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How to Save Money on Family Portraits

Family portraits are a nice way to create lifelong memories, celebrate special occasions or craft a favorite holiday gift. You can capture your family moments without spending a ton of money. Whether you get photos of just the kids or the whole extended clan, use the following ways to save more and spend less on all of your family pictures. Portrait Studio Deals and Coupons You can get some good coupons and deals with the chain portrait studios, especially if you are a new customer. They want to get you in the door where you will hopefully love your photos … Continue reading →

Spice Up Summer Layouts

With much of the country baking in record high temperatures this summer, the name of the game is cooling off. Whether you seek comfort at the pool, in a backyard sprinkler or at the beach, lake or pond, don’t forget to take your camera so you can document the dog days of the season. According to some meteorologists, this summer could be one for the record books in terms of high temperatures. You can add this fast fact to your summer scrapbook along with shots of your family frolicking in the sand and surf. Then, to enhance the theme, consider … Continue reading →

Working With the Right Supplies

There’s no faster way to ruin an exceptionally beautiful scrapbook layout than by using the wrong type of supplies. If you are just getting started with your scrapbooking adventures, don’t make the mistake of purchasing non acid-free paper. Using traditional paper may be tempting, as it is affordable and easily accessible, but it will inevitably compromise all of your hard work. To preserve your precious family pictures, so they can be viewed by future generations, you must be very careful about the type of paper you use. Regular paper degrades as it ages and creates acid that fades photos. Conversely, … Continue reading →

Spice Up Your Halloween Layouts

Despite the miles in between Happy, happy Halloween! Not exactly Shakespeare, but it ties in well with my “Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun” page title. I’m rushing to put together a double page Halloween layout for my great aunt’s 90th birthday scrapbook. I’m in charge of creating half of the holiday-themed pages, while my sister-in-law has to come up with designs for the remaining holidays and major occasions, such my birthdays and family reunions. Right now I am working on Halloween. The layout has to include all of the youngest members of the family, as well as photos from … Continue reading →

Spice Up Vacation Memories

Vacations are all about fun, so why not continue the good times when crafting your travel scrapbook. Unlike wedding, anniversary or retirement memory albums, vacation-themed scrapbooks are a bit more informal and lend themselves to experimenting with a variety of different scrapping techniques. The following tricks and tips are simple ways to spice up a summer vacation scrapbook: Signs: Instead of purchasing postcards from all of the places you visit, consider snapping your own photos of road signs or billboards advertising local attractions. When you get home, enlarge the pictures and add them to different layouts. For example, if you … Continue reading →

All in the Family

Recently, I haven’t been scrapbooking as much as I would like to. I sigh as I walk past my craft corner and see the mountain of new materials waiting to be unwrapped and used. In addition to the paper and embellishments, I have about 1000 photos to sort and crop. The bulk of the photos were taken last month during a trip to Hawaii to visit my parents and brothers. I have a plan to create a family scrapbook that highlights the bond my daughter has with my side of the family. However, since I am short on time, I … Continue reading →

Ways to Spice Up Your Holiday Photos

Tired of taking the same boring holiday photos of your kids standing like statues in front of the Christmas tree? Then, add a little spice to your to seasonal shots by incorporating some of these creative ideas: Boxes: Get an extra large gift box, wrap it, and then fill it with brightly-colored tissue paper. Then, place your newborn in the box and have your older kids hold the box top to reveal the “gift” of a baby sister or brother. Beach: This is a great idea for families who live in warm climates, such as Hawaii or Florida. Instead of … Continue reading →

Scrapping Puppy Love

Most pet owners love their fur babies as much (and at times, more) than their human offspring. Consequently, it stand to reason that the four-legged members of the family get equal time when comes to scrapbook space. One of my best friend’s is a huge animal lover. She has three dogs, two cats, a horse, a gerbil, chickens and a bunny. Oh, and she has four children too. Given the size of her brood, it’s no surprise that most of her scrapbooks contain an equal mix of pets and kids. What makes her layouts so special is the way she … Continue reading →

The “Family” Portrait for a Single Parent Family

What says “family” like the traditional family portrait? Whether sitting in a photographer’s studio or arranged in a more natural pose, many of us find at one time or another that we want to have a formal family portrait done by a professional photographer. For a single parent family, it can be an issue—figuring out whether to do two different portraits with each parent, who to include in the family portrait, and, for blended families, trying to get everyone arranged and supportive in order to get the photograph taken at all. It is amazing how seemingly simple things like having … Continue reading →

How To Spice Up Family Photos

Believe it or not I just received a Valentine’s Day card in the mail. It’s shocking; not because it’s March, but because technically it’s a Christmas card. My friend’s belated holiday greeting went from being a Christmas card to a New Year’s newsletter to a Valentine’s Day wish and ended up being a combination of all three. Regardless of when it arrived it was a nice surprise and worth mentioning in this blog because of the unique family photo that was enclosed in the card. Forget about posing for the traditional family portrait with the entire clan standing in front … Continue reading →