I used to be a scrapbooker back in the day when scrapbooking meant gluing ticket stubs and photographs into a book.
I started a scrapbook back in 1996 when I met AD. I kept it up faithfully until we started building the house we live in now and I haven’t touched it since. That was 10 years ago.
When I learned I was pregnant, scrapbooking had come into it’s own and there were mega-stores with stickers and fancy paper and classes and cropathons, all of which overwhelmed me. Nonetheless, with good intentions, I went out and bought all the scrapbook stuff imagining I would make an awesome book for my baby. Aaaaand, its all still sitting in the bag with the receipt.
Somewhere along the way, scrap booking went digital and although I found digital cutting and pasting waaaay more appealing than literal cutting and pasting, I just never ventured into it but always thought that it would be something right up my artsy ally.
Recently, Scrapblog.com contacted me and asked me if I would like to try out their digital scrapping site and so I took it for a spin and about 300 hours later I can say with all sincerity, “Hi. My name is Antique Mommy and I’m a scrapaholic.”
On Scrapblog, You can make a free on-line Scrapblog, just like a regular blog only with scrap, or you can get it printed up into a nice little book. They have all the scrap you could ever want, some of it free, some of it you purchase in their marketplace, and you can even add music if you want and make it private or public, just like any other blog.
I used to mock the scrapbookers and how they would hole away for weekends cropping and stickering, but now I understand their addiction. And addicts need friends and this is where you come in.
Scrapblog.com would like to give one of y’all a Scrapblog package consisting of a keepsake book and two cards with free shipping. Would y’all be interested in something like that?
If so, leave a comment below and I’ll draw a winner on Monday and hopefully by that time I’ll have my on-line scrapbook ready to show you! Here’s a page I’m working on.
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The contest is over and the winner has been chosen!
Lisa says:
That would be so cool! I have just been looking into digital scrapbooking, but have been a little overwhelmed by it. Maybe this would be the kick-in-the-pants I need!
April 1st, 2010 at 10:29 am
Kim says:
That’s wonderful– I like that better than the shutterfly and snapfish versions– too “plain” for me sometimes. I’d like to play around with the “cyber-stickers”!!!! Of course I’d have to scan all the baby pictures of my son since we didn’t have the digital camera back then….
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You can also just take digital pictures of your old pictures and get some pretty decent results. I did that with a big box of my MILs old photos. Put them on a nice flat surface in good light so that you don’t have to use a flash. Takes a lot less time than scanning.
April 1st, 2010 at 10:38 am
Renee says:
Hmmm….I haven’t worked on a scapbook since 2004 and never finished that one…SOOO maybe this will work for me too
April 1st, 2010 at 10:39 am
Lea says:
I love Scrapblog! Have used them numerous times to create books for my travels and even just weekend get-togethers with my girlfriends.
April 1st, 2010 at 10:40 am
~vee says:
It’s too late for me…but my sis is just starting out with her family and LIVES on her computer. I’d love to gift this to her!
April 1st, 2010 at 10:40 am
Beth says:
I love scrapblog! I’m a huge fan
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April 1st, 2010 at 10:46 am
Heather Crawley says:
I’m in! I am a scrap-a-holic, addicted to buying all of the cute paper, stickers, tools, etc. Occasionally, I might even make a page or two with it!
What kills me about scrapbooking – we come to Dallas about once a year to visit friends. Last year, when were there, there were NO scrapbook stores in the D/FW area still in business! You have got be kidding me. The greatest store – in Collevyille, was belly-up. So sad!
April 1st, 2010 at 10:49 am
Carol says:
My daughter would love this web site. I have got to pass the info on to her. I love reading your blog.
April 1st, 2010 at 10:59 am
Quirky says:
Now this is perfect! I’ve never been a fan of the traditional scrapbooking process (something about my tendency to accidentally chop my finger off with any kind of scissor or cutting mechanism), but this could actually work for me.
I predict large chunks of my time now going to scrapblogging!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:06 am
Deborah says:
I’m not a scrapper at all, but I keep thinking that these digital albums are the way to go. It would be fun to try it out!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:18 am
julie says:
i have always aspired to be one of those creative, put-together types that artfully arranges their snips and photos and inspiring quotes into a presentation that takes people’s breath away…
it will never happen. i have discovered the photo books from Shutterfly! i have one for each year of our married life and just did my son’s birth book. starting on his first year…its a fabulous thing!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:19 am
Wendy says:
That looks so cool! I’ll definitely have to check that out!
Wendy
April 1st, 2010 at 11:33 am
Cindy says:
i am waiting the birth of my first gradchild (baby boy) in July this will be great to create a scrapbook for him.
April 1st, 2010 at 11:36 am
Tammy McCullough says:
Pick me! Pick me! I’m a brand-new Grandma!!!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:37 am
tom says:
Is there more to the link embedded in the photo? It is incomplete as such at the moment…
This looks so cool! How much time is necessary for investment in doing something like this? Say, if a couple has approximately seventeen gazillion photos that need organization?
April 1st, 2010 at 11:47 am
Rebecca says:
As a fellow scrapper-wanna-be, I well know the feeling of bags and bags of THE CUTEST STUFF that will make THE GREATEST BOOKS that sits for years in the bags, untouched. I would LOVE to try digital scrapping…
April 1st, 2010 at 11:48 am
katherine says:
haha! a couple times a year, my mom is one of those scrapaholics who holes up for the weekend to scrapbook. her church friends actually have an annual retreat.
i’d probably dig the digital scrapbook! what fun to come away with a very professional book! cool!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:54 am
Heather says:
I would love to give this a try! I’ve been a big scrapbooker and have not done much since my wedding. Seriously, books and books of my sisters kids then I get married, get pregnant, have Little Guy, get pregnant again and I have no books of my life…uggg!
Maybe I need to go digital and this would be a great way to try it out!
Heather
April 1st, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Lisa Kay says:
I would love to try this out. Scrapbook stores overwhelm me!! Thank you for hosting the giveaway-
Lisa Kay
April 1st, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Martha Harter says:
That looks like so much fun! I need to give it a try!
April 1st, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Amy says:
I have tried all forms, and love something about each one. However, I love, love, love scrapblog because it does what takes me hours to do and it’s so intuitive! I love the link to be able to grab photo’s from other places versus uploading. Plus, their customer response to suggestions is great!
April 1st, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Julie at Elisharose says:
I would really like to try this. I sort of made a scrapbook for my son, but I didn’t do a thing for my daughter. Then there are all those boxes and files full of things that need to be saved for posterity that at this point, well, aren’t.
April 1st, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Julie says:
I’d definitely give it a try. I love scrapbooking and am probably sitting on $1,000 worth of supplies but with 4 kids I have almost no time. Now every time I look at my little scrapbook corner I just feel guilty. I still want to preserve this stuff. I’ve tried some other digital scrapbooking in Photoshop and you’d think that as a graphic designer I would love it. I don’t. I’m never as happy as I am with the physical kind. But I’m seriously going to look into this.
April 1st, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Kelly @ Love Well says:
OK. I’m intrigued. I’ve tried making a few photo books, but I haven’t found anything I love.
April 1st, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Robbin says:
This is about the only kind of scrapbooking I can do. I am scissors-and-glue impaired. So this is definitely my kinda thing.
April 1st, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Jackie @ Family Daze says:
Thank you for the link! I srapbooked for a couple of years before hanging it up for digital pictures. I knew technology would eventually catch up!
April 1st, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Diana says:
I’d love this! My hard paper scrapbook is stalled out when my now 4 year old daughter was 6 months old, and my son doesn’t exsist! Maybe scrapblogging is what I need.
April 1st, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Jennifer says:
LOVE this idea…I’ve been looking for a way to turn my blog into a scrapbook. I would love to try this out!
April 1st, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Chris says:
Pick me! Pick me! I LOVE digital scrapping!
April 1st, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Kay says:
Oooh.. this looks fun! And maybe even quicker and less messy. Always a plus. : )
April 1st, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Susan says:
I love to scrapbook. I don’t do it enough, but I have great intentions and love all things scrappy. This could be fun.
April 1st, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Lisa Bosch says:
I LOVE digital scrapbooking! I too was a paper scrapper for a while but just could never get organized enough to do it that way.
April 1st, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Beth in the City says:
Yes, I want to learn more about this type of thing! I’m a scrap on paper kind of girl and I want to make a scrapbook to mail to my kid’s grandparents who are missionaries in Thailand.
April 1st, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Kiy says:
Oh, me me me, pick me! I too fell for all that. I have boxes and boxes and boxes of stuff stacked in the garage. We’ve moved three times and I haven’t touched those boxes once. Maybe I should just put them on the curb. But, oh the $$$ I spent. I keep thinking I will find the time to go through them and at least donate the usable stuff (that hasn’t melted itself together) to a school or something.
So, easy, fun and (relatively) fast … that’s for me!
April 1st, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Lisa says:
I would love to do this. I always seem to get overwhelmed at step 1, trying to decide which pictures to upload. Maybe I would be motivated with Scrapblog.
April 1st, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Katherine says:
I have always wanted to scrapbook, but knew that I would get very obsessed and never get married. So, I put it off and eventually got married and had kids. I walk by the scrapbook section in craft stores and think how fun it would be, but then I remember my imperfection of trying to be a perfectionist and how I would probably spend countless hours and bucket loads of money. This Scrapblog sounds FUN.
April 1st, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Cathy says:
I, too, have mocked scrapbookers – but lately I’ve been thinking of all the photos stashed in assorted boxes and trapped in my digital camera and secretly lust for having neatly organized photos to look at. I had told myself I’d organize the photos when my little boy entered school….he’s now nine. Never heard of Scrapblog but it sounds kind of perfect!
April 1st, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Leah in Iowa says:
I’m a new reader. Just had to say hello. Love your blog!
April 1st, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Regina says:
As Donkey on the epic tale of “Shrek” once said…. OOOO Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!!
April 1st, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Donna says:
Hi!
That looks very cool & more likely to get done than a 3d version!
April 1st, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Emily says:
Sublime! I love the idea of scrapbooking, but I’m all thumbs with the physical implements. Can’t wait to check it out!
April 1st, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Marian says:
Looks very interesting. Have you seen samples of what the real paper copy albums are like? I haven’t touched scrapbooks in about 6.5 years…
April 1st, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Niki says:
I would love to be drawn for this awesome prize. I am 9 weeks pregnant and filled with ideas!
April 1st, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Hillary @ The Other Mama says:
Get out of town! I am SO in! That sounds wonderful!!
April 1st, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Leslie Maddox says:
I definitely want to do something like this for my little one’s first year!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Pat T says:
Will have to check this out! For me, my blog has become my scrapbook. Occasionally I print out a photo book. This is a much better option!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Lisa Smith (@stretchmarkmama) says:
I have such nice cut-and-paste scrapbooks for the first two kids (baby books, anyway) and then nothing, nothing for the third. Went through at least three solid years of guilt over that and finally just bit the bullet and did an online photo book at Walgreens. The price was right and I feel really good about getting it done–but it doesn’t have the “pop” that I think a more scrapbooking style of company might provide. I’d be interested in checking them out.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:47 am
Deborah says:
That would be so fun! I’ve never considered digital scrapbooking–whenever I want to scrapbook, I have to hide myself away in a closed-off room to keep the cats out of my stuff; digital would be so much easier!
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:53 am
Liz says:
I love scrapblog — throw my name in the hat please!
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:41 am
Melanie says:
OOOO, this looks like fun. I’ve never scrapbooked, but I have made digital photobooks before….this looks like it would be even better!
Love your blog, btw. You have a way with the words.
April 2nd, 2010 at 7:33 am
jill says:
Wow! Awesome idea. A potential craft that I could complete, I love it!!
April 2nd, 2010 at 7:54 am
Yvonne says:
I too still have all my scrapbook dreams in the original paperbag from when they were purchased about 9 years ago! I have been faithfully journaling all his life events, but the photos sit in a box (They are labeled tho: Does that count?!) May doing it online would work out better for those of us who are time and artistically challenged!
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:00 am
Cathie says:
Yes! Once again, I’m reminded of how much we have in common. I’ve always been intimidated by those scrap-booky people, too!
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:07 am
SEAS says:
I would love to try this!
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:08 am
Pam says:
I’d love to organize my many boxes of pictures…this looks fun, although I’ve no clue just how to scapbook.. please count me in.
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:12 am
Pam says:
Apparently I can spell it either…scRapbook.
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:14 am
Joni says:
Oh WOW YES! I’d love to win. Scraping has been a fantsy of mine. I have stacks of things to be scrapped into a lovely book! So many ideas for one on line.
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:16 am
BeckyB says:
I’ve loved the IDEA of scrapbooking but have never actually DONE it! Digital sounds fabulous!
Thanks!
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:17 am
Rebecca says:
great idea!! after 6 years of infertility and several miscarriages I now have a 3 1/2 month old and haven’t even developed a single picture yet although we have taken lots. I have been wanting to scrapbook, but dreading it too, this looks much easier!
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:41 am
Jenny says:
Yes. I think this would be good for me. The hands-on version these days just overwhelms me. Maybe I’ll actually win something.
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:49 am
rrmama says:
I used to scrapbook. I was completely up to date until our second child was born. I have an album for him but I have only completed the first year of his life, he is now 5. I think a digital scrapbook would be awesome!
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:57 am
momof8 says:
Cool! Then my internet time could be productive! Beautiful pictures by the way. Really. Brought back sweet memories of having my own children. And look how tiny and cute Sean is! You can also tell AD’s emotions just from his eyes! And yay AM!
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:00 am
grammy scraps says:
Giggle…I am sitting in my craft room as I “speak”. I have tons of paper scrapping stuff, some of which I have used. But, then, I discovered digital. That is mostly what I have done for the last year. I love it because the supplies are so easy to obtain and they are right in my computer. I am working on a paper book for my grand-daughters right now and enjoying that process.
Thanks for the opportunity of winning a nice goody.
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:17 am
Diane Jennings says:
Oh yeah!!! Sign me up, please!
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:24 am
Robin says:
Love the page you’ve displayed. Your son was such a little peanut.
Like you, I have never fallen into the whole scrapbooking thing. Also like you I have the supplies stashed away, mostly untouched. I would love to give it a try digitally.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Shelly says:
Please sign me up too!
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Grandmom says:
This would be great! I’m in.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:44 pm
gabriella says:
Wow! Another opportunity for me to express myself creatively… oh please oh please pik me
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Sarah S. says:
So… I don’t even understand what I’m signing up for, but sure… because I need one more way to feel guilty about not documenting my family’s existence on the planet.
Do I understand that Scrapblog is free to use? You can use it free but buy some extra supplies in their marketplace, then a printed out book costs something? That sounds like something I may need to look into…
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Earline Gualdoni says:
Sign me up! My hard copy scrapbook supplies are in storage!
April 2nd, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Jan says:
You may be 10 years behind in scrapbooking your memories… but I’m about 30. And since I spend way more time on the computer than I already should–I might as well do something useful that would ease my 30yr guilt!
April 2nd, 2010 at 3:54 pm
RosesArePink2 says:
I just checked out the site to see if I would be interested before jumping in the mix of eager participants. And the decision is . . . . . YES! Count me in. This seems doable and my brief visit there left the site calling my name. Thanks for the information!
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:05 pm
happy geek says:
scrapbooking has always scared the be-jeebers out of me. But the digital stuff, maybe I can do that.
Maybe.
Mind you, we are not picture people. Even slightly. I can go a month without taking pictures of my off-spring. A fact that horrifies my MIL on a rather regular basis.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Elizabeth says:
wow. huh. I enjoy our family blog that’s private and my essay blog and use the former for a sorta scrapbook. But I like the idea of being able to print it out in 10 years instead of saying go look on the blog for your 3rd bday picture. Can’t wait to learn more!
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Kathy says:
Love to give it a try.
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Janelle says:
Wonderful idea! Thanks!
April 3rd, 2010 at 7:42 am
Sharon says:
It looks like so much fun…
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:17 pm
debby says:
Digital scrapbooking!! sounds interesting…would love to try it!
April 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Melissa says:
That would be so awesome! I used to scrapbook until my son starting walking at 8 months, he’s 5 now….
April 3rd, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Aunt Murry says:
Oooo Ooooo pick me! Ooooo Mr. Kotter errr Antique Mommy pick me! (does that seem desperate enough?) I have a whole room in my house dedicated to my ‘crafts’ I would LOVE this. Matter o fact, this is what I plan on giving my parents and in laws as gifts from our wedding.
April 3rd, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Jana says:
I have a box full of scrapbooking paper, stickers, embellishments, and rub-on letters. Collecting dust, I might add. I hope I get picked! Thanks for letting us all join in on the fun.
April 3rd, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Dawn Pierson says:
Wow, thanks so much for the share. I just logged on and finished up a little mini album in about 30 minutes, Great site for first timers. Been wanting to do this ever since digital scrap booking started, but every time I tried, it was way too time consuming. (I’m an impatient learner
Thank you, thank you, and thanks again!!
April 4th, 2010 at 12:20 am
The Other Elle says:
I have a whole bunch of unfinished projects — quilts, NANOWRIMO efforts, scrapbooks — stuffed into bags in my closet. I spend my free time online doing genealogy, playing with photo editing, or reading blogs.
Digital scrapbooking would fit right in…bring it on!
April 4th, 2010 at 12:21 am
Pat says:
I’d love to try online scrap booking….maybe I too could finish my 7 year old’s baby book!
April 4th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Vicki says:
Hi! Looks like a ton of fun. I think I messed around with this site a couple of years back. Have they been around long? It seems they made it easier to use, if it’s the same site, and I’m not sure it is.
April 4th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
N says:
Would love to try this out!
I’m too scared to have a blog of my family/kids, but I long to share pictures of my kids with my old college friends. Maybe this is the answer.
April 4th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Lezleigh says:
I am dreadfully behind on my books, this would truly help to get me back on track! Thanks for your wonderful words, look forward to reading daily….
April 4th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Holly says:
Wow-that would be so neat. I am a scrapbooker at heart, but have no time! This would be fun to try!
April 4th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Karen says:
How fun! I’ve done the scrapbooking thing, but like you, I’m way behind. Digital seems the way to go!
April 4th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Susie says:
This would be perfect to make a book filled with memories of my baby girl. Thanks so much!
April 4th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
jean says:
Last month I finally gave up. I gave all my stuff to my niece. She was so excited! It’s amazing how much stuff I’ve bought over the years and never used it.
April 4th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Jenny says:
sounds like a pretty neat deal to me! I am not currently a scrapbooker, but I might be tempted with the scrapblog. Fun!
April 4th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
shelly says:
scrapbooking has always been such a chore for me…but i love my pics…anything to make it easier for me
April 5th, 2010 at 8:18 am
Laura says:
That would be wonderful! I love scrapbooking but haven’t done a lot of digital scrapping yet!
April 5th, 2010 at 8:20 am
Jennifer says:
I have some nice photo albums (not quite scrapbooks) started but I am about 3 years behind…. sigh. Sometimes when I wake up at night I start thinking – what if something happens to me, my child will just have boxes of photos and an unfinished baby book to remember what her mother thought about her cute funny self – crazy I know! I would love to give the digital thing a try!
Jennifer
April 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
sheilah says:
FWIW your idea of taking a digital photo of a picture is not far from what the professionals do. I used to work in a public affairs office for the army reserve and the guy in charge had a special tripod that would point straight down (to avoid having distortion b/c of not holding the camera properly) and lights rigged up to take photos of photos/documents/newspapers, etc.
April 5th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Evah says:
This post is a perfect descriptipn of me! I might need to try scrapblog!
April 5th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Sue says:
What cute pictures of teeny, tiny Sean. Thanks for posting, and count me in. I’ve got a lot of learning to do on this.
April 5th, 2010 at 10:39 pm