Courtney Walsh - The Busy Scrapper: Making the Most of Your Scrapbooking Time

THE B u s Y

S c R ap p e R

by Courtney Walsh

Making the most of
your scrapbooking time

The Busy Scrapper. Copyright 2008 by Courtney Walsh. Manufactured in Singapore. All rights reserved. It is permissible for the purchaser to make the projects contained herein and sell them at fairs, bazaars and craft shows. No other part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote a brief passage in review. Published by Memory Makers Books, an imprint of F+W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236. (800) 289-0963. First edition.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Walsh, Courtney
The busy scrapper : making the most of your scrapbooking time / Courtney Walsh. -- 1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-59963-029-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Photograph albums. 2. Photographs--Conservation and restoration. 3. Scrapbooking. I. Memory Makers Books (Firm) II. Title.
TR501.W346 2008
745.593--dc22
2008022966

eISBN: 978-1-59963-313-8

Editor: Kristin Boys
Designer: Kelly ODell
Art Coordinator: Eileen Aber
Production Coordinator: Greg Nock
Photographer: Al Parrish
Illustrator: Lisa Ballard, Scott Hull Associates

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About the Author
Courtney Walsh

Whether shes writing, scrapbooking or lugging a goggle-wearing four-year-old around Wal-Mart, Courtney Walsh is passionate about making checkmarks on her to-do list! Busy in the best sense of the word, Courtney is the mother of three children and wife to an equally busy childrens pastor. She is also the author of Scrapbooking Your Faith and a former contributing editor to Memory Makers magazine. With a very full life, she set out to discover some doable ways to fit scrapbooking into the daily grind. This book is the result of that research.

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Dedication

I would be remiss if I didnt dedicate this book to the three people who make my life the busiest (and, in addition to my husband, the best!)

Sophia

Ethan

& Sam

I never thought I would love being a mommy so much, but you three are what keep me going. You make me the happiest (and sometimes the craziest), and I am so blessed to get to hang out with you all day long. Thank you for making my life the whirlwind that it is... otherwise I might not have seen the need for this book in the first place! Heres to you!

Acknowledgments

To the greatest husband ever! Adam, I absolutely love my life with you, and your support of my writing just makes me want to go for it more! Thank you for changing diapers, doing laundry and handling household crises whenever I needed some work time. We make an awfully great team!

To my extended family, whose faces appear on my scrapbook pages on a pretty regular basis: my mom and dad, my brother, Chad, and sister, Carrie, and their beautiful families. Thank you for letting me document your lives alongside mine!

To my Faith Center family, who also sometimes find their way onto my scrapbook pages. Thank you for getting excited about my work and giving me the blessing to pursue Gods calling on my life. I am richly blessed because of all of you.

To my sweet editor, Kristin Boys, who has been a huge source of help during this journey. Thank you for being an idea bouncer. I so appreciate the time youve spent helping me work out the map of this book during the writing process. Otherwise, Id be a busy, frazzled mess!

And to my grandpa, Roger Bivins, who I always thought dropped just a tiny bit of his artistic ability in my lap on his way to heaven. Im nowhere near your equal, Grandpa, but I think a lot of this passion comes from you!

Contents

Memo

To: Busy Scrapper
From: Courtney Walsh
Re: Making the Most of Your Scrapbooking Time

Let me guess: Youre out running errands and this book begged you to pick it up. You dont really have time to stop and look because you still have to (this part is multiple choice):