Craft Corner: Has anyone done an engagement to wedding scrapbook?

Original post by Sonicstef

Feb 23, 2003 12:20 PM

I have a lot of 'stuff' that I would like to put together in a scrapbook - things like photos of the day we got engaged, photos of my shower, fabric scraps, the note from the president, our photo in the times, stuff like that...
so Im wondering if anyone has ever done anything like that before.

Im thinking of using a book like this:

Kolo Newport Album

and mimicking real scrapbook layouts in Photoshop on my PC with words and photos and spaces to glue fabric and cards to using this ink jet refill paper:

Inkjet Refills

So far I can do pages about:
- Day we got engaged
- Bridal Shower
- Bridesmaid Luncheon
- Finding 'the' dress
- Wedding Day

So I need some suggestions help on the following:

a) What else can I include? I'd like to make the book sort of like a journey from engagement to honeymoon but Im not sure what else I can put in there.

b) I need some elegant layouts I can use as inspiration, so please post if you have done one or have seen one.

Sonicstef Posted: Mar 12, 2003 03:43 PM

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Looks awesome!!

Let me know how Kinkos goes :D

shamma Posted: Mar 12, 2003 04:00 PM

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Suzanne, you need to hold classes on this, those are very nice.

michele31 Posted: Mar 12, 2003 04:01 PM

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great job Susan. Remind me to send you some of my photos soon

yabbobay Posted: Mar 12, 2003 05:08 PM

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so nice susan...

too bad I can't say that about my father...lol

Teri Posted: Mar 12, 2003 08:33 PM

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awww, Susan that is so sweet!

I like the font you used on the first page.

Teri Posted: Mar 13, 2003 11:08 AM

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Question for Stef/Susan and others:

If you plan on saving these pages on a disc for Kinko's to print out, wouldn't the font styles, and other images be distorted or changed at Kinko's?

I remember having the same problem when I wanted to create table names for my wedding - I downloaded fonts onto my computer, but wouldn't they be lost if Kinko's didn't have the same exact fonts??! Or am I missing something?

Sonicstef Posted: Mar 13, 2003 11:19 AM

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If you send Kinkos .jpgs files or better yet .tif files - then Kinkos having the font is not necessary. Think of it like taking a photo of a newspaper, you dont need the photos or the fonts...it just saves a snapshot. But jpgs and tiff can sometimes be distorted. Ive printed tiffs at Kinkos and it comes out great but Im sure it might differ depending on the project.

If you dont want any distortion, you can give Kinkos the photoshop files AND the font files. They will install the fonts and open your project in Photoshop. There is no distortion but the files are absolutely HUGE.

susans Posted: Mar 13, 2003 11:50 AM

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I went to the kinkos website and it said that the best files would either be KDF which would be converting the file using their software or PDF which is pretty much the standard for graphic design work.
I'm going to save mine as a PDF file and embed all the fonts.
Trying to do that now, but I'm having problems with the conversion.
The PDF for print file is huge as well. It saves at 1200dpi.

Sonicstef Posted: Mar 13, 2003 11:52 AM

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Susan: call the kinkos you plan on working with and ask them. I called them after reading their site and they didnt recommending PDF'ing.

Sonicstef Posted: Mar 14, 2003 03:09 PM

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In honor of the dog conversation going on in another thread - how cute is this?

Sonicstef Posted: Mar 26, 2003 03:47 PM

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Another easy but cute one for the mommies:

Diane Posted: Mar 26, 2003 04:06 PM

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Stef. They are so cute

kitten79 Posted: Mar 26, 2003 04:27 PM

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Stef where do you find these?

Sonicstef Posted: Mar 26, 2003 04:31 PM

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There are a couple of scrapbooking websites that I check every now and again and post the ones like the best here.

One is www.twopeasinabucket.com and the other is something I cant remember the url of. The sites are a little over the top for me....i just like 1% of the stuff on there :D

Sonicstef Posted: Apr 03, 2003 11:48 AM

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Are you guys sick of seeing these?

shamma Posted: Apr 03, 2003 11:59 AM

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when will we actually see yours??

PS how is the material on that bathing suit that you purchased and when do you leave?? How is photography class going??

Sonicstef Posted: Apr 03, 2003 12:08 PM

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I havent been very productive on my own scrapbook since Ive been busy with some other projects but I will do another page soon. Until then I have these one:
EPhotos version 1

Epics version 2

Oh shoot - I forgot to post my bathing suit review. Thanks for reminding me, I will go find that topic.

My photography class was 3 sessions but I missed the last one because my friends fathers death. It was going well up until that point. I will probably take a longer class later this year.

shamma Posted: Apr 03, 2003 02:40 PM

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Thanks Stef, those 2 are very nice. Saw the BS review as well

Sonicstef Posted: Apr 21, 2003 11:38 AM

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Now that IM working with my photographer on our album (finally!), Im looking for wedding album layouts. Hope Im not boring you with these but I wanted to share.