favorite mini books

I love mini books.
They are fast, fun, great way to document an event with lots of photos, and a great way to share photos. I’ve admitted that I take a lot of photos of my two cuties, but even I can only scrapbook so many photos! So I started three years ago making minis as [...]

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Vote for your favorite page and make the most of your time!

Big news!
Time is short, life is busy, and we all have too many things we should/would/could do if we had the time! Scrapping for me has been one of those things I used to do lots and in the last year or so time’s become even more precious than before so it gets pushed to [...]

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Reasons to Scrapbook-updated

Looking back through old posts I found this one from May 2007. It’s hard to remember where I was at in my crafty journey but I think this was an attempt at writing my own creative creed. And even though I’ve dabbled in various styles the basic heart of why I scrapbook still [...]

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My favorite Blogs

Here is a list of some of my favorite blogs. These are the ones that are in my google reader, which is one of the coolest things ever. If you don’t know about this yet, you should. It’s like an RSS reader where you set up a free google acct and subscribe to different websites. [...]

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“quality” photography

I’m behind. I hate to use that word because it sounds so much like “caught up” and that invokes guilt over not getting all the scrapping down that I should. But I just haven’t been into scrapping, and I haven’t been taking near as many photos as I normally do.

From 2008 scrapbooks

Now my parents [...]

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making kits

In praise of the New Year, I’ve made some resolutions I mean goals. Things I’d like to work on for the upcoming year. Here’s a partial list: lose weight, get healthy (duh), get organized (sort of), be more productive, make better use of my time, buy less craft stuff (or not as much), and use [...]

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back in the saddle so-to-speak

I have taken a break from blogging. Just haven’t been in the mood, and have been reading some more negative blogs on the net that have infected me with their cynicsm. And now at the start of the new year I am contemplating this blog and the act of writing about crafting and sharing the [...]

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One Picture 3 ways

There are pictures I’ve taken that I just love. Pictures that just seem to say, “scrap me please”. Often times I will use the same picture or pictures in multiple layouts or mini books.

Last year my babies were 10 months old. This was before they were really moving and would sit for a few [...]

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Inspiration: get it, use it

Inspiration: where do you find it, and how do you use it?
I look for inspiration in the scrapbooking mags, online sites like Two Peas, and Creating Keepsakes, store ads, and other magazines and print media. If it’s an ad or direct mail sort of thing I will just cut or rip it out and add [...]

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Honesty? How much is required?

I’ve been collecting, scanning and documenting a lot of old family photos. My grandma is the only person alive who may know something about them but won’t talk a lot about them because of personal reasons. So I ask what I want and she answers what she wants and this works for us. As in [...]

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