Scrapbooking Articles

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Capture That Special Day with a Wedding Scrapbook

Nothing is more special than the union of two people, and a wedding can be the inspiration behind starting to take up scrapbooking as a hobby. Wedding scrapbooks ensures that the day of joy and celebration lives. A couple can bond through reminiscing on the feelings and events of their weddingand can be captured through your wedding scrapbook.

Your Wedding Scrapbook is more than just memories

It is clear that as time goes by so do the memory of events in our lives. Your scrapbook can be worked on as a present to yourself and others in the future. The crucial thing to remember when starting your wedding scrapbook is that you need to work on layouts. This will ensure that you have a firm foundation upon which the wedding pictures will be showcased.

Wedding scrapbooking is more than just putting pictures into a fancy book. It is a story of its own that can be retold with the visuals provided, and in the end you could use your wedding scrapbook for your children to see and experience the beginnings to their past.

Helpful tips for creating Wedding pages

You do not have to feel alone and overwhelmed with your project. There is a whole lot of help to be found so that you get the right steps in making your wedding scrapbook project a reality. You can often go to search engines and find out how to tackle the project and get some great advice. There are books and magazine written out there that will help with layouts and techniques you can use to liven up your pages.

Save your favors, cards and wrapping papers to add dimensions to your pages. If you haven't had you wedding yet, try having your guests write a special moment they remember of you or your spouse and leave it is a vase at the guest table. Use these thru your scrapbook pages as part of your journaling.

Remember that a scrapbook is a journal as well as a photo album. Take the time to write memories down shortly after your wedding so you don't loose the little details that you remember so much at the time. A great way to do this would be to write them on the back of family pictures when they are returned from the store.

Find a color combination that will bring the colors of your photos out. Try and stay with that theme thru out the book.

At the end of your project, remember that this will be a cherished family gift for years to come for all to enjoy.

Marcy Larsen - Close To My Heart Consultant. CTMH offers much more than just scrapbook supplies, including opportunities to make money while scrapbooking. I love to help people get started in scrapbooking. To learn more, please visit my website at http://www.marcylarsen.com.

by Marcy Larsen

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Wedding Scrapbook Album

A wonderful way to start your scrapbooking tradition is with a wedding scrapbook album. It is a good idea to plan page layouts and ideas ahead of time. You can start by making a list of activities that will be taking place before the wedding. Or plan the activities around the pages you do want to include in your album. Bachelor’s or bachelorette’s parties, rehearsal dinners and even your honeymoon can offer very memorable and unique keepsakes to use in your scrapbooking.

One way to begin a wedding scrapbook album is to display both of your lives before the wedding. Make a his and her page with a photo and journalize, use photos or small items that show personal hobbies, friends, sports, interests and anything that defines characteristics or personalities. You can also have his and her pages about “how we met” and both of you can express your feelings about your first meeting.

Make some of your pages unique and pass around a page for friends and family to offer advice to the happy couple. Other memorabilia to include in your album might be an invitation, guest lists, specially made napkins or pressed flowers from your bouquet. When the wedding is behind you, a great way to close your wedding scrapbook album is for the both of you to write down your thoughts about your wedding experience.

Keep a notebook with you to keep track of ideas, thoughts or details that you might want to include in your scrapbook. Careful planning and attention to details before the big day creates a beautiful memory you can share for years to come.

Vera Raposo has been scrapbooking since her oldest child was 5. With tons of scrapbooking tips and ideas, Vera is now sharing some of her best scrapbooking ideas on her radio show at http://www.scrapperstalkradio.com

by Vera Raposo