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Scrapbooking Your Summer Adventures

What’s been the highlight of your summer so far? For my daughter, it’s been boogie boarding; for my friend’s son, it’s been attending band camp; and for my neighbor, the highlight has been her annual trip to Mexico. All three events are scrapbook worthy, as is just about any adventure you may experience this summer. The trick to crafting an eye-popping series of layouts that showcase your summer memories to the fullest is to plan ahead. For starters, you’ll want to snap a ton of photos of your seasonal escapades. Next, you’ll want to collect as many mementos as possible … Continue reading →

Spice Up Summer Memories

Learning how to boogie board is a summer memory my young daughter won’t soon forget. It will be even easier for her to remember given the multiple page scrapbook layouts I created showcasing her attempts to ride to shore. As I mentioned in a previous post, it is not hard to spice up summer page designs given all of the amazing beach-themed embellishments available in stores and online. You can find everything from glitter sunglasses and 3D beach umbrella stickers to fake sand and die cuts in the shape of bathing beauties and breaking waves. Another way to jazz up … Continue reading →

Preserve Beach Memories

Did you spend the Fourth of July enjoying the sun, sand and surf at an area beach? If so, then you likely have a ton of phenomenal photos to add to your summer scrapbook. Whether you snapped the shots on Independence Day or earlier in the season, beach pictures make fabulous additions to family memory albums. While a single photo can speak a thousand words, it doesn’t hurt to spice up your beach-themed layouts with some unique embellishments. Consider the following ideas to give your beach memories a boost: Paintings: If you have a passion for painting, use watercolors to … Continue reading →

Spice Up Vacation Memories

Vacations are all about fun, so why not continue the good times when crafting your travel scrapbook. Unlike wedding, anniversary or retirement memory albums, vacation-themed scrapbooks are a bit more informal and lend themselves to experimenting with a variety of different scrapping techniques. The following tricks and tips are simple ways to spice up a summer vacation scrapbook: Signs: Instead of purchasing postcards from all of the places you visit, consider snapping your own photos of road signs or billboards advertising local attractions. When you get home, enlarge the pictures and add them to different layouts. For example, if you … Continue reading →

Save While Scrapping Summer Memories

Summer is primetime for beach-themed scrapbooks. Scrapbook shops and craft stores are filled to the gills with seasonal embellishments designed to spice up seasonal spreads. From beach umbrellas and palm tree stickers to bikini die cuts and tropical libation-shaped rubber stamps, there is no shortage of beach-themed frills to add to page designs. However, if you are short on cash, then stocking up on the aforementioned embellishments may not be possible. Fortunately, you don’t have to dig too deep to find unique touches to add to your summer beach scrapbook. Rather, you just need to exercise some creativity and you … Continue reading →

Capturing Summer Memories

Summer is the best time of the year to tour our nation’s most awe-inspiring natural wonders. After all, nothing beats watching a stunning sunset illuminate sweeping vistas. What’s more, the National Park Service says 2011 may be its best year yet given the state of the economy and the record number of families looking to vacation closer to home. If you are planning on vacationing at a National Park this summer, pack your camera and remember these simple tips: Include your family members: Some photographers get so caught up with the extraordinary vistas that stretch for miles that they forget … Continue reading →

Cheap and Easy Summer Fun with Kids

As I mentioned in a previous blog, you don’t have to fly to Disney or rent an expensive RV and hit the road on a two-week vay-cay to make lasting summer memories with your kids. If the struggling economy has you scaling back on your summer vacation plans, then consider sticking closer to home and bonding with your children while taking part in the following activities: Berry Picking Strawberry picking is a summertime tradition in our family. Each June, we drive to a nearby farm and pick pounds and pounds of fresh, juicy berries. The family-friendly activity is geared towards … Continue reading →

Down by the Sea

Don’t let a summer trip to the beach go to waste. While your family is having fun in the sun, be sure to snap photos of their adventures in the sand and surf. Pictures of your kids chasing seagulls, collecting seashells, swimming, surfing, sunbathing, flying a kite or reading under a colorful beach umbrella are the heart and soul of a beach vacation-themed scrapbook. In addition to snapping images of your trip, consider jotting down some of the funniest or most poignant memories to feature in journaling blocks. If you don’t have the time or energy to write down anecdotes … Continue reading →

Untraditional Scrapbooks

You may feel as though you’ve seen just about every themed scrapbook imaginable, but when it comes to album sizes, you haven’t seen unique until you’ve laid your eyes on a scrapbook made from a standard Rolodex. Yes, a Rolodex. Who knew the plastic filing device, which holds index cards and spins for convenience, could be transformed into a place to keep your treasured memories? I got my first taste of the Rolodex scrapbook during a workshop I attended just after Labor Day. The seminar was designed to get avid crafters to experiment with untraditional means of scrapbooking. Rather than … Continue reading →

Fat Tuesday Scrapping

Fat Tuesday is just a couple of days away, but the party is already well underway in New Orleans and other parts of the world. Mardi Gras celebrations are fun-filled, action-packed and brimming with vivid (or not so vivid) memories. All of the excitement leading up to Lent yields amazing material for scrapbooks. A few years ago I scrapped a Mardi Gras-themed layout, and to this day, it’s one of the most colorful page designs I have. The celebration lends itself to eye-popping colors, such as bright purple, green and gold. If your embellishments are neon bright, then you might … Continue reading →