| of what the happy couple may want to have
written in the album into the journaling.
It will be special because the album will be from your perspective
and give them a different outlook on the day. Weddings are very busy
and because the bride and groom have so many details to attend to
they may not remember some of the special moments that took place
during the course of the day.
HOLIDAY THEMES
The photos of these special occasions (i.e. Easter Egg Hunts, costumes
they wore on Halloween, and family gatherings at Thanksgiving and
Christmas) are essential to a family scrapbook album. You may also
want to divide some of the extra copies of these photos into each
child's individual scrapbook so they can all have their own book
of memories.
See some sample Holiday Layouts
BIRTHDAY THEMES
Include photos of their birthday parties each year in a family
scrapbook album so you can see the changes in your child/ren's appearance,
friends, cakes and gifts they received from year to year. These
photos can also be incorporated into each child's individual scrapbook.
ANNIVERSARY THEME
This theme can be a stand alone project or part of a family scrapbook
album. A stand alone album makes a great gift idea.
HERITAGE THEME
Discover, explore and record your family history for generations
to come. Time is precious and the people that know all the stories
about your family won't be around forever so get those tales written
down now. Are there people in the photos in those old black paper
albums that you don't know the names of or how they are related
to you? Find out this information so you can document it to pass
on to future generations. It may not seem that important now but
what if you don't know who some of the people in the photos are
and one day your child or someone else asks you who the people in
the old black photo album are and you can't tell them. If you create
a Heritage scrapbook album or incorporate the photos into a family
album and document your family history this information will be
available to future generations. An important page to include in
this scrapbook album is a Family Tree. You can either use a pre-printed
family tree page or if you are so inclined, draw one yourself and
the scrapbook album will be even more personal and special. A family
tree page is very important to include for future generations because
it will show the connection between themselves and all the other
family members.
See some sample Heritage Layouts
TRAVEL/FAMILY TRIP THEMES
This theme could be created in one scrapbook album, included in
a family album or if you had a really long and memorable trip each
one could be extended into its own album. It all depends on the
number of photos and memorabilia items you want to include in the
scrapbook album. These are things you can think of when you are
on a trip, taking photos with making your scrapbook in mind and
what you really want to remember. Keep everything (including tickets
and information pamphlets) from shows you may have seen or little
side trips you went on so you can remember every little detail of
your travels. You can even press leaves, flowers, etc. you collected
during a trip and use them to embellish your pages. It all depends
on how much detail you want to go into on your pages, whether each
trip will have its own scrapbook album, if all trips end up in one
album or as part of the family album. One way to extend an album
or fill an entire scrapbook album is to take pictures of every child
at different locations you go to so you can pick and choose (or
use them all) which pictures will be used. Also, this way everyone
gets in the album and there will be no disputes about this. Extra
copies of these photos could also be used in a child's individual
scrapbook album.
See some sample Vacation
Layouts
PETS/ANIMAL THEMES
Keep a photo record of family pets you have had, especially their
growth if you had them from when they were young. You could also
include in this theme photos taken during trips to the zoo or various
animal parks you have visited as a family. Pictures of your children
with pets they treasured will make great memories when they are
older. Copies of these pictures could also be included in their
individual albums and the family scrapbook album as well.
BABY ALBUMS
This is the most special scrapbook album of all and has so many
possibilities to make each and every page unique and memorable.
My advice here is to keep everything you get concerning your new
child starting from when you are in the hospital. Baby food labels
and a picture of your child trying the new food also make great
souvenirs of their early days. This may be a bit tricky to get photos
of this so you may need to enlist the help of dad, a friend or an
older child for this. The sky is the limit because babies have so
many different expressions and change so much over the years. You
can also take photos of a baby in outfits they were given because
especially as newborns they might not fit into it for very long.
This is a special memory to include in the album because it was
a gift and it is nice to give a copy of the photo to the person
who gave your child the gift. It is wonderful to capture as much
of their changing look because it happens so fast and at least you
will have the memories to share with them when as they grow up.
See some sample Baby Scrapbooking
Layouts
SCRAPBOOK ALBUM FOR EACH CHILD
This album continues from where the Baby Album leaves off and follows
the child through each milestone, special event and memorable moment
in his or her life. |
