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Learning From Scrapbooking Mistakes

Live and learn. When it comes to scrapbooking, trial and error can often yield incredible results. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again, right? When I attempted to make my first scrapbook, I was clueless. The process was akin to driving backwards down the wrong side of the highway. I was ill-prepared and it showed. The biggest mistake I made was not planning ahead. I waited until after the fact before deciding to piece together an entire book of memories. For me it was a vacation scrapbook, but I’ve seen others do the same with wedding memory albums. … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking with Awards, Certificates, Medals and More

It is that time of year again, where the books are being turned back in, desks and lockers are being cleaned out, pencils boxes with two markers, one broken crayon, two dull pencils and a chewed eraser are coming home and then the countless papers, and projects are finally able to be returned. But it’s also a time, when many children receive awards, medals, certificates and other items, commemorating their special achievements throughout the year. Perhaps it was for perfect grades, or just really great grades. Maybe it was for perfect attendance, which might not seem like such a big … Continue reading →

Biggest Scrapbooking Mistakes – Memorabilia

Memorabilia is a must have in any album. Maps from the zoo, a brochure from the science center, an airplane ticket from our trip to New Zealand, it can all be included. What happens when you realize you have too much memorabilia? Well there are several options. You can either pare it down yourself, choose what’s really important. Is it really necessary to include all the postcards and the three different brochures from your vacation? Or can you somehow separate your layouts into a more flowing creation, and include a piece of memorabilia per page? Can you try shrinking a … Continue reading →

Biggest Scrapbooking Uh-Oh’s part one

If you’ve been scrapbooking as long as I have, you are sure to have run into an uh-oh or two, otherwise known as a scrapbooking regret or possible blunder. Not everyone feels the same way about what they regret doing, but everyone has at least one or two. There are the ten biggest blunders or uh-oh’s scrapbookers tend to look back upon and have total regret for: Shapes – Goodness knows if you scrapbooked back in the late 90’s you have them. Shapes of all sorts, adorning your precious pages. Your poor photos are more than likely cropped into stars … Continue reading →

Memorabilia: Including Greeting Cards In Your Albums

There are several different ways to incorporate greeting cards into your layouts and albums and still be able to protect and read them. The easiest and fastest way is to create a pocket page and slip them all inside. If you are using top loading page protectors (which I highly recommend), it’s easy to pull the cards out while flipping through the album and read them. Pocket Page You will need: two sheets of paper or cardstock personal trimmer adhesive pen or marker page protector To create a pocket page, you will need two coordinating pieces of paper or cardstock … Continue reading →

Memorabilia: What to Collect

Collecting memorabilia is fun. It commemorates special occasions as well as reminding you of certain aspects of an event or a travel destination. But what should you include? What should be saved? Unfortunately there is no right or wrong answer to those questions. It is a matter of what you want to save, or rather, have room to save. It depends on what memories you want of an event or occasion. Here are some creative ideas to get you started and help you decide what you might like to collect. Vacations: Pick up maps, brochures, postcards and menus as you … Continue reading →

Simple Vacation Scrapping

Scrapbooking doesn’t have to be hard, expensive or time consuming. Despite what you might think after browsing through a scrapbook supply shop teeming with bazillions of high-tech tools, embellishments and state-of-the-art memory books, your own album can be as streamlined as you wish. Which is not to say that simple has to be boring. My very first scrapbook was inspired by a cross-country trip I took during college. To say that it was simple would be a severe understatement. It consisted primarily of photos, memorabilia and a few stickers—-that’s about it. Still, I look back at it and recall all … Continue reading →

Heritage Albums: Step-by-Step

So, you’re the family historian! That likely happened in large part due by default, didn’t it? Good for you! It’s really an honor. Now it’s time to get organized and get those old photos into a heritage album, but where do you start? First, gather the photos you’ll be using. Look through them. Is there any theme that comes out? Are many of them of the same person or same event? In the book featured here, most of the photos were of Paul’s grandmother, Clara, and her sisters. That became the theme. If there is no predominance of any person, … Continue reading →

How to Create a Pocket Page

Do you have a pocket full of memories? Well you should! A pocket page that is. What a great addition a pocket page is to your scrapbooks. All sorts of things can be stored in a pocket page, tiny mementos, report cards, greeting cards, id cards, vacation brochures, maps and more! Creating the page is actually really easy and can be done quickly. After you’re done with the basic part, you can then begin embellishing it with all the new, fun products in the scrapbooking world. So how do you create a pocket page? Let’s get started. There are a … Continue reading →