Eco Scrapping with Aly Dosdall In this post Aly Dosdall shares with readers how to reuse the packaging scrapbook supplies come in as scrapbooking embellishments. This post is very timely. We are seeing more vintage and vintage-inspired scrapbooking products, this is ecologically sound (aka good for the environment), and is economical. It also puts the “scrap” back into scrapbooking. The only disadvantage would be if you are concerned about how archival the materials might be. Each scrapbooker has to make her or his own decision on that practice.
The Daily Practice from Shutter Sisters is an excellent post about how practice makes perfect. Not to get too school-geek on you but one of the first articles I read as a graduate student was “The Mundanity of Excellence” by Daniel F. Chambliss. This article highlights how Olympic swimmers achieve greatness through making sure every aspect of their practice is excellent. Karen Grunberg writes about her experience taking photographs everyday on Shutter Sisters and how this practice is helping improve her photography. It is the classic case of practice makes perfect.
Another freebie from Ali Edwards. This time the freebie is Halloween themed.
Each Friday, Simple Scrapper compiles a list of scrapbooking-related freebies from around the web.
When I travel I tend to save everything: ticket stubs, maps, restaurant menus, and so on. Get it Scrapped has a post talking about not only collecting this memorabilia, but also using it on your pages. I use some of my memorabilia, but end up tossing most of it.
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Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
