So Many Scrapbooking Album Themes To Choose From

[Earl Kelly]

Most beginners start their first scrapbook as a chronological album.
They have sorted their photos according to date, and start
scrapbooking each event in order. However, there are so many other
scrapbooking album themes you could use. Don't limit yourself to just
a chronological album. A themed album centered on one topic can
inspire you and create a wonderful keepsake for years to come.
Scrapbook album themes are nearly limitless when you consider all the
topics available to choose from. You could create an album on
something as universal as a wedding album, or you could get even more
specific to your life and create one centered on a family member, such
as, your mother or grandmother. Let's look at a few of the more common
album themes.
Chronological Album
This is by far the most common theme for scrapbooks. Each page focuses
on the photos from a specific date or event, and the album usually
progresses from earliest dates to later dates. The tendency to start
with older photos when scrapbooking comes from seeing all those old
photos and realizing how overdue they are to be placed in an album.
However, choosing to scrapbook with your most recent photos first and
work your way back in time has a distinct advantage. These memories
are the freshest in your mind. The older photos get the more likely
you have already forgotten details about the event. In addition,
working from your most recent photos gives the feeling of being up-to-
date. You can work your way back through the old photos when you have
time, but the most current photos continue to be placed in your album
without creating an additional backlog.
Baby Album
It's surprising how many scrapbookers first start scrapbooking as a
hobby when they have their first baby. Following a baby's development
with photos is a natural thing to do. The photos start stacking up,
and you realize that putting them in a photo-safe album is the best
way to preserve those memories. A baby album can also be a
chronological album. You might start from pregnancy and birth and then
baby's progress from month to month. However, you could also make a
baby album of all baby's firsts. Baby's first smile, baby's first word
and baby's first step are just a few ideas.
Wedding Album
Photographs are an important part of any wedding. You have the
professional photographs, as well as those taken by guests. A wedding
is such a significant event in our lives. Even though it lasts for
only a day, we want to preserve those memories for a lifetime. An
album theme for a wedding is often more elegantly embellished than
other albums. You might consider making a more casual and personal
wedding scrapbook, include your own thoughts and feelings about the
day. Scrapbook a page about your favorite moment during the wedding,
and don't forget to include those things that were unplanned as well.
Holiday Album
Holidays are great photo opportunities. We gather together with family
and friends to celebrate and taking pictures is always a part of the
festivities. The more common holiday albums are Christmas and
Halloween. However, maybe you have a family reunion every Fourth of
July and want to create a photo album specifically for those photos.
School Days Album
An album that follows your child through his school years is really
just a more focused chronological album. However, it is unique in that
it often holds more memorabilia than most albums. They include art
projects, essays, report cards and other mementos from each school
year. You can have a school days album for each of your children.
Heritage Album
All scrapbooks are really heritage albums. When the scrapbook is made
of archival-safe materials, it preserves your memories for future
generations. However, heritage albums usually refer to scrapbooks made
from very old photos. You might have photos of your great grandmother
or your grandmother's baby pictures. Having these photos all in one
album can be a wonderful conversation piece when family visits.
Remember to ask your family to contribute to the journaling in a
heritage album so as many memories as possible are documented.
These are just a few ideas for album themes. Begin to think about your
photos and reoccurring themes in your pages. Has your teenager son
played hockey since he was seven? You might create a hockey album
specifically for his team photos and his progress in the sport. Did
you take a trip to Europe this year? The number of photos taken on a
vacation can easily fill an album.
Working on a scrapbook album theme allows you to choose which album
and photos you want to work on today. You aren't limiting yourself to
working in a chronological order. You might want to scrap your
daughter's first smile in a baby album or maybe you want to scrap her
first day of kindergarten in school days album. There are no rules to
follow. Themed scrapbooks can be completed at one time, like your
vacation to Hawaii album, or they can be an ongoing album like a
Christmas album. Think about what kind of album theme fits into your
life, and start scrapbooking outside the chronological limits.

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