Scrapbooking is for people who like to be crafty, and have dedicated time and space for their hobby. While you can find storage solutions for all the tools, papers, and embellishments, you will still need a fair size area that can be available to you whenever you want to work on a scrapbooking project.

Being a scrapbooking Mom, you might have limited time and space for scrapbooking but still love the idea of page layouts, albums, and sharing your memories with others in the form of scrapbook albums.

Digital scrapbooking might be for you.

As soon as you hear the term, you might be intimidated by the notion if yuo are not familiar with computer programs or consider yourself a skilled computer user, but have no fear. Digital scrapbooking software is designed with everyone in mind, from all skill levels. You can be up and running, and creating your first scrapbook in the same time it would take to pull your paper and scissors out in the conventional way.

First you will have to have a way to get your photos on to your computer. It is quite easy to get your photos on to your computer using your digital camera, but you may not have a scanner at home if you want to get all your older photos from years ago into your digital scrapbooks. At your local photo center, they will usually have a service to scan your photos and put them on a CD for you.

Once you have all of your photos you will want to import them using your digital scrapbooking software. Often these programs also have the ability to do basic editing like cropping, converting color to black and white, as well as some other more advanced features.

There are many digital scrapbooking programs available, all with many different features, so you may want to compare and read reviews online before purchasing one, to be sure you get the right one for you.

Another thing to consider is whether or not you will be creating these digital scrapbooks to print out and keep in an album, or if you will just want to keep it all digital and post to a website for family and friends to see.

The benefit of digital scrapbooking is that the start up cost is much lower, and can even be a great way to just test the waters to see if you’d enjoy scrapbooking in general. Either way, you’ll end up with some nice scrapbooks and albums full of memories to share.