How to Add Text to a Scrapbook
One of the most important elements of any scrapbook is the wording that accompanies the photos. Your scrapbook is an illustrated chronicle of your life and the lives of your loved ones. Put as much thought into your wording and its placement as you do into the placement of photos and the decoration of pages.
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Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Photo-safe Markers
- Photo-safe Pens
- Acid-free Calligraphy Pens
- Acid-free Scrapbooks
- Adhesive-backed Letters
- Scrapbooks
- Scissors
- Pencils
- Acid-free Ink Pens
- Acid-free Markers
- Acid-free Papers
- Archival-quality Markers
- Archival-quality Pens
- Rulers
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Make sure that the writing and lettering implements you use in your scrapbook are acid-free and fade-resistant. Products that are not labeled "acid-free," "archival" or "photo-safe" could react chemically with your photos and cause them to fade.
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Investigate scrapbook Web sites, magazines and books for ideas on how to incorporate text onto the pages of your book. Seeing what other scrapbook enthusiasts have done can help inspire you in the creation of your own unique scrapbook pages.
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Determine the wording and placement of your text in advance to avoid making irreversible mistakes on the finished page.
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Make the lettering of your text special. Explore different fonts and lettering mediums - adhesive-backed and paste-on paper letters come in all sizes, styles and colors! You might even try your hand at calligraphy.
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Write titles and captions only or combine them with descriptions and thoughts about the photos (include thoughts from family and friends). You can also use poems or quotations as accompanying text for your photos.
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Remember that your scrapbook is also a genealogical record. You are chronicling family history for the pleasure and education of future generations as well as your own. Include dates and as many complete names as possible.
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Be creative with the placement of text. You can use text as a border for a photo or as a decorative accent. For example, instead of coloring in a border or shape, fill in the empty space with text. Use text to create the stems of flowers or to make spirals or swirls.
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Use lightly lined paper in your scrapbook if you are concerned about your ability to write straight. Alternately, use a ruler or other straight edge to keep the lines of text even. You can also trace letters onto your scrapbook page.
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Tips & Warnings
Look for scrapbook supplies in your local craft store and on the Internet. Make sure that all the materials are acid-free.
Look for fancy or unusual fonts and lettering styles on the Internet or in books and magazines.
Keep a journal. Use it to refresh your memory about a particular event. You could also keep notes with your photos. When you are ready to put the photos into a scrapbook, information about names, dates and events will be handy.
Use relevant song, book or movie titles as titles for your scrapbook pages.
Add text to a separate sheet of paper instead of writing directly in the book. Then you can cut the paper into any shape and place it anywhere on the page.
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Comments
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Aug 08, 2006
Clay Pencil Top 1. Get modeling clay or an oven clay, choose your preferred color that goes well with your pencil. 2. Make it into a ball, a small one. 3. Put it on the pencil top, you can make it looks like a mushroom, or a hat. Stick it with hot glue. 4. Get another color of clay. Shape it as tiny balls or whatever you like. 5. Decorate your mushroom or hat with it. Tips: 1. Try to choose bright interesting colors like orange, pink, light green. 2. If you use oven clay, you can put it in the oven for some time to be baked. 3. You can use it as a gift for your kids or a friend's kid. -
Mar 24, 2006
Use golden pens or any color of metallic gel pens for your scrapbook, especially on the edges and corners. It adds brightness and life to your work.
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Mar 24, 2006
Use golden pens or any color of metallic gel pens for your scrapbook, especially on the edges and corners. It adds brightness and life to your work.
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Nov 22, 2005
Use a laser paper to print the text you want for your scrapbook. Change the font to a very light shade of gray and expand the font by two points. You can then trace the letters with a fine point pen to make it look more like natural handwriting.
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Nov 22, 2005
Make a color copy of certain pages and send it to those certain people instead of a greeting card with a note - "Thinking of those fun times we shared."
