Some people swear by Creative Memories, although I have a few of their things, you can get a larger range of things elsewhere.

There are soo many products out there, it is really hard to desciper of lot of it. Do you have a scrapbooking shop near you? They are probably the best place to start. Or pick up one of the magazines, Scrapbooking Memories or For Keeps are probably the best., as they have local listings as well as heaps of online ads.

Back to the shop - the one near me offers 3 hour workshops for $12, which you get back if you spend over a certain amount and you can use all their tools - they are the most expensive part of scrapbooking. Once you have them, or access to them you are set. A shop near you may offer similar deals. To get an idea of what to do, they are on hand to show you tips and ideas. Alot of them also offer classes on certain things, or 6 week classes for beginners.

For papers, embellishments and even kits to get you started, they can be found anywhere these days. Ebay can be a great place if you know what you are looking for. Spotlight, Lincraft, K-Mart, Target and Big W all have scrapbooking sections now, although the best range of stuff is from a scrapbooking shop.

The hardest thing for me? Motivation. I love doing it when I am doing it but it's hard to set aside a chunk of time to do so. The mums from my mums group are the same so we set aside a Friday arvo every fortnight to get together and scrap. We all bring along our tools and share ideas, mags and thoughts.

Have I helped any? Please fire any questions you have. It's always hard to know what to tell people where to start.