Scrapbooking is so much more than it used to be. Today, we are historians. We preserve our memories, capture moments and journal moments in time for future generations.
My passions are photography, genealogy, scrapbooking and family. To me, they all go hand in hand; each complimenting the other.

This file would be great for a retreat, new scrapspace, crop or just recording your passion for such an amazing hobby. The term hobby always bugs me, it’s so much more than that. What do you love to scrap? Leave me a comment and I’ll pick one name from all of the commenters on February 27th, 09. The winner will get the Scrapbooking Frame with one of Esthers tear bears on it! In the second photo, you can see the files cut and assembled with Esthers little bears on them!!! They are so cute! The prize for this challenge is the large heart frame in the upper left hand corner! The winner will actually receive this completed item so no cutter required!

***** NOTE: Please leave your email address in your comment if you do not have a current blog. Otherwise, I will not have a way to contact you if you are the winner! I will contact the winner and get mailing info after the name is drawn.

UPDATE: Congratulations Cindy! Thank you everyone for posting to my challenge! I loved reading all of them 🙂

Welcome to the New Year!! Here are a few creative ways to ring in the new year and wrap up the old!

Many people scrapbook or create vision boards around their hopes and resolutions for the new year. It’s important to remember these albums are for future generations to connect with their hiSTORY!

Learn More – Why Scrapbook?

Need ideas on what to create? Here is a brief list meant to inspire and encourage you!

Let’s Talk About Last Year – 

1. Layout covering the highlights from the previous year/ a year in review.
2. Family tree – who was added and update birth/death information
3. Last Years Resolutions – Bring them forward – what worked, what didn’t? What were you successful with?
4. What was your favorite part of last year? 
5. What are you most thankful for?
6. Time Capsule Layout
   1. Plan an in-person or online event where each family member writes something they are looking forward to or want to achieve in the new year and submits it with a current photo of themselves. 
   2. Seal all in an envelope and place it in your album. On the cover of the envelope write what year it was created and when it should be opened. 
   3. On that open date share the contents and create a layout with the photos and what people wrote.
7. Identify one event or great thing that happened for each month of last year and journal about it. Use photos if available. 
8. Traditional New Years Eve party/celebration layout
   1. Do you have any traditions? 
   2. What does ringing in the new year mean to you?
9. Create a calendar page with 30 boxes and fill it in with your top 30 favorite moments of last year.
10. Thank last year for all of the insights, lessons, accomplishments, additions, and delights that you can think of!

Ideas and Title Inspiration to Celebrate the New Year!  

1. PARTY! Did you go somewhere on New Year’s Eve? Do you have photos of that? 
2. New Years Resolutions
3. Did you create a Vision Board? 

This is a file I created last year and I’ve updated it to include 2009 through 2020. There is also the number 12, just in case you want a clock. This file includes the clock, clock hands, balloons, streamers, and numbers and would be great for any project calling for:

• It’s that time of year!
• It’s time!
• It’s that time!
• Just in time!
• Join us for….
• You’re invited….
• Mark your calendar!
• Set your clock….
• Time got away from me…
• Sorry I’m late

I’ve uploaded a file in honor of our new president. As I said earlier, no matter how one voted, this is a historic event and should be documented. I am an avid scrapbooker and photographer and as such, I recognize the significance of every single inauguration! Everyone should.

Be sure to save the front page of tomorrow’s paper and include that in your layout. You could journal how you feel about the election, what you see for the future if you went to any inaugural events or anything else you feel is important.

Time magazine and the other big ones will have great photos, you can also find them online if you were not at the event but would like photos for your layout.

I had such a busy weekend! I didn’t get nearly as much done as I’d hoped. One of the things I did finally get to, is working on a few new files. I had a special request for ribbon candy not very long ago. I was delighted at how it turned out. The colorful candy from my childhood inspired this collection.

I remember going to my grandmas house and she always had a dish of brightly colored ribbon and hard candy out for us. Although I included candy canes and a Christmas tree, these delicious little candies could be on any project. When I created the file I had in mind a layout of my grandmother and journaling my fond memories of those sweet treats. Later I got to thinking and these would be so much fun on a card, pinata layout, or party invitation.

** Included in this file is: AI, DXF, GSD, KNK, SVG (inkscape), EPS and the PDF file. I’ve also included my TOU. The PDF file allows those without cutters to create paper piecing patterns.