Scrapbooking Baby

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I have been interested in scrapbooking for a while. When I go to Michael's I get overwhelmed by the scrapbooking section! I have no idea where to start. Can someone please help me? I would like to start a scrapbook for my baby boy who is 1 year old. (I guess as a starting point)

Please help, and thank you.

Here's a list of what you need to get started. I put my recommended brands in parenthesis:

1. Paper trimmer (Fiskars $20)
2. Spring action titanium scissors (Fiskars $14). These are great for precise cutting and poking holes.
3. Scotch glue stick $3. There are tons of adhesive options but it's fine to start with a glue stick.
4. Idea magazine (Scrapbooks Etc $5)
5. Tool kit (Making Memories $20 or $40)
6. Cutting mat (Basic Grey Magnetic Cutting Mat $24)

Go shopping through your magazine and pick out one layout that inspires you. Make a list of the types of things used on the page. For example: cardstock, brads, patterned paper, ribbon, buttons, punches, stamps. Then, buy what you need to recreate the page. Colors and patterns can be your own. The leftovers will start your on-hand supplies and keep going from there. Michaels and similar stores can be very overwhelming. Be careful not to just buy everything you like! That gets very expensive, very quickly. ALWAYS take your coupon from the Sunday paper.

I have a 7 month old and alot of pictures, I wanted to put all of her pictures from her first year into one scrapbook album! Right now I have them seperated by month with a little note for each month that describes her development for that month! For each month on her birthday I dressed her up and made her a crown that says how many months old she is and took a picture so I can see how she grew each month! At first I was going to do her album by month, but there are just too many pictures and I don’t think that they will all fit into one book! Any ideas????? I already downsized and I still have about 20 pictures for each month and I can’t bare to part with any more!

My wife is a scrapbooker and did the following for our sons first year…

On the first two page spread, she has made a border of 11 3×3 inch photos around the outside. Each photo is each month of the year. In the middle, is a bigger 12th photo of him at one year old.

The rest of the scrapbook is made up of events - birthday, Christening, halloween, etc.

You can also consider doing a coffee table type book of all the pictures you have (20×12=200+ pictures). Most major online photo developing sites (costco, futureshop, etc) have an option for a picture book. Or, if you wanted to do something a little nicer, you can try something like “blurb” : http://www.blurb.com/

It is not too complicated, and not too expensive. I am going to be doing that for my sons, now that my 2nd has hit 1 year old.

I just had my first baby and want to start scrapbooking. I've collected pictures and written down information from the pregnancy and birth. What kind of supplies do I need to get started without spending a lot of money?

First you should decide if you want to do it traditionally with paper and/or embellishments or digitally (on your computer) or both. I can help with both. You can email with any questions. Just know you are much farther ahead than most people already!

I want to keep these cards but I am not sure what to do with them besides leave them in a box to be sifted through. I am doing my daughters scrapbook and I thought maybe I could include them somehow but I need some ideas.

Set a goal to preserve the special & unique–and cull the cards that are run of the mill or from your boss' wife's sister. Maybe only 2 or 3 cards of the bunch should be kept whole.

Cut out cute graphics from your discards to embellish the pages. Cut out the signatures from the cards, or even the interior message & signature, and make separate scrapbook pages for each shower you had. Each page or spread of 2 pages can serve as a "guest book" for your daughter to see who her early fans were.

I'm working on my wedding and daughter's baby album, are there any good websites with ideas?

My favorite site is www.twopeasinabucket.com. They have lots of pages to look at. Mostly though, I get idea books with layouts in them and I get creating Keepsakes Magazine, which gives me tons of ideas. You can order idea books like award winning scrapbook pages on line or pick one up at Michael's or any hobby store.

The ones I have bought before, you cut out the phrase and rubbed it onto the paper but these arent rubbing off. How do i transfer them?

In addition to the above answer, you can use brads, eyelets, ribbons, stickers or many other things to hold them down. Be creative.

I've done the same thing. I bought a book of quotes thinking I could rub them onto wood to make signs, but they weren't rub ons. Live 'n learn.

I love scrapbooking so instead of buying a baby book I just want some ideas of what to put in it… Thanks

in my babies scrapbooks i went onto websites and looked up their name meanings and printed them off, i put their birth cards in it, birth announcements, bracelets, photos of them getting their footprints done, cards people gave me,u/s pics with my own ideas wrote out on the side of them, i even kept my hospital menus! i kept a list of all their firsts (smile,tooth, bottle,bath,umbilical cord fell off,etc)

My daughter is pregnant and her sister is giving her a shower. We don't want to do the traditional games. Anybody have suggestions for other baby related things to do at the party? We thought maybe "baby scrapbooking" but space is very limited.

Hello! I have a page on my website dedicated specifically to SENTIMENTAL activities. A nice break from all the same-old games everyone has played dozens of times!!

Check it out, if you like! I also have ideas for door prizes and gift baskets in there. I put the link below!

So heres the thing, there will be a baby arriving in my family next year (not mine may i add!) and i thought a nice thoughtful gift would be to make a scrapbook of what their name means, no1 song and album on that day, horoscope etc. Has anyone got any other ideas i could include?? many thanks xxx
Make up some extra scrapbook pages first photo, first smile, first tooth etc leaving a blank space to add the photo