Having a baby is one of the greatest joys in life. Over the course of your baby’s life there will be events, stories, photos and special memories that you will want to preserve for future generations to enjoy. Creating a baby and family scrap book is an easy and fun way to store photos and memorabilia for years. Scrap books can be as simple as photos and journaling, or much more elaborate.
If you have never scrap booked before it may seem a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. Even if you didn’t start when your children were young, you can start any time. Due to the increasing popularity of scrap booking over the last decade or so, supplies and ideas are widely available in stores and online. The only items your need to get started are paper, photos, pens, tape or glue for securing photos and page protectors. You can purchase ready to use scrap books or make your own. (Archival quality supplies are not necessary, but your scrap books will last for many more years using them.)
More elaborate scrap books have stickers, buttons, ribbons and other decorations on each page. These are beautiful and fun but take more time to complete.
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Special events like weddings and births only come around once in a while, so if you have an important event coming up it’s a good idea to get your camera poised at the ready to catch any precious moments as they happen Books – Preserving Your Library
Do you have a library of books and want to take care of them properly? By observing the proper care and feeding of your books you can read them over and over again and preserve them for future generations. Photograph Your Special Memories
If you want to remember the special events in your life make sure to bring your camera. That way you can capture precious moments that you will treasure for a lifetime. The Importance of Preserving Your Photo Memories
When my sister’s house burned down and she lost all her family photos, I was determined to find a way to preserve and protect my family photos. I also discovered I had boxes of old family photos without words on the back describing the photos. I had to rely on my older relative’s memories to connect the pieces of my family’s history together.Whether you choose to create simple or elaborate scrap books, your book should always include journaling, writing what is happening in the photos. It can be as simple as who, what, when and where. These can be printed from a computer, but actually handwriting these entries give your scrap book historical qualities.
Chronicling your child’s life allows you to see how your child changes as he or she grows. Using something like a teddy bear to put next to baby in one picture periodically lets you easily see how your baby grows. Using color, themes, and stickers on your pages will make them fun and interesting, but are not necessary to create a treasured piece for future generations.
If you, like me love the elegant look that you can get on your layouts by using dry embossing, here are some scrap-booking ideas for some easy ways to get that embossed look for your scrapbook layouts. Most scrap-booking enthusiasts that I know have done embossing on some of their layouts or used ready made embossed pages.
I don’t know about you, but I used to think I needed to keep my scrapbooking supplies separate from my stamping supplies, and vice versa. I had a craft bag for stamping and card making projects and a craft bag for scrapbooking projects. I wanted to be sure my photos were scrapped with archival quality materials only to ensure their long and undamaged life. Many stamping supplies were not photo safe a few years ago but that is no longer so true.