Scrapbooking Like Crazy!

I haven't been around the blogging block in a while and that is because I have been spending my very limited free time doing scrapbooking. It all started when the Scrapbook Expo visited about a month ago. I found deals that were 75% or more off retail. I spent 2 hours at the expo and left with enough supplies to keep me busy for a very long time. I have been creating fabulous page layouts almost every night, and I am happy. I am more patient with the kids, I am excited to see my works of art and I am doing something that is just for fun with no kid intervention. I love it!

I do have a question for all you scrapbookers out there. I'm curious to find out what adhesives you use on your layouts and pictures, and why you use them. I have recently discovered that adhesives go fast and are rather expensive to replace. Next time I purchase some, I'd like to be armed with the advice from my best scrapbooker gals!

Digital Scrapbooking

I love to scrapbook, but I find it difficult to archive all the photos and make pages that look attractive. It takes me about an hour to create each page. I love to play with the different papers, standouts, stickers and other toys, but at the rate I'm going, I'll never catch up on my archiving.
I've decided to give digital scrapbooking a try and hope that it will allow me to catch up on years and years of photos that are sitting around in a box. With my online searching I've found many programs available, but it's hard to tell exactly how user friendly and attractive they really are.

So I turn to you and ask if you know of any digital scrapbooking programs that are just fabulous.

Scrapbooking

I am the sort of person who loves to shop for scrap booking items. I collect scissors, paper, adhesives, stickers, standouts, ribbon, and everything else that is fun to have when scrap booking. I even found an outlet only 5-7 miles from my home that offers some of these items for a fraction of the retail price.

The problem is that I have acquired so much scrap booking stuff, I haven't actually done anything with my photos in over a year. I have more paper than I can actually safely lift, and more stickers, ribbon and embellishments than I can attractively organize. My excuse in the past has always been, "I don't have the space to work". I would have to use the kitchen table, and would always have to work in the late night hours after Anna went to bed. The conditions didn't suit me, but that never stopped my scrapbooking shopping sprees.

Now that we live in a house with a room designated to computers and crafts, I have had the opportunity over the last few days to spread out my goods and try to organize my collection. I even went on another shopping binge to add more ribbon, stickers, paper, and so forth to the already full inventory.

I now have the supplies, working space, and motivation to get some work done before baby #2 joins the family. I may not be online much over the next few days, as scrap booking will be my project. If I'm lucky, a few of the pages I create might actually look attractive.

Let's not hold our breath on that.