EcoScrapbook: A Green Scrapbooking & Craft Blog

Does eco-friendly scrapbooking interest you? Do you like to use recycled or repurposed items when you craft? If you're a "green" scrapbooker or crafter, check out EcoScrapbook for plenty of upcycled craft tutorials and ecoscrapbook layouts:

EcoScrapbook.com: An Eco-Friendly Scrapbooking & Craft Blog

Here's a list of popular posts you won't want to miss:

• 9 Scrapbook Starting Points Using Paper Scraps
• EcoScrapbook: As Seen on TV
• How Many Things Can I Recycled on a Scrapbook Page?
• Using Paper Scraps to Decorate a Wedding Book Cover
• We have the power to change how the world scrapbooks
• Back-to-School Project Tutorial: Upcycled Pencil Holders
• Digital Scrapbooking With Picasa
• DIY: Birdseed Ornaments + Upcycled Tags
• Kid's Craft Tutorial: St. Patrick's Day Jar Lid Magnets
• Wine Cork Birdhouse

If eco-friendly or "green" scrapbooking is new to you, have a look at The EcoScrapbooker Manifesto to help get you started on a path to becoming a more eco-conscious scrapbooker:

The EcoScrapbooker Manifesto

This is the final Snap.Scrap.Blog.Tweet post since I've moved over to EcoScrapbook. You can find me actively blogging over there. You can also follow me on Twitter or show your support on Facebook. Thanks! ~Danielle

Do you have a favorite scrapbooking manufacturer?

"The Happy Days of My Childhood" 12x12 Eco-friendly Scrapbook Layout

Do you have a favorite scrapbooking manufacturer? Is there a company that keeps on making fabulous designs and you can't help yourself from ordering their latest kit? 

Mine, which may be of no surprise to you, is Cosmo Cricket. Why? Because of their fun designs and the fact that they are an eco-friendly scrapbooking manufacturer that uses FSC-Certified paper.

I'm sharing this layout with you today for five reasons:

1. ScrapTiffany asked the design team to create layouts and cards by our favorite scrapbooking manufacturers.

2. This is one of the many (31 to be exact) scrapbook layouts I created during Layout A Day in May. You can see all my layouts here.

3. I used Cosmo Cricket's Glubers for the very first time to make those neato fabric flowers with Heidi Grace decorative pins.

4.  I've been scrapbooking my childhood and wanted to show you how cute I was as a kid (you can laugh).

5. Cosmo Cricket products can be found in the MemoryWorks catalog. (Contact me to place an order.)

Stop by the ScrapTiffany blog to see what the design team created by their favorite scrapbooking manufacturers.

Note: I've decided, at least for the summer, to go on a  "blog when I feel like it" kind of schedule. After having issues with my laptop (stupid virus) and being overwhelmingly busy (Layout A Day, design team responsibilities and trying to keep up with two blogs), I want to take a break from it all and just be a mom...not a scrapbooker...not a blogger...just mom.

I still have plans to post every Wednesday during June on this blog, Snap.Scrap.Blog.Tweet, and will continue to have occasional posts on EcoScrapbook, but not every Monday as originally planned. This girl just wants to have fun! No more schedules, only summer-lovin' good times with my daughters.

The purpose is to work on quality posts and not quantity. This will also free up more time to be able to sit back and enjoy reading posts about your creative lives, which is limited during my current schedule.

You are still free to contact me via email or on Twitter, as I will still have my Blackberry nearby (while I play on the swing set or tend to my garden).

Related posts:

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EcoScrapbook: 25 eco-friendly & free scrapbooking supplies

The World of EcoScrapbook

Handmade flowers made with K&Company reusable packaging.

It's been a month since I launched my new blog, ecoScrapbook, and if you haven't made your way over there, here's what you've been missing:

• We can change how we scrapbook (so we don't look like this in the future)
• 10 nature-loving quotes for your scrapbooks
• How many things can I recycle on a scrapbook page?
• Documenting Earth Day activities in a mini-album
• How to fail at Etsy
• 25 eco-friendly & free scrapbooking supplies

There's a new post every Monday and I just created an ecoScrapbook Facebook page. I'm pretty lonely over there with only two likes, so as an incentive, I'll do a giveaway on the ecoScrapbook blog once I have 25 likes on Facebook.

I was also feeling a little silly over the weekend as I designed an eco-friendly tote bag (click here or see sidebar for image) with the words "I scrap dangerously." If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen the tweet that inspired the bag:

And what did I do during the tornado warning? I scrapbooked, upstairs, with the windows open. Yep, I scrap dangerously.

I was busy finishing up a project before lunch time and no tornado was going to stop me! Luckily, there wasn't one nearby and I'm still here today.

P.S. Happy Cinco de Mayo! Want a little fiesta hair flair? Check out the paper flower hair clip tutorial (made with Glue Dots).

What do you want to know about green scrapbooking?

I've been wanting to start a new blog about "green" scrapbooking for almost a year now. I keep putting it off. I'm not going to waste time listing all my excuses, but I will tell you that I have a plethora of ideas and just don't know where to start. 

Things I've done already:

• Joined Twitter as EcoScrapbook
• Opened an Etsy shop (no eco-friendly scrapbooking supplies there yet, but I have started making stuff)
• Purchased ecoscrapbook.com
• Made the above logo (handcut and edited in Picasa)
• Started a blog (currently with Blogger, but considering Wordpress)
• Have a Flickr group (only one other member right now, LOL)

Now I NEED your input. Please tell me what YOU want to know about eco-friendly scrapbooking, after all, I hope that you will follow me over to the new EcoScrapbook blog.

Here are my thoughts and ideas:

• New project every Monday, possibly challenges to get readers involved
• Gather together a design team to help with the challenges (but am I really qualified to have my own design team? I'm not a superstar scrapbooker or well-known blogger so I kind of feel weird about it.)
• Document my Etsy journey (failures and successes)
• EcoScrapbook or ecoscrapbook or ECOscrapbook or ecoSCRAPBOOK or Ecoscrapbook?
• Having a Blogger blog would be easiest since I already know how to use it, but I keep hearing everyone say that crafters should be on Wordpress (I can't afford the .org now, so I would be using .com).
• Possibly even document me learning how to do digital scrapbooking too.
• Find scrapbookers to do guest posts about eco-friendly scrapbooking.

What do you think? I welcome all critiques, questions, additional ideas, etc. Please comment below or email me scrappindanielle at gmail dot com. I'm all ears!

Thanks for stopping by Snap.Scrap.Blog.Tweet!

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• 21 Green Scrapbooking Supplies You Already Own
• 11 Ways to be an Eco-Friendly Scrapbooker
• How to Make Business Card Bookmarks Using Recycled Scrapbook Paper

A Scrapbooker's Christmas Wish List

Dear Santa,

With Christmas just around the corner, I'm sure you and your elves have been busy making gifts for the children of the world. I bet you've checked your list a couple times and by now, you would have seen that I made the list of good boys and girls (I hope). To make your gift giving easier this year, I've put together a list of things (with photos like I did when I was little) that I wish to open on Christmas morning.

1. Bamboo Craft Tablet by Wacom: I will always be a traditional scrapbooker at heart, but there is something about digital scrapbooking and photo editing that gets me excited. I am finally to the point where I don't fear digital scrapbooking and when I saw the Bamboo Craft Tablet, I knew it would help me make the transition into the digital realm. You know what's even cooler? It comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0, Corel Painter Essentials 4.0 and an offer from Shutterfly for a free scrapbook! Wacom's Bamboo Craft Tablet is my ultimate wish list item and if I only receive this, I'll be a very happy gal.

 

2. Papermaking Kit by Arnold Grummer: As I expand my scrapbooking skills, why not try to make paper too? I've been saving my paper scraps for years, wishing that I  could open a papermaking kit on Christmas morning, but have been repeatedly disappointed...maybe this will be the year (hint hint, Santa).

3. Cinch Book Binding Tool by We R Memory Keepers: Since I'm hoping to make my own handmade paper, I should also be able to turn the paper into scrapbooks with a nifty book binder. I have plenty of cardboard just waiting for a tool that can easily punch holes and cinch wires...and I will share it with my girls so they can make their own books too.

4. Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer: I take a lot of photos from my cell phone and use them in my scrapbooks. It is such a pain and time-consuming task to send or download and upload all of my pics. Why not make it easier with a little device that hooks up to my phone and prints 2x3 photos?!? (And guess what? It works with my digital camera too!)

5. Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People: I'm crafty and poor so this book by Amy Sedaris is right up my alley. After reading the book review on Craft Ideas Weekly, "Simple Times" will definitely be a nice break from scrapbooking (and experimenting with digital scrapbooking) and maybe I will learn a thing or two.

6. Copic Markers: I first heard of Copic Markers on Twitter and ignored the first few tweets, but as I began to see more and more artsy people talk about them, the markers sparked my interest. I love to doodle on my scrapbook pages and these Copic Markers are bright, bold and can be used to add watercolor effects. Fun stuff, huh?

 

So, Santa, what do you think? Have I been a good enough girl this year to receive what I want for Christmas? I can't wait to see what you'll bring me!

Thanks,
Danielle

P.S. I'll be sure to leave you cookies and milk. Just look for the holiday chalkboard and you'll find the special treats!

In case you lose my list, you can see it on my blog, Snap.Scrap.Blog.Tweet. Thanks for looking!

21 Green Scrapbooking Supplies You Already Own

Eco-friendly scrapbooking is simple: Use what you have and be creative. By "going green" on your scrapbook pages, you can save money as well as precious resources. You don't have to stop buying all the pretty paper you see at the store or in catalogs. Green scrapbooking is not a twelve-step program, but a way to balance the excess consumption of all that pretty paper and embellishments in your scrapbooks. So take a look around you. What do you see that can be used in a scrapbook or as a scrapbook?

1. Paper scraps
2. Worn-out fabric
3. Old buttons
4. Broken jewelry
5. Leftover fibers (ribbon, thread, etc.)
6. Produce mesh
7. Scratched CDs
8. Cardboard (cereal boxes, paper rolls)
9. Greeting cards
10. Words in magazines
11. Unwanted board books
12. Maps
13. Dictionary pages
14. Calendars
15. Playing cards
16. Wrapping paper
17. Puzzle pieces
18. Junk mail
19. Notebook paper
20. Candy wrappers
21. _____________ You fill in the blank.

Here are some of my eco-friendly scrapbook layouts:

"Autumn" (8x8 Page Layout)

"The Mantis" (8x8 Page Layout)

"Trash The Dress" (12x12 Page Layout)

"My Green 2Do List" (12x12 Page Layout)

Want to learn more? Read my guest post, Elaborando Una Página de Scrapbook "Ecológica,"on Zaira Ivette's blog, Hacer Scrapbooks. (There's a translate button at the top of the page.) Hacer Scrapbooks is also on Twitter as @HacerScrapbooks.

All layouts were created by Danielle Hunter of Scrappin' Memories 4U.

You may also be interested in:

• 11 ways to be an eco-friendly scrapbooker
• Green scrapbooking and an eco-friendly mini-scrapbook
• Green scrapboooking has a new supporter: @ecoscrapbook
• Nail polish paintings, ecoSCRAPBOOK & Etsy

The Retweetables: Getting messy, laughing and talking about fears

I never got the chance to "Trash the Dress" after my wedding almost ten years ago. Although my dress did get a little messy because of the rain prior to the outdoor ceremony and right after my husband and I said our vows, I didn't get it dirty on purpose. Even after a professional cleaning, there are a few mud stains on my wedding dress, but I don't mind because if I would have known about dress trashing back then, I definitely would have jumped in a lake, rolled around in the sand or splashed a rainbow of colored paint on my dress.

Since I didn't "Trash the Dress" back in 2000, I trashed it a couple weeks ago on the scrapbook layout above. It appears as though I'm in water (I hope) with a sunset (an old CD) in the background. I crazily and messily distressed and inked the edges of just about everything and added a few other details.

I decided to share this layout with you today because I spotted a few "messy" tweets (and others that are noteworthy) during the past week, which are now part of The Retweetables. You must say "The Retweetables" with a deep, yet energetic voice to really make it work and point your finger to the sky. I don't know why, but this is always in my mind when I do my #retweetable post.

Okay. Here they are:

Messy

• @modpodgerocks: Current projects underway - I love mess making! http://twitpic.com/2kktbw 
• @scrapbookcom: The Tim Holtz products and Grungy/Vintage Style work well together on this Layout... http://ow.ly/2yBHM

Messy & Funny

• @CraftyChica: RT @karenfayeth: On the Shoebox Blog, "Where Glitter Comes From"...I'd always wondered. Posting for my friend, @craftychica  http://bit.ly/cetdNT

Funny

• @luisitas: You know you are an scrapbooker if....: I was digging into my magazines and found this article from Simple Scrapbo... http://bit.ly/bWG5Fa

Fear Talkin'

• @SirScrapalot: New Post | Take the Scrapbooking Bull By the Horns - What scrapbooking fears do you have?  What are you most afraid ... http://ht.ly/18TLsr

Layout supplies: DCWV recycled paper, Heidi Swapp edge distresser, CD, produce mesh, brads, ink pad, computer font, Basic Grey chipboard, letter stamps, Scenic Route arrow, GlueDots.

Thanks for stopping by ScrappinMemories4U.com! See you on Twitter! And visit tomorrow since I will have a very big announcement!!

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30 Green Things To Do

1. Utilize curbside recycling
2. Reduce plastic bag consumption
3. Buy secondhand clothing & household items
4. Learn organic gardening
5. Reuse boxes for storage
6. Buy products with reusable packaging
7. Snack on SunChips with the compostable bag
8. Drink Capri Sun & turn in pouches to Terracycle
9. Remove as much plastic from kitchen as possible
10. Stop buying so many paper plates
11. Make wall art with photo greeting cards
12. Reuse plastic container lazy susan as picnicware
13. Let the kids create things from the recycling bin
14. Use the blank side of school papers as notepads
15. Buy organic food
16. Eat less meat
17. Turn a favorite hobby into an eco-friendly one
18. Read about greener living
19. Wash full loads of laundry in cold water
20. Use fragrance & dye-free laundry detergent
21. Make natural cleaning products
22. Avoid air fresheners & spray perfume
23. Buy phthalate free children's hair & body wash
24. Recycle toxic nail polish & buy safer alternatives
25. Participate in Earth Day activities
26. Remember to take reusable bags into the store
27. Don’t buy plastic products with PVC
28. Take shorter showers
29. Read all ingredient labels
30. Spread the word and educate others

Try one thing or try them all. If one of the green things to do isn't for you, move onto the next and try again at a later time. My family went almost two full months without using paper plates, but life is hectic and I hate doing dishes (we don't own a dishwasher), so we still use an occasional paper plate or two or four. That's okay for now. We are trying to be better than we used to be and that's what matters.

What green things do you do?

You may also be interested in:

• 11 ways to be an eco-friendly scrapbooker
• Scrapbooking with DCWV's recycled cardstock
• Kitty litter + newspaper + decoupage = Scrapbooking storage

Thanks for stopping by ScrappinMemories4U.com!

I won Marcal Small Steps seeds and now it's your turn!!!

If you follow me on Twitter (@ohiodanielle), you may have heard that I won seeds from Marcal Small Steps (@MarcalSmallStep). Yay for me! It was the first (and only) time I ever won anything on Twitter. A week after the contest, a large envelope arrived in the mail will an abundance of Mammoth Sunflower seeds. What a coincidence! I had already planned on planting this large type of sunflower for backyard privacy like I did in 2007:


These Mammoth Sunflowers grew TALL which is why I wanted to plant them again.

Sunflowers are happy flowers. They grow small and they grow tall, but no matter their size, sunflowers provide cheerful smiles and plentiful seeds. AND now YOU get a chance to experience your very own sunflower garden!

The first 6 people that comment on this post and leave their Twitter name or email address will win Marcal Small Steps Mammoth Sunflower Seeds!


Winners will receive two packets of Mammoth Grey Stripe Sunflower seeds! Good luck!

Layout Supplies Used: DCWV 70% Recycled Paper, Glue Dots, Fiskars Adhesive Tabs, brads, cardboard, Heidi Swapp Edge Distresser, AC Memory Marker.

9 days of sCRAPs: A Week In The Life (+2 days)

I first heard of A Week In The Life from a tweet that came from Ali Edwards:

@aliedwards: The Basics of Documenting A Week In Your Life http://bit.ly/d7ZMeu

I didn't originally plan on participating in this, but when I was reviewing tweets for my post, The Retweetables: Inspired to scrap, I decided to give it a try. I gave myself two practice days (April 17-18, 2010) and then began an eventful week.

I took the girls to the zoo, roller skated to Michael Jackson's Thriller, experimented with eco-friendly glue, turned 32, photographed a mouse alive and dead, celebrated Earth Day, wrote an article and blog posts, had a kid free weekend, visited my alma mater, cleaned my front porch, organized my closet and ran in my first 5K. I'm always a busy body, but this week (plus two days) was like no other!

The album I created is totally old school where I just took everything and threw it together. It is perfectly imperfect scraps of my week with photos taken from my Blackberry (well, the cell phone thing isn't old school). I printed off tweets, added my to do lists, used rough drafts as background paper and doodled like I would if I was talking on the phone.

This turned into a piece of me. This album was me and I want it to be something that my girls can learn from as they grow older and share with their own children one day. I used stickers with inspirational words and quotes. I jotted down little secrets of life and pieces of knowledge that I hope my girls will learn from and utilize in their daily lives. I can only imagine what they will think of Twitter and blog posts thirty years from now.

I love the look of a messy old school scrapbook with doodles and scraps of life. This project showed me that I lead an interesting life at times and I'm glad I was able to document my tweets and blog posts.

To view the entire scrapbook, go to my Flickr page and see all 17 pages of scraps.

Supplies used:

Cardstock (Georgia Pacific)
Creative Memories Pages
Flyers, brochures, maps
Calendar
Assorted stickers (including Scenic Route)
Cosmo Cricket Journaling Cards
Fancy Pants Journaling Cards
Greeting card
American Crafts Memory Marker
Paper scraps
Melody Ross Recipe Cards
Glue Dots - Pop Up
Fiskars Adhesive Tabs
Party favors
Buttons
Cereal box

11 ways to be an eco-friendly scrapbooker

How can scrapbookers be eco-friendly and consume massive amounts of paper? The arts and crafts industry has begun to take steps toward greener scrapbooking options by offering supplies using recycled and sustainable resources. Scrapbookers now have choices to allow room for eco-friendly crafting. Here are eleven simple ways to become a green, eco-friendly scrapbooker:

1. Save paper scraps.
2. Decorate scrapbook pages with gifts.
3. Keep layouts warm with old clothes.
4. Dig into the recycling bin.
5. Shop at green craft companies.
6. Stock up on recycled paper.
7. Add recycled plastic to scrapbooks.
8. Stick things together with eco-friendly glue.
9. Use non-traditional scrapbook albums.
10. Create a recycled craft space.
11. Become a digital scrapbooker.

Read the entire article, Green scrapbooking: Ways to be an eco-friendly scrapbooker, here.

On a search for eco-friendly adhesive

Walking through a craft store, searching for eco-friendly glue was not a fast and easy task. My goal was to find scrapbooking adhesive that was safe for both the environment and photographs. What I found was Amazing ECOGLUE: The Earth Friendly Power Glue.


I grabbed the bottle and read the packaging. Nowhere did I see anything about the product being acid-free, which left me unsure if this "Amazing" glue could be used for scrapbooking. I bought it anyway since it was non-toxic, safe for kids and "bonds like an industrial adhesive." If I couldn't use it for scrapbooking, this 2 fl. oz. bottle of glue would still be useful for other projects like fixing a broken hand-carved Willow Tree sculpture.


The white ECOGLUE reminded me of the same stuff my seven-year-old uses for her craft projects. I was surprised by how quickly it bonded with the broken wood pieces. The glue dried clearly and the baby was back in daddy's arms.


Clearly, this ECOGLUE project was a success. It works on wood and according to ecoglue.com, the craft glue also works on stone, metal, ceramic, glass, Styrofoam and more. Eclectic Products offers a variety of environmentally safe glues for general crafts to extreme and industrial projects. Visit www.eclecticproducts.com for more information.

After finishing my project, I contacted Eclectic Products to find out if ECOGLUE for crafts was safe for scrapbooking. The customer service representative said that the product was acid-free. Even though ECOGLUE can be used for paper-crafting, I'm not sure if I would use it on photographs. Maybe another experiment is in order...

The Green Stack: Scrapbooking with DCWV's recycled cardstock

In a recent post, Green scrapbooking & an eco-friendly mini-scrapbook, I mentioned that I purchased DCWV's Green Stack: 70% Recycled Paper. Below are four 8x8 layouts I created using this stack, as well as paper scraps, buttons, leftover ribbon and string. All the quotes came from Meditations on the Earth: A Book of Quotations, Poetry, and Prose.

Maumee River, Fall 2008:

Maumee River, River Road:

The mantis I found on my front porch:

Polar bears at the Toledo Zoo:

Come back tomorrow to see how I turned a kitty litter container into storage for my scrapbooking supplies. Don't forget to follow me as EcoScrapbook on Twitter, where I tweet about eco-friendly crafting and scrapbooking.

Green scrapbooking & an eco-friendly mini-scrapbook

Eco-friendly scrapbooking has been on my mind for a long time. My goal is to one day create a completely green scrapbook and the search for supplies and information has already begun.

Here is my first eco-friendly scrapbook:

As I was planning a MemoryWorks scrapbook party, I wanted to design something that would help me with my presentation and ended up creating a mini-album using old product catalogs and paper scraps. I had catalogs from 2007-2009 that were still in great condition and really wanted to use them since they were too nice to just throw into a recycling bin. Other items on hand were a naked album and box that had been in a storage cabinet, along with a container of decoupage. So the tearing and cutting enthusiastically began.

Within the mini-album, I included the basics about MemoryWorks so I could easily remember what I needed to during the party. Each page has a simple design with handmade flowers. I cut out square scrapbook layout examples to make the flower embellishments, added buttons, fiber and small strips of paper from the catalog.

After I finished the mini-book, I used the leftover catalog pieces to decoupage a box for album storage. What a fun project! Then, I tweeted: "I decoupaged... and I liked it."

Project Supplies: Recycled items include MemoryWorks Catalogs, paper scraps, leftover fibers, button. Other items used were decoupage, naked album and box, adhesive, Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Ink.

This project is great for scrapbook consultants since they can reuse old catalogs in a creative way and still share examples of products from the past.

In addition to my decoupaged creation, my oldest daughter wanted to get in on the decoupaging action. Below is the collage she made using my MemoryWorks catalog leftovers:


Since we are on the subject of recycling and catalogs...

When I was going through a large pile of magazines, mail and other paper stuff to recycle, I found an article I printed-off last summer by Nancy Nally of ScrapbookUpdate.com about green scrapbooking: What Does “Green” Mean To Scrapbooking?

What I learned: Companies are going green (Tinkering Ink, Cosmo Cricket, Piggy Tales, Die Cuts With A View (DCWV), K & Co.)

With Earth Day right around the corner, my going green mission was renewed and my search continued.

During a recent trip to JoAnn's, I came across the Green Stack by DCWV and boy, I was excited and double-excited since it was on sale. Shortly after returning home from this shopping trip, I made my first layout using 70% recycled cardstock.

Then I did a Google Search for green scrapbooking and these were the top eight results:

1. How to Go Green with Scrapbooking

2. How to Find Green Scrapbooking Supplies

3. Green Scrapbooking: Paint Chips

4. Crafting a Green...Scrapbook?

5. Blog Action Day: the environment

6. Easy Being Green

7. Piggy Tales Introduces Green Scrapbooking

8. Eco Friendly or “Green” Scrapbooking

What I learned:

• Crafting A Green World is a great place for eco-friendly DIY craft projects.
• "Converting to recycled paper will save more than 100 trees a year, [Debbie Juden, Piggy Tales CEO] Juden said." via TRASHformations blog.
• Creatively Green http://www.creatively-green.com/index.html is the place to shop for eco-friendly craft supplies.
  

After typing in a variety of other eco-friendly combinations, I found the NatureMoms blog and her Scrapping Green post to be full of great tips for greener living. I highly recommend checking this blog if you want to learn more about making better choices for your family.

So there you have it! Now you know what I know about green scrapbooking, eco-friendly scrapbooking, eco-scrapbooking, whatever...it's good.

Green scrapbooking has a new supporter: @ecoscrapbook

Have you heard? I'm now tweeting as @ecoscrapbook! Take a look at a few of my tweets:

• I've been scrapbooking with 70% recycled cardstock by @DCWV #ecoscrapbook
• Crafting a Green…Scrapbook? http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/10/22/crafting-a-greenscrapbook/ @CAGW
  
• Eco-Friendly Scrapbook and Craft Paper from Creatively Green http://bit.ly/9LRegz @CAGW @creativelygreen
  

Now, I'm not a crazy-super-eco-granola-woman, but I try to make greener choices during the spring. Maybe it's the green grass, my April birthday or the annual Earth Day celebration... Whatever it is, changes are made in my life that can positively alter the earth, even if it's only a little bit.

As a scrapbooker, I use an overabundance of paper. It's pretty. I like it and use it to document my family with hopes that future generations will enjoy looking at my scrapbooks when I'm dead. I don't plan on giving up my favorite hobby to save the planet, but I will make choices to be more eco-friendly as I scrap. Thus, the reason I created @ecoscrapbook is to share the things I learn about green scrapbooking with you.

Do I know what I'm doing? No, but it's fun to learn! So follow me on Twitter as @ecoscrapbook and we can have fun together.