Scrapbooking, the New Secret to Success

Scrapbooking, believe it or not, seems to be breaking down barriers and crossing boundaries into all facets of American life. More than a hobby or memory maker, folks are discovering that scrapbooking can be used to help individuals move past limitations, deal with emotional issues, discover their passion, expand their business and improve nearly every area of their life by bringing their focus into alignment with their goals and much more.

How you might ask can scrapbooking do all this? It is a creative and visual art that engages the creator into an interactive process of projecting current or future desired results. Call it make believe, call it faith. Speaking the desired result, or rather visualizing the desired result rather than the problem or circumstances has biblical origins.

Scrapbooking appeals to all ages and genres. The only limitation is that of the creator. It can be applied to your individual life, family, business, as well as to all sorts of personal and professional goals. Scrapbooking is fun by your self or in a group. It is a fun party activity and makes a great team building exercise. The long-term or lasting effect is the physical, visual piece that is created.

With the success of the movie The Secret (released in 2006) about the law of attraction, Vision Boards are quickly becoming household items. Vision boards, also called prayer and goal boards, are a form of creative visualization, prayer or visual goal affirmations.

The application and benefits of creating a vision board is virtually endless. Enhanced with many popular scrapbooking papers and embellishments, vision boards can be more than functional tools in the law of attraction. They can easily be integrated into any office or home décor, room or event theme and even fung shui.

In Corporate America, vision boards, offer a creative and engaging out-of-the-box approach to team building, employee development and company goals.

Discover this new secret to success today. Test the law of attraction with your own vision board. Look for scraps and magazines lying around your office or purchase a kit from a local or online scrapbooking retailer (see Top Scrapbook Design Sites). Schedule a vision board workshop for your employees. The possibilities are endless.

Gabrielle Melisende, founder of Destination Graphix, is an editor, writer, graphic designer and marketing specialist. She writes and designs Eye On Leander (dist. 14,000+), a business publication promoting economic development in the fourth fastest growing city in Texas. She helps entrepreneurs, home-based and small business owners with business identity, marketing strategies and business communications from concept to delivery.