My 9-year-old daughter and I have been working on a special Christmas gift for grandma. We envisioned a Christmas album of all the holidays we have spent together since my children were born. It would be an album we add on to each year.
I was excited to share the art of traditional scrapbooking with my daughter and yada yada. Well after completing our first page (click here to see what she created) she complained how slow the process is and how she wasn't enjoying herself "at all." HEARTBROKEN and sullen I put away all the stuff and tried to come up with a better way.
Then I remembered my hubby bought me a pocket scrapbooking kit from Mambi Me & My Big Ideas for my birthday and I had put it up on the shelf. I had not yet gotten into pocket scrapbooking and wasn't sure how I felt about it. It's fast but is it cheating? Will I enjoy it as much as creating a traditional page? Inquiring minds want to know...
But alas... I figured out a child will definitely respond to pocket scrapbooking. It's fast and there's less decisions to make. No Cricut needed. I already had the ones from Mambi, so I went out and bought various sizes of Christmas and family themed Project Life cards and ones by other companies such as The Paper Studio.
In the beginning Zora created this one page and was EXHAUSTED. I am proud of her for journaling and using her creativity to cut out shapes and layer them to create her own embellishments and such. In the next few posts I will share more of the album as it develops. Whatever we get done by Christmas will be the gift. It's a work in progress. Unbreak my heart... my girl IS a scrapbooker!!
How do you feel about pocket scrapbooking? If you do it, let me know wzup! What do you document using this type of scrapbooking? Where can I find all the best supplies?
La-Vie
Great project! I haven't tried the pocket scrapbooking but I'm with your daughter, although I love to scrapbook, there is no instant gratification! LOL That's why I mostly make cards! Miranda ;) BL
ReplyDeleteOhh what a cute baby, love the layout and colour tones (BL)
ReplyDeleteShe did a great job making the cards her own. Myself...the pockets feel like cheating...I can handle a few pages here and there, but I couldn't do it as my primary mode of scrapping.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for the young ones. I never thought of that. Just to let you know, a lot of the paper companies are coming out with paper that can be cut just for project life. I have a sheet left from last years Christmas. So glad your daughter is into it!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and great to be ahead for gifts TFS sharing from BL group H
ReplyDeleteI love pocket style scrapbooking. Its great for when you have a lot of pictures and its so easy. The pages come in different configurations which gives each page a different look. Often I combine traditional 12 by 12 layouts with my pocket pages. Great concept. Glad she is enjoying scraping with you. What a great gift!
ReplyDeleteThat is a really cute idea for young ones! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! you did an awesome job!
ReplyDeleteZora, I think you've done a wonderful job! I really like the cards I've made. I've never made pocket scrapbook pages before, but the way yours came out so nice, it makes me want to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteHope you had fun and will keep making them for other people and occasions!
Cute page and congrats to your daughter. I have yet to try pocket scrapbooking, my daughter is 13 I wonder if this would interest her.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter did a super great job for her first pocket style scrapbooking. I've started pocket style scrapbooking because I have a lot of photos to use. And they're not stored online so can't create digital scrapbooks (too many to scan!!). Keep up the great work.
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