How to Buy Cheap Scrapbooking Supplies

Scrapbooking is a fun hobby and a great way to organize your personal photographs and memorablia. It can also be a very expensive hobby if you buy all of your supplies at a scrapbooking store and pay full price. However, there are many ways to purchase scrapbooking supplies for a low price.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Dollar Store
• Discount store
• Thrift store
• garage sales
• Office Supply store

1. Visit your local Dollar Store. They carry many items that can be used in a scrapbook such as stickers, acid-free papers, glitter, glue, colored paperclips, etc. Of course, each item is only $1.00.

2. Try a local thrift store. They usually have office supplies and paper items which are very low cost. Think outside the box and buy some old books to cut images out of, paperdolls, and greeting cards. They often have previously opened and only partially used bottles of glue, glitter and paint.

3. Repurpose items that you already have at home. For example, fabrics and felt can be cut into shapes and used on the background of your page. If it is a zoo themed page, why not cut out felt animals for the background? Or use rick-rack or bias tape instead of expensive ribbons to decorate your pages.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure second-hand items are acid-free if you plan to use them in your photo albums. If they are not, you can treat them with a product to remove the acid.
• Try online scrapbooking and make a digital scrapbook by printing out backgrounds and clipart that you can color yourself

[jaxicat]

on 11/7/2009 Great article! Thanks! 5* and rec. :)

[ttosinger]

on 10/5/2009 thank you so much for the great ideas! i never thought of those places, or of cutting fabric! Wonderful! i am giong to save a fortune! ~Theresa

[Alisiane]

on 9/14/2008 I'm newly addicted to scrapbooking, and love articles like this. I've been the online scrapbooking, butlove the other ideas you laid out too. Thanks!

[amylaine]

on 6/12/2008 great ideas

[acole]

on 6/12/2008 Oh, scrapbooking is fun! I just never have enough time for it. Thanks!