How to Organize a Scrapbook Album

When choosing a way to organize the photos for your scrapbook album, decide the purpose of the scrapbook. Telling a story through chronological events or portraying a single event through a multitude of photos and memorabilia are a couple of ways to capture your memories. Be creative and find a layout that will help you remember the events and people in your life the way you want them remembered.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Trips and Vacations Scrapbook Album

1. Gather items that represent the various trips and vacations that you have been on (photos, souvenirs, maps, brochures, airline tickets, park passes).
2. Purchase a vacation-themed scrapbooking kit or make unique pages of your own.
3. Include journaling to capture your memories from each trip.

Baby Book Scrapbook Album

4. Organize photos chronologically by firsts or events, such as birthdays, christening, holidays and so forth.
5. Include embellishments that will remind you of your child at a certain age or that compliment your pictures. Embellishments can be purchased at a craft store. Good examples are diaper pins, bottles, candles, ribbons and buttons.
6. Keep a journal of baby's firsts and add these to the album with the pictures or keepsakes that you have of the event. Pouches purchased at scrapbook supply or craft stores are especially helpful in keeping small items, such as hair from first haircut or first tooth, in your album.

Heritage and Family History Scrapbook Album

7. Create a family tree album by gathering photos and names of all family members you want to include in your scrapbook album.
8. Preserve the look of your old photos by copying them in black and white and using decorative scissors to edge your photos, or simply tear the edges to achieve the look that you want.
9. Include pictures of family heirloom items that correspond with the generation that it originated from.

Other Scrapbook Album Organizing Ideas

10. Capture memories of all holidays or annual events in a scrapbook album. You can organize them by year or event.
11. Create a recipe scrapbook album that can be contributed to by friends and family.
12. Give a scrapbook album as a gift for the special people in your life to capture memorable events such as a wedding, baby shower or family reunion.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't forget to include information about your growing baby, such as weight and length/height at each doctor's visit.