Your Life Deserves Catalog Scrapbooking
12 August 2006Scrapbooking is a means of creating a book of memories. Scrapbooking can even be kept on a computer should you choose not to physically create it by hand; however, handwriting is more personal and in due course it will hold more sentimental value.
Catalog scrapbooking will keep all dates together in sequence, which will be nice to follow especially if you are recording a baby’s life from birth.
There are several items that you need to purchase in order to start with catalog scrapbooking. They are listed below:
1. Scrapook Album
The scrapbook album pages should be acid-free, PVC-free (polyvinyl chloride-free) and photo-safe. There are several types of albums.
The first one is the binder-type album which is a three-ring binder similar to a generic three-ring school binder, this type of album is expandable, so it will be easier to add more scrapbook pages as they are created. It is also convenient because pages can be moved without damaging the entire album or scrapbook page.
The second type is the post-bound album. A post-bound album has sheet protectors which you can take apart because they are bound by metal tubes.
The third type is the strap-hinge album. This type is also expandable but it only goes to certain extent. The album has plastic pockets to protect the pages, and is bound by wire loops.
2. Mounting Pages
Mounting pages are available in various designs and colors. Again, since mounting pages serve as a photograph’s support, it is important to make sure that they are acid-free, PVC-safe and photo-safe. Mounting pages usually come in two sizes, 8 1/2 X 11 and 12 X 12.
3. Mounting Supplies
You can use glue, phototape, or mounting corners to post photos. They need to be labelled “photo-safe” or “archival” so they won’t damage photos.
To mount newspaper clippings or brochures, you need to use an Archival or deacidification spray first prior to mounting to prevent the paper from yellowing.
4. Cutting Tools
Scissors are sold in many arts and craft stores, but there are special scrapbooking scissors you can purchase. Popular cutting tools used in scrapbooking are circle and oval cutters, paper trimmers to trim photos or to cut small decorations, and scrapbooking punches, available in various designs.
Other than the materials and tools mentioned, you can use other materials like stickers, cloth, dried flowers, leaves, twigs, or even rocks to create a unique scrapbook.
Scrapbooking is a wonderful way to record occasions of any sort anytime from birthdays, to graduation, to marriages and anniversaries or anything else happeing in one’s life worth remembering and recording. Catalog scrapbooking can help you recollect and put together your life as a book.
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