Moms become “Tech Fabulous” with Digital Scrapbooking!
by Jennifer Barlow
Ah, the many talented 21st century mom. Between shuttling the kids to school, soccer, ballet and guitar lessons, scheduling doctor appointments and chaperoning sleepovers, she somehow manages to artfully carve out a bit of a life for herself. She’s active: she plays tennis, or jogs or perhaps does yoga. She’s got style: she drinks vanilla lattes with soy milk. Her home décor radiates good feng shui. She’s connected: her hot-pink Blackberry is abuzz with Twitter tweets. She’s even a bit of a kitchen gourmet and can make a mean sandwich for lunch.
A hobby that meshes well with the whirlwind pace of modern parenting is digital scrapbooking. What’s that, you say? Digital scrapbooking is the contemporary approach to traditional scrapbooking, but turbo-charged with the boundless possibilities of home computing. With just a bit of training, and by following these three simple steps, amazingly beautiful and sophisticated results are in reach.
3 Simple Steps to a High Tech Hobby
Step One: Upload Your Digital Photos from a Digital Camera to a Computer. Tissues, Band-Aids, Wet-Wipes, and a Ziplock bag full of Cheerios is not the only thing you need in your super-cute mom-purse! Don’t leave home without your digital camera. It’s a must have mommy-essential. You’d be astonished at the number of photo ops in your day: dance class, or piano recitals, ball games, family vacations or just lounging around the house. Keep that camera close at hand. The best thing about digital photos: they’re free. Take as many shots as you like, and just keep the best ones! Finally, just upload your digital photos to your computer and your ready to start making magic. For some ideas on how to upload your Digital Photos to a computer check out this Step-by-Step instruction! Step 1 is as simple as that!
Step Two: Edit Your Digital Photos. You may or may not feel the need edit your digital photos, but it is always nice to have the option. Fix red-eye or unnecessary shadows or overcasts. That mustard stain your toddler just put all over his new outfit? It may not come out in the wash, but it can be digitally removed from the photo! Got dirty dishes in the background of that shot of your latest culinary masterpiece? Banish them! Simple fixes and quick edits using graphic software like Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photoshop can make your photos look “picture-perfect.” Not sure which graphic software for Digital Scrapbooking to pick? See this article ~ Photoshop VS. Photoshop Elements: Picking a Digital Scrapbooking Program
Step Three: Combine Your Digital Photos with Digital Supplies. Here is where you get to play the artist: add themed backgrounds and overlays, clip, crop, arrange and fit. Although a picture might say a thousand words, a photo can say much more by adding some text! Including names, dates, and times on photos is a great way to document important details and personalize precious pictures. Or add captions or descriptions to ensure that special moments, funny conversations, or little songs sung by those adorable little people so that they will not be lost forever.
By combining your digital photos with digital papers, embellishments, and other digital supplies, you begin digital scrapbooking and can create beautifully personalized, full-featured photo albums that are delightful little works of art. Albums, by the way, are just the beginning. The same tools and tricks can create wonderful family calendars, greeting cards – you name it. To buy Digital Scrapbooking Kits and Supplies just visit our Scrap Shop!
Advantages of Digital Scrapbooking
One more advantage of digital over traditional scrapbooking: it eliminates the mess. With all the toys, clothes, and dirty dishes around the house, the last thing you need is glue, tape, paper clippings, and other supplies also scattered about. (Feng shui agrees with me here!) Going digital lets you be artistic much less expensively, since digital scrapbooking supplies can be re-used indefinitely, unlike traditional scrapbooking supplies.
But… you say you’re not a computer whiz? It sounds too complicated? It’s really not. Digital Scrapbooks and More (www.DigitalScrapbooksandMore.com) is making this popular hobby easily accessible online with the “Getting Started” series of digital scrapbooking tutorials. This inexpensive product features instantly downloadable tutorial training perfect for on-the-go moms who want quick, simple-to-understand, quality training that fits today’s busy schedules because you can do it on your computer on your schedule! Get Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Training at Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Scrap Shop.
Got photos in your camera or computer? You’ve already taken step 1. Now you can take your photos and albums from ordinary to “tech-fabulous”, and have a lot of fun in the process. Get your camera, the Getting Started tutorials and your latte, and you’re all set to go!
Happy Scrapping
Jennifer
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