This has happened to me every year since 2003. National Scrapbooking Day sneaks up on me and I already have plans!
You see, in 2003, my precious "Angel Face" was born on May 1st. Ever since then, the first Saturday in May has been birthday party day. And I am thinking it will continue to be that way for another 15 years or so to come!
I am hoping you will celebrate Scrapbook Day without me. Can I send you some photos to scrap for me while I try to keep a bunch of 4 year olds from knocking each other senseless as they try to break a pinata? Pretty please? :o)
To make up for it, I found this neat video to share about making your own acrylic embellishments:
I have to add that I LOVE making my own acrylic embellishments...I just rarely have the time to do so!
Enjoy scrapping Saturday without me!
Susan
Monday, April 30, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
One Month Scrapbooks
I found this interesting article on making a "one month" scrapbook.
There are so many creative ways to scrapbook, I can hardly keep up.
Create a One Month Scrapbook
Create a One Month Scrapbook by Audrey Okaneko
Creating a one month scrapbook is like creating the story of your life at any given time in life.
Choose a month for your scrapbook. Now make it a point to take 5 photos every day of that month. At the end of the month, you’ll have 150 photos to sort through to tell the story of your life.
Take photos of the activities you do on a regular basis. For example, I leave my house every day at 7:20 a.m. to take my daughter to school. So, I took a series of photos around this one activity. I took a photo of the clock reading 7:20 a.m. I took a photo of my daughter sitting in the car. I took a photo of the front of the school, and then I took a photo of the clock when I got home at 7:40 a.m.
At the grocery store, I took a photo of the empty cart. I took a few photos of food aisles. I took a photo of folks waiting in line. I took a photo of my full cart, and I took a photo of the groceries in my trunk.
For those who work outside of the home, take a photo of the clock when you arrive. Take a few photos of co-workers. Take a photo of your desk. Take a photo of the clock when you leave.
If you keep a small notebook with you, you can jot down notes for journaling once you begin to put the scrapbook together.
There are several choices for putting together your album. You can create 30 or 31 pages, with each page showing the highlights from that one day. You can create a scrapbook with title pages of “Week One”, “Week Two” etc and then create pages within that week that show your typical week. Or you can create a scrapbook titled “January”, or “June” and put photos in, in no particular order, showing what your month was like.
One month scrapbooks are both fun to prepare for and also fun to put together.
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Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.recipe-barn.com
Article Source: www.ladypens.com
There are so many creative ways to scrapbook, I can hardly keep up.
Create a One Month Scrapbook
Create a One Month Scrapbook by Audrey Okaneko
Creating a one month scrapbook is like creating the story of your life at any given time in life.
Choose a month for your scrapbook. Now make it a point to take 5 photos every day of that month. At the end of the month, you’ll have 150 photos to sort through to tell the story of your life.
Take photos of the activities you do on a regular basis. For example, I leave my house every day at 7:20 a.m. to take my daughter to school. So, I took a series of photos around this one activity. I took a photo of the clock reading 7:20 a.m. I took a photo of my daughter sitting in the car. I took a photo of the front of the school, and then I took a photo of the clock when I got home at 7:40 a.m.
At the grocery store, I took a photo of the empty cart. I took a few photos of food aisles. I took a photo of folks waiting in line. I took a photo of my full cart, and I took a photo of the groceries in my trunk.
For those who work outside of the home, take a photo of the clock when you arrive. Take a few photos of co-workers. Take a photo of your desk. Take a photo of the clock when you leave.
If you keep a small notebook with you, you can jot down notes for journaling once you begin to put the scrapbook together.
There are several choices for putting together your album. You can create 30 or 31 pages, with each page showing the highlights from that one day. You can create a scrapbook with title pages of “Week One”, “Week Two” etc and then create pages within that week that show your typical week. Or you can create a scrapbook titled “January”, or “June” and put photos in, in no particular order, showing what your month was like.
One month scrapbooks are both fun to prepare for and also fun to put together.
============================================
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.recipe-barn.com
Article Source: www.ladypens.com
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Can someone say, "BRRRRRRRRR!"
Here in Eastern NC, we had a VERY chilly Easter. My husband's grandmother remarked that it was colder for Easter than it was for Christmas and I don't think she was exaggerating! My mother-in-law bought beautiful matching dresses for our girls and they all had to cover them up in sweaters and jackets just to keep from turning into Popsicles Sunday morning! I was tempted to get on I-95 and head south to FL to be warm!
Well, I got to thinking this morning about what to get my mom for mother's day. She's SO hard to shop for and keeps saying she wants photos of the children, but it is almost impossible to get all 4 looking the same direction and smiling at the instant I click the shutter button on the camera!
When I do finally get "that" photo, I am going to use this awesome coupon I got from Photoworks to get 10% off my entire order. Oh, and if you use this link you can use it too! Mother's day is about a month away and I know that if I don't do something now, I'll be spending WAY too much on flowers to send her at the last minute...not that I've ever done THAT before. No...not ME! :o)
One good "side effect" of uploading your photos to someplace like Photoworks is that you have another copy of them somewhere. Remember I told you about the lightning strike we had back in October where I lost about 6 months of photos (actually more if you count some of the photos I had migrated from our older computer)? Well, because I had used Photoworks before the strike, I had copies of some of the photos in my album on their site and didn't lose them. WHEW!
Well, that's it for today. No question of the week for this week...my brain is still frozen from this weekend! :o)
Have a great week!
Susan
Well, I got to thinking this morning about what to get my mom for mother's day. She's SO hard to shop for and keeps saying she wants photos of the children, but it is almost impossible to get all 4 looking the same direction and smiling at the instant I click the shutter button on the camera!
When I do finally get "that" photo, I am going to use this awesome coupon I got from Photoworks to get 10% off my entire order. Oh, and if you use this link you can use it too! Mother's day is about a month away and I know that if I don't do something now, I'll be spending WAY too much on flowers to send her at the last minute...not that I've ever done THAT before. No...not ME! :o)
One good "side effect" of uploading your photos to someplace like Photoworks is that you have another copy of them somewhere. Remember I told you about the lightning strike we had back in October where I lost about 6 months of photos (actually more if you count some of the photos I had migrated from our older computer)? Well, because I had used Photoworks before the strike, I had copies of some of the photos in my album on their site and didn't lose them. WHEW!
Well, that's it for today. No question of the week for this week...my brain is still frozen from this weekend! :o)
Have a great week!
Susan
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
A new site and a coupon
I just got this email from a loop I am on and she's offering free shipping at her site:
Visit http://www.scrapbookingbuddies.com and get affordable
scrapbooking supplies and FREE Shipping on all orders.
use code--- yahoo ---at the checkout.
This expires 4/9/07
At scrapbookingbuddies you will find affordable basic scrapbooking
supplies because we believe scrapbooking should be affordable for
everyone.
Visit http://www.scrapbookingbuddies.com and get affordable
scrapbooking supplies and FREE Shipping on all orders.
use code--- yahoo ---at the checkout.
This expires 4/9/07
At scrapbookingbuddies you will find affordable basic scrapbooking
supplies because we believe scrapbooking should be affordable for
everyone.
Some fun videos to enjoy
I'm trying to get back on track by sending out a newsletter in the middle of the week instead of the end. And since it is "hump day", I thought I would post something funny I stumbled upon.
If you have been on my newsletter list for a while, you'll know that I LOVE ebay. In fact, I've been on ebay since 1998 and am doing more and more with it every month.
ebay is an amazing place to find some awesome deals for scrapbooking. I know that I love shopping for my scrapbook supplies, but when there is something specific that I am looking for, it is SO much easier to search on ebay than to try to find "hunting" themed stickers at Hobby Lobby. Believe me, I tried and it took FOREVER. Probably had something to do with having 4 little ones with me, but that's another story!
Here's a link to a funny video about the "treasures" to be discovered on ebay:
http://www.militarymomsguide.com/ebay.html
Now, since I am supposed to be talking about scrapbooking, I thought I would share a scrapbook video, right here on the blog! Isn't the internet amazing that now we can "watch TV" on our computers? I never would have guessed it could ever be possible.
If you would like to see some more beginner level scrapbook videos, be sure to check out my Squidoo Lens for Beginner Scrapbooking Videos.
Let me know what you think of these videos. I personally LOVE them, but I want to know what YOU think! Post your comments below!
If you have been on my newsletter list for a while, you'll know that I LOVE ebay. In fact, I've been on ebay since 1998 and am doing more and more with it every month.
ebay is an amazing place to find some awesome deals for scrapbooking. I know that I love shopping for my scrapbook supplies, but when there is something specific that I am looking for, it is SO much easier to search on ebay than to try to find "hunting" themed stickers at Hobby Lobby. Believe me, I tried and it took FOREVER. Probably had something to do with having 4 little ones with me, but that's another story!
Here's a link to a funny video about the "treasures" to be discovered on ebay:
http://www.militarymomsguide.com/ebay.html
Now, since I am supposed to be talking about scrapbooking, I thought I would share a scrapbook video, right here on the blog! Isn't the internet amazing that now we can "watch TV" on our computers? I never would have guessed it could ever be possible.
If you would like to see some more beginner level scrapbook videos, be sure to check out my Squidoo Lens for Beginner Scrapbooking Videos.
Let me know what you think of these videos. I personally LOVE them, but I want to know what YOU think! Post your comments below!
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