Jun
4
Scrapbook Armoire
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Using a scrapbook armoire has been incredibly helpful to me. I found a great scrapbook armoire and desk on amazon and I am very happy with it. It fits right in with the other furniture in my living room and I receive many compliments from my guests.
My favorite scrapbook armoire is the Belladonna Floor Standing Locking Jewelry Armoire by Agresti.
Last year I really enjoyed using the Anna Maria Floor Standing Locking Scrapbook Armoire by Agresti.
The bestselling scrapbook armoire on Amazon is the Bush Furniture Savannah Collection Pocket Door Armoire, Mocha Cherry
I hope this was helpful! Talk soon,
Mike
May
11
Three Tips for Creating a Beautiful Wedding Scrapbooking Layout
The present article has been read by many of our visitors and greatly appreciated. Hopefully you will enjoy it likewise.
With the popularity of scrapbooking today, many brides are decision making to create their own wedding scrapbooking layout. With the huge smorgasbord of papers, stickers and other tools for adorning the wedding scrapbooking layout, you will not be disappointed in your results. And in addition to that, there are even scrapbooking kits specifically made for weddings that will allow you to contrive your wedding scrapbook with minimum coordination and shopping for supplies.
At any rate, even if you prefer to include a professional photographer create an album in their cost, you will in all likelihood want to have a wedding scrapbooking layout of the photographs that your family and friends take of your special day.
Once you take action and create the scrapbook layout, the rest will be fun and easy. Remember the quote, “Action is the antidote to despair. ~Joan Baez
Considerations When Assembling Your Wedding Scrapbooking Layout
The special thing about a wedding album is that you do not need to confine yourself to the photos, patterned papers and stickers that adorn most scrapbooks, although the supplies to choose from are plentiful as well as beautiful. Just imagine how you can include unparalleled mementos to the ceremony and the reception, such as a copy of the toast, a few petals from the grooms boutonnière, or a piece of sheet music from your special song.
Before this, keep in mind that if you select items to let in in your wedding scrapbooking layout that are not photo-safe, that you protect your precious pictures by matting them on acid-free papers. Of course do not let anything that is not of archival quality touch your photos, since this can handicap them by scratching or causing discoloration.
What you Should Admit in Your Wedding Album
As a matter of course there is a good chance that you will have so many wedding pictures to select from, it will be hard to determine what should go into your wedding scrapbooking layout. It will be a bit easier to make your selections if you focus on ensuring that you include scenes from all of the significant events of the day. Exchanging vows, lighting the unity candle, and that first kiss as married man and wife are all significant moments that you will want to remember.
During the reception, you will have many special parts to include, such as the toast, the first dance, and the cake cutting. Try to add a few playful pictures of the bride and groom as well as the family and wedding party. The garter and bouquet are excellent examples of these more wild situations. In summary, If you take the time to run through each special moment, it will be easier to choose your photos, and will make a more efficient scrapbooking story for your special day.
You will experience many adversities during the wedding planning process and scrapbooking design should not be one of them! Plan this well in advance and you will not experience adversary. “Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.” ~Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
I hope this article provided you with the knowledge and understanding you were looking for. I highly recommend checking out my New scrapbooking book and audio course titled “Intro to Scrapbooking: Ideas for Getting Started on your First Project”, You will love it, I completely guarantee it or I will give you a full money back refund with no questions asked! These have been selling like hotcakes and I have not had any refunds, only glowing reviews!
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Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!
Mike Snyder
Owner, Cascade Digital Scrapbooking tutorials , Portland, Oregon
May
1
How To make a Scrapbook
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Hello friends,
Today I received a question from one of my scrapbook newsletter subscribers. Kathy is a newbie and wants to know “How Do I Start Scrapbooking?”
Thanks for your question Kathy!
The most basic thing that you will need before you commence with assembling your scrapbook will be the album; there is any number of these available in the market today. I recommend selecting a beautiful one that will be most appropriate for your theme.
Other than this you will need a good pair of scissors, glue, pictures, photographs, clippings from the newspaper, and any assorted decorative bits and pieces which will enhance the beauty of the scrapbook. There are many other things which are indispensable to a scrapbook maker.
An exact knife is a must have for anyone making a scrapbook, since everything can be cut into any shape. It is devised in such a way that when the tip gets blunt, it is broken off and a new sharp tip is exposed.
Care has to be taken while using this knife, you should always cut the desired picture after placing it on a mat or newspaper, or else you will end up cutting things which you had no intentions to cut!!!
There are a variety of glues such as glue dots, Xyron and two-sided tapes available in the market, do a proper survey and pick up what suits you most. Tweezers though unconventional are very practical to pick up tiny gummy bits and move them around without creating a mess.
It is worth taking the trouble to look for albums which have acid free, lignin free pages; they enhance the life of the scrapbook. They prevent the paper from turning yellow and disintegrating.
Getting started with Scrapbooking
At the onset you must have the theme for the scrapbook you want to make. You can make it as simple or as complicated as you want to. Scrapbooks can be given as gifts for baby-showers, wedding anniversaries, weddings or birthdays. They could be made to immortalize special moments from the lives of your favorite actor, sportsperson, grandparent or child.
Small details that are special to these people can be a part of this book, which will eventually be symbolic to them. These little details can be decorated with trimmings, dried flowers, by fingerprints or
anything, which is special to the theme.
Once you have settled on your theme you have to think of what you are going to name the scrap book and then name the individual pages .It should have an identity of its own so that the viewer knows what he is going to view. This name could be the person’s name, date or some special event. It could be slogan like, dressy or simple quotes, the choice is entirely yours.
A lot of attention will have to be paid to the color scheme of the scrap book. You can work on a single color scheme if the book is a personalized gift idea and you are sure of the color preference.
It could be a mix n match concept provided you are confident of the outcome. You have to pay a lot of attention to the color scheme as this could highlight the beauty of the scrapbook or make it look
gaudy and distracting. You could visit your neighborhood paint and hard ware shop and refer to the color wheel.
This article is continued in my “Getting Started with Scrapbooking” digital book and audio home study course.
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Happy Scrapin’
Mike Snyder