| The Scrapbooking craze has caught on like | | | | inspiration and a starting point. It is truly amazing |
| wildfire, and one of the great things about | | | | to see how different women can use the same |
| enjoying a thriving hobby is that newer and better | | | | package and achieve drastically different results. |
| tools are cropping up for it all the time. Veteran | | | | Of course, you are never limited to what's in your |
| scrapbookers know better than to waste their | | | | chosen kit. |
| time hunting down paper, tags and | | | | Events of a Lifetime |
| embellishments. Beginners, however, often make | | | | Some of my favorite kits are the ones you can |
| that mistake before they discover the magic of | | | | get for milestones like weddings, new babies, and |
| scrapbooking kits. | | | | first days of school. They usually come with |
| One Stop Shopping | | | | stickers, quotes on vellum paper or other ways |
| One of the most useful, inspiring and efficient | | | | to incorporate expressions and sayings onto the |
| offerings of the scrapbooking industry has to be | | | | page. The wedding kits often contain richly |
| the scrapbooking kit. Without stumbling through 20 | | | | textured paper with classically elegant designs. |
| aisles at the craft store, one kit can offer you a | | | | The baby scrapbook kits may offer bottle shaped |
| theme, color scheme, layout designs and | | | | eyelets, die-cut duckies or short answer journal |
| embellishments for a very reasonable price. | | | | pages for a sleepy new mom. |
| Many companies now offer monthly deals on kits. | | | | Interested in preserving family history? The |
| It's like a book of the month club, but you are | | | | ancestry kits are truly amazing. You can choose |
| getting a cropper's dream kit delivered to your | | | | from family trees, vintage specialty paper, antique |
| door each month. These kits may include: | | | | looking tints and frames, as well as old-time |
| textured cardstock, fibers, letters, patterned | | | | embellishments like ribbons, buttons and material |
| papers, templates, stamps, brads, tags and lined | | | | scraps. Whatever tone you want to set for your |
| paper for journaling. They usually start around | | | | heritage album, there are kits and materials that |
| $30.00 and go up in price depending on your | | | | will suit your needs. |
| add-ons. | | | | Choosing a Kit |
| Once Upon a Theme | | | | Sometimes events dictate your theme, such as a |
| Kits may center on a holiday, event, season, | | | | graduation or a birthday party. Other times you |
| locale, era, pattern, or color. It's so helpful to have | | | | may have a little more leeway to determine |
| appropriate words and phrases right at your | | | | which decorations, patterns and themes to use. |
| fingertips. In addition, you can purchase material | | | | You will be astounded by the variety of kits that |
| based kits like ribbon kits, cardstock kits and fiber | | | | have been assembled. Over time I have |
| kits. These are useful if you are trying to | | | | discovered scrapbooking kits on produce, tools, |
| incorporate a new item into your hobby. Such kits | | | | toys, vintage dresses, and paisley, just to name a |
| usually include helpful tips and ideas for the | | | | few. By browsing websites and catalogs, you are |
| included materials. | | | | bound to find the scrapbooking kits to help you |
| Rather than inhibit creativity, pre-packaged | | | | create your best album yet. |
| scrapbooking kits actually provide croppers with | | | | |