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Tips and advice on small scrapbooking room

Not all people has a big space for their scrapbooking spots. Sometimes, we make use of nooks and corners to create our own little heaven that we call scrapbook “room” or closet. I was looking around the net to find ideas for small scrapbooking corner because I don’t have my own house yet. I’m still renting at the moment but I figured that I need my own space for ideas.

I found lots of interesting advice on how to make use of small scrapbook room. I thought maybe I should list them in my blog so that others can benefit from it too.

Here are 3 tips that you might want to consider if you have small scrapbooking room:

1) Put your shelves on the wall

Your bare wall can be put to good use and you shouldn’t waste this space. Why not get shelves mounted to the wall so that you can use them to place your bins and boxes? You can have lots of shelves but make sure you don’t put very heavy items on it. Now, you can save your floor space for some other scrapbook material

Store your embellishment into jars and small bins and line them up on the shelves. See through jars make it easy for you to identify your stuffs but you can also put some label if you don’t have one.

2) Use movable storage

Store scrapbooking materials and tools that you always use inside a movable storage. You can then roll them nearer to your table when you’re working on a scrapbook project. When not in use, you can stow it away.

The multi-layer storage is also great to store your scrapbook paper. You can use folders to separate different paper types and colors. That way, it is easier for you to find the one that you want to use and it’ll look more organized

3) Plenty of light and good air circulation

The small space can feel very crowded and stuffy if you have lots of material crammed into it. You don’t want this to limit your creativity or cause you scrapper’s block. So, it is important to have good lighting and nice window that you can open if you need some fresh air. The light can be ceiling mounted and also put on the table. Plenty of lights can help to prevent strained eyes so invest in a good one

Hope these three tips will be useful in helping you organize your small scrapbooking space. I’ll write more on this topic if I find anymore useful tips :)

Why not share tips on how you organize your scrapbook area?

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Start a scrapbooking business – An opportunity to get additional income for this coming Christmas

You are a scrapper and love anything to do with scrapbooking. You can spend hours arranging your photos and scrap materials to get the best layout.

So, why not use it to earn some money and start a scrapbooking business?

With Christmas just around the corner, you must be wanting to purchase some Christmas presents for your loves one but money can be tight. So, if you’re looking for ways to get additional income, then using your scrapbooking passions might be be very useful at this point of time.

Heck, you might be thinking that scrapbooking is nothing but I tell you what, many people want to scrapbook but they didn’t have the passion, time or creativity to do so.
They have this layout in their head but cannot find a way to translate them into their scrapbook pages and they get frustrated. Most of the time, their scrapbook project never materialize. They always say, “I want to put this into my scrapbook” but never really get around to doing that.

Use your scrapbooking skills to help them make a creative scrapbook.

You can offer to make scrapbook for special occasions, or scrapbook that they can use as a present to their loves one this Christmas or even do scrapbook cards for special invitation and holidays.

Guide to Profitable Scrapbooking Business

Guide to Profitable Scrapbooking Business

There are many professional scrapbookers out there that charge clients and customers for their scrapbook projects. Why not be one of them?

Start by asking your friends and neighbors if they need your service.  Talk to them to understand their expectation and discuss how you can help them. Use your previous scrapbook projects as portfolios. Sometimes, it is easier to show them sample of your works to give them some ideas of the layout and material that they might be interested.

Doing a major scrapbook project will take longer time and you don’t have it if you’re looking to get additional money for Christmas. So, why not offer to do scrapbooking pages or cards. This shouldn’t take long to complete and will not require big investment from you to buy the materials. Furthermore, you can use this as your new portfolios to start your scrapbooking business.

Don’t under priced your work but don’t overcharge also.  Remember that you’re trying to establish your presence. Take note of your spending and include the material and labor cost into your price. One important point to remember, track your expenses and your deadline. Have a working schedule so that you can complete all your work within the agreed time.

Get the taste of it, if you like it then maybe you can take it to the next level later. Who knows that you might get more potential clients this Christmas. If you need a guide to profitable scrapbooking business, grab this ebook for your reference. It outline what you need to know to run a profitable scrapbooking business. Whatever it is, have fun with your business and take care of your customers :)

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Scrappers nightmare – struggling with the right color combination!

It is the aim of scrappers to present their scrapbooking works in such a way that enhance and improve the photos on the layout that they choose. One thing that they should pay attention is the color and it is not a myth that scrapbookers sometimes struggle when they try to find the right color combination.

Why color is so important in your scrapbook project?

Color can set the mood and has power to evoke the emotion and bring out the essence of what you are trying to potray in your scrapbook. Color can be made to harmonize and blend with the rest of the scrapbook items.

Are you struggling to find the suitable color combination?

It is no doubt that color is influenced by personal taste but a little help from color wheel will not do you any harm. Use it as a guide when choosing your color combination. It provides you a basic for different intensity, hue and ‘harmony’.

You can use contrasting harmony blend or even use two analogous or ’similar’ colors if that appeals to you. Always remember that different color has different energy and vibes and you can create different mood and scene by picking up the right combination.

Speaking of which, I found this great scrapbooking website and they are giving away some freebies. One thing that really strike me is how beautiful they combine the color and make the place where you want to put the photo really stand out. I really like the “Cluster – You are beautiful”. Why not check out their site here.

Anyway,I hope you find some inspiration from their work and happy scrapbooking - say NO to scrapbook color combination nightmare :)

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Scrappers Block – Looking for Creative Scrapbooking Layout Ideas

I’m not really a creative person and always find it hard to make creative scrapbook layout for my project. Sometimes I’d stare at the sketchbook, almost lost for ideas on where to start. I think lacking of layout ideas is the main reason why I always put my scrapbook project on hold.

Are you also looking for scrapbooking layout ideas?

You might be born with a creative mind but sometimes looking at other scrapbookers’ layouts can give you more inspiration. A book of scrapbooking sketches might be a place to start.

So, what’s this scrapbook sketches?

Basically, it is a plan or outline to help you get started. It gives you an overview of your entire scrapbook project. Rather than slaving and getting frustrated over your layout, why not just pick one of the sketches and just begin “test driving it”. After you’re satisfied with the arrangement, you can start cutting and arranging your photos based on the sketches. There are 500 of them in this collections sothere’s plenty of ideas for you to use.

500 Scrapbooking Sketches

500 Scrapbooking Sketches

How does this 500 scrapbooking sketches able to help you?

1) It saves you time so that you can just quickly create pages using the outlines as a guide

2) It also help you to easily change and personalize the sketch to suit your theme and styles. No more wasting energy thinking about the right sketch every time you start a new scrapbooking project

3) You’ll also discover how to use the sketches over and over again and be flexible with your design

Well, those are just a few benefits that this 500 Scrapbooking Sketches offers. Why not try it to make beautiful layouts especially if you intend to use your scrapbooking project as a present for this Christmas. You can even use these sketches to make unique scrapbooking Christmas card for your special one :)

Check out 500 Scrapbooking Sketches today…

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Cheap Scrapbooking Method Using Potato Stamp

Have you ever thought of a cheap scrapbooking method using a potato stamps technique?

When I was in primary school, I still remember our art class where we use potato to make prints and stamps. It was actually pretty simple and the results were quite good.

How can we use potato to make stamps for our scrapbooking project?

You’ll need potato, knife, marker or pen, scrapbooking papers, paints and paint brush and any unused plate.

First, you need to cut your potato into half and  draw your pattern on it using pen or marker. You can  sketch your idea on a piece of paper first  before you try it on your potato. You can also use cookie cutter to make an imprint on your potato so that you can trace it using your marker.  This is the easiest method but you need to find one that can fit your potato size.

Once you are satisfied with your pattern, use the knife to carve the shape on the flat side. Be careful when doing this because you could easily hurt yourself if you’re not paying attention to what you’re doing.

Pour some paint on the plate and use brush to apply it onto your potato stamps. If you’re lazy, you can just dip your stamp directly into the paint but it’ll be a bit messy. Once you’ve it covered with paint, you can start stamping your scrapbook paper using your very own potato stamps. You can wash and dry it using paper towel if you want to use different color.

Let your stamped papers dry for  a while before you start using it. Walla.. now you have a new scrapbooking paper for your scrapbooking project.

I found this video on You Tube (TM) that explain how to make potato stamp using cookie cutter. Thought you might like it. Enjoy :)

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