| Treat that special scrapbooker in your life with these | | | | Frames for her layouts. |
| gift ideas: | | | | As the scrapbooking industry booms, new products |
| Gift certificates. | | | | aredesigned that really showcase scrapbooking as an |
| Purchase a gift certificate to your friend's favorite | | | | art form. Consider a gift ofpageframes, for example, in |
| store - or,if your friend has a favorite line of direct | | | | a variety of sizes. These are customizable and |
| sales goodies, ask her Consultant or | | | | veryaffordable: |
| Scrapbooking Instructor for a gift certificate. Some | | | | Supplies, supplies, supplies. |
| Instructors even keep wishlists for their clients. | | | | If your friend is just getting her feet wet,treat her to a |
| Books! | | | | basket with the essentials: a good 12x12 trimmer; |
| We scrapbookers spend a lot on supplies, but it's | | | | journalingpen, basic adhesives, scissors, an album, and |
| sometimes hard tojustify purchasing scrapbooking | | | | a basic sampling of cardstock,patterned paper and |
| design books and idea books. Yet books by thepros | | | | simple accents and embellishments. You might even |
| can really propel a scrapbooker to the next artistic | | | | throwin a copy of (or subscription to) Simple |
| level. Here are mypersonal favorite book buys of the | | | | Scrapbooks or Creating Keepsakes anda set of |
| year: A Designer's Eye, by Ali Edwards. | | | | Scraptutor DVDs, which provide excellent instruction |
| The Yes, it's a Scrapbook Series by Donna Downey, | | | | on a variety oftechniques, from the basic to the |
| Love Your Handwriting, by | | | | cutting-edge. |
| Heidi Swapp, and The Journaler's Handbook, by Tracy | | | | The more seasoned scrapbooker will enjoy a basket |
| White. Or send yourscrapbooking friend a gift | | | | of new cutting-edge embellishments. |
| certificate to and let her pick outher own books. | | | | What's hot this year? Chipboard, rub-ons, fibers, and |
| Magazines. | | | | mini albums of all shapes andsizes. |
| An annual subscription to a new scrapbooking | | | | Monthly Club Subscription. |
| magazine is a treatthat will continue to inspire her | | | | As a subscriber, the favorite scrapbooker in yourlife |
| creative genius all the year through. Andmagazines | | | | will receive a treasure box each month filled with |
| make great, inexpensive additions to gift baskets. | | | | pre-coordinated, themedsupplies. These monthly club |
| Film developing. | | | | kits are available in a variety of styles and themes - |
| Whether it's digital images or traditional film, you can | | | | andin a variety of price ranges. There are even |
| findlots of great packages online at the film developing | | | | monthly scrapbooking club kits for kids. |
| sites, such as snapfish.comand (If the scrapbooker on | | | | The scrapbookers in our lives love nothing more than |
| your list prefers to print the photosherself, she could | | | | to give thoughtful gifts. |
| always use more ink!) | | | | Enjoy finding the perfect gift for her! |