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.
"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.
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. Read more
This great video tutorial shows you how to create perfect photographs for photo essays for your scrapbooks.
It's from Tasra Dawson of Real Women Scrap TV. Tasra talks to CharMaine Beleele, a professional photographer, writer, teacher and scrapbooker who teaches this technique in her original class called Snap n Scrap! at her local Michaels store.
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Follow our 5 tips to planning a great Christmas scrapbook and you'll be well on your way to having that special memory album you want.
The event is only one day and it's over in a flash. If you miss the shots you can't retake them. They're gone! OK there's next year, but we don't know what the intervening year will bring, so be ready to get the photos you want now - and I'll try to take my own advice, too!
Be Focused: Know how to use your camera - especially if it was an early Christmas present!
Be Ready: With everything on hand
Be On the Ball: Know what photographs you want
Be Warned: Watch out for the background
Be fast: Ready to respond with speed when the opportunities arise
That's it. 5 simple tips to getting that great Christmas scrapbook album. Have fun doing it, and we look forward to seeing some of your results. Happy Christmas.
Here are 5 Tips for when you don't have time to scrapbook, because your time is very precious. There are a finite number of hours in each day and sometimes we just can't fit everything we want to do into those precious few hours.
"Can you recover from scrapbooking mistakes," Joan asked, "as I always make mistakes when I'm scrapbooking."
On a recent scrapbook layout, Ellie said, "Something just wasn't right. The page was too busy, but there was something else I couldn't quite put my finger on."
Disappearing ink … the thing of childhood games, spy stories and practical jokers. But did you ever think it could be a scrapbooking tip? No? Then read on … Read more
"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?"
Follow our 5 tips to planning a great Christmas scrapbook and you'll be well on your way to having that special memory album you want.
Here are 5 Tips for when you don't have time to 
Disappearing ink … the thing of childhood games, spy stories and practical jokers. But did you ever think it could be a 
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