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Dad’s Day Done Right

Once Father’s Day 2012 is history you can relive the fun and excitement by crafting a memory book featuring Dad’s gifts and photos taken during the celebrations. If you haven’t already gotten Dad a present, you could make him this scrapbook-worthy gift that can be easily displayed on a fantastic layout: SILHOUETTE Materials: Photo of your child’s profile Scissors Black construction paper Pencil Card stock Glue Directions: Cut-out any part of the photo that does not include your child’s face. You will be left with an outline. Place the photo on a piece of black construction paper and have your … 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 →

Embellishing Mother’s Day Layouts

One of the sweetest Mother’s Day gifts I ever received was a scrapbook layout featuring various pictures of my daughter and a slew of her homemade art projects. My sister-in-law did an amazing job creating a photo collage using my daughter’s artsy masterpieces to embellish the page, along with several cute quotes detailing why she loves her mommy so much. Sniff, sniff. I love that layout. Fortunately, the page design is easy to duplicate for a mother of one or many. The collage requires at least five stand-out photos which can be placed in a random shape. You could also … Continue reading →

Make Father’s Day Special

This next Sunday is Father’s Day. I knew it was in June, but I thought it was vaguely off in the future, until my husband so kindly reminded me. It is important to take time to honor the special men in your life, whether it is your father, uncle, grandfather or husband. Often men do not receive the thanks they deserve for all of the sacrifices they make. Here are five ways to help honor the men in your life. 1) Arrange some time for your husband to spend quality and fun time with the children. This should be a … Continue reading →

Father’s Day Gift Idea: Coupon Books

This is the last of a four part series of Father’s Day ideas from the heart – creative, fun, inexpensive, and most of all, memorable Father’s Day gifts you can put together with your children this year. COUPON BOOKS This is an incredibly easy and quick gift – perfect for last minute gift-giving. If you have a printer and paper, it’s free! Dads love to be pampered just like us Moms – just in different ways. Think of the ways your husband would love to be pampered and write up a book full of coupons. These coupons can have an … Continue reading →

Father’s Day Gift Idea: Themed Gift Baskets

This is part three in a series of Father’s Day ideas from the heart – creative, fun, inexpensive, and most of all, memorable Father’s Day gifts you can put together with your children this year. Gift Baskets Gift baskets are an easy and fun way to get kids involved in picking out a gift for Dad. They can be as inexpensive and affordable as you want to make them. Gather the kids and discuss together what Dad’s interests and passions are. Decide on a “theme” for your gift basket. Here are some possible themes: Tools – Protective goggles, tape measure, … Continue reading →

Father’s Day Gift Idea: Daddy Books

This is the second in a series of Father’s Day ideas from the heart – creative, fun, inexpensive, and most of all, memorable Father’s Day gifts you can put together with your children this year. Daddy Books This idea is simple, very inexpensive and gives Dad something he can hang on to for a lifetime and look back on year after year. A Daddy Book is a child’s book to Dad with pictures and expressions relaying all their favorite Daddy-related memories. All children who are verbal can create a Daddy book and all children – young and old – enjoy … Continue reading →

Salute Dad

Who says you have to break a sweat crafting an elaborate scrapbook layout design for Dad? This Father’s Day you can give your favorite guy a touching gift from the heart that he will cherish forever by using just a few simple scrapbooking techniques. One of the most precious page designs incorporates photos and poems. If you have the time and energy, you could sit down and pen an original prose detailing the reasons your Dad is so special to you. However, don’t ditch the idea if you lack inspiration or you simply don’t think you have what it takes … Continue reading →

Dad’s Good Intentions Crumble

How far would you go to help your child obtain a dream? Going to summer camp may not be your kid’s dream, but it is for Bryan Freeborn’s 8-year-old daughter. So, when the North Carolina Girl Scout’s father found out that his little girl’s dream could become reality if she sold a ton of Girl Scout cookies, Freeborn put on his thinking cap. His plan: Use the Internet to generate a record number of cookie sales. His downfall: Not adhering to the Girl Scout’s rule banning Internet cookie sales. Unfortunately, for Freeborn and his daughter, Wild (yes, that’s her real … Continue reading →

A Wedding Gift toTreasure

Is there a wedding coming up in your family? What about a unique wedding gift? In the marriage blog I wrote about a unique recipe book. This is adapted from that idea. What about giving the happy couple a book of the family’s favorite verses and those of family members? Each page could include a favorite bible verse or two as well as a few lines about why that verse is special to you. You might include an example of a situation or story of where that verse was a help to you in your life or a drawing, a … Continue reading →