Simple Steps for Planning a Scrapbook For Upcoming Events:
- Consider the theme.
- Plan your layout.
- Get an idea of the types of embellishments you would like to
use, and start keeping an eye out for them.
- Plan the photos you would like to take and make notes
Take your photos and write something down in short form about
the moments you captured for journaling later.
- Exchange addresses with other people who may be attending the
event so you can get copies of their photos if yours don't turn
out.
- Get your photos developed
Claim Your Scrapbooking Space
Once you have all of your tools and supplies to begin scrapbooking
there is one more thing you have to consider before getting started,
space. You need to have a table or area upon which to set up your
scrapbooking stuff safely and where you will feel comfortable leaving
your materials out without the risk of anything getting disturbed.
You also want to be able to sit comfortably in this space for the
amount of time you will be working there if you are really in the
scrapbooking groove.
I feel if you have to keep setting up and taking down your materials
because the space is being used for something else it will interrupt
your creative flow when assembling pages. When you have played around
with the layout and arranged your photos in an order that satisfies
you, having to take it all apart and set it up again the next time
might ruin the effect you were trying to create or worse, you might
forget what you did and not be able to recreate it exactly the same
the next time.
If you are unable to keep a space solely for your scrapbooking
purposes, keep track of your progress in a notebook. Roughly sketching
out the layout and which pictures go where in the layout is a good
idea so you won't break your creative flow or lose the progress
you have made.
It also helps if you have the support of your family members. Their
support and consideration for what you are doing and the space you
are working in will keep your scrapbooking table or area intact.
Talk to them and make sure everyone will respect your space, explaining
to them how important scrapbooking is to you. Explain that it is
essential this area won't be disturbed because it may interrupt
your creative flow.
You may also want to include your family in your scrapbooking process,
especially if you are working on the family or individual children's
albums. They might have some unique insights or ideas that will
work perfectly with what you are working on that you might not have
seen or thought of. Sometimes if you are too close to something
you can't always see what is right in front of you. A fresh eye
may give you a new perspective on what you could be doing with your
page layouts and embellishing. You should use all the tools available
to you including the Internet, fellow scrapbookers' insights and
any different tools they can share with you |
