Just signed on for the first time in a few weeks...way too busy lately! Finally found a few extra minutes to update my "Intriguing stuff" post about Aunt Alice and the picture of her fiance, the locket, etc...But, then I saw this thread, and got sidetracked! What a pleasant surprise to learn I insprired it. (Thanks Alisande-Love that pic of your grandfather!) I love this stuff, and I'm glad to see that other people do also. I especially love old family photos that contain a picture of something that has been handed down through the generations-like Lorin's great grandmother and the vase...love it! Found another one of my own like that...In trying to solve the Aunt Alice mystery, I was going through some more old family photos. I found a picture of my grandparents, and a bunch of other relatives, in front of the fireplace in my grandparents home. On the mantel, is a pair of Brass CandleSticks that were made my great grandfather. The picture was taken in the 1930's, and I think the candlesticks would have been made around 1865-1885. I have the candlesticks. I've not had any success scanning pic's with my all in one printer. Quality just not good. Any tips on that, Linda? Dee.

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I started back in 97 when my dd was born- today she turns 9! I did her baby book and it was ok. Then I discovered Creative Memories and all the stuff out there. I redid her pages- thanks to double prints- and it is much nicer. I used to use a 3-ring binder and page protectors from office supply store. I used solid paper as my page. I used some stickers and a little journalling. I have since taken all those pages and put them into CM albums. Now I use the regular white pages and use the colored paper for frames or accent strips. To organize and make things go faster I use an easy method. I have a binder with sleeves in it. When I develop film I separate in dated or event order. Then I divide by what pics would fit on a page. I drop those pics into sleeves. Then I take paper that matches the pics and drop it in the sleeve. I may put some stickers in there too. Then when I go to scrap, I just grab a sleeve and work that page. I have already picked out the stuff for the page, just need to assemble. Unfortunatly, I have a digital camera now. It was so easy to develop film and then sort out the pics. Now I have to download onto a CD, take to a place or use an online service. I have not done this yet, which explains why I have over 600 pics to print, and at least half I need doubles of- one for my dd and one for my ds albums. One nice thing about digital is that I can print only what I need, so I may print all my dd birthday pics for her album, but only print a few for my son to have in his. Hey soggy6- aren't you the one with the pool that had plaster then switched to ptec after a crack or something? Are you going to, or do you know about, the event at Newburg Hall down by Sac State on 4/29? My CM gal and her friends are having an all-day event. After spending last year doing the build, it will be nice to spend a day scrapping. I am taking all our vacation pics- the ones before we had kids- and getting them all into albums. Won't be super fancy like my kids books. The goal is to have them in an album instead of not.

I just got into scrapbooking also. I love your pages they really look so nice. Are you going to add pictures of family or what? I think this forum has slowed way down maybe we can get it going again. I need all the help I can get.