Digital Scrapbooking Experience – Utah

web_ad A new kind of event scrapbooking event is about to open for registration on June 3. DSE, or Digital Scrapbooking Experience, is a two-day, three-night conference aimed at teaching you about the art and science of digital scrapbooking, brought to you by the experts at Creating Keepsakes.

As leaders in the fusion of technology and creativity, DSE inspires and instructs with fresh, useable techniques and ideas to create meaningful memory projects. Learn fascinating techniques whether you are a beginning digital scrapbooker or a digital pro. There’s something for everyone.

September 24-26, 2009
The Provo Marriott Hotel
Provo, UT
Register online beginning Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 8 p.m. EST.
Tuition is $345 per student

Exciting classes are ahead so it’s time to brush up and learn more about Elements, Effects, Layers, Overlays and more. You will enjoy evening activities in Digit-Alley as well as Ala Carte classes and even a refresher course on Photoshop Elements, free! There will be a key note address at the Thursday night activity as well as bonus lectures in the evenings. When you get to the event you will be sure to enjoy shopping and plenty of free products.

Classes are geared to your level, whether you’re a novice digital scrapbooker or advanced. There are also some core classes that every attendee will receive. Lunch is provided Friday and Saturday.

Not able to attend? Check out the Freebies section of the DSE site for free digital kit downloads!

As if Diwali weren’t colorful and fun enough, The Festival of Lights: A Lift-the-flap Diwali Celebration by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Darshika Varm, makes it even more fun to read about with flaps and things to lift and pull to see more information or details in the illustrations.

The book is a story about a family getting ready for Diwali and what happens on the different days of the five-day celebration. There’s cleaning, shopping, crafting, food preparation and getting the home altar ready for the big day.

It covers decorating the outside of the house with rangoli, diyas and lanterns, buying sweets to share with family and friends, the sights and scents of the mandir (home temple), getting dressed up in new fancy clothes, the story of Diwali and celebrations with relatives.

Flaps (there are more than 140 in all) give you vocabulary words for different foods and definitions, as well as fun things like what’s inside the shopping basket or where the cat is hanging out. They also help illuminate the story of Diwali, which is the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram defeated the demon Ravana to save his wife, Sita.

This pretty and colorful book helps kids understand what Diwali is and how it is celebrated, regardless of whether they practice it at home. This would be a nice book to keep in a classroom (it’s rated for kids ages 3-7) or to have at home to teach kids about Diwali even if it’s not something you celebrate. Where I live there are a lot of people from India so we are probably exposed to Diwali more than some other regions of America, but it’s a nice holiday to know about wherever you live.

Combine with the book Diwali and check out some fun lantern crafts and printables for kids to round out your experience.

About the book: 24 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail prices $22.99.

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