100 Things I Think About Scrapbook Pages

When I did my brothers scrapbook of his baby pictures for Christmas I made one page with nothing but words and things that reminded me of him.

There was everything from nicknames to special memories as a child to things that remind me of him on that scrapbook page.

I put it in the beginning of the scrapbook so that it was the first page that you see when you open the book. I wrote in the middle, What I think about when I think of Larry.

You can use different lettering/writing styles to make it more special and look more 'professional.'

You can use words like love and friend and brother and things like that. But another thing I did was when my first daughter was born my brother was still in high school. He had never seen a newborn baby. He came to see her and he said, "Tammy, she's so ugly. What's wrong with her?"

Well there was nothing wrong with her. He just had not seen a baby right after it was born!! So, I put that in there. Fun memories like that can make your book extra special.

Happy Scrapping

Dream Finder

Grandma's Recipe Box

My Grandmother passed away on January 4th. I don't know if people all over do a picture board or not but in this area we do. The day she passed away the family was digging through all the pictures for pictures of her and of her kids and of everything she had done or been through.

The pictures are used to put on a posterboard size 'magnet' with frames and placed on a tripod for the folks that c0me to the visitation. Then there was also the DVD. My aunts and uncles picked out songs to go along with these pictures and they were placed on a DVD of all the pictures. This is a really nice way to remember all the things a loved one has done in their life.

After the funeral and everything had passed I was sitting here thinking about my grandmother. She was a GREAT cook. I can remember calling her for this recipe or that one. Then I remember calling and asking why my taffy tan fudge didn't set up but hers always did!!

I told my dad that I wanted to get Grandma's recipe box and copy all the recipes and put them on a CD for everyone in the family that wanted one. We may never use these recipes but it's something that belonged to grandma and I think a lot of the kids and grandkids and great grandkids would like to have it.

This morning I got to thinking about this CD. You could make it even more special and make it into a scrapbook with her pictures or pictures of the dishes or special memories of when grandma would make the dishes.

What a neat idea, make a scrapbook of your grandma's recipe book and pictures or memories to go along with it. This would also be an awesome thing to do while grandma is still here. This way she can see what her cooking means to you!!

We welcome your scrapbooking ideas.
Dream Finder

Family Tree Pages

There are so many different ways to build a scrapbook page. I ran across a layout yesterday for a family tree page. There doesn't have to be pictures or there can be pictures. Does anyone have any special family tree pages they'd like to share?
I plan to lay one out but haven't gotten to it yet. If anyone has any layouts they'd like to post on here I'd sure like to see all the different designs.

Dream Finder

A New Year and More Scrapbooks to Create

~Happy New Year~
Scrapbooking means is a creative time for me as I know it is for many other people. There are more scrapbook items on the market than one can shake a stick at.

With this blog I'm going to create a place for scrapbookers to come and share their tips, tricks and ideas. We can share everything from a new layout to a new item to what scrapbooking means to each of us.

This Christmas was a special one for my brother and I. A year ago he was at my house and said that there were no baby pictures of him. Well I happened to have the pictures from my parents home. I was planning to get them in albums in order and just never got it done. He was elated to see the pictures of him as a baby.

So, for Christmas I decided to get all those pictures and make copies of them all and put them into a scrapbook just for him. He was so touched that he cried. He's a country boy and doesn't cry very often but this touched him so much that he did cry, behind his cap but he did cry!! That was a wonderful moment for me.

I'm constantly looking for ways to make new creations and new ideas. If anyone has anything to share, this is the place to do it!!

I can't wait to see and hear your ideas and creations.

Thanks for coming to my little scrapbooking corner of the world.