Your Family Legacy Website Review

Preserving our own history is one important reason why many people begin scrapbooking. But not only do we want to preserve our own lives, but also many of us have the desire to piece together information from our ancestors into albums. I have recently come across a helpful website, Your Family Legacy, that you can use a resource for both purchasing items for use in completing your ancestral pages and they have an excellent list of informative articles that you may find helpful in giving you ideas for your historical pages. I would like to share some of my favorite … Continue reading →

Book Review: A Designer’s Eye for Scrapbooking with Patterned Paper

If you have noticed from looking at most my projects that I have posted here in this blog, I love to incorporate patterned paper into my layouts, cards and altered projects. So you can imagine my interest when I saw that Ali Edwards was coming out with a new book, A Designer’s Eye for Scrapbooking with Patterned Paper. One of my favorite scrapbookers with a new book on using patterned paper! Now that I have the book, I would like to share what you can expect to learn from the book. The book is divided into 6 different chapters. Each … Continue reading →

Favorite Scrapbook Magazines (2)

Finding new inspiration for scrapbooking can sometimes be a challenge, but looking through a new scrapbook magazine is a guaranteed way to find some sort of new ideas. Here are a few more of my favorite sources of inspiration. Scrapbook Answers. In addition to this being a great magazine, they also include a great CD with each issue that includes fonts for you to install on your computer, downloadable images and project ideas. This magazine has a lot more digital scrapbooking influence along with more of an emphasis on using more traditional art materials on the scrapbook layouts. Along with … Continue reading →

Favorite Scrapbook Magazines (1)

Scrapbook and paper craft magazines can be a great resource for finding inspiration and new ideas for preserving your memories. I would like to share some of my favorite magazines with you so that you will be able to determine which magazine might be right for you. Memory Makers. This was my first scrapbook magazine subscription. I have always generally enjoyed this magazine because of the interesting articles. They write features on people who have had scrapbooking change their lives and that is always interesting to read. The layouts are usually more advanced which I find fun to look at … Continue reading →

Mimi Totes for Scrapbooking

As scrapbookers, we tend to have many supplies that need occasionally need to pack up to take to a crop or a friend’s house to scrapbook. This can be a challenging task if you don’t have the right type of bag for the job. Mimi Totes, which are made by Thermo Web, offers a wide variety of options that would work for any scrapper or stamper on the go. All of the bags/totes are sold in 5 different color combinations. They offer all black, pink/chocolate, blue/chocolate, lilac/chocolate and (my favorite) green suede and chocolate. I love the stylish designs with … Continue reading →

Crop-a-Dile Product Review

Crop-a-dile When I first heard about the Crop-a-Dile from We R Memory Keepers in January, I will admit that I was skeptical. I figured that a gadget that looked like an oversized hole punch that punched holes and set eyelets wasn’t really that exciting. After hearing friends’ rave reviews, I decided that I would have to try one out for myself to see if it was really worth all of the hype. I would like to share what I have learned about the Crop-a-Dile after purchasing it and using it myself. I would strongly encourage you to try out a … Continue reading →