that in the year or so that I took off from scrapbooking after my 2nd child was born, it seems the scrapbooking blogging world exploded. When I am on message boards, and forums, everyone is promoting their … Continue reading →

What Are Your Genealogy New Year’s Resolutions?

A lot of people are going to be making New Year’s Resolutions today. Whether their resolutions for 2011 are health related, travel related, or simply a promise to themselves to stop procrastinating, there is something about having a brand new year ahead of you that inspires people to better themselves. What are your genealogy related New Year’s Resolutions? I can share with you a few of my genealogy related New Year’s resolutions. One involves scrapbooking. I literally have a box of photographs that document a trip that my husband and I took halfway across the United States that I’ve been … Continue reading →

Creating a New Year’s Eve Scrapbook

New Year’s Eve is right around the corner. Have you been thinking about capturing memories of your New Year’s Eve celebrations? In our family we have the same tradition year after year. My husband splurges on a delicious home-cooked meal of lobster, steak and shrimp. We drink glass after glass of Welch’s Sparkling Grape Juice and play games together as a family. We typically end the evening watching several episodes of “The Three Stooges.” While I always take pictures during Christmas celebrations, I hadn’t really considered doing that for New Year’s Eve. So this year I am going to start … Continue reading →

Year in Review Layouts

Tis the season to create “Year in Review” scrapbook layouts. I am a sucker for these types of pages, as I often have so many photos and mementos that it is nearly impossible for me to fit all I want in the original layout, so I hold on to certain items and use them in year in review page designs. If you don’t have many photos leftover from previous layouts, then consider making a smaller year in review photo collage and adding it to your page. It’s a great way to use up extra pictures while offering another glance at … Continue reading →