Decorative Packaging

Just for fun, a list of my favorite things…

1. Glitter

2. Ballet flats with bows, jewels, or any other shoe jewelry

3. Little girls with ribbons in their hair

4. Black as night mascara

5. Scrapbooking

6. Scrapbooking stuff, like jewels, ribbons and pretty paper

7. A ribbon or scarf tied around a plain toss pillow

8. Earrings

9. Belts of all sorts: ribbon, leather, metallic, funky, big and chunky, western…

10. Summer Time!!!

We’ve gone over some ideas for your scrap ribbon, now let’s highlight something you can do with bits and pieces of scrapbooking paper.

Here’s a list of some great ideas I found on other websites:

1. Make handmade cards.

2. Punch out as accents for your pages, cards or paper pieces.

3. Use the scraps in your die cutting machine.

5. Use the scraps as rubber stamp test papers.

6. Use the scraps to make scrapbook tags, punch out titles, shapes ect….

7. Give the scraps to your kids so they can make their own albums, use as drawing paper.

8. Make confetti.

9. Add dimensional texture to your scrapbook borders by layering.

10. Donate a box of scraps to your local schools (preschool, kindergarten ), day care, church.

11. Make gift tags.

12. Use the back of the scraps to write down messages, grocery lists.

4. Once you’ve nailed down the desired atmosphere for your wedding, you can choose an embellishment item that can be repeated throughout the details to give them a cohesive feel. If your affair is formal and traditional, tassels are a great choice. On the other hand, if it’s a whimsical romantic wedding, you may want to go with gossamer ribbon and flowers everywhere. If your wedding is modern, a little embellishment goes a long way-a few yards of black satin ribbon will set the tone when used in small doses.

5. With everyone fussing over the bride, don’t you think it’s nice to pamper the bridesmaids a bit? Create wedding day essential cosmetic and toiletry kits for each member of your wedding party. Attach a special handmade card with a little note thanking them for standing by you on your big day. Secure the card with a length of ribbon in your accent color, making it a potential keepsake for your friends.

 6. Provide each member of your wedding party with scrap-booking supplies suitable for making one page. Take photos throughout the wedding planning-rehearsal dinner-and other bridal affairs. Have your friends work on a “Planning of the Wedding” scrapbook and tell them they are off the hook for getting you wedding present.

When you’re willing to admit you have a problem, you are on the road to recovery. That is the basic premise of every self-help/addiction or “anonymous” group I’ve ever heard of. Well, I know I have a compulsion for something that could possibly destroy my happy home, and I need help!

When I started scrap-booking, it was just something I wanted to do in order to display the stacks and stacks of family photos I had in boxes, cabinets and utter disarray. I never imagined it could take over my life. This is a warning to anyone who has a tendency to be an overachiever, perfectionist, or obsessive compulsive in the least. Scrap-booking isn’t something to dabble in. You can’t just create a couple masterpiece pages and then put it away. It will become an obsession you cannot shake, no matter how hard you try.

It has been almost 36 hours since I last cut ribbon, used a glue stick, stamped or embellished paper…I can do this!

For preserving memories and family history scrap booking goes back to ancient Greek times.