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What’s the difference between a flat scrapbook and a layered scrapbook?

  Scrapbooking is totally fun. You print some photos, place them into a photo album, then add your scrapbooking supplies to decorate around the photos. There are two formatting options to consider when scrapbooking: A flat scrapbook; or A more of a layered scrapbook. What does this mean, I hear you say. Let’s take a look at a flat scrapbook This is my choice when scrapbooking a photo album. A flat scrapbook, is where you keep all your scrapbooking of each page, relatively flat. So you may do some sort of layers, where some washi tape outlines over the scrapbook paper and some stickers lay on top. This is still relatively flat. Because what you will notice is, when you add your photos and your scrapbooking images, your photo album doubles in size. This is fine, if you are using a good photo album/note book/scrapbook. You can still do a lot of scrapbooking keeping it fairly flat inside each page. You can use felt pen to create titles or captions against the photos. You ca...
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Excerpt from my romance fiction novel, Free to be with me by Melanie Toye

  Excerpt for Free to be with Me  I was running late again. "Madison, wait," Marc said firmly.  "I am sorry Marc, I have to go. I am already late." Marc's lips tightened together and I knew he was not impressed. What could I do? I ran over and gave him a peck on the lips, then rushed out the door.   "Late again," Raulf eye-rolled me as I entered the fashion department doors. I gave Raulf an apologetic smile and rushed passed over to my working space.  "Floral, darling. This is what I want for the collection." Gerald, the ultimate fashion designer in Australia and renowned for his elegance and class around the world, shares with me his creative mind. I took my blackberry out from my purse and noted his thoughts down. "Low, elegant yet a soft flowy dress. A long diamond opening at the front to highlight the woman's cleavage. A high back with a gathering on either side of the hips, with the length coming to mid-calf and littl...
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Scrapbooking a mermaid theme

Please note, I use affiliate links at the bottom of this post. I am affiliated with AliExpress.com. I receive a percentage of the sale price if you make a purchase.  What I will show you today is the process I use for scrapbooking with a twist. Instead of scrapbooking into an album, I am going to scrapbook into my A4 notepad. This gives me a bit more freedom in space to create what I want. Honestly, the bigger the space the more creative I can be. I can use bigger scrapbooking pictures as well.  Today, I decided to do a mermaid theme. Mainly because I thought I had heaps of mermaid supplies in all categories, scrapbooking paper, stickers and washi tape. The frustrating  part was when I got to the part of decorating with stickers, I only had Aerial the mermaid Disney stickers. As much as I love Aerial, I didn’t want her to upset my balanced mermaid scrapbooking paper.  So unfortunately I didn’t have heaps of mermaid stickers but I did find under the water materials, s...
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Why writing eBooks is fun and makes a great hobby

  As you know I am a professional writer and have written and published several books, which you can view on my blog here .  EBooks are a completely fun hobby. Because you can write whatever you want to write, whether it’s fiction or non-fiction. Here are 7 reasons writing eBooks are fun: 1. You can go wild into your imagination  Writing is so much fun and the most powerful way to write is go with your imagination. I was writing a fiction ebook and my imagination was taking me into this big direction and I was like, ‘that’s a bit out there. Would readers appreciate that?’ And then I thought, ‘Let’s just follow where my imagination is taking me.’ And I’m so glad I did. 2. You can write on topics you have experience and knowledge in  For non-fiction and even fiction ebooks, writing about what you know is going to give you more confidence and give the reader more confidence to know you know what you are talking about. Whether it is, you write about a recruitment co...
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What supplies do you need for crocheting?

So you have started crocheting. Crocheting is super fun and sometimes tricky and sometimes hard. Also, once you get started and if you are like me, you will have multiple crocheting projects happening at once.  There is a logical reason for this. Because you can have multiple projects at once because you may take different projects with you when catching public transport and have to go somewhere. So a smaller, easier project to pack is ideal and also it gives you something to do while you travel. You may have bigger projects like blankets at home, because they are simply bulkier and heavy to carry. Plus, I prefer to crochet blankets at night, while I’m winding down and watching TV. Mainly because I don’t count stitches for my blankets.  So I tend to do crocheting arigumani in the morning or day time on the weekends, so I have a focussed mind to count those important stitches.  Ok, so that’s why you could have multiple crocheting projects. The other reason is you simply ge...
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Why buy a crochet kit?

Crochet kits are fun for beginners and all levels. See a cute crochet kit or find a crochet kit that you know if you make it, your family member or friend will love to receive it as a gift. Crochet kits are starting to become popular in some stores and some stores even have new and different crochet kits change frequently so you always have a fresh kit ready and waiting.  Here are five reasons to buy a crochet kit 1. A crochet kit has everything you need to crochet the pattern (including the pattern itself)  A crochet kit has everything for someone who is already familiar at crocheting even at a beginner level. If you know the stitches and can read a pattern, then you can use a crochet kit.  Crochet kit comes with everything you need for crocheting. This includes, a crochet hook, yarn of the colours in the pattern, vacuum sealed inside fluff when crocheting your object and a sewing needle to sew the parts together to create the final product. Plus the most important part ...
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Scrapbooking storage for your scrapbooking supplies

^Please note this post at the end uses affiliate links. This means, I receive a percentage of the sale from the seller if you purchase something.  So I love recycling what I love to use as craft supplies. Why waste money on storage when you can use that money to buy more craft supplies!  I have to admit, having some craft storage is important and needed. Plus, it’s fun to organise your craft supplies once you get the storage. But you don’t have to miss out on craft storage because it can cost heaps of money.  So I want to share with you two creations I have created for scrapbooking supplies using recycled boxes and then decorated with some scrapbooking supplies.  The first one is a box for my stickers. I did have a much smaller box which I decorated as well. But it was quarter the size of the new box and let’s be real… I have a tonne of stickers. I just can’t seem to have enough stickers, I always need more. But I do have about a year’s supply of stickers so I really...
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