The Art of Scrapbooking

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Scrapbooking is a creative hobby that pairs photos and stories with adornments to make memory keeping fun. Whether a simple layout about your child’s first baseball game or a detailed chronicle of an entire vacation, the art of scrapbooking allows you to preserve memories for years to come. Many people use this hobby as a therapeutic activity that gives them an outlet for stress and anxiety while still providing them with a fun, productive activity.

Creating a scrapbook requires many tools and supplies, but the most important item is the book in which it will be housed. A scrapbooking album can be a blank workbook, a hardback journal or even just a photo album with a decorative cover. Then, the scrapbooker will add the photos and other memorabilia to the album.

Before starting a scrapbook, the creator should take some time to organize their thoughts and select the photos and other items they will want to include in the album. This will help them to create a cohesive theme for the album and allow them to better utilize the supplies they have on hand.

Once the themes and photos have been selected, a scrapbooker should then plan out the layouts of each page. For a more structured approach, the scrapper may choose to use one of the pre-made layout designs available on the web such as those provided by Page Maps. This will save the scrapper time and provide a uniform look for the album pages.