Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking is the art of preserving a personal history by creating an album of photographs and other memorabilia. The scrapbook differs from a photo album in that it may be artistically embellished and contains items such as ticket stubs, Newspaper and magazine clippings, and personal written accounts in addition to photographs.

Scrapbooking is a way of protecting pictures and memorabilia. It is also considered a hobby. In recent years, scrapbooking has become a social event with many scrapbookers working on their own scrapbooks together as friends, family or in clubs.http://articles.scrapbooking.com/scrapbooking_club_basics.htm

Scrapbooking hobbyists decorate the pages of their albums using a variety of techniques such as rubber stamping, calligraphy and watercolors. Scrapbookers may further embellish their albums by attaching buttons, pressed flowers, shells, glitter, stickers and various commercially made two and three dimensional scrapbook decorations to their pages.http://kandcompany.eksuccessbrands.com/dept/Embellishments.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&keyword=g+scrapbook+embellishments+e&gclid=CMT2_KWdt6MCFcHY5woddzhRcQ

Scrapbooking History

As far back as 1825, an idea book for scrapbooking was released. Some recommendations in it were to use pictures and newspaper clippings. A book released the next year also suggested a scrapbook filled with poems and engravings.

Some of the first scrapbooks did not preserve pictures but such things as quotes, poems, calling cards, religious cards, paper cuts and other similar items. The reason behind scrapbooking was to scrap whatever was important to the person. The same idea holds true today. Scrapbooking offers a glimpse into a person’s life through pictures and memorabilia.http://www.everything-about-scrapbooking.com/history-of-scrapbooking.html

Scrapbooking Choices

When choosing a scrapbook, a person will want to make sure it is archival quality.http://www.rrlc.org/Preserving/DHP/CreatinganArchivalScrapbookorPhotoAlbum/tabid/469/Default.aspx Archival quality means that it will be suitable for long term storage. This means it will be acid and lignin-free. Additional qualities to look for are that the pages are buffered and bleed resistant. This will help the pictures and memorabilia to last over time.

The types of scrapbooks are almost unlimited. There is not wrong idea for an album. Some ideas are: