Scrapbooking is gaining popularity across the globe as children and parents alike gather together to put their memories not just down on paper but all sorts of colourful cardboards with special scrapbooking supplies carefully dotted around. How do you think you would go at scrapbooking?
Scrapbooking is the art of creating and storing treasured memories in an orderly manner within a book - there is never a right nor a wrong way of doing it. Your book is your book it can be as complex or simple as you choose it to be.
Thomas Jefferson was scrapbooker. He was one to keep newspaper articles from his two terms as president. Every Sunday, Mark Twain made time to fill his scrapbooks with treasures he found on his many adventures, photos and articles that he wanted to keep, so that he could remember and reflect upon.
When getting started yourself, some basic materials should include the book, binder or album; some photos and some adhesive. At this point you can add stickers, stamps, sketches and other momentos in a layout you desire.
Scrapbooking usually has some sort of photography or hand drawn pictures. However, with the technology that is available to us today - you can now take a video and later pull still pictures from the video and print them for your scrapbook. In essence capturing your "ballerina" in mid twirl; or the look of concentration on the kicker's face when he attempts to make the winning field goal; or you don't want to miss the look on your little leaguers face when they hit their first home run or make that great catch!
It is common for children to be on some sort of sports team, in a school club or part of a neighbourhood program, that requires them to be a "team player". These are fond memories (and life lessons) that you will always want to be able to capture and freeze to show the future generation or perhaps family members that missed the special moments.
Remember to include names, dates, places and a comment for two; so that the viewer will understand the whole picture, there is no guessing of who, what, where and when? So that anyone can pick up your scrapbook and almost be transported back to that special time or event that was so important to you!
There are special themed scrapbooking stickers available online and plenty of scrapbooking layout ideas to read up on. Not to mention special pens for scrapbooking that are permanent and will not smear or fade over time. This is referred to "journaling" in the scrapbooking world and it is one of the most important parts of the scrapbooking process.
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