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In scrapbook culture, page layout itself is the province of the fearless: here, less is never more. (“Use themed die-cuts to accent your pages!”) Burdened by questions about how to frame your loved ones? Just hop on over to the Cropping Corner to learn how to crop photographs in new and unusual shapes. Need more inspiration? The members area at Luv2Scrapbook share over 3,000 layout ideas, which is nothing compared to the 15,000+ available over at Lifetime Moments. Need ideas on “accenting” your pages with embellishments? (“Embellishments” represent a significant core competency in the scrapbooking world.) Interested would-be embellishers can visit Addicted to Scrapbooking to learn more about trinkets, patches, themed eyelets and page pebbles; or Making Memories to lean the best way to untwist a twistel. (I didn’t know either: it’s a kind of wiry raffia-type ribbon, I think.)
Via Kottke, esta fascinante entrada en Design Observer sobre el scrapbooking, el adorno/creaci