| You can use embroidery thread for many different | | | | edges? You will be embroidering the sheet with your |
| arts and crafts projects. Using embroidery thread in | | | | thread, so think in terms of "connecting the dots". You |
| your scrapbook is a fun, inexpensive way to adding a | | | | can connect the center of each X with the same |
| special touch to a page. This can be a great project | | | | color of thread, or you could completely outline every |
| for older children. | | | | O in a different color. Poke the holes with your needle, |
| Entering a scrapbook store can be intimidating if you | | | | and connect the dots. Make sure you do not have the |
| are new to the art. There are tons of scrapbooking | | | | holes to close to one another, so you avoid ripping the |
| accessories on the market today and its easy to be | | | | scrapbook sheet. |
| overwhelmed with creative ideas. The embroidery | | | | The page is your canvas and the embroidery thread |
| technique will not require a large amount out of your | | | | ideas are limitless. Think about embellishing your |
| pocketbook; in fact, thread is not expensive at all. You | | | | scrapbook with embroidered boarders, or around |
| can buy embroidery thread at Wal-Mart or any | | | | photographs to hold them in place. Use your new |
| discount fabric store. Pick out colors that complement | | | | embroidering skill to create colorful thread connections |
| your photos. For example, use summer colors like | | | | between captions. Put small (or large) decorative |
| bright yellows, blues and pinks for those pictures of the | | | | patterns on each corner. Embroider dotted lines around |
| kids a the pool. The embroidery thread can add | | | | each picture. Have fun and enjoy giving your |
| texture, depth, value, and color to your scrapbook. | | | | scrapbook a new edge to your regular embellishing |
| Begin the project by choosing a page in your | | | | techniques. |
| scrapbook. Set the page in front of you, so you can | | | | This new technique is an inexpensive way to add |
| look at it from a visual layout standpoint. Does the | | | | color and pizazz to any scrapbooking project and is a |
| page have a specific theme, for example, a page | | | | great way to spend a day with teenagers! |
| dedicated to Valentine's Day with x's and o's along the | | | | |