subject: Scrapbook Albums - Get Creative With Your Memory Saving [print this page] Scrapbooking is easy and fun to learn as a hobby. Lots of people are finding that compiling scrapbook albums can be quite the relaxing activity. One thing is definitely certain - Scrapbook albums can help you to preserve your memories in a format that will last for tons of years to come.
Start in the here and now! Make scrapbooking a part of your daily routine or weekly routine; some people choose to scrapbook specifically on one day of the week, and they will plan out their scrapbooking time just like any other event in life. You can make time for this fun hobby if you juggle things about a bit - and you'll be rewarded with beautiful scrapbook albums that your family will cherish for years to come. Scrapbooking about current family events will be the simplest beginning scrapbooking project.
Sit down with your album and the pictures that you have taken recently and decide on a theme. This will usually be an event that has transpired in the past month or so, like "our vacation" or "Jenny's Birthday", for example. If you have no recent events in particular to scrapbook about, scrapbook about the season, such as "springtime with the Smiths" - a bit of thought will get your creative juices to flowing.
The background that you choose can be plain or completely decked out with your theme. Pre-made kits for scrapbooking usually include scrapbook albums, precut paper, embellishments, stickers and layout suggestions. Over time, you will gain more experience and be completely comfortable with designing your own layouts and backgrounds - but until then, pre-made kits can serve as a tutorial.
Choose the pictures that best fit the theme and decide how many you want on the page and how you want to lay the pictures out on said page. You can use specialty scissors to make unique edges on the pictures or just use them in the size that they currently are.
Next, add some embellishments that make the page stand out a bit more. There are literally hundreds of different embellishments that you can choose to make the pages of your scrapbook albums completely original. Anything from glitter to stickers and beyond that. So, let originality guide you on your journey and make sure you have fun.
