For years, our ancestors have used photo albums to display precious memories the family holds dear. Most were plain and simply doubled as storage for pictures, with no room for journaling to explain the origin of a photo.
The photo album has come a long way. Now it’s evolved into a scrapbook – a memory holder that not only displays your photos, but does it in a unique way that projects a theme for the reader and tells a story for generations to come.
Read More...Are you getting bored with the beginner tactics you learned as a scrapbooker just starting out? Are all of your scrapbooks starting to look the same? If so, it may be time that you began implementing advanced techniques to take your scrapbooks to a higher level.
If you’re beginning to lose inspiration for your scrapbooks, take a look at the following advanced techniques and see if it opens the door to more scrapbooking fulfillment for you:
Matchbook scrapbooks – You can show off small photos in a scrapbooking format that look like a tiny matchbook! For instance, many parents take a picture of their child’s first day of school each year.
Read More...Scrapbooking has become a nice hobby for you to creatively display some of your favorite pictures. If everyone raves about your abilities as a scrapbooking genius, you might want to create a scrapbook to give as a gift for those who don’t have the talent or the time to make beautiful keepsakes like you do!
It’s easy to shop online or mosey into a local store and pick up a present for someone you love. But a personalized gift means you’ve put your heart into it – and it will be far more treasured than a department-store gift would be.
Read More...Scrapbooking has become a part of your life and lets you spend some of your down time doing something fun and creative. You may even wish you could quit your day job to spend more time at it!
Actually, this may be an option worth looking into. Scrapbooking businesses are becoming popular these days. Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions about the scrapbooking business:
Do I need special skills to do this?
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Name is Samantha and I am the owner of Craft Shed.
I love all kinds of arts and crafts and I have put this blog together so that I can share my experiences with you - my readers!!
I am a married mother of one son and I love to make things at home. Whether it is a way of saving money, recycling or just being able to own things that are original - I am there making it!
If you would like to find out more about me click here to view my about me page.
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I love this book and regularly read it for extra inspiration, it is packed full of worthwhile arts and crafts for you to do either for your own leisure or as a business opportunity. As many of my readers are aware Kirstie is a busy working mum and she still likes to spend time putting together beautiful crafts with her children. Not to mention the savings you can make by making presents for friends and families.
Think for a moment how much money you spend on birthday and christmas presents and how something unique and personal would be much better!!
You can find out more about Kirstie's Homemade Home by either clicking here or clicking on the picture.
