Sentimental Diva

One of the most challenging things about building a scrapbook is choosing which photos to include. If you have a lot of photos, it might take a while before you can really choose the ones that fit your scrapbook’s theme and flow.

Organizing your photos can also be very sentimental. You will see the photos of better times and the memories will just come to you. One downside to building a scrapbook is feeling that nostalgia, and being extremely aware that the events have all happened in the PAST. Nonetheless, your task of organizing your family photos for your scrapbook is a fitting tribute to those memories, and should not be considered a chore.

Here are some steps to effectively and rapidly organize your family photos

1. First, designate an are inside your house for your project. The space must be free of clutter initially, to allow you to move the photos around as you sort through them.

2. Next, put the photos that are promising (in terms of inclusion in the scrapbook), and put away those that are damaged. Polaroid pictures should be piled separately because they leak and may damage the others permanently.

3. Make copies of the photos you chose. These will allow you to be creative and not worry about making mistakes.

4. Start arranging the photos again, this time in chronological order, by events, by the people in the photos or by holidays.

Some more Helpful Tips

If you’re compiling photos for a wedding scrapbook, you should include the photos of the couple while growing up.

If it’s a family tree, organize according to the side of the family the photos were from.

When people talk about scrapbooking, so many things come to mind: clutter, art materials sticking on everything and glitters flying everywhere. Truth be told, starting your first scrapbook can be overwhelming if you don’t keep in mind the one important element of scrapbooking: preserving memories. Here are some helpful tips you can use to make your first scrapbook experience a gratifying endeavor.

Determine what the scrapbook is for.

Is it a gift for an oldie or a baby? Is it for inclusion in a time capsule? Your goals for the scrapbook will determine everything you put there, including the materials you are going to use (do not use perishable materials or those that could rot and infect the rest of the scrapbook with decay if you plan on keeping the scrapbook in a time capsule).

The size and style of your scrapbook also needs to conform to your goals. Keep it small if you plan on sending it out, and make a huge page if you plan on framing it or using it as a conversation piece in your living room.

The basic supplies must always be available to you

You can use rare materials as accents but the major components of your scrapbook must be made of materials that can readily be bought in thrift shops and bookstores. Remember that future generations may want to add something to your scrapbook so make sure they can easily duplicate the theme of your book by using easy to find materials.

Make copies of every photo you use

It doesn’t hurt to make duplicate copies of the photos you are using in your album. This way, you can be as creative as you want with your scrapbook photos without worrying about accidentally destroying them (because you have reserve copies anyway).

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Here’s a letter you can write on your greeting card for giving to mom on Mother’s day. Enjoy!

Mom,

I know in my heart that you are my soul mate. I thank God everyday for this wonderful relationship that we share. All my dreams and hopes are for you, and though you might not always see the way I do things now, I know you always trust me to do my best.

We’ve always had our secret place, and even our secret look and secret handshake. You know, whenever I feel down and sad, I still go to our own happy place. I remember you talking to me softly and telling me everything’s going to be fine. That’s how much I value your trust in me, Mom. I know you have faith in me so I do my best to get through all my troubles with you as my model of strength.

Even when we’re apart, believe me when I say you will always be in my heart. I will never forget the way you held me when I thought I had no one to turn to. Mom, I cannot thank you enough for being there for me, even when you’re really so far away physically. I miss you and I will always love you.

Mothers are the best! They know everything and they can make us smile all the time. Here’s a poem you can write on your mother’s day cards to make that special woman’s day really shine!

I know I have not said “Thank You” for every little sacrifice you did for me but I hope this poem will make your day a little brighter.

Thank You Mom

For illuminating my journey with your soft guiding light,
For the warmth of your love and concern for my well-being
For being there in spirit and in body
Thank you.

For inspiring me to do better
For being the best example of a kind and giving heart,
Thank you.

For raising me with such integrity,
For telling me I’m strong when I’m feeling otherwise
Thank you

I know I cannot thank you enough for all your kindness,
All your trust and thoughtfulness,
Thank you mom for being you.

Personalization is the key to making the perfect scrapbook Making someone smile by getting reminded of you every time they see something you’ve created is the best compliment. Your personality must be present in your crafts, and your scrapbook is not an exception.

If you run out of ideas for your first scrapbook, you can always consult your best resource… YOU!
Yep, you do not have to be very creative to build the perfect scrapbook, but you do have to be very expressive.

How to personalize your scrapbook?

1. Your Colors

People associate colors with places, things and even people! If you love green and people know you love the color, you can adorn your scrapbook with green buttons and folded paper.

2. Would you wear that?

Part of the fun of scrapbooking is dressing up your photos in funny “outfits”. You can create new ones to fit the occasion just by pasting paper and potpourri on your photos. You can even make dad look like santa by pasting on a santa suit.

3. Your story

Maybe you have several childhood memories you want preserved, and your scrapbook is all about memories, so why not turn your scrapbook into a story. You need to use landscape photos or paint landscapes on your pages and place ordinary photos on them. One thing to ask yourself is this: what part of the scrapbook will make the reader feel something? That’s the “plot” of your story and you can work around that. Don’t forget the happy ending!

4. What memories do you have of the recipient?

If you’re creating a scrapbook for another person, you can make it look like a collection of funny memories about that person. Here’s where I well up. I have so many memories of my family members and I wish I made a scrapbook for each of those memories. Don’t let that happen to you. Preserve memories when you can.

I hope I have helped you to come up with more than several new ideas for the pages in your scrapbook.

Spring means everyone will be in for another grand and fun house cleaning!

What isn’t well-realized is that spring is also the time for scrapbooking. Why? Notice when you clean, you stumble upon some sentimental but forgotten things you haven’t seen for a long time. Of course, at that moment, you promise never to lose it again. You place it inside a box and you vow to do something with it as soon as possible.

But things don’t go according to plan, do they? Soon you find yourself forgetting about these sentimental items that you really want to preserve forever. Moreover, you realize that the longer you keep them unprotected, the more they become damaged. Don’t let one spring cleaning pass you by again before you start treasuring these valuable things.

What are the things that you can put in a scrapbook?

1. Photos of you and your friends
2. Candid shots from family gatherings
3. kids’ artwork
3. buttons that you misplaced
4. rocks and shells that you picked up during your vacation
and the list goes on.

With a scrapbook, you preserve the memories, you can use your scrapbook as a conversational piece on your living room, and you can even wrap it up and send it as a gift to a relative who lives far away. Memories are the best gifts. If you can’t preserve them, they’re gone forever. If you can keep them with you, do it. You only live once.

Stamp collecting is popular but few know why anymore. Younger generations must be able to understand that this is not only an interesting hobby, it’s also a way to learn about history and other cultures. Many of the collectible stamps are valuable; and some are really rare.

If someone gives you a collection of stamps, the first thing you need to do is buy an album and special stamp tapes (hinges). You will also need some special tools like tweezers for handling the stamps, particularly the older ones. The details of the stamps must be preserved well to maintain their value, so keeping them in mint condition is important.

How to Collect Stamps and Maintain a Stamp Collection if You’re a Beginner?

1. If you don’t already have a large collection of stamps to mount, you can start by collecting stamps on the letters you received during the last holiday. Meticulously rip away the envelope encircling the stamp but be mindful not to rip apart the stamp itself. Next, immerse the stamp in lukewarm water. The residual piece of paper will be hanging free, permitting you to raise the stamp from the water with the tweezers.

Dry the stamp on an absorbent surface then press using a hardcover book. Stamp collectors are very patient people, and show a lot of precision when handling stamps.

2. Take the flattened stamp and position it inside the album. You may also store it in small, clear plastic envelopes used by stamp collectors.

What are the different stamp designs?

Whether you’re an avid collector or an interested beginner, you know that stamps are varied, beautiful works of art that might just get phased out with increasing advances in technology. Think of stamp collecting as a way of preserving this art works.

1. Commemorative stamps are those released by the local postal service for a duration. These usually feature special people or group of people and events.

2. Nature, animals, artworks and paintings. Some stamps will look colorful and abstract. These are artworks of budding and famous artists immortalized in stamps. There are many who won’t see the value of these but those who think far into the future will realize that these are worth collecting. The younger generations must be willing to take on the fun of stamp collecting, and it is the role of their elders to point them in that direction.

Thoughts from the Day I Quit My Job

I think I am in a situation about a worker who is in the last days of his work. Hmm does that even make sense? But seriously I’m suffering some resignation ideation having a lingering thing in my mind that everything about my work is no longer worth it.
Honestly one of the strongest bonds that keep me going everyday with my work is because I love my coworkers already, second would be I really need to earn for the future of my family. But it is so futile for me seeing myself working hours, being degraded one time after the other by some superiors. I endured them all but as they say, everything has an end- a plastic flow of everything in the end.
I’m starting to worry and wonder at the same time, what the future brings to me. But for now I’ll balance the options and pick which will suit me, the one that I love to sink my efforts into and to have a better compensation for my own good. Too much worry? I guess. But who wouldn’t get this worried feeling if everything that looks right ends up wrong.
Come on future, smile at me.

To You Who Did Not Mean For me to Be Sad on My Birthday…
For infecting me with a mild dose of melancholia at the moment, thanks.

But then again, I’m very benign and melancholic from the inside.

But anyway, I just miss someone so yeah it might be the reason behind all these. >.<

Of loving and longing. When we love someone, its like a seed so minute to see until the time comes it is already blooming all throughout.

Of loving you…

see what the heart beats and how longing comes to the scene is that, like a soul who needs a body is to love and long at the same time.

Confusing? I know.

But no matter how confused we are, love always wins beyond everything and beyond any comprehension.

I don’t know why, but in the past few days I tend to cry a lot.

I might be missing someone so hard, or I miss the things I frequently do before.

I miss everything. And, only He knows how much.

Hug me on my birthday.

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I love you, too.

To You Who Did Not Mean For me to Be Sad on My Birthday… A message of sadness, but also of happiness. Thank you for being the one to make me feel so sentimental… Be mine (oops I didn’t mean for that to come out)

From the Angel’s Vault…

A friend will always say … be well. And this message from my friend’s good heart is worth keeping…

I’ve told my brothers, our pastor and my friends about the situation. As the title says, it has been too many tears for a Sunday yesterday. With emotions filled of surprise, excitement with a hint of disappointment and sadness.

But of all of the people I’ve shared the news, I was deeply touched by my youngest brother as he cried because he was surprised that I’m getting married. He’s expecting I’m going to get married by the age of 27 or so but not at 22.

It made me cried a lot, I know I’m going to miss a lot of things but looking at the brighter side I know Raine and I will get through this- and the three of us for that matter.

I am so blessed to have a very supportive family, friends that are always there and angels all over the place. The beginning would be a bit rough but it will go smoothly as time goes by. This is just the start of a new chapter of my life. Still, I’m hoping and praying that everything will be alright.