Scrapbooking!
I love cardmaking, but there is nothing like completing an entire album and getting to keep it! :lol:
:( I always feel badly when I read how it takes someone HOURS to complete a page or how they can't 'create' a good layout.
In
under six hours Saturday, I had two friends over who both completed ENTIRE albums - one was a 30 page (144 photos!) memorial of her father's death and the other was a 42 page (just at 100 photos) wedding album!
I recently completed a 42 page vacation album (over 200 photos!) in just a few hours a night for three nights.
All of these pages have borders, titles, matting and maybe some other enhancements here and there.
IT CAN be done...please don't keep your photos in sticky type albums. And if they are in a photo safe box
(not photo SIZED) realize they are much safer than they would be in an unsafe album.
Rule of thumb here: acid free does not equal photo safe! If that is the case, why would we get so upset if our photos got milk or cooking oil on them? Because these things are not safe/good for our photos.
What ever type of paper TOUCHES your photos should be lignin free to keep the photo from discoloring and thinning.
What ever type of plastics touch your photos need to say PVC free and PAT tested (pass the photo safety standards).
If you have them stored in a box, be sure the box is dark storage, breathable and made of photo safe materials.
DO NOT feel as though you need to scrapbook every photo you have.
The reason many people scrapbook is because a scrapbook style album is one of the only types of albums/photo storage systems where you can store photos, memorbilia AND write the story that tells about them all in one place, safely.
Of course some people create traditional albums, some add enhancements and others want to create a work of decorative art. It's a matter of personal choice. But remember, just because Donna Decorative is creative and enjoys spending hours working on her family album doesn't mean that Patty Plain's album is any less a work of her heart!
Sorry, I got on my soap box! It's just after helping several people create memorial albums for loved ones who have passed and after working with aging patients, seeing what these albums with their stories can do for them....I'm very passionate about helping others create albums that tell the story and are works of the heart....quickly, easily and without robbing the bank...something everyone can do!
thanks for allowing me to ramble!
Rexann
