How To Select Albums for Scrapbooks

Series Summary

Scrapbooking is a great way to preserve memories, souvenirs, photos and other keepsakes. Probably dating back to shortly after the invention of the printing press, and photography, the idea of keeping printed materials is not a new one. A scrapbook usually consists of a decorated album filled with pictures, newspaper and magazine clippings, personal pictures and other memorabilia. Often the scrapbooker will journal as part of their scrapbook, writing memories or thoughts on the objects in the album. Keeping a scrapbook is a wonderful way to remember events and accomplishments in one's life, and can be a fun activity for friends and family.

In this free video series, our expert will give tips and advice on basic scrapbooking supplies. When starting a scrapbook, having the tools will make your task much easier. You will learn about using fabric, glue guns, colored pencils and stickers to decorate your scrapbook. Creating a beautiful scrapbook to keep memories in can be a fun and fulfilling hobby, and one you can enjoy for many years to come. If you have been thinking of starting your own scrapbook, let our expert get your started with the supplies and tips you need to know.

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Leslie Moselle and I'm from Tampa, Florida. On behalf of Expert Village, this is the essentials of scrapbooking. Chapter one: albums. The best way to decide on picking an album for scrapbooking is basically by the size of your pictures and the amount of design you want to put into a page. This album here is 8 1/2x8 1/2. It's a pretty small album. The pages are fairly small, so it's harder to fit larger pictures on there, but it's nice for a project that you don't want to have to take too much time to fill a page. There are also larger books like this one that its pages are actually 12x12 in size. These actually have plastic covering covering the pages. The last option you have is a traditional 8 1/2x11 pages. Basically, 8x10 photos with some kind of backing the photo will fit into these pages. The best way to decide on which album you want to use is paper. Inside your album the paper should be a thick size paper that you can actually glue on layers. The plastic covered albums are harder to use because you have to slide everything into the plastic sleeve. This is the album that I'm going to use to show you the rest of the chapter, and this one is an 8 1/2x8 /12."