A small photo album with your own hands. Materials and tools for work

Children grow up very quickly, so I want to capture every moment of their life. We live in a world of modern technology, in connection with this, every modern baby has a huge number of a wide variety of photographs from birth to today.

To prevent photos from getting lost in numerous devices, it is a prudent idea to print them and put them together in one photo album. And to make it as individualized as possible, try to assemble the album yourself.

Scrapbooking technique - A popular trend among modern masters. This technique allows you to display in the work all your knowledge, skills in the field of creativity. Scrapbooking involves the use of various materials, for example, scrap paper, curly scissors, stamps, acrylic paint and many others. Together, these materials give the finished composition, which may differ depending on the chosen theme, style, method of design and decoration.

Do-it-yourself children's photo album is a great practice for a beginner scrapbooking master. Gathering the pages of your first album is not so difficult, and pasting photos and designing a photo album will help develop compositional skills and the taste of the master. To create a children's photo book does not require much effort and time, and the result can exceed all expectations and not only please, but also surprise all households and guests.

The scrapbooking technique continues to conquer the hearts of craftswomen around the world. To make a photo album for children's photos with your own hands, you will need:

The list contains interchangeable items, for example, the grommet installer can be replaced with a conventional hole punch, and glue with double-sided tape. Choose familiar and comfortable materials to ease your task.

How to make a children's photo album with your own hands

Following a simple step-by-step master class, you can make a beautiful album for children's photos:

What materials to fill in the photo album

The album can be filled not only with photos, but also useful information about the childwhich he will be interested to know about himself: when the first tooth fell out, when he took the first step, words or sounds, his favorite activities in the first year or even a month of his life. It is the “first” events - the most moving and wonderful.

The album can be designed throughout life, so leave a few blank pages at the end of the photo book. A child, when he grows up, will be able to continue the album or even pass it by inheritance, pasting photos of his children. Then a homemade photo album will turn into a real heirloom!

Making a children's photo album is a pleasure! Each page, decorated with their own hands, is filled with special energy that cannot be felt while leafing through the pages of a purchased photo album. Do not be afraid to craft and create something with your own hands, and then your work will become a decoration at home and the pride of your near and dear ones!

The very form of needlework appeared due to imagination and craftsmanship, as well as the need to make uniform albums with photographs unique. Gradually, the craftswomen found unusual solutions for the design of photo albums, later they turned to, and now you can find them in the decoration of personal diaries and in the design of love confessions.

There are several mature styles.which are fairly easy to distinguish from each other:

« clean and simple"Involves a minimum of jewelry. Space should be organized so that emptiness becomes an element of work. Accurate lines and unusual solutions - this is the secret of this style;
« vintage". Immerse yourself in ancient times and enjoy the jewelry of the times of Victorian England will help things made in this style;
« european". This style does not like a lot of decor, all attention should be focused on the photo. Therefore, the photo is cropped in the form of a specific subject or unusually shape the edge;
« shabby chic". Do not confuse with vintage elements. Shebby chic welcomes ribbons and bows, lace and, of course, scrapes.
« american". This is where you can safely use jewelry. Decor in this style is the main part of the work. Numerous elements must necessarily form a single composition.

Also for beginners you need to decide on the techniciansthat they will use in the process. And there are a lot of them. We will list the most popular and suitable for a beginner needlewoman.

Among them are:

stamping (involves the use of special applicators and stamps with various patterns);
cropping (photos are cropped so that only the most important is left on them);
decoupage (using special pictures and applying them to paper or other surfaces);
distressing (a special way to age paper with ink);
logging (an inscription describing a photo or a similar tag should be placed on a small piece of paper).

But the list of techniques is not limited to this. Scrapbooking allows you to use almost any material: from colored paper to dried flowers. It all depends entirely on your imagination and the chosen topic.

What do you need for work?

First of all, you can not do without special scrap paper. For beginners, special kits are ideal where different types of paper are sorted and arranged. Thus, the first time you can not devote much time to the selection of the perfect combination, but focus on creating the composition.

Also required different types of scissors. These are ordinary straight medium-sized scissors, and small manicure, and rounded scissors, and, of course, with curly ones.
Glue and tape. You cannot do without these things. But remember that everyone has their own destiny. Glue is used to work with background paper, as well as with small details. Adhesive tape in these cases is not useful to you. But you can create additional volume only with the help of double-sided tape.
Hole puncher. The simplest hole punch will help you fasten several parts or even pages. But curly ones are able to completely transform the whole composition.
Stamps. Another way to decorate your work. Various patterns are easy to apply and do not require special skill. But you should first think over the whole image, and only then put a stamp - you can’t remove it.
Ruler and stationery knife. It is better, of course, to use a special cutter, but for a "beginner" such an acquisition is unlikely to be justified. Therefore, at first you can cut paper and photos with a knife and a ruler.
Cutting mat. If you do not want to damage your desktop, then take care of a suitable substrate. A special mat is a great option. But at first it can be replaced by thick cardboard, a stack of magazines or a piece of linoleum.
Decorative elements. You can find them in any thematic store or in your own chest for needlework. Unusual buttons, pendants and beads, rhinestones and ribbons, lace and pieces of fabric - all this will come in handy.

Scrapbooking kits

To create a small album for photos, take a piece of special thick paper. Need him draw on 12 identical squares. To do this, you need a ruler and a simple pencil. The photo below shows an example with three rows of 4 squares each.

Carefully cut the sheet so as to separate the rows from each other. Wherein one square on each side should be undercut. You can take a closer look at the technique in the photo.

The arrows indicate those areas that need to be glued together. This way you can get one long ribbon of squares.

All the resultant the tape needs to be folded with an accordion. After that, carefully assemble the upcoming album. You will need a washi tape or plain paper (not too thin).

To prevent the album from breaking up into separate pages, it needs to be glued. Cut the ribbon or strip of paper to the desired size and stick to the first and last page, forming a “spine”. All other pages should also be well glued.

After that, you can proceed to the most fascinating part - album decoration. We advise you to think in advance what photographs and decorative elements you will use. Experienced craftsmen first make drafts, and only then begin to work.

Use stamps, curly scissors, pieces of fabric and thread, buttons and rhinestones - whatever you want. Just do not forget that a large number of volumetric elements for a small album is not suitable. The closed appearance of the product is also very important.

Tie an album with ribbon or unusual thread to emphasize its individuality. You can also write the name of the owner on the album cover.

Surely everyone has such an album of memories

Stores offer many postcards and albums for all occasions, but it is often very difficult to make a choice when you want to congratulate and surprise a dear person. You can choose an original postcard in shops of handmade goods. Scrapbooking masters create amazing things from cardboard, paper, various stickers and details.

But handmade prices are often very high. But what if you do scrapbooking with your own hands? This type of creativity is one of the most popular. It does not require almost any initial skills (except for the ability to use scissors, glue and adhesive tape) and impressive investments. You can also make stencils, paper decorations and stamps for scrapbooking with your own hands.

Beginning of work

As mentioned above, scrapbooking requires a minimum of tools, but as you become more interested in this type of creativity, additional materials may be needed.

All the necessary materials and tools that come in handy for a beginner needlewoman

We list them all:

Paper is the main element in scrapbooking. In this type of needlework, they use special durable cardboard, as a basis, and decorative paper with illustrations or ornament. For those who take up this business for the first time, it will be convenient to use ready-made sets of several types of sheets that are combined with each other in style and color.

The second thing you can’t do without is scissors. Scissors can be any, most importantly, sharp - the paper needs to be cut evenly, the edges should remain smooth.

Double-sided tape is a very convenient thing for scrapbooking. When you need to stick volumetric or just large parts, it is indispensable. The adhesive strength is superior to glue and leaves no dirty residue; it is a pleasure to work with it.

In some cases, glue is indispensable. For example, when you need to add small details.

Punchers are a functional thing, and in some cases, it is a decoration tool. Sometimes you just need to connect several pages, for this you need holes. And sometimes decorate the sheet with carved patterns.

Stamps. With them, making beautiful inscriptions is easy.

Cutter or clerical knife. It’s unlikely that you can cut a cardboard sheet in half or crop a photo with scissors, you will need a clerical knife, and even better a cutter.

And finally, a variety of volumetric decor elements. Without them, a postcard or handmade album will not be any different from ordinary store products. Scrapbooking stores just run their eyes. To get started, buy a few separate decorative details. And if you decide to engage in this craft seriously, it is much more profitable to purchase goods in bulk.

Volumetric decor elements visually resemble a 3 d picture

When you have decided on all the tools and elements, it's time to choose a job. For scrapbooking, good lighting of the workplace and sufficient free space are important.

Necessary materials for work

It is better to remove everything superfluous from the table so that nothing interferes with your hands and small details are not lost.

How to choose a style for decoration

Among the many design options in scrapbooking, there are several basic styles:

Heritage and vintage. In these styles create postcards and albums from the past. Muted colors, scuffs, old photographs, newspaper clippings. It will be appropriate to use lace, stamps and beads. An old-fashioned gift looks expensive and elegant.

Scuffed elements give an old look to the album

If you like polka dots or stripes designs, then the style of shabby chic will not leave you indifferent. The combination of a plain background and layering of lace, beads, and pictures are romantic and impudent.

Gentle tones and ruffles speak about the style of shabby - chic

The classic of modern scrapbooking is the American style. Pages of albums and postcards are made in the form of a collage. As a rule, there are several photographs on the subject decorated with ribbons, paper figures, inscriptions. Each sheet of the album turns out to be unique, in “its own style” and fully reflects the mood of the day when the pictures were taken. An interesting addition will be air or train tickets, tickets to an amusement park or zoo.

Very bright and rich scrapbooking style.

European style is more minimalistic than American. In this style, create mini albums in scrapbooking. Not many decorative elements are used, but pencils and pens are used to complement the composition with artistic sketches. The edges of the pages can be decorated with curly holes and scissors.

Such an album is suitable for art lovers.

Steampunk is gaining popularity and is considered a “masculine style”. Indeed, without flowers, lace and beads, with a real brutal decoration, the steampunk card will appeal to the stronger sex. This artistic direction is interesting for its set of decorative elements: gears, old miniature mechanisms, drawings and maps. The design is done in gray-brown tones.

In this design, you can show all your artistic abilities

Several workshops of various styles:

American style, with teal grunge, vintage, shabby chic and steampunk.

Scrapbooking techniques

When creating products, various techniques are used in scrapbooking: rare, that are owned by experienced craftsmen, and simple, accessible to everyone.

Scrapbooking techniques

For example, several well-known techniques that are used most often:

Artificial paper aging. You can achieve the effect of old paper with improvised means: use adhesive tape to remove the top layer of the sheet, use a scraper to make an uneven edge, use tea and coffee to color the paper in brown shades to give a vintage look.
Embossing allows you to make paper parts convex and voluminous. The technique is “wet” or “dry”, in which a special hairdryer is used.
Stamping. In almost any scrapbooking style, stamps fit well and add originality to scrap pages, emphasizing the “hand-made” design. Stamps can be made independently, for this you will need: a foam block, thick cardboard and metal parts, the shape of which will be the stamp. The fittings are laid on the foam block, the surface is heated with a hairdryer for embossing, cardboard is laid on top. Details are pressed into a soft surface, prints (stamps) remain on the cardboard. Finished items need to be cut and can be used for suitable postcards and album pages.

Interactive decor with embossing, stamps and a clipper

Scrapbooking albums

Using the scrapbooking technique, you can create not only postcards, but also a variety of albums for all occasions, displaying your most significant and memorable events.

They can be large, almost grandiose and small neat, which fit in the hand.

Scrapbooking Travel Album Overview

Mini album

A good start for beginners in scrapbooking is creating your own mini album. Immediately undertake voluminous work - boldly, but it is better to start small.

Master class: mini - album in binding part 1

Master class: mini - album in binding part 2

First steps to make an album:

Take strong scrap paper and divide it into 12 equal pieces of square or rectangular shape. Cut the sheet evenly in rows, but be sure to leave one square (rectangle) with the side not separated. Just these two uncut lines will need to be glued together.
Fold the sheets in accordion and collect all the future pages of the album together, and then glue it from the inside. Use the tape as the root of the book. The album layout is ready.

When you have already collected but empty booklet in your hands, it is time to start the creative stage of creating the album. Guided by the experience of the masters, make a sketch of the product in a thin empty notebook or on blank sheets, which you then fasten together. Outline the arrangement of photographs, the principle of their division, labels and design. Decide which decor elements and how much you will need. Let the details be a little less, without busting - this overloads the work and spoils the overall picture of the album in assembled form.

Mini album with binding: accordion

Hardcover Album

The album on the rings looks great, but it looks solid, of course, with a binding.

Cut narrow strips of strong paper to glue the album sheets together. On each of them, mark in the middle a section 2-4 mm wide. A gap of this width will allow the use of volumetric elements when decorating.

The most important part in the album is binding

Cut the ends of the strips diagonally. Leaving the marked gap strip in the center, bend the sides and stick them to the pages. Thus, it turns out two sheets interconnected. Next, you will stick the sheets to them, using the remaining strips. Do this work carefully, otherwise the album will turn out to be uneven.

The internal content of the album is ready, it's time to go directly to the binding. You will need gauze with a length of the album, and a width equal to its thickness, plus a couple of centimeters. Attach the tape along the horizontal edges of the binding.

The spine is made of a thick sheet of paper with a margin of 1-2 cm wide. Exactly attach it to the base of the resulting book, and stick a cover on the album to its protruding stripes. So the basis of the album with binding is ready, then it’s just a fantasy.

Album from scratch part 1 - binding

Album from scratch part 2 - cover

Hidden ring binding

A popular theme in scrapbooking is the wedding. Any girl, after answering “Yes” to the proposal to marry, begins to think through all the details of the future event. A wedding requires a lot of attention, even in small things. If the bride has the time, then she can complete the photo album for pictures of this important event completely at her discretion.

Volumetric elements only add freshness to the album

Wedding Album Review

The cover is the first thing a person sees when he picks up an album. The cover may reflect the idea of \u200b\u200ba wedding - theme, color scheme or remind of the venue. You can use all kinds of ready-made solutions for wedding scrapbooking. Stencils, stamps, badges with the image of the bride and groom, miniatures of wedding arches and retro cars - it is impossible to list everything that specialized shops of this craft have at their disposal.

Workshop on creating a wedding album

The design of the album pages is also an individual choice. An interesting solution will be to break the album into several parts. In one - professional photographs of the photographer, in the other - selfie with friends, in the third - reportage photos of wedding guests. Then a section of pictures of gifts or photos of spouses in childhood.

We fill the album only with fun and bright moments

Creating a wedding album will be an exciting experience that will allow you to pass the "endless" expectation of celebration.

On the eve of the big holiday of one of the closest people, I always want to present an unusual gift that will surprise and delight the birthday man. A non-standard approach to resolving the issue of the present will leave more positive impressions. The hero of the day will be pleasantly surprised to see a DIY photo album as a gift, to find photos and commemorative signs reminiscent of the bright days of the past. How to properly design a photo album for an anniversary, what types are there - all of this will be discussed below.

Examples of design of a photo album as a gift for an anniversary

A few decades ago it was very popular to compile and keep family albums. They traced the life path of a person from an infant to adulthood. Between the photos were written suitable lines of songs popular for that period. These photo albums are more dealt with by women. The standard approach to storing photos in albums has become obsolete. The period of computerization and the presence of a digital camera in each couple, negated the printing and storage of photographs. But everything ever comes back.

If people of the older generation present a photo album for their birthday, filled with pictures and pleasant little things related to any stages of their life, this will become a whole event, a family heirloom. A gift-photo album can be especially interesting if several family members take part in its creation, each responsible for a specific area of \u200b\u200bwork.

Scrapbooking vintage album

The album, made with love in the scrapbooking technique, looks like an old thing. The voluminous cover is manually decorated in a vintage style, covered with fabric, gluing ribbons, buttons, commemorative signs. Clippings from newspaper articles alternate with photos, sweet little things, ribbons, greeting cards, telegrams on letterheads that are many years old - connected as a whole in a photo album, these elements reproduce the life of a whole era.

Find out what else you can apply to your album.

In the form of a family tree

How often are people who know their family history well? Have you ever thought about the origin of the surname that you carry, who were your ancestors several generations ago? Drawing up a family tree is an exciting and useful activity. Studying family archives may reveal interesting facts that were previously secret. Start collecting an album with photos from the earliest days when mothers and grandmothers were still young.

Glue them like a crown of a tree, make an inscription under each photo - not only the surname and name, but also those details that you know about. Gradually in the album proceed to the photos taken in recent years. Time will pass - and your children and grandchildren will gratefully recall the one who started this worthy business - to collect information about the family in a photo album. Knowing their roots, people relate to family traditions with great trepidation and respect.

Wedding anniversary photo album

A round wedding anniversary is a significant event. When making an album, imagination and a desire to make a custom gift with your own hands will come in handy. Collect photos dated from the moment of marriage registration - and let this photo album be a surprise for anniversaries. Each page, thematically designed in combination with the photo, will be interesting and fascinating to browse, remembering the events captured on paper. Making a collage instead of a photo album is also an interesting option for a gift. Years spent in marriage will be an occasion to continue the design of the album.

With long travel trophies

While on vacation, we all love to be photographed. When the journey ends, a large number of photos for the album accumulate, where not only the vacationers themselves, but also interesting places, beautiful nature, wonders of places where you have been. While the memory is fresh, begin to immediately draw up such a travel photo album. A photo report on trips to unexplored places of interest has the right to a separate album.

Make a detailed description of the photos: where it was, what they experienced, funny, curious cases, if any. The comments in the album will help to restore events to the smallest details in years to come - and you can proudly tell your children or grandchildren about those interesting places you have visited. Perhaps they also want to repeat your route, which will become another connecting thread of generations. Small souvenirs brought from the trip and attached to the pages of the album will be interesting to everyone.

Anniversary album as a gift to parents for the anniversary

Some of the parents left a lot of photos in the albums of their youth, college years, the period of growing up, some boast a little. Photos from time to time become unusable. Give your parents a gift - restore the photos you have saved, print them on good quality paper, compose a new album by signing the photos, in which year and where they were taken, if you have such information. Parents will be very grateful for your attention to their life.

Anniversary album in a leather case

Gifts of such a level as photo albums in a leather case give on significant events taking place in life. This occasion will be the anniversary. An expensive solid gift has a presentable appearance. Often an album in the form of a book, it has a natural leather cover, handmade by the master and therefore more valuable. A case with magnetic locks, where the photo album is placed, is included. This set will be a wonderful gift for the head of the anniversary.

50 years anniversary retro style

50 years is a half century, lived with its joys, memories. To present a gift - a photo album created in retro style for the anniversary means to show how much you care about this person, the events that happened to him throughout his life are important. The vintage look of the photo album will help achieve decorative details on the cover, such as wax seal, lettering, memories of friends, written on cardboard sheets.

When the 50th anniversary comes, many events are still fresh in my memory, but those symbols of the time that appear before my eyes, gathered together in an album, will be another reminder of well-lived years. Younger relatives, who carefully collected material for decoration, themselves plunge a little into those historical events that they knew only by hearsay.

What labels to use for a photo album

In the photo album, the captions next to the pictures should be capacious, meaning that they convey the meaning of the photo on the page. Common examples are: “Gentle wave”, “Rest on a sandy beach”, “So dates grow” (for a travel album) or “My parents on the eve of acquaintance”, “The first days of family life”, “Replenishment of the Sviridov family” (album to the wedding anniversary).

There can be a large number of inscriptions, the main thing is that they fit the meaning of a particular photo. A couple of lines taken from the song will also have to be in place - for example, “A wedding ring is a difficult decoration, two hearts are one solution.” If you are inspired, try to rhyme the verse on several lines: “25 is not just a number, 25 is a piece of a century, and remain a real person for up to a hundred years.” The text can be printed or beautifully written by hand.

Where to buy and how much is a photo album

A large selection of standard albums for a different number of photos is offered by all stores selling book products, stationery and related products. Simple binding and handmade embossed models, a leather cover or plain colored cardboard, thick sheets of paper on which pictures or plastic pockets are attached - all this affects the cost of the album.

Beautiful design of photo albums for the anniversary - photo

Anniversaries are different, therefore, the design of gift photo albums should be different from each other. So the wedding anniversary and the round date of age on their subject can overlap, but significantly differ in the design of the appearance of the album. Interesting, original ideas, the manual labor invested in the manufacture of each colorful page will keep the soul warm and create new family traditions that are passed on to future generations.

Now it’s fashionable to create various handmade items. Try it and you make it. It will not just collect photographs, it will become an exclusive thing and decoration of your home. If you make such a gift to a child or newlyweds, it will always remind not only of the most pleasant events in the life of the owner, but also about you, its creator.

Basic principles of work

To do, you can use ready-made sets for creativity, which are sold in specialized and online stores. The kit usually has everything you need for decoration: beautiful paper, stickers, volumetric decorations. Most often, sets are made in a certain style and are dedicated to some topic: a gift for a newborn, newlyweds, romance, travel.

To pick up all the necessary elements is simple and independent. But design photos, pages and cover better in a single style.

Necessary materials

To create a beautiful scrapbooking album with your own hands, you need the following:

Thick cardboard for the manufacture of the base (cover and pages).
A flap of fabric for decorating the workpiece.
A synthetic winterizer, if you want to make the front and back cover soft and voluminous.
Scissors.
Pencil.
Ruler.
Glue.
Figured hole punch (to decorate the edge or create small blanks-templates for application).
Clippings from magazines or other pictures.
satin ribbons.
Flat or 3D stickers.
Various decor (bows, flowers, beads).

Of course, the list depends on your desire, capabilities and design theme. Usually they use all of the above, but it is worth remembering that photographs should still be the main ones. Then you will get exactly the scrapbooking album with your own hands, and not just a collage in this technique. It is not necessary to stick all the elements on one page, it is better to limit their diversity. See that the design looks harmonious, choose one central element, and let the rest only complement it.

How to make a cover

To make a scrapbook album yourself, you first need to complete the basis - the frame of the cover and pages. Decide what size the product will be, and prepare a sheet of cardboard of the appropriate format for the front, back and the desired number of pages.

The sequence of the beautiful cover is as follows:

Take one cardboard blank and cut a piece of sintepon according to its size. Glue it on the base.
Cut out a part from a suitable fabric, for example canvas or any other, taking into account the allowances for gluing (1.5-2 cm on each side).
Apply glue to the free surface of the padding polyester and apply evenly a cloth. Bend the stocks and glue them to the cardboard.
To prevent the bends from being visible, glue a sheet of beautiful paper or cardboard on top. The back cover is ready.
The front part can be made in the same way or make another window for photography. To do this, in the basis of cardboard and synthetic winterizer, make a slot of the desired shape and size. The rest is done using the same technology as for the reverse side (the window in the fabric does not need to be pre-cut). After bonding the fabric and synthetic winterizer, the material is cut and bent.
Insert a slightly larger photo into the window by gluing it to the allowances to the base. On the reverse side, as in the first case, a beautiful sheet of paper or cardboard is made.
Make holes for the eyelets and install them in the front and back of the cover.
Insert rings into the eyelets.

The cover is ready. This option is good if you want to make a children's album with your own hands. Scrapbooking master class on creating the design of the album, pages and various design options will help you choose the right solution.

You can do the cover in a different way. In order not to use the ring mechanism, you will also have to make the end part of the cover, or at the same time from the front and back, or stick to the binding (stack of pages). Choose a method convenient for you.

Pages and binding

So, you do the scrapbooking album yourself. The master class from the previous section showed how to make a cover, but this is not enough. You also need to pin pages. If your cover is supposed to be on rings, you can set the sheets in exactly the same way. Another option is to make a binding. The technology is as follows:

In addition to page blanks, cut out strips of paper the length of the album and a width of 1.5-2cm. In the middle of each part, draw a 2-4 mm wide strip with a knitting needle or other similar object. Cut the corners of the rectangle at an angle of 45 degrees.
Use paper strips to glue the album sheets together. The groove left in the middle will be between the sheets.
Glue a piece of the bandage with allowances on the sides of 1.5-2 cm and two pieces of tape along the binding width on the end of the stack with glued sheets.
Glue the tape on the top and bottom edge. This will give the binding strength and a neat appearance.
Cut out with a margin, like a bandage, a piece of decorative cardboard. Glue it over the bandage, and the protruding edges on the cover.

The design is ready. Start the creative process.

DIY album for a newborn: scrapbooking

This technology allows you to create a gift or souvenir for any holiday quickly enough and at little cost. Everyone will be pleased to be engaged in creativity, so the design of postcards, folders and other things will help to have a good time and become a new hobby.

If you are looking for information on how to make a scrapbook album yourself, then you already have a certain idea or need. If you decide to create for your future baby, then you were not mistaken with the choice. By the way, you can make such a thing for the birth of a baby to your friends or relatives. The main thing is to correctly determine the purpose of the pages, distribute information and leave space for photos.

In the album for the newborn, do not forget to provide a page where parents will record the height and weight of the newborn. You can leave free fields for other important information, for example, the first day at home, the first step and a little tooth. It’s worth even devoting separate pages to these things.

You can arrange an album in a certain color scheme, if you know the gender of the baby in advance. If not, then use neutral shades (white, green, yellow) and children's pictures. Bears, bunnies, pyramids, crib, stroller, balloons will do. Lace and soft, gentle to the touch materials such as fleece will look good. Satin ribbons look very decorative and festive.

DIY wedding album (scrapbooking): master class

A married couple can make this memorable relic by herself, but at the same time, a spectacularly crafted blank can be presented as a gift to the newlyweds.

When manufacturing, try to follow these tips:

Decide on the format and size. Do not make it too big, but a small one will not do. Focus on a regular A4 album sheet or a little more.
Given the standard size of photos, you can choose the square format of the album pages, so that there is room for signatures and decor.
Be sure to plan how appropriate it is to make pages, and try to use a uniform design on them (the same arrangement of labels, headings). Focus on how classic books are designed.
Choose a discreet pastel color scheme. Usually they use white, cream, golden, pale pink. They symbolize romance, and photos on their background will look like the main objects.
In the sequence of pages, it is better to follow the chronology of the event (first place a photo of the official ceremony from the registry office, then photographs in nature and in the restaurant, after the photograph from the second day).

If you decide to make a wedding album for scrapbooking - the most suitable design technology. Buy special paper, as well as a hole punch with a cliche in the form of hearts and (preferably) to make a curly lace edge. This will help create a romantic commemorative item that will become a family asset. It will be nice to see the newlyweds themselves, show relatives and friends.

Baby gift

Do you want to create a baby album with your own hands for your baby? A scrapbooking souvenir will always tell the kid about happy moments in life. Beautifully designed, it will keep your love for baby. The matured "big man" will appreciate the efforts of mom.

It makes sense to make such an album on rings in such a way that you can gradually add pages to it. It is also possible to produce separate “volumes”, for example, “My baby up to a year”, “Life in a kindergarten”, “Grade 1”, etc.

In this album, you are free to paste everything that seems appropriate and important to you: information about the first step, tooth, words. It is interesting to make an imprint of the palms, legs, save a curl.

Original photos in combination with delicate decoration with fabric, children's pictures and other decor will look great.

Family album

This product can be made in any style that matches your idea of \u200b\u200bbeauty and harmony. You make it as a keepsake for yourself. Design on the rings, if you want to add pages. In this case, individual sheets can be issued in different ways. It is worth providing for separate children's pages dedicated to family holidays and travel.

As you can see, it’s not so difficult to master a new technique of artistic mastery - scrapbooking. Do-it-yourself album will be made not just as an accessory for storing memorable pictures, but will become a real work of art.