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Creating Orwellian Worldview a blog by Alaphiah
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Creating Keepsakes
$24.97
I've been getting Creating Keepsakes magazine for about a year now (just renewed my subscription) and I've been pleased with the changes that they have made over the past year and think that the magazine is definitely better now than a year ago. The editors have made a concerted effort to start including more layouts featuring multiple photos and a more basic simple design. In my view these are the kinds of layouts that most scrapbookers want to see. We don't want to have to buy a room full of fancy products to scrapbook pages that only have one photo. If you are really into cutting edge art on scrapbook pages, then this change in focus of the magazine may not be so appealing to you. Each month they now include a tear out page of layout designs to help readers with page ideas. This has probably been my favorite part of the magazine of late.

Some of the other things about the magazine that have been consistently good include: 1) Review of hot new products, 2) New ideas for organizing specific scrapbooking supplies, and 3) many inspiring layouts.

One section that can still use some work is the section on reader's scrapbooking space. It seems like each month they feature someone who spends their whole paycheck on scrapbooking. Most of the spaces just aren't realistic to the average scrapbooker (no we can't have as many paper shelves as the scrapbook store).

Overall, I would recommend this magazine to people. It offers great new ideas for layouts, many of which don't require buying fancy new tools and can help you get a lot of photos scrapbooked in a short amount of time. I've subscribed to both this and Simple Scrapbooks magazine and I think that as currently being published this magazine is superior (not to mention that Simple Scrapbooks is bimonthly and Creating Keepsakes comes every month and has more pages).

Ck Media Creating Keepsakes, Family History Scrapbookng/Becky Higgins
$19.95
I admire Becky Higgins work, however, as a new scrapper, I need instructional books that are organized in such a manner that explain steps or describe how to design pages, especially for genealogy/family history. The format in this book is set up like FAQ (frequently asked question). A question is at the top of the page and the answers, advice & suggestions follow. This format may work well for experienced scrappers. I was most disappointed in the layout of the pages in this book, as the font was small and text light & hard to read. There was plenty of room on each page to use a larger, darker font. It is one of the few purchases I have returned.

CompassionArt: Creating Freedom From Poverty (CD/DVD)
$17.98
Various styles - everyone should like (at least) a couple of songs on this CD. The DVD is GREAT for those who are unfamiliar with these artists AND/OR for those who want a behind the scenes glimpse of them as they write/worship together!

The leap of faith that was taken to produce this CD and how the Lord brought it all together makes for a TRULY inspirational DVD! A MUST for ALL contemporary worship leaders and song writers!!!