How to Start a Scrapbook
28 October 2008Many people enjoy the craft of scrapbooking because it’s a great way to appreciate the moments enjoyed with friends and family. Begin with a simple project and choose a theme: a certain vacation, a single holiday, a child’s school career, a wedding. There are many great scrapbooking ideas out there for you to try.
Don’t use all the photos you have, just hand-pick the best ones that you want to look at time and time again. Any left-over photos can of course be put to one side and used for another day.
Don’t hurry the project and take as much time you require. The story in your scrpbook doesn’t have to be in chronological order, limit your color theme, set out to design each page differently, or set any unnecessary goals.
What You Will Need
Start scrapbooking with the bare necessities or with all the bells and whistles according to your personal style. First, you need an album, so pick one that will go with the idea that you have or let the store supply inspire you. Whilst you are buying your album you might as well buy some re-fill pages that fit your album. You don’t want to run out in the middle of your scrapbooking project and discover that these exact pages are difficult to find. Get a good pair of scissors just for scrapbooking, and make sure they are comfortable in your hand and sharp, then keep them with your supplies.
You’ll need adhesive. Find one in the scrapbooking aisle of the craft store. Make sure it’s acid-free and is good for both photos and cardstock, because you will want to choose cardstock and paper to accent your photos. Choose holiday colors for holiday scrapbooking and baby pastels for baby scrapbooking. And lastly, you will need a craft store that specializes in scrapbooking so you can find specialized papers that are available by the sheet. There are just some of the scrapbooking for beginners tips.
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