trimmers and magazine and albums, oh my.
I'm enjoying your questions. It's fun to have more insight, to know what's on your minds. Here we go with some more answers:
[ GENESIS TRIMMER }
Yes, I still use the Genesis trimmer and I still love it too. Such a quality tool and a must-have for my personal scrapbooking, card-making, and other projects (I've had mine for almost 10 years). The company is going through a huge transition right now (including a big move from Maine to Georgia), so production is on hold and they're currently not taking orders. I know that's not what you want to hear, but in the meantime, you can check out their web site & explore the product a bit. Stay tuned for when they're up & running again. It's worth the wait.
[ SKETCH COLUMN ]
For the "Becky's Sketch" column in Creating Keepsakes magazine, I am actually not involved in the process of choosing layouts for that column anymore. This leaves me more time to "produce" (ideas, articles, classes, products, etc.). There are wonderful people with great taste involved in choosing the layouts from those that are submitted. If you're interested in submitting to that column, go here.
We're not looking for any one "style". As with anything else in the magazine, we want to share a variety of styles, colors, subject matter, etc. So to answer Hildura's question about language, I don't think that it matters if your journaling is in English, French, Japanese, Dutch, or any other language. How cool is that? There are scrapbookers all over the world!
[ BIRTHDAY LAYOUT ]
In the June issue of CK, there is a "Celebrity Toolbox" article and there are video clips on CK's web site for more tips on how we use our favorite tools. In my demo, you can see bits & pieces of a layout, but the full birthday layout is not shown in the video, but you can view it here.
[ RESOURCES FOR SUPPLIES ]
Stacey's looking for the supplies I used in a project featured in my Family History Scrapbooking book. That little black "album" (it's really just cardstock) and the foam letter stamps are both from Making Memories.
[ ALBUM COLORS ]
Our chronological family albums are all black. Our son's albums are & will be all the same color (which is green) and our daughter's albums are & will be all the same also (which is lavendar). I got them here. To be honest, I'm not sure they even carry "my" colors anymore, so I need to look into other options. There are a lot of wonderful online stores, so if anyone wants to chime in with great places to buy albums, bring it on.
[ LAYOUTS FOR OTHER PEOPLE ]
Amy asked about how some of my layouts appear to be for other people's scrapbooks. That is correct. Between my books & CK magazine, I publish a lot of layouts. I don't want every single layout that I publish to be about my family, my life, my experiences. (I have a lot of layouts in our scrapbooks that are more personal and I have no interest in sharing them publicly.) So to "mix it up", I use photos from friends & family once in a while (especially in my books).
It's win-win-win. You, the reader, get more variety in what you see. I still create the number of layouts I need to create without exhausting my personal stash of photos. And my friends end up with completed layouts that are done for them! It's fun & I love the process. By the way, you'll always know if the pictures in my published layouts are someone else's because I always credit them with "Photos by so-and-so".
[ GENESIS TRIMMER }
Yes, I still use the Genesis trimmer and I still love it too. Such a quality tool and a must-have for my personal scrapbooking, card-making, and other projects (I've had mine for almost 10 years). The company is going through a huge transition right now (including a big move from Maine to Georgia), so production is on hold and they're currently not taking orders. I know that's not what you want to hear, but in the meantime, you can check out their web site & explore the product a bit. Stay tuned for when they're up & running again. It's worth the wait.
[ SKETCH COLUMN ]
For the "Becky's Sketch" column in Creating Keepsakes magazine, I am actually not involved in the process of choosing layouts for that column anymore. This leaves me more time to "produce" (ideas, articles, classes, products, etc.). There are wonderful people with great taste involved in choosing the layouts from those that are submitted. If you're interested in submitting to that column, go here.
We're not looking for any one "style". As with anything else in the magazine, we want to share a variety of styles, colors, subject matter, etc. So to answer Hildura's question about language, I don't think that it matters if your journaling is in English, French, Japanese, Dutch, or any other language. How cool is that? There are scrapbookers all over the world!
[ BIRTHDAY LAYOUT ]
In the June issue of CK, there is a "Celebrity Toolbox" article and there are video clips on CK's web site for more tips on how we use our favorite tools. In my demo, you can see bits & pieces of a layout, but the full birthday layout is not shown in the video, but you can view it here.
[ RESOURCES FOR SUPPLIES ]
Stacey's looking for the supplies I used in a project featured in my Family History Scrapbooking book. That little black "album" (it's really just cardstock) and the foam letter stamps are both from Making Memories.
[ ALBUM COLORS ]
Our chronological family albums are all black. Our son's albums are & will be all the same color (which is green) and our daughter's albums are & will be all the same also (which is lavendar). I got them here. To be honest, I'm not sure they even carry "my" colors anymore, so I need to look into other options. There are a lot of wonderful online stores, so if anyone wants to chime in with great places to buy albums, bring it on.
[ LAYOUTS FOR OTHER PEOPLE ]
Amy asked about how some of my layouts appear to be for other people's scrapbooks. That is correct. Between my books & CK magazine, I publish a lot of layouts. I don't want every single layout that I publish to be about my family, my life, my experiences. (I have a lot of layouts in our scrapbooks that are more personal and I have no interest in sharing them publicly.) So to "mix it up", I use photos from friends & family once in a while (especially in my books).
It's win-win-win. You, the reader, get more variety in what you see. I still create the number of layouts I need to create without exhausting my personal stash of photos. And my friends end up with completed layouts that are done for them! It's fun & I love the process. By the way, you'll always know if the pictures in my published layouts are someone else's because I always credit them with "Photos by so-and-so".
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Regarding additional albums for your children try these:
http://www.closetomyheart.com/albums.aspx
and
http://store.scrapbook.com/cojiripesc.html
I have the lavendar colorbook album and it looks better in person than on my monitor.
I don't order online so I can't give you advice on that. They both are apparently true 12x12 and everyone that uses them absolutely loves them. I have run across a full page patterned paper that did NOT fit perfectly into the colorbook album. Not sure of the manufacturer on the paper.
I checked out the link for your son's bday layout. I love the fact that you did not include 20 photos for his birthday! You got the essential pictures and that is great!
Great tips. Keep them coming girl. Have you had days when you don't feel like scrapbook and just want to look at pictures and write memories? It's great to see your ideas and to share your tips with your fans and people who care about you. Have a great evening.
Speaking of layouts in other languages, do you know if scrapbooking has spread to China and to what extent? My husband does a lot of business there and we may have to move our family there for a year or so and I've been curious about the status of scrapbooking there. Thank you!
I'm so loving your blog. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. I'm going to echo Beckie's question. What do you do if you don't feel like scrapbooking? Or what do you do if you get scrappers block? Those are a couple of things I've been facing lately. :(
Hello! First, I tried those nutella rolls last night...ohmygoodness. My kids love them too. I think we have a new favorite dessert.
Second, I have a question I'm hoping you can help me with. A while back I purchased a card kit on QVC which included the makings for the cards, a box/organizer to keep them in, and an 8x8 scrapbook. I believe it was connected with your collaboration with Lisa B. What was the brand of 8x8 included? I love that album, and would like to purchase more in different colors!
I'm enjoying your blog!
Speaking of albums, could you tell us why you prefer binders to post albums? Does it bother you that your spreads are not flushed together? How many pages can you get in a binder album?
Thank you!
-Adrienne
Becky, I am so glad you have a blog! I am a big fan and I am really enjoying your posts. I love the birthday layout. Gonna have to go "scraplift" that one! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Becky! I'm LOVING your blog. Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to "talk" to us... I have no clue what religion you might follow, but I'm curious what you think about faith scrapbooking. I believe it's a new trend where you document your faith, prayers and how they are answered, your family's faith tree, etc. I think this is an important thing to pass on to our kids and grandkids. Have you told any of this story in your albums? Thanks! You rock! Jody from CKU Detroit...
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