Creating A Wedding Scrapbook
Save time and money by planning your wedding scrapbook and figuring out the details ahead of time, such as your theme and colors. Decide whether your album will cover your entire wedding celebration - from engagement through honeymoon - or will you focus on just the wedding day itself? If you decide to make your album about the wedding day only, you may want to choose a large album for that project and make smaller 6x6 or 8x8 albums for the bridal shower, bachelorette party, honeymoon, etc. Use an album where pages can be removed, which allows you to rearrange pages if necessary. You'll want to know approximately how many pages the finished album will be before you go to the scrapbook store. The more detailed your plan, the less money you're likely to spend. Choose your favorite wedding pictures to use alone or in photo collages. This can be one of the most challenging aspects of your scrapbooking projects, but it's important because it will dictate the length of your scrapbook. You may find yourself with poor quality shots that have great sentimental value. Converting the images into black and white or sepia-toned photographs is an easy way to camouflage imperfections and add an elegant look to your wedding album. You can also use image editing software to crop and digitally enhance your photos.
Memorabilia is an important part of a wedding scrapbook. Some of the nicest wedding scrapbooks incorporate elements of both traditional and digital scrapbooks. You can scan in your wedding license, vows or other priceless documents to include on your pages. Some other items you may want to consider include:
When assembling your pages, be sure to include creative details, journaling or captions to help tell the story. The journaling makes the your wedding scrapbook unique and tells your personal love story. It's a great idea to write down your thoughts, feelings, details, or ideas as you go along, so you'll remember how you felt and what you were thinking on your big day. Later these can be used as scrapbooking ideas. Use the 5 w's (who, what, where, when, and why) to begin your journaling process. Then, write from the five senses. Specific details are more memorable and intriguing than generalities and the best way to vividly remember your wedding day is to focus on each of your senses. What do you remember seeing, hearing, thinking, feeling, tasting? How did you feel as you were standing at the altar? How did your wedding cake taste? What was the weather like? If you get stuck, write "I remember" on a piece of paper and keep writing. Your goal is simply to keep the pen moving across the page, without crossing anything out or stopping to think too much. Aim to complete two to three pages, and you'll be amazed by the flood of memories this technique release - even if your wedding wasn't in the recent past. You can also use quotes, poems and song lyrics as a starting point for your wedding scrapbook journaling. Ask your guests and members of the wedding party to contribute their thoughts, too. Ask for specific memories, such as the most memorable part of their day. Coach guests and members of your bridal party to use their five senses, too. Some other questions you might want to write about:
Your wedding scrapbook will be one of the most treasured albums in your home. Make it a beautiful expression of your personal love story, but above all - Enjoy the process of creating it! For more great wedding themed scrapbook ideas, visit Themed-Scrapbook-Idea.Com - Find ideas for themed scrapbook layouts that spark ideas for your own pages! Also provides links to theme-specific content, so you can spend your time cropping, not surfing!
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