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Reasons to Save Recipes

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to collect material for a recipe scrapbook. Don’t let the holiday come and go without getting grandma, Cousin Maggie or Aunt Ruth to jot down their time-honored directions for your family’s favorite pies, green bean casserole or stuffing. Once you have the handwritten recipes in your possession, you can work on organizing your memory album. Some scrappers create working recipe books, which feature heavy-duty, plastic page covers. The added protection allows them to use the book in the kitchen and wipe down the pages when spills occur. Meanwhile, other scrappers prefer to design themed recipe … Continue reading →

Sharing Space in Your House

We often think of the home as being the woman’s domain. It’s generally the woman who chooses the furniture and carpet, selects the wall decor, and hangs the drapes. When someone comes to the home and admires the atmosphere, it’s the woman who receives the compliment. But is there equal space for the man to keep his things, as well? Or is the balance a little bit off? In some homes, the husband has taken over every closet, cupboard, the garage, and a spare room, leaving just one or two corners for the wife. This is off-kilter as well. It’s … Continue reading →

Top 10 Scrapbooking Organizational Articles

Organization is key to a productive scrapbooking hobby. Knowing where your things are, and being able to access them easily is key to time management and giving yourself a bit more time to scrapbook. These are the top 10 articles on scrapbooking organization. I hope they help you as much as getting organized has helped me with my scrapbooking. It’s a whole lot easier to get some pages complete when I know what I have and where it is. 1. Color Sorting For Organization Color sorting has become a favorite, easy to use way, for scrapbookers to organize their dozens … Continue reading →

Top Scrapbooking Articles of 2007

Every scrapbooker is different. There are different levels that we are at, different styles we use, different techniques we try and different articles and layouts we seek. Several weeks ago, I sent out an email to my scrapbooking pals (22 responded) and requested that they help me out with a poll I was conducting. I asked them to go back through 2007 (January through October) and figure out what their very favorite scrapbooking articles were for each month. I emailed a wide range of scrapbookers from different areas, different levels of experience and different styles so that I would get … Continue reading →

Holiday Scrapbooking Gift Ideas

If you are trying to come up with the perfect gift for someone on your list, why not take a look in your scrapbook area or room and see what you can create that would make the perfect gift. There are dozens of items you can make that would bring a smile to anyones face. Here are a few ideas to get you started on the creative thinking process. Scrapbook Page Using your papers and supplies create a beautiful page just like you would ordinarily for your albums. Instead of slipping it into a page protector, instead purchase a frame … Continue reading →

Creative Gift Album Suggestions

Creating gift albums can be a daunting task. Organization is key. There are so many different aspects to consider when sitting down to create or even planning a gift album. Here are some suggestions to make the whole process go a little faster and more efficiently. Page Size The page size of the album matters the most because if you plan to include many different photos, a larger page size will make that easier. If you only have a handful of photographs that you want to use, or you are following a theme throughout the album, you might choose to … Continue reading →

Gift Album Tips and Ideas

Most Scrapbookers think about scrapbooking something as a gift idea for the holidays. Well, with Christmas just around the corner it is certainly time to get working on it. There are so many different things we can create with our scrapbooking supplies as gifts, from altered items to framed pages, gift albums and mini scrapbooks. This year I think I might have gotten off easy. In past years, I have created albums for Christmas gifts, so now all that is left to do is create a page or two to add to their already created album. I did a year … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Withdrawal and How I Conquered It

First I would like to say it is really nice to be back and cozy with my family at families.com. I have missed you all while I took a break in November to get some writing done and other projects. I am happy to be back and look forward to sharing some all new and fun articles to get you on your scrapbooking way. Now, onto the bigger statement at hand. I suffered from Scrapbooking Withdrawal during all the time. I had absolutely no spare minutes to spend doing one of the things I love to do most. So I … Continue reading →

How Will I Ever Scrapbook All These Photographs?

Organizing your photographs, scrapbooking supplies and tools is only a small, albeit important aspect of scrapbooking. The more organized that you are, the more you will complete. But what about when you take a look at all those photographs and wonder how you will ever get them all done and in albums? Perhaps, if you have been scrapbooking for a long time, you have several albums complete. Some might be bigger and fuller than others, and some might still have a long way to go. Looking around what do you see? Boxes full to the brim, or overflowing with photographs? … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week in Review for September 10-16, 2007

I can never get enough layout ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking. I am constantly on the lookout for new ideas, techniques, products and examples to make scrapbooking fun and to get my juices flowing. Creativity comes naturally, but without these additional devices there are still times I would be in a rut. Here is what has been going on in the scrapbooking blog this week. Are Those Idea Books Any Good? Are the idea books out on the market any good? Will they inspire you? Will you find creative inspiration and create hundreds of layouts when you finally sit down … Continue reading →