Are you interested in scrapbooking?  Do you happen to also have a flare with computers?  If so, I have the perfect site and craft for you.  Get out your digital camera, your imagination, send the family out for the afternoon, and have some serious fun.  Digital scrapbooking online is a great new craft and although unconventional, is a craft you might find very relaxing and definitely rewarding.

Scrapblog is a combination of blogging and scrapbooking.  The practical uses are obvious – do you have photos that grandma and grandpa would love to see?  Does your child have godparents that now live on the other side of the country?  Would you like to create something for them to see that is unique and easy to access on the computer? 

This is going to be your answer.  Backgrounds and other graphics are provided to make creation of a fun scrapbook easy.  You can also write a journal with the photos, essentially a blog, so that the photos can be placed in context.  You can put in little conversation “bubbles” with the captions you would like to see within a photo. 

It can be serious.  It can be fun.  It can be private or public. It is something that just about anyone would enjoy.  I first thought of it as a great way to put together a class album for a class of any age – younger grades would need help of course, but middle school kids and older would have a great time with this project.  Church youth groups could make an album as could all of the vacation Bible schools that take place during the summer.

Keep in mind the site is a beta site so it is important to back up your photos and data.  That should always be done with any digital artwork.  Having backups and hard copy printouts of any photography or journaling you do, is always smart.

Have fun – I think you will have a great time with this new idea on the Internet.

Scrapblog