Personalization is the key to making the perfect scrapbook Making someone smile by getting reminded of you every time they see something you’ve created is the best compliment. Your personality must be present in your crafts, and your scrapbook is not an exception.
If you run out of ideas for your first scrapbook, you can always consult your best resource… YOU!
Yep, you do not have to be very creative to build the perfect scrapbook, but you do have to be very expressive.
How to personalize your scrapbook?
1. Your Colors
People associate colors with places, things and even people! If you love green and people know you love the color, you can adorn your scrapbook with green buttons and folded paper.
2. Would you wear that?
Part of the fun of scrapbooking is dressing up your photos in funny “outfits”. You can create new ones to fit the occasion just by pasting paper and potpourri on your photos. You can even make dad look like santa by pasting on a santa suit.
3. Your story
Maybe you have several childhood memories you want preserved, and your scrapbook is all about memories, so why not turn your scrapbook into a story. You need to use landscape photos or paint landscapes on your pages and place ordinary photos on them. One thing to ask yourself is this: what part of the scrapbook will make the reader feel something? That’s the “plot” of your story and you can work around that. Don’t forget the happy ending!
4. What memories do you have of the recipient?
If you’re creating a scrapbook for another person, you can make it look like a collection of funny memories about that person. Here’s where I well up. I have so many memories of my family members and I wish I made a scrapbook for each of those memories. Don’t let that happen to you. Preserve memories when you can.
I hope I have helped you to come up with more than several new ideas for the pages in your scrapbook.
Apr 03, 2009 | Sentimental Thoughts
Spring means everyone will be in for another grand and fun house cleaning!
What isn’t well-realized is that spring is also the time for scrapbooking. Why? Notice when you clean, you stumble upon some sentimental but forgotten things you haven’t seen for a long time. Of course, at that moment, you promise never to lose it again. You place it inside a box and you vow to do something with it as soon as possible.
But things don’t go according to plan, do they? Soon you find yourself forgetting about these sentimental items that you really want to preserve forever. Moreover, you realize that the longer you keep them unprotected, the more they become damaged. Don’t let one spring cleaning pass you by again before you start treasuring these valuable things.
What are the things that you can put in a scrapbook?
1. Photos of you and your friends
2. Candid shots from family gatherings
3. kids’ artwork
3. buttons that you misplaced
4. rocks and shells that you picked up during your vacation
and the list goes on.
With a scrapbook, you preserve the memories, you can use your scrapbook as a conversational piece on your living room, and you can even wrap it up and send it as a gift to a relative who lives far away. Memories are the best gifts. If you can’t preserve them, they’re gone forever. If you can keep them with you, do it. You only live once.
Mar 29, 2009 | Scrapbook, Sentimental Gift Ideas, crafts, family traditions
Small, Spanish-style houses on a quiet street always made me think of fond memories about grandma.
Memories of stories about the olden days under the old mango tree that still proudly stood proudly in the neighborhood. I remember excaping from home late at night to go on a date and my grandma waiting for me and keeping the gate open.
Nowadays whenever I found myself feeling lonely, I would think of these moments and remember how she really cared about me; the memories would always flood my consciousness, bringing a smile to my face and not without a few tears.
My grandma was no longer able to go out much, like she used to when she was younger. She would play bridge with the neighborhood oldies and would always have a few coins for me to buy chips.
From around the corner, I would wait for her to come by… knowing that a smile on her face would mean she won a few rounds.
Often she would ask what’s for dinner then she would launch into a discussion about the current events of the day. Even at 80, she was a walking a crossword puzzle perfectly done, a trivia master who knew the answer to every question on games shows. Most of all, she always had a smile for me.
Nov 12, 2008 | Growing Up Stories, Sentimental Thoughts
