Welcome to Simple Scrapbooks
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This is the place to learn to scrapbook
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Welcome to our web site! If you’ve just started scrapbooking, or you’re curious to find out what it’s all about, you've found the right place. We’re glad you’re here! Our “Start Here” area is a great place for you to find out what you need and how to get it. Visit the links on the right for great tips and resources for beginners.
How should you start scrapbooking? However you want.
You may compile big fat albums, or small pocket-sized books. You might start with the story of your grandparents, the day you met your best friend, or your trip to Yellowstone.
You could photograph your life, the details—your garden, your cat, your car.
Take pictures of people together; let people take pictures of you.
Record your thoughts and feelings. Make lists of your hopes and dreams, the contents of your glove box or the things you love about your cousin Debbie.
Take advantage of easy, pre-made products and, if you feel stuck, copy the ideas of others.
Put lots of photos on a page—or just one.
Please don’t worry too much about the size of pages you make, the type of albums you use, or how it will all come together in the end. Clarity will come as you let yourself experiment and explore.
Articles for Beginners
The following articles are perfect for the beginner scrapbooker: Permission Granted by Stacy Julian
What Is a Simple Scrapbook by Gayle Humpherys
Get to the "Focal" Point! by Cathy Zielske
Easy on the Accents by Kim McCrary
But that's not all! All of our articles are written with the beginner in mind. Each issue we add new articles, including "Web Extras" that you'll only find here. Be sure to browse through all the articles on our web site.
We’ve given great resources for ideas and solutions in Simple Scrapbooks magazine and on this web site, but there is one more thing we’d like to give you—permission. Permission to push aside unrealistic expectations and just start!
Remember, if it works for you, it’s right.
Have fun!
Stacy Julian and Lin Sorenson
Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief
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