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.
