What Is Scrapbooking?

Do you remember when you were a child, cutting and pasting newspaper clippings and photos into large scrapbooks made of cheap rough paper? Or bundling together treasured bits and pieces with some fancy ribbon or a string? Now there's a grown up way to save, preserve and embellish your treasures: the craft of scrapbooking.]

The concept behind scrapbooking is the same. It is still about placing photographs, newspaper clippings, poems, and tickets into your scrapbook to display and preserve your memories.

However, scrapbooking techniques and tools have matured substantially since you were a child! Luxurious scrapbooking albums have replaced the cheap stationery store variety. The new albums are generally bound or placed in a three-ring binder, to protect and preserve your hard work. New specialized covers allow protection from the outside elements (and make the finished scrapbooks attractive to display).

Old-fashioned glues and pastes have been abandoned in favour of specialized glue dots and two-sided tape, which makes mounting your treasures simple and mess free. Many of these products are so strong that you can now decorate your scrapbook pages with ribbons, feathers, flowers, or even metal charms. Most importantly, the glues won't damage your treasures and are guaranteed to be acid-free.

What do I need to start scrapbooking?

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