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| Published by: Washington Post 12-24-2005 Read Complete Article |
Article Summary
Scrapbooks are a wonderful way to memorialize important moments in our lives, but building them the old-fashioned way can be time-consuming. So, why not go digital? Instead of mucking about with glue, craft punches and colored paper, you can create marvelous montages on your computer. Rhonda Thiessen, a Gaithersburg mother of two, says that while a regular scrapbook can take her a week or longer to build from scratch, she can knock out an electronic version in a day.
E-scrapbooking has other advantages over the traditional approach, too: If you get distracted, just hit save and return to the task when you have time - no scissors or craft paper to put away. Or if you are commemorating events that involve many friends or family, you don't have to duplicate your efforts by hand - merely print extra copies or post your creations online where others can view them.....Read Complete Article
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