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GATechGal · 01-28-2005, 08:55 AM

I liked the article by Bay Loftis about Disney scrapping in the latest Passporter New email. Lots of good advice and tips. One tip I think she missed are the numbers of pre-done pages that are available now. Lots of scrapbook stores (both brick and morter and on-line ones) have put together page kits that you only have to attach your pictures to. These are nice even for we seasoned veterans, especially if you can put them together yourself and rearrange them to fit your own needs.

Jennifer2003 · 01-28-2005, 09:07 AM

I liked the article too! Can't wait for Part Deux!

Jennifer

BabieeMelly · 01-28-2005, 02:36 PM

I loved the article! I used to make tonsof scrapbooks with old pictures but I wasn't planning on doing one for my trip in July. After reading the article, though, I realized that I might as wellgofor it. I love to be creative and it'll be a fun way to keep the trip going a few months after we get back!

BayLoftis · 01-29-2005, 01:01 PM

Hey, y'all! Thank you for the kind comments. I have to admit, I was nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers before that newsletter came out. My sister gave me a hard time about it Thursday afternoon while I was kvetching. "You've had tons of things in *real* magazines," she fussed. "Yeah," I said, "But this is DISNEY." It's a whole 'nother ballgame when it's WDW!!!

Anyway, I wanted to let you know that the whole article is really way too elementary for seasoned scrappers. When Sara gave me the assignment, I just about freaked. Scrapbooking is a HUGE topic all by itself. Add in WDW, another HUGE topic, and it is darned near impossible to write an article that could fit into a year's worth of electronic newsletters, much less one or two newsletters. Sara said I should simply write it for those people who aren't scrappers and will only ever scrap their WDW vacations. Ah ha! That's a little easier. But it does leave out about a million words on scrapbooking in general, doesn't it?

Part Deux will have more info about what can be bought in WDW, including kits. And unless they're edited out, there are at least three "lists." General and specific tips, y'know, that sort of thing. But I could *still* write way more articles about the scrapbooking thing. The sections in Part II are "Before you start spending your Disney Dollars" and "Before you fill your Passporter Pockets," if that gives you an idea of what's coming.

One *major* correction I can make: The bio that ran with the article is slightly incorrect, and sorta horrifying. I've had artwork published in Legacy and BH&G SB Etc., but never any articles. And I've had artwork & articles in Memory Makers magazines, special issues, and idea books, but I've never written a whole book by myself. The bio makes me sound a great deal more accomplished than I actually am, and that's just outrageously embarrassing! I'll ask Sara to change that for Part Two.

Again, thank you for the kind words! I can't tell you how much it means to me. I never started scrapbooking until I wanted to do something special with my Disney pics, and then it turned into a whole new career.

See y'all in the World!

--Bay

GATechGal · 01-30-2005, 05:05 PM

So we want to see some of your stuff! Come on now give it up. We ought to start a post that's show us your best WDW layout. It would be really inspiring. Or do a post that include layouts from a certain park or ride. Cause if you just keep going back to the same place over and over, sometimes you need a fresh perspective so you don't do the same old layout.

Disneybound! · 01-31-2005, 01:24 PM

Hey! I thought it was a great article too! Lots of good tips for beginners, and some stuff for us veterans too!

Disney is what got me into scrapping in the first place, so the two have always gone together for me! Thanks, Ruth

BayLoftis · 01-31-2005, 11:59 PM

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LOL!!! Well, I wish I could share, y'all, but most of my LO's that are scanned are also copyrighted by various publications. I'm going to a crop on Super Bowl Sunday, though, maybe I'll get something new done that I can share. That's one of the drawbacks of doing freelance art -- the work is mine, but not mine. I get it back to put in my book, but I can't upload it onto any message board with more than 40 members. Swear to goodness! That's the rule at some of the mags. We'll just have to have a scrapper's meet at WDW and bring our books to share in real life!

--Bay