In this article I would like to mention a couple of improbable locations where you will find not-only cheap scrapbooking supplies, but in most situations, free ones!
My Back Yard
While taking a minor break from one of my projects, I went out into the yard to fetch the washing. While I was outside, I wondered whether or not there had been anything from the back-yard that I could use for my album. And what I returned with was some beautiful leaves and some flowers. I dried these out and included them in a nature section of my scrapbook. The effect was quite charming.
Family and Friends
Plenty of my friends and some family members have spare rooms in their homes. In them, they store stationery, old materials, files, old toys and lots of other things no longer used. After seeking permission, I went through these rooms and found a goldmine of materials I could use in my albums.
The upside was that everybody was more than happy for me to take things as they'd been meaning to throw them out, so I was actually doing them a favor.
Hard Rubbish Day
I don't know about you, but in my neighbourhood we have got a thing called 'hard rubbish' day. This is a day when people take the things which they no longer need and put them out on the strip of grass in front of their home where the local council can come and take them away.
This is an absolute goldmine for crafting materials, I have found old linen, ribbons, wrapping paper, colored pencils, paper - just about everything a scrapper could need. I was in heaven.
So you see, if you sit down and have a bit of a think, you'll be able to come up with a whole heap of different places to source materials for your scrapbooks.
My Back Yard
While taking a minor break from one of my projects, I went out into the yard to fetch the washing. While I was outside, I wondered whether or not there had been anything from the back-yard that I could use for my album. And what I returned with was some beautiful leaves and some flowers. I dried these out and included them in a nature section of my scrapbook. The effect was quite charming.
Family and Friends
Plenty of my friends and some family members have spare rooms in their homes. In them, they store stationery, old materials, files, old toys and lots of other things no longer used. After seeking permission, I went through these rooms and found a goldmine of materials I could use in my albums.
The upside was that everybody was more than happy for me to take things as they'd been meaning to throw them out, so I was actually doing them a favor.
Hard Rubbish Day
I don't know about you, but in my neighbourhood we have got a thing called 'hard rubbish' day. This is a day when people take the things which they no longer need and put them out on the strip of grass in front of their home where the local council can come and take them away.
This is an absolute goldmine for crafting materials, I have found old linen, ribbons, wrapping paper, colored pencils, paper - just about everything a scrapper could need. I was in heaven.
So you see, if you sit down and have a bit of a think, you'll be able to come up with a whole heap of different places to source materials for your scrapbooks.
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