Where to Find your Scrapbooking Supplies

As a scrapbooking hobbyist you must know where to find most of your scrapbooking supplies. It takes resourcefulness, imagination and practicality to source out most of them. It also means that you have to stick to a budget within your means or you can get your scrapbooking supplies from places where you think you can find them cheap and better yet, free of charge.


Start with the Basics at Home

Get practical scrapbooking supplies in your home. Look around and think of the items which you can use for your scrapbooking. Start with the basics of scrapbooking such as a regular sized album, your pictures, scissors, colored paper and some colored pens. Make one theme at time so you can limit the things you would use for that purpose.


Use Pretty and Practical Embellishments found in your Home

Get a pretty fabric to adorn your album and cut out some letters to make a title on your scrapbook. Use of old flower petals, colorful ribbons, buttons and pins to decorate your pages. Make colorful borders on each photo by using colorful pens, markers or colored pencils.

Use empty cereal boxes, corrugated boxes, plastic caps and similar things as your supplies. These are practical items and can be used as your background for scrapbook pages. If you have home office supplies then you can also use your colorful fasteners, envelopes, folders and clips as additional embellishments.
Use clothes tags, colorful strings, threads and even your paper shopping bag as part of your scrapbooking supplies. Use your creativity on how you can actuality make use of all these nice things for your scrapbooking.

Use old calendars, books and magazines to provide colorful backdrops your pages. Use stickers and stamps to add more color and fun into your pages. Your scrapbooking pages would look quite original if you just make the effort to combine colors and themes into your scrapbooking.



Other good sources of scrapbooking supplies are the following:

1. Craft stores – look out for huge discounts and sales
2. Clearance Sales- most items are sold in bulk and in low prices
3. Dollar stores – find many useful items here
4. Garage sales or Bazaar sales – find things that are useful for you
5. Craft magazines and books – look for discount coupons and freebies
6. Hardware Stores – be creative in using paint, small nails, brushes, hinges, etc.
7. Scrapbooking Clubs – you can swap supplies with other members
8. Internet- use free software and digital elements as your supplies
9. Flea markets – a good source of many items for your supplies


With many scrapbooking supplies available for your use it would be a good idea to keep them organized as well. Keep all your supplies in clear drawers or plastic containers with marked tags on them for easy identification. If you take care of your scrapbooking supplies, then you would be assured of their good use for your future scrapbooking. You would also be inspired to continue on with this endeavor throughout your lifetime.




To find out exactly how I get my scrapbooking supplies, you can visit my website at http://scrapbookinghobbies.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/the-ultimate-scrapbook-guide-secrets-revealed/