You know you are from Canada when you plan your Halloween costume to fit over your Snow Suit! This long standing joke is only partially true in my little part of Ontario, Canada. We have had some balmy Halloween weather of 20ºc (that is 70º f for you Americans) over the last few years…
Have you even been truly surprised by a gift or an action? My DH (who tolerates but doesn’t quite understand my Disney obsession) totally blew me away this Easter by gifting me with this lovely Jim Shore figurine of Minnie. We don’t normally do gifts for Easter, and he has never given me a…
In part one of this series I talked about growing up loving all things Disney and how I thought I was the only one with this obsession. I then talked about my Hubby, who although he is wonderful, just didn’t get my passion for all things Mickey. Now that we are all caught up,…
My world seems to be made up of people who “get it” or who don’t “get it”. Growing up, I had a love of all things Disney related, and I was fortunate enough to visit Walt Disney World for the first time in 1978 when I was eight. My family and I had a…
Traditions – they are what make your holidays and events special. Adding Disney to those traditions can make your holidays even more magical. Even if you have a tradition that has been passed down for generations, it’s never too late to add a few new fun ones! This month, we will highlight some of…
As part of our “A Month of Thanks” celebration, we asked our readers and contributors to share their stories about why they are thankful for Disney. Here is just one of those submitted. If you would like to share why you are thankful for Disney, please see this article or contact Maria (NDM 130)…
When I head out on vacation to Walt Disney World I like to tell my friends and family that I am in my “Happy Bubble”. I like to think that the world around me stops and that only the world of Disney exists. I don’t watch newscasts in my room. (Is there really any channel…
As much as I love Scrapbooking, I also love planning my trips to Walt Disney World. But with a busy family and other vital expenses (heat, hydro, mortgage, Ugh!) taking most of my paycheck each week, I need to find ways to save money to feed both of my addictions! Many people avoid scrapbooking their…
I was recently asked by a fellow scrapbooking friend if she should go back and “fix“ or “re-do“ some of her original scrapbooking layouts? I told her that was a decision only she could make, but that I believed that my earlier attempts at scrapbooking were part of my own creative journey and that the…
I was recently asked by a fellow scrap booking friend if she should go back and “fix“ or “re-do“ some of her original scrap booking layouts? I told her that was a decision only she could make, but that I believed that my earlier attempts at scrap booking were part of my own creative journey…
When I scrapbook, as in other parts of my life, I have my favourite tools. I have scissors, trimmers and edgers that have been a part of my scrap booking existence since the beginning. From my first night learning how to archive my favourite pictures until today, 13 years later, they have been my constant…
As I take my photos I seem to plan out my layout in my head at that time. My kids are getting used to hearing “stand over there, this will make a GREAT scrap booking page. I have my paper and embellishments already planned as I pose them in their places. I also have my…
Not all of my scrapbook pages are started when I sit down at my scrapbooking spot in my house (currently my dining room table). No, many of my pages begin while I am taking my pictures. Many times my family and I will be somewhere and I will think “this would make a great layout…
Most of my scrapbook layouts are 2 page. I have so many photos and memories I want to share that I usually need 2 pages (sometimes more) to tell my story. The most effective 2 page layouts have a unified look with the design flowing from one page to the next. You want the viewer…
As a Neurotic Disney Canadian Mom, I constantly strive to find Disneyesque experiences for me and my family. Whenever we go to a city with a Disney store I always insist we visit. Before entering, I close my eyes and let the Disney music from inside the store fill my mind. When I open my…
At a recent crop at my local scrap booking store I began to notice all of the different types of adhesives available. I was working on pages for my last WDW trip album, and was busy trying to affix my keycards, receipts, and napkins to my pages and realized “there must me a better way…
Planning a trip to Walt Disney World can be an overwhelming experience for even the most seasoned travelers, but planning a trip from another country–in my case Canada–can add even more stress to the organization process. In my case, there is even more stress as my DH is known to be a nervous traveler. My…
A recent Scrapbooking article that I read talked about making Scrapbooking Resolutions for the New Year. It listed a variety of ideas that a Scrapbooker could adopt as their own resolutions for 2011. It made me ponder…Do I need to make some changes in my own scrapbooking? Have I found myself in a creative “rut”?…
When I first began scrapbooking (although in hindsight, I now realize that I have always “scrap booked” my old sticky albums) it was so my family’s memories could be told to future generations. I didn’t want my future grandkids and great-grandkids to wonder over a bunch of un-labled photos in a box or album. As…
My local scrapbooking store writes an article for the local advertising supplement in our town newspaper. One of the latest articles talks about how to simplify scrapbooking by sorting your pictures. I scrapbook chronologically and I complete two albums per year, with the exception of my Disney trip albums. (they deserve their own special albums…
