Wedding Scrapbook

SO today I started mine, It's my 1st 'real' scrapbook, I even went to a Scrapbooking Ladies night tonight to see if I can learn some things.....IT IS REALLY HARD!!!! Is anyone else doing this?
I'm really excited to do it, But I want it to be perfect and Im so not good at it yet....lol
XOXOXOXO
Kitty

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that's a great idea!!! good luck!

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tell us about this. why is it hard? what/how do you do it?

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If you mean hard, because it takes a lot of time, I agree. Just don't cut, glue, or tape anything until you have the layout the way you want it. It usually takes me almost an hour to make one page!

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I made a scrapbook for the 1st time for my parents anniversary last month, and decided I wanted to do one for my wedding - I took no classes or read anything about it - just went for it - I LOVED it!!! It was time consuming, but I enjoyed every minute! And I never did anything artsy before....

any tips for what to do?

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Scrapbooking is fun but I can understand why people think its hard. You really have to plan ahead what you want each page to look like. There are magazines out there that can help you with the layout etc. Once you start though it becomes really addicting.

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It's hard because you really have to think about what you want, like someone said before, it's not just cutting and glueing, It took me almost 2 hours to do one page last night!!! I learned how to matte your photos so they stand out! I'm going back again Feb. 24th for another scrapbooking ladies night!!!! lol
XOXOXOXO
Kitty

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great idea! My aunt offered to do one for me as a shower gift... it'll be great to see once it's done!! I can only imagine how hard it must be to do!

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Posted by sk1nny27

tell us about this. why is it hard? what/how do you do it?

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I bought a white album, I bought extra pages to put in it and some gadgets (glue, paper, embelishments, etc...) I will include all pictures of Engagement, E-party, Shower, Bachelorette party, RD, wedding and honeymoon. I've never taken on such a project, everyone I talk to say how addictve it is! It is also expensive!!! I just started and have already spent over $70!!!! I can't imagine how much the book wiill be worth when Im done with it!!!!
XOXOXOXO
Kitty

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I was just about to start my wedding scrapbook tonight! My FFIL got me a gift card to a craft store and I spent over $80 on wedding specific scrapbooking items. I've been scrapbooking other events for a while and love it. It's a great thing to do when FH is watching sports or just for a quiet night. It takes me about an hour to do a 2-page layout. I take all my pictures, choose background paper, collect any stickers or embelishments, and start planning. I love the sense of accomplishment when I finish a layout and it looks great. You really have to plan everything before you glue b/c it's hard to move things around without tearing the paper. Good luck and have fun!!

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I'm not very crafty, but I love doing the scrapbook stuff. I actually started a family one this year, and I intend to do a wedding one, beginning with some casual photos of us, and including prewedding parties through the honeymoon.

I've learned to just a have fun with it, b/c it will be awesome since it's something you did. Often times I do go to Michael's for fun decorative paper or stickers to add to the pages. Also, A.C. Moore is great too.

Have fun

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I am making one for FH, I plan on giving it to him on our wedidng day..like a through the years to show the 10 years we will be together...it is very time consuming and very expensive..but the final outcome is well worth it

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Im working on one too....its fun to design but it does take a while!

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When I first started scrapbooking, I thought it was hard too. Especially when I was trying to figure out how big to cut out the mattes for the photos. But after a few layouts you will definitely start to feel more comfortable. It just takes a little practice.

One thing I would suggest is to do a sketch of your layout beforehand. I'm talking about a very basic sketch, just so you can see where you will lay everything out. I find that very helpful. Also, Creating Keepsakes magazine is awesome. It has a lot of great tips and ideas.

If you need any help with anything, feel free to FM me.

HTH

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I am not crafty at all. By my bestfriends mom loves doing this, so she showed me some tips. and let me use all of her fancy tools and things