Call it love, call it an obsession . . .

I call it a new hobby! Digital Scrapbooking. I love it and have spent a lot of time on it recently.

Here's what I learned:

First you need a program. I bought Digital Scrapbook Artist from Costco.

This program comes with a few kits

with digital scrapbook images,

as well as information about Daisytrail.

(Daisytrail is a website for those who love digital scrapbooking.)

Next, you pick a kit (or kits) that follow the theme you want to scrapbook.

pick your background,

materials

embellishments

photos

text

[Digital Scrapbook Artist also has a photo editing tool and lots of effects you can add]

Design it how you want, and you're done. *No Mess to clean up!!!

This is a page I made using Digital Scrapbook Artist.

(The picture was taken by Callie of Callie's Gallery)

Lastly, print your pages.

Print them from home.

Find a store or website that prints scrapbook pages.

I recently ordered from Shutterfly.

Shutterfly can print your pages in a photobook, in lots of sizes.

I was fairly happy with the quality,

but I would recommend that you double check each preview

to make sure none of your text or images were cut off.

More Websites

The Shabby Shoppe

Cute Links for You

Digital Scrapbook Experts

A word of advice . . .

When I went to upload my pages on Shutterfly,

I learned they needed to be in jpeg format.

In order to get them that way,

I had to export them from Digital Scrapbook Artist.

*make sure they get saved in a file you can find:)

Jar-Vase

Have you ever tried to put a flower arrangement in a skinny vase, and THEY WOULDN'T FIT! It is really annoying. This was the problem facing me tonight. So, I was looking through my cupboards, deciding what I could use instead. I saw an empty glass jar, and thought, that might work. (If I make it pretty first:) So I got out my faithful jar of modge podge and found some cute scrapbook paper. Then I measured the paper and modge podged the paper to the jar. I added a second layer of paper with "Happy Birthday" on it. (Any saying would work.) Then I tied some ribbon around the top and I had a flower vase. (Now I don't have to buy one!!)

Miniature Shelf

This shelf was made for less than $5.00.

I just bought a plain shelf and painted it.

Then I modge-podged the paper to the shelf.

Voila, it is ready to hang up in our kitchen and hold our cute aprons we got at Disneyland!

Christmas Wreaths

I made the first wreath a year ago. All I did was buy a plain 24 '' wreath and some holiday picks in the colors I wanted and wire them to the metal circle supporting the wreath. This year I made the other two wreaths for my mother and sister and I did the same thing. It's really simple and looks great for a whole lot less money than buying a pre-decorated wreath.

my FIRST post:)

Pumpkin Cookies

1/2 c. shortening

1 1/2 c. sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp. ginger

2 1/2 c. flour

3 Tbsp. molasses

2 c. pumpkin (canned pumpkin mix)

1/2 c. chopped nuts

1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Mix together and drop by the spoonful on a cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.