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Sia
| Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 10:04 pm
Giggles, I want to make a cathedral window quilt using denim for the background. So sorry I don't have time to post anything tonight, but I'll try and make it a priority by this weekend, okay? I'd love to share some stuff with you and ask your opinion on my scrapbooks, okay?
^That's from a cathedral window wall hanging I did by hand many years ago. It's totally hand-sewn. Not my favorite colors (I did it for someone else), but it turned out okay.
^That's the pattern I'm using as a guide; I found it on the 'net. You use squares from old blue jeans! I love the idea of recycling! What do you think of this?
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Sia
| Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 10:09 pm
Here's another blue jeans quilt, Giggles:
and another variation:

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Danzdol
| Friday, October 10, 2003 - 11:07 am
I am also short on time there days compared to how I used to be. My solution? I just moved and included an additional table in my home office JUST for scrapbooking.IT's tighter in there with my table but it will help me a ton. I found that the reason I never got around to finishing the books was because setting uo and picking up together took over one hour not including scrapbooking time! Now, I always leave the most current project open so that I can work on it every second that U can. For example, if we are getting ready to leave but my husband answers a phone call, I go and sit and maybe get in one picture or two. I am also into the good habit of throwing away the envelope they come in and labeling the minut =e I get them so that when I go scrapbook they are all accessible. Also, the best thing to do for me was to get rid of any high expectations of getting the book to be perfect. Afterall, I have so many to finish that realistically I will never be able to do them and have them be what I call "perfect". I try to buy online to avoid having to make a special trip just for paper. I personally used www.thepaperbag.net I find their system easy to use and they have a good variation
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Sia
| Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 9:07 pm
Danzdol, thanks so much for that link. That's a fabulous site, and what wonderful ideas!!!
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Gigglesalot
| Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 11:12 am
Sia, the blue jean Cathedral Window quilt is very pretty - that's a style that I haven't learned how to assemble yet. I have the instructions somewhere in my "corner" of the room where I am currently "storing" things I received from my grandmother's estate. Very, very pretty. And, yes, I like the idea of recycling the blue jeans. My mom use to donate our old blue jeans to a couple who made rugs from the blue jeans - which turned out so pretty we use to buy a few of the rugs from them. Talk about a recyclable cycle! Sorry for the delay in responding to your posts. You've been very kind in posting pictures and writing. I haven't been able to log in from home for a while and I ususally just have part of my lunch break to log online and catch up if possible. I hope you are doing well!!

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Gigglesalot
| Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 11:17 am
Danzdol: I agree that having a table dedicated to scrapbooking (or any art or hobby) is the best way to work consistently. I too found that assembling the items, etc took up too much time which took away from actually assembling my scrapbooks. I have a hobby table which right now is dedicated to a current scrapbook. I just wish I had more space for more tables!! I haven't viewed the link yet but will tomorrow during my lunch break - thanks for even more ideas!!

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Sia
| Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 11:56 am
That's okay, Giggles. I've been meaning to go get a couple of my scrapbooks and scan a few pages to post so I can share them with you, but it always seems I need to do something else first. Maybe this afternoon while my Mom's here I can do it? I hope so!! Mom is so great about helping me when I'm sick or injured. I love my MOM!!!!!
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Sia
| Monday, October 27, 2003 - 1:05 pm
Giggles, it's only taken me forever to scan, edit and post a few things for you, but here ya go:
^ 1) This page could use some sprucing up, some computer-printed graphics, etc., but it starts the dance section of my daughter's current scrapbook.
^ 2) A snapshot of my daughter (right) and one of her dance buddies, and three snapshots that I cut out in silhouette of her practicing--and falling--at home in our hallway!! It was funny!
^ 3) Two snapshots of my daughter Lauren dressed for dance class and the dance recital program portrait of her best friend from dance class.
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Sia
| Monday, October 27, 2003 - 1:27 pm
Just a few more for today. Sorry to bore everyone; would it be better if I put this stuff in my folder? I'd be happy to do that if someone thinks it would be more appropriate there.
^ 4) Color mock-up of the dance recital ad that I designed, typed and submitted; it was reproduced in b/w for the actual program.
^ 5) Recital pics of friends, two candids of my daughter at home.
^ 6) One night at practice the week of the recital.
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Sia
| Monday, October 27, 2003 - 1:38 pm
Just two more:
^ 7) Backstage between numbers.
^ 8) After the recital with Mommy, flowers and gifts received. Whew, the first recital is done!!
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Gigglesalot
| Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 11:33 am
Thank you Sia!!! Your pics and ideas are great - thank you! I won't be able to work on my scrapbook(s) much (if at all) the rest of the year with all the end of year stuff for work plus personal life stuff going on. I hope to start back working on them next year. Take care. ~ Giggles

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Sia
| Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 12:14 pm
Giggles, my sister is an amateur photographer and she took pictures for our cousin's wedding in early September. This weekend I got to see the photo album that she put together for our cousin, and I fell in love with the decorative strips she used around the photos. She got them at Wal-mart, and she had an extra pack of them. I asked her to sell me the pack for $2.44, but she said, "No, go yourself and you'll want everything you see. You have to get your own stuff!!" LOL, she could have saved me at least forty bucks, because had she sold me that single pack I'd have had plenty to keep me busy for a while! Since she reufused, however, I went to Wally-world myself and walked out with over $40 worth of wonderful vellum cut-outs, paper die-cuts, embellishments, stickers, ABC stickers, templates, background pages and pre-cut borders!!! I got the coolest stuff, but I can't work on anything yet because I'm busy "crisis-cleaning" until the cable installer comes. After eight years without cable we are finally getting satellite. This is my Xmas gift to my DH. Hope you have fun with your projects and that you have time to work on them soon! I will show you the same pages after I add some stuff to them, okay? Glad you liked seeing a few pics of my daughter. She's my sweetheart--well, one of them.
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Brenda1966
| Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 1:09 pm
Sia, loved the pictures of your daughter! Can I ask how old she was when you started her in dance lessons? I have a daughter and I can't wait for her to get big enough to dance. I scrapbook a little, but don't use any fancy things except stickers, colored paper, and photo corners and that double sided sticky photo tape. I mostly use photos that I take and I crop many of them and try to create theme pages, ie: trip to the zoo, holidays, etc. I get double sets of all pictures and one is for me, good ones go in a standard photo album. The second set is for my daughter. About 1/2 of those pictures go into her scrap book and the other half into another album for her. Needless to say it is very time consuming and I am several months and several stacks of photos behind! I used to do crafts all the time, but mommy-hood sure cuts into that! I bought a stocking kit before my daughter was even born, well this will be her second xmas and the stocking is only 20% complete! Maybe next year!
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Sia
| Thursday, November 06, 2003 - 4:13 am
Brenda, what you do with your two sets of prints is exactly what I do: put the first into a strictly chronological-order small 4x6 album for myself, then divide the remaining ones between little albums for the kids and their scrapbooks. I used to send the second set to friends/relatives, but I don't do that much any more. I finally came to realize that the photos weren't much appreciated by certain members of my family. (I have a s-i-l who refused to take duplicate photos from her own mother, so I don't send her much at all now!!) I tried gymnastics with my kids when they were three and five, but neither was ready. My daughter started dance a year ago when she turned four, and we've put it on hold this year due to the fact that she started Kindergarten full-time at age five. She doesn't get enough rest as it is, so I thought evening dance class once per week was too much; we live in the country and have to drive to town for school functions and lessons, groceries and other shopping, appointments, etc. My son began Kung Fu a year ago when he was six and did it for a year. I took October off because of my knee injury and haven't started him back up yet. Dancing is very expensive, Brenda. The costumes are a real racket!! I won't get into a big rant about it right now, but I'd be glad to discuss it with you. I have some specific suggestions as to how to keep the costs down. Glad to talk with you!!
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Brenda1966
| Thursday, November 06, 2003 - 10:38 am
Thanks Sia, I know dancing is expensive -- I remember my mom having to buy these outrageous costumes that we wore once! Kind of like buying an overpriced bridesmaid dress every 6 months! LOL! I still hope it is something my daughter will want to do (I credit dance for giving me what little coordination I have.)
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Ginlei
| Monday, November 17, 2003 - 8:53 pm
I just started scrapbooking and love the pages you did... I inherted old pictures of my family from my grandmothers and am not trying to scrapook them for my son to have a visual picture of his family. I don't have a printer and scanner yet (Getting them for my birthday in March!) Discovered Wally-World is a dangerous place to go when you do scrapbooking or other crafts. (I also do cross-stitchg and some wreaths)
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Danzdol
| Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 11:32 am
hi everyone! I have to come and brag! I just finished my Italy album. I took this trip 2 years ago and I thought I would never finish. I was in a hurry to finish it because I have to start on my baby's scrapbook before he becomes too old!!!!!!!! It was one of those things where I would not let myself start the baby's book until I finished this one. I will post some of the pages later if I get a chance!
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Hermione69
| Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 12:22 pm
I love scrapbooking! I have been doing it for 5 years. One of my good friends is a CM consultant and she got me started. Right now I am working on a 7' x 7" album for my mom commemorating our family's participation in the Relay for Life the year she beat breast cancer. I will have to scan and post some of my pages, too. Sia, your stuff is BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 8:43 am
I just started my son's scrapbook from birth until now, I am still on the first hospital days. This is the page I did to journal the delivery day. The picture is of me when I got to the hospital before all of the labor drama. Boy do I look innocent in that picture. So naive! I used Mulberry paper and printed the details of my labor. The page to the right of that has more yellow paper with the rest of the story.(not shown) I used die-cuts to make a collage with the button and the stork. I was not able to fit in the entire page. For this album I am doing 12" x 12" so it does not fit on my scanner.

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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 10:26 am
I want to keep this thread going! Danzdol, that page is GORGEOUS. You covered the whole page with construction paper that color? What about the stars? That looks like a piece of fabric. I do the BIG books-- 12" x 15". I really need to remember to bring in some of my scrapbooks to scan pages. I would love exchanging ideas here. I would have to scan my pages at work, which is no big deal, I just never remember to bring them in. I am very organizationally challenged. Has anyone seen Sia??
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 12:18 am
My daughter, sarah, age 7 just started her first scrapbook. My CM lady had a kid's class on Saturday morning where Sarah and 2 of her friends learned the basics. Now she wants to work on her book every day. I have her working in an 8-1/2" x 11" book while I do the 12x12. I need to take a break from my current album to do a 7x7 for Sarah's teacher as her end of the year gift from our family. Each year I do a 7x7 with double set of pages for that year's teacher and make a color copy for my daughter to keep. I've been going to at least 1 workshop per month for the past 3 years and love every single minute of it. We've also branched out into making all our own cards as well as photo cards. Each child in Sarah's class will get a photo card from her this year with photos I've taken throughout the school year. Last year they all got their own personalized filled photo albums but that was a bit pricey and a ton of work. The cards are a lot of work also but much, much less expensive.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, February 26, 2004 - 7:32 am
Tess- Isn't this scrapbboking thing amazing how it just grows? I remember being 12 when there was no such thing as official scrapbooking products, at least it was not popularized. Now it's all over! Hermi- I used blue acid free craft paper, the stars are a cutout from a small pattern book and it's also paper. The yellow with the frayed edges is called mulberry paper. What I did is I cut it out with my fingertips so the edges were more irregular.The die cuts on top are all paper and just layered to create a pattern. Does anyone know how to use eyelets? I bought a bunch with a setter which is a long stick but I cannot for the life of me figure out the instructions.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 1:01 pm
I don't know how to use eyelets, but I am going to a scrap tomorrow and I will ask. Here are some of my pages. Keep in mind that I do the BIG BIG books, 12 x 15, so the whole page does not fit on the scanner. I think you can still get the idea of the layout. Tess! You'll have to share some of your layouts. In this one, it is a Super Bowl party and I have a goalpost in the lower left that I cut out myself. Left Page
Right Page

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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 1:05 pm
Here is a page I did for a snow day. It is only one page, but I wanted to show as much as I could so I scanned it twice to get different sides.
I like the effect of the silver pen on the navy blue paper. I also drew snowflakes with the silver pen and it looked really cool.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 1:09 pm
For this one, I used squares down the side that matched my nephew's shirt and wrote my nephew's name, one letter every other square. The colors came out really good. You can't see it, but I also had a die cut Winnie the Pooh and stickers that I used.

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