| Most beginners start their first scrapbook as a | | | | more elegantly embellished than other albums. You |
| chronological album. They have sorted their photos | | | | might consider making a more casual and personal |
| according to date, and start scrapbooking each event | | | | wedding scrapbook, include your own thoughts and |
| in order. However, there are so many other | | | | feelings about the day. Scrapbook a page about your |
| scrapbooking album themes you could use. Don't limit | | | | favorite moment during the wedding, and don't |
| yourself to just a chronological album. A themed | | | | forget to include those things that were unplanned as |
| album centered on one topic can inspire you and | | | | well. |
| create a wonderful keepsake for years to come. | | | | Holiday Album |
| Scrapbook album themes are nearly limitless when | | | | Holidays are great photo opportunities. We gather |
| you consider all the topics available to choose from. | | | | together with family and friends to celebrate and |
| You could create an album on something as universal | | | | taking pictures is always a part of the festivities. The |
| as a wedding album, or you could get even more | | | | more common holiday albums are Christmas and |
| specific to your life and create one centered on a | | | | Halloween. However, maybe you have a family |
| family member, such as, your mother or | | | | reunion every Fourth of July and want to create a |
| grandmother. Let's look at a few of the more | | | | photo album specifically for those photos. |
| common album themes. | | | | School Days Album |
| Chronological Album | | | | An album that follows your child through his school |
| This is by far the most common theme for | | | | years is really just a more focused chronological |
| scrapbooks. Each page focuses on the photos from | | | | album. However, it is unique in that it often holds |
| a specific date or event, and the album usually | | | | more memorabilia than most albums. They include art |
| progresses from earliest dates to later dates. The | | | | projects, essays, report cards and other mementos |
| tendency to start with older photos when | | | | from each school year. You can have a school days |
| scrapbooking comes from seeing all those old photos | | | | album for each of your children. |
| and realizing how overdue they are to be placed in an | | | | Heritage Album |
| album. However, choosing to scrapbook with your | | | | All scrapbooks are really heritage albums. When the |
| most recent photos first and work your way back in | | | | scrapbook is made of archival-safe materials, it |
| time has a distinct advantage. These memories are | | | | preserves your memories for future generations. |
| the freshest in your mind. The older photos get the | | | | However, heritage albums usually refer to scrapbooks |
| more likely you have already forgotten details about | | | | made from very old photos. You might have photos |
| the event. In addition, working from your most | | | | of your great grandmother or your grandmother's |
| recent photos gives the feeling of being up-to-date. | | | | baby pictures. Having these photos all in one album |
| You can work your way back through the old photos | | | | can be a wonderful conversation piece when family |
| when you have time, but the most current photos | | | | visits. Remember to ask your family to contribute to |
| continue to be placed in your album without creating | | | | the journaling in a heritage album so as many |
| an additional backlog. | | | | memories as possible are documented. |
| Baby Album | | | | These are just a few ideas for album themes. Begin |
| It's surprising how many scrapbookers first start | | | | to think about your photos and reoccurring themes in |
| scrapbooking as a hobby when they have their first | | | | your pages. Has your teenager son played hockey |
| baby. Following a baby's development with photos is | | | | since he was seven? You might create a hockey |
| a natural thing to do. The photos start stacking up, | | | | album specifically for his team photos and his |
| and you realize that putting them in a photo-safe | | | | progress in the sport. Did you take a trip to Europe |
| album is the best way to preserve those memories. | | | | this year? The number of photos taken on a |
| A baby album can also be a chronological album. You | | | | vacation can easily fill an album. |
| might start from pregnancy and birth and then baby's | | | | Working on a scrapbook album theme allows you to |
| progress from month to month. However, you could | | | | choose which album and photos you want to work |
| also make a baby album of all baby's firsts. Baby's | | | | on today. You aren't limiting yourself to working in a |
| first smile, baby's first word and baby's first step are | | | | chronological order. You might want to scrap your |
| just a few ideas. | | | | daughter's first smile in a baby album or maybe you |
| Wedding Album | | | | want to scrap her first day of kindergarten in school |
| Photographs are an important part of any wedding. | | | | days album. There are no rules to follow. Themed |
| You have the professional photographs, as well as | | | | scrapbooks can be completed at one time, like your |
| those taken by guests. A wedding is such a | | | | vacation to Hawaii album, or they can be an ongoing |
| significant event in our lives. Even though it lasts for | | | | album like a Christmas album. Think about what kind |
| only a day, we want to preserve those memories | | | | of album theme fits into your life, and start |
| for a lifetime. An album theme for a wedding is often | | | | scrapbooking outside the chronological limits. |