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Make Your Layouts Sing

With the advent of iPads, smartphones and digital notebooks, it’s no surprise that these days technology has advanced to the point where you can make your scrapbooks sing. I recently helped a friend craft a music-themed memory album for her tweenage son upon his return from band camp. We considered adding sound to the layouts, but decided against it at the last minute. Since my pal’s son didn’t bring back audio clips from the camp, we didn’t think sticking in a random recording would be appropriate. Of course, you could easily jazz up a music-themed layout by adding a Scrapbook … Continue reading →

Beach Theme Background Paper

With much of the nation baking under record high temperatures, it’s no surprise that area beaches are packed to the gills. After all, who doesn’t enjoy soaking up the sun, sand and surf? Whether you are visiting the sea solo, or you are there with your entire clan, a trip to the beach is a memorable occasion. In fact, beach-themed layouts are extremely popular with summer scrapbooking fans who want to preserve the season’s highlights. Photos of family members burying each other in the sand, surfing, frolicking in white wash, collecting shells or watching the sunset make great additions to … Continue reading →

Don’t Wait to Create

With the height of the spring break travel season upon us, many scrapbookers are heading out to soak up the sun, sand and surf. However, unless they’re thinking ahead, many of them may be missing the boat when it comes to capturing magical moments to preserve in travel scrapbooks. The key to crafting an exceptional vacation-themed memory book is to plan layouts while you are still enjoying your trip. Don’t wait to create. I learned that from a scrapbooking seminar I attended last year. Basically, it means that you should be formulating your game plan while you in the moment. … Continue reading →

Sharing Your Tools

Reason #87 for hosting a scrapbooking party: Sharing your fancy tools with those less fortunate. I don’t own a Cricut machine. In fact, if it were not for the generosity of my neighbor, I probably wouldn’t even know what the machine did besides chirp. Okay, it doesn’t really chirp, but with a name like Cricut (pronounced “cricket”) and the amount of money you have to shell out to own one, you’d think it would chirp, dance and piece together layouts while you sipped a tropical libation on the couch. I cannot afford a Cricut machine. Rather, I just lust after … Continue reading →

Create a Home Inventory

In the event of a disaster, you may wind up losing your belongings, from a few items lost to flooding in the basement, to an entire household full of stuff. That is why it is important to create an inventory of your things , so you can have a record of anything you might lose. For insurance purposes, you want to make sure that you have all of the information that you need. This way, you are more likely to be able to get the full replacement cost of your valuables. Creating an inventory can be done in as little … Continue reading →

Affordable Ways to Create Festive Layouts

Yesterday we received our first Christmas card of the season in the mail. Given that I have yet to even choose a family photo for our holiday greeting, receiving my friend’s annual newsletter was bittersweet to say the least. Still, I refuse to let her superior organizational skills get me down. Rather, I lovingly placed her Christmas card in a decorative holder in the shape of Santa’s sleigh where it will remain until I cut it up and use the pretty printed images in my holiday scrapbook. If you are looking for cheap and easy ways to add some festive … Continue reading →

Design Your Own Paper

In a previous blog I detailed ways you can save a ton of money by printing your own scrapbook paper. If your wallet is still hemorrhaging from Black Friday buys, you’re probably looing for ways to create holiday scrapbooks without further damaging your bank account. One way you can reduce spending a lot of cash on your memory books is to flex your creative muscle and design your own scrapbook paper. In addition to printing out free patterns from various scrapbook websites, you can also scan photos and craft your own designer paper. Some photo software programs make this task … Continue reading →

Create a Digital Scrapbook for Your Family

If you are researching your family history and would like to share it with others in your family, here is an idea for a fun project that makes a wonderful gift. Sharing family history is a wonderful thing, and family members always appreciate the work that goes into a genealogy related item like a scrapbook or a family history book. Creating those family treasures takes time and effort, especially if you want to make multiple copies to share with the whole family. A digital scrapbook can be a wonderful way to share photos, stories, family tree charts, and other items … Continue reading →

Wednesday’s Weekly Challenge-Use Your Scraps

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I recently saw a very clever way of using those leftover scraps that I loved. It involved rolling up strips of paper, and then putting them on the layout in a tube-like shape. The scrapper did a line of all different, colorful rolls of paper in a row against a white background. The effect was beautiful! Here is a link to the finished project if you are anything like me and need a visual. This was instantly one of my favorite layouts and went right into my favorites folder. I find that it is called scrapbooking for a reason. We … Continue reading →

Christmas Backgrounds

Minted.com did an amazing job with my family’s Christmas photo cards. I had been searching for a card format that would allow for multiple images to be featured around some seasonal text, similar to a scrapbook layout, and the website delivered. Holiday photo cards have come a long way since double sided tape was used to adhere a standard snapshot to the inside of a traditional greeting card. These days you can create elaborate multi-page cards, which feature two to three images on each page. I can’t wait until someone comes up with a way to convert digital scrapbook layouts … Continue reading →