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Country Mouse Scrapbooker,
Making your memories last,
From albums to heirlooms,
This is your family's past.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Scrapbooking!
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PHOTO ALBUM AND A MEMORY ALBUM?
The difference is the recorded memories. It's true, a
photograph is worth a thousand words, but without
a record of the event in words,
there is a lot you can't necessarily tell from a photograph.
The journaling should tell you in words or in context, who, what, why, when, where and how. If it is an album of a person, then the name does not necessarily need to appear on every page, but should be included regarding group photographs. The same applies to an event album, and so on.
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HARVEST AT SUNRISE
The dew hangs heavy on the crop, bowing slightly the heavy heads with its weight. Ripening in stages over the weeks of harvest, the wild rice beckons again and again. There is no wind to lay it down in the still hours of dawn. The time is right. There will be time to rest when the winds come up and the heads dip low, too low to pick. Quietly the morning sun burns off the dew. It rises wistfully in gossamer waves. The bark of the harvester breaks the stillness and the day begins.
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Recording this type of information is called JOURNALING,
and this is the main difference between a photo album and
a memory album. There are other differences. The photos
are cropped where necessary. Photo safe adhesives are used
to arrange the photos attractively on the page. Coloured
paper is added as background, borders, or matting. Die
cuts and stickers can be used as embellishments and a
host of other mementos can be included as well. All of
these products must be photo-safe in order to protect
the photographs from damage. Some mementos may have to
be scanned as they are not photo safe or are too bulky.
There is usually a page title, to an album and sometimes
a dedication page and a table of contents, but, there is
always journaling no matter how brief, either in captions,
point form or sentence form.
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WHY SCRAPBOOK?
The benefits of scrapbooking are substantial. There is a great personal satisfaction that you will feel every time you complete a single page, let alone an entire album! This is a very life affirming activity. You will relive a host of happy times and you will find it comforting in times of sorrow, stress and sickness. You will also know that you have rescued photographs from unsafe environments, validated the original photographer's investment of sentiment, time and money; honoured family members, friends and events; and bridged the generations, as words alone cannot.
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THE COUNTRY MOUSE SCRAPBOOKER CREED
I am a Country Mouse Scrapbooker.
I will honour my ancestors, my family, my self and my descendents.
I will document my family history as a journalist, historian and artist.
I will assemble the photographs and memories of original efforts.
I will invest carefully in a safe environment for my work.
I will give freely of my diligence, faith, pride, gratitude and love.
I will create an heirloom.
I will bring affirmation, pride and joy to my family.
I will bring comfort and hope to the sad hearts of those I love,
in their sickness and sorrow.
I will combine the intrinsic value of tangible memorabilia
with the intangible values in my heart and dedication in my self,
in every scrapbook I create.
I will bring irrefutable justification and validation
to my scrapbooking endeavors.
I will acknowledge and celebrate the comfort, joy
and self-satisfaction that scrapbooking brings to my soul.
Ardelle Holden
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CLIPPITY CROP WORKSHOP: Use of the Clippity Crop Workshop during business hours is $5.00 for non-members and free for members. All the non-consumable workshop equipment is included. There will be an additional charge of $1.00 per hour for workshop use outside of regular business hours.
CLIPPITY CROP PARTY: From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. you will crop for $15.00 per person! This is a fun event for family, friends, staff, co-workers, birthday or a shower! Minimum of three, and maximum of six adult participants. There will be two See & Do projects. Your cropping day will include a Discount Game and Door Prizes. Plan a potluck or take-out lunch and supper. Date by arrangement.
CLIPPITY CROP CLASSES: Watch the NEWS Section of this webpage or the Classified Ads Section of the LEADER for dates of classes. Class topics will include: Beginner's Orientation, Scrapbooking Techniques, Greeting Cards and Photo Gift Calendars.
COUNTRY MOUSE MEMBERSHIPS: You can become a Country Mouse Scrapbooker for $25. Country Mouse Scrapbookers receive 10% off all product purchases, free access to the workshop during business hours, and, if you bring a friend to workshop you will receive a discount on your next purchase of product equal to 20% of your friend's first visit product purchase.
BUSINESS HOURS:
Store and Workshop
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY AND MONDAY:
1:00 to 5:00
Closed: TUESDAY WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY except...
Pre-arranged Group Clippity Crops
Workshop Fee: Members: Free
Non-members $5.00
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I stock all the basic products required to be a successful Scrapbooker, and they are all photo-safe. ALBUMS: 12 X 12, 5 X 7 and 8.5 X 11, post, strap, and 3 ring hinges, replacement pages and page covers. CROPPING TOOLS: Scissors, punches, paper trimmers, circle and oval cutters, and matting tools. CARDSTOCK: single sheet sold colours and prints. PRINTED PAPERS: single sheet and themed books. ADHESIVES: squares, rollers, refills, glue pens, and corners in various sizes and colours. DIE CUTS: individual on a variety of themes. STICKERS: packaged and individual. WRITING INSTRUMENTS: multi-coloured pens with various nibs, pencils and chalking supplies. TEMPLATES: Lettering, journaling, matting, bordering and many other designs and shapes. RUBBER STAMPS: Individual and sets of themed images, alphabets, numbers with wooden mounts or clear stamps and handles. EMBELLISHMENTS: 3D accents such as buttons, brads, and eyelets in a variety of shapes and sizes.
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