ScrapBooking 4 Life

ScrapBooking is a fun way the whole family can get creative. ScrapBooking ideas can be found in any occasion and are only limited by your imagination.

With some cool ScrapBooking ideas, ScrapBooking supplies, and a little thought and effort, you can create some wonderful mementos as part of your Family Heritage…

Have you ever been looking for something in a wardrobe, cupboard or attic when you have come across an old shoe-box full of photo and mementos from your childhood?

You check inside to see if the box contains what you are looking for and moments later you are transported back in time drifting down memory lane…

You are over-come with feelings of nostalga as each snapshot is revealed and as you caress each memento you find yourself smiling with the memory invoked.

Perhaps you shed a tear or two for the loved ones long since past you see smiling back at you and you realise how precious they are to you.

Instead of placing them back in the shoe-box, covering them up with the dusty lid and putting them back of the shelf to be forgotten why not give them a place of honor within the pages of a scrapbook?

As a parent this is a fun activity to share with your children. You will find that they will be fascinated by a personal history completely unknown to them. It will give them insight into the person who is their parent and you may find you are all the more closer for the exercise.

Children also love to contribute to their own scrap-book. Every birthday card, certificate or memento from school trips are carefully saved to be placed in their own personal history of their young lives.

I know my girls love to pull out the albums of their lives and those of their mum and dad. And I just love to see them reliving the happy memories of their short lives and remembering the pride they felt for each certificate carefully placed within the pages.

As a grand-parent you can immortalize your memories and mementos of your parents and grandparents and give your children and grand-children the gift of sense of belonging by keeping them in touch with a generation long forgotten or completely unknown to them.

Scrapbooks make wonderful gifts as well.

Whether it’s a blank one for a mother of a new baby, a childhood history given at a 21st, or celebration of a marriage spanning 40 years given at a Ruby Wedding Anniversary, a scrapbook will delight and be treasured.

So why not start your own scrapbook today!

ArtBin Store-in-drawer Clear Cabinet $21.94 This cabinet is ideal for storing your arts and craft supplies. The transparent design makes it easy to find just what you're looking for.

Leal Black Wrapping Paper & Craft Storage Rack $60.99 Scroll work design and ample wrapping paper storage highlight this craft storage rack. This rack also converts to a wall mount to fit your needs.

Original Scrapbox EZ View White Craft & Office Desk $695 This desk is every crafter's dream with its drawers, nooks and spaces. The interchangeable modular design allows endless configurations.

'Amazing Folded Cards' Card Making Tutorial $13.68 On this computer tutorial Teresa Welch shares 52 unique folds in 104 cards. All of these projects are organized into eight chapters for easy learning.

Multi-color 6-drawer Storage Cart $54.17 Rolling carts are ideal for storing large and small tools, stamps, paper and moreScrapbooking organizer features chrome frame and locking swivel castersPaper craft cart contains six drawers

Burnet Espresso Craft Storage Rack and Baskets $248.99 A large workspace and casters for easy mobility highlight this craft storage rack. This rack also features rattan baskets and scroll work design.

Blue Hills Studio Multicolor 12-drawer Double-wide Storage Cart $86.49 Rolling cart is ideal to store tools, embellishments, punches, stamps, paper and moreDouble-wide storage cart has chrome frame, locking swivel casters and multicolored drawersScrapbooking organizer has 12 drawers

Burnet Espresso Wall Mount Craft Storage Rack $89.99 Rattan woven baskets and scroll work design highlight this basket storage unit. The storage unit also features a spacious shelf, hooks, and racks for all of your crafting tools.

Hemline Extra Large 3-piece Embroidery Trolley Set $164.05 Premium set designed to carry a sewing machineTrolley sewing storage bags feature a solid, one-piece undercarriageHemline bag features Velcro safety strap and padded sidewalls secures and protects sewing machine

Miliam White Wall Mount 2-Shelf Storage Rack $64.99 An antique white finish and scroll work design highlight this craft storage rack. The rack also features plenty of space to organize all of your crafting supplies.