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
The Resource Directory is off to a great start with 6 fabulous designers providing links to their range of products that are, of course, D4O friendly. Clicking on the link will take you straight to their directory listing. Be sure to check them out.
Welcome to:
Melissa Daniel from Divine Digital who wants you to know: “Melissa Daniel’s designs are S4O and S4H friendly with no additional licensing fees. Feel free to email with any questions or concerns.”
Kelley McDonald from Polka Dot Potato who says: “Please feel free to email me with product ideas and requests that will help you in your Professional Digital Scrapbooking and Crafting businesses.”
Nikki Painter from Elemental Scraps who says: “ScrapWithNikki Digital Designs are always S4H friendly without additional fees or permission.”
Michelle Powell from Divine Digital who has: “A wide variety of kits and elements for all your scrapbooking business needs! Also will do special request kits/elements. I have 1 TOU for Designers and 1 for professional scrapbookers, please email me any questions”
Shelle Pukas of Designs by Shelle who states: “Online digital scrapbook store. Scrap for Hire use OK!”
Holley VanDenBerg of Digital Scrapbook Artisan Guild who has: “beautiful scrapbooking custom-created for you”
Thank you ladies for your support of the D4O industry.
It all started just four months ago when 3 women met and decided to help each other with their businesses. At the time each were trying to source digital products for use in their business, and each were feeling overwhelmed and frustrated by the experience. So the decision was made to start a group in which they could pool their resources, share information and invite others who were also in the business of digital D4O’s. The group soon grew and at last count we had 73 members with applications for membership still coming in every week.
Even as the group grew in numbers, the same story was being heard over and over again, about how each person felt overwhelmed and frustrated in trying to find products for use in their business on their own. We were accumulating links to resource designers that we knew allowed professional use, but it was cumbersome, not at all that user friendly and difficult to maintain. We mused that there must be a better way.
This blog and its directories is the final outcome of those musings. We are providing a directory listing of resource designers that allow for Professional use (subject to the terms as listed in the relevant TOU), complete with links to the store or blog where the products can be found, as well as a link to the TOU so that the terms are known upfront and most importantly from our perspective a visual guide to those terms. It is this visual guide that we hope the designers on this list will embrace.
In addition to this most important directory this site aims to provide quality information and resources to be accessed by many people for a variety of reasons. For example:
- this blog will contain articles of interest to those in the business of designing scrapbooks etc for clients
- we have published a directory of digital resource designers who allow for professional use (check individual TOU’s)
- we have information on how to join our private Bulletin Board where you can network and share information with other women in the industry.
- we invite you to complete the application form to be included in our Digital Resource Designers Directory
- you may also like to apply to become a honorary member of our Bulletin Board with the ability to keep our members and subscribers to this blog updated with news of new products and sales.
So from the small beginnings of 3 women and a desire to share resources big things have grown.
The 73 current members of DigiD4O.com hope that you find the resources and information shared here helpful in your business. We wish you every success.
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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