by Steve, Monday, January 02, 2006
Linda Fantin
writes in the Salt Lake Tribune that scrapbooking shops are experiencing a glut of overstocked scrapbooking materials.
The rapid growth of scrapbooking also has created tons of discontinued and overstocked merchandise. Big Lots! recently bought $6 million in such materials, which it has been selling for 60 to 80 percent off retail, according to TDMonthly, an online trade magazine for the toy, hobby and game industry.
Owners of small independent retailers are worried that the amount of materials sitting on store shelves might scare newbies away.
"The last thing we want people to do is walk in and say, 'Oh my God, I can't do this,' and walk out," says Kelly Mooney, spokeswoman for Making Memories, a Centerville-based company whose product line includes more than 5,000 items.
Fantin provides the following tips for newbies...
- Use the kits. It will save you money and a lot of anxiety. The only downside is that the colors may not match your photos, in which case convert the pictures to black and white at Smith's or any store with a digital picture processor.
- Start small. Create a "mini-book" of 10-15 pages, built around a theme such as a vacation or Christmas. No topic is too trivial. I recently made a 5-by-7 book from photos taken in an Omaha Chuck-E-Cheese photo booth - one stop on a long, back-to-college road trip.
- Buy an idea book. One of my favorites is clean & simple scrapbooking, by Cathy Zielske. At $25, it's a bit pricey, but well worth it no matter what your level of expertise.
- Get a scrapbook buddy. Avid scrapbookers love to share their knowledge and, in many cases, their supplies. In that sense, scrapbooking is a lot like aerobics. It's much more fun when done with a friend.
Linda Fantin writes in the Salt Lake Tribune that scrapbooking shops are experiencing a glut of overstocked scrapbooking materials.
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