Scrapbooking

The interest in Scrapbooking has increased immensely in recent years. So what is scrapbooking? Scrapbooking is about preserving your memories. It is the art of taking those stacks of photos that are stuffed in boxes in the wardrobe and presenting them in a creative and attractive way.



Scrapbooking is when those special photos are cropped and layered on to interesting papers and card and decorated with ribbons, and other such embellishments. But scrapbooking is more than this. Each page can be accompanied with some journalling, this is the telling of the stories that accompany the pictures, they explain, in a beautiful way, the information that the photos alone will not show and our memory will forget. Journalling can be a few well chosen words or a fold out booklet that tells a story. Word dictionary definitions are a popular form of journalling.

As a scrapbook is a record for the future and therefore care must be taken to ensure the products used do not damage your photos. The products you use should be acid free and photo safe, as it is the acid in materials that cause the pages to deteriorate over time.

But the fun and the love of scrapbooking comes from the creativity, the page layout can rekindle as many memories as the photo's themselves, through the colours you choose, the embellishments you add and the wording you add. The images and wording you add to your pages can be freehand or can be taken from compilation books for scrapbooking. Scrapbooking is fun and a great activity to share with friends and family and what better gift to give to a grandparent or an overseas friend but a wonderful album full of those special times that so they can share in the joy as well.

Scrapbooks do not have to be a huge album, they can be a single page in a frame or even a small accordion style book that fits in a small gift box it is up to you. But remember do not rush your pages because your scrapbook is about special events in your past, recorded in the present, to be enjoyed in the future.