Scrapbooking Options: What Works for You?

When it comes to scrapbooking memories for your family, there are a number of options to fit your unique personality and lifestyle. The “Cut and Paste” Method This is how most women begin scrapbooking, as did I.  Creative Memories got me started and for that I am thankful. I learned about how important it is [...]

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Scrapbooking: Is It For You?

Do you make scrapbooks/memory boxes for your family?  Or does the thought of it instill fear, panic and/or guilt? All photos from www.scrapgirls.com The concept of scrapbooking didn’t appear on my radar screen until I had my own children.  Growing up in the 60′s and 70′s, I don’t remember anyone’s mother scrapbooking…ever.  As a matter [...]

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Groovy New Camera Pix!

                 As previously stated this week, for Mother’s Day, my fam bought me a new camera.  I’m really pretty low-maintenance, and normally wouldn’t ask for such extravagance for a holiday, but I’ve really needed one and I used MD as an exuse to ask for one.  Blogging regularly [...]

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Scrap, scrap, scrapping along!

I love digital scrapbooking, I really love it. The more I do it, the more skills I learn. There are a few other advantages to digital scrapping that drew me to it…. I don’t have to deal with how big or small a picture is, I can make it whatever size I want. *I don’t [...]

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My Digital Scrapbook Pages Arrived!

Wow, I just got my scrapbook pages back from http://www.scrapbookpictures.com/ and I am thrilled!  They came within a week and they look just gorgeous! Now I just need to drag out everyone’s albums and stick them in.  It made me more anxious to stay current on my pix.   I did notice something, now that I [...]

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Saturday's Digital Work

This was a super-easy page I did this morning at Panera.  I had a quick hour to drink coffee and now the rest of my day will be filled for me.  I’m going to sprint through Meijer as a fairly unorganized shopper today, then home for a quick shower and FOOTBALL!  Can’t wait to watch Eli [...]

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Another Autumn Digital Page

Digi-Scrapbooking Fun!

I’m ashamed to admit it, but in the time I’ve been digital scrapbooking, I have yet to develop one single page.  However, today I boldly sent quite a number of finished pages to be developed to http://www.scrapbookpictures.com/.  This will be the first time I try this company, so I’ll let you know about quality and service. I [...]

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Digital Scrapbooking Strategy

Regardless of what modality you chose to keep your family memories, there needs to be some sort of ‘strategy’, so to speak, in order to keep current. In our case, 6 babies in 11 years made it very difficult to stay current, especially in light of the fact that I keep a separate album for [...]

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But I don't WANNA Potty-Train!!

Potty-training ~ UGH! I’ve done that 6 times and it is a task that I could totally say good-bye to in my life as a mother. When Ephy came into the family at almost 3 years old, we were advised by the pediatrician NOT to potty-train at this point. Made sense to me due to [...]

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