Scrapbook Photos of Thanksgiving Day Preparations

Many people take pictures of all of their family at thanksgiving and the decorations, maybe even the finished meal. Cooking a Thanksgiving dinner is quite the undertaking, so snap some shots of the cook as she goes to work. The photos will make a great behind-the-scenes Thanksgiving scrapbook page and make you really appreciate that delicious meal!

Add Bubbles with Bubble Wrap.

Bubble wrap is perfect for packing items and shipping them off. But did you know that it is perfect for Scrapbooking as well!

Create adorable “under the sea” or "bath time" theme layouts by using bubble wrap and a little ink.

Take your desired color of ink and a sheet of bubble wrap, the size of the bubble wrap does not have to be as big as your page you can just re-stamp with it.

Roll ink onto your bubble wrap or just rub your bubble wrap on your ink, this may cause it to go on heavier in some spots. Lay your bubble wrap onto your page and press down firmly.

Lift the bubble wrap off of your page and voila! adorable little bubbles all over.

Cool Tip!

Cut your bubble wrap into circles, all different shapes and sizes.
Ink the circles and press them onto your paper coming out of a bathtub or off of a picture. This will create the same effect without doing it all over the page.

Have Fun!

Include Quotes on Your Scrapbook Pages

Originality is something you should always strive for when creating. You can create original pages with exclusive ideas; this includes journaling on your layouts. This is a perfect way to tell about the photographs and help you remember what was going on during that time.

Quotes for your pages are a wonderful way to add some "elegance" to your page layouts. Famous quotes for your era are fun to have in your books. You can also include quotes from family members about the people in the pictures.

For baby books you can quote your child or record "first words", adorable ways that they would say things and funny phrases.

Its almost Halloween

How can you possibly not love a holiday that makes it okay to dress up in a costume and invites children to go from home to home and demand candy. Yes, Halloween is pretty great!
Are you dressing up yourself or your child in an elaborate get-up? Set up your camera and kit record, you can either create a video of the transformation and grab stills from the video or you can take photos throughout the transformation, try to sit in the same position while taking the photos.
Then you can take the photos and create a start to finish "slide show" effect on your layout.

What does acid free mean to you?

If the paper is acid free it will be typically be neutral in pH or at most, between 6 and 7 (which is the neutral pH).

Where do acids comes from?

The scrapbooking paper is made of wood pulp that contains natural acids. During production, calcium is added to neutralize the acid during the treatment process. The paper may also be buffered to keep additional acids from forming.

Since we want our creative scrapbooks to last long, it makes sense to use acid free scrapbooking paper in our project. Manufacturers will normally have an ‘acid free’ label on the packaging to differentiate this special paper with regular paper. If you use acid free paper, you’ll also notice that they will not yellow and deteriorate easily as regular paper. This type of paper will not damage your photos too, so try to consider them in your scrapbooking budget.

Create the PERFECT Halloween scrapbook

1. Select a piece of scrapbook paper that goes well with your Halloween photos. Consider the main colors in your photos and use that as an accent, for example: A green paper with light orange swirls will pick up on the colors of pumpkins.

2. Choose a color of card stock that compliments your photos and the main background paper. Cut the card stock in a rectangular shape 1/2 inch larger than the photo to create a mat. Oranges, black and fall related colors go well with Halloween photos.

3. When it comes to embellishments stick to 2 colors, throwing in 3 colors can mix things up too much. Orange and black always work well.

The Halloween Photo Dash

We all plan on taking a bunch of great pictures of our children in their costumes, but really, how often does it work out? One is crying, one is too hot, one wants to leave with their friends. So here are a few tips I have learned over the years.

-Take photos of everyone getting ready, it doesn't matter if they don't look happy, its Halloween. Use black and white or sepia to make the photo more "creepy".
-Take photos of them in their costumes before you go outside! Do not open that door or they will be in 10 different directions.
-Use different levels, bend down and look right at them vs them looking up at your.
-It is not cheesy to get the good ol' flashlight under then chin look.
-Photocopy candy wrappers and use as embellishments.
Take after pictures of all of the candy, them eating it all, and them passed out!