Friday, December 5, 2008

Disney Scrapbook Supplies - How To Organize Yourself

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What to do with your Disney Scrapbook Supplies? Well choosing the right products to go with your Disney Scrapbook is a major part of the project. You will learn here how to creatively store all of those loose bits and we will provide a valuable strategy for mixing it up – arrange the lot by color.

The Trimmings

Opened packets of embellishments can cause chaos with your organization. Look at storing your embellishment by color, by doing this you can assess then more easily. You can sort your trimmings by color in clear, A4 draws. Then if you need a certain color such as red for your Disney Scrapbook you can go to your red draw and have all your trimmings at hand to peruse.

Ribbons

So that your color sorted ribbons will not tangle try placing them in resealable bags. An inexpensive way to control your unruly ribbons that want to take over your supply area is to place them in resealable bags. Your ribbons can be color coded in the same manner as your trimmings.

Sorting Your Card Stock

When sorting by a color wheel all your colors will fall into one of these categories, reds, blues, yellows, greens, oranges, purples, browns and your black and white. Grab nine nice and clean pizza boxes and place the relevant color in one of the boxes. Remember to label the boxes and this will take our all the drama of cardstock storage. Even your smaller quantities will be easier to access with this system.

For really small off cuts, still ensure you color code in the same manner and then you can place these in a plastic page protector and put them in the box that is relevant.

It does not need to be an expensive process to organize your scrapbooking supplies. Here you have, a few inexpensive ways that you can sort your Disney scrapbook supplies or even your everyday scrapbooking supplies so that they can be accesses quickly and easily.

 

 

Disney Scrapbook Layout – Journaling Beginner’s Steps Part 1

Adding journaling to your Disney Scrapbook Layouts need not be a daunting experience.

Well when I started to create my first Disney Scrapbook I thought that it seemed like a dreadful chore as I never knew what to write.

I learnt later on though that journaling in your scrapbook  is as important in the layout as the color scheme and design element.

Here are simple tips on how to start your journaling

  1. Always select acid-free, permanent, scrapbook pens in colors that synchronize with your Disney Scrapbook page.
  2. Start with the title on the page. Know remember the title does not need to go across the top of the page, it can go across the bottom, vertically along one side of the scrapbook paper or through the centre of the page. Keep the title simple, it could just include the date and the name of the event.
  3. After that, begin with the basics, in particular dates and full names of the people in the picture.
  4. Next, add a few basic pieces of information, describe where the events in the photos took place, or why the people in the pictures were there.
  5. If you have the room add some personal touches such as a favourite quote or emotion that the page puts into your mind.

Tips:

  1. The best thing that you can add to your Disney Scrapbook album would be personalizing it with your own handwriting, it adds an element of history to your album. But if you feel that you wont be able to read it in years to come then type it out on the computer.
  2. To add a bit of pizzazz and fun to the album add fun things to the page such as stickers or memorabilia from the occasion
  3. Finally, remember that your family’s story is the most vital part of preserving the past and the present for the future, don’t overlook it with a small number of words.

Your Disney Scrapbook

Scrapbooking is a hobby that appeals to both young and old, creating a Disney Scrapbook adds a totally new dimension to scrapbooking as you can incorporate some of your favorite characters into your everlasting memories. This type of scrapbook can be created by a beginner and seasoned veterans.

There is a magical quality about Disney Characters that gives then a timeless appeal. Who can resist the cuddly Winne the Pooh? Or the crazy and wild antics of Donald Duck? Or the eternal beauty of Sleeping Beauty. I know I can’t!

What is a Disney Scrapbook? There are essentially three types of Disney Scrapbooks that can be created:

1. One that is made with materials that feature Disney Characters and themes.

2. One that encapsulates the memories of a visit to a Disney theme park or other attraction.

3. The last point is one that is a combination of both of the things above.

Disney products rank high in family friendliness. Making a scrapbook together with your children is a great family activity that is enjoyed by everyone it’s no wonder the two go together so well.

The Disney Company has been entertaining people for decades and has created some very memorable characters so there is tons of materials available for you to use in making your Disney Scrapbook and lots of places to buy the supplies you need. My goal is to provide you with a comprehensive reference source for everything you need for your Disney scrapbooking activities.

I’ll have links to the best places to buy pre-made Disney Scrapbook albums, Disney-themed Scrapbook paper, Disney stickers and much more.

There will also be articles on how to create your  Disney Scrapbook with the help of your children, Disney Scrapbook layouts, Disney Scrapbook ideas, journaling tips and general scrapbooking tips that can help you create your timeless memory that will be handed down from generation to generation.

How to Start a Scrapbook

It’s really important to start archiving all of the family history, arranging all of the family pictures, or just to keep up with the rest of the family scrapbookers, but you don’t have to do it all in your first scrapbooking project.  Begin with a simple project and choose a theme: a certain vacation, a single holiday, a child’s school career, a wedding.  There are many great scrapbooking ideas out there for you to try.

If you have taken several dozen photos please keep from using all of them, choose a few photos that tell the story you want to tell. Leave the rest of the photos in the shoebox for projects you do in the future.

Don't hurry the project and take all the time you require. Don’t make the story strictly chronological, don't use every single color under the sun, set out to design each page differently, or set any unnecessary goals.

What You Need to Start Your Scrapbook

Start scrapbooking with the bare necessities or with all the bells and whistles according to your personal style. The basics of course involve having an album, so pick one that will go with the idea that you have or let the store supply inspire you. While you’re in the store, pick up some refill pages to fit your album. You don’t want to run out in the middle of your scrapbooking project and discover that these exact pages are difficult to find. Get a good pair of scissors just for scrapbooking, and make sure they are comfortable in your hand and sharp, then keep them with your supplies.

Another thing to have on your shopping list is some adhesive. Find one in the scrapbooking aisle of the craft store. Make sure it’s acid-free and is good for both photos and cardstock, because you will want to choose cardstock and paper to accent your photos. Choose holiday colors for holiday scrapbooking and baby pastels for baby scrapbooking. And lastly, you will need a craft store that specializes in scrapbooking so you can find specialized papers that are available by the sheet.  There are just some of the scrapbooking for beginners tips.

Disney Scrapbook Layouts – Journaling Step 2

We have covered some basic techniques on journaling on your Disney Scrapbook but at this point you may still seem like a daunting ideas, don’t despair as there are many clever ways in which you can creatively convey your message.

Here are some tips on how you can add journaling to your Disney Scrapbook layouts:

• When planning your Disney Scrapbook layouts always be sure to have sufficient space for your journaling.

• Use less conventional methods – write in a circle around a picture picking up feelings or memories the picture gives you. Write on an angle across the page pointing to the picture associated with it

• Doodle all over your page keeping your message simple and clean. • Write on your layouts in a list form or a heartfelt letter

• When an idea pops into your head about a particular page, put it down on paper before you forget. You can great a short story by gathering all the ideas together.

• A frequent error is using too many fonts on a page. Use just one or two fonts per layout, to give your pages a clean and consistent feel.

• You can combine digital and traditional methods of journaling onto your page.

• Add some quotes to your Disney Scrapbook layouts. Here are some great quotes from some famous and not so famous people

1. If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you. — Winnie the Pooh

2. Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process. — Jim Rohn

3. An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. — Robert A. Humphrey

4. I can resist everything except temptation. — Oscar Wilde

5. Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. — Natalie Goldberg

6. Be like a postage stamp, stick to one thing until you get there. — Sign at a Church

7. Land of the free because of the brave. — Sign at a Church

8. A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. — Source Unknown

9. A friend is one of the nicest things to have, and one of the best things to be. — Douglas Pagels

10. My friends have made the story of my life. — Helen Keller

11. Laughter is an instant vacation. — Milton Berle

12. We may run, walk, stumble, drive or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey. — Source Unknown

13. Friendship isn’t a big thing, it’s a million little things. — Source Unknown

14. A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. — Source Unknown

15. Wherever you go, go with all your heart. — Confucious