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These ideas outlined here are the same for traditional or digital scrapbooking.

The term “simply scrapbooking” is often used when talking about the hobby of scrapbooking.  You probably have some ideas what it really is, but what is it exactly and what are the parts that are associated with the name?

A simple scrapbook is not your every day album that will rely on event in a certain order.  Focus is not on family traditions, your hopes, your dreams, or even everyday customs.  It fits outside the box as it is shorter, smaller and more manageable.  A simple album is one that focuses more on your more commonplace aspects of your life that is very often overlooked.  Another way to look at it is this: a more traditional scrapbooking album capture memories with pictures while the simpler scrapbook captures the memories of before and after the picture was taken.  What led up to and came after that special memory in your traditional scrapbook moment.

So what goes into a simple scrapbook?  When thinking of a simple scrapbook five (I call them the 5 F’s) terms come to mind: Format, Freedom, Framework, Finished, and Fast!  Let’s discuss them!

Format refers to the how one scrapbook is different from the others and yet somehow follows a certain format.  Simple scrapbooks all have size, content, and certain characteristics that are somewhat the same as the rest of the scrapbooks but upon examination they use different approaches to the subject matter.

I started scrapbooking late..my kids were already grown.  So now I have a lot of time on my hands.  So last year I decided to see what all the fuss was about.  I had most of the pictures through the years uploaded to my computer files (another bid to drive away boredom), but they were just sitting there and since I am the only one who sees the computer images what was the point?

So a friend who is in to paper scrapbooking got me started.  I enjoyed it, but you need organizational skills, and lots of different papers, embellishments and whatnots.  I don’t have a lot of room so papers were everywhere and I soon found I took more time to clean up my mess than I did actually making pages.  So I stopped, it was no longer fun.  I am of the firm belief that if something you are suppose to be doing for pleasure is no longer fun, then don’t do it.

But I still had all these albums, and stuff!  Some of it I gave to my friend, but I still had a lot left over.  Then I read an article online about Digital Scrapbooking and how easy it was.  The pictures were already on the computer, I had a publishing program that I had used to edit a lot of the pictures already, so why not give it a try.

With the holidays almost coming up faster than some of us would like it is time to start thinking of ways to wrap our gifts.  Gifts should be presented to be one of a kind and a good way to do this is by using unique, personalized gift bags.

Gift bags do not have to be generic store bought items.  But should reflect your tastes and that of the person to whom you are giving the gift.  For that reason I suggest you dig out your scrapbooking papers, embellishments and other doo-dads and get to work having some fun and making personalized gift bags!

The Basics

Begin with simple, plain gift bags I have found that if I use a plain bag such as tan-colored I get better results. These plain gift bags come in a variety of colors and can be found at any craft store and even some scrapbooking stores. Once your bag is complete, stuff in some matching tissue paper to give your bag an extra burst of color!

Here are some ideas for different individuals in your life! Since I haven’t started mine yet I borrowed some ideas from Kayla Richards Filip at Scrapbook.com.

For Teachers

• school-themed patterned paper
• black-and-white dotted grosgrain ribbon
• assorted buttons
• red organdy ribbon
• plain #2 pencil

Check out what’s happening at CreateForLess this month. May 2 was National Scrapbooking Day, but they are celebrating all month long with these great promotions…

It’s a celebration of scrapbooking this month at CreateForLess. Our Scrapbooking Sale is featuring some of our most popular scrapbooking supplies at great low prices. Sale items change weekly – this week we’re featuring scrapbooking albums, then adhesives, punches and Bazzill Cardstock. This is the perfect promotion to add to your scrapbooking section, especially if you’re already promoting National Scrapbooking Day.

Shop, Crop and Save at the CreateForLess Scrapbooking Sale.