How Do You Preserve Memories?

Filed under: Scrapbooking Tips — Kelli Morris at 10:18 pm on Sunday, December 20, 2009 | No Comments »

One of the most exciting times in the life of any couple should be when they find that they are going to have a baby. In a very short while you will be a new parent with a baby that you have responsibility to care for.

The first few months where the baby is completely dependent on you go quickly and before you know what is happening, you will find that you are shopping for toddler baby bedding. Life with a newborn certainly moves very quickly.

Those few months soon turn to years and before you know what has happened, that helpless baby is waving goodbye from the window of a school bus for the first day of kindergarten. You work through the teen years and high school graduation. Then there is college a career and a wedding.

Now with all the free time that you have on your hands as you enter the empty nest portion of life, what are you going to do? Why not purchase a scrapbook album and relive all of those great memories.

While it is impossible to display all of those photographs of your child in a frame, you will be able to use many of them in a scrapbook. The album will be a place where you can display coming home from the hospital as well as college graduation. There may be photos with grandparents or special teachers that have great meaning to your offspring. Every special day and trip can have its own page in the album.

Scrapbooks are great to display in your own home, but they also make a great gift to the central subject of the book. If you have more than one child, copies of the photo can be used to make their own books that still commemorate special family events and trips. This is one of the best ways to preserve your heritage for future generations.

Persons that scrapbook like to have many special papers and embellishments available. Some of those papers can be picked up at a good scrapbooking store or other craft stores. You will find that many family vacation spots offer these papers and embellishments that may not be available anywhere else.

If you are just at the beginning, at the expectant parent stage, you will be able to start collecting those items that can eventually be included in a scrapbook. Your next few years will be very busy, but be sure that you take time to record the special memories with your child.

Copic Markers Are The Best Markers For Scrapbooking and Cardmaking

Filed under: Scrapbooking Tips — Kelli Morris at 6:35 am on Saturday, December 12, 2009 | No Comments »

Copic Makers are absolutely the best markers for all of your scrapbooking and illustratingĀ needs. Many manga artists, illustrators, home hobbyists and professional artists choose Copic markers as their first choice for all of their creative art projects. Copic markers come in several different types of markers such as the Original Copic markers, Copic Sketch markers, Wide Copic markers. You can choose the Copic markers that best suit your artistic requirements as they are available in various sets of 4, 12, 24, 36 and 72 markers. They are available in up to 334 different colors for the Sketch markers. Copic markers come in several different special kits and wallets that may also include refills and replacement nibs. Although these markers are more expensive than a lot of the other markers available they are worth the price due to their versatility and various nibs available. Sketchbooks, replacement nibs, ink refills, spray guns and sketchbooks are just a some of the other Copic products available.

Benefits of Copic Markers:

  • Refillable ink and replaceable nibs
  • 334 colors
  • Guaranteed to not dry out for three years
  • Copic Markers are Non-toxic
  • Alcohol-based ink dries acid-free
  • Quick drying
  • Permanent
  • Toner compatible
  • Our Airbrush System works with COPIC markers
  • Guaranteed color consistency
  • Versatile tips
  • Preferred by most professionals

There are also DVDs available to teach Copic users how to use the Airbrush system. YouTube also has many excellent video resources available to teach the newbie how best to use these wonderful markers to create your best works of art. If you wish to teach classes, then there is a Copic marker Certification program available which will enable you to earn extra income while teaching classes, and creating your favourite creative projects.

Remember that if you wish to create your very best artistic creation, Copic markers are the best markers available anywhere today!