How I scrapbook

How I scrapbook my Kids' Scrapbooks

I'm not for sure in the beginning, when I first started scrapbooking, why I chose to do binders.  I am glad I did though!!  Things can just continue for years and I get a chance to do something different on the front, back, and side of each album.  It's kind of like creating your own story book!

This is the front of my son's scrapbook album.  It is a 8 1/2 by 11 binder.  I think it is a 3 inch binder.  I only purchase the binders that have the window on the front, back, and sides so that I can decorate it myself.  I choose one of my favorite photos from inside that album and showcase it on the front.

Here is a few of the pages within this scrapbook album.  It is in chronological order. This son has 15 of these albums right now, and he's 18!!  I just created layouts for the photos I want and just keep putting them in an album until no more will fit, then I start a new one.

I hope you enjoyed this particular scrapbook album!!  I have done many different sizes, themes, and just a lot of scrapbooking things.  It is truly what I love to do!!  And I love sharing it with you!!!

Decoupage Memory Box

Beyond the Scrapbook

I have done other projects besides scrapbook albums using scrapbooking supplies.

One of these projects was a memory box that my son built at Home Depo.  We used to go to Home Depo every month for their Kids Workshop.  My kids would build all kinds of things from bird houses to pencil boxes and more.  We did this for years!

One month they built these memory boxes that I just thought were the cutest things.  I had this great idea to "scrapbook it."

What do I mean by that?

Well, I used decoupage glue and glued decorative scrapbooking paper to each of the sides of the box. You spread the decoupage glue all over the surface, place your cut-to-size paper on it and then decoupage glue over top of the paper.  This gives it a glazed top.

Before I glued the paper, though, I took brown ink and inked all the edges of the box and of the paper.  I did this to give it an antique look.

Here is the finished product!!  My son loves it even though it has flowers on it.  I think he likes it so much because he and I made it together!!  

Great family times together!!

Custom Made Scrapbook Albums

Custom Made Scrapbook Albums

I thought today that I would share with you a few of the custom made scrapbook albums I have made over the years.  People contact me through craigslist, facebook, pinterest, Ebay, craftshows, Etsy or just by being acquaintances.  I sit down with them and together we come up with a plan to give them exactly what they want at a decent price.  Of course, prices vary based on the size of the album, number of pages, and amount of detail put on the pages.

Here is a boy themed scrapbook album that I made for an aquaintance at the gym that I am a member.  She wanted an album to put all of her grandsons photos in.  So, together we came up with this album!!

This is an album that I made for a neighbor for her father for Father's Day!!  My neighbor and her mother filled it with family photos including his father who has recently passed!!  Very emotional gift!!

This album was made for a lady who wanted to give a friend a scrapbook for her wedding.  So we discussed the colors of the wedding, and I was able to match all the colors and she had a wonderful, one-of-a-kind gift!!

This is an album that I made for a lady who just wanted a fun album to showcase photos of her family in the pool throughout the summer.

Currently, I am working on one order for baby scrapbook pages to add to an album that I had already sold.  The lady wanted some more pages done. Contact me if you would like an album custom made, just for you!!!  You can also visit my shop below!!!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadeForYouScrapbooks?ref=hdr_shop_menu