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Maximize Your Cropping Adventures

Organized scrapbooking crops are not cheap. However, the memories you can make at them are priceless, which is why it pays to experience at least one or two in your lifetime. In order to make the most of your cropping weekend adventure, it’s important to get organized, so you don’t waste precious time while you are surrounded by inspirational scrappers. Remember to pack your papers, embellishments, adhesives and tools. In addition, you may want to bring along a cushion to sit on. Some crops offer comfortable ergonomic chairs with padded seats, while others simply provide metal folding or banquet chairs. … Continue reading →

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 →

Get Your Giggle On

Scrapbooking can be fun. I know; what a concept, right? Often, scrappers get so caught up in creating elaborate page designs filled with expensive embellishments and newfangled techniques that they lose sight of the big picture. The art of crafting memory albums shouldn’t be a chore or an exercise in frustration; rather, piecing together pages featuring fabulous photos and heartfelt mementos should be fun. One of the ways you can infuse a little laughter into your scrapbook layouts is to look for humorous additions, such as jokes or riddles. For example, if you are creating a lively kids-themed page design, … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Albums

Tis the season to stock up on memory books. Right now Kohl’s is having a huge sale on its scrapbooks. What’s more, you can combine the $10 in-store or online savings card with the reduced price in order to score a ton of albums without draining your wallet. Purchasing empty scrapbooks is one of the costliest parts of the hobby, which is why I try to buy in bulk whenever they are on sale. Still, there are even cheaper ways to get the albums you need to scrap. A growing trend among avid scrappers is to invest in personal binding … Continue reading →

Getting the Most Out of Your Scrapbook Tools

To me, the Cricut is the ultimate scrapbooking tool. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most expensive scrapbook-related machines on the market. If you invest in one these beasts, then you ought to take time to read the owner’s manual from cover-to-cover in order to learn how to use every single one of the machine’s many features. After all, you wouldn’t want to fork over all that cash just to make a few replacement letters. Some scrappers complain that the makers of the Cricut make it too costly to purchase different cartridges for the machine. Personally, I don’t get … Continue reading →

Make Mine a Mini

When you are looking for a quick and easy scrapbook gift to give a loved one, why not make it a mini. Don’t let their small size fool you; mini memory albums can be just as pretty or provocative as their full-sized counterparts, though they don’t take near as much time or money to create. My first foray into mini scrapbooking came when I inherited a detailed kit from a fellow scrapper who was cleaning out her craft closet. You can purchase the pre-packaged kits from scrapbook supply shops or craft stores, such as Hobby Lobby or Michaels. My kit … Continue reading →

Are There Pictures Of You In Your Child’s Scrapbook?

I love looking at pictures of Hailey when she was little. She was such a little cutie pie, always smiling and doing the silliest things. The first ten years of her life are all sweetly scrapbooked. Pages of pretty paper and pictures that tell the story of her life in snapshots. Once I got divorced the time for scrapbooking escaped me, there just weren’t enough hours in the day. I still took pictures but they are in the little envelopes you get when you have them developed, waiting for the day that I have time to put them in albums. … Continue reading →

Organizing Your Stash

If you are an avid scrapper, then you’ve likely accumulated a nice stash of paper, embellishments and albums over time. This is especially true if you find seasonal sales hard to resist. I have a magnetic attraction to sales bins and tend to purchase items that I may not need right away, but feel I will use down the road. Only I haven’t gotten to that part of the road yet and I am now being smothered by excessive scrapbook materials. If you have a storage problem, then now is the time to look for solutions. Summer is primetime to … Continue reading →

Let GoPhoto Help You Scan Your Family Photos

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Do you have a box of old family photos that you have been meaning to archive, but haven’t gotten around to yet? There is a company called GoPhoto that can help you scan them, put them online, and even share them with your relatives, for just twenty-eight cents a scan. This could be the quick and easy solution that many genealogists are wishing for. You might be someone who gets a lot of pleasure out of searching through archives, finding birth certificates of ancestors, and photographing their headstones. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you will also enjoy sorting through a … Continue reading →

Kyle Dine Makes Music About Allergies

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Does your child have allergies? Musician Kyle Dine does, too. He has created music that describes the experiences and every day life situations of children who have severe allergies. His music puts things into a much more positive light, and emphasizes working on being safe. Listening to it could help increase the self esteem of your allergic child. It isn’t any fun at all to be a child who has allergies. There are foods you cannot eat, animals you cannot play with, and things you cannot touch without experiencing an allergic reaction. These are the same things that all of … Continue reading →