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Organize your Scrapbook

Tips On Organizing Your Scrapbook By: Vera Raposo You can create more scrapbooks in less time of you take a few moments to organize your thoughts and supplies. Before starting your newest scrapbooking project, plan out everything you will need and have it close at hand. This includes supplies such as tape, glue, and pens, [...]

Pregancy Photos

Pregnancy Photos By: Vera Raposo During my pregancy I didn’t really have the desire to have my pregnancy-photos taken, I really wish I would have made more time to get them done. If you’re anything like me, you’re usually the one holding the camera. Make sure to give the camera to hubbie so he can [...]

Start Scrapbooking

So You Think You Want to Scrapbook… Learning to scrapbook will take some commitment, as it is really like a piece of art. You will learn new techniques for scrapbooking you will be able to use and enjoy, however, you will have to get to know a few basic tools, supplies, and learn some basic [...]

Frugal Beginners

You Don’t Need to Buy the Whole Craft Store to Get Started When you finally make the decision to start making scrapbooks, you are very likely to go out and buy all the materials you think you need and then some.  This will probably lead to some buyer’s remorse when you realize you have a [...]

Scrapbooking for Beginners

Scrapbooking can be defined and created in many different ways.  But you see, of all those meanings associated with scrapbooks, there will always be one thing central to it- keeping memories. Scrapbooks are the keepers of our precious moments and the direct tie back to those moments. They have been captured in photos and your [...]

2008 Family Yearbooks

With 2008 coming to a close and 2009 already underway, now is the time to remember and record all of your family’s 2008 adventures.   There are 100′s and 100′s of events and moments worth recording from just one single year.  So how do we organize and and stay on top of all those stories? Here [...]

Let the Kids Scrapbook

Scrapbooking for Kids By: Dawn Stegall As a homeschooling mom of 4 girls, scrapbooking for kids has been on my mind alot lately. Let me back up a bit. My 4 year old was quietly playing one day with a roll of stickers. Afraid I was going to later find a bunch of stickers caught [...]

I Don't Know Where To Begin

This past weekend I attended a very large women’s expo in Orlando as a vendor with Cherish Bound. Sitting among the sea of booths I had a very steady flow of traffic, but I also had many concerned and overwhelmed memory keepers lurking around.  When talking with guests and even neighboring vendors I could sense [...]

Back to the Basics

The world of scrapbooking has evolved into a mega market that is so big and vast that it has become overwhelming and at times intimidating.  Families, moms especially , have become “mega-busy” in this face-paced lifestyle that none of us can escape.  And just in case you didn’t know, one of the jobs as a mother [...]

Organize Supplies for your Page

Top 5 Organizational Tips for Scrapbooking by Vanessa Calleja When starting a scrapbook project there are five simple things you can do to make your project run smoothly.  These things also allow you to spend your time scrapbooking instead of spending your time looking for what you need. Organize your photos.  This is a simple [...]