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Over 40 Holiday-Themed Scrapbook Title Ideas

  “Holiday Hoopla” is the title of a scrapbook layout I made last year.  It features photos of three generations of my family cooking together.  I was going to use “Organized Chaos,” but decided to go with the seasonal title instead. Coming up with page titles is a passion for some scrapbookers, while others see it as a pain.  I like to ponder page titles while I am figuring out the placement of my photos, memorabilia and embellishments.  Often, a title will pop into my head as I survey all of the materials I am featuring on the layout.  However, … Continue reading →

Governor Vetoes Bill About Placement of Special Education Students

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Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill that had to do with placement of Special Education students. He felt that the wording in the bill was too broad, and would place an unfair burden on taxpayers. Others feel the bill would have helped families to pay for placement in religious schools. In the United States, there is a constant battle going on within the education system. One one side, there is the interest in ensuring that a student who is part of the Special Education system is able to attend a school that can appropriately meet the child’s needs. On the … Continue reading →

Title Tricks

When you’re crafting layouts for every theme under the sun, it may be tough to come up with new titles time and time again. While some scrapbookers shy away from page titles, I enjoy coming up with unique word combinations that grab people’s attention. However, dreaming up a whimsical play on words is only half the fun of adding titles to scrapbook layouts. With titles you can flex your creative muscle when it comes to materials, placement and technique. As a beginner scrapper I would stick to the basics when creating page titles. Stickers, stamps and scrapbook chalk were about … Continue reading →

Furniture Placement 102: Odd Shaped and Unusual Rooms

(cc) image by Christopher Barson/flickr In Furniture Placement 101 I gave some basics about placing furniture that will help you greatly in arranging a room. The rules are simple enough to follow in a normal rectangular room with only one traffic pattern, but what do you do in rooms that are oblong, filled with windows, or L or other oddly shaped rooms? Long Rectangular rooms: Create multiple furniture arrangements in a long room. Have each portion of the room serve a different purpose. You should however avoid splitting the room evenly in two. For example, you can have music or … Continue reading →

Furniture Placement 101

(cc) image by Christopher Barson/flickr I grew up in a home with one basic furniture placement rule. Line up the furniture against the walls, and place a chair by the window. That was it. My parents were much more interested in function that style. Besides with 9 kids in the house, we needed as much floor space as possible, and mom and dad needed a chair to sit in when they were taking turns watching us play outside. As I only have two kids of my own, and am a visual person by nature, I am much more interested in … Continue reading →

Do I Really Need a Replacement Ring?

Earlier this year I wrote about how I broke my ring. As much as I hate looking at my naked ring finger (which always reminds me that it’s my own fault my diamond’s not perched there anymore), I realized this past Saturday I don’t want another ring. Looking at New Rings My heart hasn’t been in the shopping mood anyway, but while we were waiting for a table at Carrabba’s Saturday night, Wayne suggested we skip across the parking lot to Jared’s and see what kind of rings they had. “I really need to get you another ring. It’s been … Continue reading →

Adoption Loss: Legal-Risk Placements

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My last blog talked about adoption loss, meaning the grief experienced when an anticipated adoption does not happen. Some adoptions are known as “legal-risk placements” from the start. Often called foster-adopt or fost-adopt programs, these are not voluntary placements by the birthparent, but situations where the birthparents are at risk of having their parental rights terminated. For example, a mother who has illegal drugs in her system when she gives birth may have the child removed from her care by the state, but may be given a certain amount of time in which to go through addiction treatment, participate in … Continue reading →

Working With Page Titles

Page titles are not necessarily a must have element on your scrapbooking page, but they can definitely help set the tone and mood of your layouts. Not all scrapbooking layouts call for a title either, but adding one can be super easy and loads of fun. So where can you come up with page titles? One of my favorite ways to title a page is by using the title of a song or a lyric from a song. For one of my daughter’s birthday layouts from when she was quite young, I used “It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If … Continue reading →

Title Placement

Finding new ways to scrapbook, is always interesting. I like to keep things changing constantly, and find new ways to make old fun. After awhile, scrapbook layouts might seem dull and boring, but you can spruce them up and make them new and fun again! Title placement is an important aspect on your scrapbook layouts. Besides the photographs you choose, it is one of the first things that someone flipping through your albums see. When I am faced with making changes to my layouts, and finding something new, I often focus on the title. Have you ever tried changing the … Continue reading →

Saying No To a Sibling Placement

Last month I wrote a blog entitled “The Call for a Sibling” where I touched on how likely it was there would be additional children born to our sons’ birth mothers. I’m going to further elaborate here on the pain of saying “no”. I wrote the following October 13, 2005 while I was awake in grief and in prayer: Who’s Child Are You? Who’s child are you sent from above? Many homes waiting to offer you love. Forming in chaos I hear your soul cry, “Pray for my life, my mom’s getting high.” Longing hearts waiting to wipe away tears; … Continue reading →