Scrapbooking Fundraiser

Sponsor a scrapbooking fundraiser and turn memories into money! A fun way to turn a favorite pastime into a moneymaking venture, a scrapbooking fundraiser brings close friends, family and complete strangers together for a good cause. Fundraiser proceeds can be used to fund school field trips, raise money for church building projects, or help area non-profit organizations feed the hungry. Using one's talents for the benefit of the less fortunate is fulfilling the work of Jesus Christ upon the earth. A scrapper session to raise money for a worthy cause is part of the Great Commission. "For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me" (Matthew 25:35-36).

Scrapbooking may seem to be a modern hobby, but saving photos, drawings and mementos of loved ones is decades old. Flowers pressed between pages of a book or glued to albums of love letters, tear-stained handkerchiefs placed in leather bound diaries, or old photos from theatre programs are all the rudiments of today's two-dimensional and digital scrapbooks. The motive for saving remembrances of children as they grow up or couples when they were younger stems from a natural desire to preserve people, places, events and time. Twenty-first century digital scrapbooking tools provide modern day methods of conveniently making lasting memories for families and friends to enjoy.

Similar to an old fashioned quilting bee, a scrapbooking fundraiser gives scrappers a chance to meet and chat, share crafting adventures, and compare notes on the latest conferences, supplies, or methods of preserving precious memories in two-dimensional form. Hobbyists from neighborhood to neighborhood, city to city, and state to state form tightly knit groups of women and men who love scrapbooking. Scrappers spend a great deal of spare time collecting photos, colored papers, stencils, foils, and bits of fabric to create and embellish photo albums full of beautifully designed family mementos.

Lively gatherings of scrapbookers can turn into profitable pastimes when sponsors charge registration fees and solicit donations for a worthy cause. At a scrapbooking fundraiser, participants can register to win prizes of supplies and books, or participate in a silent auction for free classes or a ticket to a special event. Craft shops can host a scrapbooking fundraiser to increase store traffic or introduce new techniques, such as digital scrapbooking. Other ideas to raise money are to host charity marathons. Scrappers can compete to see how many albums or pages they can finish within a certain time frame. Marathons can last 12 hours or can be held over a weekend at a local shopping mall. Competitors can also create projects that reflect a certain theme or commemorate a holiday. A great idea is to charge and challenge scrapbookers to create photo albums of wives, husbands, and children of deployed service men and women. Participants can pay registration fees, or collect donations from the community to sponsor the Armed Forces personnel slated to receive the one-of-a-kind scrapbooks.

The wonderful world of scrapbooking went global when digital scrapbooking tools took scrappers to a whole new level of creativity. If collecting two dimensional photos, cutting craft paper, and trimming album pages with items you can touch makes for a great hobby, imagine how awesome it is to design and create electronic scrapbook pages! Creative scrappers with a little computer savvy can take advantage of the Internet and popular graphics and photo editing software programs to create amazing digital designs! E-scrappers can either create their own pages without using online templates or log onto provider sites to select from several ready-made patterns.

Scrappers can take advantage of the latest digital scrapbooking tools to make crafting quick and easy. Instead of using paper, glue and glitter, scrappers can take digital photos or download electronic images from the Internet. Hard copy photos can be scanned into a scanner, or photo developing shops can save photos to a CD for later access. Using a photo editing program installed on the computer, scrappers can download and manipulate elements of a picture or a complete image until the desired esthetic results are achieved. Software allows scrappers to remove red eyes from smiling faces, change the color of eyes, hair and apparel, and remove scars and wrinkles. Once photos are edited, they can be saved to a file and accessed later to complete the project.

With today's technology, two-dimensional scrapping has evolved into desktop publishing. Scrappers can create entire electronic books and download images from all over the world to enhance pages. Edited photos can be digitally copied and pasted onto electronic layouts, along with digital graphics and templates to create memorable masterpieces. Pre-made layers are readily accessible from online shops and provide a great framework for photos and graphics. Digital scrapbooking tools include brushes and pens to add texture to photos or text; along with color palettes to enhance frames or photos.

The fun advantage of using digital scrapbooking tools is sending pages to family and friends; it's as easy as emailing and attaching the pages in individual electronic files. No more waiting in line at the Post Office to weigh and pay for mailing albums across the country. And scrapbookers can save the cost of albums, paper, trim, glitter, glue and other supplies. For safekeeping, scrappers can download and print a complete copy and bind pages into an album. Electronic pages can be sent instantly to family and friends via the Internet for immediate enjoyment, rather than running the risk of having all their hard work get lost in the mail. E-scrappers can convert digital pages into a PDF format, which links text and graphics into one easy-to-download, more manageable and permanently memorable file.

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