Well I was wondering if anyone has any good sites to buy scrapbooking supplies online, I wanna keep it as low of a budget as possible but the cheapest things are on ebay, and I dont want to mess with that. Or does anyone have any ideas for cheap scrapbooking? Like ideas to decorate pages without spending a lot??
2006-07-26 16:50:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Well, I try to keep costs down to a minimum by going to thrift stores and yard sales. The key here is you have to ask for sewing trim and/or supplies. Most women have lots of smaller pieces of trim, ribbon, yarn etc. stashed away that they probably will never use. By asking, it gets them to thinking about all that unused stuff that is just taking up room. If I find someone who mentions she has stuff, but needs to look for it etc. I do give them my phone number so they can call me when they find it. I get a lots of stuff this way.
Also you have to think out side the box, for example, flower arrangements. I buy them (only if they are really nice) and take them apart to use as decorations on my pages. The flowers/leaves have to lay flat so you have to keep this in mind. I stay away from anything plastic. Jewellery works well also as long as it is not too bulky. It takes some time to get the knack of doing this, but it is very rewarding because my pages for the most part are very unique. When I go to yard sales I look at just about everything always thinking about "will this work for my scrapbook?" Most people have pictures for sale, I look these over carefully to see if I can cut parts of them and use on my pages. I have bought interesting matchbook covers, perfume bottles just for the label, lapel pins that I take the backs off, greeting cards and sometimes the verse inside works well also, I could go on, but I think you have the idea.
2006-07-28 01:29:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I buy alot of my supplies on clearance. If I like it, even if I'm not sure yet what I'll use it for, and it's a low enough price I buy it. That way I have a bunch of supplies to go to when I have a idea for a page. Like a couple weeks ago I found some clearance sticky photo frames that I liked the colors, and just recently I used part of one to cover up a imperfection in a patterned paper I wanted to use so now it looks like there is a ribbon going across the middle of the page.
2006-07-26 16:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by Crystal L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got rid of my links, but I actually found free scrapbooking printables online. Just use your search engine until you find one. It took me a while, but I found some pretty good sites.
Here is one from a glance, but probably not the best.. There are tons of links out there if you just take the time to look for them.
http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/craftphoto/l/blfreesets.htm
2006-07-26 16:54:53 · answer #3 · answered by barbaradjt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love to scrapbook it is so much fun to look at memories! Go to Michels or an art store they have tons of thing and they evan have classes and people to help you. Maybe go to a dollar store for cool stickers and things! Good luck!!!! Belive me it is really fun i love memories!!!
2006-07-26 17:01:53 · answer #4 · answered by G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start with some basic supplies, pens, paper and stickers. You can really dress up a page with some journaling, stickers and by matting your photos. I tend to make borders for most of my pages, mat a few photos and journal.
2006-07-26 17:21:23 · answer #5 · answered by Julie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oriental Trading Company has a lot of different supplies for pretty cheap. www.orientaltrading.com
2006-07-26 23:13:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try digital scrapbooking.
You can get a book on it at Barnes and Noble for $10, or try their website .....
Book is called In Easy Steps: Digital Scrapbooking.
There are free image editing programs you can use for it.
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/
http://www.pabird.supanet.com/~pabird/freesoftware/brushstrokes/
http://www.ultimatepaint.com/download.php
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/download.htm
http://picasa.google.com/index.html
http://www.photofiltre.com
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Project_Dogwaffle/dogwaffle.html
http://www.faststone.org/download.htm
2006-07-27 20:45:48 · answer #7 · answered by Pichi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your local Hobby Lobby or Michaels, they are cheap and have really good stuff. Even Wal-Mart has a lot of things...
2006-07-26 16:53:57 · answer #8 · answered by Mama C. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say, save your money. Wait till the fad is over, and spend it on something useful.
2006-07-26 16:53:50 · answer #9 · answered by salvagedrover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋