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Project Not-PL365
Project Life 365 is such an exciting trend in the scrapbooking community. The idea is to document life in a week in a 2-page spread every week, using specialized products (like Becky Higgins or others) or traditional 12×12 page protectors. I know there’s no way I can pull this off. My life is too mundane […]
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Dining Table Scrapper
I just realized I never explained why I named my blog “Dining Table Scrapper” (dining table scrapbooker is a mouthful, hence scrapper). I envy those I meet on scrapbook forums. Many of them have craft rooms with crisp white Ikea, Target or Crate&Barrel bookshelves, lined with hundreds of paper, stamps, die cuts, and tons of […]
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Love Tissue Papers
This was a quick and easy layout. I didn’t even plan ahead, so no sketch for this time. It was easy because I knew what colors and what materials I wanted to use. I really liked the color scheme in the photos, so I stuck with soft blue, gray and khaki. I just received a […]
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Sick – We Are Mixed Media Artist
A few weeks ago I saw that some scrapbook manufacturers sell 12×12 burlap for ridiculous amount of money. I immediately went over to Joann’s with my 40% coupon. I bought half a yard of burlap for less than 2 bucks. I also found some other fabrics that looked unique and would be pretty versatile […]
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Celebrate Failure
An accounting firm I used to work for had monthly meetings called “Celebrate Failures”, where teams shared their failure experiences, like lost engagement proposals or lost clients. The partners explained that people don’t like to talk about failures, which is a pity because often times you learn more from them than success. Hence we should […]
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B.Y.O.D.
I’m in the process of doing my son’s first year scrapbook. For some reason that most scrapbookers understand but can’t explicitly describe, I unconsciously restrict myself to working on first-year layouts only. It’s hard to start working on other projects when I set my mind on a project. So I ignore all photos taken past […]
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Inspirational Quote
I’m taking Ali Edwards “Storyology” class right now, and this is the quote she had in her handouts and the video. I thought it’s so inspiring for us crafters, writers, or pretty much anyone.
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Halloween Layout
This is a layout I did for my son’s first year album, Halloween 2010. He was such a little thing — cute, obedient, easy going, and didn’t know what’s going on. He’s now one and half years old, but has entered into the terrible two stage since his first birthday. I suppose “terrible two” starts […]