Scrapbooking Ideas

A really good way to remember all the events of your perfect day is by creating a wedding scrapbook. Maybe you are still in the honeymoon phase of the marriage or maybe you have been married long enough to not be surprised by anything anymore; despite how long you have been married, it is always good to remember that special day and creating a wedding scrapbook is the ideal way to preserve those once in a lifetime memories. With these wedding scrapbooking ideas, creating your wedding scrapbook will be fun and you will enjoy spending the rest of your life looking over it, time after time.

In your scrapbook, you should include 5 major events:

• The engagement
• The wedding/pictures taken by a professional
• The wedding candid pictures, taken by family and friends
• The honeymoon
• And everything that has happened after

For the engagement section, you will want to include any mementos from that special day because that is where it all began. If you went to a concert or the movies before he proposed, include the stubs. If you were at a special dinner and you were able to snatch anything from the restaurant that you can hold near and dear to your heart, include that into this section and if there are pictures of the proposals, you know that those are a must for your scrapbook, right?

The next section in your scrapbook is where you will include formal photos that were taken by the hired photography. These photos are the ones that show you getting ready and the ones that you and your spouse posed for, so that you are able to remember the formality of the day. These pictures should be in the scrapbook but please do not use all of them; just choose a few that you really love.

Then you move on to the section where you will be smiling because candid pictures always capture what the photographer refused to take. Your friends and family took pictures at your wedding and you can expect them to take pictures of the moments that you wish you could forget but you have to admit that these pictures are even better than the ones the photographer took, right?For your next wedding scrapbooking ideas, you should ensure that you include pictures from the honeymoon because this is where your two lives became completely one and you will want to remember that one of a kind vacation.

Now finally, the last thing that should be in your book is something that you will take the rest of your life to build and that is, happily ever after moments.

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organizing your scrapbook

One of the biggest reasons many of us don’t touch our scrapbooks for months is that supplies and photos are scattered all over the place. Having to hunt for a book of stickers or a special pair of scissors takes all the fun out of creating a new page for your scrapbook. Here are few ideas how you can create a scrapbooking organization process.

Group your supplies by theme. Create one general supplies container that has all your essential tools and materials in it. Then sort your stickers, special papers and accessories by category. Depending on what scrapbooks you are working on, you could organize them by particular scrapbook (i.e. wedding scrapbook, child’s scrapbook etc.), or you could organize them by season (Christmas stuff, summer themed supplies etc.) or overall theme or color scheme. 

Get the pictures you are planning to use as well. I usually sort them into separate envelopes, or small boxes for each scrapbook I am working on. If you are organizing your supplies by scrapbook, it’s a good idea to keep your picture box for that scrapbook with the rest of your supplies.

I like to use clear plastic bins to store my scrapbooking supplies, so I can easily see what’s inside. Clear, descriptive labels on the outside of the box help as well. Store the boxes of supplies for scrapbooks you are currently working on close to the area where you like to scrapbook. This will keep you from running back and forth for supplies.

Store any supplies for books that you are not currently working on, or any extra supplies you may have purchased on sale, or for future projects in a dark, dry place. A closet in a spare room makes a great storage place. If you are considering storing your scrapbooking supplies in the basement or attic, make sure the area I like to use clear plastic bins to store my scrapbooking supplies, so I can easily see what’s inside. Clear, descriptive labels on the outside of the box help as well. Store the boxes of supplies for scrapbooks you are currently working on close to the area where you like to scrapbook. This will keep you from running back and forth for supplies.

Store any supplies for books that you are not currently working on, or any extra supplies you may have purchased on sale, or for future projects in a dark, dry place. A closet in a spare room makes a great storage place. If you are considering storing your scrapbooking supplies in the basement or attic, make sure the area is not damp and doesn’t get too hot or cold. You don’t want to unpack your supplies in a few months and find out that everything has been ruined by mold, bleached from being exposed to light, or warped from heat.

Take a little time to set-up a scrapbooking organization process with your scrapbooking supplies. You’ll find you will enjoy scrapbooking even more when everything you need is right at your fingertips. Go out and get some boxes or plastic bins to store your supplies and start organizing your supplies this week.

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 

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Easy Digital Scrapbooking Layout Programs: About Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist

f you've been thinking about making the transition to digital scrapbooking, keep in mind that you no longer need to have outstanding computer skills to create beautiful pages that showcase your family's precious memories. With Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist, you can choose to either begin with a pre-designed layout template or create a one-of-a-kind page using graphics from one of many different content packs. (The program comes with 2 digikits and a DVD with 10 bonus kits, but you can download additional freebies from the DaisyTrail Web site or choose to purchase CDs with larger kit collections.) Notable features of Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist include:

• The content pack manager makes it easy to quickly sort through all of your patterned papers and embellishments to see what designs best match your photos.
• You can mimic traditional scrapbooking techniques by using brushes to fake the look of handstitching, cutting tools to make decorative scissor borders, or punches to make your own creative embellishments.
• The text editor's built in spell check lets you avoid embarrassing errors in your journaling.
• Built-in photo editing tools let you crop your pictures and correct minor flaws without the hassle of opening a separate image editing file.
• An entire album can be created as one project file, so you can easily see how your book will look when it's finished

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Due to its incredible collection of templates and embellishments, Scrapbook Factory Deluxe is a big favorite with digital scrapbookers – especially among novice and intermediate users. You can also use the software to create photo calendars and day planners as well as photo cubes, recipe cards, and many other items.

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Simple Free Scrapbooking Sites for Beginners and free clipart graphics

 athe art of digital scrapbooking has exploded, in part because of imagining software like Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop, and the plethora of digital resources, workshops, magazines, web sites, and graphic design techniques that can help anyone put together some eye pleasing visual memories and artifacts.Scrapbooking is an art form of creating a paper-based collage centered around a memorable photo or set of photos. Traditionally, collages are created using an assortment of papers, markers, frames, rub-on letters, stickers, and other embellishment materials. But now in the age of digital software, scrapbooking can be more accessible for those who don’t want to spend a lot of money on paper resources.

If you’re looking to boost your skills as a photographer or graphic designer, digital scrapbooking is useful hobby for achieving these goals. The following is a sampling of free scrapbooking sites that provide tutorials and free downloads for those wanting to get started with digital scrapbooking.  here are a few sites too help

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Computer Scrapbook.com

When you’re ready to get deeper into digital scrapbooking, Computer Scrapbook.com offers several dozen absolutely free starter kits. You sign up on the site, and the kits will be delivered from its supply page. The kits include assorted backgrounds, shapes, and other elements.