This year, Making Memories, out of Centerville, introduced a handheld portable electronic die-cutting machine called Slice. It will cut images up to 4 1/2 inches and generated a lot of interest at the show, said Jenny Weston. "Die cuts were considered old-school, but they are coming back."

Recipes. Scrapbooking recipes seems like a natural. "Everybody eats, and food and memories are always linked," said Judi Kauffman, spokeswoman for Sulyn Industries, based in Florida, which has introduced a whole line of cooking-related books and accessories in their Cookbookin' line.

It's a great way to preserve your own recipes, Kauffman said, and it makes a great gift for family members, bridal showers and other occasions. "You could even do special-interest books of sugar-free recipes or grilling recipes or have everyone bring a recipe or do a page at a holiday cookie exchange."

Quick Quotes is another company with a recipe-scrapbooking kit. It comes with cards you decorate and add recipes to and tuck into a recipe box that you can also decorate.

Digital and hybrid scrapbooking. Software programs are available that allow you to do everything from put pages together on the computer and print them out for your albums to letting you create and keep entire albums on your computer.

The computer has become another tool for scrapbooking, said speakers at a special seminar on digital scrapbooking. But there's also no question that it appeals more to younger scrapbookers. However, they pointed out, there is a whole spectrum between doing everything on the computer and doing nothing on the computer.

A lot of scrapbookers are easing into technology by becoming hybrid scrapbookers: using the computer to print out journaling, for example, or to print out pictures and then add buttons or glitter to create more visual appeal.

Organization. The more embellishments and accoutrements people gather, the more they wonder what to do with the leftovers. Many companies are coming up with storage systems that can help.

"Storage is always a big thing," Making Memories' Karen Mooney said. Among their solutions: desktop organizers, a modular wall system, rolling tote bags, over-the-shoulder tote bags, clear plastic boxes with lids, clear plastic boxes that are divided into compartments, jars that can be filled and stacked and more.

The idea, she said, is to keep things organized but also to make them portable, so people who go to crop parties can pull out a box or bag and take it along.