Archive for May, 2009

Why Should You Make a Project 365 Scrapbook?

What is a project 365 scrapbook огромное порно онлайн порно трансексуалы

?  Well, the idea has been around awhile, but basically you take a photo a day for an entire year and put all the photos into one album.  There are a few reasons why this concept has caught on so well.  In fact, it’s so popular that Creating Keepsakes Kit of the Month for January featured a specially designed Project 365 album, and it sold out in just hours on the first day it was released.

Why Is Project 365 So Popular?

  1. You document every day for the entire year in one photo album creating a Year in Review scrapbook.
  2. Finding something to photograph every day makes you look even closer at the ordinary events in your life.
  3. You’ll miss less of those “I wish I had my camera” moments, because photographing every day means your camera will always be handy and ready to shoot.
  4. You’ll finally learn to use more than just the automatic settings on your camera.
  5. Taking more photographs will make you a better photographer.  You’ll start to see photographic opportunities all around you.
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Can you think of other reasons why Project 365 scrapbooks are so popular?

Tips for Scrapbook Journaling

Have you checked out Angie Lucas’ blog, Yeah Write?  Her tagline is “journaling, scrapbooking, and other -ing verbs.”  She writes about journaling on scrapbook pages, grammar and vocabulary.  I really enjoyed her post “Angie’s Top 5 Journaling Rules.”  They aren’t rules as much as they are great tips for how to journal and express yourself on your scrapbook layouts.

My favorite journaling rule from Angie’s list is “Read.”   This is so true.  The more you read, the better you write.  Check out all 5 rules at “Angie’s Top 5 Journaling Rules.”

Tips for Photographing Children

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Make and Takes has a guest post from Jessica of Mom Shots with tips for photographing children.  She gives 5 easy steps for taking great pictures of kids.

Photographing children can be a challenge, because they never seem to stay still long enough to compose a picture.  Not only does Jessica give easy tips specific to photographing children, she shows you with examples.  I think you’ll enjoy her photos as much as her steps for better shots of kids.

We all want exceptional photos in our scrapbooks.  Learning to take better pictures will improve your scrapbooking pages and will help you document your family’s memories.

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Goodbye to Simple Scrapbooks

One of my favorite scrapbooking magazines, Simple Scrapbooks, will cease publication as of the May/June issue.  Simple Scrapbooks started in 2002 and met a need for scrapbookers who wanted more simple, clean layouts and fast ideas for scrapbook albums.  According to The Simple Blog, the decision to stop publishing the magazine is due to economic conditions and changes in the publication market.

The same people who publish Simple Scrapbooks also publish Creating Keepsakes, another very popular scrapbooking magazine.  The company will begin to incoorporate some of the concepts from Simple Scrapbooks into the July 2009 Creating Keepsakes magazine.

If you have a current subscription to Simple Scrapbooks, your remaining issues after the final publication of the May/June issue will be fulfilled with the Creating Keepsakes magazine.  Current Creating Keepsakes subscribers will have their subscription lengths extended by the number of issues remaining in their Simple Scrapbooks subscription.

So how do you feel about this?  WIll this be more economical for you to have the concepts of both magazines in one publication? Or will you miss a magazine devoted specifically to simple scrapbooking?

Digital Scrapbooking: Me??

I never thought I would say this, but I’ve started digital scrapbooking.  I’ve always wondered why people would choose digital scrapbooking over traditional scrapbooking.  I mean really?  Give up those gorgeous embellishments, trendy papers, and all that shopping for the latest goodies in scrapbooking?  Well, now I know.

First of all, you don’t have to choose between digital scrapbooking and traditional scrapbooking.  You can do both on separate layouts, or you can even do both on the same page layout!  Combining both digital and traditional scrapbooking on a page is now known as hybrid scrapbooking (it sounds so green doesn’t?) Basically, the idea is to use your computer to create digital elements to put on your traditional layouts.  Some of you may already use your computer to type up your journaling.  That is a basic form of hybrid scrapbooking.

So how did I get started digital scrapbooking?  I was looking for a tutorial on photoshop elements to learn to edit my photos before printing them.  What I found was Jessica Sprague.  You might know Jessica from Creating Keepsakes or its sister magazines.  She is an expert in digital scrapbooking, but she also teaches photo editing from her website.  Her photo editing class is amazing!  I also can’t say enough about how professionally produced her classes are.  The classes are made up of online videos that you can follow along with your own software program.  Miss something as she’s talking?  Just pause or rewind and catch up with her. It’s a fantastic way to learn how to edit your photos.  If you’re interested in trying one of her classes, the one I took is called Photo Editing: Good-to-Great Workflow.

It was the forums that got me hooked on digital scrapbooking.  It’s hard not to get caught up in the excitement of digital scrapbookers.  Since I enjoyed Jessica’s photo class so much, I decided to try a digital scrapbooking class just to see what it’s all about.  I’ve always known scrapbooking is addictive, and now I know digital scrapbooking is the same way!  I’m almost embarrassed to say that I was having so much fun with the self-paced digital scrapbooking class that I spent nearly an entire weekend obsessed with finishing it.  (I think it’s supposed to be a 4-week class, but it’s also self paced so you can do it as you have time.)

I’m planning to blog more about my digital scrapbooking experience, but for now, if you’d like to check out Jessica Sprague’s beginning digital scrapbooking class, it’s called Up & Running WIth Photoshop (it covers both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements).

Digital Scrapbooking from JessicaSprague.com

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2 Peas 10th Birthday

Wow, it’s hard to believe 2 Peas in a Bucket is already 10 years old.  Congratulations!

If you’re not already familiar with 2 Peas, it’s a huge online scrapbooking community with some of the most active scrapbooking message forums on the internet.  They also offer an online scrapbooking store, blogs, a member gallery, and tips on everything from scrapbooking design to photography.  Not to be missed are their instructional videos on traditional scrapbooking techniques, photoshop, digital photography and scrapbooking projects.

They are doing a year-long celebration for their 10th birthday.  Here are just a few of the highlights:

  • 2 Peas 10th Birthday Crop on 2/28/09, Madison, WI
  • Tell Your 2 Peas Story Contest
  • The Peas Pick Contest
  • So You Wanna Be a GGG Contest
  • And much more!


Find out more about the 2 Peas 10th Birthday celebration.