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Archive for July, 2007


Journaling

We’ve all looked through scrapbooks before and find us reading aloud to ourselves the captions and short journal entries that accompany the photos. Scrapbooking wouldn’t be as meaningful and as captivating without those short, but sweet written memoirs. Here are a few ideas to help enhance your next scrapbook with journaling.

One of the hardest parts of journaling is finding something creative to write. Next time you are having trouble, give one of your friends the photo and have them create three to five questions about the picture that they want to know about. Tell them to be creative and avoid the who, what, and where questions. If your friends are having the same problems exchange pictures and help them out.

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Keeping your Scrapbook Safe

One of the most devastating things that can happen to a scrapbook-er is for their creation to be ruined. There are plenty of ways that your book can get destroyed. With just a few simple precautions, you can make sure that your book will be around for years to come.

Liquids obviously will destroy memorabilia, photographs and negatives. To avoid disasters, store your scrapbooks supplies, albums, photographs and negatives in a dry, cool place where water from broken pipes or overflowing toilets cannot reach them. Also, keep food and drinks out of your work area.

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Creative Homemade Scrapbooking

Children bring home papers almost everyday during their school years that their parents just can’t bear to throw out. Why not save them in a scrapbook? They are fun to make and allow a great opportunity to spend quality time with your child.

Creativity is the key to everything. You will need scissors, construction paper, notebook, markers, and glue. You may want to also include pinking shears, laminating paper or clear contact paper, pictures, stickers, etc.

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Supplies

So you’ve probably seen that aisle before…filled with thousands of stickers, pieces of paper, scissors, and little scissor-like tools. What are you going to need when starting your scrapbook? Here are a few ‘must-haves’ when shopping for scrapbook supplies…

After picking out the size and theme of your book, you will need to pick up some acid-free paper. You will need to know the size of your book so you can get the right size paper. It is essential to get acid-free paper to avoid deterioration of photos over time. Remember, this is a keepsake, so you don’t want it to only last for a few years. Although the acid-free paper may be a bit more expensive than ‘regular’ paper, it will be a good investment in the long run. Pick a variety of patterns and colors that will fit your theme and that tie together a little. If you are doing a ‘beach’ theme, buy some simple shades of blue paper and you will be able to mix and match that with some pages with beach patterns.

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A Few Odds and Ends

Everyone wants to make their scrapbook unique…to put their own special touch on every page. Here are a few tricks you can use to capture every memory and to make your scrapbook your very own.

One of the great things about scrapbooks is that anything goes. You have the ability to put anything you want in. A good start to a unique scrapbook is to become a collector of your family and friends memorabilia. Now that doesn’t mean memorabilia that we always think of. Be creative. Keep ticket stubs (movies, planes, museums), cards, cartoons, receipts, newspaper articles, pamphlets or brochures.

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