Crop Corner

Another great online idea for a mini book. I just love the creativity and step-by-step scrapbooking instructions.

If you’re like me, you enjoy peeking into others crop rooms to see how they organize their scrapbooking space. Here’s a small crop room that looks like it could be in anyone’s house.

I just re-organized my room at home as well. I bought a ton of coordinated boxes to stash supplies in. It’s not really picture-worthy yet though. It’s still just a table and a set of shelves from Ikea sharing space with the guest bedroom.

If/when we move - I have my sights set on a better layout!

Over the years, I’ve been doing genealogical research about my family, hoping to someday find the time to put together the stories and old pictures for future generations to enjoy. As a girl, I remember spending hours pouring over my grandmother’s old photo albums with the black pages, white writing, and picture after picture of my mother, her siblings, and cousins who’ve names have long since been forgotten.

I enjoyed reading Jane Swanson’s article about Scrapbooking a Secret. She tells a great story about her great-grandfather, a secret he had, and how she captured it in a layout.

I hope through my research to be able to uncover some of these same types of secret stories about my own ancestors.

How do you avoid having your pictures of your summer memories end up with a different fate than 80% of all film developed? Get them out of their development envelopes and into albums where they can be enjoyed.

In this article about preserving your vacation memories, tips are given about what to do before, during, and after your vacation to capture the memories you want.

I love finding blogs of other scrapbookers where they take the time to give instruction on a particular technique.

Here is a nice description of how to use chalk and clear embossing ink to get more use out of your rubber stamps.

My favorite local scrapbooking store, Memory Lane PA has just launched their blog at : memorylanepa.typepad.com.

Here’s their first post introducing what they’re all about. If you’re ever local to Quakertown, PA - be sure to stop in!

Journaling is usually one of the most difficult parts of coming up with a compelling scrapbooking page.

Here’s a tip from ScrapJazz about how to start with journaling, and then design the layout around it.

Taken right out of the office and brought into the world of paper crafting, brads have quickly become a staple embellishment for craft projects. So what is it about these little paper fasteners that paper crafters just can't get enough of? I love brads because everything about them is completely versatile. To make inserting a brad super simple, start by punching or poking a hole in your project wherever you'd like to add the brad. For mini brads, a 1/16" hole punch works great, and for larger brads, a 1/8" hole punch should do the trick.

Creating Keepsakes magazine reviewed 90 (yes 90!) adhesives for use in your scrapbooks.

If you’re looking to decide on what adhesive you should use, or are just curious what’s new in this area, check out their two articles on adhesives:

1. overview about adhesives
2. adhesive reviewer’s top choices

Altered scrapbooking projects are all the rage.

Here are some project ideas from ScrapJazz that I liked:

• Altered Desk Calendar
• Altered Wall Plaque
• A to Z Altered Recipe Box
• Altered Jars