Have you ever wondered what you could do
with the hundreds of photos that you have accumulated over the
years? For posterity’s sake, people take pictures to capture
significant moments and special occasions such as birthday parties,
anniversaries, graduation, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, New Year
or the birth of a new child.
If you are one of those people whose
photo albums are a mess, then you could consider organizing and
creating scrapbooks. These are a much more personalized, creative
and fun way to relive those fond memories in your lives.
Scrapbooking “templates” refer to a pattern or design that you can
use when making a scrapbook. There are hundreds of patterns to
choose from.
To make a pleasing-to-the-eye scrapbook, you first need to gather
all the material that you will need for the scrapbook itself, then
choose the photos that you would like to compile into an album.
The fun part about scrapbooking is that you get to personalize a
photo, and include a poem, for example, or printed lyrics of a song
to relate to a particular photograph or memorabilia.
The most popular sizes for scrapbooking albums are 12” x 12”, or a
letter-sized paper which is 8 ˝” x 11”. Recently, a smaller format
has been introduced which has a size of 6”x6’” or 8”x8”.
You can find many web sites online which offer downloadable
scrapbooking templates.
Use the look that you want when thinking of a template for your
scrapbook. Decide on the pattern first, as well as the color and
texture of the paper that you would like and don't forget to
personalize your scrapbook by adding quotes or entries.
One example when you may want to creat a scrapbook is when your
first child is born. You would have tons of pictures from when your
baby first smiled, first took a bath, first crawled and took a step
– all the important firsts in you and your baby’s life.
The template for your “Baby’s Firsts” scrapbook should be something
related. If you have a baby boy, take blue as he base color and
choose a pattern to suit your baby’s personality.
You can even monogram your baby’s initials using letter rub-ons or
stickers. It is also a good idea to design the scrapbook using baby
related items, like including baby-related items such as the first
clean bill of health from the doctor, or pre-natal items like a
screen shot of the ultrasound from when the baby was still in the
mother’s womb.
Just follow your instincts and be creative when making a scrapbook
so that you will have something great to look at when reliving those
precious moments in your life.
