What is scrap booking ?
Scrap booking is a method for preserving personal and family history in the form of a scrapbook. Typical memorabilia include photographs, printed media, and artwork. Scrapbook albums are often decorated and frequently contain extensive journalling.
Essentially as the name suggests scrap booking is to save your photos and memorabilia on a medium with writing like the date and any incident that occurred etc. Any thing flat enough to glue down can be used for scrap booking and same goes for embellishments.
The history of scrap booking goes back to the 1500 but the modem day scrapbook that changed Crafting and memory preserving happened in the 1980 when the 12 by 12 page layouts where born and inserted into page protectors that were stored in Ring binders.
Today scrap booking is not just art it is an industry ! These days, scrap booking can be done in so many ways. You can use beautiful colored paper, stickers, drawings, photos, and so many other supplies. Scrap booking is like a visual diary, capturing all your creativity, thoughts feelings, and memories in a little book.
There are many different types of scrap booking albums to choose from, and it can be very intimidating if you don't know anything about them or what the differences are.
The most common sizes are 12"x12" and A 4 albums . If you stick with these sizes, you won't have any trouble finding background papers and sheet protectors at the store. Even the major chain discount stores are starting to carry scrapbook supplies.
These albums are usually smaller and cute to give away as a special gift or to scrapbook a special occasion.
12”x12” are becoming much more popular these days. You can get away with buying regular sheet protectors sold in the office supply store instead of special 12”x12” scrapbook sheet protectors. You can also use a regular three-ring photo album to hold your pages, which are inexpensive. They also stand up and store nicely on a bookshelf when they are this size. There are advantages to both types, so ultimately it is a matter of personal preference.
Besides the size, you will also need to consider what type of pages the scrapbook holds. The three most common are to have a three ring binder scrapbook, a post-bound scrapbook with top-loading pages, or a scrapbook bound with non-removable pages, without any sheet protectors.
The most economical type scrapbook is the three ring binder type. Pages can be added at any time easily, and placed within the middle of the album. You can use regular acid-free photo safe sheet protectors as the pages and just slip your completed page into the protective sleeve. The disadvantage is that for a two page layout you will have a gap where the rings are, so the layout will not be seamless.
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Sharada Dilip
