Everyday Memories

Lemons for Literacy

If you have kids who need to work on their vocabulary skills, check out Lemons for Literacy. The site offers a vocabulary-building game with various levels. Answer questions correctly and Reading Horizons, a company that sells literacy products, will donate money that goes toward literacy materials for a person in need.

Scrapbook Burnout - the final chapter

11. Try it page by page. Don't set a goal of creating a scrapbooking album a night.

12. Take a scrapbooking challenge. Many online scrapbook communities organize challenges. The participants all follow the same basic guidelines for a page, and then show off their creations in the community gallery.

13. Join the digital scrapbooking craze. It's a lot less messy than traditional scrapbooking.

14. Join a scrapbooking community online and read their message boards and forums. Most of these communities have galleries where members upload their scrapbooking pages for others to see and make comments.

15. Show off your scrapbooks. When was the last time you pulled out your scrapbooks when family comes to visit or let your children read through your albums? When you see all the pages you have designed, you just may be motivated to create some more.

Try these tips today and watch your scrapbooking burnout disappear.

Scrapbook Burnout (part 2 of 3)

6. Take a scrapbooking course or workshop. This is sure to bring your some motivation.

7. Plan a scrapbooking crop for your friends. If you don't want to plan one yourself, attend a crop at your local scrapbooking store.

8. Browsing your local scrapbook store and it may encourage you to start scrapbooking again. Try buying a scrapbooking kit that has everything you need to make a complete album.

9. Don't think you have to be perfect. Scrapbooking doesn't have to be complicated. Allow yourself to make mistakes and make simple pages. Not every page needs to be a work of art.

10. Have a scrapbooking supply sale of your own. Give away or sell some of your supplies. Sometimes have less is more. You may have so many choices you don't know where to start.

Check back tomorrow for our final tips.

Do you suffer from scrapbook burnout? (part 1 of 3)

 

You're going to face scrapbooking burnout at some time. There can be so many reasons for it. Maybe you just can't decide what papers to use or which embellishments. Here are a few tips to help you overcome your scrapbooking burnout.

1. Learning a new scrapoobking technique could be all you need.  Try a new technique on your next page.

2. Don't think you have to get through your entire photograph backlog. Just pick one photo today, and showcase it on a page. Just getting started may be just what you need.

3. Organize and clean out your photos. Start going through your photographs and get rid of the blurry or poor quality ones. Your backlog will start shrinking.

4. Your supply stash can bring inspiration. Organize your supplies, and see if you are inspired to mix embellishments or papers in a new way.

5. Your scrapbooking magazines are a great resource of inspiration. Read one today for review of the latest products and ideas for page layouts.

Check back tomorrow for part 2 of 3

Happy Easter 2009

Hope your day is filled with family and friends.

 

Ecuador for Spring Break

My son Brian is currently in Ecuador for Spring Break.  The youth group at Faith Baptist Church in Lincoln City sent 10 kids and 3 pastors to Ecuador.

I have been able to speak to him this week.

He is with a wonderful host family who have a 3 year old daughter.

Here are some of the highlights of his trip:

Construction on Mustard Seed Christian Church.

Assist Missioary Doctors.

Deliver Layouts to New Mothers.

I am so proud of everyting he is doing, but I can't wait until he gets back home

 

How would you like to add some great glitz to your Christmas cards? Add extra dimension to your holiday cards by using spray glitter.  All you have to do is spray your cards lightly with the spray glitter, let them dry thoroughly and tuck them into the envelopes.

It's best to spray outside, since the spray can coat everything in your house in glitter.  Spray in a well ventilated area to prevent toxic fumes.

4th Picture in the 4th File

Here's a fun idea I saw on another blog.  Go to your picture files and find the 4th picture in the 4th file and tell us a story about it.  Here is mine:

 

This is a picture of my son Brian who is an Eagle Scout.  He is at the Smithsonian in New York City.  He was attending the National Jamboree in 2005 and had side trips to New York and Washington DC.  The boys raised 100% of the money by selling Christmas trees in December.  I'm so glad he got to go on such a memorable trip. 

Hope You Had a Great Halloween

I'll admit it, Halloween is not my favorite holiday.  It must have something to do with my constant dieting.  But, this year Loren was working on Halloween, so I thought I would stay home and hand out candy to the little ghosts and goblins (we usually go out to dinner).

I went to Wallgreens and bought several bags of candy (my favorites of course).  I even broke out the costume I bought last year but didn't use.  It is a really cute geisha girl. 

I had so much fun!  Brian had carved two pumpkins with the Boy Scouts, so we lit them. There were so many cute kids having a great time.  The cutest little Snow White came by.  It reminded me of my daughter when she was young.  A co-worker even brought her little boys by.

I guess I have created a new tradition, I only have 363 days to think of a new costume.

Welcome

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