Sometimes when
there are so many new embellishments, papers, books and other
goodies, it is hard to be a frugal scrapbooker. But there
are many things you can do to trim your scrapbooking budget,
no matter what the size of your budget is.
Instead of buying
scrapbook magazines, ask your local library to get a subscription.
Then you can read it every month for free.
Instead of buying
all scrapbook magazines, instead, flip through them and
only purchase ones that have a particular tip or technique
in them that you want.
Go to the Creative
Keepsakes forums - many of the items discussed in the magazines
are discussed there too!
Limit the paper
you buy to only the specific pages you are working on. Don't
purchase paper just because it is pretty (unless you are
buying yourself a specific treat!) or for pages you haven't
started planning out yet.
Look around
the house for things you can embellish with.
Participate
in crops. Since you can use the stamps, scissors, etc of
others, it makes sense to borrow them at the crop instead
of purchasing all of them for yourself.
Check your local
stamping store to see if they have stamp swaps. You might
not need those "First day of school" stamps now
that your former kindergartener is now in grade three, but
covet some sports-themed stamps now that your kids all on
teams.
There are many
ideas beyond these ones listed, so be creative in how you
save money.
