At your wits end and needing some great birthday party tips?

Scrapping your children's birthday parties can't happen without the party! (That's 'scrapping' as in making a scrapbook page, not 'ditching' the party altogether, lol.)

Seriously though, what goes through your head when you hear the words 'birthday party'?

Love 'em or dread 'em, they're a fact of life with children in the family, especially younger ones. We have some great tips to get you through it without hitting the tranquilizers! And maybe even enjoying it in the process.

First off is a video then some tips from other moms, and after the party comes the scrapbooking so we have a couple of birthday layout ideas, too.

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We've pulled together a number of graduation quotes that might be useful as you plan your graduate's scrapbook, cards or prepare a speech to honor him. They are from several sources, each listed prior to the quotes.

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"How do you make a scrapbook sketch?" Lee asked recently. "Normally I would draw it by hand and then scan it into the computer, but I'd like to get a more 'professional' result. Can you help?"

To make the sketches here on ScrapbookingGems, we initially used Microsoft Publisher, and then Macromedia Fireworks simply because we had it and could do more with it.

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In honor of Mother's Day we have some lessons learned in motherhood, a new digital scrapbook layout for you and some great digital scrapbooking products to view, some of which Isabella used in this layout.

And now some advanced warning for any unsuspecting mom-to-be out there …

1. Once you have a child you lose half your brain

… and if you have any more than two, there is no hope for you!

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I had a quick look around the web to see what great ideas folks were coming up with for Mother's Day gifts this year. Some are good for scrappers, others more general…

Here's my pick of the Top 5: Read more

Photographing children's birthday parties can be a challenge, especially when you have a list of things to do and a dozen children to keep amused at the same time.

"For kids' birthday parties, most of the energy goes toward making sure the birthday star is having a good time, and the guests aren't killing each other, not in taking terrific photos," say the folks at Best Family Photography Tips

And being scrapbookers, the annual birthday party photographs are a must-not-be-missed event.

Read on for more tips and some great birthday layouts.
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Scrap Girls SALE runs until midnight, MDT, April 30th. There's 21.9% off your shopping - and even after the sale, ScrapGirls products are still great value.

Are you new to digital scrapbooking? Then this is the time to get Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed and learn just how EASY it is to scrapbook on your computer.

What's in the sale?

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National Scrapbooking Day - a day for creating scrapbook pages to commemorate, celebrate, remember …

Have you thought of sharing your NSD? … how about spending a few hours with an elderly family member, neighbor or other senior to record some of their memories - one on one?

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