By Val on Nov 15, 2008 in Album Ideas, journaling | 0 Comments
Preserving Thanksgiving Memories for Scrapbooking by Rachel Paxton
Last year our family tried out a new way to preserve Thanksgiving memories, and the result was truly a treasured keepsake.
A day or two before Thanksgiving, my daughter and I used a turkey rubber stamp to make place cards for all of our family members. We colored [...]
By Val on Sep 30, 2008 in Album Ideas | 0 Comments
Scrapbooking Adoption
By: Vera Raposo
Unless someone has experienced the entire adoption process firsthand, no one can truly appreciate what is involved in this long haul. Some couples know right from the start that they will adopt. Others however don’t begin the application process until after years of disappointment. Either way, the end result – a [...]
By Val on Sep 20, 2008 in Album Ideas | 0 Comments
Mini Albums
By: Vera Raposo
Mini albums are a perfect scrap booking party project. Invite a group of gal pals over for a night of scrapping fun. Tell each one to bring a yummy snack, their left over scraps and bits and 10-15 photographs from a recent event that they’d like to create a brag book about. [...]
By Val on Aug 27, 2008 in Album Ideas | 0 Comments
Brag Books
By: Vera Raposo
The brag book is the scrap booking enthusiasts answer to what to do with all those left over bits and scraps from other projects. Brag books aren’t just for showing of babies either. They can be used to tell a story about trip, event or even a special accomplishment.
Even on a short [...]
By Val on Aug 20, 2008 in Album Ideas | 1 Comment
Baby Showers
By: Vera Raposo
I went to a baby shower once where various colors and flavors of baby food were smeared into the lining of a diaper. The guest of honor had to guess what kind of baby food it was. Yuck! But I’ll tell you what – that was one of the most memorable and [...]
By Val on Jul 27, 2008 in Album Ideas, Motivation | 2 Comments
Scrapbooking Teen Memories by Rachel Paxton
By the time your teen is in high school, you probably aren’t taking as many pictures of them as you used to. I have to keep reminding myself that I only have a couple of years left and no time to waste trying to capture fleeing teenage memories.
You might be [...]
By Val on May 28, 2008 in Album Ideas | 0 Comments
Scrapbooking Graduation Memories by Rachel Paxton
It’s hard to believe that my daughter has just graduated from high school. She has some great memories of this event for us to preserve in a graduation scrapbook.
We decided to purchase a ready-made scrapbook instead of assembling one. At a local bookstore we found a large spiral bound scrapbook/journal [...]
