Archive for April, 2010

This weekend only, Ella Publishing is offering a Buy 2, Get 1 free sale on all their ebooks.  It’s a great deal!  For $10.98 you get 3 of their high quality scrapbooking ebooks.

To take advantage of this National Scrapbooking Day sale, buy 2 ebooks (totaling a minimum of $10.98), and get a 3rd ebook (up to $5.99 value) for free! Add all 3 of your selected ebooks to your cart, and then use the code MAYFIRST at checkout to redeem. Offer expires May 2, 2010 at midnight PST, so hurry!  Shop Ella Publishing.

The countdown has begun to National Scrapbooking Day, also called International Scrapbooking Day.  How can you find out about the sales and events planned for this weekend?  Here are a few places to start.

1. Your Email – If you are on your favorite scrapbooking stores and websites email lists, you should already be seeing some previews of National Scrapbook Day sales.  In fact, many online stores have already begun their sales today through Sunday.

2. Scrapbooking Websites – Many big scrapbooking websites have announcements for National Scrapbooking Day events posted right on their website home pages.

3. Scrapbooking Forums – Scrapbooking message forums are buzzing with scrapbook supply sales, NSD crops and events.  Most of the scrapbooking forums have special threads following the National Scrapbooking Day events.

4. Your Local Scrapbooking Store – Local scrapbooking stores have special crops, make-and-take projects, and sales planned for NSD.  Archivers is one scrapbooking store that has many stores nationwide.  They are planning a full weekend of scrapbooking fun.

5. Scrapbooking Blogs – Just like scrapbooking forums, scrapbooking blogs are letting their readers know about the best scrapbook deals and events for NSD.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

I’m disappointed that I’m not doing a Week in the Life with Ali Edwards this week.  Since my husband is one of the travelers stuck in Europe right now, it’s not a normal week for us.  I want him to be part of the album so I’m hoping to do it next week.

Everyone is talking “A Week in the Life” on their blogs.  Why is a Week in the Life with Ali Edwards so popular?  I have a few ideas.

1. Ali Edwards – it isn’t just the project. It’s her creativity.  Her approach to scrapbooking is so creative and inspiring.  The chance to follow along with her on a project is a unique learning opportunity.

2. Everyday Life – this project is about documenting your daily life, not just the special events or milestones. It’s about finding the special moments in the ordinary parts of your life.

3. Simplicity – Your A Week in the Life album can be a simple as you want it to be.  It doesn’t have any set rules for the end product.  You can keep it simple or embellish it all you want.

4. A Snapshot of Today – Ali Edwards mentions wishing she had one of these albums from her grandparents.  How cool will it be to see the things that made up your everyday life when you look at your album a couple of decades from now.

5. One Week – A project for a week is so much easier to manage than a 365 album or even a monthly scrapbook album.  Anyone can manage this project for 7 days.

A Week in the Life is an album theme that is easy to make your own.  If you haven’t considered it, take time to look at Ali’s blog for her suggestions.  The best part is that you can do this any week of the year, so I’m not really missing out.  I’m just going to be 7 days late thanks to some volcanic ash.

This week I’ve read some great spring scrapbooking ideas on scrapbook blogs and websites.  Here are a few of my favorites.  I hope they inspire you to create some spring scrapbooking layouts this week.

12 Springtime Moments to Scrap from Simple Scrapper.  This is one of my daily must-read blogs.  She always has great ideas for scrapbooking.  This post is just like the title says – 12 ideas for springtime moments to scrap.  I love number 12 – spending the tax refund check!

Dear Lizzy Fabric Flower Video at American Crafts Studio.  This video will show you how to  make flowers for your layouts with the new Dear Lizzy Fabric Paper.  So pretty!

Spring Quotations and Printable Word Art for Scrapbook Pages from Get It Scrapped.  Here you’ll find a nice list of beautiful spring quotes for your spring scrapbooking layouts.  You’ll also find downloads for spring word art in 3 different formats that you can use for traditional or digital scrapbooking layouts.

Spring Scrapbook Layout Ideas from Scrapbooks Etc.  Find inspiration in over 30 spring scrapbook layout ideas.

Spring is finally here! When you live in a harsh winter climate like I do, spring is big news! If cleaning out your scrapbooking supplies is part of your spring cleaning, here are some simple tips to get you started.

Take Inventory
Go through all of your supplies. Look through all the bins, jars, drawers and cabinets holding your scrapbook materials.  As you look through them decide what you should keep, sell, donate or toss.

Organize Your Stash
For those items you want to keep, evaluate whether your current organization method is working.  Can you easily find what you are looking for?  If not, invest in a few new storage organizers.

Selling Supplies
You loved that page kit with the cute kittens on it at one time, but 3 years later you know it’s never going to make it onto one of your layouts.  Still, someone may love that kit.  For items that are still in the packaging and in new condition, try selling them on ebay, craigs list, a garage sale, or in a scrapbooking forum.  Scrapbooking supplies often sell well in lots.

Donate Items
For items that may not quite be in new condition, consider donating them.  Girls scouts, seniors centers, schools and daycare centers would love to have those supplies for their papercrafting projects.

Letting Go
Now for those items that you should toss.  It’s hard to throw things away, but seriously, those stickers you’ve been collecting since the beginning of your scrapbooking days are faded and no longer have any stick to them.  Throw them away.  Scraps of cardstocks that are now crumpled and faded should also go in the trash.  Yes, maybe you could come up with some creative way of using them, but will you?

Cleaning out your supplies will give you some much needed space in your scrapbooking area.  What will you do with that empty space?  Sounds like a good reason to go shopping to me!