Budget Scrapbooking (Memory Makers) [Paperback]

Memory Makers (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Memory Makers | Publication Date: December 1, 2004

Great Ideas for Scrapbooking on a Shoestring

When you combine your favorite scrapbook supplies with items found around the house, you'll not only create one-of-a-kind album pages, you'll save money, too! Budget Scrapbooking is the ultimate resource for helping you recognize old or discarded objects and giving them new life on scrapbook pages. Filled with page ideas using items from all corners of your home, Budget Scrapbooking is sure to help you stretch your imagination for creative page embellishments without breaking the bank. Soon, you'll begin to see product packaging from the kitchen, file folder tabs from the home office and even discarded metal scraps from the garage in a whole new light.

You'll discover:

• Hundreds of ideas using found objects on scrapbook pages
• Layouts that incorporate items discovered all around the house - including the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, home office, craft and sewing room, garage and workshop
• Frugal bonus ideas for duplicating fun and practical techniques
• Tips and tricks for hosting a found item scavenger hunt and swap in your house
• Handy lists of items to search for and use on scrapbook pages whether you are at home or shopping at yard sales
• Resources for finding free page accents online

The possibilities are endless when you start looking at the "junk" you've accumulated over the years as innovative page accents, and Budget Scrapbooking will show you how!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Memory Makers Books encourage crafters to create outstanding scrapbook pages for every occasion and life stage. Memory Makers titles offer the highest level of instruction and inspiration for scrapbookers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Memory Makers (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189212744X
• ISBN-13: 978-1892127440
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,414,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely for the CREATIVE scrapbooker!, May 13, 2005

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Jaycee (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Budget Scrapbooking (Memory Makers) (Paperback)

This is the COOLEST scrapbooking book ever! I loved it because it validates MY STYLE of scrapbooking...I'm always on the lookout for items in my own stash to use as embellishments so I don't have to BUY such things. The use of these items makes my pages much more personal and unique...that's what creativity is all about, isn't it? I'm also not one to follow "patterns" and I don't like the look of pre-made embellishments, but rather like to add unusual items for surprise effects in my work...other people tend to ooh & aah a lot more because they are surprised at the effects I come up with, USING ONLY FOUND OBJECTS! Don't let the "one star" review influence you in buying this book...if you are CREATIVE, you'll love it! It is chock full of great ideas that I never thought of!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but has flaws, July 30, 2008

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CD (Clarksville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Budget Scrapbooking (Memory Makers) (Paperback)

For the most part, I really like this book. It has some great ideas on how to use things that would otherwise go in the trash. My main problem with it, is that many of the ideas call for using items that are very 3D. I keep my scrapbook pages in an album (I realize that some people keep them in shadowboxes), and 3D items just don't work. For example, some of the layouts have things in them such as chopsticks, sea shells, a string of pearls, an antique comb, binder clips, and even Legos. These things stick out off the page WAY to far to ever use the page in a scrapbook. But other than that, the book is great. It really helps me not only get ideas directly from the book, but come up with ideas of my own by changing the way I look at "trash".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some good ideas...but....generally not practical, April 8, 2008

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sunflowersNC (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Budget Scrapbooking (Memory Makers) (Paperback)

I got this book for some ideas to help take the cost out of scrapbooking. While there were some good ideas for materials to use around the house, I realized with the page examples they give, you're still going to have to put money into the scrapping tools, papers, etc. So I picked up some good ideas for unique materials, but it's not really gonna help with scrapbooking on a shoestring budget.