| Crafts, especially unique and interesting | | | | make one or two letters bigger than all the |
| ones, never go out of style. These also | | | | rest. Alternatively, you can print one or |
| never run out of loyal followers. One very | | | | two letters using a different font or a |
| good proof of this is the continuous | | | | different color. |
| popularity of both cross stitching and | | | | |
| knitting. Up to this day, these types of | | | | 3. Go for the 3D effect! Arrange pictures in |
| crafts still count thousands, if not | | | | such a way that the end result will be a |
| millions, of devoted practitioners all over | | | | cool 3 dimensional effect. |
| the world. | | | | |
| | | | 4. Scan or insert actual tickets, menus, |
| These days, another emerging type of craft is | | | | stubs or tags. If you're doing a photo diary |
| gaining ground - scrapbooking. Craft | | | | of your recent travel to the U.S., for |
| aficionados, especially those who love | | | | instance, saving and inserting the actual |
| visually appealing products, have started to | | | | train tickets and airplane flight booking |
| promote this. What makes scrapbooking | | | | papers can add pizzazz to your project. |
| interesting for a lot of aficionados is the | | | | |
| fact that you can insert your personal style | | | | 5. Use personalized templates. If you want to |
| without any limitations. | | | | preserve photos of your family's first ever |
| | | | trip to the beach, you may want to use a |
| Scrapbooking is a hobby wherein a person | | | | background full of seashells, beach balls, |
| preserves photographs, cards, tickets and | | | | slippers and sand. |
| other symbols of memories in a very creative | | | | |
| and unique way. A practitioner, usually | | | | You can also go to supplies stores or hobby |
| called a "scrapbooker," protects and presents | | | | shops to purchase ready-to-assemble |
| these symbols of memories through various | | | | scrapbooking kits. These kits usually contain |
| themes, which may range from holidays to | | | | ribbons, craft thickers, vellum quote |
| events to describing how it was like then. | | | | stacks, rickracks and perhaps buttons and |
| For instance, a mother may preserve memories | | | | kitchen paper. You can use them based on the |
| of her newborn by preparing a single | | | | instructions based on the kit or add more |
| scrapbook spread with at least two | | | | embellishments. Just don't overdo it though! |
| photographs embellished with cut-outs, | | | | |
| stickers and perhaps tags found on the baby's | | | | On the other hand, you could first try your |
| crib at the hospital. As you can see, the | | | | hand on scrapbooking via free scrapbooking |
| idea is to make the photographs more | | | | software programs. Two free scrapbooking |
| meaningful and more unique compared to just | | | | softwares which you can use are Picaboo and |
| placing them in regular photo albums. | | | | Scrapbook Flair. |
| | | | |
| If you want to start developing your | | | | Features of these two are basically the same |
| scrapbooking abilities, here are a few tips | | | | - you can add personalized backgrounds to |
| and ideas you may want to consider for your | | | | your spread, you can frame your digital |
| projects: | | | | pictures with stylish corners, you can come |
| | | | up with a photo collage and you can instantly |
| 1. Use your favorite quotes and perhaps | | | | create a 3D effect. |
| samplings of your diary as embellishments. | | | | |
| Give your spread a personal touch by | | | | Given these, one can truly see why people are |
| inserting your favorite motto printed in a | | | | getting hooked with scrapbooking. It's a |
| nice, fancy font. | | | | hobby where a person can exercise creativity, |
| | | | thought and imagination on meaningful |
| 2. To give emphasis to the name of a person | | | | projects. |
| whose photos you want to preserve, you can | | | | |