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Are you a chronological scrapbooker who focuses mostly on events and holidays, scrapbooking your memories by the calendar? Or are you a "moments" scrapbooker who takes a more haphazard approach to memory keeping, capturing the moments and events in whatever

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Some of our devoted Ella fans out there may have noticed that this month’s eZine is a wee bit late. But we have an excuse—a 6 lb. 11 oz. excuse, to be precise. As the co-founder and primary editor at Ella Publishing Co., much of the wordsmithing and uploading falls to me. (And I wouldn’t have it any other way.) But the 11-days-early arrival of my new bundle of joy threw a little pink wrench into my plans. Read more »

Happy birthday, Ella! September 1, 2009 at 8:03 p.m. marks the official birth minute of Ella Publishing Co.—your home for scrapbooking eBooks and more! Read more »

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There’s no doubt about it; scrapbooking is a lifestyle. Once you start preserving the past, you find that memory-keeping has an enormous impact on your present and your future. And I think it’s fair to say that the happiest, most productive, and most involved scrapbookers are Read more »

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Not all summer vacations have to involve water, but that’s usually the first thing my family thinks about when planning a sunny getaway. Where can we go to get wet, salty, sticky, sandy, and sunburned? Sign us up! Read more »

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When you think of all the wonderful things your father has done for you over the years—or that your husband has done for your children—it can be difficult to know where to start when you’d like to pay tribute to him on a scrapbook page. And with Father’s Day on the way, it’s a perfect time Read more »

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Happy Cinco de Mayo! If you're reading this eZine the very day it went live (May 5, 2010), I certainly hope there are some rice and beans or a hearty burrito in your future. This is the day people across the United States (and even worldwide) celebrate Mexican heritage and pride, Read more »

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I don’t think of myself as a voyeur, per se, but I do find it fascinating to peek into other people’s lives. Don’t you? And I’m not talking about through-the-windows peeking, of course. I’m talking about how our deepest values and core individuality come through so clearly on our Read more »

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I’ve been keeping memories in one form or another all my life. But I didn’t start scrapbooking in the modern sense (with archival adhesive and Zig double-tipped markers) until 1997, when I met Julianne Szymanski. Julianne was my roommate the summer between my junior and Read more »

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It’s February, which as we all know, means one thing: love is in the air. This is especially true for me, since I was married one week after Valentine’s Day. (Future brides take note: this is a perfect time to get married, because every year a huge, national advertising campaign will Read more »