Colleen Shibley products can be found at Gotta Pixel and and she would like to inform you that: “Colleen’s Creations products are S4O & S4H friendly allowing for printable crafts as well. I require NO credits & NO additional fees. I welcome request, including additions to current items.”
Thank you for your support of our industry Colleen.
Also Holley VanDenBerg has changed stores from Artisan Guild to Scrapbook-Elements.
MangelsDesigns DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING ART products can be found at DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING ART and they would like to say: “MangelsDesigns offers a Lifetime Commercial Use Membership which allows the
use of its extensive digital scrapbooking art collections in many profitable
activities as Scrap for Others; Crafts, Handmade Artwork and Decorator or
Ornamental Items; Magazines and Publications of any nature; Digital use;
Photography.”
We have three new designers who have added their names to our directory. Make sure you visit their stores and blogs to find some wonderful products to use in your DD4O business.
MIP Scraps who designs for Scrappers Zone wants to let you know that: “My designs are S4O and S4H friendly with no additional licensing fees. Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.”
and Patricia (digiheaven designs by Patricia) also designing for Scrappers Zone says: “Scrap for hire terms of use are included with all kit purchases. The purchaser is not required to look up updated TOU. The TOU that came with your kit will be the one you are responsible for.”
Deb Fisher of Pickleberry Pop says: “My digital kits, papers, alphas and embellishments are licensed for professional crafters for a small one-time fee per item.”
Scrapbooking for Others? When I first thought about making scrapbooks for others, I associated myself with a group of women who were doing just that by joining a Yahoo group. They all referred to “S4O” and that seemed good to me.
Cutting and pasting for traditional paper albums never had appealed to me so, when I discovered digital scrapbooking through that group, I fell in love with it.
I had mentioned to a neighbor that I was going to do “scrapbooking for others” and he had been sort of non-committal in his response. When I showed him my first digital album, he was amazed and became very enthusiastic.
He told me that when I had said “scrapbook” he had a vision of black paper with stuff stuck down to it. He said I needed to find a different word from “scrapbook” because people of his age remembered their parents and grandparents scrapbooks and even their own from childhood and they weren’t very exciting. I was a little amused by that because he and I are within a year of being the same age.
I have tried (unsuccessfully) to find a substitute for the “S” word. Every place I turn I see the word “scrapbook” in one form or another. Craft stores have a scrapbook section. Many online stores that cater to those of us who do digital work have that word in their name and almost all have it liberally sprinkled throughout their pages.
Many of our members do so much more than “scrapbooks”. They do wall art, greeting cards, altered items, and any number of other digitally designed objects so the word “scrapbook” just didn’t make it, in my opinion. And those of us who primarily make albums believe that we are in a design business more than a product business. We view our work as an art form more than a manufacturing process.
When we planned the move from our Yahoo group that was called Digi-S4O to the new blog and bulletin board, I volunteered to register the domain name. I decided to do away with the dreaded word and use the word “Design” in its stead. So began Digital Designing for Others (DigiD4O).
When I work with a client, we talk about the pictures that go together, what each page represents to the client in terms of time, place, people, and theme. We talk about what the client prefers regarding the look, colors, and appearance of the pages. We discuss the journaling or narrative for each page. We talk about photos that need repair or restoration. So when I begin the work, I have all of that in mind and I design each page to get the feel and tell the story that the client wants presented. My process is one of designing not of fabricating.
One of our members mentioned that she likes the designation “Designer” because it moves away from the hobby world and into the professional realm. That’s one of the reasons I like it, as well. As a business owner in a creative arts industry, I want to project an image as a professional. So, as a professional, I claim the title of Designer.
We have been able to add two more designers into our Resource Directory:
Catriona MacGregor who has her designs at Plain Digital Wrapper has been added to the directory. Catriona would like you to know: “My designs are S4O/S4H friendly with no additional fees!.”
BrokenJar Creations products can be found at Do It Digi and she would like to say: “All BrokenJar Creations are OK for Professional Scrapbookers/Crafters Use without any further license fees or credit. Custom kits available.”
Thanks ladies, its great to see our industry being catered for so well.
Kylie Moore who has her designs at Snap and Scrap and at Nuts4Digi has been added to the directory. Kylie states: “My designs are a bit grungy and a lot of fun, although there is plenty of flowers and pink as well. Ideal for children’s layouts, but again lots of options for everyone.”
Thanks Kylie
Welcome to DigiD4O. This site is dedicated to anyone who digitally designs scrapbooks and other crafts for clients. You may know us as Scrapping for others (S4O) or Scrappers for Hire (S4H), we prefer to refer to ourselves as Designers hence the D4O title you will see referenced throughout this blog. (see About page for further definitions). We have a number of directories to help you find resources on the internet to help with your D4O's business as well as many informative articles. If you are a professional digital scrapbooker or crafter and would like to network with other women in the industry please apply for membership via the DigiD4O membership application form.
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