Hobbies & CraftsScrapbooking

Scrapbooking is all about preserving memories and personal history in a creative and beautiful way. These articles offer tips and tricks for finding affordable supplies, designing pages for specific holidays, and journaling techniques.

The scrapbook page toppers and titles that follow are the ones I review whenever I'm creating Christmas pages. Review this list before you start your Christmas scrapbook pages to get your creative juices flowing.

Ever wonder how you could make some money using your stamping and scrapbooking supplies? Here are 5 ways, plus a few more from other scrapbookers and rubber stampers.

A bunch of Thanksgiving page titles for Thanksgiving scrapbook pages. I sometimes build an entire page around a phrase -- as opposed to letting the photos dictate the headline or page title. These page titles also make great photo captions, sub-heads to break up the page, and random blurbs tossed haphazardly on the page to fill empty gaps.

Feng Shui is all about balance and harmony, and both are important in order to have a good looking scrapbook page. Just as in life, learning to work with with the colors of the earth and other simple principles can enhance your scrapbook pages' overall environment and improve your life through harmony and energy flow.

One of the best journaling ideas that worked for me was to start an Idea Notebook filled with all of the tidbits of words & phrases I think would be good on scrapbook pages. These are ideas collected throughout the normal course of my day and saved all in one place. Here are some more simple ideas for getting creative with your journaling.

Want to try digital scrapbooking, but don't really know where to start? First, select a FREE program to create your digital scrapbook layouts. Then, download some free graphics, backgrounds, fonts, templates, and more that will ultimately be used to accessorize and personalize your digital scrapbook pages. Here's how to get started making digital scrapbooks, including lots of fun freebies and how-to's for beginners...

Digital scrapbooking has made it possible for me to create scrapbook pages that I can then save to CD and send to relatives who aren't able to flip through the pages of my paper scrapbooks.

Here are some ways to find free or cheap scrapbooking supplies, plus step-by-step instructions for making your first scrapbook page.

Here are some excellent -- and very practical -- tips for stretching your scrapbooking dollar. Save money, while unleashing those creative juices at the same time. Have fun!