Here is an example of a nice family theme scrapbook that is made for the parents of the kids. I am sure the grandmother is very proud to make this scrapbook!

This is a great time to take a lot of pictures of friends and family and share in fellowship and have a great time! When the Thanksgiving holiday is over, that would be a good time to put together a nice scrapbook of this wonderful experience!

You can still buy the Thanksgiving theme scrapbook pages with cornucopia images, pumpkins, Pilgram silhouettes, corn on the cobb and various other festive graphics. Although this scrapbook may or may not be full of pictures and journaling, you can be sure that it was a very sentimental and unforgettable time of your life!

Make your Thanksgiving scrapbook, take a picture of some of the pages and feell free to email us those pictures here.

Thanksgiving and Disney Scrapbooking Made Quick

1. Use any and all materials you have on hand in the house first
2. Buy seasonal embellishments during “off time” of the season you are working in. (i.e. buy Christmas embellishments a week or more after Christmas, etc.)
3. Seek page layout ideas from the internet, as opposed to buying high priced scrapbook ideas books at the book store.
4. Swap tools and embellishments with your friends and family who are not using them now.
5. Only buy your supplies when they are on sale.
6. Don’t overstock yourself on embellishments in advance…you may be building up inventory that you may never use again.
7. Build a “scraps” collection of unused or “extra” scraps of paper of unused materials. You can always make use of these scraps later.
8. If you use stamps, contact your scrapbooking “buddies” and trade use of your stamps for theirs and swap them back.
9. When getting photos reproduced, don’t over order duplicates thinking you are going to use all of them. Plan in advance and only order the photo prints you are going to actually use.
10. If you are going to use a lot of a particular embellishment, get your scrapbooking buddies to chip in money to buy them and share the embellishments with them.
11. Contact your scrapbook buddies and ask them if they have any embellishments or materials that they don’t intend on using and ask for them.
12. Always be on the lookout for discount coupons at art stores like Michaels. You never know when you will have need for them in a moment’s notice!
13. “Shop” the internet for scrapbook supplies….quite often they are cheaper than you could buy at a local store.

These are just some ideas to make a scrapbook on the cheap. There is always creative ways to make scrapbooks. The main expense on any scrapbook project is going to be the binder. Don’t sacrifice on that….you want the binder to last for a very long time. As always, use acid free paper for mounting photos.

We start with Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and then New Years. It seems that time will literally stand still as we prepare from one holiday to the next!

For us scrapbookers, it is also a busy time. We may have to buy 4 scrapbook binders and work on them all at the same time!

In either case, make sure you go to the art store or scrapbook supply store early to select your embellishments. Many other people are going to be buying up the holiday decorative accessories in advance to beat the rush at the stores and also to be well prepared to use these items in their scrapbooks!

In the next posts in our scrapbook blog, we will be going over the best tips for getting your scrapbooks done fast! You don’t want to be left behind or even procrastinate on getting these out! Good luck.

You can actually download for free, the finished recipe scrapbook at http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/05/28/free-scrapbooking-recipe-book-2/ 

Karen managed to give such a large scrapbook to all of us for free! The download is fairly big, over 3 MB. So make sure you have enough space in your hard drive for this! Enjoy.

Often, floral scrapbooks are made for females so this flower shape will be perfect for them! It is fun to make repeated floral shapes. There are so many ways to display them. They could be piled on top of each other and make a very raised effect. You could make one flat floral layer and fill the page to make a textured page. You could also overlap the flowers to make a virtual "flower bed!"

So when making a floral scrapbook page, go wild and make up as many different patterns as you can!

If you are really serious about the scrapbook business, you can even build it up to a full time income! The possibilities are endless. Part of operating a scrapbook business also includes representing scrapbook stores in selling their wares. What good is teaching someone if you don’t have quality scrapbook binders, pages, embellishments or tools?

For more information on how you can start your own scrapbook business click the picture below:

To start out, seniors have so much life experience that it is no problem trying to find topics of interest or the people in their lives that they can dedicate a scrapbook too.

The only thing that may be a challenge is the budget. We went over that with an earlier post regarding scrapbooking on a budget. There are plenty of knick knacks around the house and of course tons of pictures in boxes and and everywhere at relatives houses and such. The first thing a senior should do is pick an obvious topic for the scrapbook. Do you know what we are thinking at the top of the list?? Grandkids!!

There is no end to how many pictures there have been taken with the grandkids, especially from the time of birth at the hospital. What senior does not have pictures of the grand children from at least their first several birthdays. So, gather the pictures first. Next, comes the theme of the scrapbook. It could be the "growing years" or the "next astronaut." or the "future rock star." If these young ones show any aptitude for any musical talents or dancing, or "brains" answering each city name in Africa, the themes are endless.

Once set on a theme, you should get embellishments and other scraps to complement the theme. Going to a scrapbook store near you could give you so many more ideas of the page design, embellishments, and other material items. I would suggest not to plan for a very large scrapbook because it could get so bulky that it will be uncomfortable to lug it around.

If a senior has never done a scrapbook before, it is wise to buy a beginning book in scrapbooking. Make sure it has a lot of pictures. The less words the better! We want the seniors to have fun while learning.