CONTRIBUTED BY JANAE BURGER
If you are like me, you have countless pictures of Christmas trees, Christmas presents and beautiful smiles of kids opening present, with the occasional picture of a sleepy Santa. I love looking at these pictures. They are some of the best pictures of the year. For some, they are the only pictures you consistently take each year!
Instead of putting your pictures into a box this year, start putting together your scrap book and make a bunch of new friends while doing it! Come mingle with other scrap-bookers as you preserve your memories. One group of scrap bookers meet every other Friday night from 6:00-midnight on base. It's simple, just bring your pictures, your scrap booking supplies or whatever other paper craft project you are working on and get ready for a relaxing evening.
You can purchase scrap booking supplies on base, at Green Note, some of the 100 Yen stores or other craft stores if you don’t already have the perfect embellishments for your project. Of course you can bring your dinner with you or snacks for the evening.
“It’s nice to get away and everyone is always so great. Scraping night is always a good excuse to get out of the house and have some “me” time… It’s a great place for scrap-lifting.” (Scrap-lifting is not shop-lifting which was my original thought, rather getting ideas from other people and copying their ideas).
Even if you aren’t a scrapbooker you can come and enjoy yourself. I loved watching Teri put together her Christmas cards. And Kim spent the evening helping Dee organize her scrapbooking stuff. “It’s comfortable, relaxing, and convenient and you get to met other scrapbookers.”
This group will be meeting again on January 8, 2010. I know there are plenty of other groups. Where do you met to do your scrapbooking? Where do you shop for your scrapbooking supplies? Leave your group’s information in the comments. I know there are plenty of others who would love to join you. A special thanks to Dee, Teri and Kim for dishing out the details for this post.
Are there any digital scrapbook groups out there?
Sierra – check out the scrapbooking group we have on our forums and see if anyone there does digital scrapbooks!! Come back and make a comment if you find someone!!
Crafting is one of my favorite ways to mingle. If evenings don’t work for you than I suggest you create your own scrapbook gathering. Plan sometime during the day to get together, while kids are in school, with people you might already know but would like to get to know better. Joining in with some other ladies who scrapbook on this island was how I “mingled” when we first got here last summer. It sure made a difference in my transition as I got to know new women, completed a project or two and found out where the best places to eat and shop are. Happy scrapin’!!!!!
I’m sure taking your laptop to some of the ‘traditional’ scrap-booking gatherings would be just fine. I too have switched to digital scrap booking and would love for you (or anyone else) to post information on digital scrapbooking groups!
Hi, my name’s Terri. I love scrapbooking, both traditional and digital. I sell Creative Memories Products. If you have an APO address, you can order off my website, http://www.mycmsite.com/terribrown21 and products come directly to you and arrive in about a week!!
I also have a Crop once a month and it’s usually the second Saturday. My After-Holiday Crop is January 9, from 9AM to 1PM – All scrapbookers welcome!! For more information please contact me through my website.
Enjoy the Holidays!!!
One suggestion for those that like the IDEA of scrapbooking, but don’t have the time: Make just a Christmas/Holiday album. Use a two page spread for each year (your Christmas card, pix with Santa, pix of everyone at Christmas dinner, etc) — each year it will be a fun thing to look back on…
Hopefully it’s just me, but what is “Green Note”?
I got on to send you a link to a post about Green Note and I realized we don’t have one on here! I’ll see if I can’t fix that. In the mean time, Green Note is a Craft store close to foster (It’s about a block or two south the Foster commissary gate on the right hand side of 58). It has a lot of supplies for people who are crafty, especially artist, painters, etc. Lots of pens, paint, stationary, paper, that kind of stuff. Hope that helps. And keep watching, I’m sure we’ll get a post done on it soon!
Are you still holding scrapbooking night!? I’m new to the island, and need to catch up the past few years! If so, could you let me know who to contact to meet?