Scrapbooking On a Budget

Scrapbooking is a great way to spend your time while preserving your memories.  If you’re not careful, it’s also an easy way to spend a lot of money.  If you’re thinking about starting scrapbooking, but are afraid you’ll rack up too big a bill, or if you’ve been scrapbooking for a while and just want to cut costs, there are some great places to find products without spending a lot of cash.

Thrift stores.   These are great places for all kinds of finds.  You could find fabric, buttons, silk flowers, ribbon.  The only thing limiting what you find is your own imagination and creativity.  You may even get lucky and find scrapbooking supplies that someone didn’t think they wanted to use or keep around.

Scrappers Talk Radio Show #51 - Paper Scissors Death Part 2

Thanks for joining me again this week for part 2 of my interview with Joanna Campbell Slan about her newest book Paper, Scissors and Death.

We discuss the protagonist, Kiki, and discover some indepth details about her personality and family life. Joanna also shares how she gets involved in a mystery.

I’m also very excited to share so many changes going on at my redesigned website!

The new design is very clean and easy to navigate, which is very important because I’m adding TONS of new content. Many more crafting ideas, emergency craft supplies, and more kid-related craft projects that little hands can manage.

Quick and easy tie-dye with Sharpie markers

Love tie-dye but hate the mess?  Here’s a quick and easy way to create the same gorgeous retro effect without all the buckets and mess.

To get started you’ll need to grab a few things:

o Package of colored sharpie markers.  These are sold at your local office supply store or in the office supply section of your grocer.  They come in a wide variety of colors ranging from red, blue, yellow, purple and so on.

o Rubber bands.  These are used in the same manner that they’d be used in a traditional tie-dye project.  They’ll be used to make bulls-eyes.

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