The Weekly Sketch wk1

Hi I’m thirty-something Jenn, and I live on the beautiful Isle of Wight with my husband Earle and three furry kids (Gunner the dog and Smudge & Boris the cats).   Looking through my phone for a photo for this intro, I actually don't have a lot of photos of me! I must rectify that! I think we often forget to record ourselves in our scrapbooks. (Editor – exactly right, I think many of us are guilty of this!) I work a very corporate job from home, and I discovered scrapbooking properly during the first Covid lockdown in 2020. It...

Using photos of signs, information boards and maps etc as journalling   Our guest scrapbooker Mary has used signs from the stations she visited to make the titles for her pages.  It’s a great way to make your pages a bit different.  If you’ve ever tried to make sense of photos a year or two after you visited a place, they can also act as an aid to remembering place names when you’re preparing your photos ready for scrapbooking. Here’s some ideas for using of photographs featuring signposts, entrance signs, and information boards from various places of interest or attractions....

I was introduced to scrapbooking by my daughter in law who made us an album for our 30th wedding Anniversary. I got the bug and used to travel to Milton Keynes from Essex for workshops. I love seeing my pages come to life and being able to leaf through my albums remembering those special moments. At Linda's retreats I have a reputation of being a messy scrapbooker needing all the space I can get, and my craft room reflects that too, but at least it is my mess!!   I also make most of the cards for family and friends...