Have you enjoyed Scrapbook Classroom so far? Feel free to post your comments, both good and bad. We are in the developing stages of bringing you some excited content related to the scrapbook field. We have taken our mission seriously in providing you with interesting things to attract both the beginner and seasoned pro.
Coming soon this summer, we will be holding a scrapbook idea contest in which we will be offering a $50 gift certificate to giftcertificates.com Contest date and rules will be posted near the end of June, so stay tuned.
We are still taking in scrapbook page submissions of your creations. We would like to hear from you on the best ideas in making your scrapbooks.
In our next post, we will touch on a fairly new type of scrapbook….the digital scrapbook.
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Another one of our visitors has submitted a page from her scrapbook of when she took a trip to Mexico. Notice the fantastic pictures she took of the sunset! It sure brings the feeling of tranquility and a yearning to be there right now!
Notice the contrasting colors on the photo matts, a great touch. She also made a great journal describing the joy of seeing the unfogettable sunset. She made good use of the palm tree cut outs and the little 3-D flowers holding the palm tree illustration on the page. The blue page color gives the feel of the water.
Keep your scrapbook submissions coming!
Since the month of June is just around the corner, thoughts are turned to the couples in love who are making a "June" wedding. This is a good time to plan for a wedding themed scrapbook. Although you can never plan too early for your next scrapbook, the wedding scrapbook has a special place in our memories. This is a once in a lifetime event that has a tremendous impact on the bride and groom as well as both future in-laws, to say the least. What better way to memorialize the event with a scrapbook, possibily making two of them!
When you take a look at all the planning that goes into the wedding, what comes to mind is the various rituals and venues that will be captured with photographs. There is the bachelor and bachelorette parties, the trips to the stores and tux rental places, the trips to the caterer or hotel to make sure all is well there, the rehearsal party, the actual wedding, the reception, and so on. It would appear that your camera is going to get a good workout, so make sure you plan for each page in your scrapbook accordingly.
Make sure you spend enough on a nice "designer" type of scrapbook binder because many of the photos will be taken by a professional and you want the quality of the binder to be consistent with the quality of the pages within and the whole look. In the weeks to come, we will be going over reviews of the best places to shop for all your materials and supplies regarding your next scrapbooking project.
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We are proud to present our first scrapbook submission from an avid reader of our scrapbook classroom blog. June from Arizona has two wonderful grandchildren and has dedicated her scrapbook for them. We have a great scrapbook page submitted which features the children during the Christmas holidays.
As you can see, these pages are very effective at conveying the mood and the cuteness of the holiday! There is great use of space and color. Care was made to glue down the photo so that there were no "lumps" so that the picture set on the "frame" would be perfectly flat. The picture was cropped perfectly and the "journal" caption was a great touch!
Feel free to submit your favorite scrapbook page and we will gladly post them here!
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One of most often questions we get asked, is the journaling part of a scrapbook. For those newbies to scrapbooking, journaling is the "story" we tell along with the pictures or momentos on each scrapbook page.
As we all know, pictures tell a "thousand words," but sometimes, we have to help the casual reader with a text caption, just what the scrapbook page or scrapbook is all about! There are several ways to come up with great text content for your scrapbook.
First thing you can do is act as a TV news reporter. When looking at the picture you are about to mount in a page, pretend that you are interviewing the person whose picture it is and ask what happened here or where was the picture taken at. What was the reason for the people or place to be on that picture? You can go on to "ask" what kind of fun did you have? What adventure did you go through at that place? You get the idea.
Another great idea is to look at the picture and write a poem about it. You do not have to be a Robert Frost or Ernest Hemmingway, but simply, be yourself! The words do not have to ryhme, or even make sense! Just some short prose can liven up the picture at hand.
One last idea is to write a "letter" as if you were sending this scrapbook page to someone in an envelope. Remember at Christmastime when you received "picture" postcards in the mail? It would be on photo paper describing what plans they would have at Christmas, or a paper letter enclosed in an envelope with a photographed attached and the letter would be a brief description of what the family has been up to and what they intend on doing during the holidays.
So, when choosing each picture to add to the scrapbook, make sure you have a good idea of what you want to say. Remember, there is no rule that you have to comment on each and every scrapbook page, only enough to keep a "flow" going throughout the book.
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Martha Stewart has partnered with EK Success to release a line of scrapbooking products. She finally "gets it." She knows that scrapbooking is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the USA, possibly in other parts of the world as well. She has tapped into the this craze by working with EK Success, who is a very large and successful company specializing in crafts. It appears to be a perfect between these two business titans because it will certainly bring scrapbooking to the forefront of people’s attention.
Martha Stewart will start out in specializing in scrapbooks for baby and wedding themes, since there has been a baby boom as of late and with many people getting married. Although her presentation will be geared towards the beginner with an upscale twist. This should be a great addition to present in her magazines, TV shows and other signature media outlets she owns.
Stay tuned for segments on her TV show on scrapbooking.
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Besides coming up with a sketch of your layout, you should jot down a collection of "ideas" for scrapbooks. In other words, as we mentioned in a previous post, the reason why we scrapbook is for preserving the memories of family, friends, activities, special moments in our lives, and celebrations, to name a few. Whatever idea or ideas you come up with, make sure you jot it down now. It may be that you never start a scrapbook with a particular them you made in your notebook, but it can jar your creativity to make a new idea for your next scrapbook. Sometimes we get inspired to make a scrapbook just for the fun of it.
The tools you need for your idea notebook should be a vinyl folder notepad that can hold a pen and a legal pad of paper. The next thing you should have is a collection of magazine articles, newspaper articles, or even interesting online articles that you print out from what other scrappers are doing. You know, just about every scrapbook idea has been tried and used, but you can put your own "twist" on it.
Along with keeping your ideas in one organized place, make sure you have enough pictures and other archived items to fill out this new scrapbook.
When you start your sketch sheet from an idea you have chosen from your idea notebook, make sure you take the time to choose a binder that reflects the "mood" of your theme. If you are in a "black and white" mood for a topic, make sure you have black and white photographs and lay it out in a binder that is black and white or gray in color.
A scrapbook comes alive when it aligns with your particular "mood" you are in while planning and starting to put together the scrapbook. The number of ideas in your scrapbook notebook is only limited by your imagination.
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A great strategy before you start a scrapbook is to sketch out the layout. This is often the most basic step for any scrapbooker. Pay attention to the theme you plan, gather your pictures, and on a legal pad, sketch out the placement of most of the items. Don’t worry, you can always change things later. The most important part is to get the feel for laying out things. When a beginner first starts out on scrapbooking, the largest fear is getting the sense of design. You see, designing the layout on a scrapbook is no different than a highly paid Madison Avenue art designer. You must know what comes natural in placement of items to make a pleasing arrangement.
1) Draw the rectangles or other shapes of where you want to place the photos on the legal pad.
2) Draw rough shapes of the decorative items or letters you want in and around the pictures.
3) Draw the outline of the pages and additional design patterns that you want around the whole page
A good example of a scrapbook planning sketch can be found here.
In the example shown on that link, the theme is a father and son theme.
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