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16 Great Scrapbook Ideas to Preserve Your Family Memories
Scrapbooks serve as a nostalgic window into the past and can contain anything from wrinkled train tickets and letters to newspaper clippings and even an unguarded photograph of a loved one we wouldn’t dare to lose. You can make your scrapbook however you like. Family history is usually fascinating, but even incidental life events can inspire wonderful writing.
Additionally, not every scrapbook has to be a physical book; several clever solutions flip the idea on its head, including the use of tins, folders, and more. Some of our finest advice and methods for novice scrapbookers deal with the actual book or container, and all it takes to personalise the cover is a little imagination. Simple school binders can be immediately upgraded with cloth covers, as seen in this example. After covering, we added floral-shaped transfers to the binders using one of our unique templates, giving them a contemporary appearance. Here, we offer our top scrapbooking suggestions for all of life’s fleeting events.
1. Tools and Materials
You’ll need to have a few things on hand before you start in order to keep everything looking tidy. If you don’t already have a craft knife, sharp scissors, a bone folder, and a screw punch in your craft equipment, get them first. then pick your scrapbook carefully: Although you can create your own, it’s a smart idea to get a bound book. Think about the binding and page count, and base your selection of materials and colour scheme on the subject, subject matter, or event you wish to honour. Finding patterned and solid paper that matches the objects you are archiving is a smart idea.
Look for fine-tip pens and adhesives (like a glue stick or roller) because you’ll be working with tiny parts and pieces. Look for goods made to last a long time, such as those that are archival or acid-free. Office materials like labels and envelopes can be used to store mementos.
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2. Mini Books Within a Scrapbook
Make mini-albums for your scrapbook, each with a tale to tell; the ones seen here are for relatives and friends from the summer. They feel like elegant hardcovers thanks to their stiff covers, paper spines, and corner covers; the top volume has a closing made of a paper fastener and string.
3. Collected Memories Scrapbook
The relationships between friends become even deeper when “remember when” memories are collected in an album and given to the recipient. Utilise our example, which includes the headings “How We Met,” “My Favourite Memory,” and “Our Biggest Laugh,” or create your own.
Get the template now. Print several copies, trim to size, and deliver to other contributors along with a deadline and self-addressed, stamped envelopes, along with a request for pictures and friend-related artefacts. After that, place the answers in a book with clear sleeves and gift the honoree with what is sure to be a treasured trip down memory lane.
4. Polaroid Scrapbook
This scrapbook, which uses amusing Polaroid-style photos that are promptly produced on the spot, is a great present for visitors attending a birthday party. Use an instant camera to record candid moments at a party or event, then set up a table with an album, tape, and a pen. Your visitors will handle the rest.
5. Family Photo Scrapbook
The process for making a lovely, personalised scrapbook has never been simpler. For you and your family to fill with your most priceless memories, Martha has designed her own series of scrapbooks in partnership with Mixbook.
6. Folding Travel Scrapbook
Who says children can only enjoy pop-up books? Enlarge recent adventure images and produce accordion fold outs by using a bone folder to make precise creases. These inserts, which you paste into a regular notebook of your choice, enhance the trip’s narrative and help you capture some of the beauty of the city.
7. Nature Scrapbook
An excellent technique to make one-of-a-kind artwork for your house is to press dried leaves and flowers. However, instead of disturbing the natural beauty of your surroundings if you’re travelling overseas or simply don’t want to, why not try taking pictures of them? With your smartphone, take a picture, edit it as needed, and print the pictures for your scrapbook. They can be included in addition to your own or children’s nature sketches.
8. Monogrammed Scrapbook
Here’s how to make a scrapbook that’s just as unique as the pictures and mementos it contains. Start with a fabric-covered album, then add decorative flourishes to make it your own. This one was altered in two ways: the plain pages were covered with patterned sheets, and the cover was given a metallic monogram. Cut slots in the ornamental materials, insert your photos, add card stock labels instead of using self-adhesive photo corners. It’s easy to make and looks nice.
9. Sketch Scrapbook
A scrapbook might serve as a travelling companion. Darcy Miller, editor-at-large for Martha Stewart Weddings, travelled to Africa for three weeks and packed a small kit including scissors, magic markers, rubber cement, and a travel-sized watercolour set along with her. The book was also blank. According to her account in the August 1998 issue of Martha Stewart Living, “I’d take my book out while the guide was talking about something, a tree or flower, and draw it. Drawing anything encourages you to look at it closely, which compels you to “see” it. You can combine your doodles with pictures from your adventures once you get home.
10. Pet Scrapbook
Here’s a wonderful present for a person who recently adopted a new pet: Create a scrapbook to record their new companion’s presence in their lives. Add details about their newest family member to the pages: If the pet is a purebred, their family pedigree; if they are a rescue, adoption papers; any photos from the breeder, shelter, or classified ads; photos of the pet’s parents or siblings; ID tags; a first collar; a favourite toy; the box top from a favourite treat; and heartfelt memories from your first meeting, whether those are expressed in writing or through visuals. As time passes, you can keep adding fresh memories to the pages.
11. School Scrapbook
The constant stream of pictures, artwork, prizes, and other mementos that accumulate during a young person’s school years can be organised and proudly displayed with the aid of a scrapbook. In this instance, we taped two sheets of common notebook paper together, short end to short end; if necessary, reduce the width to fit the scrapbook pages. The paper should then be folded up from the bottom to create pockets of the required depth. Use a sewing machine to sew the sides to the scrapbook pages, or just use an archival glue stick to adhere them together.
12. Ribbon Photo Scrapbook
Avoid using damaging tape and glue when working with extremely delicate images, old documents, recipe cards, or other items that are easily damaged or torn. You can attach items to the scrapbook page with these ribbon mounts without causing damage to them. Start with a three-inch strip of grosgrain ribbon, fold it into a triangle by bringing both ends down to meet in the middle, and then iron it. Once you have two or four ribbons for each item, repeat the process. Use acid-free double-sided photo tape to attach them to book pages and slip the triangle (with the seams in the back) over the corners of the photo to attach them to it.
13.Map Scrapbooks
Repurpose the maps you used to travel to far-off places as the focal point of a brand-new travel scrapbook. The printed papers serve as vibrant and appropriate settings for recollections of vacations.
14. Newborn Baby Memories Scrapbook
This priceless concept was first introduced by Martha herself in the December 2011 edition of Martha Stewart Living. Four photo tales of significant events from our founder’s granddaughter Jude’s early months as a newborn were produced and bound. Then, for Christmas, Martha gave the set to her own daughter Alexis and to Jude.
15. Kids’ Memorabilia Scrapbook
When tiny gems are adhered to folded pages, they are simpler to enjoy and keep. Examples include stickers, buttons, and stamps. A long strip of paper or card stock should be measured and marked such that its short side corresponds with the long side of a tiny box. The strip should be folded accordion-style, with the first page being glued to the inside of the box’s top and the last page being glued to the inside of the box’s bottom
16. Memory Flip Book
A video of a child taking their first steps, a wedding bouquet being thrown, or a less-than-stellar attempt at a high dive may all be turned into a photo flip book that can be kept around forever. These tiny, three and a half by two inch flip books make adorable party favours and may be tucked into muslin drawstring bags for visitors.