From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Scrapbooking Store Says Don’t Waste Our Bandwidth!

31 March 2010

Yay! My computer is well again. Touch wood.
An online scrapbooking store has apparently requested that site visitors (and presumably by definition potential customers) stop “idly” viewing pages of images on their website due to the store being in danger of exceeding bandwidth limits imposed by its webhost.
Um…say what? Seriously?
As a website owner myself, this [...]

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More On Scrapbooking Planning & Goals

29 March 2010

I just wanted to let readers know I’m having a little computer trouble at the moment. My main computer (laptop) has been hit with malware and it’s proving difficult to eradicate. Thus it’s been a little quiet here on the blog over the past few days. I’m using hubby’s pc right now (shhh don’t tell [...]

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Two Sketch Blogs

24 March 2010

I’d intended to write an entirely different post today, but alas the universe placed these two sketch blogs in my path. I don’t want to offend the universe by ignoring them.
1. Skissedilla
The first one is not a new sketch blog, it’s just new to me. It’s a Norwegian sketch blog called Skissedilla. (I have no [...]

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Book Review: 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges

22 March 2010

Introduction
As promised, here is my review of 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges authored by Elizabeth Kartchner. For those who are not already aware, Elizabeth won the “Scrapbooker Of The Year” contest in 2007. She also maintains a blog here.
Description
52 More Scrapbooking Challenges is 162 pages long and it sports a soft cover, glossy pages and lots [...]

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Reassessing Your Scrapbooking

21 March 2010

I recently wrote an article called Are We Scrapbooking Too Much? Curiously it received a bit of attention, but probably not the sort of attention I had originally intended for it. Some readers who commented on the article appeared to interpret it as some sort of attack on scrapbooking. For anyone else who might have [...]

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Scrapbooking Sketches March 2010

20 March 2010

Here’s a look at new scrapbooking sketches available in March 2010:

Pencil Lines has Sketch #178 for one photo.
CIS Stylish Sketches presents two March sketches – one dated 5th March for a single photo and another dated 13th March for one or two photos.
Sketches by Tamara has Challenge #109 - a sketch for six photos. Good [...]

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Scrapbooking Industry Australia 2010

20 March 2010

The Scrapbooking Industry Australia Trade Show 2010 is being held this year on 4-5 May 2010 at the Sydney Olympics Sports Centre at Homebush, Sydney, NSW. This is the third time the event will be held (the very first SIA show was held in April 2008).
There’s an impressive list of exhibitors and instructors appearing at [...]

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Ebook Alert: Ella’s Free Ebook Sampler

19 March 2010

Just a quick heads up. I received an email in my inbox today from Ella Publishing. They’re currently offering a free ebook – a “Super Sampler” of their range of scrapbooking ebooks.
You can access the free download here. (Be aware, you’ll need to provide your email address to Ella before you get direct access to [...]

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Reader Input: Book Review Results

19 March 2010

Over a month ago, I asked readers for their input in choosing a book to review here on the Aussie blog.
Today I thought I’d let you all know the results of that reader survey.
I think the results were pretty clear – 63% of readers who responded indicated they would like to see 52 More Scrapbooking [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 18th March

18 March 2010

It seems I’ve written some (unintentionally) controversial items this week, so let’s see if I can dull it up by taking a quick look at what some of the scrapbooking manufacturers are doing:

Creative Imaginations features a cute Easter decoration. It’s a bunny door hanging, or I suppose you could use it as a wall hanging. [...]

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