Mothers Day Scrapbooks

If you are anything like me you will be scrambling right up to the very last moment to find that perfect gift for mom. So...it would be quite appropriate then to give you some last minute mothers day scrapbook gift tips.

First...lets talk about giving the gift of a scrapbook page/album. Which one will it be? Will it be a photo collage page that you place into a scrapbook photo frame? Or will it be a mini or full album solely devote to mom?

Also - what are you going to say? Do you want focus on big bold compliments on the page(s) OR do you want to tell stories? Bold compliments will keep your pages simple and allow you to use titles more effectively. Stories will take a lot more time - but will provide deeper meaning behind every page etc.

Click here for some NEW mothers day quotes or titles .

Next...you will want to determine the theme etc. Take some time out to think about mom. Who is she? What does she like or love? (Music, movie, entertainment etc). What types? What sort of personality does she have? Are there scrapbook papers, embellishments etc. that you can use that will match up with this?

For more ideas on how to match your scrapbook to moms personality you might want to read this article on Mothers Day Scrapbook Ideas.

Also for a really neutral but very fun digital scrapbook kit for mothers day...check these out mothers day scrapbook elements, quotes or titles.

Finally - if you need some assistance in creating the PERFECT scrapbook page layouts for mom...check out our partners scrapbook sketches.

Have fun with your projects!

P.S. Don't forget to make mom an elegant handmade card for mothers day as well.

Mothers Day is Coming!

What are you doing for mothers day? Are you a mom? (I know that on average 46% of my site visitors are parents - but I am not sure how many of them are female). What I do know however is that EVERY MOM deserves exactly what she wants on mothers day.

So what do you want?

Do you want more scrapbooking supplies?
Do you want more scrapbooking tools?
Do you want your kids to create a scrapbook for you?
Do you want your kids to create a scrapbook with you?

Or do you want something entirely different?

No matter what you want...you may be interested in some creative ways to communicate what you want so that you do get it.

Here's what I might suggest.

1. Drop verbal hints during conversation with your family about the things you would like to have, or need.
2. Get a magazine with photo's of the items you want and put post it notes on the pages where those items are. (Make sure you write on the post it note - which item on the page it is that you do want).
3. Create a wish list - and give it to your husband (or someone close) that can shop with your kids to get you exactly what you want.
4. Create an online wish list and link to the things you want. This site lets you do that with ANY links from any store online. http://www.thethingsiwant.com/
5. Make a dreams scrapbook. And in that - put photo's and details about your dream items and why you want them so much. Then - share that album with your family. OR better yet - why not let everyone in your family have a section in the book where they TOO can list their dreams. (This way the album is not all about you - and all of you can work together to make your dreams come true!!!!).

If you have any other creative ideas for helping mom's get what they want for mothers day...please feel free to include them in the comments area. I would love to hear about them.