By Katrina Kennedy You open your computer and scroll through your photos and like most people, your hard drive is bursting at the seams with images you’ve taken. They are all special, meaningful and scrap-worthy. “Is it possible to manage the volume of your photos without missing out on memories?” It takes some thought and [...]
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Make your own scrapbook page kits and speed up your scrapbooking
by Tami Taylor Whether you’re off to a crop or scrapbooking at home, kits can speed up your scrapbooking. Using a kit eliminates many of the decisions you face when you sit down to scrapbook. The kit creator has already put time and thought into selecting products that will work well together–so that you don’t [...]
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Ideas to build, store and use your button stash | MacGyver’s Button Bootcamp
by Amy Kingsford Buttons…buttons…who’s got some buttons!? Buttons are one of my favorite things in the world! I remember looking through my grandmother’s button stash as a little girl and telling her one day I’d have a button collection just like her’s. I definitely made good on that promise! Though my button stash doesn’t have [...]
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Inside Tami Taylor’s Scraproom
by Tami Taylor “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” – A. A. Milne Lately, I’ve been trying very hard to change my scrapbooking process. With the numerous children I have, it’s hard to find time to just breathe, let alone [...]
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Keeping Track of Your Inks: Make your Own Ink Swatch Ring
by Sharyn Tormanen I like inks. I like inks in multiple shades of blue, a wide variety of reds, and every other color of the rainbow. I also like inks from many different manufacturers and in many different styles. So how do I keep track of my towering colorful stacks of ink pads? Easy. I [...]
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Collecting and preserving holiday memorabilia | conversation with Sharyn Tormanen
Sharyn Tormanen spent time talking with me today about her approaches to collecting holiday memorabilia and getting it into her scrapbook albums. I loved settling in to chat about holidays and our own traditions and how we can preserve those bits of ephemera that reflect today’s times and that are sure to trigger strong memories [...]
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Take a tour of Katrina Kennedy’s home photography studio
By Katrina Kennedy As is often the case with scrapbookers and artists—every photographer’s space in which they create, differs based on their style and their surroundings. Some of us may have expensive equipment and a professional set-up–but the rest of us aim to make do with what we have! So here’s a peek at my [...]
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6 ways to organize ribbon for scrapbooking
by Amy Kingsford Creative organizing is a great way to give your scrap space the makeover it needs while having a little bit of fun! Check out these fun suggestions for organizing and storing your ribbon using everyday household objects, and see how a little bit of creative organizing can go a long way! 1. Glass [...]
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How to select events photos for scrapbooking
by Debbie Hodge In Organizing Events Photos I share a step-by-step process for winnowing down the photos you’ve taken to a manageble number for scrapbooking events. In the last section of that article, I suggest going through your photos relatively quickly to select those you really like and think you’ll put on a page. Here [...]
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How to Make a Christmas Card Keeper
by Amy Kingsford I love looking in my mailbox each day of December to find Seasons Greetings from out-of-town relatives, or the beautifully handcrafted card I get each year from my cousin Holly, with a cheerful picture of their family tucked inside! During the holidays we hang the cards in the archway that leads from [...]
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