Friday, July 16, 2010

Questions & Answers | Scrapbooking


What are your favorite scrapbook manufacturers?
Favorites right now: BasicGrey, Graphic45 and Tim Holtz

When did you start scrapping?
I started scrapbooking 6 months after I began working at Scrapbook.com (2005/2006).

How has your style evolved over the years?
My style changes with the trends; just like what I choose to wear, or how I decorate my home. Scrapbooking is just like fashion... it changes fast! Aside from that fact, in the beginning I would spend hours on 1 layout, but now, I crank out a 12x12 page with photos/embellies/journali ng in 30 minutes or less.

How often do you scrap about yourself (or scrap pictures that you are in)?
I try to do this often - because I believe it is very important for history-sake, and for self esteem and self worth. All too often women/wives/mothers 'lose who they truly are'.

Do you have any other crafty hobbies?
I am a family/child photographer and I also LOVE home decorating and collecting antiques. (and I'm a graphic designer for my 'real' job)

Where do you get your creative inspiration?
hmm... this is a tough one, sometime I think it is just inside of me. But I'm sure what I see on a daily basis has to affect me as well...layouts at scrapbook.com, commercials, billboard signs, fashion, etc.

Do you have a favorite technique that you use on layouts or something that you think of as your signature?
I love distressing/inking the edges of paper/photos, I do this almost every time. Another thing I do 90% of the time is edit my photos in some way with photoshop or other photo-editing software.

Where is your favorite place to scrap? (or when do you get the most scrapping done?)
I get the most scrapbooking done when I go to a crop at a friend's house. I also enjoy scrapbooking by myself (oddly enough, on the floor of my 'scrap closet')

What does your scrap room/area look like?
I have a small walk-in closet where I store all of my supplies, albums/mini-albums and photobooks. I'm definitely not an unorganized-slob, but I also don't obsessively organize each little item.

Any tips on keeping all those scrap supplies organized?
I love my clip-it-up unit for stickers/embellishments. I also have a large plastic over-the-door shoe pocket hanger that I store all of my tools/inks/adhesives so I can easily see them.

Why do you scrap?
I love documenting our lives and am comforted by the fact that these memory books will stay in my family forever. I feel like a vacation, or funny moment, or occasion isn't complete unless it is scrapbooked. How will we every remember everything and just how GOOD life really is? I'm so thankful for the life I live with my family.

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