Add to Your Income with a Scrapbooking Home Show

Posted on March 31, 2009 by admin

Like Tupperware, Partylite Candles, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and so many other products that have their own parties out of private homes, you can now find many companies that allow you to sell products through a scrapbooking home show.You can find new products for yourself, share them with your friends, and make some money from your new found hobby and business. 

For example, Top Line Creations or TLC is one such direct sales company that sells products either on websites or through scrapbooking home parties.It’s usually very easy to become an independent distributor of these products, and they offer many scrapbooking supplies and materials that you and your friends are sure to love.  On top of individual products they also have scrapbooking page kits that make scrapbooking easier for anyone, and they are always updating their products.  You and your friends are sure to love everything you might feature in a scrapbooking home show.

Creative Memories is another direct sales company that allows you to become an independent consultant and sell their products from a scrapbooking home show.  You sign up with their company to become a scrapbook consultant.  They have traditional paper supplies and products for digital scrapbooking on your computer, and they have been in business for years and are one of the leading suppliers of scrapbooking materials.Their product line is sure to be a hit and successful at any scrapbooking home show you hostess.

If you do decide to be a distributor and want to try your hand with a scrapbooking home show keep in mind that you don’t want your friends to feel pressured into buying anything and might not make all your sales at that time.You will want to keep everything low-key and relaxed at the time of your home party.  Think of any scrapbooking home show you hostess as simply a way to introduce your new line of work to your family and friends and to your products.  Oftentimes when you have a home show for any product line you find that people like to go home and think about their purchases for awhile and then come back at a later date when they need those products.  You might not sell a lot of products at your party but when someone has an event they want to capture in a scrapbook they’ll remember your party and call you up or visit your website for some supplies. This way you may earn an income for years to come.

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Ideas for Using Scrapbook Titles on Your Layouts

Posted on March 28, 2009 by admin

Adding wording and verbiage to your scrapbook pages is important and fun and a part of creating scrapbook albums.You might be adding additional paragraphs to your layout or using scrapbooking titles, and you may want to include the name of your photo’s subject or a date and location for some of your photographs.  Wording can really make your page come alive and can help you remember times and locations for vacation or other photos, and certainly the add some personalization as well – the name of the pet is often used on pages with their pictures, and baby pages usually have the child’s full name as well.  But there are some creative and fun ways you can use scrapbook titles to make them seem as actual elements on the page, not just an addition or afterthought.

For one, a great way to tie a scrapbook together is with scrapbook titles.  As an example, if you’re putting together a wedding scrapbook album you might want to use different short phrases or words that pertain to a wedding or to romance, and add these on the same spot on every page in the same font.Your scrapbook pages will have a cohesive look when you use scrapbook titles.  You can do this with a vacation scrapbook, graduation album, or with just about any album you create.

Try using scrapbook titles as borders for your photos or borders for your mementos.  For example, you can use the phrase “puppy love” for a photo of your dog but put “puppy” above it and “love” below it so that it looks like a frame.This will anchor the photo and helps to draw the eye toward it too.Some scrapbookers use 3 small photographs all taken from the same angle, but one right after the other on their layouts; using scrapbook titles can help tie these photos together.You can use 3 simple words and put one under each page in order to give them a nice flow.

Paying attention to the font and type styles that you use for your scrapbook titles is important as well.  Smaller sizes may mean simpler fonts so that you can read the words; save the fancy scrollwork for the larger lettering!  Or mix them up – one word fancy, the next plain, the next fancy, and so on.  This will give some personality to your scrapbooking page layouts and really help the wording stand out as well.

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Scrapbooking for Children: 8 Reasons for Scrapbooking with Kids

Posted on March 28, 2009 by admin

You already know all the reasons why scrapbooking is your favorite craft and the benefits it brings to your family. So why not share that activity with your children as well?  Scrapbooking for kids can be just as meaningful and fun as it is for grown-up.  There are several reasons to start scrapbooking with your kids.  Here are just a few reasons you should begin sharing scrapbooking with your children today.

1. The first reason many people scrapbook is to document their family memories and photos.  Scrapbooking for kids is an ideal time to reminisce about favorite family memories.  While you make scrapbooking pages, you can remember your trip to Europe or the last time you went camping.

2. Scrapbooking family pictures opens up discussion about family history.It’s a perfect time to discuss your ancestors and how they lived.  So much subtle education can come from those discussions.  It’s a great opportunity to discuss about family and friends that live far away too.

3. Scrapbooking with kids can be a creative outlet the same as it is for you.  Providing your kids with the supplies and letting them enjoy the creative process helps foster their imagination and artistic expression.  Scrapbooking for children should not be about the final product or page layout.  It should always be about experiencing the process, interacting with the materials and encouraging their creativity.

4. Scrapbooking for children is a chance for quality family time.  Whether you are scrapbooking with a child one on one or with a few kids, you have the opportunity to really listen to them.   Have them talk about the layouts they are creating, and ask them what they remember about the pictures in the page layout.You might be surprised at their responses.

5. Scrapbooking page layouts can also be educational.   Through scrapbooking, you can teach older children about design principles, color theory and even basic photography techniques.

6. As your children are making scrapbooking pages, they are expressing and documenting their feelings and thoughts in their own words.  They also are preserving their handwriting as they journal on their pages.  Scrapbook pages created by your children reflect their unique perspective and memories of family events.

7. Spending time with your kids and scrapbooking is an opportunity to express family values.  Just looking through your photos says a lot about what your family values are.  Take the time to talk about them with your kids.  Family time, friendships, and holiday celebrations all say something about what we value most in our lives.

8. While you share scrapbooking time with your children, you may just be training the next historian or photographer in your family.  One of your kids may catch the scrapbooking bug just like you have.

Scrapbooking for kids provides endless opportunities to spend time with your children and have fun together as a family.  It can be educational as well as a creative outlet for both of you.  Round up your children and gather some photographs and scrapbooking supplies.  Enjoy scrapbooking with your children today.

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The Quick Start Guide to Scrapbooking

Posted on March 17, 2009 by admin

Do you love to preserve your memories?  Are you someone that has pictures of all of those precious moments sitting in a shoe box somewhere?  Are you looking for something creative to spend your free time working on? If you find yourself agreeing with any of this then you may be well suited to scrapbooking. Many people have been interested in scrapbooking in the past but have felt overwhelmed by where to begin. It is much easier than initially thought. With this guide, you will be up and scrapbooking with the best of them in no time!

What is scrapbooking?

The truth is that the goal of creating a scrapbook is to take care of your memories and to display them in a creative manner.  Basically, scrapbooking starts with a scrapbook and some pictures from a memory or a set of memories that you want to display. For example, you can have an entire scrapbook dedicated to a birthday, or you can have a scrapbook that is dedicated to a specific year. The difference between a scrapbook and a photo album is that the scrapbooker will actually set the photographs on a page that has been decorated with the theme or mood of the event. Typically, this is where you will see specific paper, cutouts, stickers, and other types of embellishment.

How to get started with scrapbooking?

The first thing that you need to do is to assemble all of your old pictures that you have just sitting around, and get those others developed that you have been waiting to do. Once you have all of your memories in front of you start sorting them out. Order the materials into dates, theme, color or whatever categories make the most sense to you. After this stage is complete, take a bit of time to decide which scrapbook you would like to start with. After all of that organization, you are really ready to get started. Get yourself a scrapbook, but take it one step at a time. Focus on the first page before moving onto the second. Allow yourself to have some fun, and to be creative.

Where to get scrapbooking materials?

There are a plethora of sources you can get scrapbooking materials from.  Craft stores are usually the first places people think of. When you drop in, you will find a large amount of stickers and odds and ends to have a look at. Additionally, there are many stores dedicated to selling scrapbook materials online. Many scrappers find that there is a greater selection of materials online than in physical stores. Many scrappers also recommend looking around other places such as your home or office. A lot of scrappers get their materials from offcuts, leftover paper and cardboard and other craft bits.   

How to improve?

Scrapbooking is one of those things that get better with practice. There are fabulous resources online to take advantage of like tutorials. many people learn differently and many benefit from attending scrapbooking classes where people pass on ideas and techniques. If classes aren’t your style, scrapbooking clubs are also quite a popular place to pass along ideas and show your scrapbooks to others.

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Ideas for a Graduation Scrapbook or Photo Book

Posted on March 17, 2009 by admin

Graduation makes a great theme for scrapbooking. When to start planning your scrapbook is up to you; it could start a month or even years before the graduation. Recording the school memories as a long-term project would make the most comprehensive book. You might involve your child in the creation of this book, or just make it your own special project. Your scrapbook could be created as a traditional scrapbook or you could make a digital scrapbook.

Your child will love looking back on all these memories. Recording the trials and tribulations, as well as the special moments along the way will help make this a treasured memory book.

Scrapbook paper companies have lots of themed papers, including graduation themes. Use clip art or other pictures by printing them for use as embellishments. It’s essential that you use the best, archival safe or photo safe glue or adhesives to prevent damage to your scrapbook’s contents.

The most personal things you can add make the album more interesting such as: iinformation about your child’s participation in clubs and hobbies or news articles about your child – and even a personal note about something you remember about them. Copies of achievement certificates and report cards are useful items to add. Personal notes or photos from friends and teachers make nice additions. Also, any personally written notes about your dreams and wishes for them are nice to include. Scanning items such as these would be ideal if you plan to make a digital scrapbook.

Graduation scrapbook organization ideas: Make separate pages for each year of school with the school photos and the year as a title on the page. Prom or other school dance mementos. Other elements to use could include graduation-themed stickers. Dedicate a page for each year, such as: freshman, sophomore, junior and senior. Die cuts can be used to add interest to your pages. Die cuts are shapes and pictures made of paper or chipboard that can be glued into a scrapbook. These can be bought at art, craft and scrapbook supply stores.)

Save pages for photos of all the graduation events, parties and the ceremony. Keep room in the scrapbook for any invitations to the graduation ceremony or announcements about the event. Under the photos, add captions or other descriptions and notes.

Pick out a nice binder or scrapbook album to keep the graduation scrapbook pages in. Report cards, awards, school photos and/or certificates will need to fit in your album; be sure to buy one big enough. 

After graduation, when the diploma arrives, you might include a copy of it in the album. It’s worth remembering, so plan your graduation album and keep it up-to-date. A graduation memory book with all the personal items, photos and notes wil make a gift that is treasured. These are the memories of your child’s most important years you’ll want to remember and share.  

 

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