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Use Order and Text to
Give Life to Your Scrapbook
By Mia LeCron
There are no specific rules stating
that all photographs or mementos must be placed in chronological order.
Therefore, it is completely up you the order you wish to place your items
and embellishments. You can place your items in a formal chronological
order. You can also group items into formal or informal categories such as
similar colors, events, activities, individuals, or families. Items can
also be placed into random, abstract, or collages.
Each order has its own place in
scrapbooking. For instance, chronological order might be useful for an
anniversary scrapbook. Pictures and mementos of the couple's years
together could be placed from the first day they met through the wedding
day to the present day with each time period on a different page. This
presents a feel of as time goes by.
However, a scrapbook for a parent
might just have a collage of pictures and drawings. In this case, a
collage lends to a feeling of overwhelmingly being loved.
You may or may not want to add text to
your scrapbook page. You may want to just write captions below the
pictures. You may want to add your own stories or poems. You may want to
add journals describing the day to day life of your baby or your child's
accomplishments. Text can be used as either a focal point or simply as a
supporting piece.
Text may be hand written. Alternately,
computer fonts, letters, text, or three-dimensional images can also be
printed or cut and pasted onto the page. In this way, various styles,
colors, textures, and visual text effects are possible.
Mia LaCron is the founder of
101-scrapbooking-tidbits.info -
http://www.101-scrapbooking-tidbits.info - devoted to helping
individuals record, store, and preserve their most cherished memories via
the art of scrapbooking..
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