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Scrapbooking has taken the nation by storm. All over the country, you can find scrapbooking clubs meeting on Friday nights, as more and more people have thrown out their old photo albums and replaced them with high-quality scrapbooks. No longer will a simple photo album do. It must be enhanced with stickers, borders, layouts and journal entries.
If you have the pleasure of attending a scrapbooking retreat, do it. These retreats usually span one or two nights and can take place at a local bed and breakfast or at a host¡¯s house. The group gets together over the course of the weekend to share ideas, borrow cropping tools and, essentially, get inspired for their own personal scrapbooks. The question is, though, what should you take to one of these scrapbooking retreats?
For starters, pack comfortable clothes. You want to be able to feel totally comfortable when you are scrapbooking, just as you normally would at home. Many people work on several scrapbooks simultaneously. For example, I have a friend who has at least four scrapbooks going on at any given time: a family events scrapbook, a holiday season scrapbook, a scrapbook devoted to her dog and a scrapbook devoted to her children. Pack all of the scrapbooks you are currently working on. You may get inspired at any moment and, instead of waiting until you get home and possibly losing the idea, you can create a scrapbook page at the retreat itself.
While many hosts and hostesses will provide cropping tools (corner rounders, page cutters, shape makers), bring your own tools anyway. You don¡¯t want to be waiting in line for the person in front of you to finish using the tools so that you can get started on your own scrapbook pages. If you do not have one already, purchase a storage box with dividers so that you can store your pictures based on the specific event or specific scrapbook. Once you are at the retreat, you will want to start scrapbooking right away, instead of wasting your time going through your pictures to see which ones go where. Many scrapbookers gather their journal entry ideas from the diaries or day planners they keep. Make sure to pack these along as well.
You will also want to bring along all of your scrapbook enhancements. These include die-cuts, stickers, pre-printed borders, card stock and any other specialty papers you may have. One great thing about these scrapbooking retreats is that those who attend are usually more than willing to borrow and trade enhancements, so make sure you bring all of your stickers and papers. You will especially want to bring along any materials that you do not want or do not use so that you can donate them to other members.
Most importantly, bring along your ideas. More than anything at this retreat, you will leave inspired by the other guests as they will be inspired by you. In a nutshell, bring anything you have that is scrapbook-related. You never know when inspiration will hit or if one of the other members may get inspired by your own creations. If attending one of these retreats, I recommend investing in some sort of large scrapbook organizer that will hold your pictures, your stickers, your specialty papers and your scrapbook tools all in one location. |
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