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Friday, December 12, 2008

Scrapbooking Ideas - 7 Scrapbooking Projects For Kids

Scrapbooking Ideas - 7 Scrapbooking Projects For Kids


When you think of scrapbooking you usually think of making scrapbook albums. Have you tried using your scrapbooking materials for other projects? These project ideas are great for scrapbooking with kids.

1. Decorate jars and use them as small storage items in your children's bedrooms, like marble collections or collectible game cards. Look in your scrapbooking supplies for stickers and rub-ons to embellish any size jar. Baby food jars and Mason jars work well for this project.

2. Make greeting cards when scrapbooking with your children. Nearly any type of scrapbooking material can be used for making cards. Children will love creating their own Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day or birthday cards.

3. Holiday decorations are easy to make with scrapbooking materials. For example, Thanksgiving embellishments and cardstock can make name plates for the holiday table. Use your creativity and help your children make a centerpiece for the table out of paper and scrapbooking supplies.

4. Help your child keep a vacation journal. Before you go on vacation, create a scrapbook album to take along and have your child complete the album while traveling. Select a small album so it will be easy to pack in a child's carry-on bag.

Have pages pre-designed for some of the places you are planning to visit. You could even include some journaling prompts throughout the album. Some examples are "My Favorite Ride at Disneyland" or "The Best Thing about Staying in a Hotel."

Then attach a small plastic bag filled with colored pencils or markers, lots of vacation-themed stickers and some adhesive to attach memorabilia and photos from the trip. Let your child do the rest!

5. Scrapbooking for children is an opportunity to make gifts for your family. Flip through any scrapbooking magazine, and you are sure to see a gift project. Your child can use scrapbooking supplies to make picture frames, pencil holders, photo cubes, or note cards. Children also can design pre-made gift scrapbooks, like a recipe album for grandma or an ABC album for a new baby cousin.

6. Christmas ornaments make great scrapbooking projects for gifts. There is no limit to the kinds of ornaments you can make from scrapbooking supplies. Don't be afraid to get messy and use glitter for this project.

7. Birthday parties and sleepovers are the perfect project for using your scrapbooking supplies with your children. Begin with crafting invitations out of paper and embellishments. Have enough materials to keep the same theme throughout the project.

Take the time to create thank you notes at the same time. Then use your scrapbook materials to make napkin holders, name plates, centerpieces and party decorations. Finally, using the same theme, decorate goodie bags for your guests to take home.

You'll find hours of fun in these scrapbooking for kids projects. In most cases, you have everything you need in your scrapbooking supplies right now. Scrapbooking for children is a chance to spend quality time with your kids and encourage their creativity and imaginations. Try one of these projects today with your child.

Christine Perry is an avid scrapbooker and has over 10 years of scrapbooking experience. Her favorite scrapbooking subjects are her reluctant teenagers. She invites you to her website, http://www.intoscrapbooking.com for more scrapbooking tips and information on scrapbooking forums.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Being a Professional Scrapbooker

Being a Professional Scrapbooker

Professional Scrapbooker. Scrapbooking is a good pastime. More than that, making scrapbooks are also an art. To top it all off, scrapbooking can make a good business too.

Making scrapbooks used to be a thing done in the household. It is something you could be proud of, yet doesn't offer much as far as the financial aspect. Today, scrapbooking can be a moneymaking endeavor.

Professional Scrapbooking

More and more people are starting to recognize the importance of scrapbooking. They recognize the creative value of such works of art. They also want to put privacy in the special moments they spend. Yet, with so much thing going on in their lives, many busy people don't have enough time to make one.

They can only wish to have their own scrapbook. Now, they can actually have their own personal scrapbook. They can keep the memories in beautiful collages filled with artistic details. This is made possible with the help of professional scrapbooking.

Professional scrapbookers are the experts in the field. They are the ones that get published for their wonderful ideas and techniques in making a scrapbook.
There is a high demand for them, to get their advice and help. Some professional scrapbookers even have their own following.

Professional artists who make scrapbooks for others have an even higher demand.
These are certain professional scrapbookers who hire out their services. These are people considered professional organizers of precious memories. They provide creative designs and beautiful details to photographs.

Providing services this way is just like being an interior designer, just as personal and just as creative. A typical scrapbook artist can earn from $50 to $150 an hour. Just doing the craft can bring in so many opportunities.

Meet professional scrapbookers online. They can provide the best tips and techniques, from the strictly art of scrapbooking down to the business side of it.

Be a Professional Scrapbooker

Being a professional scrapbooker is a great option for many scrapbookers out there who want to earn extra money. They can work at home as well as at their own time. They can bring out their own creative juices. At the same time, they get to earn lots of money.

You may choose to be a professional scrapbooker too. Just like any craft, it requires passion, time and some good work. Just learn the craft well and join the scrapbooking industry. Look up the business resources of scrapbooking sites and take the first step to being a professional scrapbooker. Before you know it, you will be out to satisfy a happy client.

by Scrapbooking Is Now My Business

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Baby Scrapbook Pages

Scrapbook pages are packed in two main sizes 8 x 8 inches or 12 x 12 inches. A popular baby scrapbook kit is Baby Days Pages pack, which features Baby Days, mother and father's Stories, hands and feet Keepsakes, gifts, First Home, First haircut and many other storylike pages.

Coordinating pages, borders and the albums are all available to create your child's first scrapbook. Even a novice can create a beautiful and memorable baby scrapbook with these colorful pages and images.

Record more than just milestones. Baby scrapbook theme kits come in various styles and pages. Scrapbook theme kits may include the cat, dog, beach, water, bath time, good night, and the baby and me themes. Use baby scrapbook kits help to make fun and colorful pages to your child's albums such as park and playground, sunglasses and sand bucket, bath time and good night, kisses and teddy bears, and many more.

Baby scrapbook kits are also gender specific. If you expect or already enjoy your precious baby girl, so look for baby girl scrapbook kits. The kit includes pages of assorted pink and pastel theme plates, letter stamps, coordinating tags and all materials are acid and lignin free.

But if you expect or already enjoy your active little guy, and then use a baby boy scrapbook kit, which typically feature assorted blue theme plates, letter stamps, coordinating tags and are acid and lignin free.

Major baby scrapbook kits include a baby souvenir calendar scrapbook kit. Every month you will see your little one as you write down all the first moments of his or her experience. Calendar scrapbook kits can be saved in your child's scrapbook albums, and treasured for years to come. In addition, your baby's calendar scrapbook kit is a unique and unforgettable gift to give your family, especially if they do not live in your area.

Do you have a special theme for the baby's room? Baby scrapbook theme kits can be purchased also. Precious moments, Suzy's Zoo, Disney, various religious themes, creative imagination, Rubber Ducky kits include theme pages, die cuts, rub-ons, letters, words and other assorted embellishments to make your baby scrapbook complete.

Each season of the year is also available: spring, summer, autumn and winter theme kits. Other theme kits include holiday pages: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas.