CRESTVIEW — Serious scrapbookers are applying new techniques and ideas to their projects after receiving inspiration from a noted scrapbooking expert.
Beatriz Farqunar-Guzman recently visited A Scrap in Time in Crestview to share tips and design suggestions with local scrapbook artists — and some who came from out of town and out of state for the event.
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“She has followers from everywhere,” local scrapbooker Terry Maloney said. “People just love her stuff. She can just look at paper and she knows just what to put on it. It’s amazing.”
Farqunar-Guzman started her scrapbooking career upon the collapse of her international commercial business in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, Maloney said.
While in Crestview, Farqunar-Guzman conducted scrapbooking workshops and produced her own designs.
“She designed 210 two-page layouts, which are for sale at A Scrap in Time,” Maloney said, adding that local scrapbookers at the workshops helped produce them as kits.
A Scrap in Time owner Lisa Byers said scrapbooking is a lot more than fancy paper prints, creative cutouts and photos.
“It’s a place to create lasting memories,” she said. “Scrapbooking warms the heart and gives us something to share for the memorable times and events in our lives.”
“Scrapbooking is a method for preserving personal and family history,” Maloney said.
Maloney said Farqunar-Guzman’s custom kits range between $20 and $25 each. The shop is at 151 Brock Ave. behind Dominoes Pizza.
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