I love making scrapbooks! But I limit myself to special occasions for all the time they take. My oldest son is about to graduate from high school, so you know this is a huge scrapbook opportunity. Unfortunately, scrapping has lost its steam, has anyone else noticed this? Plus, guys don't seem to appreciate them as much as girls... So instead of making a video/slide show AND a scrapbook, I'm making a VIDEO SCRAPBOOK.
And as I put it together, I thought I'd share some BACKGROUND tips to add TEXTURE...
Take pictures (closeups are great!) or Scan items to use for backgrounds. These things make the scrapbook that much more personal than just googling a background (which I also do). Here are my examples:
My guy loves baseball - I also have baseballs, a bat, grass, the baseline, the fence...
and sunflower seeds!
beads are a fun, colorful background - as well as crayons, legos, even post-its!
I love 3-D cards and keep special ones, like this one! (scanned it!)
Felt is svelt! I scanned these too!
Our team is the Grizzlies - so I scanned this shopping bag!
I also took pics of favorite stuffed toys, baby blankets, his trophies, stuff hanging on his walls... Lots of memories, now digitally immortalized to his favorite music!
Have you ever made a video scrapbook?
Any advice for this weepy mom? *sniff, sniff*
Have a great weekend wherever you may be!
Have a great weekend wherever you may be!
Never been into scrapbooking. I was once into deltiology, the collecting of postcards (or other small cards) I used to have lots of them in scrap books so I guess it's similar.
ReplyDeletei love eclectic collections- i had a menu collection
ReplyDeletetheyre memories as well!