These are the basics of what the average scrapbook layout will consist of. Hope this helps all of you beginners out there.
Photo
Photos are the the essence of scrapbook layouts. Most scrapbooking pages will have at least one or multiple photos on them.
Page Title
The words that highlight, summarize or suggest the page theme on scrapbooking layouts. You can use famous sayings, names, or simple phrases as page titles.
Journaling
Text that expands or explains the story of the photos. But the journaling doesn't have to be related to the event of the photos all the time. You can write out short descriptions including names and dates, heartfelt letters, captions, basic information, quotes, lyrics and even poems.
More to come next week ...
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Never Underestimate Journaling
You may look at your child or family today and know everything about them, their favourite saying, color, food. But in five or ten years you may not. Memories may fade but journaling will not. Journaling is a great way to capture those phrases that a photo cannot. It is a simple way to add a personal touch to an album and leave a lasting memory. If you want to get really creative you can include page talker, these can record that adorable first word from your baby or that special someone saying how much they love you.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Simple Tip To A Good Page Flow
A good rule to keep the flow going on your page and ensure that it looks the best it can look is picture position! Not only the position of the physical picture, but the person in the picture. You should always create your page having the people in the picture facing inwards or looking straight ahead. If you have a photo with a persons back toward the center of the piece it can look like that person is mad, due to their back being against the other images.
Having all of the pictures facing inwards or straight ahead allows the eye to flow nicely over one thing and onto the next and creates unity in the image.
Having all of the pictures facing inwards or straight ahead allows the eye to flow nicely over one thing and onto the next and creates unity in the image.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Organization
Organization experts stress that you need to evaluate your needs before you buy a single storage container. Before you begin to organize think about the following questions:
-How much time can you devote to scrapbooking?
-Where are you most likely to work?
-Do you have a specific style or are you flexible and experiment with new techniques
-Do need peace and quiet when you work or can you handle a little background distraction?
The answers to these questions will give you valuable information for how you scrapbook and what your scrapbook organization system should look like. Keep them in mind as you consider each aspect of scrapbook organization.
-How much time can you devote to scrapbooking?
-Where are you most likely to work?
-Do you have a specific style or are you flexible and experiment with new techniques
-Do need peace and quiet when you work or can you handle a little background distraction?
The answers to these questions will give you valuable information for how you scrapbook and what your scrapbook organization system should look like. Keep them in mind as you consider each aspect of scrapbook organization.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Ending Your Pregnancy Scrapbook
End your scrapbook with an introduction to the baby. Include a picture of the newborn, date born, and size.
Pregnancy scrapbooks are a great way to look back and cherish the moments of your pregnancy even after your little one is grown. Creating a section in it that reflects a journal of diary of your thoughts, cravings, energy levels, and such is one way that many mothers leave a little something behind for their children to learn about their journey of birth.
When you become pregnant again, it's also a good way to look back and anticipate the feelings and emotions that subsequent pregnancies bring. Don't forget that just as no two children are like, so are no two pregnancies. Make sure to document your nine month journey for all your children.
Pregnancy scrapbooks are a great way to look back and cherish the moments of your pregnancy even after your little one is grown. Creating a section in it that reflects a journal of diary of your thoughts, cravings, energy levels, and such is one way that many mothers leave a little something behind for their children to learn about their journey of birth.
When you become pregnant again, it's also a good way to look back and anticipate the feelings and emotions that subsequent pregnancies bring. Don't forget that just as no two children are like, so are no two pregnancies. Make sure to document your nine month journey for all your children.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Ultrasounds and Baby Names
Include Ultrasounds
Some women have numerous ultrasounds while others just have one or two. No matter how many ultrasounds you have, include a section in the book of pictures from them. Include the date, weeks of pregnancy, and any other information that you gain. It's also fun to include from a baby book what the baby has developed so far. "For example, Today Baby Girl is developing her ..."
Boy or Girl?
If you find out the gender of your baby, include a page that is dedicated to blue or pink. Include thoughts on how you and your family feel. You can also include some favorite baby names to that gender. If you choose to not find out gender of the baby you can include favor tie baby names with a gender neutral themed page.
Some women have numerous ultrasounds while others just have one or two. No matter how many ultrasounds you have, include a section in the book of pictures from them. Include the date, weeks of pregnancy, and any other information that you gain. It's also fun to include from a baby book what the baby has developed so far. "For example, Today Baby Girl is developing her ..."
Boy or Girl?
If you find out the gender of your baby, include a page that is dedicated to blue or pink. Include thoughts on how you and your family feel. You can also include some favorite baby names to that gender. If you choose to not find out gender of the baby you can include favor tie baby names with a gender neutral themed page.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Keeping Track During Your Nine Months
Pregnancy Tips Continued ...
Keeping Track During Your Nine Months
Write down the date, and how far along you are at the top of the page, and if you are comfortable, include a picture of yourself.
You can also include photos of your mother and your significant others mother when they were pregnant with you! This will be fun for your child to look back and see.
Seeing yourself in pictures from the beginning to the end of your pregnancy shows how much you have changed. Sometimes it is hard to see the changes in the mirror because you look at yourself everyday.
A fun tip is to include some baby picture of you and your significant other with a sonogram photo of your baby.
More Pregnancy Tips to Come
Keeping Track During Your Nine Months
Write down the date, and how far along you are at the top of the page, and if you are comfortable, include a picture of yourself.
You can also include photos of your mother and your significant others mother when they were pregnant with you! This will be fun for your child to look back and see.
Seeing yourself in pictures from the beginning to the end of your pregnancy shows how much you have changed. Sometimes it is hard to see the changes in the mirror because you look at yourself everyday.
A fun tip is to include some baby picture of you and your significant other with a sonogram photo of your baby.
More Pregnancy Tips to Come
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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Pregnancy Tips Continued ... Let Your Journaling Take Center Stage
You should start your pregnancy scrapbook from the moment you find out you are pregnant.
Include what you were thinking and how you told others. Include the date you found out and the date of your first doctor's appointment. Include your due date and other details such as first time you and your significant other felt the baby move.
There are not as many pictures to use before your baby is born as there are after. It helps to enclose a caption with each picture that you do have. If you do not want to take that many pregnant pictures you should at least take pictures of the milestones.
Take a photo of when you found out, your belly at 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months to show how your baby has grown.
It is also a fun idea to add a thought section to each page. You can type this or hand write it. Try to keep the thought section consistent throughout the book by using the same type of paper or pasting it in the same location on the page. For example, at the top, you can write "What Mommy is Thinking...", about cravings, growing, getting the nursery ready ect.
Include what you were thinking and how you told others. Include the date you found out and the date of your first doctor's appointment. Include your due date and other details such as first time you and your significant other felt the baby move.
There are not as many pictures to use before your baby is born as there are after. It helps to enclose a caption with each picture that you do have. If you do not want to take that many pregnant pictures you should at least take pictures of the milestones.
Take a photo of when you found out, your belly at 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months to show how your baby has grown.
It is also a fun idea to add a thought section to each page. You can type this or hand write it. Try to keep the thought section consistent throughout the book by using the same type of paper or pasting it in the same location on the page. For example, at the top, you can write "What Mommy is Thinking...", about cravings, growing, getting the nursery ready ect.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Pregnancy Scrapbook Tips
Creating a pregnancy scrapbook can be very exciting and easy. The best time to start it is before the arrival of your little bundle so that you have time to finish it.
There are so many milestones during those nine months that you think you will never forget. For example, I never thought that I would forget the date that I first felt my baby's movement, or when I first felt the floods of nausea that signified the growing life within me, as well as when they subsided and the cravings kicked in.
But as time passes your memories will fade as you get busy with your new little one. One great way to keep track of all of your precious memories and have a conversation piece to share with your little one as he or she grows is with a pregnancy scrapbook.
It does not have to be elaborate but yet it should be personal. As with any other scrapbook the materials used can be pictures, stickers, and embellishments. Consider some of these tips when thinking about creating a pregnancy scrapbook.
There are so many milestones during those nine months that you think you will never forget. For example, I never thought that I would forget the date that I first felt my baby's movement, or when I first felt the floods of nausea that signified the growing life within me, as well as when they subsided and the cravings kicked in.
But as time passes your memories will fade as you get busy with your new little one. One great way to keep track of all of your precious memories and have a conversation piece to share with your little one as he or she grows is with a pregnancy scrapbook.
It does not have to be elaborate but yet it should be personal. As with any other scrapbook the materials used can be pictures, stickers, and embellishments. Consider some of these tips when thinking about creating a pregnancy scrapbook.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Make your picture pop
Matting letters is time consuming. A quick fix is to trace around your letters with a pen leaving a small space then color to make them pop!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
I’m Glad I Always ...
Saw the true beauty of journaling. Its nice being able to look back at your photos and instead of saying, who are they? Where are we? You will know exactly how you felt about that special moment and why you thought it was important to scrap.
You can always look back and regret that hairstyle or those pants, but don’t let yourself regret not writing about that special moment.
You can always look back and regret that hairstyle or those pants, but don’t let yourself regret not writing about that special moment.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Overwhelmed with Scrapbooking?
Overwhelmed with Scrapbooking? We've broken scrapbooking down into 4 easy steps for you!
1:Gather
2:Sort
3:Determine your start point
4:Do one page at a time
1:Gather
2:Sort
3:Determine your start point
4:Do one page at a time
Monday, May 3, 2010
Travelling and Scrapbooking?
Is it your first time travelling with your scrapbooking items? You may think that you can simply pack everything up and move it, only problem being those tedious embellishments. If you do not have an organizer you may not want to purchase one for this specific occasion. Here is a simple and cheap trick. Tic-Tac containers. Have any old ones lying around? Pop off the top and fill them with your tiny embellishments. You can also get creative and decorate them according to what’s inside.