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Starting A Summer Scrapbook

25th April 2015

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This month I’ve been enjoying the new sunshine that has blessed us recently, and allowing those brighter days to inspire me in a multitude of ways. One of those ways is my new scrapbook! Yes, I’ve started a scrapbook and I wanted to share some of it with you guys today.

I hope to update this and keep it going for the rest of the year, but for now I thought I’d start it off with a kick of sunshine and Summer fun! My first few pages stick to the Summer theme, and it’s been really cheering up my mood to work on this and feel like I’m embracing the upcoming season early.

 

I’ve been reminiscing over past Summers, my favourite holidays, memories and thoughts, to fuse them into something inspiring to decorate onto my first few pages. A scrapbook can be a wonderful way to explore your creative side and keep cherished memories, and I’ve also found it has helped me relax to work on this.

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I concentrated on layering different images, collecting trinkets/flowers, using colourful pens and tapes, adding glitter, buttons, and of course writing down some of my memories and thoughts to go along with everything. You don’t need to be an Artist to make a beautiful scrapbook, and because it’s a personal project; it becomes meaningful to you as you create it.

My only tips for making a scrapbook would be;

 

1. Try to keep each page/section to a theme: It will flow naturally then and you’ll have more ideas on how to represent this one single theme.

 

2. Layer, layer… then layer some more!: Don’t be scared to get messy here. Adding different materials, colours and elements will only strengthen your pages.

 

3. Don’t be afraid to look at other scrapbooks: It’s okay to see how others have done theirs and get ideas from it, because your personal memories cannot be copied anyway! Find what makes theirs beautiful, and try to emulate that in your own work. Do they make good use of space? Do they stick to one particular colour? Do they use text as imagery? Find inspiration!

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Starting this scrapbook is one of my favourite creative projects I’ve done this year, and I’ll be sure to keep it up. I hope it will become something wonderful to look back on when the year is over, and maybe I’ll start another for January 1st! Fingers crossed.

 

Even Luna enjoyed helping me with this project!

Have you ever made a scrapbook?

 

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  10. I am so terrible at following through with my scrapbook intentions, but I think it's such a lovely way to document your life – especially because it's not online! There's something so special about leafing through a book that you've handmade, as opposed to scrolling through your own instagram feed. Thanks for the inspiration! I must give this a go again. x

    Jessica Marie | JESMGIA

  20. This is the most gorgeous post – in everyway. I was already close to weeping at how cute your scrapbook is and how amazing your photography is – and then you popped in Luna right at the last minute and I genuinely lost the ability to cope!!!

    Definitely going to get scrapbooking this year – major inspo from this post.

    xx

    http://www.lovelaughslipstick.com

  21. It's fabulous! I love your little Polaroid style prints.
    I have so many scrapbooks on the go, I'm currently working on a honeymoon scrapbook and trying to keep up with a 2015 scrapbook too.
    Hoping to do lots of crafty stuff during the summer holidays so will try get caught up with my scrap booking then 🙂 xx

  28. Usually I answer no to all questions about whether I've done something artistic, but for once, I have actually made a scrapbook before! I made one from Kris and I's interrail travelling trip from 2011. It was a lot of fun and a nice way to remember the holiday. I like to grab it off the shelf every now and then and remember those times! Especially when I'm having a rough time, it's a great pick me up!

  29. Jem, I have just fallen in love with this gorgeous picture of your cat!!

    I tried scrapbooking once and my patience lasted about 15 minutes before I gave up. I'd love to start another one!

    Loulocket.com xx

  35. Oh my God! I love this idea! Now I wanna make a scrap book. Yours is so cool. It totally makes sense that it would help you relax because you're expressing yourself. Man I really wanna do this now. By the way, that kitten it SO CUTE!