Scrapbooking

Hello fellow bloggers!(:

One of my favorite pasttimes is scrapbooking. Have you ever done it? Once you start, it can become addicting. For those of you who have never scrapbooked, let me give you a quick tutorial on how to get stared. Once you get going, maybe someday you could join me and my mom at a scrapbooking event.

To get started, you are going to need a couple supplies. You'll need post it notes, small paper bags, a pen or marker, and maybe some cardboard dividers. For the bags, they don't need to be anything special. You could purchase those paper bags that kids use to take their lunches to school, or better yet, recycle some bags like gift bags, shopping bags....any bag will do. Then you need to find yourself a long table and of course...your pictures. The hardest part is going through all the pictures. You will need to split them up depending on what they were taken for. Let's just say for example, you have photos of your birthday party, a family wedding, a school event, your sisters graduation.... Each of these is a different event and get each gets a bag. Label the front of the bag with the event and put the photos in the bag. Depending on how may events you have, you could have a lot of bags.

Now comes the fun part...shopping! There are tons of things you can purchase to help you create your scrap books. You can purchase items at Walmart, specialty scrap booking stores, Hancock and JoAnn fabrics or even on line. There are may different assortments of scrapbook colors and sizes. You'll need to get a couple of them. They come with a colored cover and plastic page protectors on the inside. Then you'll need to get the sheets of paper that you put your photos on. They too come in different weights and colors, some with patterns and some with glittery designs on them. You might want to purchase them based on the event that you are going to use it for. For example, if you were going to make a baseball scrap book of your brothers games and awards, you might want to pick our a book that has the colors of his team, and sheets that are baseball related. You can also purchase stickers and there are many many stickers to choose from. You will need a special tape that is used to put the photos on the scrapbook page. They come in all different sizes and costs. That should get you started.

So, sort your photos. Then pick the event that you want to start with. Then get your book and you are ready to go. You can put your photos on the sheets however you like. You can put any stickers on the pages with the different photos to make it look neat. Once you have a page done, put it in your book and move on to the next page of photos. (501)

-Ardeeemilla :)