Where to start??

I just had a baby and am going to start scrap booking. Any suggestions on classes or books for ideas?
I just finished a shadow box with her announcement and decided I wanted to keep the memories going. Any help would be appreciated.

I would suggest checking out the Magazine Simple Scrapbooking. You can also check out the website Scrapbook.com. They have alot of good ideas, and you can post questions to others.

Mish

You might want to inquire at Michael's - they usually have scrapbook classes each month. When I first started I actually did a lot of searches online with the key word scrapbooking and found lots of resources. Lifetimemoments.com was very helpful too.

Some important things to understand:

Archival Safe: the idea being that you want to preserve these memories so all materials we use should be archival safe (most scrapbook products are)

Albums: There are a variety of albums out there - post bound and strap hinge are used most often and there are lots of sizes now - 12x12 is used most commonly because it allows for more photos in a layout but 8x8 is becoming very popular and 6x6 make great brag books.

Adhesives: There are a ton of brands and types. See what works best for you and maybe experiment a little. I found that I prefer the zig two-way glue and photo mounts. The Herma tabs are very popular.

Papers: Again - tons of varieties, colors, and textures. A walk down a scrapbook aisle will keep you busy for quite a while when it comes to picking out papers and cardstock. Again - personal choice. Cardstock is a heavier paper and can be used for an entire layout or cut down to mount pics on.

Embellishments: This is where I get in trouble $$-wise. There are so many adorable things out there and I want each and every one - in doubles. These make great accents to pages. Jolee's By You is a popular accent but it's not just limited to 3-d stickers...you can use ribbons and buttons - people get very creative with embellishments.


Advice: My style has changed a lot since I first started and every now and again I will look at an old layout and cringe...so it's not rare for me to change a few. I prefer not to change them all - it's important to me to see how my style has changed and transformed over the years. But for those layouts that I do change - I have found it very helpful to have copies of pics - either saved on a CD/PC/Shutterfly or actual copies. This way if I glued it in - I don't have to worry about damaging the pic when I make changes - I just get another one! Plus when I first started I had a tendency to over-crop (cutting the pic to sort of zoom in) and would ruin plenty of pics - it's nice to have copies so that it's not a complete loss.

Oh hey, I just made the same post almost. Sorry!

Would also love to hear if anyone went to the Scrapbook Chalet in Huntington.