[Nfb-krafters-korner] Scrapbooking

Thu Jan 28 06:13:54 UTC 2016

I love all of these ideas. I really might try my hand at creating a
little scrapbook for all my adventures with Viva. One question that I
do have though, how do you bind the scrapbook together? I've never
seen an actual scrapbook so have no idea how the pages are kept
together.

Minh

On 1/28/16, slery via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> You can use archival glue (sold in the scrapbooking sections) There is also
> thin archival tape. Items listed as archival are guaranteed to keep you
> products from deteriating for 100 years (often longer). The card stock for
> the pages is sturdy enough that you can put it in a braille writer and
> braille directly on the paper (before you put anything else on it, of
> course).
>
> Cindy
>
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> Behalf Of Annette Carr via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 8:41 AM
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> Cc: Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
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>
> Hi Minh,
>
> I'm at the same place you are with scrapbooking.  I do think that it is
> possible for someone with no useable vision could do scrapbooking and make
> it meaningful.  However, the reality is that I just do not have time or the
> resources to invest into another craft.  My random thoughts on how to
> accomplish scrapbooking are:
>
> Attach a number to the back of the photo.  This could be done with a
> portion
> of an index card with braille, thick/dark handwriting, or a PenFriend
> label.
> Use good quality tape to attach the label to the back of the photo so that
> it can be removed when you put the photo in the scrapbook.
>
> Get someone to describe the photo to you.  Write up a description of the
> photo on paper or electronically.  Number the descriptions so that they
> correspond to the number on the back of the card.
>
> Find someone who is really into scrapbooking who can go to the store with
> you to describe the endless items that can be used to decorate the
> scrapbook
> page for the photo(s).
>
> Find an online site that sells scrapbooking items so that you can "window
> shop" independently, and make your purchases.  Once you know a specific
> item
> that you are looking for, going to a store and getting help finding it will
> work.  But if you are in the "window shopping" stage to figure out what you
> want, getting a store employee to help you might be difficult.
>
> Once you grasp the extent of all of the embellishments that are available,
> you will be able to start generating a list of items that you want to use
> to
> enhance the scrapbook page for each photo.
>
> When you create your scrapbook page, you could add a large print or braille
> description along with the embellishments, or on the back of the page.  I
> think you can even purchase some type of digital recording devices to stick
> on the page.  I do not know anything about these.  You could even use a
> PenFriend label to describe each page.  Just make sure you back up the
> PenFriend to the computer.  You would not want to lose all of the work to a
> power failure.  Keep in mind that the PenFriend labels are specific to your
> PenFriend device.  If you are making the scrapbook for someone else, the
> PenFriend is not an option.
>
> Attaching items to the pages of the scrapbook can be done in a number of
> ways including double sided tape, some type of sticky dots, and glue
> sticks.
> I would avoid traditional glue or paste.
>
> I'm wondering if there is any type of problem when storing the scrapbook
> when the pages are made tactile.
>
> So there you have it, my brain dump on a topic I know very little about.
>
> HTH,
> Annette
>
>
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> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Scrapbooking
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm curious if anyone here does scrapbooking? I'm purchasing cardstock and
> hole punches for a braille card fundraiser project, and all the
> scrapbooking
> supplies has peaked my interest. It has always struck me as an extremely
> visual craft since the main purpose is to capture special photographs in an
> artsy album, but I do see that there are ways to make it more tactual with
> stickers and ribbons and stuff like that. Curious to see what people think.
>
> Minh
>
>
>
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"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty
recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on
their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence