Digital Vs. Traditional Scrapbooking
Digital Vs. Traditional Scrapbooking
Although I think I will always be a traditional scrapbooker, I have dabbled in the digital world. The program I am most familiar with is Creative Memories Story Book Creator Plus. For Christmas last year I really wanted to make an album for my parents of the highlights of Wyatt’s first two years of life. The more I thought about it, the more I thought I should make one for the other set of grandparents too. The thought of making TWO albums by Christmas time haunted me and I procrastinated and never got started.
I started looking into digital scrapbooking and found that there are many products out there, some of them very easy to use. I opted to use the Storybook Creator because I loked the options and the finished product looked like pages I would scrapbook traditionally. I downloaded my pictures to the software, downloaded some free templates, and bought some templates and I was off. The entire project took me probably a total of 10-12 hours on my computer over the course of 2 and 1/2 weeks. Once I was done, I ordered a copy for my parents, my in-laws, Wyatt’s god parents, and both great-grandmas. I now had a big chunk of my Christmas shopping done. What a relief!
Everyone really enjoyed there albums and I am planning on doing the same next year for gifts - maybe just for the grandparents this time. Now they have something to show friends and family when they ask for pictures of their grandchild.
Digital scrapbooking is a great alternative to the traditional scrapbooking world, especially if you are just starting out and don’t have all the thousands of dollars of products it can take to scrap. I have often heard people comment that they “aren’t creative enough to scrapbook.” I can tell you-that is not usually the case. One of my best girlfriends was not a scrapper until she had her first baby. She would look though my books and say, “I could never do this! Don’t even try to talk me into it.” Well, of course, I did, and she is as addicted as I am. Her product collection is growing at a rapid rate.
There are many digital products out there, some online, some require the purchase of a disc and templates. All of them provide an alternative to “cut and paste” scrapbooking that could be just what many are looking for.