Your wedding day goes by so quickly, it’s just obvious that you’ll do everything in your power to preserve your memories! I can’t think of a better way of doing this that with a Wedding Scrapbook.
Its important to decide what your goal is before you enthusiastically approach your first page. Would this book only tell your wedding day tale or do you want it to include everything from the engagement to the honeymoon? Decide on a look and feel (romantic, vintage, clean) as well as on the colour scheme before you start this exciting project.
The most popular way is to go with your wedding colours, but it might be interesting to add a bit of extra colour, for example if your wedding colours were white and lilac, you can add silver and a deep purple to this, even a slight touch of pink. As long as the colours don’t overpower your photos – the extras should be subtle in order to make your photos the primary focus (the majority of the memorabilia can be stored in a nice memento box). You wouln’t want to look at this in 15 years and shreak, therefore its better to keep it simplistic, which will definitely guarantee a timeless and elegant look.
It would be wise to do your planning before you hit the shops. This would include how many pages your album would be, what photos and memorabilia you’d like to use etc. To create a personal, intimate feel, use the more spontaneous photos for scrap booking, the more posed photos can be framed or sent to family members, the remainder of the photos can be stored in a separate album. It’s a good idea to print a duplicate set to work with – this would give you peace as you’re working, knowing that your originals are safe.
Memorabilia you might want to include:
- Wedding and bridal shower invites
- Fabric from your dress (as well as any other fabric samples)
- Receipts
- Bridal registry
- Napkins
- Any form of printed material (menu, song-list etc, congrats and thank-you cards)
- Honeymoon tickets and extras
- Congrats and thank you cards
The foundation of a scrapbook is the journaling, sit down somewhere where you won’t be disturbed and go back to that special day – What did you feel when preparing for this big day, when the minister declared you husband and wife, sitting at the reception looking at your guests? When writing, be real and be yourself. We so often forget these very special moments, this way your memories will be preserved as long as you both shall live.
Bring in some of your friends or family’s thoughts – ask a few people you are close to, to write down a sentence or two on what it was that stood out for them on this day (supply them with nice paper or a colourful pen). Start the book with a dedication page – why you are creating this book, why your wedding day was such a special day etc. Some other pages you can add is “what I remember” or “what I was grateful for” or even “what didn’t matter at this stage” – as women we often plan this day and want it to be absolutely perfect, but when we are in the moment, we realize that that’s so not the point of this day.
As you create your book, be real and true – don’t only choose the perfect pictures – being real when choosing your photos and writing your love story will show throughout your book. And most of all, enjoy making this book and enjoy this season!
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whoa!!it looks like a PICTURE!
ur an amazing painter!:D
I would suggest going to Cropmom.com at http://www.cropmom.com a digital online scrapbooking, collage, card making site.
They have thousands of designer graphics, templates, and you can manipulate your photos, add text, rotate text, etc. It is fun easy and you can be as creative as you want. The graphics are organized by themes and elements for ease of use.
Upload your photo. Make your layout creation using it. Add your own text. Then use only the graphics in a selected kit, or use templates and modify them as you go, or select from the thousands of designer graphics available to create your layouts.
And then purchase the print-quality JPEG files of your layouts (it doesn't cost much) and download it to your computer.
From here, you can either print them at home and put them in a album. Or – what I usually do – is have my layouts printed as a photo scrapbook by Shutterfly or Snapfish or other photofinisher of your choice.
A wedding scrapbook can be the perfect gift if done correctly. Remember, a scrapbook is a memory holder, making it personal and distinctive will guarantee that it will be cherished. It takes time and effort to accomplish this! In order to create a treasured keepsake for your best friend, here are seven things to include in your project.
1) Different perspectives
You will not have access to the photographer's photographs. Relying on just your own photographs is a bad idea. Plan ahead and get others to assist you in taking pictures before, during, and after the wedding ceremony. This way, you will get a variety of pictures from different perspectives and can enjoy the ceremony without having to worry about taking a picture every two minutes.
A good way to do this is to buy and distribute automatic cameras, telling contributors to use up all of the pictures. You can even give different photographers different assignments! Have one take pictures of guests, one take pictures of just the groom, one take pictures of the dances, etc. Make sure to order digital CDs from each camera.
2) Quality Pictures
After all of the pictures come back and are developed, carefully pick the best of the best. Be selective, avoiding unflattering portraits, especially of the bride. Then, use whatever computer software, even if it's free from Kodak or Windows, to edit the pictures to the best of your ability. Play around with exposure, crop, or touch up accordingly. She will appreciate how good you made her look.
3) Things she might not know
You may want to consider adding wedding tidbits the bride might have missed because she was busy… being a bride! For instance, show a picture of the friend who spilled champagne over her dress, or journal about how everyone was gushing over the handsome waiter. These little details will make her wedding seem an even grander affair.
4) Quotes from friends and family
Journaling memories and advice from the bride and groom's friends and family members is always a great addition to a scrapbook. You can either do this yourself or outsource the responsibility to someone you trust! Include the quotes on individual pages or all together at the end of the scrapbook.
5) Memorabilia from the wedding
Include keepsakes from the wedding in the scrapbook. Save the wedding program, petals from the flower arrangements, napkins, invitations, place cards, and incorporate them in your layouts. This adds a personal touch that cannot be imitated.
6) Choose a theme that reflects her personality
Carefully consider the type of person your best friend is and the type of relationship she has with her new husband. Let their personalities direct the theme of your scrapbook. Consider the colors in their wedding, the songs they chose, and the activities they share together when contemplating a theme. Choosing something that reflects who they are best shows you know and care for them.
7) Space for her
Leave space for her to add her own pictures and memories. She will be touched that you desired her hand in your creation, and she will love that her wedding scrapbook was a collaborative effort.
Excellent work. Pleasure to watch. Perfect music
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You’re really good man. You’ve got excellent talent.
Try http://www.TwoPeasinaBucket.com
Brilliant Willy, Just Brilliant =D
Check out "Once upon a family" …it's a website that actually sells scrapbooks for this sort of thing, where it prompts you to include details and keepsakes from special occasions. They are really beautiful-and they might help.
Otherwise, if you still want to do it on your own, buy some really beautiful wedding themed paper and little add ons, and include pages for the getting ready, waiting, guests arriving, ceremony, getaway, arrival at the reception, the reception (and all the details in there!), and perhaps include poems about love written by hand, winding throughout the photos, so there is a link that binds-you could even use their original vows instead, or lyrics of their wedding song…
My MOH is a scrapbook-aholic. She scrapped a vegas page a couple months ago and used poker chips from one of the casinos they went to in the page. It was super cute. She also bought a box of playing cards and fanned out the aces (like a hand of cards), and placed them in the corner of a photo.
On the opposite side, she found a picture of vegas, mounted it on black paper, then placed rinestones around the perimeter to look like casino lights. I'm always in awe of her work [she's doing my invitations]. It's so cute and glitzy. Glitter on every page.
Incredible! He looks so life like. Just amazing…and what a beautiful subject
Very nice!!
I'm not sure what you're asking, but what you already have sounds great! The 15 pages gives her enough to put in the wedding pictures, I'm sure she can fit more than one picture per page, plus you're giving her pages for her honeymoon which is awesome! Then you've left a page for her new home and dog which I think it awesome!
It sounds like you've made the book from when they started their life together at the wedding, to the honeymoon, to when they got home and you get to see that journey and I think that's great!
I'm not sure what question you're asking, I think you covered everything! Just make sure to leave spaces for journaling so she can write some things down about how she was feeling, etc. It doesn't have to be on every page, but on some pages so she can capture the feelings of her big day.
I think it's really sweet of you to do this for her. I've made many gift albums and I KNOW the hard work that goes into them, and I'm sure this is something she's going to cherish for the rest of her life.
Great talent Der Mann.
Yes. I haven't done it yet though, but I have everything for it. Isn't scrapbooking awesome?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
First, do you have any reason to believe she wants you to create a scrapbook of her wedding? If not, spare her the burden.
If you do think she wants it, the most important thing is to select only the very best photos – even if you use only 15 – and to avoid being cutesy. No titles, no nothing. If you don't have a selection of awesome photos, dont make her the book at all. A gift should be about the recipient, not about the giver.
Nice work, you did pretty good.
http://www.walmart.com has some very nice elegant kits.
http://www.target.com also has some nice ones.