scrapbooking tip for today

One of my favorite handy little tools that hang around my crafting/scrapbooking space are a few of these bad boys:

I'm not known to be the most patient crafter in the world. I put the time in to make sure that it's done right, but sitting around waiting for glue to dry?! Not my forte. With a tiny bit of planning, I can be working on assembling something while I wait for the drying - as long as I don't have to hold on to them! Thus, the clothes pins. You can pick them up for a song at your local dollar store. I think stores like Walmart and Target may carry them as well...

Happy Friday!

fairy princess

I've been scrapbooking!

{Look for it in the May 2011 issue of Scrapbook Trends}

I put this together with some of the photos that I took of my niece for her little photo session this year...

Tip:
One of the little touches I made to this layout: part of the "princess" portion of my title lapped off of the brown, and didn't quite stand out as much as I would have liked... so I pulled out my brown slick writer, and outlined just that portion to give it a little pop...

Tip:
One other fun touch: dry emboss plain paper, then ink in a slightly darker shade to make it pop...

Hope you're enjoying a lovely Sunday! Are you all ready for Thanksgiving? It's coming soooo fast! And you know, once Thanksgiving is over, the year is pretty much done. It'll be New Year's before you know it. {sigh}