Comments on: Creating Keepsakes: A Hit and A Major Miss

By: Scrapbooking Tips

Scrapbooking Tips — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:31:12 +0000

I enjoyed your review of these 2 publications from Creating Keepsakes. I wasn’t overly impressed with the new redesign of the magazine, but couldn’t quite put my finger on what was causing my reaction. You did a great job. CK seems to stray away from the average scrapbooker from time to time. I even unsubscribed for a while because I felt that all the page ideas were way too complex for my taste and my time limits. I renewed when it seemed they had come back to more reasonable page layouts and ideas.

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:29:25 +0000

My thoughts on the new redesign were different.
Although I have not loved the latest format that CK has offered in the past year, I could find the articles that matched my interest.
With the new issue I could not find them until I went back to the table of contents. It was very lack luster and not exciting.
I loved the Scrapbook play issue from this summer. It had great ideas. You could try them today with the stash at hand.
I don’t agree that the major market is 4 X 6 photo layouts. My family and friends are not afraid to crop or resize photos with a little editing.
I love mini books or mini projects. People are more apt to pick them up and actually look at them.
Thanks for your thoughts.

By: Jan Scholl

Jan Scholl — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:58:58 +0000

I have only the Jan. issue left on my subscription and I will probably not renew. I bought a couple of CK special issues recently and now wonder what I was thinking as I liked nothing in them. Sadly, the whole business is going to the dogs and I find much more interesting stuff on the internet. So now I will have more money for stamps and papers.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:15:33 +0000

I appreciate your review and your opinion. However, I, too, have the Super-Fast Pages with 4×6 Photos and just finished reading the newly designed January 08 CK last night and interestingly would have said the exact opposite! I felt the 4×6 special issue was a miss and the new magazine design and concept is a HIT! I guess it all comes down to personal prefences and where one is at in their circumstances (ability, time, money, desire to expand to other things beyond layouts, etc.) surrounding the craft of scrapbooking. It’s all a matter of opinion, really.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:07:42 +0000

Thank you for such a great review of these two publications featured by the same publishing house. Fascinating that one, a special issue, would be so dramatically different and appealing, while the other, a subscription periodical, falls so short! I must admit, I’m not a scrapbooker at all, let alone a “life artist”; I’m your average art-stamping card and paper crafter. I tend to be a less is more kinda chick, m’self, and appreciate your honest and thorough review.