Christmas Layouts!

Well tis the season not to be scrap booking! At least that is how it is for me lately. With so many other things to get done I have failed to get any pages completed. I do know that tis the season that I must take what seems a million photos. Yep that make January the month to scrap for me! I am sure that the developing companies are racking in the money for all those pictures that we took.

I thought I would include some really cute Christmas layouts and the links to them. So here we go!

http://www.bisous.biz/catalog/layout_1_christmas.htm

http://www.wittyliving.com/crafts/scrapbooking/layouts/scrapbooking-layouts.html

http://projectcenter.creativememories.com/photos/holiday_scrapbook_layouts/kristinalayout5.html

http://ny-image1.etsy.com//il_430xN.103765305.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/scrapbooking/1/7/U/q/treelayoutsketch.jpg

This last link has many formats just like this where you can play with the design and yet create some wonderful looking pages without having to be that creative.

I hope you enjoy these new layouts and links and I will be placing some more after the holidays to show how to scrap the New Year's Eve photos!

Baby Albums

Ever wish you had a wonderfully made baby shower gift? Well so many times I have fallen into the trap of purchasing the same things for that baby shower and I am currently trying to help everyone out with this problem. I make unique albums that I am sure any mother to be would love to have as a gift.

I have created a few of these for gifts and I have to say that the mother to be's that I gifted these albums really enjoyed them. One mother always told me she did not have time to scrapbook and didn't know I found time to be creative. When she saw her book she began to cry. Then she said she showed everyone in her family that evening. When I saw her the next day she said to me; "well I will give you the pictures and you can put them into the album for me." I said; "ok no problem I will do that for you." Well after she had the baby she found herself doing the baby album and really enjoying putting the photos together and reliving those magical moments that just fly by with a brand new baby. On the babies first birthday she put the album out so that everyone could see his first years. That baby is just turned one in April of this year. I can't believe how fast time goes! She is keeping up with her album all by herself and this was a person who said she didn't have time.

In the end you just never know who will really appreciate your thoughtfulness. I was surprised and excited all at the same time. It was really worth it for me to give this mother to be a scrapbook album for her baby shower gift.

So I have been making albums for others for some time now and I am willing to share with anyone who would like to purchase one from me. These albums come from a smoke free and pet free environment. I will ship anywhere!

I look forward to helping others to have wonderful keepsake gifts also.

Begining The Fall Season

Hello Ladies,

With summer over we are able to get started on creating wonderful keepsakes for all those summer memories that we just finished!

The first thing to make sure is that we have all our pictures printed and ready to roll. That is the most important task at hand. Next we need to have the proper supplies that will help us keep organized and focused. Keeping organized and focused can be the hardest thing a scrapbooker has to complete in all the projects that they are creating. There are so many different directions that we can take while looking for supplies and purchasing our embellishments. As a scrapbooker myself you can go way over the top with embellishments that accompany a layout. I try and keep the motto on my mind; "Less sometimes is more!".

As a scrapbooker I see so many people who put so many embellishments on the page that the picture gets lost. I always try not to let that happen. Remember that the scrapbook is about the photo and not about the embellishments. I know that they are beautiful but like I stated before they take away from the photo. Just make sure that the photos take the center stage on your layouts.

The last part of the layout is the paper that should accompany the photos, and embellishments.
Once I have all the different tools that I need for the specific photos I am ready to get scrapping or move onto the next set of photos.

I prefer to get many sets of event photos completed at one time. What I mean is that I take a special event set of photos, paper and embellishments and group them together so that I have everything easily at my fingertips. I like this idea and it lets me to stay organized and ready to complete more layouts than I normally would if I had to search each time for everything that I needed. Also when I am at an event it makes me have to take less supplies to a crop. Less means less time carrying bags into the crop and less to clean up when it is over. I love that I can clean up all my supplies in about 15 minutes tops and I am ready to roll.

I usually prefer to the Power Layout Box from Creative Memories to put all my photos, papers and embellishments together. I know that there are many different boxes out there but this one suits my needs very nicely. It will hold up to 30 page layout supplies. That is a lot of supplies. I can also complete one 45 page album in one weekend at a crop.

I hope these few tips help you to get organized and ready to roll! Please post any and all your time saving tips that you would like to share with fellow scrappers! I will be posting events that are coming up for the month of October!

Please come and join us at these events since they will be helping out the causes that we are fund raising for.

Place: St. Simon and St. Jude
Westland, Michigan
Date: Oct. 16, 2009
Time: 9 am. - 9 pm.
Fee: $35
Contact person: Sandra Kopcak (734) 721-4867

Place: First United Methodist Church
So. Lyon, Michigan
Date: Oct. 25, 2009
Time: 8 am. - 8 pm.
Fee: $35
Contact Person: Cathy Radners (734) 646-2308

Hoping to see you at one of the upcoming crops!

Happy Scrapping!

Another Great Event!

Last night I had the honor of meeting and teaching an amazing group of woman from Henry Ford Medical Center. These are truly amazing woman because of the important carriers they have and the time they put into other things that interest them.

I met woman that are doctors, nurses, assistants and office personel. They all have a passion for what they do just like I do but in another capacity. They came with pictures in hand and stories to tell about the photos they were carrying. It always amazes me how the picture is only the product of the story. I mean that if you look at someones picture you know only a small speck about the event. You can guess maybe where they are at, what they are doing, etc. but the whole big picture is truly in the story behind the photos.

I explained all about scrapbooking, traditional, digital and preserving photos for those that were not interested in scrapbooking. For me preserving your photos is also important if you want others in your family to have those photos. Photos are so easily damaged especially in the different types of weather that we have in Michigan.

I am hoping that some of these woman will continue to preserve photos, add them to albums and maybe even create a digital album someday. The digital world is fast moving and the gratification is so much quicker. With just the click of a button you put photos on the page, write the story behind the photos and then save. You continue until once again you click a button and put the order in and within seven to ten days you have your finished product at your doorstop. You are even capable to duplicating this album with another minor change of how many you would like to order. That simple! Technology has come a long way since I have started scrapbooking and the beauty of it all is beyond me.

I am hoping that in the long run this new group of woman will continue on their albums and attend some of my events in the future. I look forward to helping all those that are interested and I can meet with any group of woman either at their place of employment just like I did for the Henry Ford group, or at my home!

As always I look forward in hearing from you in the future and helping you out in any way that I can either by teaching you how to create or creating for you!

Remember we are all divas in our own way!
Happy Scrapping!

Graduation Album

Here is a graduation album that I created. It is for sale if anyone is interested in purchasing one just like this or one personalized to their liking.

Please contact me at 2scrap4u@gmail.com for purchasing this album or any others that are on this site.

All these pages are created by me and are copyrighted, so please refrian from copying!

Happy Shopping!