Try Scrapbooking

Have we ever been in a time that brought us to be stuck in our house with nothing to do? We just then go roaming around the place looking for anything that can get rid of boredom. However, then we always stumble on piles of junk and many of which are old picture albums. Without any intention of spending time examining it, we began to flip the pages and without knowing we already finished checking the entire pictures in the album. Naturally, memos of our past preserved in pictures bring a feeling of life such as passion that it makes us feel missing those times and even reminisce over other particular situations related to the picture shots taken. For sure that many of our pictures are so precious to us that we cannot allow to just throw it aside and let it rot until it got wasted.

If ever we think of making useful things out of those junk ones, especially our memos, why not create a scrapbook out of them. It is one of the great ways to preserve memories and pass them down in a creative and unique way.For whenever we think of scrapbooking we think of all the pictures and memorabilia that we have saved to create a portrait of our lives, which will cherish us forever.

Scrapbooking is more than making pages that appeal to the viewer for it is unique and artistic kind of hobby worth trying. Most of us love to take pictures of our family, friends, favorite things or places, unforgettable episode of our lives and more. With scrapbooking, we can create a dull picture album into a much lively and enjoyable one.

Naturally, many of us would want to transform our old photo albums into a scrapbook,, but we also have to consider that in doing so it can become costly for it is a continuous process. Still, it depends on whether or not we will be shelling out much money based on our expected outcome. However, it needs not be an expensive activity if we know what to do and how to do it. These are some of the tips on how to achieve a page that is beautiful to our eyes and even more stunning in our pockets.

Use used papers

Save those old newspapers or magazines. These materials contain great graphics that we can use on our pages. Cut down and paste those ads in the newspaper and same goes with the pictures in the magazines. And if we want to add more pages, we can do recycling. Although it is time consuming because in addition to tearing the paper into smaller pieces, we also have to dry them after the recycling process. However, if we have a lot of free time in our hands, then its worth doing it. Who knows, we might find it real fun and probably awaken the addiction side in us.

And if still we don’t have enough stock of magazines and newspapers, then we have to buy one or more. However, as much as possible, we have to choose those magazines that contain the images we are searching for. The good thing about this is it is inexpensive than buying stickers or graphics.

Look around for old stuffs

We don’t have to buy decorations just to make our pages nice. There are a lot of things in our house, we can make use of. In fact, it is much better for sometimes, the stuff we find in our home can add a touch of memory in our page that decorations in craft stores cannot achieve. Make use of the broken chains and ribbons in dresses as a border lining of the page. Old buttons from our old clothes are good decors also to add and or maybe if possible, faux gemstones from our costume jewellery we don’t use anymore. We can even tear some fabrics in our old clothes and use a few parts to add texture and many more. With this, we again save money in doing so.

make use of everything

If we are a type of person who keeps absolutely everything for the memories, we certainly can fill up the whole scrapbook without buying a thing. For instance, movie tickets, concert tickets, receipt from our first date, even candy wrappers and anything that reminds us of a special occasion can absolutely be used as our page’s decor.

Lastly, we have to put our heart into it, for it represents what we are on the outcome of the scrapbook we make. So let’s gather all the stuffs needed and enjoy every moment in doing it and that starts today!!!

Top 5 Inexpensive Scrapbooking Ideas

Scrapbooking is a very enjoyable hobby that allows you to be as creative as you want to be while also organizing bits and pieces of your life for you and your loved ones to enjoy.  Many people, however, find that it is easy to get caught up with scrapbooking and end up spending large amounts of money for materials.

One of the most effective ways to save up on scrapbooking is to live by its name.  When you create pages, do not be shy to use scraps and other recyclable and reusable materials in a creative manner.  You can still have beautiful pages, even if you do not spend too much on commercial scrapbooking materials.

Here are the top 5 ways to use your creativity in creating innovative, inexpensive, and yes, beautiful scrapbook pages.

1. Make your mark!

If you have a scrapbook for your baby, you could use non-toxic coloring material and spread it on his or her feet and hands.  Carefully imprint these on your scrapbook pages.  You can fill one page with hand prints, and the next with foot prints.  You can mix hand and foot prints in one page.  You could also use hand and foot prints as a theme: “Watch my baby grow!” where each page of your scrapbook features hand and foot prints made at the time it was made; recording your baby’s growth over the months.

Hand and foot prints are also great for other kinds of scrapbooks.  If you are making a collaborative scrapbook with your family or friends, you can ask the creator of the page to “sign” the page with his or her hand or foot prints.

2. Go back to nature.

Leaves, flowers, stems.  You can go to your garden and pick up some leaves or flowers, especially those with great fragrances, intriguing shapes, or nice colors.  These make great and lovely borders for your scrapbook pages.  Just make sure to press them first before putting them up on your scrapbook to avoid stains.

3. Summer fun!

If you want to preserve your memories from the beach, you can pick up seashells, multi-colored pebbles, and yes even sand and paste them on your scrapbook pages.  After drying them out in the sun, you can squeeze glue on your pages according to the shape you want and sprinkle sand on it.  You can also color the sand by using chalk.

Beaches also have a lot of multi-colored stones, making it a natural way to add some color to your page.

4. Remember the gifts.

If you are working on your wedding scrapbook, you could make use of the gift wrappers used for the wedding presents you got.  Not only do these wrapping papers make the perfect backgrounds with their intricate, classy and elegant wedding themes and designs, they also add some significance and sentimentality to the page!  More than this, you could probably reuse the gift ribbons too for lovely borders or page section separators.  And the gift tags also make perfect page accents.

Do not stop at gift wrappers.  If you have been on some road trip, you can use maps for backdrops, or pages from the travel brochure you got your ideas from.  Coming from a concert, you might want to save the tickets and the promotional items.

5. Don’t throw out old stuff!

You just elbowed a vase from your night stand?  Check it out to see if there are some ceramic flowers and some other intricate designs that you could use for your scrapbook.

Your iPod headphone just conked out?  You could probably add it as an accent on a music-related scrapbook page you are working on.

Everyday things literally take on a different purpose once you look at it creatively.  Aside from these, you can also cut out some old magazines for your lettering, or create odd shapes out of old boxes.  The possibilities are endless.

Scrapbooking should let you exercise your creativity to the fullest.  Remember that these are pages featuring different works of art that showcase moments of your life.  While it is okay to look at what others have done to get some design ideas, try to be as innovative and original as you can.  Remember that your scrapbook is a testament to your life, having real bits and pieces of your life show up on your pages could make a nostalgia day even more enjoyable!