Tips & Tricks: To Save Money On Scrap booking
Scrapbooking is a wonderful hobby, and there is never a shortage of craft, paper and supplies. However, if you’re frugal and rather not spend a lot of extra money, there are some creative alternatives to embellish your scrapbook pages. You can scavenge your home for things that can be incorporated into scrap booking for no added cost! Simply gather things around the house that you may not normally think of using.
House Hunting
Kitchen: Look for colorful toothpicks, bottle caps, food label can be distressed for a nice antiqued look, recipe cards, contact paper and the junk drawer hold many forgotten treasures!
Bedroom: clothes often have lovely appliqués, embroidery, ribbons, and buttons. Children’s rub on tattoo’s.
Garage: You may find pieces of leather cordage, luggage keys, washers, screws, hinges, latches, H-VAC tape, seed packets, old newspapers, bottle caps, and even old wallpaper.
Office: There's lots of fun stuff to use from the office. I found paper clips, calendars, pens, post-its, staples, label gun, business or note cards, envelopes, old stamps, letters, cards, and magazines.
Sewing box or Craft Bag: While it may be obvious, many embellishments can be used in your scrap booking, including ribbons, fibers, patches, patterns, fabric, buttons, tailor's measuring tape, zippers, beads, paints, markers, and glitter.
Simply looking at your household supplies with scrapbooking in mind will allow you to find new ways to use them! After all it is a “Scrap” book!
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