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what you have available it is much easier to organize not only your thoughts but your pages also. In stead of making her own borders and artwork for her pages she purchases them already made.
Generally each scrape book has its own theme. Hers is current our previous coffee shop, however yors could be someone's graduation or even a birthday. School trips or complete grades are popular subjects. Cropping in scrape booking is as important for your pictures as the subject itself. Don't let the viewer be distracted by an unnecessary background. After your photos are properly cropped, you can then secure them to the page using either glue or tape. The point here is that you do not want your photos to move. At this time you can add comments or additional artwork as you deem appropriate. You have your choice as to whether you use one side of the page or both. In my wife's case she choose to use both sides as she had a considerable amount of data to include in the book.

After you have completed a page you will want to contain it in plastic protective covering. I would recommend using the slide off variety as opposed to the permanent ones in the event you wish to make changes to a page.

If you are including things such a hair or a tooth as some people do you can insert them into pockets which attach to you pages or you can obtain pouches to hold these items.
After the various pages have been successfully completed it is time to place the pages themselves into a book. As we had mentioned previously these binders come in several different sizes and many of them are adjustable.

Many scrapbooks have a page dedicated to who the book is about as well as the date it was finished.

As your final task you will want to give the scrapbook to the person that you created it for. In my case it is still a work in progress. Scrapbooks are gifts that are appreciated for years to come. Fee people would turn down the opportunity to own a memory book about themselves or some aspect of their life. Making scrapbooks is a very rewarding and positive experience. It will allow you to relive those lost memories.

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