Hints And Tips On Scrapbooking Baby’s Firsts

by: Elaine Clay
It is true to say that a lot of people begin to get the scrapping 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.

Elaine Clay is the owner of Online-Scrapbooking-Guide.com :: your one-stop online scrapbooking resource. Find inspiration, increase your creativity and have fun with our helpful tips, ideas, articles and much more.

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My small collection

it seem really difficult to search a different model car right now..i mean the small one by ‘hotwheel’..i really enjoy this hobby, and hopefully to have more collection soonly.

                           FERRARI F430 SPIDER

NISSAN SKYLINE

                                   1997 CORVETTE

TOYOTA COROLLA AE-35 (INITIAL D)

ANIME DAN COMIC?

(This post in Malay)

Setiap org mesti memiliki hobi tersendiri. Bagi saya hobby ni dilakukan bila saya berkesempatan melakukannya. Sewaktu saya dlm minggu peperiksaan, saya mengambil kesempatan semasa keluar belajar di fakulti untuk mendownload anime yg satu episode saja mengambil 9 jam utk di download. Comic pula saya selalu beli di sungai wang plaza dan kadang2 tu pergi kekedai komik terpakai.

Jika dulu, emak saya membebel setiap kali melihat saya membaca comic, tp setelah saya menyambung pelajaran ke ipta dia mungkin dah tak larat utk membebel. Pada waktu itu saya membeli komik itu menggunakan duit saya bekerja di kedai mkn. Tidak seperti budak2 lain pada waktu itu saya lebih suka memiliki koleksi saya sendiri daripada meminjam. Waktu itu saya gile membaca comic doraemon tetapi koleksi comic itu sudah dibuang oleh emak saya semasa saya sambung belajar kerana rumah saya dilanda ribut dan comic saya telah lunyai terkena hujan.

Selama setahun saya berhenti membeli dan membaca kerana sedikit frust. Tetapi mungkin jodoh saya dgn comic mmg panjang. Ketika saya melanjutkan pelajaran di peringkat diploma saya berkenalan dgn comic yg terkenal ‘one piece’,’slamdunk’ dan ‘conan’. Akhirnya hobi saya ni bersambung sehingga skang dan pada masa yg sama saya mula membeli anime setelah memiliki computer sendiri. Saya menyimpan koleksi hobi saya di rumah sewa sekarang. Takut pisang berbuah 2 kali. 

Mungkin anime dan comic bukan lagi utk kanak2 sahaja skang, kerana jika dulu saya budak paling besar di kedai comic. Tetapi skang saya lihat ramai remaja malahan org dewasa yg tergila-gilakan hobi ini. Tp awas dengan beberapa comic dan anime yg tidak sesuai untuk kanak2. Saya sendiri walaupun melebihi umur tetapi sebagai seorang yg minda masih lagi rasional, saya mengelakkan dr membeli comic dan anime seumpama itu. Saya masih ingat pesan ustaz saya, hati boleh gelap dgn melihat benda2 sebegitu..waallahualam. Jadikanlah hobi ini hobi yg baik jgn cemari nya dgn perkara2 yg tidak sesuai.

 p/s- cerita anime/comic ni sesuai untuk menguji minda berfikir ‘out of box’