Hints
And Tips On Scrapbooking Baby’s “Firsts”
It
is true to say that a lot of people
begin to get the scrappin’ bug
after their child/children are born
and usually their first attempt at
scrapbooking is making a baby album.
Having
a child is one of the most important
events in our lives and
baby’s first year is a busy,
lively, ever changing journey of
discovery. It is full of important
milestones…
No wonder then, as parents we want
to capture and record all those many
memorable moments - preserving them
in scrapbooks is a great way to safely
keep and cherish those memories for
years to come.
One
timeless and extremely popular
baby scrapbooking idea is to make
an album that consists of ‘firsts’.
This is a relatively easy and flexible
theme to follow, especially for someone
new to scrapbooking and is a great
way to create enchanting baby scrapbooks.
This
kind of album usually consists
of a scrapbook arranged in chronological
order with individual layouts showing
special and notable moments in your
baby’s life.
New
babies are so photogenic it’s
hard to resist capturing all the
big and little things that make up
their day-to-day lives.
No
doubt you will have lots of pictures
to sort through–so here’s
a small list of ‘firsts’ to
give you some ideas for organizing
your photos:
—sleep/nap
—bottle/breast feed
—diaper change
—dressed in their first outfit
—ride in a car seat
—smiles
—bath
—trip out in the buggy
—solid food
—teeth
—sitting up
—drinking from a cup
—feeding him/herself
—crawling
—walking with the furniture
—steps/walking on their own
—hair cut
—halloween
—Christmas
To add a little more interest to
your album try and vary the layouts,
for instance make some events into
double page spreads. Such as coming
home from the hospital or bath-time,
which always presents an opportunity
for some great photos!
Give your pages a personal touch
by adding some memorabilia, using
a pocket envelope, to your layouts
- like the birth announcement or
maybe a lock of hair from their first
hair cut.
If
you are new to scrapbooking and
you’re unsure about starting
out on your new album then a good
choice would be to buy yourself a
baby scrapbook kit. These kits contain
everything you will need to begin
scrapbooking and are a great shortcut
to creating super layouts that you
can be proud of.
You can also enhance your pages
with some of the many baby-related
products that are available on the
market. Decorate your layout with
an adorable or cute baby scrapbook
paper.
Then,
embellish your page with some charming
baby scrapbook stickers
like rattles, booties, bibs, bottles
etc and when they’re done display
all of your beautiful pages in a
lovely baby scrapbook album.
Go
on…give it a go. Make
yourself a baby scrapbook to savor
and keep all those incredible memories.
You’ll find it’s much
more than just a scrapbook–it
will become a precious family keepsake
that you’ll treasure forever.
