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Scrapbooking - Just Do It!
by: Michael Saunders Scrapbooking at its essence is really about storytelling, but with a visual and tactile, rather than oral, focus. Scrapbooking is also a method for preserving a legacy or history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabillia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks. The tremendous growth of the Internet has resulted in more creative scrapbook approaches as well as online scrapbooks. The digital photography revolutions has been accompanied by an explosion in creative scrapbook ideas. You can also do it in a hurry. You don't have to spend hours every day creating painstakingly perfect pages, but scrapbooking does take a certain amount of time and care. Don't despair if you're already busy with your family and job-there are ways to make beautiful albums that don't require as much of a time commitment as traditional scrapbooking. By learning some alternative options, even the busiest person will be able to scrapbook in the few spare minutes of the day.
The first step to quickly designing pages is organizing your tools and photographs. Take an afternoon to sort through your supplies and throw out anything that is unusable or unwanted. These items might be good candidates for things to use when scrapbooking with kids. Sort your tools by use-cutters should be placed in one spot, while adhesives should have a place of their own. Sort your papers as well, either by color, type, or design. This way, you'll be able to easily grab the paper you need instead of searching throw unorganized piles. Also, take a few minutes when you get a set of prints to categorize them or even group them into sets of three or four to put together on a page.
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There is no wrong way to scrapbook. Typically, the more creative and resourceful the person, the better the page. The main focus of each page should be the picture, letter or other momento, whatever is the most important to the creator. If you are interested in starting to digital scrapbook, or incorporate digital techniques with traditional scrapbooking, there are a myriad of Web resources available. (continued...)
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