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Old Scrapbooking Trends Make a Comeback

Scrapbooking has literally grown in leaps and bounds in the past ten years or more. Everyday new innovative products are released or designed with the scrapbooker exclusively in mind. However, as the industry continues to grow and change, obviously so do the different trends. So what do you do when you have spent a fortune on a particular tool or other item that seems to have run its course? First of all, you should use whatever you want to use on your layouts. Besides, who are those layouts for? You and your family are the ones that will enjoy them … Continue reading →

Reusing Old Photo Albums

Always one for a cheap solution to a common problem, I found some ways to recycle and reuse, my old photo albums. I put them to good use, turning them into scrapbook albums, that are fun and fancy and work just as well. The benefits of reusing a typical photo album, are excellent. First, an old photo album, is typically described, as a three ring binder style album, that is filled with, what are referred to, as magnet pages. Those are the sticky pages in which you place photographs and then cover with the clear plastic sheet, provided within. To … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week in Review for March 10-16, 2008

Springtime is near and more than likely you are already getting the mixed up spring time weather in your neck of the woods. I adore being outside on the warmer days and enjoying the fresh air. On the colder days, I use them to get caught up on scrapbooking. What layouts have you been creating lately? I am getting ready to begin working on last years Easter pictures so I can get in the mood for the upcoming holiday, which is just around the corner. Hope you all have a wonderful week. Check out what has been happening in the … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week in Review for January 14-20, 2008

With all of the cold weather that is hitting all over the US, hopefully you are able to get some scrapbooking done. Basically its a great time to stay inside, keep warm and work on getting caught up. Here’s what has been happening in the scrapbooking blog this week. File Formats For Digital Scrapbooking Layouts (2) We have been discussing file formats for digital scrapbooking layouts and here are a few more to understand and become familiar with. .TIFF or .TIF A .TIF file is a non-lossy file format for saving graphic files. File Formats For Digital Scrapbooking Layouts (1) … Continue reading →

Finding Items to Alter With Your Scrapbooking Supplies

The best part of altered art is that it is an unending creative outlet. Altering something just means changing it from its original state or purpose. This makes unlimited possibilities with what you decide to alter. In my frugal living lifestyle, I am always reusing items for new purposes. But now the same can be said for my scrapbooking. Recently I altered an AOL CD cover and turned it into a case to hold a mini-scrapbook I created of my five children. However, the possibilities for what it could hold are simply endless. The scrapbooking industry is on top of … Continue reading →

Sunday’s Best of the Best: Budget Scrapbooking

Starting with Budget Scrapbooking for this week’s best of the best on Sunday, was an easy choice. Scrapbooking on a budget is something I strive for, not to mention that it allows for a lot of creative freedom and flexibility and stimulates my mind to think outside the box. Here are 2007’s Best of the Best Budget Scrapbooking Articles to date: Using Embellishments That Go With Your Theme Finding the right embellishments to fit your layout or theme is actually more complicated than one might think. Especially if you tend to do a lot of pages on actual hobbies, interests … Continue reading →

Baby Picture Review & Game

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We are having a ton of fun with our new bundle of joy. She was born on Memorial Day and we three are learning together what it means to now be a foursome. One of the first things we have done with our three year-old-daughter is to turn the freshly minted baby photos into a fun game of guess-who. She has always loved looking through photos of her family members as infants and little kids about her age, trying to find the similarities between their faces and hers. The most enjoyable thing about this has been putting her photos side … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week In Review For April 23rd to April 29th, 2007

It has been another week full of great organization tips and ideas. It is important to find a place for everything, to make your scrapbooking time, more productive. I hope these articles brought you a lot of useful information and creative ideas for your storage and organizational needs. I would very much like to hear from you, to find out what types of needs you might have. I have dozens of ideas, and cannot include them in every article, so please, feel free to ask! Monday April 23rd Monday kicked off our week with an article on Reusing Old Photo … Continue reading →