Monthly Archives: July 2009

Time passes by, leaving behind memories that stay. However, if these memories are not transferred to paper or any kind of media, they tend to become foggy. Therefore these memories need to be preserved in some way. Continue reading →

Putting together a record of your life, your family’s lives, trips you took, fun vacations, life changing events like weddings or anniversaries can be a really fun project if you get into the hobby of scrap booking. A whole new hobby has mushroomed around the scrap booking field because more and more people are becoming addicted to scrap booking and are not just saving snippets of souvenirs, or newspaper clippings or photos in a dusty old album; they are going all out and creating a work of art in the form of a themed scrapbook that is to be admired. Continue reading →

If there’s one word to describe scrapbooks, it would be “fun”. Why? Scrapbooks are simply fun to make, fun to leaf through, and simply make memorable moments become more fun to remember. Because of these, scrapbooks are popular to have or own by people of all ages. Continue reading →

It’s easy to make a scrapbook, but you may find yourself wishing for a little more than the same old cutting and pasting pictures sometimes. There are premade scrapbook decorations you can purchase, but these often suffer from being too much of the same thing; and they also don’t give you as much latitude for creative expression with your scrapbook pages. Because of this, scrapbook ennui can strike and when it does, scrapbooks often go on the shelf and are forgotten. Continue reading →

One of the best things about making a scrapbook is adding decorations to your pages. There are no rules about what you can and can’t use in your scrapbooks other than the size of your page. You have complete control over your project and can make decorations for your pages from any material you want in any shape or size that you can imagine! Continue reading →

Digital Scrapbooking is the hugely popular art of turning your precious photographic memories into beautiful personalized creations. And the good news is that the net is loaded with free and inexpensive tutorials, creation software, and community. You will never be at a loss for creative ideas, new and innovative tools, layouts, and templates. Continue reading →

Everyone has that big box of photos in the back of the closet that’s worth a million and at the same time next to nothing. If you can’t share your photos easily then what good are they? You’ll be surprised to find out that it’s simple and inexpensive to turn your deteriorating images into an enjoyable work of art. There are photo scanning services that can digitize your photos for as little as a nickel apiece. And don’t try this yourself! Photo scanning at home is heart stoppingly boring! Continue reading →